Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS) Thursday disbursed a cash of N5 million to three schools that came top in its 2022 tax club quize competition held amongst 219 schools across the 16 local government areas of the state.
Speaking at the grand finale of the competition in Ilorin Thursday, the executive chairman of the service, Mrs. Shade Omoniyi, said the competition was designed to nurture tax-compliant generations through deliberate exposure to rudiments of taxation right from the secondary school till taxable adulthood.
At the end of the competition, Eucharistic Heart of Jesus Christ Secondary School, Ilorin, won the first prize of N2.5million, while Mustapha Standard School, Offa, got N1.5million for coming second and College of Education, Oro Model Secondary School, came third with N1million prize.
All six participating schools in the final rounds also received consolation prizes.
Mrs. Omoniyi said the competition is an aspect of community impact programmes (CIP) of the service, adding that the 2022 edition was a great improvement over a total number of 142 participants last year.
Also speaking, the state’s deputy governor, Mr. Kayode Alabi, urged citizens to always play their part in building a virile environment by paying their tax promptly.
