Abuja, Nigeria
Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reform says President Bola Tinubu-led administration would not use consultants to collect revenues across the country.
Oyedele spoke at a town hall meeting organised by Channels Television on Monday reacting to speculations that Tinubu is trying to use consultants to collect revenues for the Federal Government with the proposed Tax Reform Bills.
When asked whether the President is trying to empower a consultant to collect revenues as he did in Lagos State with Alpha Beta during Channels Television’s Townhall on Tax Reform Bills on Monday, Oyedele Answered in the negative.
“The answer is no, in fact, we had an interesting debate at the committee level, and we wanted to put a language in the law that says no government should use a consultant to collect revenues, I think that is one of the biggest problems in our economy today,” Oyedele said.
“So, I can confirm to you 100 per cent, there is no plan whatsoever in using consultants to do any of these. The FIRS had a tax pro max that they had implemented, all that we need to do when we pay these bills, is go to that system and amend the algorithm. So, we have the capacity already, we do not need consultants.”
