No fewer than 12 states of the federation have enacted the Tax Harmonisation Law recently introduced by the Federal Government as parts of Tax Reforms in the country, Minister of State for Finance Designate, Dr Taiwo Oyedele has disclosed. According to Dr Oyedele, 13 other states have already tabled the law before their states Houses of Assembly for implementation, while others are in various stages of implementation of the reforms. Dr Oyedele who was appointed on Tuesday as Minister of State for Finance spoke at the Continental Hotel Abuja during the graduation ceremony of 5,900 Young Entrepreneurs who were trained by MTN Foundation on different modules of entrepreneurship, businesses and innovations. The MTN Foundation has through the Young Innovators and Entrepreneurs Training Initiative, provided training and working tools for over 15,000 young people since its inception. The Minister Designate said President Bola Tinubu Tax Reforms are intended to ensure modernisation of fiscal framework for businesses to strive and grow, protect vulnerable populations and reset fiscaleconomic transformation of the country.

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