Agora Policy recommends that these agencies should be funded through direct appropriations by the Federal Government rather than the current cost-of-collection model.
The Federal Government of Nigeria has spent a total sum of N697bn to collect the N15.8tn shared by the three tiers of government in the first 11 months of the current administration, Saturday PUNCH investigation has shown.
Nigeria may have lost about N148.8bn in oil revenue on Monday as a result of the industrial action embarked upon by the Organised Labour to protest against the N60,000 minimum wage proposal of the Federal Government.