The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has debunked rumours of decline in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR), saying it has generated ₦14.16 billion in the last two months.
Zakari Muhammad, Corporate Communication officer of KADIRS, stated this in a statement on Friday in Kaduna.
He said claims in some quarters suggesting a decline in IGR under the present administration is false.
According to him, in 2023 and 2024 ₦62.48 billion and ₦71 billion respectively were collected as IGR, making Kaduna the leading IGR performing state in northern Nigeria
Muhammad said Governor Uba Sani has introduced a series of reforms that had improved tax collection and made tax payment easy.
He added that some of the reforms include the integrated tax administration portal (PAYKADUNA), financial inclusion initiatives, enhanced taxpayers, and stakeholders’ engagement.’’
Muhammad said the current automation process of tax collection allows ‘’payments to be made through the PAYKADUNA portal or via pay direct channels from which they are transferred into the state’s Treasury Singles Accounts.’’
“This process ensures that staff of the Service have no access or interaction with tax collections.
“The IGR account is a collection and transit account and not an expenditure account therefore, it is highly inaccurate to think that any amounts can be withdrawn from it to service any interests, ” the statement said.
It noted that,”the current level of IGR collection of the state speaks to the competence of the Chairman, the management team of the Service and the support they enjoy from the state to function as a professional and apolitical revenue authority of the state.”
The statement said further that KADIRS has never received any instructions to facilitate the payment of N100 million or any payment to either an individual or organization.
The statement said KADIRS ‘’is an autonomous agency of the Kaduna state government and remains committed to its mandate of facilitating seamless and efficient revenue mobilization for service delivery, without fear or favour to any individual or group.’’
