Kogi Govt adopts technology to block revenue leakages

The Kogi State Government says it has adopted the use of technology to block leakages in revenue collection across the state.

The Executive Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service, (KGIRS), Salihu Sule Enehe, made the disclosure at the official flag-off ceremony of Kogi State Infrastructure Maintenance Levy Collection on Monday in Lokoja.

Enehe noted that the rate of leakages in the revenue generation process across the state is unimaginable and a major challenge to the Service,.

He, however, said with the technology driven process now employed by the Service, it will no longer be manually driven.

“The process will improve the revenue generation of the State and ease of collection. The new technology will take care of all the challenges in revenue collection,” he stated.

In his address, Kogi State Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo described Infrastructure Maintenance Levy as a principal item in the state government’s revenue collection profile, backed by the law.

Represented by the Secretary to the State Government, Dr Folashade Ayoade Arike, the governor noted that while neighboring states such kwara, Edo, Osun and Anambra were making huge success with the Infrastructure Maintenance Levy, Kogi State had not been able to get it right since 2017 when it established the Internally Generating Revenue Service.

According to him, the flag-off of the project marked the commencement of the collection of Infrastructure Maintenance Levy across the state, using technology.

Ododo said the success of the Infrastructure Maintenance Levy would enable his administration to enhance revenue and deliver good governance to the citizens.

He, therefore, directed all officials of the transport unions, their members and other stakeholders to cooperate fully with the Kogi State Internal Revenue Service in the implementation Infrastructure Maintenance Levy.