#EndSARS: El-Rufai Views Photo Slides Of Attacks During Visit To Sanwo-Olu

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, has visited his Lagos State counterpart, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, over the recent incidents of violence recorded in the state in the aftermath of the Lekki shooting incident.

Governor Sanwo-Olu received El-Rufai at the Lagos House, Marina, on Thursday.

The Kaduna governor, during the visit, viewed photographic slides of the extent of damages that resulted from the attacks.

El-Rufai said his visit was to, “commiserate with Governor Sanwo-Olu on the recent sad events in Lagos, and to commend him for the steps he is taking to get Lagos back on its feet.”

The governor had on Wednesday attended ongoing the 22nd Annual Tax Conference of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) in Lagos, where he served as the keynote speaker.

El-Rufai’s address was themed “taxation and economic competitiveness from the prism of a subnational economy.”

He said, “Only a minority of Nigerians pay income tax, and this tiny minority are persons whose taxes are deducted at source. We live in a country where paying tax is treated as an illegitimate imposition. Voluntary compliance with the obligation to pay income tax remains a challenge.”

“In this situation, the federal and state governments cannot collect as much tax as they could. This low rate of internal revenue collection depresses public finances and hampers the ability to deliver public goods and infrastructure…”

El-Rufai added, “This in turn limits competitiveness, shrinking the ability to promote the sort of economic dynamism that can create jobs, expand public revenues and improve public welfare.

“There has been steady rise in revenue collection in Kaduna State within the last four years. We have increased our revenues from N23bn in 2016 to N44.9bn in 2019.”