***anticipates higher tax revenue returns In new year
By Ishaq Dan-Imam, Lokoja
Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, has set a monthly revenue target of two billion naira in a bid to increase the revenue profile of the state through internally generated revenue (IGR) in the new year.
The Acting Executive Chairman of the service Alhaji Sule Salihu Enehe, gave tge indicatio in a new year message on Sunday.
Alhaji Enehe, pointed out that with the individual contributions of the staff and management to the IGR improvement in 2022, it is hopefully possible for the KGIRS to achieve milestones in revenue generation in the new year as the service is not complacent of the impressive results it attained in 2022.
He expressed confidence that with the unmatched work enthusiasm, they can hit a N2b monthly target, to project the least.
The Executive Chairman, thanked the staff and management of the state revenue agency for their sacrifices, tenacity, patience with the management and enduring team spirit through the economic hardship of 2022.
“I believe KGIRS can only be better since I have the right team of Management, and the ever supportive Staff poised to achieving excellence in service, dedication to duty through good conducts.”
He congratulated Nigerians as they go into the new year while wishing Kogi Tax payers, Corporate Citizens and business organizations doing business in the state a prosperous new year as he expressed his heartiest wishes to Kogi state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the government and the good people of Kogi State while praying for a marvelous and accomplishing year 2023.