Sorry, We Can’t Give You Money -Benue Revenue Service Boss Tells Hopeful Agencies
By Sam Tyav, Makurdi Chairman of Benue State Board of Internal Revenue Service (BIRS), Mr. Joseph Kwaghgba, has disclosed that the mandate of BIRS is not to fund agencies of government, but to generate money for the state through tax collection.Speaking with some journalists in his office on Monday, the Chairman noted that the constitutional provision guiding the board's operations does not allow it to spend money.The BIRS boss explained that after collection of taxes, the agency remits same to government while the Ministry of Finance disburses the money to the appropriate agencies as provided for in the budget.Kwaghgba called on…












