Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, says he is working with the federal government (FG) on an identity technology platform for easy tax collection.
Bill Gates, former chief executive officer of Microsoft, says he is working with the federal government on an identity technology platform for easy tax collection.
“We are working with Mr. Wale Edun, the Coordinating Minister of the Economy and Minister of Finance, on digitisation,” Gates said.“Before you came into office, there were a few things attempted in identity management. But they have been very scattered. There have been multiple identification systems.
Also the co-chair of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the businessman said Nigeria has the capacity to manage “this system and related-technological systems as the nation brims with talented youths”.
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