This was as the minister also urged telecommunications companies to enhance service delivery in line with the price increase.
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The meeting with the high level delegation was held on Wednesday in the office of the Minister at the Ministry of Finance in Abuja.
The meeting held in his office in Abuja, according to a statement by Mohammed Manga, Director, Information and Public Relations in the ministry.
The reaction of the Minister, who is also the Coordinating Minister of the Economy, was contained in a statement.
The Finance Minister and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun has assumed duty, promising to drive Nigeria economy to the next level.
Meanwhile, human rights activists denounced such tax as another attempt by President Yoweri Museveni to stifle freedom of expression and quash dissent to his 32-year-rule.
The Finance minister, who noted that measures had been put in place to compel revenue generating MDAs to remit all funds they generated to the treasury, said: “The era when an agency generates money and spends 99 per cent of it is over.”
Shortly after the meeting, the minister received the handing over note from the Director of International Economic Relations Department, Haruna Mohammed, at about 4:45pm
This is contained in a statement issued by Yahaya Abubakar, the Coordinating Secretary, Tax Appeal Tribunal, on Monday in Abuja.
The tribunal is established in eight zones namely: Lagos, Abuja, South West (Ibadan), South South (Benin), South East (Enugu) and North Central (Jos) zones