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Kano Doubles IGR, Emerging Among Nigeria’s Fastest-Growing Revenue States in 2024

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<p><&excl;-- BEGIN THEIA POST SLIDER --><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"Qq2dAlos" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>As States in Nigeria struggle with Internally Generated Revenue&lpar;IGR&rpar;&comma; Kano State has doubled its IGR&comma; according to a data released by the National Bureau of Statistics for the 2024 Internally Generated Revenue&comma; and corroborated by Statista&comma; the leading data source in Nigeria&period;<&sol;p><div class&equals;"d4LjkmiB" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<&excl;-- TV --> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"4399361195" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"auto" &NewLine; data-full-width-responsive&equals;"true"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>According to a statement issued to newsmen by Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&&num;8217&semi;s Special Adviser on Information&comma; Ibrahim Adam&comma; the administration of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf&comma; immediately after being sworn in&comma; swung into action and doubled the state&&num;8217&semi;s revenue generation by overhauling the Kano State Internal Revenue Service &lpar;KIRS&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The Governor&&num;8217&semi;s Information Manager also said it is pertinent that Governor Yusuf employed one of the best hands to handle the state&&num;8217&semi;s revenue generation&comma; hence the result of Kano topping the chart in 2024&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The data released for the leading movers among the states by the National Bureau of Statistics for 2024 are as follows&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<div class&equals;"0LkiS4Fk" style&equals;"clear&colon;both&semi;float&colon;left&semi;width&colon;100&percnt;&semi;margin&colon;0 0 20px 0&semi;"><script async src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;pagead2&period;googlesyndication&period;com&sol;pagead&sol;js&sol;adsbygoogle&period;js"><&sol;script> &NewLine;<ins class&equals;"adsbygoogle" &NewLine; style&equals;"display&colon;block&semi; text-align&colon;center&semi;" &NewLine; data-ad-layout&equals;"in-article" &NewLine; data-ad-format&equals;"fluid" &NewLine; data-ad-client&equals;"ca-pub-4403533287178375" &NewLine; data-ad-slot&equals;"6550225277"><&sol;ins> &NewLine;<script> &NewLine; &lpar;adsbygoogle &equals; window&period;adsbygoogle &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&rpar;&period;push&lpar;&lbrace;&rcub;&rpar;&semi; &NewLine;<&sol;script><&sol;div>&NewLine;<p>2024 IGR<br &sol;>&NewLine;1 🟢 Enugu — ₦180&period;50 billion&comma; &plus;433&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;2 🔴 Kano — ₦74&period;77 billion&comma; &plus;100&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;3 🟤 Cross River — ₦47&period;02 billion&comma; &plus;49&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;4 🟢 Anambra — ₦42&period;69 billion&comma; &plus;28&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;5 🟣 Ekiti — ₦35&period;21 billion&comma; &plus;10&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;6 ⚫️ Bauchi — ₦32&period;43 billion&comma; &plus;6&percnt;<br &sol;>&NewLine;7 🟢 Ebonyi — ₦13&period;18 billion&comma; -57&percnt;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad4" id&equals;"quads-ad4" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>While in 2023&comma; Kano struggled to reach the 50 billion naira mark in internally generated revenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>States in Same Category — 2023 IGR<br &sol;>&NewLine;1 🔴 Kano — ₦37&period;38 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;2 🟢 Enugu — ₦33&period;86 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;3 🟢 Anambra — ₦33&period;46 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;4 🟣 Ekiti — ₦32&period;10 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;5 🟤 Cross River — ₦31&period;56 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;6 🟢 Ebonyi — ₦30&period;84 billion<br &sol;>&NewLine;7 ⚫️ Bauchi — ₦30&period;58 billion<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Governor Yusuf&&num;8217&semi;s Information Manager added that the revenue generation doubled by 100 percent when the government assumed office after 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to Ibrahim&comma; the government is not even keen on taxing the masses&comma; like the Adaidaita Sahu tricycle riders&comma; who<br &sol;>&NewLine;were exploited by the previous administration of Governor Ganduje&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;People are asking where the government is getting the funds for infrastructural projects—this is the only way&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Among the strategies employed by the administration to improve the state&&num;8217&semi;s IGR is blocking leakages and loopholes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;And as a result&comma; the total revenue generated in 2024 has doubled that of 2023&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Ibrahim Adam added that Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf is assuring the people of the state that he is very grateful for the cooperation the administration is receiving from the populace&comma; with the promise of doing more&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Consequently&comma; Ibrahim added that the state government will continue to implement more infrastructural projects using the internally generated revenue&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><&excl;-- END THEIA POST SLIDER -->&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 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