. Set to recruit 7,500 graduates
The Federal Government has commenced the training of
unemployed graduates recruited as Community Tax Liaison Officers to boost tax
revenue generation. The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, who revealed this,
said 27 Nigerians were being trained as a pilot set for the programme.
The selected persons, drawn from the N-Power programme, are
undergoing training at the Federal Treasury Academy, Abuja. Mrs. Adeosun
explained that the selected graduates are being trained in preparation for the
recruitment of 7,500 graduates.
“We want to run this pilot edition early, to enable us to
see how much they have learned; how good our training materials are, so that
when we get the 7 ,500 graduates, we will be ready,” she said. Earlier, the
government had announced that it would recruit 7,500 graduates as Community Tax
Liason Officers to raise tax awareness and boost tax revenue among Nigerians.
Through the programme, Adeosun noted, the Federal Government
expects to increase the number of taxpayers by 35 per cent, from 14 million to
about 17 million in two years. Speaking at a programme in Lagos recently, the
minister lamented the low-level tax compliance among Nigerians, stating that
the government would step on toes in its tax revenue generation drive.
Similarly, she also raised concern about the issues
surrounding profit shifting, adding that the government would begin monitoring
companies that generate profits in Nigeria, but shift taxes to countries of
jurisdiction where little or no tax is payable. She said,”These practices harm
Nigeria; these practices harm Nigerians and these practices must stop.”
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