Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Godwin Emefiele, on Friday appealed to Nigerians to show understanding on the proposal by the government to increase Value Added Tax (VAT) rate from 5% to 7.5% in view of the fiscal necessity to boost the nation’s non-oil revenue earnings to finance critical programmes of the […]
Determined to correct the structural defects in Nigeria’s fiscal regime, especially the structural imbalances in oil and non-oil revenue collections, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday approved a hike in the nation’s Value Added Tax rate to 7.2 per cent, up from the current five per cent rate. The Minister of Finance, Budget and […]