By Wilson Adekumola
Ekiti State Government has disclosed that its monthly Internally Generated Revenue has increased from N650 million to over N1billion without overburdening the citizens.
According to the Nation, this was made known by the Chairman, Ekiti State Internal Revenue Services, Mr Olaniran Olatona, in Ado-Ekiti while briefing reporters on the activities of the agency.
He said the improvement in the state’s revenue base was attained by technology-driven strategies and initiatives which blocked all leakages and upheld the number of people that had been captured in the state’s tax net.
He explained that the agency had captured 55 per cent of eligible tax payers in its tax net in the last six months.
Olatona then called on the people to look inward and imbibe the culture of paying taxes.
He noted that before his assumption of office, the state ranked 35 out of the 36 states with poor Internally Generated Revenue, “but the narrative has changed with Ekiti currently in 25th position.”
