Tax Payment Necessary for Realization of Soludo’s Anambra Ambitious Plan – Dr. Mefor
By Rose Oranye
The importance of tax payment has been stressed to enable State government achieve its lofty plans for the State.
The Commissioner for Information, Anambra State, Dr. Law Mefor, stated this when he paid a courtesy visit to the Chairman/Executive Officer, Anambra State Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), Dr. Greg Ezeilo, at his office in Awka, on Wednesday, October 30, 2024,
Addressing the AIRS Chairman, Mefor said he was there to familiarize himself with the institution and its management and to discuss ways of sensitizing Ndị Anambra on tax payment, which is necessary for the quick realization of Soludo’s ambitious plan for Anambra and the state’s development.
According to him, Governor Soludo has a lot of mega projects ongoing in various parts of the state, which will be realized fully and in good time, if the internally generated revenue is improved.
“When the Governor is crying about revenue, we can understand because he has a lot of mega multi-billion naira projects across the state, which is a testimony that he is putting the taxpayers’ money to good use.
“It’s a lot of pressure on you, and we are there in the Ministry of Information to help. We want to work with you, and we are ready to do whatever can be done to sensitize our people to understand that payment of tax is necessary, especially as the state does not get much from the centre, so we have to survive from inside.
Dr. Mefor commended Ndị Anambra for their support so far to the Soludo-led administration through the payment of taxes and urged them to do more.
“I’m sure that if Ndị Anambra are well mobilized and sensitized that their money is being put to use, they will be happy to pay their tax regularly. That’s why I keep saying that Governor Soludo’s achievements are underreported. Our people need to know about the achievements of the Soludo government, as well as the projects and programmes in the works. Information ministry will therefore join hands with AIRS for a massive public enlightenment on tax compliance by our people,” he said.
In his remarks, the AIRS Chairman, Dr. Ezeilo, intimated that Anambra is making much progress under Governor Soludo through internally generated revenue from his office.
He added that he is convinced that other states will soon come to study Anambra’s revenue generation management.
Ezeilo, who used the opportunity to conduct the Commissioner round the office, presented various awards won by AIRS as the best-performing government institution in the South-East, among others.
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