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.

Aisha Buhari     Shonga     Ojo Fadumila     Maigida     Yusuf AbdulRasheed     Yekeen Alabi     Kolo     Pategi     Alabere     Harrison Osauwagboe     Kwara TV     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     MAI Akande     Kehinde Baale     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Saheed Popoola     Special Agro-industrial Processing Zone     BECE     Abatemi-Usman     Kayode Bankole     Baba Idris     Femtech     Ayinde Oyepitan     Adaramaja     Shade Omoniyi     Toyin Olayinka Tejidini     Senate Presidency     Al-Adaby     CUTI     Aminu Ado Bayero     Mashood Dauda     Pilgrims Board     SSA Youth     Folaranmi Aro     Woro     Gafaru Olayiwola Olorisade     COEASU     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Segun Olawoyin     Medinat Folorunsho Salman     Noah Yusuf     Elerinjare     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Sheikh Ariyibi     Ilorin Talaka Parapo     Segun Adeniyi     Moremi High School     Oloyede     Abdulkadir Bolakale Sakariyah     Ganmo Electricity Sub-Station     Otoge     Musibau Akanji     Prince Mahe Abdulkadir     Hajj     Hassan Saliu     Mustapha Olanipekun     Bursary     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Seed Technologies     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Ahmed Alhasssan     Bola Iyabo Ibiyeye Adisa     Tunde Yusuf     IYA YUSUF     Eleja     Iyiola Oyedepo     KWACOBPA     Shettima     Mogaji Aare     Towoju     Kale Belgore     Kayode Issa     Yusuf Amuda Aluko     Aso Ofi     Kumbi Titiloye     Tafidan Kaiama    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

College Of Education     Rotimi Samuel Olujide     Kwara United     Mufutau Gbadamosi Esuwoye     Maigida Soludero Transit     Abdulrazaq Magaji     Ndama Al-hassan     NIPR     Mufti Of Ilorin     Tanke Flyover Bridge     Standard Organization Of Nigeria     Jalala     Abdulhakeem Amao     Akume     Toyosi Thomas     Ilorin Curfew     Olayinka Jelili Yusuf     Ahmed Bayero     Abraysports FC     Musa Alhassan Buge     Modupe Oluwole     Oluwole Dupe     Kale Ayo     Jimoh Lambe Abdulkareem     Abdulraufu Mustapha     Young Progressives Party     Toyin Saraki     Sarakite     Oba-Solagberu     Hamid Bobboyi     HYPPADEC     Kwha.gov.ng     Ahmed     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Kunle Akogun     Royal FM     Centre For Digital Economy     MMWG     Sulyman Abdulkareem     Simeon Sule Ajibola     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     11th Galadima     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Esuwoye     Atiku     Ilorin West     Buari Edun     Apaola     Kazeem Gbolagade     Umar Danladi Shero     Bola Sagaya     Kayode Zubair     Abdulkadir Remi Hawawu     Lanre Badmus     Omotosho     Ayinde Oki     Kayode Oyin-Zubair     Oke-opin     Umar Ahmed Gunu     Lanre Olosunde     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Ifelodun     Code Of Conduct     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Ademola Kiyesola     Ilorin Amusement Park     Doyin Group     Sabi     Mohammed Danjuma     Babaita     General Hospital     Tunji Ajanaku     Ekweremadu     Bareke     Afin Descendants Union Of Odo-Owa     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Tayo Alao