Ekiti State Governor Dr. Kayode Fayemi has granted full autonomy to the state internal revenue service in order to be more productive in its drive to boost revenue generation.
The Chairman of the Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), Mr. Muyiwa Ogunmilade, made this known yesterday at the opening of a week induction programme organised for its new workers in Ado-Ekiti.
He said the autonomy would strengthen the revenue generating body to operate independently and rake in money into the state coffers.
Listing the giant strides made by the service to curtail financial drift, the EKIRS boss said loopholes and leakages had been blocked, while the government had deepened the transparency and accountability in revenue processing and generation.
He said the government had with the employment, hired the services of capable and competent hands to enable the service meet its mandate in terms of revenue generation.
Ogunmilade said the one-week induction programme would build the capacity of the workers towards optimal service delivery.
Head of Service Mr. Bamidele Agbede, who declared the induction open, advised the newly recruited workers to strategise and display the right dexterity that could guarantee the boosting of the IGR drive of the state.
He said improved IGR was the only way the government could survive the dwindling allocation from the federation account.
Agbede hailed Ogunmilade for transforming the state internal revenue service through implementation of encompassing reforms and policies.