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Sunday, December 01, 2019 / 12:39PM / by Yomi Olugbenro* / Header Image Credit: @DeloitteNigeria
Nigeria's Economic snapshot
Nigeria's Business Environment
Competiveness Ranking
Nigeria's Economy & Drive for
Non-Oil Tax Revenue
Challenges with Nigeria's Tax Framework
Encouraging Developments
Nigeria's Finance Bill
2019
Looking Ahead
About The Author
Yomi Olugbenro is a Partner at Deloitte. He leads the West
Africa Tax business of Deloitte, the world's leading professional services firm
with approximately 312,000 people in 150 countries and territories. He is a
member of Deloitte West Africa Executive Committee.
Mr. Olugbenro holds a First Degree in Accounting and Masters in
Business Administration. He is an alumnus of The University of Manchester (UK);
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN); Fellow of
the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN); and Fellow of the
Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers (CIS). He qualified as Chartered Accountant
in 1997 and with over 20 years post-qualification experience, he has
distinguished himself as a seasoned business advisor.
He is the Dean of the Board of Indirect Tax Faculty of the
Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria and a Member of the Board of Tax and
Fiscal Policy Management Faculty of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of
Nigeria. He is a highly sought-after speaker and thought leader on fiscal and
economic policy issues and speak regularly at local and international
conferences. He is featured regularly in print and electronic media on fiscal
policy issues and has many articles to his credit.
His clientele include many Fortune 500 companies and other
globally-renowned and locally strategic brands. He consults regularly for
multinational companies around the world about investment and fiscal terrain in
West Africa and particularly Nigeria.
Before assuming the West Africa Tax Leader's role at Deloitte,
he was, at different times, the firm's Tax Risk Leader with responsibility
covering West and Central Africa, Dean of Deloitte School of Tax, Tax Partner
in charge of Financial Services Industry and member of Deloitte ThinkTank.
Prior to joining Deloitte, he had worked in different sectors of the economy
including Banking, Manufacturing and Professional Services.
Mr Olugbenro enjoys travelling and
mentoring of young minds. He is Patron to many Youth Associations in Schools
and Colleges and President of Free Indeed Foundation. When at leisure, he
devotes significant part of his time to mentoring, counselling and social
services. He is an advocate of tax simplification, education and automation
(SEA) and runs regular online tax awareness sessions on social media which he
uses as a vehicle for knowledge sharing and policy advocacy. He is
married with children and lives in Lagos with his family.
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