The online registration for the year 2023 Tax Club interschool Quiz Competition organized by the Kwara state Internal Revenue Service, KW-IRS in collaboration with the Kwara state Ministry of Education & Human Capital Development, ended on Wednesday, May 17, 2023, with a total number of 231 (Two Hundred and Thirty-One) high schools in the state signifying interest to compete for the top prize of N2.5Million.
A statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com by Titilayomi Ogunwale , who is the revenue agency’s Head of Corporate Affairs, noted that the annual Tax Club Quiz Competition is open to all Senior Secondary Schools in the state, both public and private.
‘It is an initiative of the Kwara state government, aimed at nurturing school children to have a clear understanding of the role of tax in the development of an economy and growing to become tax-compliant citizens.
All 231 schools that have expressed interest in this year’s tax competition would proceed to the preliminary rounds which will commence on Tuesday, June 20th, and end on Monday, 26th June 2023, across the three (3) Senatorial Districts.
Kwara North 1, which comprises schools in Baruten and Kaiama Local Governments, would gather at Ilesha Baruba for the preliminaries, while Kwara North 2, comprising high schools in Edu, Patigi, and Moro Local Governments, would converge on Lafiagi for the preliminary rounds.
Participating High schools from the Kwara South Senatorial District will gather at Okeya-Ipo High School for the preliminary rounds, while the KW-IRS, CBT centre at its Phase III Office, in Ilorin, will host high schools in Kwara Central Senatorial District for the preliminary stages.
The Preliminary stages will produce the best Six Schools from each of the Senatorial Districts in the state to go for the Semi-Final round while the overall best 6 schools will compete in the final round of the 2023 KW-IRS Tax Quiz Competition scheduled to take place on Thursday, 2nd November 2023.
Kwara state under Governor Abdulahman AbdulRazaq’s leadership has continued to make impacts across all sectors, and this explains the growing interest of schools in educational activities and the increase in the number of applicants recorded for this year.
A total number 231 schools that registered within the set time frame represents an exponential improvement over the 142 and 219 applicants in 2021 and 2022, respectively.
While we wish all the participating schools the best of luck as they commence preparations for the tax quiz competition, it is pertinent to enjoin students to embrace the essence of the competition which is the creation of tax awareness and knowledge towards building a better society’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08059100286, 09094171980. Thank you
