Ekiti State Governor, Mr Biodun Oyebanji has charged the State’s Internal Revenue Service to map out strategies to increasing the state revenue without inflicting hardship on the people .
Oyebanji, stated this at the Treasury Board Meeting organized by the state Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning in preparation for the 2023 budget held in Ado Ekiti, saying government needs money to execute its programmes aimed at ensuring that Ekiti people enjoy dividends of democracy.
He pleaded and solicited the unflinching cooperation of all revenue generating agencies to look inward for more money into state coffers.
Oyebanji While expressing his readiness to improve workers welfare, urged all public servants to be transparent and cooperate with the Board of Internal Revenue Service to use technology in driving revenue in the state.The governor however said he would be hard on any MDA that refuses to use the platform.
Oyebanji reiterated that his administration would continue to treat workers with decency, urging them to brace up and work hard to achieve the lofty agenda of his administration.
The Governor pledged his support for the Board of Internal Revenue Service to enable it perform effectively calling on them to harness windows of opportunities open to the state to improve revenue generation.
Governor Oyebanji said:“We are not going to put pain on our people but there are lots of opportunities that you can harness to increase the IGR. I need your cooperation, I need your help. I can only do what I promised you if I have money. I can be well-intentioned but when I don’t have resources what can I do.
“I’m committed to improved welfare for workers, I’m sure you got your salaries and I must commend the Accountant General’s office for ensuring that happened. she has given me another promise and I’m sure that one will happen today.
The Governor said further that his administration would not subscribe to increase in subvention to tertiary institutions until all stakeholders hold a conference to chart a way forward.
According to the governor
“Subvention will not increase until all stakeholders sit down and agree on the way forward, once we do that, government will do its own bit, management will do its own as well as students and union, until we get to that junction, no increase. The truth of the matter is that at a point, subvention will stop, I’m not saying it is going to stop now but we must prepare our minds that a time will come that state will not be able to give subvention to institutions.
“Management should start preparing for that, it is a hard fact. What we are paying now will continue until we agree on a roadmap to ensure that we have a world class institutions. He said
