Niger State Liquor Board Boosts Its Revenue Drive Through Surveillance

By YM Bina

Niger State Liquor Licensing Board has disclosed to have generated more than two times what the board had generated in the last three years within less than one year of the current leadership of the board

The Director General of the board, Barrister Yahaya Halidu (Pera) made the declaration while speaking to journalists in Minna, saying that the current leadership has been working tirelessly to block leakages and misappropriation of generated revenue.

Yahaya Halidu (Pera) further revealed that the board management had reviewed upward the inspection and license fees in 2025 which has been in place since 1999 to meet up with you current economic realities. Assured to sustain its surveillance to curb illegal liquor operators to ensure compliance and sanity in it operations across the state.

According to him, “the board is mandated to regulate, control the sells, distribution, and consumption of liquor or alcoholic beverages in the state as stipulated by the law”. This he said is in align with the New Niger Agenda of governor Mohammed Umar Bago of Niger state.

The Director General insisted that section 31 sub- section 2 of the board law is clear on the board mandates, while assuring of transparent and accountable process in all its activities especially in terms of collections and remittance of funds generated as specified by the law.

He stated that the board have uncovered illegal individuals going after liquor vendors across the state to collect inspection and license fees and other unlawful charges without the authority of the board, adding that plans are underway to partner with the security agencies to ensure the arrest and prosecution of offenders.

He stressed that the present Director of Operations Mohammed Hamisu (Tudun Minna) whom he described as energetic, workerholic, and a strategic person have been working assiduously to revamp the integrity of the board by embarking on constant surveillance to nip on the bud some of the identified challenges confronting the board over the years.

Halidu Pera emphasized that the board remains committed to ensuring that

chapter 4 of Nigerian Constitution specifically on the human rights is strictly adhered to and any law that contravenes the provision of the chapter  is null and void to the extent of its existence.