Ondo 2024: Akinterinwa Promise To boosts State IGR if Elected

From Aviashima Toom, Abuja

A leading aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the forthcoming gubernatorial election in Ondo State, Wale Akinterinwa has promised to boost the state's Internally Generated Revenue IGR if elected into office

Wale Akinterinwa was a former Commissioner for Finance under Late Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu administration.

He said when voted as governor he will look inward on how to boost IGR, stressing that, that is the only way for any state to achieve meaningful development.

Chief Akinterinwa stated that the days of state depending on Federal allocation are gone.

“During the administration of the Late Akeredolu, when that administration came into being, the IGR of Ondo State was hovering around N600 million but by the time I was leaving, over 3 billion per month and I can tell you that for any state to have serious meaningful development today they must be ready to grow their internally generated revenue. 

 

“The era when it depends solely on the federation account, whereby you come every month to just pick your allocation and go home will not change the development narrative of this country. And I’m fully poised to ensure that that narrative is changed in Ondo State”. 

 

To achieve this, he said he will become the chief marketing officer and market the rich potentials of the state to the outside world. 

 

“One of the ways to do that is that first and foremost, I’m going to be the Chief Marketing Officer of that state, not just the governor. It is my intention to take Ondo State to the outside world. And market its huge potentials to the whole world. 

 

“Today we have a lot in common with Lagos State and I’ve said it over and over, that we must create another state that has a similar economy with that of Lagos state. By that I mean a state that is self-sufficient without the center, that fully utilizes potential and is able to grow its internally generated revenue astronomically,” he said.