The Chairman, of Nigeria’s top Revenue generation agency (Federal Inland Revenue Service), William Babatunde Fowler, has been elected as the 1st Vice Chairman of United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters.
This election took place on Tuesday in Geneva, Switzerland, where the global UN committee of tax experts is held its meeting. The result of the election was announced by United Nation Secretary General, Antonio Guteress.
Tunde was appointed with 25 other individuals to offer professional advice to the United Nations on global tax management and international development.
Other members of the committee include: Eric Mensah (Chairman of Ghana Revenue Authority), Elfrieda Tamba (Chairman of Liberia Revenue Authority), Margaret Chikuba (Chairman of Zambia Revenue Authority), George Obell (Chairman of Kenya Revenue Authority), Natalia Mora (Colombia), Abdoulfatah Arreh (Djibouti), Rajat Bansal (India), Mitsuhiro Honda (Japan), Cezary Krysiak (Poland), Dang Minh (Vietnam), Patricia Mongkhonvanit (Thailand), Marlene Nembhard-Parker (Jamaica), Carmel Peters (New Zealand), Carlos Protto (Argentina), Antonio Rachid (Brazil), Aart Roelofsen (Netherlands), Christoph Schelling (Switzerland), Aleksandr Smirnov (Russia), Stephanie Smith (Canada), Titia Stolte-Detring (Germany), José Troya (Ecuador), Ingela Willfors (Sweden), Yan Xiong (China) and Sing Yuan Yong (Singapore).
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