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NEW: Citing global tensions, Mbah tasks Enugu MDAs on N870bn IGR target

... Promises renewed vigour

Governor of Enugu State, Dr. Peter Mbah, has tasked the various Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the state government to meet the N870 billion target projected in the state’s 2026 budget, citing the unpredictability of external revenue sources like the Federal Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) allocation, given the prevailing geo-political tensions around the globe.

Mbah gave the charge on Monday during a Holy Mass at the Government House Chapel to formally kick-start work in all government offices in the new year.

He said that given global developments, the state should not allow itself to be taken unawares.

Recall that Mbah recently signed a record N1.62 trillion 2026 budget, which he explained would be funded through an anticipated N870 billion IGR, N387 billion FAAC allocation, and N329 billion capital receipts.

Speaking at the Holy Mass attended by the heads and members of the three arms of government, political office holders, captains of industry, traditional rulers, among other critical stakeholders, he called on all political appointees and civil servants alike to redouble their efforts, noting that the projected IGR could come from the quality of service they render to businesses and the people of the state.

“Given all the geo-political tensions across the globe, it is not going to be easy, particularly with our revenue projections. We just do not have clarity as to the direction things would go. It is extremely important we ensure that we realise the domestic revenue projection we set for ourselves this year so that we are then able to absorb the shock coming from all these geo-political tensions across the globe.

“To realise that projection comes from doing your own bit. We have ambitious revenue targets across the different MDAs. Our revenue comes based on the speed and quality of services you render. Let us have a renewed vigour to do our own bit and play our own roles,” he stated.

He stressed the need for dedication and team spirit among the state’s civil servants in 2026, describing them as the anvil of whatever the administration achieves or fails to achieve in the new year.

“Importantly, to our workers, we are still going to be counting on your support as civil servants and Permanent Secretaries. We have always said that you are the engine room of whatever success we achieve. We have to double down this year. Those little things we do, getting to work on time, treating documents expeditiously, and making sure that we play our own part in the scheme of things, matter a lot.

“We also have to continue to be champions of teamwork. We have to essentially understand that we are only as good as our weakest link. We need to support one another, knowing that we are working for one common objective; to serve the people,” he said.

While thanking the people of the state and the church for their continued prayers, good counsel, and support, he stressed the need for undiluted and unfettered feedback.

“We do not lay claim to being perfect. What we lay claim to is our resolve to serve the people optimally. That is why undiluted feedback and holding us to account become very important,” he concluded.

In his homily, the Chaplain of the Government House Chapel, Rev. Fr. Anthony Udeh, described Governor Mbah as a servant leader earnestly dedicated to the wellbeing of his people.

The Holy Mass was attended by high-profile government functionaries, including the Deputy Governor, Barr. Ifeanyi Ossai; Speaker, House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Uchenna Ugwu; State Chief Judge, Justice Afojulu Ozoemena; and the Chairman, Enugu State Traditional Rulers Council, HRM Igwe Samuel Ikechukwu Asadu, among a host of others.

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Hehehe.

Tax collector,since you joined APC I know your appetite for more tax will be ignited.

Anyways, Enugu State is still waiting for the water you promised them.

Every Government needs tax to survive but it should be done with caution so as not to push people into poverty or scare away investors.

Cost of house rent in Enugu is too high, Mbah please look into it. I suggest you regulate or ban house agents in the State..

Make they swiss the bolls harder na… Enugu ppl so hear em

Bwanasaraw:
Every Government needs tax to survive but it should be done with caution so as not to push people into poverty or scare away investors.

Cost of house rent in Enugu is too high, Mbah please look into it. I suggest you regulate or ban house agents in the State..

They should at least try and fulfill the social contract before taxing people into the great beyond

A situation where people are too scared to farm (because of Fula bandits) and there is no electricity to run SMEs talk more big industry, yet everyday leaders are wailing about tax, is it empty pocket they wanna tax?

Bwanasaraw:
Every Government needs tax to survive but it should be done with caution so as not to push people into poverty or scare away investors.

Cost of house rent in Enugu is too high, Mbah please look into it. I suggest you regulate or ban house agents in the State..

That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

Tabithatim:
NEW: Citing global tensions, Mbah tasks Enugu MDAs on N870bn IGR target

... Promises renewed vigour


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how many investors has he attracted?
how many small scale business has he given loan to boost their businesses?
how many unemployed youth has he employed?
how many unemployed youth has he given empowerment or loan to start business?
how many companies has he attracted?
how many companies has the state govt built?

