Jigawa targets N100bn IGR in 2025 – JIRS Chairman

From Mika’il Tsoho, Dutse

The Jigawa state government has targeted to generates over N100 billion as Internally Generated Revenue by end of the year 2025.

This was disclosed by the executive chairman Jigawa State Internal Revenue Service (JIRS), Dr. Nasir Sabo.

Sabo asserted this while speaking to journalists at two day workshop on Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM) review and gender responsive framework organised by Prime Initiative  and  Tax Justice Platform, with support from Christian Aid held at m Manpower Development Institute, Dutse.

He explained his board targeted to achieve 200% of the total revenue generated in 2024, last year, where the board generated N51.7 billion by December 2024, against N16.5 billion generated in 2023.

“This year we Target to generated over N100 billion by the end of December.

“In the last two year our revenue witnessed rapid grow from June to December, now we have generated over N23.8, so we have hope to reach more than our Target as we just inter the growth quarter”, he said.

The JIRS chairman, who said, Governor Malam Umar Namadi gave his board target of 100 percent increased of IGR within two years, said his board already superceded the target.

According to him, JIRS received over 400 complains from taxpayers added that, about 75 percent of the total complain is responded.

Also speaking, the Executive Director, Prime Initiative and Tax Justice Platform, comrade Muhammad Abdu Dutse, said the theme of the workshop is Strengthening Gender-Responsive & Inclusive Taxpayer Grievance Redress in Jigawa State.

He noted that the workshop aimed at assessing the current effectiveness and responsiveness of the Jigawa State Taxpayer Grievance Redress Mechanism (GRM), using the existing scorecard tool, identifying strengths, bottlenecks, and urgent reform areas.

He maintained that, the workshop will also examine the structure and functionality of each GRM channel (hotlines, WhatsApp, email, social media, IVR call facility to identify gaps and opportunities for improved service delivery.

Comrade Abdu added that:; “the participants are expected to design a practical, channel-specific framework for collecting, classifying, and analyzing gender-disaggregated data, ensuring adequate representation of women, persons with disabilities, and other vulnerable groups in grievance data and response strategies.

“And then to build the institutional capacity of the GRM Unit and JIRS staff to deliver citizen-centered, inclusive, and gender-responsive grievance services through integrated tools, training, and accountability mechanism.”