KANO TO SEEK WAYS OF IMPROVING IGR - GANDUJE
Kano
state government plans re-invent the state Board of Internal Revenue to
enable it make the state internally generated revenue the dependable
alternative to Federation Account allocations.
The
state governor, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje made this known while
receiving the report of the Committee set up by the government on
Internally Generated Revenue, at the Government House in Kano.
Governor
Ganduje explained that the renewed vigour of his administration to
generate more money is largely because of dwindling resources from the
Federal government, the need to upgrade Kano to a standard mega city and
the government’s focus on accountability and zero tolerance of
corruption.
“We
take this issue of revenue very seriously. We shall, therefore, explore
alternative sources of revenue generation professionalize the way we
acquire our revenues so that our set goals will be achieved’, the
governor maintained.
He
assured that the government would seriously pursue implementation of
the committee’s report and thanked its members for a job well-done. The
governor also appealed for cooperation and understanding of the people
in the quest to strengthen the financial base of the state.
Presenting
the report, the chairman of the committee and the state Commissioner of
Finance, Prof. Kabiru Isa Dandago, stressed the need for the government
to implement the Kano state Revenue Administration Law 2010 with all
its provisions and the need to centralize revenue collection in the
state to a single revenue account.
The
committee, according to the chairman, among other things, also
recommended the establishment of a technical committee to implement the
consolidated action plan to restructure and reposition the state Board
of Internal Revenue in line with international best practices.
Halilu Ibrahim Dantiye, fnge, mni
Director General, Media and Communications,
to the Executive Governor of Kano state,
29/7/2015
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