In its reaction to the appointment, the Oyo state chapter of the Action Alliance said the government’s vision to reform the tax environment, raise revenue and instill discipline can “…only be achieved with people of integrity and noble characters at the helm of affairs of the system and not with controversial people, whose names send shivers down the spines of the people because of their notorious past.” Mr Makinde stuck with the appointment, nonetheless. Speaking later in March, Mr Makinde told participants at a Nigerian-American Business Forum in Tampa, Florida, United States, that huge investment opportunities readily await investors if they make Oyo State their next investment destination because of reforms, like the PMS initiative. “The PMS issue is still ongoing but we are up to the task. We shall not waver in our quest to grow the Internally Generated Revenue of Oyo State without burdening our people with unnecessary taxes,” he said. ‘Burdening the People’ But contrary to Mr Mak...
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