Category: Nigeria
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What is Nigeria’s path to closing the revenue gap for development?
Following the recent publication of the Fair Tax Monitor Nigeria Report: Taxing the Rich, FTM’s Ishmael Zulu was interviewed for the Business Edge on Nigeria’s national station News Central. In this wide-ranging and comprehensive interview, a number of topics were addressed, such as Nigeria’s critical revenue gap, which threatens its development goals and the stark…
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New Fair Tax Monitor Nigeria Report: Taxing the Rich to Combat Inequality
On 15th October 2024, the newest Fair Tax Monitor (FTM) report, thematically focused on Taxing the Rich, was launched in Nigeria. It shines a light on a critical issue: how fair taxation of the wealthiest could be the key to tackling the country’s deepening hunger and inequality crisis.
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FTM Report Nigeria 2024
This is the 2024 Fair Tax Monitor (FTM) report on Nigeria and the first FTM report with the first thematic focus on Taxing the Rich. The report focuses on the yawning revenue gap that threatens the country’s developmental ambitions and the rampant inequality whereby the wealthiest 1% of the population possess five times as much…
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Launch of the Fair Tax Monitor and the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index report in Nigeria
Today, Oxfam in Nigeria joins the rest of the world to mark the World Day of International Justice with the launch of the Fair Tax Monitor report as well as the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index (CRII) report in Abuja, Nigeria. The Fair Tax Monitor (FTM) is a research and advocacy tool developed jointly by…
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Even It Up: Tackling Inequality in Nigeria Through Analysis and Advocacy
Early February Oxfam collaborated with BudgIt Information Technology Network Lagos…
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Launch of Nigeria Inequality Report
On Wednesday May 17th Oxfam International launched the Nigeria Inequality Report, which caused quite a stir in the national media. Nigeria is seen as Africa’s largest economy and one of the fastest-growing in the world. Yet, more than half of the Nigerian population still grapples with extreme poverty, while a small elite enjoys ever-growing wealth.…