Tax Keeps Nigeria Afloat Not Oil Money β FIRS Tells Nigerians
August 3, 2020
2:15 pm
The Federal Inland Revenue Services, FIRS, has urged Nigerians to pay their taxes.
Muhammad Nami, the Executive Chairman of FIRS, said the tax revenues generated by the service have kept the Nigeriaβs economy going despite the outbreak of COVID-19.
He disclosed that allocations shared among states was an off-shoot of tax and not oil as being speculated.
Nami spoke on Monday in Abuja during a live appearance on the popular morning show, Kaakaki, on Africa Independent Television (AIT) as part of his national public enlightenment on voluntary tax compliance, especially educating the citizenry on stamp duty payments.
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