Governor Bello tasks MDAs on revenue generation, collaboration with KGIRS

Kogi Stats Governor, Alh Yahaya Bello has called on the State’s Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) to collaborate with the State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) to improve its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to enable government provide the desired dividend of democracy to the people of Kogi State.

Bello made the call at a ”Strategic Workshop on Revenue Generation” organised for MDAs by KGIRS to discussed a way forward for an improved IGR of the state, held at Banquet Hall, Government House Lokoja.

Bello stressed the need to blocked all leakages in order to harness the potentials abound in the revenue generation of the state.

He explained that the government would not be able to provide adequate security of life and property including the desired infrastructural development without an improved IGR to compliment the federal allocation to the state.

“We will soon be back to second term that will kick off on Jan. 27, 2020. We are elected to serve the people through delivering of dividends of democracy and we can not do that without finance from revenue.

“We are faced with a lot of security challenges; there are emerging threats from kidnappers, banditry among others.

“For us to be able to do these, we need a lot of funds; so, we need the support of MDAs to help us in improving the revenue generation so that we can help our people especially the downtrodden.

”We will not want to enforce the laws, but it should be comply with in the interest of the state.

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“We need the cooperation and understanding of MDAs in ensuring that we blocked all loop holes by strictly adhering to all the laws to drive all the revenue by expanding base.

”This will enable us to generate enough income for the state so that we can satisfy our people in the area of infrastructure development such as education, health, youth empowerment, payment of N30,000 minimum and provision basic social amenities among others” he said.

Bello further promised to be transparent in spending every kobo accrued to the state, while urging the ministry of finance to ensure prudence in the management of the state’s resources.

”You must be authorised to spend any kobo you generate, and you must have value for such expenditure; if we take care and safeguard our one naira, then our billions would be safeguarded. he said.

Presenting its recommendations to the governor for approval toward an improved IGR, the Executive Chairman of KGIRS, Mr Aliyu Salami, urged government to improve the capacity for delivery of MDAs in terms of personnel training, release of monthly impress and necessary working tools.

These, he said were the major interventions required from government to enhance the service delivery of MDAs in revenue generation of the state.

The chairman also recommended that the management of Lokoja International Market and other government owned markets be transfered to Kogi State Market Development Board for proper management and increase revenue generation without altering the ownership structure.

Salami sought for approval that all revenue generated in the state should be paid into the automated KGIRS account.

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He stressed that such approval would go a long way in ensuring that MDAs do not only compete favourably with other states, but would surpass the performance of other states in revenue generation.

The governor, thereafter, approved the 12 recommendations by the KGIRS, urging its management to commence the implementation of the recommendations immediately.

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