Taxpayers now critical of govt projects - Kwara official

Date: 2018-01-17

Executive Chairman of the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS), Mr Muritala Awodun, has said that there has been a drastic improvement in payment of tax by people of the state since the agency came on board in 2015.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Tuesday, the KWIRS boss said that the development had made the people be critical and stop being complacent, adding that they now put government on its toes by monitoring of government's programmes

He said that more people in the informal sector were paying the Personal Income Tax of 1,500 per annum, adding that those in the formal sector paid N12,000 per annum.

Awodun, who described the tax as the least in the country, said that as moderate as it is, it makes the people ask questions about how government manages the state resources.

The KWIRS boss said the agency, in performing its task, had been acting as an intermediary between the people and the government.

He explained that the agency ensures that people perform their obligation of paying tax and on the other hand encourage the government to ensure the people feel the impact of the revenue generated from them.

Awodun said the improved internally generated revenue of the state had enabled the government to embark on infrastructural projects as the money was devoted for the projects while it has also enabled the government to substantially devote federal allocation to the payment of the salary of workers.

The KWIRS boss who said the agency had been able to improve revenue from tax from about N5b it used to be before 2015 to about N19b in 2017 restated that the revenue proposed to collect this year as indicated in the state budget is N38b.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Oyelere Oyinloye     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     David Oyedepo     Unilorin FM     Young Progressives Party     The Herald     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Olaiya Victor Mobolaji     Magaji Nda     Ajakaye     Overland     Tayo Awodiji     HICA     Ajase-Ipo     Isiaka Yusuf     Law School Scholarship     Nigeria Foundation For Artificial Intelligence     Deji Ajani     Islamic Development Bank     Abdulsalam Firdaous Amosa     Pakata Development Association     CCB     Students Union Government     Dan Iya     David Adesina     Oloyede     Tunji Oyawoye     Yusuf Abdulraheem     Kale Belgore     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Ilorin Curfew     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Zara Umar     Odogun Olushola Gabriel     Aliyu Muhammad Saifudeen     Yomi Adeboye     Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa     Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Bolakale Ayo     Jebba     Musa Alhassan Buge     Roseline Oni Aremu     Sulyman Age AbdulKareem     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Oba-Solagberu     KWASAA     IQRA College     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Rihanat Ajia     JAAC     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Ilorin Emirate Stakeholders Forum     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Coalition Of Kwara North Groups     Lasiele Alabi Yahaya     Olabode Towoju     Islamiya Abdulraheem     Bukola Saraki     Ifelodun     Unilorin     CBT     Orisa Bridge     Olofa Of Offa     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Hamid Bobboyi     Otoge     Olupako Of Share     Valsolar Consultoria     Isiaka Oniwa     ASUU     Abdulrazaq Akorede     Lateef Fagbemi     Abubakar Ndakene     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     C2c@kwarastate.gov.ng    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

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

Haruna Olawale Sulaiman     Abubakar Kawu Baraje     Ibrahim Bio     University Road     Mohammed Abduraheem     Sango-UITH Road     Balogun Ajikobi     ASMAU PLAZA     Oniyangi     Abdulrazaq Akorede     AGM Professional Services     Aisha Buhari     Funmilayo Mohammed     Shaaba Lafiagi     Lola Olabayo     Overland     Muftau Akanbi Oke     Elewu     Al-Ilory     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Hassanat Bello     Yusuf Abubakar     Amina Susa\'a De Ahmed     Iyabo Adewuyi     Kunle Akogun     Paul Olawoore     Ilorin Metro Park     Mohammed Halidu     Saka Saadu     Jaigbade Alao     Jebba     Taibat Ayinke Ahmed     Mansur Alfanla     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Funmi Salau     Ayinke Saka     Kwara 2019     Saba Mamman Daniel     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Kaiama     Garba Ado Sanni     Siddiq Adebayo Idowu Salawu     State Bureau Of Internal Revenue     Elelu     Yusuf Abdulwahab     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     Oniwasi Agbaye     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Osuwa     Ayotunde Emmanuel Alao     Mahmud Ajeigbe     Abdulkadir Akanbi-Oke     Sardauna Of Ilorin     Tunde Akanbi     Saka Asiat Ayinke     Oniwa     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Kumbi Titilope     VADA     Amosa     Afonja Descendants Union     Olupako     Aisha Ahman-Pategi     Olusola Saraki     Jamiu Oyawoye     Dapo Teni Nig Enterprise     Undergraduate Bursary     Public Holiday     Akanji     Aliyu Sabi     Abdulrahman Iliasu     Ajeigbe     Oke-Ero     Mujtabah Bature     Valsolar     Aminu Adisa Logun