A least two hundred and nineteen public and private secondary schools from sixteen local government areas of Kwara state participated in the 2022 Tax Club Quiz competition organized by the Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS).
Speaking at the grand finale of the competition held in Ilorin , Executive Chairman of the service, Mrs. Shade Omoniyi, said that the competition was designed to nurture tax compliant generations through deliberate exposure to rudiments of taxation right from the secondary school till taxable adulthood.
According to her at the end of the competition, Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ Secondary School, Ilorin won the First Prize of N2.5million, while Mustapha Standard School, Offa got N1.5million naira for coming second and College of Education, Oro Model Secondary School came Third with N1million naira prize.
Mrs. Omoniyi said that the competition is an aspect of Community Impact Programmes (CIP) of the service.
In his address Kwara state Deputy Governor , Mr. Kayode Alabi, called for the need to proactively invest in tax practice and administration in order to build a virile environment to make the business of taxation thrive at all levels of endeavours.
He urged the residents of the state to Inculcate the habit of paying their taxes promptly.
COV/ALI MUHAMMAD RABIU