Nigeria: 'Taxation Is Key in Infrastructure Financing'

22 May 2019

The Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Mr. Tunde Folwer, has stated that revenues generated through taxation and borrowing would play a key role in supporting State Governments to finance their expenditure infrastructure and social services.

Fowler, who disclosed this yesterday in Lagos at the Maiden Edition of the Nigeria Corporate Services with theme: 'Building A Sustainable Economic Growth Through Quality Corporate Services Delivery," noted that taxation is deemed preferable to borrowing as debt has to be repaid usually with interest and other debt servicing obligations which can sometimes create additional burden on government.

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