FIRS: Tax Now Accounts for 70% of Nigeria’s Revenue Wants tax laws amended, as most date back to pre-independence period Obinna Chima The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has disclosed that receipts from tax, which were previously
supplementary, now account for about 70 per cent of Nigeria’s total revenue. FIRS said other revenue lines, including oil, accounted for just 30 per cent of the
country’s revenue. Executive Chairman of FIRS, Mr. Muhammad Nami, disclosed this recently in Abuja when he made a presentation titled, “Weathering Economic
Turbulence,” at an interactive session with stakeholders. Nami called for the amendment of the country’s tax laws, saying most of them date back to pre-independence
times. He stressed that the country’s revenue situation was very dire, explaining that Nigeria has always relied on oil revenue for its budgetary needs, with little regard for
revenue from tax. He said the fall in oil prices, reduction of production quota, and oil theft had reduced the country’s Continued on page 8
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Average Nigerian Police Officers Unaware of Standard Operating Procedures Reason many officers are crude, unprofessional Bayo Akinloye Apart from rudimentary policing skills, average police officers in Nigeria lack the requisite knowledge and
T H I S DAY S P E C I A L R E P O RT capacity to enhance their professionalism, because they are unaware of the force’s standard operating procedures
(SOP), THISDAY has learnt. But the knowledge and capacity required to effectively police the society can only
be attained through training and re-training, THISDAY new findings have shown while seeking holistic police reforms. The Police Act 2020 recognises this and provides
in Section 2(g) that, “Develop professionalism in the Police Force by providing the relevant training in all police formations in Nigeria for enhanced performance.”
Unfortunately, this is hardly the case in reality, thus denying the police officers new skills and techniques Continued on page 5
ONSA: Nigeria, US to Lead Global Coalition against, ISWAP, B’Haram Discussions centred on how to apply lessons learnt from the fight against ISIS in Iraq and Syria, in West Africa and the Sahel Tobi Soniyi The Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA), yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria and the United States of America have agreed to lead a global coalition against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other terrorist groups around the world. A statement by ONSA Saturday in Abuja, said the decision was reached at a virtual meeting of the 82-member global coalition drawn from Africa, America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East on Tuesday. The meeting, according to the statement, noted that the challenges of global terrorism had negatively impacted on the economy, polity and
livelihoods of people. ONSA said the virtual meeting, which was co-chaired by the coordinators of the National Counter Terrorism of Nigeria and US also had the Africa Union, European Union, ECOWAS and G5 Sahel represented among other international and regional organisations. According to agency report, the coordinator of the Nigerian Counter Terrorism Centre, Yaminu Musa, represented Nigeria’s delegation led by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno. ONSA noted that the challenges of global terrorism had negatively impacted on the economy, polity and Continued on page 5
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TAMBUWAL SON’S WEDDING FATIHA... R-L: Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal; Kebbi State Governor, Senator Abubakar Atiku Bagudu; Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; and former Adamawa APC governorship candidate and Aisha Buhari's brother, Dr Mahmood Halilu Ahmed Modi, at the wedding fathia (solemnisation) of Tambuwal's son, Najib Aminu Waziri, at a well-attended ceremony in Argungu, Kebbi State… yesterday