The Lagos Inland Revenue Service (LIRS) says during the lockdown in April, it made over N25 billion from taxation.
Mr Rasheed Olu-Ajayi, Head, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) of LIRS, Mr Rasheed Olu-Ajayi made this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) during a virtual conference on Zoom on Saturday.
Olu-Ajayi said the service was able to do this by effectively using technology, that although the money was not enough considering the lockdown, but it was better than nothing.
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“What we did was to have a business continuity plan by documenting product, events with which we continue to work.
“So, we invoked technology tools, with lots of our staff, working from home but chasing taxpayers.
“We were able to invoke a good amount of money, not a case of ground zero.
“Nobody envisages that there would be a time that the whole globe would be lockdown and people would not be able to do anything.
“We were able to collect N25 billion in April when there was total lockdown.”
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