Revenue Generation and Infrastructural Development in Ogun State

Abstract

This study assessed internally generated revenue and infrastructural development in Ogun State. The discourse is necessary because Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) which would have been used for capital projects such as provision of water, health, education etc are not properly remitted to the State revenue base. This has seriously hampered the capacity of the Ogun state government to deliver on its mandate to the citizens. This paper relied on secondary data generated from journals, articles, books, internet and data obtained from National Bureau of Statistics, Joint Tax Board and State Boards of Internal Revenue. The findings of the study revealed that IGR has contributed significantly to the provision of infrastructure in the State. However, these contributions were skewed more in favour of construction of roads to the detriment of the provisions of electricity, potable water and other infrastructure. The accrued revenues are unevenly distributed for developmental purposes which give room for loopholes and corruptible tendencies. Consequently, this work recommends a balanced approach to IGR appropriation for infrastructural development in the State. By this, there will be improvement in the provision of drinkable water, efficient health care delivery and quality education for the citizens of Ogun state and Nigeria in general. There must be a bold step to tackle the incident of corruption associating with the collection of revenue in state. It is in lieu of this that the citizens will fully enjoy from their donation that forms the stack of revenue generated internally in Ogun State.