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    Thursday 16 June 2016

    Wole Soyinka lecture on tax education and national development holds July 13 in Lagos

     

    By Precious Obongawan  

    The 8th Wole Soyinka Centre Media Lecture Series is planned to hold Wednesday, July 13, 2016 in Lagos, south-west Nigeria.

    A press statement issued Thursday by Motunrayo Alaka; coordinator of the centre says the lecture with the theme: “Tax education, national development and the seminal role of the media” is billed to hold at NECA Building, A2, Hakeem Balogun Street, off Lateef Jakande Road, Agidingbi, Ikeja, Lagos, beginning from 10 a.m.

    The lecture will be delivered by Mrs Adebimpe Balogun, the first female president of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN), alongside other discussants from various sectors critical to the theme.

    Alaka is quoted as saying that the Centre chose the theme of this year’s lecture to contribute a veritable opportunity to raise critical questions and national debate on issues surrounding taxation in the country; ranging from the importance of taxation to development, evaluating the compliance rate, the lack of trust for wise use of funds generated by the government, the level of reportage of the issue in the media, among others.

    According to her, the lecture series which first hosted in 2008 is designed to periodically examine varying topical issues that have a reverberating effect on the perceived performance of the media, on the health of our country, Nigeria, and its democracy.

    It is usually a well-attended programme with a good spread of media professionals, civil society organisations, students, and government officials, leaders of industries and members of the diplomatic corps, she said.

    Other personalities that have featured at the event in the past are: Prof. Harry Garuba of the African Institute, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Dr. Olatunji Dare, an Associate Professor of Journalism at Bradley University, Peoria Illinois USA and a former editorial page editor of The Guardian Newspaper; Prof Bayo Olukoshi of the UN African Institute for Economic Development and Planning (UNIDEP); Prof Biodun Jeyifo of Harvard University; Prof Abiola Irele, doyen of African literature; and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State, as guest speakers.

    Alaka further explained that the tradition of holding the event on July 13, which this year is Professor Soyinka’s 82nd birthday, started in 2009 in our bid to honour this illustrious global citizen even as we draw attention to current national issues.


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