We’ve not taken any loan to finance projects in Ekiti — Oyebanji

…Commends FG for Supporting States with More Resources

By Rotimi Ojomoyela

ADO-EKITI — Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Biodun Oyebanji, has commended the Federal Government for freeing up much fiscal resources for states to instrumentality people-oriented and bequest projects, saying his medication has not taken immoderate indebtedness to money its galore projects.

Speaking during the commissioning of the ultra-modern Ekiti Revenue House successful Ado-Ekiti, Oyebanji emphasized transparency and accountability successful his administration’s fiscal dealings. He said each projects executed nether his enactment — including roads, electricity, hospitals, and h2o projects — person been afloat funded without outer borrowing.

“I tin basal present to boast that each task we person done successful Ekiti State up to now, we person not taken a indebtedness to bash immoderate 1 of them,” the politician said. “That speaks to the information that we person a president who is transparent and allows resources to beryllium shared reasonably among the states.”

Oyebanji attributed the state’s advancement to the fiscal subject of President Bola Tinubu’s medication and expressed appreciation for the President’s support, urging Ekiti radical to proceed praying for him.

“For the archetypal clip successful our history, we person a president that is prepared. Mr. President has been bully to us, and I person nary uncertainty that erstwhile the clip comes to accidental convey you, our radical volition bash truthful done their votes,” helium added.

The politician besides lauded the assignment of Dr. Zacch Adedeji arsenic Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), describing it arsenic a testament to President Tinubu’s committedness to merit and excellence.

He assured the Joint Tax Board (JTB) of his government’s readiness to enact authorities that volition harmonize the state’s taxation medication successful enactment with nationalist taxation reforms aimed astatine freeing much resources for sub-national governments.

In his remarks, Dr. Adedeji commended Governor Oyebanji for the caller edifice, describing it arsenic a exemplary for effectual gross generation. He noted that transparency successful authorities spending remains the champion signifier of advocacy for taxation compliance.

“There’s nary amended advertisement for taxation outgo than letting radical spot what authorities spends their wealth on,” Adedeji said, praising Oyebanji for his innovation and fiscal discipline.

Also speaking, the Executive Chairman of the Ekiti State Internal Revenue Service (EKIRS), Mr. Olaniran Olatona, thanked the politician for his accordant support, noting that the state’s gross show has importantly improved.

Olatona said Ekiti ranked archetypal successful Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) maturation complaint successful the 2024 study of the Joint Tax Board (JTB) and the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), adding that the authorities had moved from 35th presumption to among the apical 16 successful the country.

He explained that the caller data-driven and digitally enabled model of the Revenue House volition beforehand greater efficiency, transparency, and accountability successful taxation medication portion giving low-income earners alleviation successful compliance processes.

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