Kaduna Generates N90bn, Targets N120bn IGR In 2026

Kaduna State has generated about N90 billion in internally generated revenue (IGR), leaving it N30 billion short of its N120 billion target for 2026, the state government has disclosed.

The Acting Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Dr Mohammed Lawal, disclosed this on Thursday at the agency’s third-quarter stakeholders’ engagement in Kafanchan.

Lawal expressed optimism that the state would surpass N100 billion by the end of the year and eventually meet its N120 billion revenue target.

The engagement focused on leveraging the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025 to improve revenue generation, taxpayers’ experience and data compliance in the state.

Lawal attributed the growth in revenue collections to successive tax reforms and improvements in the state’s revenue administration system.

He recalled that Kaduna generated about N12 billion annually before the introduction of major tax reforms approximately 10 years ago.

According to him, the state recorded more than N86 billion in revenue collections in 2025, representing a significant improvement in its revenue mobilisation.

The KADIRS boss said stakeholder engagement had become a permanent feature of the agency’s administrative processes to obtain feedback and address challenges associated with taxation.

He explained that Kaduna had implemented three major tax reforms within the last decade, beginning with the 2016 Tax Codification and Consolidation Law.

Lawal said the 2016 reform abolished cash collections, introduced technology into revenue administration and reduced the state’s revenue lines from more than 400 to fewer than 50.

He added that the state consolidated its tax laws further in 2020 before introducing another reform in 2025 to align with changes in the federal tax system.

Describing the federal tax reforms as extensive, Lawal said they consolidated several existing tax laws and amended others to strengthen tax administration across the country.

He identified key areas of reform to include personal income tax, company income tax, capital gains tax, value-added tax and presumptive taxation.

He said the reforms also introduced four major laws providing frameworks for tax obligations, administration, revenue service operations and coordination.

Lawal added that the changes had strengthened digital revenue administration, improved institutional organisation and encouraged greater collaboration among relevant government agencies.