As Nigeria continues to seek ways to diversify its economy, governments and corporate organisations recognise the importance of a dynamic tax system that is not only geared toward fiscal growth but addresses today’s business environment. The government, especially through the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Joint Tax Board, is adopting...
Over the past five decades development of Nigeria’s education sector has proceeded unevenly. While the government has enacted several initiatives to improve the public school and university systems, ensuring that all citizens have access to high quality, affordable schooling remains a major challenge. With this in mind, in May 2012 the Federal...
The Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB), which is currently before the federal legislature, establishes the legal and regulatory framework, institutions and regulatory authorities for Nigeria’s petroleum industry and stipulates guidelines for operations in the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors.
Known as the “pace setter state”, Oyo is in south-west Nigeria and borders the states of Ogun, Osun and Kwara, as well as Benin. With an extensive interstate road network and the ability to capitalise on high volumes of cross-border activity, the state benefits from a strategic location, enabling companies to receive shipments from the ports of...
With a new federal health bill in the works and steadily increasing private sector participation in many areas, Nigeria’s health care sector is potentially on the brink of a period of sustained expansion. In the six decades since independence, the national health care network has improved on a piecemeal basis, driven primarily by a handful of...
Over the past decade information and communications technology (ICT) has played an increasingly important role in Nigerian society. In the 10 years since the ICT sector was liberalised in 2003, the percentage of the population that regularly accesses the internet has skyrocketed. According to the International Telecommunications Union, the UN’s ICT...
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