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Only 17 states out of the 36 states of the federation have fully automated their Internally Generated Revenue collection systems, the Federal Government said on Thursday.
This implies that 19 states lack automated IGR collection systems.
The Secretary, Joint Tax Board in the National Steering Committee of the States’ Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability Programme for Results, Aishat Obomeghie, advised states to automate the IGR systems.
Her advise was contained in a statement issued in Abuja by the States’ Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability Programme for Results.
The SFTAS is domiciled in the Home Finance Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National, which serves as the Programme Coordination Unit.
The Nigerian Government has paid out N123.35bn performance-based grants to state government as part of its States Fiscal Transparency Accountability and Sustainability Programme for Results project of the World Bank.
The Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed, stated that the disbursement was carried out following the achievement of results by the states in the just concluded 2019 Annual Performance Assessment.
A statement signed by the Director of Press and Public Relations at the Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Hassan Dodo, on Wednesday made this known.
According to her, the assessment was carried out by the Office of the Auditor-General for the Federation as the independent verification agent and approved by the programme coordination unit of the finance ministry.