President Bola Tinubu has approved the establishment of a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
The Committee will comprise experts from both the private and public sectors and have responsibility for the various aspects of tax law reform.
This latest move the presidency says is in consonance with Tinubu’s promise to remove all barriers impeding business growth in Nigeria,
According to a statement on Friday by the president’s Special Adviser on Special Duties, Dele Alake, the committee will be chaired by Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC), Mr. Taiwo Oyedele.
It will comprise experts from both the private and public sectors and have responsibility for the various aspects of tax law reform, fiscal policy design and coordination, harmonization of taxes, and revenue administration
policy, taxation, and economic matters. He currently serves as PWC Africa tax leader.
In addition to his role at PwC, Oyedele holds several important positions in prestigious organizations.
He is the Thematic Lead for the Fiscal Policy & Planning Commission and serves as the Chairman of the West Africa Debt Management Roundtable of the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG).
Furthermore, he chairs the Taxation & Fiscal Policy Faculty Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and is a member of the Nigerian Taxation Standards Board.
He also serves as a member of the Ministerial Committee on the implementation of Nigeria’s National Tax Policy.
He is a member of the Global Tax Forum and has previously served as a member of the Global Governing Council of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA).
As an educator, Oyedele holds the position of Associate Professor at the Babcock University Business School.
He is an alumnus of the London School of Economics & Political Science, Yale University and Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education. He is a guest lecturer at the Lagos Business School and the Founder and President of Impact Africa Foundation.
