Nigerian president signs new executive orders to suspend tax policies

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Nigerian president signs new executive orders to suspend tax policies

STORY: Nigerian president signs new executive orders to suspend tax policies DATELINE: July 7, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:18 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of President Bola Tinubu 2. various of port, containers, and street views in Nigeria 3. various of the presidential team briefing the media 4. SOUNDBITE (English): DELE ALAKE, Spokesman for president STORYLINE: Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has signed four new executive orders, with an aim to adjust previous tax policies by the country's immediate past administration, a presidential spokesman said on Thursday. Dele Alake, the spokesman for the president, told reporters in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, that the executive orders included the suspension of a five-percent excise tax on telecommunication services and excise duties escalation on locally-manufactured products, as well as a customs excise tariff variation amendment order, and a finance act order. Alake said, with the signing of the new executive orders, Tinubu aimed to amelior

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