Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Nigeria's Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Taiwo Oyedele, has warned against additional tax burden on vulnerable people and productive sectors of the economy at a time of global economic uncertainty.

Mr Oyedele noted that due to global uncertainty and inflationary pressure, it is a wrong time for governments to impose new taxes on people.

Mr Oyedele spoke after the meetings of the Group of Twenty-Four (G24) on the sidelines of the 2026 annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Bangkok, Thailand.

"This is the wrong time to impose new taxes or increase the burden of tax, particularly on the vulnerable population and productive sectors of the economy," Mr Oy...