FCT NUJ Chair Seeks Transparency, Effective Deployment Of Tax Resources

Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Council, Comrade Grace Ike, has called for transparency, accountability, and effectual deployment of taxation revenues to infrastructure improvement arsenic portion of the sweeping taxation reforms nether President Bola Tinubu.

She spoke astatine the Inaugural Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture organised by the House of Representatives Press Corps with the taxable ‘Navigating Tax Reforms successful Nigeria: Insights connected President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Policies’.

The lecture was delivered by erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives and Board president of the National Credit Guarantee Company Limited, Hon. Yakubu Dogara.

The NUJ president said the taxation reforms correspond bold steps toward modernising Nigeria’s fiscal system, broadening the taxation base, and reducing over-dependence connected lipid revenues.

She said, “Tax betterment is pivotal to Nigeria’s economical growth, fiscal sustainability, and societal development. Under President Bola Tinubu’s leadership, we are witnessing bold steps aimed astatine modernising and strengthening our taxation system.”

Ike commended the administration’s commitment, emphasising that the occurrence of the reforms depends connected however good revenues are utilized to amended infrastructure and the prime of beingness for citizens.

“We indispensable spot accent connected improved infrastructures, I americium urging the authorities to deploy taxes effectively,” she noted.

The archetypal pistillate NUJ president of FCT Council stressed the request for wide connection of the policies truthful that Nigerians recognize their rights and responsibilities.

She said the media has a cardinal relation successful fostering dialog and gathering nationalist spot successful the reforms.

“The media indispensable supply accurate, unbiased accusation and foster nationalist dialog to physique spot successful these reforms. Transparency and accountability should usher each signifier of implementation to support the interests of each Nigerians,” she stated.

Ms. Ike besides urged collaboration among each stakeholders, including lawmakers, the executive, civilian society, and the media, to guarantee the reforms present tangible benefits.

“Our corporate extremity indispensable beryllium a Nigeria with a robust economy, wherever taxation policies lend to sustainable improvement and improved prime of beingness for each citizen,” she added.

She commended the Speaker of the 10th House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, for making the lecture a reality, describing it arsenic a level that volition enrich nationalist argumentation engagement.

Chairman of the House of Representatives Press Corps, Gboyega Onadiran, said taxation has go 1 of the astir contentious issues successful Nigeria today, with aggregate narratives circulating astir petrol tax, information tax, and requirements specified arsenic the National Identification Number (NIN) for slope operations.

He said the recently introduced Distinguished Parliamentarian Lecture was designed to span the spread betwixt the legislature and the nationalist by simplifying parliamentary activities and clarifying nationalist issues.

“As journalists, the reflector of nine and docket setters, we judge this forum offers a unsocial accidental to unpack these grey areas and simplify parliamentary activities for Nigerians,” helium said.

The Press Corps president explained that the purpose of the lecture was to make a level wherever distinguished parliamentarians, past and present, tin stock cognition and supply clarity connected topical nationalist issues done the lens of the legislature.

“This is vital, due to the fact that the legislature remains the astir misunderstood limb of authorities successful Nigeria,” helium added.

Onadiran described the inaugural impermanent lecturer, erstwhile Speaker Yakubu Dogara, arsenic a statesman whose insights would enrich sermon connected taxation reforms and nationalist development.

“As Speaker of the 8th House of Representatives, helium presided implicit the transition of historical bills, acceptable legislative records, and distinguished himself arsenic a bridge-builder committed to deepening ideology and promoting bully governance,” helium noted.