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Mazi Ejimofor Opara President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent assent to four critical tax reform bills marks a significant turning point in Nigeria’s socioeconomic journey. These bills, which focus on removing VAT from essential food items and educational services, providing targeted relief to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and improving the fairness of the country’s tax regime, are not just fiscal policies—they are ideological statements. They reflect a shift towards people-centered governance, with an emphasis on sustainable empowerment rather than temporary handouts. This approach resonates deeply with what Governor Chukwuma Charles Soludo of Anambra State defines as “Sustainable Neo-Welfarism” — a progressive economic model that seeks to empower the poor by removing structural barriers to prosperity, not through cash transfers or populist giveaways, but through systemic reforms that create opportunity. Tinubu’s Tax Reforms: A Federal Push for Equity The four ne...

The Department of Accountancy, Federal Polytechnic Oko today the 26th of June 2025 played host to the Society of Women in Taxation (SWIT), an arm of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN). The visit of the SWIT members are in consonance with their programmes of sensitising the students and the general public in the area of taxation and related issues. The highlight of the visit is the tax quiz competition organized for the students of four tertiary institutions in Anambra state Viz Federal Polytechnic Oko, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze and Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Igbariam. Out of 15 competitors from the four schools, the following emerged winners from the tax quiz moderated by the SWIT team; 1st position: Miss Ozoemelam Amarachi D. of the department of Accountancy, Federal Polytechnic Oko. 2nd position: Miss Agwuncha Pauline C. of the department of Accountancy, Federal Polytechnic Oko. 3rd posit...

A significant breakthrough was achieved in the protracted political crisis rocking Rivers State, as FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, Rivers State Governor Siminalayi Fubara, and Speaker of the Rivers State House of Assembly Martins Amaewhule reached a truce following a closed-door meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting, which was held on Thursday, June 26, 2025, marked a turning point in the bitter power struggle between Governor Fubara and his predecessor, Nyesom Wike, which had created sharp divisions in the state's leadership and raised public concern over stability. According to sources, the three key political figures agreed to put aside their differences and work together in the interest of peace, governance, and the people of Rivers State. President Tinubu, who presided over the meeting, emphasized the need for unity and urged all parties to prioritize development over personal or political disputes. The truce is seen as a maj...