The Plateau State Government on Tuesday said that it generated N6.269
billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between January and June this
year.
Dashe Arlat, the Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service
(PSIRS), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria
(NAN) in Jos.
Mr Arlat commended his staff for their hard work, describing the half
year collection as “very huge’’ and encouraging considering the
economic situation of the country.
He said that revenue (N6.269 billion) collected within the first half
of the year was an increase from the N5.19 billion collected in the
corresponding period of 2017.
The chairman expressed optimism that with the feat achieved so far,
“there is the tendency that we might be able to meet this year’s revenue
target of N13 billion.’’
“Looking back at N5.19 billion, we generated during the same period in
2017, we have an increase of about N1.07 billion this year, ’’ he said.
The revenue boss said that the N6.269 billion IGR garnered within the
six months of the year was the highest ever in the history of the
PSIRS.
He said that the feat was achieved following great improvements in
collection of Pay As You Earn (PAYE) and levies and charges by the
Ministries Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the PSIRS.
According to him, while the MDAs were only able to generate
N916,877,758.43, PSIRS generated N4,636,419,193.22 out of the total
collection of the state within the first half.
The chairman said that monthly analysis showed that May had the
highest collection of N1.314 billion and was followed by January with
N1. 272 billion, while the month of June recorded the lowest of N820
million.
He said that at the beginning of the year, the service set up a
target of nothing less than a N1 billion as monthly IGR to strengthen
and improve government’s provision of basic social amenities to the
citizens of the state.