The Enugu State Authorities says it generated N406.8 billion as Internally Generated Income (IGR) in 2025, attaining 80 per cent of its N509.9 billion income goal for the yr.
The disclosure was made by the Chairman of the Enugu State Inside Income Service (ESIRS), Mr Emmanuel Nnamani, throughout a media briefing in Enugu on Sunday.
The efficiency marks a pointy turnaround within the state’s income profile and displays the impression of reforms launched beneath Governor Peter Mbah’s administration, significantly in increasing non-tax income sources.
What they’re saying
Nnamani mentioned the state’s income efficiency defied earlier scepticism that greeted the 2025 goal when it was introduced the earlier yr.
- “I’m joyful to inform you right this moment that on the finish of 2025, Enugu State authorities collected a complete IGR of 406,774, 321,758.87 and when you evaluate the goal and precise, Enugu State achieved 80 per cent of the income goal.”
He famous that the determine represented a 125 per cent improve in comparison with the N180.5 billion generated in 2024.
He acknowledged additional that the expansion recorded reveals that Enugu State has expanded its income base considerably inside a brief interval.
He added that the outcome validated the state authorities’s aggressive income drive and its emphasis on sustainability.
Extra insights
A breakdown of the 2025 figures reveals that tax income contributed a comparatively small share of whole collections.
- Tax income stood at N51.5 billion, accounting for 12.6 per cent of whole IGR, and was largely pushed by private earnings taxes.
- Non-tax income contributed N355.2 billion, representing 87.4 per cent of whole collections.
- Tax income grew by 72 per cent yr on yr, rising from N30 billion in 2024 to N51.5 billion in 2025.
- The expansion outpaced the 31 per cent tax income improve recorded in 2024.
In line with Nnamani, the info highlights the success of the state’s technique to broaden income past conventional tax sources whereas nonetheless bettering tax compliance.
Nnamani traced the state’s income transformation to reforms initiated after Governor Peter Mbah assumed workplace.
- In 2022, earlier than the present administration, Enugu State’s whole income stood at N26.8 billion, made up of N16.2 billion in tax income and N10.6 billion in non-tax income.
- Upon assuming workplace, the governor directed income companies to aggressively develop IGR, with a give attention to unlocking non-tax income streams.
In 2023, the state authorities instructed accountants to not rely upon federal allocations to fund recurrent expenditure resembling salaries, pensions and overheads.
- “So, on the finish of 2023, we generated the income of N37.4 billion because the tax income, whereas N14.5 billion was what we name non-tax income,” Nnamani mentioned.
The state authorities is already setting its sights increased for the approaching years.
Enugu State has set an IGR goal of N870 billion for 2026.
The ESIRS chairman famous that tax income progress could sluggish quickly because of pro-citizen tax reforms aimed toward easing the burden on residents.
Regardless of this, the state expects non-tax income and improved compliance to proceed driving progress.
What it is best to know
Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) generated a mixed N3.63 trillion in Internally Generated Income (IGR) in 2024.
IGR throughout Nigeria’s 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) rose to a cumulative N10.88 trillion between 2021 and 2024.
