Presidential Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms Committee
Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy & Tax Reforms

Subcommittees

The Committee’s work is delivered through six subcommittees organised under three pillars: Steering, Fiscal Governance, and Revenue Transformation.

Subcommittees

Subcommittees and Terms of Reference

SNSubcommitteeTerms of Reference
A. Steering Subcommittee
1Steering Subcommittee
  • Provide overall direction for the Committee and report to the President.
  • Set guiding principles and governance arrangements.
  • Review and approve the work of the other subcommittees.
  • Ensure an effective handshake between subcommittees.
  • Manage press briefings and key stakeholder engagement (NASS, NEC, NGF).
  • Facilitate implementation of approved reform measures.
B. Fiscal Governance Subcommittees
2Fiscal Management
  • Review and propose changes to the Fiscal Responsibility Act.
  • Develop a Fiscal Risk Framework with targets (debt service to revenue; recurrent to capital ratios).
  • Sustainable policy design and ongoing reviews.
  • Optimal fiscal approach to SDGs, energy transition and multidimensional poverty reduction.
  • Enhanced budgeting at federal and sub-national level.
  • Measures for full tax compliance by MDAs.
3Fiscal Competitiveness & Economic Growth
  • Reforms in ports and customs.
  • Fiscal and tax measures to make Nigeria a competitive destination — a hub for tech, R&D, HQ/shared services and remote work.
  • Domestication of ECOWAS and AfCFTA.
  • Entrepreneurship and NMSME promotion.
  • Office of Tax Ombudsman framework.
  • Measures to counter tax multiplicity; alternative funding models for MDAs.
C. Revenue Transformation Subcommittees
4Tax Policy Review
  • Review and update the 2017 National Tax Policy.
  • Recommend action plans on international tax developments (Two-Pillar Solution; illicit financial flows).
  • Sustainable framework to protect the poor and vulnerable.
  • Policy for taxation of the informal sector and NMSMEs, including measures to tackle informal taxation by non-state actors.
5Tax Law Reform
  • Review and redraft the major tax laws — CITA, PITA, CGTA, VATA, SDA and others.
  • Prepare draft Executive Orders and Regulations for reforms that do not require legislative changes.
  • Recommend constitutional amendments to strengthen fiscal federalism.
  • Facilitate translation of the major tax laws into Nigeria’s main local languages.
6Revenue Administration
  • Harmonise revenue agencies and collection functions.
  • Use of data for tax intelligence and economic planning.
  • Capacity building and professionalism.
  • Modernisation and automation; response to the digital economy.
  • Improve collection efficiency; target 1% cost of collection within 4 years.
  • Curb corruption; build taxpayer trust and voluntary compliance.