Nigeria’s Minister of Finance, Taiwo Oyedele, has mentioned the Federal Govt has no plan to introduce a petroleum tax amid the prime price of residing confronted through Nigerians.
He disclosed this in a temporary commentary on his X account on Tuesday.
His explanation comes amid stories of plans through President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s management to introduce a 5 according to cent tax on retail petroleum merchandise within the nation.
Then again, clarifying the problem, Oyedele mentioned the Federal Govt had no plan to introduce a gas tax.
“In my interview with ARISE Information, I used to be transparent: a gas tax isn’t at the desk,” he mentioned on X.
DAILY POST stories that hundreds of thousands of Nigerians pay between N1,370 and N1,429 according to litre for petrol.
The creation of a gas tax would imply that Nigerians must pay extra for petrol.