President Bola Tinubu has appointed Orire Agbaje, a 400-level Economics student at the University of Ibadan as a presidential committee member on fiscal policy and tax reforms.
Agbaje is currently the president of The Tax Club, University of Ibadan, as well as the president of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club.
The inauguration of the committee led by Tinubu and a team comprising experts from both private and public sectors, took place on Tuesday at the State House. The committee’s mandate spans critical areas such as tax law reforms, fiscal policy design, tax harmonisation, and revenue administration.
Addressing the committee’s responsibilities, President Tinubu emphasised the urgency for swift reforms.
“The Committee, in the first instance, is expected to deliver a schedule of quick reforms that can be implemented within thirty days,” he stated.
He further stressed the importance of recommending critical reform measures within six months, with a full implementation timeline spanning one calendar year.
At the helm of this vital committee is Taiwo Oyedele, a distinguished tax and fiscal policy expert. His leadership, alongside Agbaje’s youthful dynamism, promises a diverse and effective approach to the nation’s fiscal transformation.
Agbaje describes herself as “assertive and hardworking” on her LinkedIn profile.
She also holds an Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) qualification and is one of the few talented young Nigerians selected for the 2023 Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) Scholars Programme.