Opposition to the recently signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and France’s tax authority, Direction Générale des Finances Publiques, intensified at the weekend, as the Northern Elders Forum (NEF) and the African Democratic Congress (ADC) separately demanded its immediate termination or full public disclosure, citing grave national security and sovereignty concerns. In a strongly-worded open letter to the Federal Government and the 10th National Assembly, the NEF described the agreement as a “dangerous tax data pact” that could expose Nigeria’s most sensitive financial and…
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