Researchers from the department of taxation, Federal University Dutse in Jigawa state have won a ten million naira research grant from the United Kingdom base International Center for Tax and Development ICTD to carry out a research aimed at finding the “’Extent of Adoption and Strategic Data Utilization from Digitalized Tax Payment Systems and Digital IDs among States’ Tax Authorities in Nigeria’.
This was contained in a statement signed and made available to Radio Nigeria in Dutse by the public relations officer of the University, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya Bello.
According to him, the lead researcher Dr. Abdulsalam Masaud said the research is part of the ICTD’s DIGITAX programme, which is a three-year programme.
He said that, the research aims to explore the intersections between tax systems and the expansion of digital financial services, in order to support governments in designing appropriate and effective taxation of DFS and DFS providers, harnessing the potential for DFS and digital IDs to strengthen tax administration.
The ICTD project which will cover six states’ tax authorities; one from each geopolitical zone of the country is being funded through the Bill& Melinda Foundation.
Dr Abdulsalam Masa’ud pointed out that, the ICTD is a growing global policy research network dedicated to improving the quality of tax policy and administration in developing countries, with a special focus on sub-Saharan Africa.
It is funded principally by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Director Research and Development, Professor Yusuf Deeni commended the researchers for winning this globally competitive funded research.
The Vice-Chancellor Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Mohammed congratulate the team for their effort and urge them to conduct the research in record time in order to maintain the confidence reposed in them by ICTD.
He added that the university is ready to strengthen the R&D Directorate to continue to develop the capacity of staff to win competitive grants.
Other members of the research team are Dr. Sani Mohammed Damamisau who serves as the co-researcher and Yusuf Abdu Gimba , the research assistant.
Usman Mohammed Zaria
