The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) said it had collected N14.16 billion in revenue in 2025.

The KADIRS head of corporate communications, Zakari Muhammad, disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Kaduna.

Mr Muhammad said that in January and February 2025, the state had already collected an IGR of N7.47 billion and N6.69 billion, respectively, making the total revenue collected in 2025 N14.16 billion.

He said a validation of the reforms in the state’s revenue sector under Governor Uba Sani collected an IGR of N62.48 billion and N71 billion in 2023 and 2024, respectively.

Mr Muhammad said the feat consolidated Kaduna’s place as the leading IGR-performing state in northern Nigeria in the last two years.

He said, “The current level of IGR collection in the state speaks to the competence of the chairman and the management team of the service.

“We are also extolling the support we are enjoying from the state government to function as a professional and apolitical revenue authority of the state.”

The spokesperson said the rumour circulating that the former chairman of the KADIRS was removed for calling out the state’s House of Assembly speaker for refusing to pay taxes was baseless.

He added that the state had implemented innovative revenue administration reforms in the last two years.

They included the introduction of an integrated tax administration portal (PAYKADUNA), financial inclusion initiatives, and enhanced taxpayers’ and stakeholders’ engagement.

Mr Muhammad said the service deployed a first-of-its-kind interactive voice response system for taxpayer complaints redressal, among other initiatives that had improved tax administration in the state.

He reiterated that KADIRS was an autonomous agency of the state, insisting, “It is committed to its mandate of facilitating seamless and efficient revenue mobilisation for service delivery without fear or favour to any individual or group.”

(NAN)