Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has said his administration has begun
process of repealing obsolete laws hampering against effective revenue
generation in Sokoto state.
To this end, a bill that will soon be sent to the state House of Assembly
for passage into law is being perfected by legal and tax officers who are
expected to complete their assignment in due course.
A statement issued in SokotoWednesdayby the Governors spokesman, Malam
Imam Imam, said Tambuwal spoke after a meeting with officials of the
interim management committee of the state board of internal revenue.
We have recorded modest achievements in revenue generation in the last
year but I have to admit we have our sights set on far higher targets.
In 2017, we achieved 98.40% annual growth on our IGR compared to previous
year. This followed the intervention we put in place by appointing new
officers to head the revenue generating agency in the state.
We will continue to support your work by giving you all the necessary
tools to succeed. We will also institutionalize these achievements by
passing relevant laws that will move revenue generation forward, the
Governor added.
He said a situation where some of the state laws being in operation since
the 70s cannot meet up with the requirement of modern governance.
Data released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Sokoto
achieved a 98.40% increase in its 2017 IGR, netting in a total of N9.02
billion into its coffer.