Tinubu Appoints UI 400-Level Student Into Tax Reforms Committee

By Babatunde Solanke

A University of Ibadan, UI, 400-level student, Orire Agbaje has been appointed by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu as member of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.

The committee was inaugurated on Tuesday, 8 August, 2023 in Abuja, Nigeria’s seat of power

“one of the members of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms inaugurated by President @officialABAT today is a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, Miss Orire Agbaje, who is also the President of @ui_taxclub, President of @SEIHUnibadan, and a Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) Scholar,”the presidency said in a tweet on Tuesday.

The committee headed by Taiwo Oyedele is expected to deliver a schedule of quick reforms that can be implemented within the first thirty days.

“Critical reform measures should be recommended in six months, and full implementation will take place within one calendar year”, the President said.