From Okey Sampson, Umuahia
The Ministry of Police Affairs, and the Internally Generated Revenue Desk in the Police Commands in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) are partnering on how to improve sources of revenue generation in the police ecosystem.
This was disclosed by Bolaji O. Kazeem, Deputy Director (Information & Public Relations Unit, Ministry of Police Affairs, in a statement.
He said the ministry organized a conference with the theme “Evaluation of Internally Generated Revenue in the Ministry” and attended by Desk Officers from Police Commands representing each geo-political zone of the country and facilitators from Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
The Permanent Secretary, Mr James Sule represented by the Director of Finance and Accounts, Mr Okehie Isaac Tochukwu pointed out that the conference provides another opportunity to examine the impact assessment of the internally Generated Revenue (IGR).
He revealed that President Tinubu had mandated everybody in the revenue generation MDAS to be up and doing to improve the revenue that will form part of the entire federation’s ability to tackle developmental projects in the country.
Professor Abdulhamid Ozohu-Suleiman, one of the facilitators at the conference said the economic development and sustainability of any country depends largely on its revenue profile and the capacity to harness the various sources available to it.
The Inspector General of Police (IGP) Olusegun Kayode Egbetokun, represented by the Deputy Commissioner of Police, Accounts and Budget, DCP Arotu Pere stated that the police is not a major revenue agency of the Federal Government but noted that there was a need to articulate its revenue base.
