Governor Chukwuma Soludo has urged Anambra natives who live in other states but own property there to pay their taxes to the state.
According to Soludo, it would allow his administration to provide the state’s residents with greater social services while safeguarding their personal property.
On Thursday in Awka, the former governor of the central bank made the plea while presenting the state’s 2023 budget estimates to the State House of Assembly.
He criticized Nigeria’s tradition of poor tax payments and mentioned Anambra as one of the states with extremely low tax collections.
“Wherever you live, Onye Anambra (Anambra people), pay your fair share. That is how it works everywhere,” Soludo said.
He further added, “Anambra is probably one of the states with the least tax revenue in the world. For comparison, Lagos State projects to generate N1.1tn from IGR in 2023 coming to almost N100bn a month…Anambra’s IGR for 2023 will be barely 4.4% of Lagos State IGR.”