With a rise in admission rates and a larger range of candidates’ interest, tertiary education in Nigeria has changed significantly since the formal opening of the application portal for loans for Nigerian students on May 24, 2024.
The loan is intended to provide access to high-quality education for underprivileged students attending universities, polytechnics, education colleges, etc.
With that access came the requirement that college students comprehend the operations of the system that enables the creation of such funds for their usage as well as the associated responsibilities.
Even though they are aware that the facility would help them with their education, it is still crucial that they understand how it was designed and developed in order to eliminate any doubt about how it operates.
Thankfully, National Revenue Service (NRS) chairman Mr. Zach Adelabu Adedeji, who is aware of
In that sense, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda—which focuses on inclusive government, budgetary restraint, and economic reform—has been meeting expectations. It has also played a strategic role by encouraging grassroots ownership of Nigeria’s new tax laws through direct public participation and education.
As a guest professor at the Federal Polytechnic’s Maiden Combined Convocation address in Ayede, Oyo State, he currently gets the chance to further develop that story and dissect the New Tax Laws.
Since they are the country’s future, students must comprehend that tax reforms are essential to restoring Nigeria’s revenue base and lowering reliance on borrowing, and that public trust and understanding are crucial to their development.
Since Adedeji would be speaking to thousands of students at the Federal Polytechnic, Ayede, his acceptance to be a professor there is a perfect example of the people-centered approach to policy implementation that is needed.
By simplifying intricate tax laws in an educational context, he is giving students—who will eventually become professionals, business owners, and public servants—the knowledge they need to understand taxes as a weapon for the advancement of the country.
Parents, students who are graduating, and recipients of the NELFUND students support program are already beginning to show their gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his innovative policies that are giving impoverished kids access to school.
The chairman will speak at the Federal Polytechnic, Ayede’s first joint convocation on the subject of “The Role of Technology in Implementing Nigeria’s New Tax Law: Challenges, Prospects, and Implications for National Development.”
The Renewed Hope Agenda’s focus on involving citizens in the reform process is exactly in line with this involvement.
Informed engagement at the grassroots level is being promoted by Adedeji, rather than limiting tax talk to elite policy circles.
After being exposed to this useful information, students go on to spread accurate information throughout their communities, assisting in the fight against disinformation and mistrust.
On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the first lecture will be held, and on February 12, 2026, the first combined convocation will take place at the Federal Polytechnic Ayede, Permanent Site, Ogo-Oluwa LGA, Oyo State.
The NRS chairman’s participation in the academic setting serves as a symbolic bridge between the governed and the government. The notion that tax reform is developmental rather than punishing is reaffirmed.
Adedeji’s emphasis on inclusiveness and education is putting the Renewed Hope Agenda into practice and bolstering Nigeria’s financial future through willing and knowledgeable compliance.
The Governing Board members, the Registrar and Board Secretary, Mr. Akin Odesola, the Rector, Dr. T.A. Abdul-Hamid, and the Management are working together with the Chairman of the Governing Council, Hon. Yakubu Dati, to ensure a successful excursion.
According to Zach Adedeji’s intervention, construction has already begun on the permanent site to make it accessible so that academic activities can begin.
We are just a few steps away from realizing the founding fathers’ vision of an institution that can support itself.
The Federal Polytechnic’s Council Chairman in Ayede, Oyo State, is Hon. Dati FNIPR.
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