Katsina generates N800m as IGR monthly

The Katsina State Government on Tuesday said its internally generated revenue has increased from N200 million to N800 million monthly.
The Commissioner for Finance, Alhaji Lawal Jari, made the disclosure in Katsina at the commissioning of the permanent office of the Salih Barau Tax Consultants.
The company was engaged by the state government to take charge of its revenue generation.
Jari, who stressed the importance of revenue generation to the development of any nation, said the government would continue to attach great importance to tax collection.
He said that revenue generation would enable the government to finance its expenditure and provide more dividends of democracy to people of the state.
He explained that the government was targeting N1 billion as monthly IGR before the end of the year.
The commissioner urged people of the state to continue to pay their taxes as at when due to enable the government to provide services to people.
In his remarks, the Managing Partner of the revenue company, Alhaji Salih Barau, said that about 80 per cent of the revenue generated monthly comes from Board of Internal Revenue.
Barau urged the ministry of lands and survey and agencies to intensify efforts toward improving revenue generation because they had a lot of opportunities to change their current revenue profile.
He vowed that the state would reach the target of N1 billion and above with the continued support of tax payers and revenue generation bodies in the state.