Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani and President Bola Ahmed Tinubu The Governor of Kaduna State, Senator Uba Sani has praised President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for taking the courageous and politically demanding decision to fundamentally reform and reposition Nigeria’s tax ecosystem through landmark legislation, including the Act that transformed the former Joint Tax Board (JTB) into the Joint Revenue Board (JRB) and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS).
Governor Sani noted that a major consequential salutary outcome of the introduction of the tax reform early this year by the President is the surge of the national tax revenue to N21.6 trillion within 2026. The governor spoke as the guest of honour at the 160th edition of the Joint Revenue Board (JRB) meeting, which held in Kaduna on Wednesday.
The theme of meeting is, ‘’One Year Of Tax Reform: Assessing Progress and Addressing Challenges.’’ According to Governor Uba Sani, the nation’s revenue which was approximately ₦10.1 trillion in 2023 rose to N21.6 trillion in 2024 and about ₦36.8 trillion in 2025. He said that in the first half of 2026 alone, national tax revenue reached approximately ₦21.6 trillion, representing a 49 percent increase over the corresponding period of the previous year.
Uba Sani said the new tax regime reflected a profound understanding that a modern economy cannot be sustained by an outdated, fragmented or overly complex revenue system. ‘’Nigeria requires a tax architecture that is coherent, predictable, efficient and capable of supporting national development without unnecessarily constraining enterprise and investment,’’ he maintained.
The Kaduna governor commended the Chairman of the Joint Revenue Bostd (JRB) and the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Dr Zacch Adedeji, for what he described as his exceptional leadership and statesmanship in advancing Nigeria’s tax reform agenda.