Edo monthly IGR now over N2bn – Elamah
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January 29, 2012

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THE chairman of the Edo State Board of Internal Revenue, Chief Useni Elamah, yesterday, disclosed that the monthly internal generated revenue (IGR) of the state is now over N2billion.

Elamah, who disclosed this to newsmen in Benin City while explaining the reason for locking up the premises of the Federal Museum, Benin City and some other business organizations in the state, said they were able to achieve the feat through aggressive tax policy which, according to him, was necessitated because of the zeal of Governor Adams Oshiomhole to fulfill his electoral promises to the people of the state.

“We were able to make over N2billlion in the month of December and that is even the minimum given the fact that the state government requires a lot of resources to be able to complete all the projects it started.

We pass through due process and procedures towards ensuring that we treat the tax payer as a king. We treat them with dignity, respect and with the most civilized and civil approach. We try to be fair to all and that is the secret to our success”, he said.

On why they sealed up the Federal Museum, Elamah explained: “The museum is situated in a public place. The King’s Square belongs to the state government, they maintain and secure that environment but we have evidence to show that the museum, which is one of the buildings situated in the King’s Square, has appropriated and privatized the collection of revenue from all manners of people, which they have refused to pay to the coffers of the Edo government neither do we have any evidence to show that such money was paid to the Federal Government which is their boss”.

www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/edo-monthly-igr-now-over-n2bn-elamah/

*poster is not from edo state o.

Good job, matching words with action.