Opinion

Tax Reform Debate: Is Dogara Positioning Himself for Tinubu’s Vice Presidency in 2027? By Adnan Mukhtar

Tax Reform Debate: Is Dogara Positioning Himself for Tinubu's Vice Presidency in 2027?   By Adnan Mukhtar The complex relationship between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima appears to be fraying, revealing underlying tensions within Nigeria's presidency since their inauguration on May 29, 2023. The...

Tinubu’s Reform: How States Can Generate Fat VAT? By Nasir Abdulquadri

Tinubu’s Reform: How States Can Generate Fat VAT?  By Nasir Abdulquadri *NOTE: FAT-VAT means huge remittance from VAT* My coined compound word though. Value-Added Tax (VAT) is a consumption tax levied on the value added to goods and services at each stage of production and distribution. As...

Tinubu’s Tax Reform: Where is ASUU By Prof. Moses Ochonu 

Tinubu's Tax Reform: Where is ASUU  By Prof. Moses Ochonu They say I’m too harsh on ASUU, but sometimes I honestly can’t help but attribute the body’s failures to incompetence or willful self-sabotage. How else does one interpret the relative silence of ASUU on the ongoing national...

Where is RMAFC on VAT Reform? By Abdulrauf Aliyu

Where is RMAFC on VAT Reform? By Abdulrauf Aliyu The ongoing debate over the Value Added Tax (VAT) derivation principle reflects the delicate balancing act required to maintain Nigeria’s federalism. At the heart of this debate lies a critical institutional silence: the absence of the Revenue...

My Perspective VAT Attribution and Derivation: A Personal Appeal to All Parties By Muhammad Nami

My Perspective VAT Attribution and Derivation: A Personal Appeal to All Parties By Muhammad Nami I have read a ton of views on the proposed Nigeria Tax Administration and other tax reform bills. On one hand, some stakeholders decry the bills as being a contrast to...

President Tinubu: Forging Stronger African Partnerships for a Prosperous Future By Fredrick Nwabufo

President Tinubu: Forging Stronger African Partnerships for a Prosperous Future By Fredrick Nwabufo Nigeria and South Africa have a prolific history together. Nigeria was in the vanguard of the campaign against apartheid and spearheaded the adoption of the pivotal 1989 UN Declaration on Apartheid and its...