Guess How Many Nigerians Pay Tax And How Our Government Spends The Money

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Well, if your guess is as good as mine, then you will agree that the social contract is broken and needs fixing urgently.
Nigeria Tax

Well, if your guess is as good as mine, then you will agree that the social contract is broken and needs fixing urgently.

According to the Joint Tax Board, there are ten million people (precisely 10,006,304) registered for personal income tax purposes in all the states of the federation including the FCT. Out of this, about 4.6 million or 46% are registered with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) indicating an average of 153,000 or 1.5% per state for others.

Read my article in Guardian Newspaper for details Download Guess how many Nigerians pay tax_Taiwo Oyedele

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