Enugu just dropped one of the most impressive sub-national revenue stories in Nigeria: N406.8 billion in Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) for 2025.
That’s official straight from the Enugu State Internal Revenue Service (ESIRS) chairman Emmanuel Nnamani.
- Exact figure: ₦406,774,321,758.87
- Budget performance: 80% of the ambitious ₦509.9 billion target
- Year-on-year growth: +125% from ₦180.5 billion in 2024
- Longer-term explosion: From ₦26.8 bn (2022) → ₦37.4 bn (2023) → ₦180.5 bn (2024) → ₦406.8 bn (2025)
The bulk? Non-tax revenue (₦355.2 bn, 87.4%) powered by aggressive asset optimization, digital collections, and sealing leakages. Tax revenue contributed only ₦51.5 bn (12.6%).
Governor Peter Mbah’s reforms get the credit: transparency upgrades, tech-driven enforcement, and a deliberate shift away from over-reliance on federal allocations.
The result? Enugu now ranks among Nigeria’s fiscal heavyweights at state level. And they’re not slowing down.2026 target: ₦870 billion more than double this year’s haul.
This kind of trajectory funds real deliverables: smart green schools, road networks, water projects, security enhancements, and more assuming execution matches the revenue momentum.
Whether you’re tracking Nigerian states’ economic performance, sub-national governance wins, or investment signals in the Southeast Enugu’s 2025 IGR leap is hard to ignore.
