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CEMENT Company of Northern Nigeria (CCNN), recorded gross turnover of N14, 087,553,499 in the 2016 financial year. It's Chairman, Dr ...

NBS CODE partner Food prices push inflation rate, Nigeria’s inflation rate rises, NBS, Foundation to develop public sector performance index,Inflation drops by 0.37, Beyond the feel good, Inflation rate slowed, Nami enjoins W/African taxmen to step up revenue mobilization growth Sanya Adejokun - Abuja Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Muhammad Nami, has asked tax authorities across West Africa step up their efforts towards generating higher tax revenues for their respective countries to accelerate development in the region. Nami who spoke on Thursday at the opening ceremony of the “Regional Seminar on the Problems of Tax Transition in West Africa”, organised by the Steering Committee of Support Program for Tax Transition in West Africa (PATF) said the governments needed enhanced tax revenues to tackle development-related challenges they confront, especially in the areas of “health and security difficulties”. Nami congratulated Member-countries “for the relentless work you have done since January 2020, the date of the effective start of the PATF.” He noted that “since the establishment and effective holding of the first Steering Committee, the execution of the missions in progress has accelerated, making it possible to have results that can be shared by the actors of the Program and the beneficiaries. "Since then, we have come a long way, with results that are certainly mixed, but encouraging and which should encourage us to continue our work.” According to him, areas where the PATF needed to work on to achieve its set objectives include “establishment of the PATF Steering Committee; improving the management of tax expenditures in the region; providing a practical guide for Value Added Tax (VAT) management for West Africa; the creation of a regional methodology guide for the evaluation of tax expenditures; and the establishment of an information system specific to the UEMOA and ECOWAS Commissions.” To achieve these goals, Nami posited that “our countries must have national databases and a regional platform” even as he observed that “this indispensable steering body of our consultation system still lacks vitality, as it does not have institutional and financial guarantees.” He tasked participants “to complete your work as soon as possible, but above all to propose innovative, realistic and feasible recommendations. "Our various governments are facing health and security difficulties; in this context, they greatly need these results.” Also speaking, Director of Fiscal Affairs and Public Finance at WAEMU, Habbas Traoure, said since January 2020, experts have started working to provide technical support for 15 member countries and Mauritania. "Completing the task will help to fight domestic tax evasion and drive revenue mobilisation and fight illicit tax flows. This will help is develop capacity to do well in this area. "We've had study on VAT and the ECOWAS commission is proud of the result achieve so far and this seminar is a prove to show that we are on the right track. This meeting will help us review what has been done and help the actors to brainstorm on the measures to be out in place to addresses issues affecting taxation in the region. On his part, Director of Trade, Customs Union at ECOWAS, Tiemtore Salifou spoke of the imperative for tax authorities in the region to share experiences and move towards moving tax revenue and ensure that international tax standards are implemented, Breweries Beverages boost, Federal School of Statistics graduates charged Inflation, NBS,

Nigeria’s labour productivity rises in Q4 of 2016 ―NBS

by S-Davies Wande

June 9, 2017

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The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said that the country saw a rise in labour productivity in the fourth quarter ...

Niger pilgrims board releases, National Hajj Commission, Hajj, Kaduna airlifts, 2022 Hajj: Fourth Nigerian

Katsina govt begins public hearing on 2016 Hajj

by S-Davies Wande

April 13, 2017

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THE Katsina state government has constituted an 8-man public hearing committee to investigate and submit its reports on the anomalies ...

There’s no impossibility, says Usain Bolt after winning 3 gold at Rio Games

by S-Davies Wande

August 20, 2016

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The word "impossible" does not exist in the Word of world’s fastest man, Jamaican Usain Bolt. "I have a saying: ...

Usain Bolt signs off from Rio Olympics after ninth gold medal

by S-Davies Wande

August 20, 2016

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Usain St Leo Bolt ended his Olympic career with another gold in the 4x100 metre relay race, anchoring his Jamaican ...

Historical facts of Bolt so far at Rio Games

by S-Davies Wande

August 19, 2016

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Events are showing that Jamaican sprinter, Usain Bolt can be considered as the greatest and fastest athlete of all time. ...

Usain Bolt celebrates after winning the men's 200m final of the Rio 2016 at the Olympic Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. PHOTO: EPA.

#Rio2016 #Olympics: Bolt wins 200m, eighth Olympic gold

by S-Davies Wande

August 19, 2016

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Usain Bolt won the men's 200m to claim his second Rio 2016 gold, his eighth at an Olympics, and keep ...

Share your favourite #Rio2016 #Olympics game with #TalkToTribune

by S-Davies Wande

August 18, 2016

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Olympics, a unifying event to foster unity among sporting nations all over the world, which takes place every leap year, ...

NABTEB releases 2016 NBC/NTC results

by S-Davies Wande

August 18, 2016

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The National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) has released results of the 2016 May/June National Business Certificate (NBC) and ...

Rio 2016 Olympics: 3 Nigerian women wrestlers crash out

by S-Davies Wande

August 17, 2016

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THREE women wrestlers of Team Nigeria on Wednesday crashed out at the ongoing Rio 2016 Olympics. The wrestlers were all ...

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Sokoto Cement records N14.087bn turnover in 2016

Nigeria’s labour productivity rises in Q4 of 2016 ―NBS

Katsina govt begins public hearing on 2016 Hajj

There’s no impossibility, says Usain Bolt after winning 3 gold at Rio Games

Usain Bolt signs off from Rio Olympics after ninth gold medal

Historical facts of Bolt so far at Rio Games

#Rio2016 #Olympics: Bolt wins 200m, eighth Olympic gold

Share your favourite #Rio2016 #Olympics game with #TalkToTribune

NABTEB releases 2016 NBC/NTC results

Rio 2016 Olympics: 3 Nigerian women wrestlers crash out

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