President Tinubu appoints 400-level UI student as member of Presidential Tax reforms committee

A 400 level Economics student of the University of Ibadan (UI), Orire Agbaje,
has been appointed by President Bola Tinubu as a member of the presidential committee on fiscal policy and tax reforms.

Agbaje is the president of The Tax Club, University of Ibadan, as well as the president of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club.

She is currently studying Economics at UI and major in International and Monetary Economics.

The committee, which comprise experts from both the private and public sectors, was inaugurated by Tinubu on Tuesday.

The committee is responsible for various aspects of tax law reforms, fiscal policy design and coordination, harmonisation of taxes, and revenue administration.

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“The Committee, in the first instance, is quick reforms that can be implemented within thirty days,” Tinubu said.

“Critical reform measures should be recommended within six months, and full implementation will take place within one calendar year.”

A tax and fiscal policy expert, Taiwo Oyedele, is the committee’s chairman.