Researchers from the Department of Taxation, Federal University Dutse, have won a N10 million research grant from the United Kingdom based- International Center for Tax and Development (ICTD).
The research grant is aimed at finding the “Extent of Adoption and Strategic Data Utilization from Digitalized Tax Payment Systems and Digital IDs among States’ Tax Authorities in Nigeria.” .
This was disclosed by the Lead Researcher, Dr. Abdulsalam Masaud, in a statement by the university’s media directorate on Monday.
He said the research is part of the ICTD’s DIGITAX programme, which is a three-year programme that aims to explore the intersections between tax systems and the expansion of Digital Financial Services (DFS).
The programme, he said, will support governments in designing appropriate and effective taxation of DFS and DFS providers, harnessing the potential for DFS and digital IDs to strengthen tax administration
The ICTD project which will cover six states’ tax authorities; one from each geopolitical zone of the country is being funded through the Bill & Melinda Foundation.
The ICTD, according to him, is a growing global policy research network dedicated to improving the quality of tax policy and administration in developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
Other members of the research team are Dr. Sani Mohammed Damamisau, who served as the co-researcher and Yusuf Abdu Gimba, the research assistant.
The Director Research and Development, Professor Yusuf .Y. Deeni, has commended the researchers for winning the grant.
The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed, congratulated the team for their effort and urged them to conduct the research in record time in order to maintain the confidence reposed in them by ICTD.
