Politics
GOV. Abubakar Sani-Bello of Niger has inaugurated a 28-member State and Local Governments Joint Revenue Committee to improve revenue generation in the state.
Bello, while inaugurating the committee in Minna on Wednesday, said that it would be saddled with the responsibility of harmonizing the revenue collection system for the state and local governments.
He explained that the efforts were aimed at boosting the internally-generated revenue of the state and local governments, as well as helping the state from relying solely on Federal allocation.
“This total reliance on federal allocation has affected the state, as we were finding it difficult to pay salaries, both at state and local government levels.
“This committee will better serve the local government areas than the state because we have more population at the local government areas; all revenues will now be in harmonized form,” he said.
Bello noted that the harmonized revenue collection system was in the interest of the people of the state.
The governor listed the terms of reference of the committee to include: to strengthen the revenue base of the state and local governments.
Others were to harmonize the administration of the revenue, deal with matters of common concerns to the state and local governments and enlighten the public on revenue matters.
In his remarks, Alhaji Ahmed Gunna, Chairman of the Committee and acting Chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service, said that the committee would work with local government areas to achieve success. (NAN)
– Mar. 3, 2021 @ 14:56 GMT |
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