The Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Prof Chidiebere Onyia disclosed the 49th Annual Synod of the Enugu Archdiocese of the Methodist Church on Sunday.
According to the SSG, who represented the governor, Peter Mbah at the event, the government is determined to improve the revenue earnings of the state as well as boost its Gross Domestic Product from ₦4 billion to ₦40 billion.
Onyia explained that the government did not increase taxes but to block the loopholes in revenue generation and capture businesses that had not been paying taxes. He encouraged residents of the state especially the private sector to pay their taxes directly to government coffers.
