KW-IRS Getting Repositioned For Effective Service… Media Report Alleging Misuse Of Fund Untrue-Spokesperson

Spokesperson for the Kwara state Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS), Titilayomi Ogunwale  on Sunday described a media report alleging misuse of public fund by officials of the agency as untrue.

She asserted in a statement made available to Team@orientactualmags.com that those in charge of the revenue agency had rather ensured that they stay on course in respect of efforts to get KW-IRS repositioned for effective service.

‘The Management of Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS) is appalled by the weight of bile and determination of some persons to rubbish the Service for their selfish gains. However, what keeps us above this malicious intent and envy is our professionalism, transparency, and the huge gains so far made in raising the bar when it comes to revenue generation and good ethics.

A report in an online medium purporting some imaginary misuse of fund is an exercise in futility. Unlike in the previous regime, at KW-IRS today, there are strict fiscal discipline and monitoring at higher levels. The revenue agency does not control its spending, nor does it handle any funds anymore. This is an improvement in prudence, transparency and accountability. 

While the Service still lawfully engages consultancy firms like all revenue agencies in the world, the management is proud to have ended the era of bogus and often-opaque consultancy fees of the past. Within the past three years alone, the KW-IRS has saved taxpayers a humongous N3.9billion (Three Billion, Nine Hundred Million Naira Only) in what could have gone to consultancies of all kinds if the former platforms had been retained.

The savings from what was paid as consultancy fees before are now ploughed back to the public treasury for investment and development projects. It is this transparency and patriotic act of the present Management that are being twisted by the detractors who are not used to such a culture. 

The Executive Chairman and Management Team of KW-IRS have made corporate governance and due diligence their watchwords, and will continue to enforce the doctrine to the letter in public interest. 

This possibly explains the relentless attacks on the government and KW-IRS. We are not deterred. 

The Service is aware of the vast network of conspiracies to sully its image through propaganda and false equivalence as political campaigns begin. However, we shall remain true to our commitment  to raise the bar in our service to the people of Kwara State without compromising the law or our ethics. We will not succumb to lies and blackmail of any kind.

Members of the public are by this press statement urged to ignore the falsehoods, join hands to build a more prosperous Kwara, and continue to play their lawful part of tax payment as and when due to support the developmental agenda of the government’ the statement said-Team@orientactualmags.com
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