Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has warned members of the new Delta State Board of Internal Revenue, DBIR, and the Civil Service Commission, CSC, against any form of corruption, especially embezzlement of public funds.
Giving the warning yesterday while swearing in chairmen and members of the boards in Asaba, Governor Okowa stressed that anyone found wanting shall be sanctioned no matter his or her social standing.
According to the governor, his administration took time to constitute the boards because the two agencies are critical to the success of his administration, adding that they would play critical role in building a new Delta State predicated on the principles of problem-solving, resource optimisation and purposeful leadership.
Okowa frowned at what he called a situation where there is less than 20 per cent compliance level in revenue generation from the informal sector, saying that currently, over 80 per cent of the state’s internally generated revenue comes from the formal sector, which translates into less than 20 per cent compliance level because the informal sector, which constitutes over 80 per cent of the economy, has not been effectively captured in the tax net.
Okowa, however, decried a situation where individuals, especially businessmen pay taxes that are not commensurate with their incomes and assets.
For the state civil service, Governor Okowa noted that the service as the vehicle for implementation of government programmes, policies and projects, must function to change the fortunes of Deltans.
Responding on behalf of the appointees, chairman of the state civil service, Mrs. Nkem Okwuofu, thanked Governor Okowa for the appointment, assuring that they would carry out their functions without fear or favour but with the fear of God.
Source:: national mirror
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