Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Muhammad Shehu, has said less than 40 million Nigerians are captured paying their taxes.
He said this while urging the citizens to endeavour to pay their taxes to boost government revenue and improve service delivery.
“That is too low for a country that has more than 200 million populations,”
“There are some taxes that the government is not getting from Nigerians. I believe the FIRS will look at all those things and then collaborate with the NCS for better efficiency.
“I think it is very important for every Nigerian to try and pay their taxes because it is from those monies that you get services.
“All the things that people like to tell you about clean environments, good roads, and functional infrastructure in other countries—it is the taxes that citizens pay that are utilised for those services.
“People should learn to pay electricity bills; they should pay their water bills; they should pay just like you pay for telephone recharge cards.
“The more you pay your taxes, the more money the government has to put into road and rail construction, better hospitals, pensions, social security, and a better plan to help the needy,” he said
