Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari has signed an Executive Order 007 to enable private sector companies fund the construction of roads and be repaid via tax credits to be utilised against their future tax obligations.

The Order is known as the "Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment Tax Credit Scheme".

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