The President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators, and Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zacch Adedeji, has called for increased capacity building to enhance tax administration processes among its members.

Zacch Adedeji, chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), says President Bola Tinubu will send an “emergency fiscal bill” to the national assembly within the next two weeks for consideration.

In today’s rapidly evolving economic landscape, executive chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and President of the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA), Dr. Zacch Adedeji, has stressed the need for global tax reform for effective tax administration as a linchpin for stability and growth.

President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday, appointed Zaccheus Adedeji as the acting chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service.

First-class graduate of accounting at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Adelabu Zacch Adedeji, has been appointed special adviser on revenue to Bola Tinubu, president of Nigeria.

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“Governor Sule is a man of new ideas, a great thinker, and an exemplary leader. He and his governor-colleagues who form the Forum of Governors of Sugar-Producing States are instrumental to some modest achievements recorded in the sector in the last four years."

Nigeria is turning around the sugar sector and aiming to create direct and indirect jobs in sugarcane farming and sugar manufacturing which can significantly reduce the current unemployment figure. The government started 10 years ago with the Nigerian Sugar Master Plan (NSMP) which is now entering the second phase of another 10 years. 

“But age has never really been a limiting factor for me. I started taking on adult responsibilities when I was a kid growing up in a village called Iwo-Ate, in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, following my father to the farm, working from dawn to dusk so as to make ends meet. I was fresh out of school (the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife), just in my early 20s, when I started working at Procter and Gamble. Before I turned 30, I was operating at very senior levels, negotiating with, and advising multinationals, and managing multi-million-dollar projects."