President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, inaugurated the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms.
The Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications and Strategy, Dele Alake, in a statement, announced the establishment of the committee by Tinubu.
Alake noted that the committee would be chaired by Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Taiwo Oyedele.
The committee comprises experts from both the private and public sectors and will be responsible for various aspects of tax law reforms, fiscal policy design and coordination, harmonization of taxes, and revenue administration.
Inaugurating the committee, President Tinubu declared, “We cannot continue to tax poverty when we are supposed to promote prosperity.”
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