Delta State government says it plans to achieve N12 billion monthly Internally generated revenue.
Dr Latimore Oghenesivbe, the Head of Delta Orientation Bureau and Executive Assistant on Orientation and Communications to the Governor of Delta State, disclosed this on Saturday.
According to him, the state is deploying a multifaceted campaign to sensitize the public on the legal implications of tax evasion.
Oghenesivbe said the bureau would partner with the State Internal Revenue Services to drive the campaign per the government’s objective of raking in N12 billion and above monthly next year.
“We are committed and ready to partner with government agencies and organizations to drive the MORE agenda of Governor Oborevwori through strategic campaigns that touch on government policies and programmes as well as to emphasize the need for citizens to perform their civic responsibilities, such as payment of taxes to the government as at when due.
“We hope to partner with the State Internal Revenue Services to drive the campaign against tax evasion and avoidance, reach out to our schools and the mass media to also sensitize our people and youth on the need to stay away from crime, avoid drug abuse and other societal ills.
“The lofty programmes encapsulated in the MORE agenda are such that they touch on all segments, sectors, and social strata, including job and health creation programmes that would transform our street boys and girls to the enviable status of good boys, girls, and successful entrepreneurs.
“Tax evasion and avoidance is a serious criminal offence which must be discouraged; payment of taxes is an integral part of citizens civic responsibility to the state,” he said.
