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New Tax Laws: NOA pledges support to Presidential Reforms Committee
The Director-General of National Orientation Agency, Malam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has promised to support the Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee in sensitising Nigerians on the benefits of the new tax laws.
Issa-Onilu made the promised when the Committee, led by its Chairman, Mr Taiwo Oyedele, paid him a courtesy visit on Friday in Abuja.
The NOA boss noted that technology had made it easy for mischievous persons to effortlessly spread fake news and wrong narrative against the new tax laws.
According to him, the law will be beneficial because, it has addressed the issue of double taxation that companies, workers, individual and investors are passing through.
“We have about 818 office locations across the country in the 774 local government areas and six regional headquarters with quality personnel that are good in advocacy and enlightenment.
“We have also done mapping across the country for engagements with all Nigerians; that is why we can engage groups such as Associations, CSOs, traders union, leaders, women groups, youths and many others.
“We do have engagements with them, and our people are from those areas; that is part of the advantage we have.
“We also work with over 200 radio stations across the country using 72 local languages put together. We also partner 36 television stations and many others.
“We launched our own version of ChatGPT called CLEEN where Nigerians can engage and get authentic information.
“So these are tools we have to assist and support the committee in sensitising Nigerians on the new tax laws,” Issa-Onilu said
He, however, noted that the NOA would have a joint team to identify areas of collaboration with the Committee.
Speaking earlier, Oyedele said he was in NOA to seek for support for the committee in countering the wrong narrative against the new tax laws.
“We believe that working together with NOA will ensure the passage of accurate information to Nigerians, even to those at the grassroots to know the benefits of the new tax laws.
“We observed that there is a lot of misinformation to people especially those at the grassroots, including farmers concerning the law. And the aim of such is to make them hate the government ignorantly.
“Though, we are engaging multinationals, but our people of different tribes need to know the benefits they will get from the said law and support it.
“We need to create characters, like having farmers, students, CEOs and others to say what the reform can do for them.
”These can counter the wrong narratives by some content providers that are against the law,” Oyedele said.
He said when people are sensitised and are aware of the benefits they would gain from the new tax law, no one will want to protest against it in the street.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that high point of the visit was the presentation of the new tax laws to Issa-Onilu and also the presentation of the National Value Charter Plaque to Oyedele.
(NAN)
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Ex-NYSC Spokesperson Advises Corps Members to Uphold Patriotism and Play Active Roles in Developing the Nation
Joel Ajayi
Corps Members have been advised to be patriotic towards National building and also use the opportunities of NYSC service year to positively invest in their future.
The immediate past Director of Information and Public Relations of NYSC, Chief Eddy Megwa, stated this during his motivational lecture to Corps Members at the Bauchi State Orientation Camp, Wailo, Ganjuwa Local Government Area of the State.
Addressing the 2025 Batch ‘C’ Corps Members, Chief Megwa urged them to serve the nation with loyalty and strong sense of commitment, adding that, no nation grows without the selfless services of her citizens, he therefore urged them to rise up and make the desired change.
The Retired Director, urged the Corps Members to deliberately work towards building a great nation that would compete among the comity of nations, because, “if things are working very well, the youths will not be desperate about relocating to other countries of the world for greener pastures”.
He discouraged the youths from irregular migration, describing it as a suicide mission, because of many risks associated with it, including avoidable deaths, jail terms among others, but equally advised them to follow the official travelling protocol if the need for foreign trip arises.
He also encouraged the Corps Members to strive for excellence in whatever they do, adding that they should leverage on the achievements of their predecessors.
“Do not put your names and your families’ names into disrepute by getting involved in crimes and other unwholesome activities. NYSC is not a safe haven for criminals”, he said.
The former image maker of NYSC described the Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship Development programme of the NYSC as the panacea to graduate unemployment. He therefore advised the Corps Members to take advantage of the SAED programme by learning skills that would be useful and enable them become entrepreneurs.
He emphasized that the days of white collar jobs are over as the reality of today is self employment which is made possible by embracing Skill Acquisition and Entrepreneurship training.
The Public Relations guru advised the Corps Members Members to be security conscious as vigilance and self consciousness of their environment are key to personal safety.
Earlier, the NYSC Bauchi State Coordinator, Mr Kufre Umoren appreciated the retired Director for the visit and his words of motivation to both camp officials and Corps Members.
The Coordinator described Chief Megwa as a living legend that shaped the NYSC Public Relations Unit to what it is today and left his footprints boldly.
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