Pay Your Tax, KGIRS Urges Citizens

Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS) has called on taxpayers who have yet to pay their constitutional tax obligations to do so in the interest of the state’s development.

The Chairman of KGIRS, Alhaji Sule Salihu Enehe, stated this in Lokoja on Thursday while addressing journalists on the need for prompt payment of taxes to enable the government to provide the needed infrastructure for the people of the state.

He noted that paying taxes promptly and as soon as they are due will encourage the state governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, to provide quality education, health, roads, water, and other projects directly affecting people’s lives.

“When you declare your income and pay your tax promptly, the government will have the financial power to execute meaningful projects that benefit the state’s people.

“The zone 8 roundabout – Barrack – Zango – GYB junction road and zone 8 roundabout – CBN – High Court road, payment of WAEC, JAMB, BECEL for students of public schools in Kogi state are the commitment of the state government to show what your tax can do for you.

“If we are committed to paying our taxes when due, the government will also utilise the tax to provide us with more laudable projects,” he said.

The Chairman, who warned illegal revenue collectors to desist, stressed that anyone caught indulging in such criminal activities in any name would face the full wrath of the law.

“It is an offence against the state to collect revenue meant for the government. KGIRS is the only constitutionally recognised body responsible for collecting tax and revenue for the Kogi state government.

“Therefore, no associations or unions are allowed to collect revenue. Whoever is apprehended doing so will be prosecuted according to the law. Some people are facing prosecution right now in the law court for violating the law,” he stated.