The Enugu State Internally Generated Revenue, IGR, for the year 2025 is N406,774,321,758.87, representing an 80 per cent performance of the budget projection as well as a 125 per cent IGR growth from the 2024 figure of N180.5 billion.
Mr. Emmanuel Nnamani, Chairman of Enugu State Internal Revenue Service, ESIRS, disclosed this during a press briefing on Sunday.
Nnamani attributed the steady growth in the state’s IGR to the present administration’s deployment of technology and e-payment systems, the widening of the tax net without increasing the rate, and reforms that blocked revenue leakages.
“Enugu State collected a total IGR of N406,774,321,758.87 out of the N509,947,000,000 projected in the 2025 Appropriation Law. This represents 80 per cent performance against budget and 125 per cent IGR growth from the 2024 figure of N180.5b. It is also a revenue performance that has shown that Enugu State has developed fiscal resilience and sustainability,” Mr. Nnamani stated.
“Out of this N406.7bn IGR, tax revenue is just N51.5bn, representing 12.6 per cent of the total IGR in 2025, while non-tax revenue is N355.2bn, representing 87.4 per cent of the total IGR.”
“As I stated earlier, most of our non-tax revenue is driven by recovery, revitalization, and optimization of state assets, many of which were hitherto moribund and fallow assets.”
The ESIRS boss also revealed the previous years’ IGR: “The Enugu State’s total IGR in 2022 was N26.8bn, made up of N16.2bn tax revenue and N10.6bn non-tax revenue.”
“In 2023, we pushed the IGR to N37.4bn, made up of N22.9bn tax revenue and N14.5bn non-tax revenue.”
“In 2024, we moved the IGR to N180.5b, made up of N30bn tax revenue and N150bn non-tax revenue. At that point, Enugu State had started thinking differently, and dependence on FAAC for every government activity had drastically reduced,” Mr. Nnamani asserts.
“The shift from tax revenue-driven funding had happened as of 2024, as Enugu State focused on natural resources, recovery, and revival of moribund assets to move our revenue into stability,” Nnamani explained.
Expressing optimism about higher tax revenue growth, Nnamani projects that the state’s massive infrastructure investments will attract more investors and boost tax revenue.
“If you look at the trend, you would see a conscious effort to grow the tax revenue of Enugu State. In 2025, tax revenue grew from N30bn in 2024 to N51.5bn, representing 72 per cent year-on-year growth. It also shows resilience in growth, outperforming tax revenue growth of 31 per cent in 2024.
“This is imperative because tax revenue is most sustainable for any national and subnational government. This is the reason we have intensified efforts to grow it in line with the provisions of tax laws.
“What we have done with tax revenue and, by extension, the non-tax revenue, such as fees, levies, and assets, is to plug the leakages in revenues, introducing technology to ensure traceability, accountability, and transparency.
“So, 2026 is another year to watch out for Enugu State. Projected IGR is N870bn, and tax revenue is expected to dwindle as we implement a pro-citizen tax reform. However, we are very optimistic that we will beat economic expectations in tax revenue as compliance with tax laws has gone up in Enugu State.”
“The feedback we get from our people and businesses on a daily basis is that they are now encouraged to pay their tax and fulfill their other financial obligations to government by the fact that they see the transformations going on in every sector of the state under the present administration – the infrastructure, the 260 Smart Green Schools and the 260 Type 2 Primary Healthcare Centre spread across the 260 electoral wards, the Enugu International Conference Centre (ICC), the ICC 5-Star Hotel, the Enugu International Hospital, the Enugu Air, the five modern bus terminals, the 100 CNG buses, and indeed the over 2,000 completed and ongoing projects across the state, just to name a few,” the Enugu State Internal Revenue Services Chairman concludes.
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