The immediate former governor of Osun State Rauf Aregbesola has vowed to pioneer serious taxation for wealthy people in Nigeria, when a becomes a Minister of the Federal Republic.

He said this on Monday when he was being screened by the Senate.

The minister nominee said he was responding to the senator representing Abia central, Theodore Orji who asked for his view on multiple taxation and how it affects businesses.

“The truth is, Nigeria is a federation and I am a federalist. There is a limit to what we can do on taxation in the federation. I wouldn’t have loved to go into this because it is going to be controversial.

“We have left the rich men in Nigeria without discharging their responsibility to the citizens particularly on taxation.

“So, I am going to pioneer privilege taxes for those who have huge resources or wealth from which Nigerians must tap. If I go into this, there might be some ill feelings in some quarters, so I wont go deep into that.

“I will recommend serious taxation for wealthy people in Nigeria.

“If that will now translate to lifting the burden on the state and the local government to reduce the penchant for taxes that make poor people give from their inadequate resources, of course, I will be satisfied.

“I am going to advocate a just taxation system,” he said.

Mr Aregbesola was the fourth ministerial nominee to be screened on Monday. Thirty one ministerial nominees, of the 43 sent by President Muhammadu Buhari, had been screened last week by the lawmakers.

https://www.channelstv.com/2019/07/29/im-going-to-pioneer-serious-taxation-for-wealthy-nigerians-aregbesola/

Aregeshola.for finance minister...?

Tinubu.has well placed his pipe at naija.treasury

And You are telling them to their face?

I doubt your sincerity, otherwise, that is automatic disqualification.

They would have disqualified you because senators are all rich men and you are directly hinting them of your plan to make life difficult for them.

ogbeni

Really

I just don't like man that can't keep their mouth shut like Rauf just did

You have not even being confirm yet you already exposing yourself.

Buhari has not even tells you what ministry will be under you you already exposing yourself talking blabla.

Now you have just shot yourself by the foot because those affluent ones you want to go after will fight back and make sure you are relegated to either state Minister or mere ministerial portfolio like *Water Resources Minister or Tourism Minister* and tell me how you will tax the wealthy ones, Mr blabla

They will simply move their wealth abroad even faster than they usually do.

Mauritius and co.

The legislathieves will simply move raw cash directly from their sharing gala they call the National assembly straight through our very porous borders to Benin republic.

Nigeria with its porous financial regulations?

Including Tinubu

With all his opon imo and airport scam he got rewarded

That's what they say sometimes i wonder if they meant the opposite of what they actually said...

Where is our Opon’imo?

Professional rogue

this used pant aregbesola get mouth talk? chai!!
5% of a poor man's 1000naira is equivalent to 5% of a rich mans' 1million naira.is he going to add to the burden,(multiple taxation)ongoing?
asked how to reduce multiple taxation, he's solution is multiple taxation
by over taxing the NIGERIAN rich you directly task the Nigerian poor

Tina26:
With all his opon imo and airport scam he got rewarded

Na so for the fraudulent party called APC

Person can't be rich again in peace?

Empty talk,that's all it is.For saying such blasphemy, ABBA Kyari would move him to Ministry of Sport.

I would love that





But words of mouth easy than action that is required

He just shot himself in the foot. Ode

bigpicture001:
Aregeshola.for finance minister...?

Tinubu.has well placed his pipe at naija.treasury

If aregbe becomes finance minister, then buhari has confirmed the stupidity people call him

OBJ try finally....

bigpicture001:
Aregeshola.for finance minister...?

Tinubu.has well placed his pipe at naija.treasury

A refrigerator technician for finance minister?

IT IS FINISHED!

Wonder how someone who did so much damage to his state with numerous elephant projects, egregious debt burden for at least the next 3 generations to shoulder, civil servants paid half-salary for his entire 8 years, unprocessed pensions and gratuity for retirees, with zero financial sense now coming here to issue policies on finance. No hope for Nigeria with people like Aregbesola finding themselves in positions to wreck more havoc. He was a complete failure in Osun state. Now he's there in Abuja to ensure he populates his failure to the entire nation.

ahh,i trust u baba

All na wash

continue to rest in peace dear Nigeria

Haq Haq Haq

Local man is flababasted by this news

Foolish government glorifying poverty. So those who has worked hard to the top shouldn't enjoy the reward of capitalism?

Baba hafusa/halfsalary,I thought you are being screened for works minister abi what concerns ministry of works with taxation?abi you are no more a refrigerator technician..sorry ..engineer again?

You better wake up, you're no longer in Osun state where you can milk the treasury dry. This is Nigeria