The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has responded to the claim that his committee is planning to recruit “Area Boys” to be tax collectors in the country.
Taking to his X (formerly Twitter) account, Oyedele said the headline widely quoted in different media outlets is a mischaracterization of his message, adding that one “cannot recruit a person to do the job they are already doing”.
Oyedele came under fire last week when he was quoted on different dailies that his committee wants “Area boys” to be trained to collect taxes in the country.
Meanwhile reacting to these criticisms, the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on tax reforms noted that his message is that the taxes and levies collected in the informal sectors can be harmonized and some eliminated to promote ease of doing business in the state.
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According to Oyedele, the issues he addressed in the interview where he was quoted have been over sensationalized and taken out of context.
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