The Kogi Government has appealed to residents in the state to pay their taxes so as to enjoy the benefits thereof.
Alhaji Sule Enehe, Chairman, Kogi State Internal Revenue Service (KGIRS), made the appeal while briefing newsmen on activities of the service in Lokoja on Thursday.
Enehe said that the Gov. Ahmed Ododo-led administration was committed to provisions of social amenities to improve the quality of lives of the people.
He said: “This government is out to provide quality education, health services, road, water and other projects that have direct bearing on the lives of the people.
“When you declare your income and pay your tax promptly, government will have the financial power to execute meaningful projects that will benefit the people of the state.”
The chairman listed some of the projects undertaken by the government to include construction of the Zone 8 roundabout – Barrack – Zango – GYB junction road and Zone 8 roundabout – CBN – High Court road.
He said that the government also paid fees for WAEC, JAMB, and BECEL for students of public schools in Kogi.
Enehe said that when residents are committed to the payment of their taxes as at when due, it would enable the government provide more laudable projects.
The chairman frowned at illegal revenue collection and advised pepertrators to desist from such act so as not incur the wrath of of the law.
He said that no person or group, especially associations or unions, aside officials of the service, were lawfully authorised to collect revenue on behalf of the state.