By Abba-Eku Onyekachi
The Deputy President of the Senate, Aen. Barau Jibrin, has assured Nigerians of National Assembly’s commitment toward ensuring strong fiscal policy and tax reforms for the survival of the country.
He made the statement during a two-day retreat on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms organized by the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies (NILDS) at Ikot Ikpene, Akwa Ibom State.
He said the National Assembly considers the urgent need to put the country on the path of economic rejuvenation, hence the need to put more efforts alongside various stakeholders in achieving that.
“In a world of great economic challenges, only nations that are endowed with great thinkers can break through. This equally requires thinking outside the box.
“Therefore, fiscal policy and tax reforms that guarantee a nation’s survival without adding to the economic woes of its citizenry must be central to the nation’s policies and governance.
“Our assignment, I dare say, has been made quite interesting, because the nation’s chief executive officer, Sen. Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has true to type, put together a cabinet of time-tested, highly qualified technocrats, who are committed and great professionals, whose wealth of experience, Nigeria needs at this critical moment in her life,” he said.
He emphasized that the lawmakers’ job at the retreat, is to contribute to the discourse on the needed Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, towards the realisation of the 8-point agenda of the executive arm of government.
