Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) Tuesday stated that it has moved the revenue generation of the state from N6.5 billion to N23.5 billion per annum.
The executive chairman of KGIRS, Sule Salihu Enehe, stated this during the 2024 stakeholders interactive session organised by the revenue body in Lokoja, Kogi state.
He said the revenue generation of the state as at 2015 was N6.5 billion , but due to the commitments and reforms introduced into tax collections , the revenue improved to N23.5 per annum.
“This feat is attributed to the collective efforts and contributions of every stakeholders involved. This is the importance of teamwork and community support in achieving financial growth
“In the last eight years, KGIRS has moved from manual to digital environment, and that is why we give you a task guide. We make tax payment easy for you so that from your bedroom, you can pay your tax,” he said.
The executive chairman noted that the state government in the last eight years has used the tax payer’s money in providing infrastructure, quality education, health , agriculture among others and appealed to tax payers in the state to endeavour to pay their taxes as at when due to enable government do more for the people.
Director in charge of MDAs and other revenues, Dr Olubunmi Ajayi, in his presentation on “Continuous Stakeholders’ Engagement For Effective Tax Administration,” urged tax payers not to pay cash to revenue officials.
He stated that the instruction was to eradicate all forms of illegality within the system, adding that the service had simplified process of tax payment through the banks, POS and other means
“Our taxpayers remains our valued assets in generating the necessary funds for social and economic development of the state, as they perform their civic responsibility in paying their tax obligations,” the chairman stated.
The stakeholders interactive session was attended by business class, property owners, Civil Society Organizations, school proprietors, government functionaries, religious, media, community leaders and petty traders.
