The government of the state of Osun in a bold move to increase its internally generated revenue and recoup over N30bn tax owed by several organization, has streamlined the Osun Internal Revenue Service, OIRS, with the reformation of the organizational structure for optimum performance.
OIRS had in the past few months deployed innovative solutions in its tax collection process through the leadership of seasoned tax administrator, Mr. Oludayo Oyebamiji.
However, following the recent resignation of Mr. Oyebamiji from the service, the state government has appointed a tax consultant, Mr. Bicci Alli, as acting head of OIRS. He’s tasked with the assignment of radically increasing the state IGR.
The IGR of the state currently stands at N700 million up from the N300 million it was before the inception of Aregbesola’s administration. The government says “this feat was achieved through automation of the traditional payment system viz-a-viz payment of salaries and collection of revenues without the government increasing the taxes payable by the citizens of the state. The State is targeting an increase in monthly IGR to N1billion before the end of the year.”
The government apparently thinks the ‘Mr Fix’ it is Mr. Alli whose experience and qualification apart is on familiar turf.
Alli, who holds qualifications in Business Administration, Accounting and Taxation, is a fellow of both the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, ICAN and Chartered institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN.
Alli, formerly of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service, LIRS successfully managed assigned revenue generating units and directorates within the service, contributing enormously to the monumental growth in Lagos State taxpayers’ base, with the service netting an average of N20bn monthly IGR for the state.
In October 2015, Mr. Bicci Alli was invited by the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi to head a management team with the mandate to run OYBIR on day-to-day basis, and at the same time draw up and implement reform programs for OYBIR aimed at making the Board fully autonomous.
Within a short period of 14months, Alli led management team, blocked revenue leakages, brought thousands in the informal sector to the tax net, stopped reversal window in revenue collecting banks and increased Oyo’s IGR by over 1000 per cent.
Alli has presented over 50 papers on various aspects of Tax Policies, Laws and Administration at different fora, locally and internationally.
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