Kaduna Leads 19 Northern States In IGR

Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has disclosed that the state has been leading in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) among the 19 northern states in the last two years.

KADIRS explained that the excellent performance was due to Governor Uba Sani’s tax reforms.

In a statement by the Head of Corporate Communications, Malam Zakari Jamilu Muhammad, KADIRS noted that records of the state’s IGR collections were in the public domain.

The revenue service was reacting to a claim that IGR under the present administration in the state was declining.

Muhammad said Governor Sani has introduced a series of reforms that have improved tax collection and made tax payment easy, including “an integrated tax administration portal (PAYKADUNA), financial inclusion initiatives, enhanced taxpayers and stakeholders’ engagement.”

KADIRS also debunked the rumour that the former executive chairman of the agency was removed for calling out the speaker for refusing to pay taxes, explaining that he had served “his entire four-year tenure as provided in the Kaduna State Tax Codification and Consolidation Law, after which a new executive chairman was appointed by the governor.”

“As a validation of the reforms in the revenue sector of the state under Governor Uba Sani, in 2023 and 2024, Kaduna State collected IGR of ₦62.48 billion and ₦71 billion respectively, consolidating its place as the leading IGR performing state in northern Nigeria in the last two years.

“Furthermore, in the months of January and February 2025, Kaduna State has already collected an IGR of ₦7.46 billion and ₦6.68 billion respectively, bringing the total revenue collected in two months to ₦14.16 billion,” he said.

Muhammad said, KADIRS has also deployed “the first-of-its-kind interactive voice response system for taxpayer complaints’ redressal among several initiatives that have resulted in improved tax administration in the state.”