Nigeria: Kaduna Council Chairmen Tasked On Tax Collection

22 March 2013

Kaduna — Chairmen of the 23 local government areas of Kaduna State have been urged to embark on aggressive tax collection to make them financially independent.

State Commissioner for Local Government Alhaji Magaji Sadiq Hunkuyi said at the launch of Point of Sale (PoS) tax payment and collection system in Zaria yesterday that the era whereby local governments depend solely on federal government allocation as major source of income is gone.

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