Kogi Revenue Generation Capacity Hits N3 billion Monthly

From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja

The Executive Chairman of the Kogi State Revenue Service (KGIRS), Sule Salihu Enehe has said that the revenue generation capacity of the state under his leadership has increased to N3 billion Monthly. adsbygoogle || []).push({});

The Executive Chairman disclosed this while giving account of his leadership since he came on board during the Stewardship Forum organised by the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi State Council on Thursday.

Enehe said that him and his management team have lived up to expectation in ensuring effective tax administration and service delivery.

He noted that the N3 billion monthly revenue generation currently in place supercede the proposed taxation income budget for the half year.

“We will ensure that the revenue figure attained does not drop but continue to go higher. KGIRS under my administration has been able to judiciously utilised its 10% IGR in payment of staff salaries and running its day to day operations

“We have also been able to change the narrative through capacity building and care for staff welfare as well as promotion of staff and adherent to seniority in hierarchy to boost their moral for higher productivity

“Further more, we have been able to introduce Central Billing System and Automated Taxation to reduce leakages in revenue collection”

He expressed the readiness of KGIRS to continue to partner Journalists in publicising its activities

He also expressed the hope that the new Nigeria Revenue Tax Act which will become operational in January next year would benefit Kogi State tremendously.

“The new law harmonizes all tax acts into single document to reduce double taxation” Enehe explained.

He appealed to the people of Kogi State to embrace prompt payment of their taxes to enjoy more dividends of democracy and development of the state at large.

“However, the greatest challenges of KGIRS have been that of obstacles in enforcement of taxation laws and reluctant on the part of tax payers to live up to their responsibility in tax payment”

Earlier, the Chairman of the Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists NUJ, Kogi State Council, Segun Salami had informed the Executive Chairman and his management team that the Stewardship Forum was put in place to enable the elected and appointed leaders showcase their achievements and challenges to justify people’s mandate in service delivery.