Jigawa Revenue Service Rolls Out JIGTAS to Automate Tax Collection

Jigawa Internal Revenue Service launched the Jigawa Integrated Tax Administration System, known as JIGTAS, to automate revenue collection from the informal sector, cut leakages and raise internally generated revenue.

Dr Nasir Sabo Idris, Executive Chairman of JIRS, oversaw the rollout that includes training for state accountants and financial officers on the new system.

Platform capabilities and rollout details

JIGTAS automates taxpayer registration, assessment, invoice generation, payments, audits and reporting. The platform supports self-assessment and routes collections through the Remita payment gateway and Pay Direct channels before remitting funds directly to the state Treasury Single Account. JIRS has harmonised taxes under the system to eliminate multiple taxation and ensure payers remit only amounts required by existing regulations.

Electronic collection began with Consumption Tax and now extends to Direct Assessment Tax. The Jigawa State Enlightenment and Engagement Tax Team will support awareness and electronic collection drives. Earlier state reports showed the taxpayer database rising from 5,000 in 2023 to more than 15,000 in 2024 after JEET outreach efforts.

Background and prior steps

The initiative forms part of Jigawa State’s digital-government programme under Governor Umar A. Namadi. Before the public launch, JIRS conducted sensitisation sessions with chief accountants and financial officers from ministries, departments and agencies to familiarise them with JIGTAS procedures. Taxpayer guidance documents published on the JIRS site detail step-by-step processes for obtaining a Tax Identification Number and completing payments via the platform here.

State reports from June 2024 already referenced enforcement of electronic payments through Remita and Pay Direct, signalling that the August rollout represented an expansion rather than an isolated event as reported.

Expected effects on revenue and compliance

Officials expect the system to reduce revenue leakages, speed up remittances to the Treasury Single Account and improve transparency across revenue-generating agencies. Informal-sector operators and MDAs gain a single digital window for registration and payment, lowering opportunities for manual diversion of funds.

The move aligns with wider Nigerian state-level adoption of electronic revenue rails that rely on existing payment infrastructure rather than new proprietary networks. Vendors supplying tax-administration software and processors such as Remita stand to see increased transaction volumes from similar deployments according to coverage.

The purpose of this gathering is to bring all accountants and financial officers from the state’s ministries, departments, and agencies together to learn how to use the newly developed digital payment platform, the Jigawa Integrated Tax Administration System (JIGTAS).

Dr Nasir Sabo Idris also noted that the platform offers a new technological window for generating invoices and paying taxes, particularly for revenue-generating agencies, and that the system digitizes the entire process of tax collection and payment, making it easy to use even for individuals with no ICT knowledge in a related briefing.

Next milestones

Observers will track the volume of direct-assessment collections processed through JIGTAS in the coming months and any reported increase in IGR figures once the system operates at full scale. Further integration with additional state agencies and possible expansion to local government revenue streams remain the immediate indicators to watch.