Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State on Thursday flagged off a revenue generation and implementation drive with a view to reach a N5 billion monthly Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) target.
This is coming after the recent signing of the newly passed Revenue Law and Property and Land Use Charge Law as well as the Plateau Geographic Information Systems Law.
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Flagging off the exercise at the Plateau State Internal Revenue Service headquarters in Jos, Lalong warned that any tax defaulters, no matter how highly placed, would be prosecuted, adding that no one is above the law.
He said the revenue drive is aimed at changing the income base of the state so that the state can have more funds to execute projects.
In order to show leadership by example, Lalong at the event then paid the ground rent charges for his personal property at First Bank and UBA.
The Executive Chairman of the Plateau State Inland Revenue Service, Dashe Arlat, said the tax payment implementation exercise will involve taxpayer awareness creation, on-the-spot inspection of registration licenses and permits, adding that the exercise would be a continuous one that will be sustained.
He called on all and sundry to fulfil their civic responsibility of voluntarily paying all taxes, levies, fees and fines to grow the state IGR.
