… Tax revenue accounts for 12.6% IGR, non-tax contributes 87.4%
MON FEB 09 2026-theGBJournal| Enugu State Government recorded N406.77 billion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) IN 2025, the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) has announced, the State Government reported on Sunday.
Of the total amount, tax revenue accounted for N51.5 billion, representing 12.6 per cent, while non-tax revenue stood at N355.2 billion, representing 87.4 per cent of the total IGR.
The government recalled that although the state’s IGR stood at N26.8 billion in 2022, it was able to scale it up to N37.4 billion in 2023 following Governor Peter Mbah’s ascension to office and ramped it up further to N180.5 billion in 2024 before hitting N406.7 billion in 2025.
These were made known by the Chairman of ESIRS, Mr. Emmanuel Nnamani during a press briefing in Enugu on Sunday, attributing the steady astronomic growth in the state’s IGR to deployment of technology, e-payment, widening of the tax net without increasing the rate, as well as other extensive reforms by the Mbah Administration to block revenue leakages.
According to Nnamani, the shift from tax revenue-driven funding had happened as at 2024, as Enugu State focused on natural resources, recovery, and revival of moribund assets to move our revenue into stability.
”Enugu State collected a total IGR of N406,774,321,758.87 out of the N509,947,000,000 projected in the 2025 Appropriation Law.
This represents a performance of 80 per cent from budget perspective as well as a 125 per cent IGR growth from 2024 figure of N180.5b. It is also a revenue performance that has shown that Enugu State has developed fiscal resilience and sustainability,” Mr. Nnamani stated.
“As I stated earlier, most of our non-tax revenue is driven by recovery, revitalisation, and optimisation of state assets, many of which were hitherto moribund and fallow assets.”
He expressed optimism over tax revenue growth explaining that the state’s huge investments in infrastructure would attract more residents and businesses, which would not only pay taxes, but create taxable employments.
“This is imperative because tax revenue is most sustaining for any national and subnational government. This is the reason we have intensified efforts to grow it in line with the provisions of tax laws.
“What we have done with tax revenue and by extension the non-tax revenue is like fees, levies, and assets is to plug the leakages in revenues, introducing technology to ensure traceability, accountability and transparency.
“So, 2026 is another year to watch out for Enugu State. Projected IGR is N870bn and tax revenue is expected to dwindle as we implement a pro-citizen tax reform. However, we are very optimistic that we will beat economic expectations in tax revenue as compliance with tax laws has gone up in Enugu State.”
Nnamani added that the feedback they government gets from its people and businesses on a daily basis is that they are now encouraged to pay their tax and fulfill their other financial obligations to government by the fact that they see the transformations going on in every sector of the state under the present administration.
”The infrastructure, the 260 Smart Green Schools and the 260 Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centre spread across the 260 electoral wards, the Enugu International Conference Centre (ICC), the ICC 5-Star Hotel, the Enugu International Hospital, the Enugu Air, the five modern bus terminals, the 100 CNG buses, and indeed the over 2,000 completed and ongoing projects across the state, just to name a few.” Nnamani said.
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