Rauf Aregbesola, minister of
interior, says for Nigeria to solve the problem of poverty, the rich must be
taxed mercilessly.
Speaking at the 70th birthday of
Abiola Ajimobi, former governor of Oyo state, he said tax from the rich could
be used to create wealth to help the poor.
“We must mercilessly tax the
rich, if we are to cure the problem of poverty. We have two contending forces,
the poor and the privileged rich,” he said.
“The rich have no problem, they
are comfortable. The problem is the poor and they are in the majority. And the
point is if the rich failed to address this problem, the comfort of the rich
will be taken away, so they must release much of their money to help the poor.”
This is not the first time that
Aregbesola will make known his position on taxing wealthy people in the
country.
When he appeared before the
senate for screening in July, the former governor of Osun state, had empahsised
the need for the rich to pay heavy tax.
“We have left the rich men in
Nigeria without discharging their responsibility to the citizens, particularly
on taxation,” he had said.
“So, I am going to pioneer
privilege taxes for those who have huge resources or wealth from which
Nigerians must tap. If I go into this, there might be some ill feelings in some
quarters, so I won’t go deep into that. I will recommend serious taxation for
wealthy people in Nigeria.”
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