“The government is supposed to be getting ₦4 billion from IGR monthly but we have been struggling to make about ₦2 billion or less.”

By Agency Report June 22, 2023

About 50 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) accruable to the Anambra State Government is lost to leakages and activities of revenue thieves.

Christian Madubuko, executive director in charge of Operations at the Anambra Internal Revenue Service (AIRS), disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka on Wednesday.

Mr Madubuko, who is the leader of AIRS revenue mobilisation team, said the state was making just about ₦2 billion monthly out of the ₦4 billion potential profile.

He said the government had discovered the diversion of state taxes through the fraudulent configuration of a retail banking agent which had been blacklisted.

He said investigation was ongoing to identify the beneficiaries of the fraud with the aim of bringing them to book, adding that the police, State Security Service and other intelligence agencies had swung into action.

Mr Madubuko said that no fewer than 20 illegal revenue collectors had been arrested and handed over to the police, and that they had been making useful confessions that would lead to the apprehension of those they were working for.

He said those involved in the “sabotage” were “enemies of government” who would be prosecuted at the State Revenue Court.

“The leakage we were having with the POS operators was a deliberate design by some internal people we entered into agreement with, to consciously configure the system for diversion of revenue.

“The amount is humongous but generally, the government is supposed to be getting ₦4 billion from IGR monthly but we have been struggling to make about ₦2 billion or less.

“Everybody is now a revenue collector, the communities are involved, even the markets. The sad part is that they collect this money and put it into their private pockets.

“The digitised system of revenue collection, designed by Governor Chukwuma Soludo, is still effective. We want to eliminate physical payment of taxes, these revenue thieves must go out of business, we will not allow them to frustrate this government,” he said.

Mr Madubuko said the AIRS was working to maximise IGR collection without inflicting additional pain on the masses.

He expressed worry over the complaints of intimidation and extortion by some people under the guise of enforcing traffic laws.

“The complaints are everywhere, we are aware that some people are going about molesting the people they are supposed to be protecting.

“We will embark on training of these people and those who collect money from people and put them into their pockets will be arrested and prosecuted,” he added.

sultanofpigs:
They should emPloy MC OLUOMO to show how he generates Billions/per week for LASG.

Everybody, knows MC Oluomo, is the defacto Governor of the State and Sanwolu is just an official errand boy to Tinubu...

DevilsEqual:
Yep I stay in Anambra and thats true...Soludo too dey talk truth, just go that chisco bridge for onitsha, U go fear fear
This is the best legacy Obi left in Anambra and some dunces actually wanted him to replicate this shit all over nigeria

Tenses:
Lagos state will likely lose 98% of it revenue to agberos

oyebanji44:


The rate of hunger and poverty in anambra is increasing in an alarming rate..that is why this is happening in that state...

RAND250:


Mc oluomo is more accountable than both present and past governors of anambra

chichar1:
Nnamdi Kanu is most reasonable and respected personality than both present and past governors of South west. 😂😂😂

Ajagunakin:
So this is the legacy that the dullard left for his poor people in Anambra that he wants to replicate at the Center.

Legacy of thuggery, thievery, and revenue loss, chai! tufiakwa.

We really dodged a bullet on this one. He is finished politically in Nigeria.

RAND250:


There is no sit at home in south west

LegendHero:
Soludo should just invite MC Oluomo so he can’t teach him about new strategies to generate funds for the state government using best practices.

I heard MC Oluomo learnt the strategy from his son that graduated from MIT.

EcoBrick:



https://www.premiumtimesng.com/regional/ssouth-east/606013-anambra-loses-50-per-cent-of-revenue-to-touts-leakage-official.html

Gabouchayy:
Upper iweka boys

Noerection:
MC Oluomo is too powerful to the extent of collecting revenue from Alaibo

duro4chang:
Anambra is the land of agbero.

yarimo:
Touts in Anambra state, but I thought everyone in the east are millionaires and billionaires

Ajagunakin:
So this is the legacy that the dullard left for his poor people in Anambra that he wants to replicate at the Center.

Legacy of thuggery, thievery, and revenue loss, chai! tufiakwa.

We really dodged a bullet on this one. He is finished politically in Nigeria.

sultanofpigs:
They should emPloy MC OLUOMO to show how he generates Billions/per week for LASG.

Everybody, knows MC Oluomo, is the defacto Governor of the State and Sanwolu is just an official errand boy to Tinubu...

RAND250:
TINUBU is the leader of this agberos he his the one collecting the remaining percentage through night bus

Na Lagos be our problem

EyeCumInPiece:
Deliberately done to compensate the touts for the role they play in bringing the Govt into power.

RAND250:


Mc oluomo is more accountable than both present and past governors of anambra

inoki247:
Lol those kid will soon be here to cry and tell us South West Media propaganda let the news be other way round the thread for don full of abuse....

Everybody from that side are billionaire or Tinubu don export Olu Omo boys go dere ni

AntiMarxist:
The resident IPOB clowns calling for Igbos to relocate to the yeast are part of this extortionist racket .

This is why all the Okoros here are refusing to abide by IPOB declaration to come back home .

Okoroawusa:
Did he say touts? In Anambra? That's not possible! Anambra that Is like Dubai

DevilsEqual:
Yep I stay in Anambra and thats true...Soludo too dey talk truth, just go that chisco bridge for onitsha, U go fear fear
This is the best legacy Obi left in Anambra and some dunces actually wanted him to replicate this shit all over nigeria

Afamed:


Until you visit Anambra, you will know the Agberos in Lagos are Apprentices

chichar1:
Nnamdi Kanu is most reasonable and respected personality than both present and past governors of South west. 😂😂😂

LegendHero:
Soludo should just invite MC Oluomo so he can’t teach him about new strategies to generate funds for the state government using best practices.

I heard MC Oluomo learnt the strategy from his son that graduated from MIT.

BadMaster:
Where's ? Come and tell us how MC oluomo is the head of Agberos in Anambra.

Moreover, I thought everyone in Anambra is a billionaire, how come there are Agberos in Anambra?

BadMaster:
Where's ? Come and tell us how MC oluomo is the head of Agberos in Anambra.

Moreover, I thought everyone in Anambra is a billionaire, how come there are Agberos in Anambra?

chichar1:
But Your people are refugees at Benin republic, courtesy of fulani herders and militias. Mtcheeewww

chichar1:
Sorry!! Soludo doesn't have engagement with that nonentity called MC Oluomo.