Less than 40 million Nigerians paying tax — RMAFC chairman

The Chairman, Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Muhammad Shehu, says Nigerians must endeavour to pay their taxes to boost government revenue and improve service delivery.

This is as the RMAFC boss noted that less than 40 million Nigerians are presently captured in the tax net and paying taxes.

“That is too low for a country that has more than 200 million populations,” he said.

Shehu, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday also clarified that political office holders in Nigeria did not earn outrageous emoluments, as speculated by Nigerians.