Nigerian States IGR Awards

ABOUT THE NIGERIAN STATES IGR AWARDS
The annual Nigerian States IGR Awards is designed to encourage and foster a healthy competition among the internal revenue service (IRS) of FCT and the 36 states of Nigeria in order to substantially increase their internally generated revenue (IGR). The criteria for the various categories of this award program are based on verifiable data on the annual performance in revenue collection of the tax authority of these states. Compared to even some African countries, Nigeria as at today, falls short in terms of taxation per capita. Nigerian States IGR Awards is our own way of supporting a growing advocacy from various quarters across the country to help reverse this trend. The event is open for the partnership, sponsorship, goodwill and support of interested public sector agencies and corporate organizations. The awards are usually presented by REVENUE magazine every year during a nationwide roadshow that takes our team to the IRS of several of the winning states. From inception in September 2020 till date, the event has received the goodwill, support, and co-sponsorship from the IRS of the following states: Kogi, Gombe, Borno, Zamfara, Kaduna, Katsina, Nasarawa, Yobe, Anambra, Kebbi, Kano, and Benue. We look forwards to continuing to engage even more robustly with these tax authorities, as well as many others in the months and years ahead. Nigerian States IGR Awards program is promoted by REVENUE, a publication of Alford Conferences Limited.

1ST NIGERIAN STATES IGR AWARDS 2020
The 1st Nigerian States IGR Awards program was presented during a nationwide roadshow from September-December 2020. The awards were presented in two categories: Leadership in IGR Award (12 recipients), and Excellence in IGR Award (13 recipients). The roadshow took our team to the internal revenue service (IRS) of several of the winning states: Yobe, FCT, Benue, Zamfara, Borno, Kano, Jigawa, Kebbi, Kaduna, Nasarawa, Enugu, Anambra, Ondo, Kogi, Kwara, Osun, Ogun and Lagos.

2ND NIGERIAN STATES IGR AWARDS 2021/2022
The 2nd Nigerian States IGR Awards was similarly held during a nationwide roadshow, from August 2021-January 2022. The awards were presented in five categories: Person of the Year Award (one recipient), Leadership in IGR Award (12 recipients), Achievement in IGR Award (12 recipients), Excellence in IGR Award (12 recipients), and Excellence in Direct Assessment Tax Award (12 recipients). We visited the IRS of the following states: Kaduna, Nasarawa, Benue, Plateau, Gombe and Anambra.

3RD NIGERIAN STATES IGR AWARDS 2022/2023
The 3rd Nigerian States IGR Awards comprised four categories: Governor of the Year in IGR Award (one recipient), Person of the Year in IGR Award (one recipient), Leadership in IGR Award (10 recipients), and Excellence in IGR Award (10 recipients). The exigencies of the 2022/2023 general election season negatively impacted the nationwide roadshow to present the 3rd Nigerian States IGR Awards. We were however able to present the award to Kaduna IRS, as well as embark on a courtesy visit to the IRS of FCT and Niger State during the period under review.

4TH NIGERIAN STATES IGR AWARDS 2023
As part of our continuous finetuning of the annual Nigerian States IGR Awards program to deliver greater value to all concerned, and based on valuable feedback from the leadership of some of the state tax bodies, we have introduced three more categories while reducing the number of recipients. The 4th edition of this awards event will therefore comprise seven categories as follows: Governor of the Year in IGR Award (one recipient), Person of the Year in IGR Award (one recipient), Compliance in IGR Award (3 recipients), Excellence in IGR Award (3 recipients), Achievement in IGR Award (3 recipients), and Leadership in IGR Award (3 recipients). The 7th category will honour the top 10 leading tech and tech-related companies that are at the forefront of government e-revenue collection and management in Nigeria today (10 recipients). Altogether, we look forward to honouring these 24 deserving winners during the forthcoming 4th Nigerian States IGR Awards. The national roadshow to present the awards will commence in due course.

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