The Kwara State Internal Revenue Service (KWIRS), in collaboration with the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, has concluded the semi-final stage of the 2026 Tax Club Quiz Competition, with six schools emerging as finalists.

The Head of Corporate Affairs of KWIRS, Funmilola Oguntunbi, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, saying the competition was part of the agency's efforts to promote tax education and raise a generation of tax-compliant citizens.

According to the statement, the semi-final, held on Wednesday, October 7, 2026, was conducted through an online Computer-Based Test (CBT) involving 12 schools, with participants taking the test from their respective schools.

The exercise was monitored by members of the KWIRS Tax Club Advocacy Committee, alongside a representative of the Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Mrs Aina Bose Eunice.

The six schools that qualified for the final are Oro Grammar School, Oro, and Ansar-u-Deen College, Offa, representing Kwara South; Government Secondary School, Lafiagi, and Government Secondary School, Ilesha Baruba, representing Kwara North; and St. Anthony's Secondary School, Ilorin, and Ebenezer High School, Ilorin, representing Kwara Central.

The finalists will compete for a grand prize of N2.5 million at the grand finale scheduled to hold in Ilorin on Wednesday, November 4, 2026.

The Tax Club Quiz Competition is an annual initiative of KWIRS, organised in partnership with the state Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development to deepen tax awareness among secondary school students and foster a culture of voluntary tax compliance among young people.