The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) says the number of new taxpayers in Nigeria has increased by 170,000 and tax compliance also improved by 20 per cent over a year.
Femi Olarinde, Special Adviser to the FIRS Executive Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, made this known during a dinner/media parley on Thursday in Lagos.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the total number of taxpayers in the country as of 2021 was 41 million.