According to Taiwo Oyedele, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Tax Policy and Fiscal Reforms, local lads can be taught in tax collection and given respectable wages to encourage them to abandon their customs.
According to Oyedele, who recently appeared in an appearance on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the local guys and touts will assist in increasing government revenue and receiving compensation for their work.
Additionally, he said that the federal government is presently working to lower the nation’s various taxes, calling them an annoyance and a bother.
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Oyedele continued by saying that the committee has discussed tax reduction with the governors and other relevant parties.
He said: “We’re also thinking about how you bring all stakeholders on board because, at the end of the day, if you stop the livelihood of anyone, whether they are earning it legitimately or not, you can create crises that would be difficult to manage, but once you bring everybody in, maybe we need to train those area boys and touts, give them uniforms and then they’ll be the ones to ask you to show the evidence on your phone, right? And then they get paid a decent salary.
“And if you give them the skills, some of them will on their own, move on from that job to something else, right? So, our strategy is let’s think about what’s best for our country and get all stakeholders to align. We do think that all the stakeholders, including the government, want the best for their country, and we just need to make them see the big picture and then come along with us. That’s the plan that we have.”
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