Stamp Duty: CBN says N378.7 billion collected in six years

A lawmaker had alleged that some government agencies misappropriated N89.09 trillion collected as stamp duty.

has said that the total revenue collected as stamp duty in the last six years is N378.7 billion.

Last December, PREMIUM TIMES reported how a member of the House of Representatives, Gudaji Kazaure, alleged that some government agencies misappropriated N89.09 trillion collected as Stamp Duty revenues. In its response, the presidency in a statement by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, described the claim as a figment of the imagination of Mr Kazaure, who claimed to be the secretary of the committee.“CBN will not join in heating the system. We wrote to banks to give us in their letter headed papers and sign it how much they have collected from stamp duty from 2016 to date,” he said.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

PremiumTimesng /  🏆 3. in NG

Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

JUST-IN: Only N370.7bn Was Collected As Stamp Duty In 7 Years - EmefieleGovernor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, has clarified the controversy over the amount of revenue raised from collection of electronic
Read more »

Emefiele: Only N370bn collected as stamp duty in six years -- not N89trn | TheCableGodwin Emefiele, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), says the total revenue collected as stamp duty between 2016 and 2022 is N370.7 billion.
Read more »

Foreign education gulped $695m in nine months — CBNData from the Central Bank of Nigeria revealed that $695.85m was released for educational purposes between January and September 2022.
Read more »

Emefiele, CBN And Our Future – THISDAYLIVE
Read more »

Cash swap: CBN bars Abuja, Lagos PoS operatorsThe Central Bank of Nigeria has excluded mobile money/Point of Sales agents in Abuja and Lagos from its newly launched cash swap programme, The PUNCH has learnt.
Read more »

Emefiele, CBN and our future | TheCableAt some point later today, January 24, the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, is bound to be back in the news as the CBN’s monetary policy
Read more »