Zacch Adedeji: Nigeria tax collector’s ambitious 2025 revenue target

WHEN the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zaccheus Adedeji, and his team set N19.4 trillion as revenue target for the year 2024, many people would have seen him as a tall dreamer.

More so that the N19.4 trillion target was a significant increase of 56.9 percent from the 2023 revenue. In 2023, FIRS had a target of N11.56trn, but realised N12.37 trillion, exceeding the target by N816 billion.

Therefore, moving up to as high as N19.4 trillion in 2024, as against N12.37 trillion realised in 2023, must have seen by many stakeholders in the financial sector as too ambitious.

However, not only did the FIRS under Dr Zacch Adedeji meet the target, it was surpassed. N21.6 trillion was generated, exceeding the 2024 target by N2.2 trillion.

But the Nigeria’s “Zaccheus The Tax Collector” is not done yet. For 2025, he has set a N25.2 trillion target, N3.6 trillion higher than the revenue generated last year.

He declared that realization of the 2025 revenue target of N25.2 trillion would be anchored on the strategic pillars of capacity building and training, infrastructure and facility enhancement, as well as technological advancement.

However, not only did the FIRS under Dr Zacch Adedeji meet the target, it was surpassed. N21.6 trillion was generated, exceeding the 2024 target by N2.2 trillion.

But the Nigeria’s “Zaccheus The Tax Collector” is not done yet. For 2025, he has set a N25.2 trillion target, N3.6 trillion higher than the revenue generated last year.

He declared that realization of the 2025 revenue target of N25.2 trillion would be anchored on the strategic pillars of capacity building and training, infrastructure and facility enhancement, as well as technological advancement.

Dr. Zacch Adedeji, who described the 2024 performance as a landmark moment in Nigeria’s tax administration history, stress

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WHEN the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Dr. Zaccheus Adedeji, and his team set N19.4 trillion as revenue target for the year 2024, many people would have seen him as a tall dreamer.

More so that the N19.4 trillion target was a significant increase of 56.9 percent from the 2023 revenue. In 2023, FIRS had a target of N11.56trn, but realised N12.37 trillion, exceeding the target by N816 billion.

Therefore, moving up to as high as N19.4 trillion in 2024, as against N12.37 trillion realised in 2023, must have seen by many stakeholders in the financial sector as too ambitious.

However, not only did the FIRS under Dr Zacch Adedeji meet the target, it was surpassed. N21.6 trillion was generated, exceeding the 2024 target by N2.2 trillion.

But the Nigeria’s “Zaccheus The Tax Collector” is not done yet. For 2025, he has set a N25.2 trillion target, N3.6 trillion higher than the revenue generated last year.

He declared that realization of the 2025 revenue target of N25.2 trillion would be anchored on the strategic pillars of capacity building and training, infrastructure and facility enhancement, as well as technological advancement.

However, not only did the FIRS under Dr Zacch Adedeji meet the target, it was surpassed. N21.6 trillion was generated, exceeding the 2024 target by N2.2 trillion.

But the Nigeria’s “Zaccheus The Tax Collector” is not done yet. For 2025, he has set a N25.2 trillion target, N3.6 trillion higher than the revenue generated last year.

He declared that realization of the 2025 revenue target of N25.2 trillion would be anchored on the strategic pillars of capacity building and training, infrastructure and facility enhancement, as well as technological advancement.

Dr. Zacch Adedeji, who described the 2024 performance as a landmark moment in Nigeria’s tax administration history, stress

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