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Kaduna Internally Generated Revenue Rises to N85 Billion under Uba Sani, Official Says

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Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Kaduna’s internally generated revenue rose from N58 billion before 2023 to N85 billion in 2025, according to outgoing KADIRS chairman Jerry Adams.
  • Adams said the state was moving toward annual collections of N120 billion, supported by a broader tax base and digitalized revenue processes.
  • He said earlier gains relied partly on one-off recoveries and property sales, prompting a shift toward bringing more businesses and individuals into the tax system.

Kaduna State’s internally generated revenue increased to N85 billion in 2025, and the state is now targeting annual collections of N120 billion, according to Jerry Adams, the outgoing chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service.

The IGR of Kaduna State stood at N58bn before 2023. By 2023, it had risen to N62bn and, in 2024, it reached N71bn. In 2025, we recorded an annual revenue of N85bn, with an average monthly collection of N7bn. Today, we are trending towards N120bn, at a monthly average of N10bn.

· Jerry AdamsThe outgoing KADIRS chairman detailed Kaduna’s revenue growth and current target.

Speaking at the 160th meeting of the Joint Revenue Board in Kaduna, Adams attributed the growth to Governor Uba Sani’s political support and lack of interference in the agency’s operations. He said monthly revenue had reached an average of N7 billion in 2025 and was now trending toward N10 billion.

The figures rose from N58 billion before 2023 to N62 billion in 2023 and N71 billion in 2024. Adams said the earlier period had produced a misleading picture of organic growth. A substantial share of collections between 2019 and 2023 came from back-duty recoveries, the sale of government properties and other one-off sources.

On paper, that looked like progress. But if you looked closer, as we eventually did, you’d find out that a significant portion of that revenue didn’t come from organic tax growth.

· Jerry AdamsAdams qualified the earlier revenue figures by pointing to one-off sources.

“On paper, that looked like progress. But if you looked closer, as we eventually did, you’d find out that a significant portion of that revenue didn’t come from organic tax growth,” Adams said. “It came from back-duty recoveries, sale of government properties and some other one-off recoveries, not a growing, breathing tax base.”

It came from back-duty recoveries, sale of government properties and some other one-off recoveries, not a growing, breathing tax base.

· Jerry AdamsHe explained why the agency changed its collection strategy.

The agency later shifted from collecting more from existing taxpayers to expanding the tax net. Adams said KADIRS also digitized its processes through the PAYKADUNA portal and Project C.R.A.F.T., aiming to reduce revenue leakages and improve collections.

We could no longer keep squeezing the same familiar taxpayers a little harder each year and call it strategy. We needed to grow horizontally, not just vertically; to expand the tax net itself, rather than simply tighten it around those already caught in it, and to stop relying on windfalls to flatter our numbers.

· Jerry AdamsAdams described the move toward expanding the taxpayer base.
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Originally published by The Punch in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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