The Federal Government says the proposed tax reform bills are not targeted at scrapping any agency of government.
The Director General of the National Orientation Agency, NOA, Lanre Issa-Onilu, made this statement at the flag-off of the National Sensitisation Campaign on the World HIV Day, Security Awareness, Discouraging Get Rich Quick Syndrome, World Human Rights Day and the Tax Reform Bills held in Jalingo, Taraba State capital.
Represented by the Director of Special Duties and State Operations, Mr David Akoji, the DG said that the agencies would be made to produce budgetary provisions of their activities.
According to him, the tax reform bills comprised four different components: the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill.
He said that the four bills, when passed, would eradicate double taxation, provide support for low income earners as businesses and earnings below N1 million would be tax free.
Issa-Onilu noted that the new reforms would put in place visible impact, pointing out that tax proceeds would be used to improve services like schools, hospitals and infrastructure across the country, urging Nigerians to understand details of the policy.
The director general stated further that NOA had deployed its machinery to reach out to all the local government areas across the country.
He said that HIV/Aids was among the areas to carry out sensitisation campaign to the people at the grass roots, explaining that the agency in collaboration with health authorities would carry out the assignment.
Tax reform bills: No plan to scrap any agency – Nigerian Govt
