Tinubu sets up tax reforms committee, appoints Oyedele chairman

President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms and  appointed Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as the Chairman.

The Special Adviser on Special Duties communication, Dele Alake in a statement released said that setting up the committee was in consonance with President Tinubu’s promise to remove all barriers impeding business growth in Nigeria.

Mr. Oyedele is said to be a highly accomplished professional with extensive expertise in fiscal policy, taxation, and economic matters. He currently serves as PWC Africa tax leader.

He is the Thematic Lead for the Fiscal Policy & Planning Commission and serves as the Chairman of the West Africa Debt Management Roundtable of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).

He chairs the Taxation & Fiscal Policy Faculty Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and is a member of the Nigerian Taxation Standards Board.

He also serves as a member of the Ministerial Committee on the implementation of Nigeria’s National Tax Policy.

He is a member of the Global Tax Forum and has previously served as a member of the Global Governing Council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)

As an educator, Oyedele holds the position of Associate Professor at the Babcock University Business School.

Similarly, the Special Adviser to the President on Revenue, Mr. Adelabu Zacch Adedeji, said that President Tinubu recognizes the importance of a sound fiscal policy environment and an effective taxation system for the functioning of the government and the economy.