OR HE JUST COLLECTING AND MAKING PEOPLE POOR

God help us with govt of IGR

djseanjohn77:
That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

this is why i will forever love Obi type of govt
he focused on empowering the people first because he believed it is only empowered people that you can tax.
he lifted many small scale businesses and gave many money and loans to start up.
this is why Anambra can boast of generating high IGR today.
if he has not empowered the people, who are you going to tax?
abi na who never see food chop wan pay tax

Tabithatim:
NEW: Citing global tensions, Mbah tasks Enugu MDAs on N870bn IGR target

... Promises renewed vigour


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everyone don defect to APC finish

djseanjohn77:
That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

Another babablu. So IGR is shared to other states?
No wonder Daniel Bwala said something stops working once they join Tinubu. See as you dey misyarn

And what have you done to stimulate the economy of enugu state to enable you raise such IGR or you want to raise it from Okpa sellers?

djseanjohn77:
That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

Which development is in your state and which of them built metro with their IGR??

It's annoying how some of you talk whenever the southeast is mentioned

Apart from Lagos and Abuja that have a lot of fed money inflow, plus Portharcourt with its oil money, which other state in Nigeria is more developed than Enugu, Anambra and Imo??

Enough of these hate-motivated rvbbish talks

Tabithatim:
NEW: Citing global tensions, Mbah tasks Enugu MDAs on N870bn IGR target

... Promises renewed vigour


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Generate legitimate funds for hard working citizens only to embezzle and steal then funds, cursed people

Venezuela and all. Diversify Nigeria's economy.

djseanjohn77:
That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

VAT contribute less than 5% of federal revenue
Your son is the president why not let every region collect it VAT so that South East would suffer

Abi there is something they know that u don't know

Lol. IGR of 870 billion? Let me look for the details before passing a comment

U09ce:
Lol. IGR of 870 billion? Let me look for the details before passing a comment

I also thought of this. Nasarawa state is targeted for 5 Billions a month of IGR. I quickly multiply it by 12. I was shock to just have 60billion as against this 870 billion.

I'm back to re-read for more details

I like Peter Mbah, but he's lying about IGR. There should be an independent body auditing states' IGR

ChybuzzDD:
Which development is in your state and which of them built metro with their IGR??

It's annoying how some of you talk whenever the southeast is mentioned

Apart from Lagos and Abuja that have a lot of fed money inflow, plus Portharcourt with its oil money, which other state in Nigeria is more developed than Enugu, Anambra and Imo??

Enough of these hate-motivated rvbbish talks

Don't let those kinds of comments get to you. This is Nairaland - hub of hateful and dumb people; so, it's a norm. Just give them a good reply like you just did.

Obi doesn't believe in this tax to death policy and brag about IGR mantra...

He took it easy with taxes during his terms... I fact, taxes never came up, yet he is working without loans... If u want to work for the people, you will.

870 billion from where. Stupid governor.

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NEW: Citing global tensions, Mbah tasks Enugu MDAs on N870bn IGR target

... Promises renewed vigour


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Blind leaders that always claimed to have higher IQ. To generate high tax in a state, you need to introduce favorable business policies that will allow business to flow and more investors comes in. A policy's of being productive state and invest in research to enable generating law materials for ends production. This way the money circulates instead of going out, it opens avenue for money to comes in and stay by selling ends product to consumers at other states. The money stays because law materials uses in production are generating from your state mostly through agriculture. You need to create easy access to loan for your state indigen that their business situated in Enugwu state, by creating digital and highly secure indigenous id card that can be obtainable only at OBI of every kindred in Enugwu state. That way is impossible for non indigen to have access to it despite how many years you stay there or intermarrying, purpose of this is to avoid collecting loans and disappear. You also make the city a living place to enable people live there in peace and eble to consumer 60% of what the investors produced while 40% shipp outside your state. Create a high patronizing tourist zone, tourism contribute in revenue generating not harassing people at hotels, eatery places and bar and club by security men. How do you expect your tourism department to grow when you as governor keep silent about intimidating of citizens at tourism centers by security men. With easy access to loan and favorable business policies half of target IGR maybe obtained. Then you can now set a Chinese fapio tax method instead of quoting Tax ranges even you the governor doesn't know how such percentage emerged. The government can now makes money by two ways, through load as pro credit and through Tax as fapio. Government should work for people before expecting to reap through Tax. You can't expect someone that goes through hell to get start-up capital to waste it paying tax, he can relocate his business to favorable tax City, but if you work on your citizens, the good policies the citizens enjoy will attract many FDI and NII so far they are not stealing indigenous job. Hoping to generate billions through IGR without working to improve avenue to generate such money is hallucination. America, Europe, china and others countries that are doing well had this policies already working, that's reason people pay Tax as a way of returning to government what the government done for them. The citizens are not interested to jakpa to anywhere because the system is working. But here government want to Tax everything without working anything for the citizens.

