Why we introduce tax education in secondary schools - KWIRS

Date: 2016-05-01

Executive chairman, kwara state Internal Revenue Service (KWRIS), Dr. Muritala Awodun, has said the service established tax clubs in secondary school to introduce tax education to students in the state.

He said with the introduction of tax education in schools, students would have a clear understanding of the role of the tax in the development of an economy apart from creating an interactive atmosphere for students.

Awodun maintained that the clubs would provide enabling environment for the students to share ideals and contribute to the economic development of the state and Nigeria at large.

Speaking at the inauguration of the clubs at Queen Elizabeth Secondary School Hall Ilorin, the KWIRS chairman said the students were expected to prepare for essay, quiz and debate competitions under the tutelage of their coordinators while outstanding students and the schools would be awarded handsome prizes.

He disclosed that the clubs, started from kwara Central, would soon be replicated in two other senatorial districts in the state.

In his address at the programme, the commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Engr. Musa Yeketi, who was represented at the programme by the Director of Schools in the ministry, Mrs. Titi Adeoti, thanked the KWRIS for introduction of the programme, pledging the ministry support for the initiative.

Also speaking at the event, the chairman of Parents, Teachers Association Kwara State chapter, the first Makama of Ilorin, Alhaji Ibrahim Oniye,commended the state government and revenue service for setting the pace for better academic performance through the formation of tax clubs in schools.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ayinde Oyepitan     Ahmad Fatima Bisola     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Ahmad Ali     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     VADA     Plat Technologies     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Sam Onile     KSIRS     Abdullahi Biffo     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Aliyu U. Tilde     SUBEB     Saraki     Alikinla     Salman Suleiman     David Adesina     Ibrahim Oniye     Yoonus Lawal     Adeleke Ogungbe     Clement Yomi Adeboye     Iliasu     Seun Bolaji     Suleiman Mora Omar     Sheriff Shagaya     Saka Onimago     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Kehinde Baale     Muazam Nayaya     Ibrahim Akaje     Ilorin.Info     Jimoh Bashir     Woro     Mubarak Oladosu     Solomon Edojah     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Kolawole Bashirat     Madawaki     Alfa Belgore     Senior Ibrahim Suleiman     Abdulrahman Abdulrasak     Raji AbdulRasaq     Yemi Osinbajo     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Agbarere     Oniye     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Adegoke Bamidele     Budo Egba     Muritala Awodun     Magaji Nda     Yakub Ali-Agan     Ajayi Okasanmi     Kola Bukoye     Omoniyi M. Ayinla     Bola Ahmed Tinubu     IEDPU     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     Abdullahi Samari     Abdulraheem Yusuf     Shonga Farm Project     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Abdulrazaq Adebayo     Barakat Community Secondary School     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Iponrin     Muhammad Yahya     Suleman Abubakar     Olugbense     Mohammed Ibrahim     Read With Me     Monkey Pox     NTA Ilorin     Eruku     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Neuropsychiatric Hospital     Akorede     Durbar Festival     Ibrahim Bio     Abubakar Aliagan     Arandun     Offorjama     Abdulmumini AbdulRazaq     Emmanuel Bello     HYPPADEC     Kwara State Government     Mustapha Akanbi     Abatemi Usman     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Saidu Yaro Musa     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     Voices Of Tomorrow     Olaoye B. Felix     Aso-ofi     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     Akom Construction And Engineering Synergy Ltd     Public Holiday     Balogun Gambari     Olohungbebe     KW-GIS     Kanu Agabi     Quran     Babata     Bayo Lawal     Okiki     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Tanke     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Ahman Patigi     Kwara Coalition Of Business And Professional Associations     Abdullahi Atanda     AbdulRahman Saad     First Lady     Sanusi Abubakar     Okala Baba     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Sheriff Shagaya     Adedipe     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Galadiman Ngeri     Markaz Arabic And Islamic Training Institute, Agege     Haruna Tambiri Mohammed     Atiku     Yusuf Olaolu Ali     Junior Secondary School Certificate Examinations     Madawaki     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     National Party Of Nigeria     ER-KANG Mining     MATTA Girls Foundation     Idris Amosa Oladipo Saidu     Pius Abioje     Taofik Abiodun Ahmed     Salman Suleiman     Moses Salami     Raheem Adaramaja     Bond     Baaziki Sulaiman     Alfa Belgore     Lafiagi     Eleja Taiwo Banu     Owu Fall     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Kunle Akogun     IFK     Bareke     Oke-Oyi     Saka Keji     Otoge     Lanre Jimoh     Gwanara     Omoniyi