Niger governor, Umaru Bago tasks MDAs to generate N120bn IGR

Governor Umaru Bago of Niger State has tasked all the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) involved in revenue collection and generation with a new target of one hundred and twenty billion naira.

The governor stated this during the enlarged inaugural State Executive Council (SEC) meeting held at the Council Chamber, Government House, Minna on Wednesday, August 30, 2023.

Speaking at the forum, Bago reinstated that the expanded SEC meeting was to enable the participation of stakeholders in keying into the vision and mission of the present administration.

The Governor explained that the success of the present administration in delivering dividends of democracy to the citizens required things to be done differently and rightly.

According to him “any file on my table will not last twenty-four hours”, while calling on key government officials to do same.

He added, “all the revenue-generating MDAs should redouble their efforts to make sure the monthly target of N10 billion naira is achieved.”