From: Femi Oyelola Kaduna
The Executive Chairman of Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service(KADIRS), Mr Jerry Adams, said it is not surprising that Kaduna State was ranked as the subnational with the highest revenue generation in 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS).
Adams said in an interview that Governor Uba Sani’s policy of financial inclusion and widening the tax net in Kaduna State, as well as reorganising the entire Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service(KADIRS), has resulted in increased internal revenue generation in the state.
“Last week, NBS released the Internally Generated Revenue(IGR) of all the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory(FCT), showing that Kaduna State raked in N62.49 billion last year, emerging the state with the highest IGR earnings in the north.”
He said that KADIRS has the potential of improving on its tax collection and boosting the IGR of Kaduna State, given the support that it is getting from the governor.
The Executive Chairman of KADIRS said that the credit goes to Governor Uba Sani for automating tax administration in Kaduna State and providing work tools to drive the process.
According to him, KADIRS now has a One-Stop-Tax portal called ‘’Pay Kaduna Portal’’, which enables citizens to pay their taxes from anywhere, without physically coming to the tax agency’s offices.
‘’This automation has reduced leakages in the system. By just clicking on the particular tax icon, a tax payer can pay Withholding Tax, Stamp Duty Tax and so on,’’ he said.
The Executive Chairman said that the Governor Uba Sani administration has widened the tax net without increasing tax in Kaduna State.