₦870 billion IGR? This target loud sha.

I no dey against ambition, but government need explain how dem wan reach am without squeezing ordinary people to death. Enugu no be Lagos or Rivers where companies full everywhere.

Before setting big figures, make dem first:

• Block revenue leakages
• Stop multiple taxation
• Grow real businesses and industries
• Improve power, roads and security

If na only market women, landlords and small business dem go pursue, then this thing go backfire.

IGR no be magic. If economy no grow, target go just remain grammar.

Let’s hope say this one no be another “set target, fail, then blame civil servants” story.

If you work and save up say thirty million to build a house you are more likely going to achieve it with say twenty five million than if you approached a bank for thirty million. I tell you that house will not be finished. It is psychological.

If states are prepared to organically grow their economies out of the virtues of their people then development will come with a high degree of certainty, perhaps not rocket fast but sure and sustainable.

Because the work put into building something out of scratch can always build something else even more efficiently.

Governments should learn the economic cycle of investing in their citizens to empower them to develop their states. And this investment is in totality.

And I am not talking about just throwing money in the air for all and sundry to collect to do what they wish or asking people to submit proposals and throwing money at them.

But the investment guided by an strategic policy of capacity building.

You want to do massive road infrastructure for instance. Invest in the people to localise men, material and equipment. So you don't have to pay some foreigner who has no stake in your development, prime resources to give you basics.

When you strip down that budget to its bare bones you will discover huge waste on articles that can be created and nurtured within the state for lasting capacity.

Look at Cross-River and the various projects wxecut s by the Duke administration. Well intended but with absolutely zero local capacity on all aspects of the projects from concept to execution and this is a major reason why they are all moribund. Ownership of the development process was entirely importers into the state.

We need visionary leadership in this country. This generator leaders are, I'm afraid, mentally incapable of developing this country.

Tax Man of the South East.

Since you came into power, how many Employment opportunities have you created for the Youth of Enugu State.

The Presidential Hotel and Niger Gas you claimed to have Rebound and Commissioned, Is it Functional.

You Tax Wheelbarrow pushers , Sachets Water sellers in order to increase the State Revenue, So that you can get Enough Funds for your 2027 Reelection.

What about the water running in every Home in Enugu, before 120 days as you Promised. Close to 3 years, nothing to show.

GOVERNMENT OF LIES AND PROPAGANDA.

The last time I pass that state I saw how the evil governor is stealing people homes to build nonsense two lane

OredoPikin2:
this is why i will forever love Obi type of govt
he focused on empowering the people first because he believed it is only empowered people that you can tax.
he lifted many small scale businesses and gave many money and loans to start up.
this is why Anambra can boast of generating high IGR today.
if he has not empowered the people, who are you going to tax?
abi na who never see food chop wan pay tax

You're replying a embittered and rabid Igbo-hating bigot! His type always look for even the slightest opportunity to have a rant against a people who don't give a fck about him, but you'll never find him supporting any secessionist effor so he can be rid of his problem for good and keep Nigeria for himself!

djseanjohn77:
That's why Southeast generates the lowest in the country - yet receives more than they contribute. The region then go on to cry marginalization on social media. na only to dey shout money na water on social media, Igbo billion, Igbo village mansions - meanwhile, paying tax to further develop the states infrastructurally is a furlong hope. No good roads, no interconnecting roads even though the region is the smallest in the country - they can't boast of metro service connecting all states or good roads.

Apart from Lagos which other states generated more igr than Enugu state in 2025?

bigpicture001:
Obi doesn't believe in this tax to death policy and brag about IGR mantra...

He took it easy with taxes during his terms... I fact, taxes never came up, yet he is working without loans... If u want to work for the people, you will.

Obi believes that we have enough to develop our country if we manage our resources very well, and he proved it with Anambra

Shimran:
I also thought of this. Nasarawa state is targeted for 5 Billions a month of IGR. I quickly multiply it by 12. I was shock to just have 60billion as against this 870 billion.

I'm back to re-read for more details

2025 target was 600b and I think he achieved over 400b. He knows what he's doing, but nah Enugu people go suffer am

Peter Mbah is a business man , he knows how he can exceed the 870B target, don't underestimate any man who made it in Nigeria’s business cycle. It is not all about taxation.


Abia budget is 1.1T

Enugu budget is 1.62T

Imo budget is 1.44T

Ebonyi budget is 885B

Anambra budget is 757B

This is a toasted 5.7T for the east. If the budget is aggressively implemented, the East will witness a growth rate higher than national average, South South is pushing hard with a record 8T.

If we get to this stage , the former Eastern region will for the first time in history have a budget bigger than the western region, significantly higher than the North. Growth in the eastern region will be very very aggressive