Kaduna generates N90bn revenue ahead of N120bn target for 2026

The Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS) has generated about N90 billion revenue, with a stronger performance to achieve its set target of N120 billion for the year 2026.

The Acting Executive Chairman of KADIRS, Dr Mohammed Lawal, disclosed this at the agency’s third-quarter 2026 stakeholders’ engagement in Kafanchan on Thursday, November 5.

The discussion focused on leveraging the Nigeria Tax Act 2025 and Nigeria Tax Administration Act 2025 for improved internally generated revenue, taxpayers’ experience and data compliance in Kaduna state.

Lawal expressed optimism that Kaduna State would exceed N100 billion by the end of the year and eventually achieve its N120 billion target.

Lawal attributed the improved revenue performance to successive tax reforms and the transformation of the state’s revenue administration system.

He said Kaduna State generated about N12 billion annually before the commencement of major tax reforms approximately 10 years ago.

He said the state recorded more than N86 billion in revenue collections in 2025, reflecting significant improvement in revenue mobilisation.

The KADIRS boss described stakeholder engagement as a permanent feature of the agency’s administrative processes for obtaining feedback and addressing taxation-related challenges.

Lawal said Kaduna State had undertaken three major tax reforms within the last decade, beginning with the 2016 Tax Codification and Consolidation Law.

Lawal said the 2016 reform abolished cash collections, introduced technology and reduced the state’s revenue lines from more than 400 to fewer than 50.

He added that the state further consolidated its tax laws in 2020 before introducing another reform in 2025 to align with federal tax reforms.

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Lawal described the federal reforms as extensive, noting that they consolidated several tax laws and amended others to improve the country’s tax administration system.

Lawal identified changes in personal income tax, company income tax, capital gains tax, value-added tax and presumptive taxation.

The KADIRS chairman stated that the reforms also introduced four major laws providing frameworks for tax obligations, administration, revenue service operations and coordination.

He said the reforms had strengthened digital revenue administration, improved institutional organisation, and encouraged greater collaboration among relevant government agencies.