Kano moves to review law on revenue generation

The Kano State government, says it is putting in place a process for the review of all laws guiding revenue collection in the state, as part of the move aimed at boosting the revenue base of the state.

Acorrdingly, Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is said to have given approval for the review of such laws before the end of the first quarter of this year.

Zaid Abubakar, executive chairman of the state Internal Revenue Service, made the disclosure at the KIRS Annual Performance Review 2024 and Strategic Planning for 2025, held Wednesday, in Kano.

“We have to rewrite the laws because approval has been given by His Excellency Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf which we hope to do before the end of first quarter of this year,” he said.

He said reviewing the tax laws was necessary to enhance overall revenue generation in the state as the existing tax laws are obsolete and ineffective.

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The Chairman also hinted that service had introduced central revenue account to ensure transparency and accountabilityad as well as to block all leakages.

In addition, he said that the service has introduced tax payer engagement as part of measures to ensure that all tax payers are fully sentitisesd on the activities on the activities of the service.

“The tax payer engagement is aimed at coming closer to tax payers to reduce the work burden on our staff as we have to closely engage them,’ he said.

He commended Governor Yusuf for support and cooperation he had been giving the service which he said had made their duty easier.

In a goodwill message, the Special Adviser on Revenue, Ibrahim Barde, charged the management of the agency to address some of challenges bedeviling revenue generation in the state.

He said the state government is considering the possibility of introducing Agricultural produce revenue.
The 2025 annual performance review and strategy planning programme, which brought together all staffs of the agency, was designed to apprese the operational efficiency of the agency in 2024.