The NGO gave the statistics ahead of the World Economic Forum’s Davos, which holds from January 17 to 21, 2022.
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The Nairobi-headquartered charity said in a report released ahead of the annual World Economic Forum of political and business leaders in Davos, Switzerland that women around the world work 12.5 billion hours combined each day without pay or recognition.
NLC Tax Justice Officer, James Eustance, made this call while leading a Road Walk to the ECOWAS commission to create awareness on the recently released OXFAM report which revealed that “69 per cent of Nigerians were living below the poverty line’’.
The Country Director, OXFAM Nigeria, Constant Tchona, gave the advice on Wednesday in Abuja at the public presentation of the Fair Tax Monitor Index Report and the Commitment to Reducing Inequality Index Report.
The Kebbi State Coordinator, Oxfam International, Olumide Ojo, on Monday commended the state government for committing 10 per cent of its annual budget to agriculture sector.
It added that the 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth during the period.
The Minister of Budget and National Planning, Senator Udoma Udo Udoma, made this known in Abuja on Wednesday when a group from Financing for Development, a joint project of ActionAid Nigeria and OXFAM, paid him an advocacy visit
Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam International Executive Director, said some of the multinational companies legally avoid paying taxes to the African countries where they generate revenues by shifting profits overseas to lower tax regimes