Tag: Ben Akabueze

Rich Nigerians Should Pay More Taxes – DG Budget Office

Abibat Babalola

Director-General of the Budget Office of the Federation, Ben Akabueze has opined that rich Nigerians should be made to pay more taxes in order to improve revenue generation. Gatekeepers News reports that Akabueze gave his suggestion on Monday in Abuja at the launch of the World Bank’s report titled, ‘Nigeria public finance review: fiscal adjustment for better and sustained results’. According to him, wealthy citizens should be taxed based on their earnings. “We need to tax the rich. We have extremely wealthy people existing side-by-side with extremely poor people. I…

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Buhari-Govt Has Declared War, ASUU Says, Appeals Resumption Ruling

Abibat Babalola

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the President Muhammadu Buhari-led government has declared a war by dragging it to Court. It said it would on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work. Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), according to a report by PUNCH, disclosed this in an interview in Abuja on Thursday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home its demands for improved funding for universities and…

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