Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KW-IRS), in collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development has concluded it’s preliminary stages of the 2025 edition of the Tax Club Quiz Competition.
In a statement the Head, Corporate Affairs Department, KW-IRS, Funmilola Oguntunbi says the preliminary rounds commenced on 23rd June this year.
According to it, the exercise followed a coordinated mock test organized by KW-IRS for all registered schools to enable the students familiarize themselves with the online Computer-Based Test (CBT) format from the convenience of their respective schools.
It says a total of ninety-nine (99) schools from across the State registered for the competition, with eighty-eight (88) eventually participating in the online CBT preliminary stage. After the first round, forty (40) schools advanced to the second round.
It explains that at the end of the two preliminary rounds, twelve (12) schools have qualified for the semi-final stage of the competition four (4) from each Senatorial District of the state .
The statement says the qualified schools are “Osi Central Secondary School, Osi, Ansar Ud Deen College, Offa, Government Secondary School, Share, and Ansarul Islam Grammar School, Ijomu Oro from Kwara South; Deeper Life High School, Ilorin, Saint Anthony’s Secondary School, Ilorin, Ebenezer High School, Ilorin and Roemichs International School, Ilorin from Kwara Central; Shepherd School, Lafiagi, Government Secondary School Ilesha Baruba, Government Secondary School, Lafiagi, and Unique College, Kaiama from Kwara North”.
Meanwhile , the Executive Chairman of KW-IRS, Shade Omoniyi, represented by the Convener of the KW-IRS Tax Club Advocacy Committee (TACAC), Funmilola Oguntunbi, commended the seamless execution of the online preliminary stages.
She emphasized that the virtual format introduced in recent editions continues to reflect the Service’s commitment to innovation and digital transformation.
For her part, the representatives from Kwara state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs. Roseline Ayansola, on behalf of other members of the team commended all the participating schools for embracing the challenge and praised the top twelve for their impressive performance.
The semi-final stage is scheduled to hold virtually on 6th October, after which six schools will proceed to the grand finale, which will hold physically in Ilorin on 6th November. The winning schools will compete for the grand prize of ₦2.5 million.
