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By Bashir Bello
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has said that Tax evasion, submission of mendacious declarations, and different fiscal malpractices are not conscionable amerciable but are a disservice to the nation.
The Commission’s Acting Zonal Director, Kano Zonal Directorate, Sa’ad Hanafi, stated this during a one-day sensitization store jointly organized by the commission, Nigeria Customs Service and Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (KACCIMA) to heighten Trade Compliance and Adherence to Legal Regulations.
Hanafi said specified amerciable commercialized practices rob the federation of the resources needed for captious infrastructure and societal services.
He said the commission, successful collaboration with sister agencies, is deploying quality and exertion to stamp retired specified amerciable commercialized practices. He besides described the sensitization store arsenic different strategical collaboration to boost compliance.
According to him, “Today’s event, jointly organized by the EFCC, the Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (KANCCIMA), and the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), stands arsenic a almighty testament to our shared resoluteness to foster a much transparent, compliant, and prosperous economical situation successful Kano and Nigeria astatine large.
“The taxable of our workshop, ‘Enhancing Trade Compliance and Adherence to Legal Regulations: The Critical Role of Law Enforcement Agencies, and Chamber of Commerce successful Trade Facilitation and Enforcing Legal Tax Regulations,” is not simply a taxable for discussion; it is simply a telephone to action. Kano, the commercialized nervus centre of Northern Nigeria, thrives connected trade. However, the afloat imaginable of this vibrant commerce tin lone beryllium unlocked successful an ecosystem built connected integrity, the regularisation of law, and seamless adherence to regulations.
“Law enforcement agencies similar the EFCC and NCS are often perceived chiefly done the lens of enforcement and prosecution. While this is simply a halfway portion of our mandate, our eventual extremity is prevention. We are present to support the integrity of our fiscal system, safeguard our system from the scourge of illicit fiscal flows, commercialized malpractices, and guarantee that each national and firm entity fulfils their ineligible obligations, including taxation payments.
“Compliance is not a burden, but a strategical advantage. It builds firm integrity, enhances your marque reputation, and guarantees the semipermanent sustainability of your enterprises. Tax evasion, submission of mendacious declarations, and different fiscal malpractices are not conscionable illegal; they are a disservice to our nation, robbing it of the resources needed for captious infrastructure and societal services. The EFCC, successful collaboration with sister agencies, is progressively deploying quality and exertion to way and disrupt these blase schemes.
“The Chamber of Commerce, connected the different hand, is the dependable of business, the advocator for a conducive situation for commercialized and investment. This store signifies a indispensable and strategical alignment of our roles. Where the Chamber facilitates and advocates, we, arsenic instrumentality enforcement agencies, enactment to support and guarantee a level playing field. This synergy is the bedrock upon which sustainable economical improvement is built. We indispensable beryllium partners successful progress, not impediments to it,” the Acting Zonal Director, Sa’ad Hanafi, said.
On her part, the Zonal Coordinator, Nigeria Customs Service Zone B, Nsikan Umoh said upon presumption of the enactment of the Comptroller General of Custom’s, Bashir Adeniyi, the customs work has deployed cutting edged precocious exertion specified arsenic Artificial intelligence, Data Analytics and Trade Facilitation tools similar the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO), Time Release Studies (TRS) and the Overtime Cargo Clearance System, each aimed astatine enhancing predictability and transparency successful custom’s operations.
She commended the collaborative efforts, noting that the taxable is apt, timely and aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to execute sustainable economical prosperity for all.
Earlier, the President of Kano Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture, KACCIMA, Usman Darma, expressed the readiness of the enclosure to collaborate with enforcement agencies, peculiarly to amended members and guarantee compliance with commercialized regulations.
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