Civil Societies Condemn Tax Policy On Prostitution, Cybercrime

The Civil Society Organisations connected Community Advancement and Humanitarian Empowerment Initiative (CSCHEI) has faulted the caller taxation argumentation announced by the Presidential Committee connected Fiscal Policies and Reforms, describing it arsenic misguided and counterproductive.

The president of the committee, Taiwo Oyedele, had disclosed that the reforms, scheduled to instrumentality effect successful January 2026, would necessitate each Nigerians, including those earning from illicit activities specified arsenic prostitution and net fraud, to wage taxes.

He explained that the instrumentality does not separate betwixt morganatic and illegitimate income, stressing that each net are taxable nether the reforms.

Reacting successful a connection signed by its director-general, Kunle Yusuff, the CSOs warned that the argumentation risks undermining planetary and section efforts to curb cybercrime and different illicit activities.

“Instead of encouraging taxation payments from those engaged successful illegitimate ventures, the authorities should absorption connected shaping the minds of Nigerians positively and promoting opportunities successful the integer system that foster morganatic entrepreneurship,” the radical stated.

CSCHEI urged Oyedele and his committee to enactment intimately with the curate of Digital Economy successful designing programmes that would redirect the energies of Nigerian youths from net fraud into productive and lawful endeavours.

While faulting the taxation initiative, the radical commended the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for its caller concern with civilian nine organisations successful creating anti-corruption consciousness among tertiary instauration students.

It encouraged the Commission to fortify its preventive strategies alternatively than focusing solely connected costly, reactive measures.

The connection further called connected CSCHEI’s organization members crossed 466 retired of Nigeria’s 744 section authorities areas to integrate “Corruption Enlightenment Advocacy” into their activities.