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Revenue
Yola, Dec. 22, 2016 (NAN) The Adamawa Government has constituted Special Committee on Internally Generated Revenue ((IGR) in the state, the
Commissioner of Justice, Mr Silas Sanga, said.
The commissioner made this known on Thursday while briefing newsmen on the outcome of the state’s Executive Council meeting to bring the year to a close.
Sanga said that the Committee had 10 days to submit its report and was expected to look into issues affecting improved IGR in the state.
The Committee was also expected to come up with recommendations on how to tackle the problems.
He said “the meeting discussed issues surrounding the general economy of the state, particularly how to revamp the IGR and how it would significantly fund the 2017 budget.
“A Special Committee was set up and given 10 days to look at the issues and come up with recommendations that would ensure that the IGR of Adamawa increased to nearly N500 million monthly.”
The commissioner said that the meeting also finalised the 2017 budget which he said would be different from previous ones. (NAN)
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Edited by Ekemini Ladejobi/Hadiza Mohammed-Aliyu