Sat. Feb 8th, 2025

From TCNEWS

The Governor of Abia State Dr. Alex Otti, has said that plans are in top gear to setting up of the Abia innovative and industrial park to attract more business opportunities to the state.

Speaking at Rhema University Nigeria, Aba during the second inaugural lecture of the Chairman Board of Internal Revenue, BIR Prof. Udochukwu Ogbonna  titled: Infrastructural Development And Improved Internally Generated Revenue in Nigeria, The Buddy-Buddy companion”, the governor explained that the present administration has the interest of the people at heart and has embarked on massive infrastructural development across the state.

Governor Otti represented by the Secretary to Abia State Government, Prof. Kenneth Kalu, urged Abians to complement the effort of the present administration by paying their taxes regularly.

The governor Who also identified inaugural lectures as very vital in the life of the academia, made a case for institutions of higher learning globally to focus more on solving practical problems that will impact positively on the lives and wellbeing of the people than theoretical knowledge.

 He congratulated the Chairman Board of Internal Revenue, BIR Prof. Udochukwu Ogbonna on his second inaugural lecture titled:”Infrastructural Development And Improved Internally Generated Revenue in Nigeria, The Buddy-Buddy companion.

 He lauded the authorities of the institution for the able way they have been piloting the affairs of the university and urged them not to relent.

Presenting the inaugural lecture titled “infrastructural development and improved internally generated revenue in Nigeria, The Buddy-Buddy companion”, the chairman board of internal revenue, Prof Udochukwu Ogbonna identified internally generated revenue as veritable tool in the enhancement of infrastructural development and called on Government to allocate more fund to infrastructural development.

In his speech, the Vice chancellor Rhema University, Aba, Prof. Ogbonnaya Onwudike congratulated and commended Prof. Ogbonna for a thought provoking lecture as it focuses on the  need for all to pay their taxes for massive development of our society.

 The event which featured presentation of a plaque to Prof. Ogbonna attracted the presence of top government functionaries.

By NWAMARA

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