President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday inaugurated the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The committee saddled with this onerous responsibility will be headed by Mr Taiwo Oyedele as the chairman, the president has also decided to include a young Nigerian, Miss Orire Agbaje, as one of its members, thereby underscoring the place of young persons in national development. Orire Agbaje is a 400-level student in the Economics Department of the University of Ibadan (UI) in Oyo State.

President Tinubu earlier on Tuesday inaugurated the Committee, with about 70 members, one of whom is Miss Orire Agbaje, who is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club. Highlighting the selection of the unique Committee member, Special Assistant to the President on Social Media and Digital Communications, Mr Olusegun Dada, on his verified X account, posted a picture of President Tinubu with Orire Agbaje.

The Presidential Aide wrote: “Beautiful moment when President Tinubu met Miss Orire Agbaje, a 400 level Economics student of the University of Ibadan who is the President of the Nigerian Universities Tax Club and a member of the just inaugurated Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.”

The committee is chaired by a former Fiscal Policy Partner and Africa Tax Leader at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Mr Taiwo Oyedele.