Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has said the Federal Government’s tax reforms have significantly improved Nigeria’s revenue mobilisation, with national revenue reaching about N21.6 trillion in the first half of 2026.
The governor spoke on Wednesday at the 160th edition of the Joint Revenue Board meeting held in Kaduna, with the theme, “One Year of Tax Reform: Assessing Progress and Addressing Challenges.”
According to Sani, Nigeria’s revenue rose from approximately N10.1 trillion in 2023 to N21.6 trillion in 2024 and N36.8 trillion in 2025, while revenue in the first half of 2026 alone stood at about N21.6 trillion.
He said the figure represented a 49 per cent increase over the corresponding period of the previous year, describing the development as evidence of the growing capacity of the country to finance development through domestic resources.
Sani commended President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for taking what he described as a “bold and politically demanding decision” to reform the country’s tax architecture through landmark legislation, including the Act that transformed the former Joint Tax Board into the Joint Revenue Board.
He said the reforms were necessary to simplify Nigeria’s complex tax environment, reduce multiple and overlapping taxation, deploy technology and e-invoicing to curb leakages, and strengthen revenue administration.
The governor also praised the Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service, Mr Zach Adedeji, for his leadership in advancing the reform agenda, while commending the immediate past Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Mr Jerry Adams, and his team for increasing the state’s internally generated revenue from barely N4 billion to about N10 billion monthly.
He said Kaduna had embraced a taxpayer-friendly approach through technology-driven revenue collection, professionalisation of its revenue workforce and increased taxpayer education, stressing that sustainable taxation must be built on fairness, transparency, predictability and trust rather than coercion.
