BIOGRAPHY AND WIKIPEDIA: 400-level Economics student of the University of Ibadan, Miss Orire Agbaje, is now a Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms at the Presidential Villa.
The committee comprising tax experts and key private sector stakeholders is saddled with the responsibility of harmonising taxes in the country to boost revenue.
“My love for crunching digits made me take up Accounting (ICAN) and further exposed me to Corporate finance and taxation which I’m learning on,” she wrote.
Agabje is passionate about using her skills to make a difference and would see the Presidential Committee on Tax Reforms as an opportunity to do just that.
The committee’s mandate is to address the challenges faced by Nigeria in the areas of fiscal governance, tax reforms, and growth facilitation.
It has a one-year deadline to deliver a schedule of quick reforms that can be implemented within 30 days, as well as critical reform measures that should be recommended within six months.
She is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club and holds an Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification.
The undergraduate was one of the few talented young Nigerians selected for the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) Scholars Programme.
In her LinkedIn bio, Agbaje says that her love for “crunching digits” led her to take up accounting and taxation.
Agbaje is one of the few talented young Nigerians selected for the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) Scholars Programme.
In her LinkedIn details, Agbaje described her passion for “crunching digits” as the reason she considered studying accounting and taxation.
“My love for crunching digits made me take up Accounting (ICAN) and further exposed me to Corporate finance and taxation which I’m learning on,” she wrote.
