Enugu Govt Moves to Tighten leakage in Revenue Generation

Following the shortfall of over 85 percent in the expected revenue generation in the 2025 fiscal year, the Enugu State government has summoned a meeting to tighten noose in the loose ends of its revenue generation.

The state commissioner for finance and Economic Development, Dr. Nathaniel Emeka Urama and the Chairman of Enugu State Inland Revenue Service, ESIRS, Mr. Emmanuel Nnamani have therefore directed the all the Generating and Collecting Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs, in the State to attend a strategy session on how to intensify revenue drive in the remaining 2025 fiscal year.

The State government said that on the review of the state's internally generated revenue in H1, it noticed that N72 billion, which is only 14.1 percent of the projected N509 billion Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2025, was collected

The government however disclosed that further reviews revealed that there are rooms for improvement and loopholes to cover, hence Governor Peter Mbah approved a strategy session involving all the revenue generating and collecting MDAs in the state.

All the affected Commissioners and other key stakeholders in all the revenue generating/collecting MDAs have been mandated to attend the workshop on Tuesday, 9th September 2025.

"All the MDAs are to present their revenue generating progress report for the year, the challenges that may prevent the MDA from meeting up with their 2025 IGR target and the proposed strategy to surmount these challenges and achieve your 2025 IGR budget before the year ends," the circular directed.