NAN lauds Tinubu over appointment of 400 Level UI student into tax reform committee

August 9, 2023

THE immediate past President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Comrade Sunday Asefon, has lauded President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for appointing Miss Orire Agbaje, a 400 level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, to Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.

Asefon said the appointment was good news to the students’ community, saying it was the first of its kind in the history of Nigeria to have a practically young person appointed to such a powerful presidential committee.

“This uncommon gesture of President Tinubu marks practical demonstration beyond rhetorics of youth inclusion in governance, the former NANS President said in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja.

Asefon, also the National Coordinator Tinubu/Shettima Students Vanguard, said, “The good news of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s inauguration of Miss Orire Agbaje, a 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, who is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club as alongside other experts and financial guru as member of Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, this remain a significant move and first of its kind in the history of Nigeria having a practical young person in such a powerful presidential committee.

“I congratulate Miss Orire Agbaje on this very significant milestone achievement, urging her to represent the youth very well in the committee to expand the trust and confidence of new administration in Nigeria youth which shall open more doors of strategic inclusion for young people.

“I, therefore, appreciate Mr president for standing by his word, commencing fulfillment of his campaign promises to youth from day one in office remain highly commendable, assuring the New administration of my continue support to rally youth and students to the renewed hope agenda,” he said.

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