Kaduna’s internally generated revenue rises by N27bn under Uba Sani

Kaduna State’s internally generated revenue has climbed to N85 billion, up from N58 billion before 2023, according to Jerry Adams, the outgoing chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service.

Adams said at the 160th meeting of the Joint Revenue Board in Kaduna that annual collections reached N62 billion in 2023 and N71 billion in 2024. The figure rose to N85 billion in 2025, with average monthly revenue of N7 billion. The state is now moving toward annual collections of N120 billion, or about N10 billion a month, he said.

He attributed the sustained growth to Governor Uba Sani’s political will and non-interference in the agency’s operations. Adams said the increase represented a steady trend rather than a temporary spike and would be reinforced through closer cooperation with government ministries, departments, agencies and other stakeholders.

Adams contrasted the recent figures with the period from 2019 to 2023. The agency’s highest annual collection during that period was N59 billion in 2022, but he said much of that money came from back-duty recoveries, government property sales and other one-off sources.

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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.

“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. The model stalled by early 2023, prompting KADIRS to focus on expanding the tax net rather than repeatedly increasing collections from the same taxpayers.

“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,” he said.

The agency also began fully digitising its procedures to reduce revenue leakages through the PAYKADUNA portal and Project C.R.A.F.T., an initiative intended to improve collections.

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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.