Bauchi set to introduce TSA system, says Governor Abubakar
The Bauchi State Governor, Mohammed Abubakar has revealed that his administration is ready to review its tax laws, by introducing the Treasury Single Account System and other robust initiatives that would put the state within the Nigerian tax sphere.
The Governor made his position know through a statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary, Abubakar Al-Sadique in Bauchi, during the official launching of the 142 Joint Tax Board.
The statement quoted Abubakar to have expressed his dissatisfaction that; “it is disheartening that in this age where the cost of running government and provision of services is huge as a result of population growth, some businesses and individuals still evade taxes.”
“The government is mindful of how difficult collecting taxes could be, which was why I gave the Revenue Board the ability to carry out their activities with full autonomy and strong political backing.
He added, “To build a Nigeria of our dreams, we must, as citizens and as government, show our great deal of patriotism in the discharge of our civic responsibilities.
Governor Abubakar said the success story of the FIRS has encouraged the waves of positive change that blows in the country by stabilizing the economy for the government to fund its infrastructural revolution and social intervention programmes, aside from its other primary responsibilities.
“The resounding feat the Federal Inland Revenue Services has achieved over the years by exceeding its revenue target is another testimony of patriotism and professionalism which are the major ingredients that propel efficiency and prosperity”.
He explained that the Bauchi State Internal Revenue Service has switched from manual tax collection system to automated, all collection platforms that have significantly raised IGR, by plugging revenue leakages at one end and providing taxpayers a convenient, reliable and efficient platform to fulfill their tax obligations to the state at the other.
“Despite the great turbulence of the time, we sailed towards reinvigorating the apparatus of governance, the state revenue generating apparatus has been restructured to an innovative and a technology-driven one that moves at pace with the emerging realities of the tax environment,” the governor further explained.
