FG ends revenue deductions by agencies, orders full remittance to federation account
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Summary: Agencies like the Nigeria Revenue Service (formerly the Federal Inland Revenue Service), the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), and the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) have for years kept back a portion of their collections to fund their operations.
The Nigerian Government has abolished the long-standing practice that allowing revenue agencies to deduct a share of funds as the cost of collection before remitting proceeds to the federation account.
Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy Wale Edun announced the policy shift in Abuja on Thursday at the launch of the National Development Update.
According to him, the decision
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