CITN targets manpower development, plans tax academy

CITN targets manpower development, plans tax academy

September 4, 2013 by Sodiq Oyeleke

 

 

The newly elected President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, Mr. Mark Dike, has set a six-point agenda to transform the tax system in the country.
Dike, who emerged as the 11th president of the CITN recently, said the agenda would bring a new approach to the execution of the mandates of the institute.
He said the two-year tenure would afford him the opportunity of helping to transform the country’s tax system by pushing for the development of technical and research capacity; restructuring of the secretariat and manpower development; and acceleration of the process for the establishment of a tax academy in the country.
Other items on his agenda are: instilling a culture of greater accountability in activities and processes; strengthening national and international outreach activities; and sustaining activities of the national body and district societies.
On the establishment of a manpower development and tax academy for the country, Dike said, “To this end, we will make sure that the critical area is accorded priority through a deliberate policy of right staffing, process reformation, training and retraining, improved remuneration and motivation.
“The tax academy is an avenue to develop human capacity needs of the taxation profession in Nigeria. This has largely been on the drawing board, with funding posing a huge challenge in actualising the vision. Despite this challenge, we will accelerate the process of establishing the academy in view of the enormous benefits derivable from the project.”
The Country Director, Crown Agent Nigeria Limited, who was the guest speaker at the event, Dr. Mark Abani, urged tax collectors and agencies to ensure proper enlightenment of the taxpayers.
“A clear understanding of the behavioural drivers of the taxpayers is the key to changing attitudes and increasing compliance. The importance of increasing taxpayer education to improve compliance cannot be overstated as the level of education given influences taxpayer behaviour,” he added.

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Sodiq Oyeleke is a Media, Human Resources, Project Management and Public Relations Practitioner