Delta State Governor Dr Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan has commissioned the
ultra-modern headquarters of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue on
Airport Road, Warri. The complex is a six storey building, which comprises of a banking
Hall, training Complex, workshop, a generator house, fencing/gate house and
general external works (landscaping, external electrification, driveway/parking.
Delta State Governor, Dr.
Emmanuel Uduaghan has today commissioned the multi-billion naira six storey
building of the Delta State Board of Internal Revenue (DBIR) office in Warri
South Local Government Area of the state.
Governor Uduagham who was represented by the
State Commissioner for Finance and Economic Planning, Hon. Kenneth
Okpara, commended the chairman of DBIR, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo Thomas for what he
described as a gigantic leap in revenue collection in the state, adding that
since 2007 the revenue of the state has jumped up to 550 percent, with a
current average monthly collection of about N4.2 billion.
He added that the
state’s revenue board will be at the forefront of the drive for the ‘Delta
State Beyond Oil’ initiative of the his administration, saying that his
adminstration is looking into the future where the state will no longer depend
on oil and allocations from the Federal government.
He said the
commissioning of the headquarters of the revenue house in Warri also
symbolically served as the commissioning of the other 15 revenue offices that
are spread across the state.
The governor noted
that apart from the infrastructures, the state government has also installed
Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment in all the revenue offices
across the state, saying that the technology has improved the revenue
generation of the state tremendously.
Governor Uduaghan
added that his administration has also embarked on various human capacity
building workshops and training for staff of the revenue board in the United
Kingdom, America and other countries to boost their production capacity. He
said the effort of the state government has paid off so far.
Earlier in his
opening address, the Chairman of DBIR, Hon. Joel-Onowakpo, thanked Governor
Uduaghan for giving him the opportunity to head the revenue board, saying that
the governor has done a lot for the people of Delta State because of the
improvements in the board.
He said the governor
has appointed only seasoned professionals to run the state’s board of internal
revenue because of the love he had for the state, stressing that the
board will forever be thankful to the governor for his vision.
The DBIR Boss said
the key to the success of the ‘Delta Beyond Oil’ initiative of the state
governor is premised on the success of the revenue board, adding that the
governor’s dream would only come true if he strengthens the revenue collection
of DBIR.
He assured Deltans
that the board will not overtax the citizens of the state, adding that with the
level of the technological advancement in the board, it has no problem in
collecting taxes from the citizens.
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