Nigeria, April 1 -- The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Wale Edun, and the Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), Zacch Adedeji have called for urgent and coordinated reforms to checkmate capital flight, strengthen domestic resource mobilisation, and reposition African economies for sustainable growth.

They spoke separately on Tuesday at the opening of the 5th Session of Sub-Committee on Tax and Illicit Financial Flows of the Specialised Technical Committee on Finance, Monetary Affairs, Economic Planning and Integration (STC-FMAEPI) event hosted by the NRS under the auspices of the African Union (AU).

The three-day event which is holding at the Congress Hall of Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abu...