Tax Justice and Governance Advocacy Platform kicks off in Lagos State.
The Civil Legislative Advocacy
Center (CISLAC) on the 8th June, 2015 inaugurated the Lagos State Chapter
of the Tax Justice and Governance Platform at the Ekiti Syndicate room of the Lagos
Airport Hotel, Ikeja. 
According to Mr Chinedu
Bassey and Mr Banwo, both of Cislac, the Tax Justice /Governance Advocacy
Platform is a nationwide program on fair progressive taxation by enabling CSOs
and non-state actors to research, advocate and sensitize stakeholders widely on
fair taxation and an enabling service delivery environment.
It has the objective of ensuring an
organized, well informed tax payers constituency empowered to promote its right
to fair treatment on tax matters, demand for accountability and services for
tax paid and protected from unfair and harmful tax administration practices
that creates hardship, dehumanizes small scale, informal tax payers, especially
women, thereby exacerbating inequalities and poverty.
The
Platform was inaugurated by Mr. Daniel Adebayo of FIRS, after the host
organization and chairperson of the platform in Lagos state,
Ms Abimbola
Junaid, Executive Director of Arise Nigerian Woman Foundation introduced all
its members and spoke about the civil society space as the third sector and an
interface between the governments and the governed.
Ms Abimbola
Junaid, Executive Director of Arise Nigerian Woman Foundation introduced all
its members and spoke about the civil society space as the third sector and an
interface between the governments and the governed.
Dignitaries in attendance, who gave
goodwill messages included: Mr. Shina Fagbenro Byron SW regional co-coordinator, DFID UK. Mr. Wale
Musa ,Assistant Director- Finance &Admin-Office of the Special Adviser
Taxation &Revenue, Lagos State. Mrs Oso Afolake, Senior Manager , Chartered
Institute of Taxation of Nigeria. Mr Adejumo
Fashola of Gem3, Mr Stanley Achon, Operations Lead Budgit, Mr. Toyin Oshinawa
of LACSOP Tax and representing the Director of FIRS, Mr. Daniel Adebayo.
The Tax Justice and Governance platform,
Lagos is open to all and for more information, partnership and taxation
awareness materials in Lagos State, please send a mail to tjgp@arisenigerianwoman.org,
info@arisenigerianwoman.org.
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