The Kano Internal Revenue Service, KIRS, has relieved 308 temporary workers of their jobs, temporarily. This is due to a fall in Internally Generated Revenue in the state caused by COVID-19 pandemic.
This information was publicised by the Chairman of the KIRS, Bala Inuwa, while he addressed the press in Kano, on Wednesday.
Inuwa made it known that 60 consulting companies, whose contracts elapsed since 2018, who continued to operate illegally, have been closed.
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“We have temporarily relieved 308 temporary workers of their jobs pending the improvement of the Internally Generated Revenue in the state.
“The KIRS is facing an unprecedented shortage of funds with a loss of about 70% of IGR monthly and cannot sustain the services of the temporary workers.
“When we came on board a few months back, based on their terms of interest, the contract of 60 consulting companies have expired since 2018. For that reason their services were terminated and were asked to reapply if they are interest,” Inuwa said.
He further explained that the IGR generated in the state, during the COVID-19 pandemic, runs between N550m to N700m monthly, as against the former N2 billion generated monthly.
