Ministries, departments and agencies in Plateau State have met to discuss how best to implement the state’s tax laws.

Governor Simon Lalong, speaking during an engagement with members of the state Executive Council, chief executives of boards, agencies and parastatals on tax matters, said there was the need to boost the state’s Internally Generated Revenue (IGR).

The event was organised by the Plateau State Internal Revenue Service

Lalong said: “Inter-agency engagement is aimed at increasing stakeholder’s awareness on the legal frame work and policy reforms in the area of tax administration in Plateau State, in line with the provision of the Plateau State Revenue (Consolidation) Law, which I signed into Law in 2016.

“This engagement would not have come at a better time than this, given the coming on board of new members of the State Executive Council and the recently constituted membership of the Boards, Parastatals and Agencies of Government.

“The Theme of this engagement: Collaboration, synergy and legal compliance parameters; optimising Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) collection in Plateau State for effective service delivery and development is not only timely, but necessary in our quest as a government to improve the IGR of the state for the purpose of accelerating the much needed development of the state.

“The government’s commitment to service delivery, in the face of the economic misfortune occasioned by the drop of the revenue accruing to the nation on monthly bases, necessitated our thinking out of the box under this new reality.

“No government, society and community, can survive without resources. Our successful execution of developmental projects will not come by just mere wishes but through the practical effort of the people to collectively engage in the mobilisation of revenue for an effective service delivery to take place.”

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Plateau agencies strategise on tax law reforms