The Nigeria Politics Online (NPO) Reports, is set to hold a national dialogue on challenges facing revenue generation and infrastructure deficit in the country.
This was disclosed in a statement by the chief executive officer (CEO), of S-OK Advisory and Media Limited, publishers of NPO Reports, Semiu Okanlawon.
Okanlawon said the event with the theme: “Revenue generation, infrastructure progress: options in a challenged economy”, will be held on Tuesday, November 26, 2024, at the Nigerian National Merit Award House (Merit House) in Maitama, Abuja.
According to Okanlawon, experts from key economic sectors, income-generating organisations, and policy analysts had been gathered to analyse problems with revenue production and the nation’s infrastructure deficit.
He added that to address the severe challenges of the infrastructure deficit in the vital areas of the economy—such as roads, health, education, and security—speakers are asked to analyse issues related to income generation.
Prominent among those expected to speak at the event is the chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zach Adelabu Adedeji, and former Postmaster General of the Federation, Ismail Adebayo, Adewusi, who will chair the event.
“Adewusi, who is chairman of Global West, was also commissioner for finance and later budget and economic planning in Lagos under the administration of then Governor Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
“Also expected to speak at the event is a senior research fellow of political science in the political and governance policy department at the Nigerian Institute of Social and Economic Research (NISER), Ibadan, Hakeem Olatunji Tijani; the special adviser to the president on economic matters, Tope Fasua; chief communication officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited,(NNPL), Femi Soneye; and Idayat Hassan of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CISI),” Okanlawon stated.
He said that the event demonstrates the news outlet’s dedication to fostering more in-depth discussions on topics that touch on the well-being of Nigerians as a result of government activities.
“However, the administrations are also faced with daunting challenges in getting the needed revenues. Insecurity has made oil revenues unpredictable, with the government battling to shore up crude oil production.
“The tax reform efforts of the government are being met with stiff resistance, causing fears that the leakages of many decades and other factors causing revenue shortfalls may persist. What then are the w you’re
Speakers at the programme’s inaugural 2023 edition discussed campaign pledges as matters of accountability. They had urged those involved in politics to hold elected officials responsible for the pledges they make during campaigning.
NPO Reports, one of the first online publications in Nigeria, started as Nigeria Politics Online in April 2010.
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