The Executive Chairman, Kwara State Internal Revenue Services (KWIRS), Professor Muritala Awodun, has disclosed that the agency raked in ₦23 billion in 2018. He, however, said “We know we are not there yet, our potential internally generated revenue (IGR) projection in 2015 was ₦5 billion monthly. if we are just at ₦2 billion, we are […]
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States Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) dropped to ₦264.38 billion in the third quarter of 2018 (Q3 2018) compared to ₦279.78 billion in the preceding quarter, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The figure indicated a negative growth of 5.08 per cent quarter on quarter. According to Internally […]
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The country’s taxpayer roll is set to hit 33 million. This was disclosed by Mr. Tunde Fowler, Chairman, Joint Tax Board (JTB) and Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) at the 142nd meeting of the JTB in Bauchi Monday. According to Fowler, the ongoing database consolidation of the JTB, an initiative being executed in […]
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The Edo state Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) has hit an average record high of ₦2 billion monthly from ₦1.55 billion in 2016 when Governor Godwin Obaseki was sworn-in. The state IGR has been on a gradual increase from a paltry average of ₦306 million monthly. This recent increase from 2016 represents 25 percent growth. Also, […]
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Ekiti State has asked former governor Kayode Fayemi to account for ₦16.7 billion his administration under declared as Internally-Generated Revenue (IGR) from 2010 to 2014. The PDP said this has become necessary since Fayemi said his administration was raking in an average of ₦600 million monthly as IGR and […]
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Between January and November this year, the Federation Account Allocation Committee shared a total of ₦5.74 trillion to the three tiers of government. An analysis of the FAAC distribution shows that the amount represents an increase of ₦765 billion over the ₦4.98 trillion, which the committee allocated in the corresponding period of 2016. The committee, […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics on Friday released the Internally Generated Revenue figures for states of the federation for the third quarter of this year, with 19 states generating a total revenue of ₦149.45bn. The bureau in the report, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent in Abuja, stated that 17 states […]
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Bayelsa State government has recorded ₦1.3 billion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in September, the Deputy Governor, retired Rear Admiral John Jonah, said on Friday. Breaking the state’s financial statement for the month of September in Yenagoa, Jonah said the state had realised about ₦1.3 as IGR while in August, the state had generated ₦868.58 […]
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The National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday released the Internally Generated Revenue figures for 35 states for the 2016 fiscal period with the total IGR rising by 17 per cent. Specifically, the IGR increased by N119.28bn from N682.67bn in 2015 to N801.95bn The bureau in the report, a copy of which was made available to […]
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