DAR ES SALAAM, June 9 -- AS Tanzania intensifies efforts to finance its development agenda through domestic resource mobilisation, the contribution of public institutions, particularly through non-tax revenue (NTR) such as dividends, statutory contributions and other remittances collected by the Office of the Treasury Registrar (OTR), has become a vital pillar of fiscal policy.

The governments investment portfolio managed by the OTR in public entities and government minority interest companies currently totals 86.3tri/-, highlighting the immense national assets expected to generate meaningful financial returns.

Against this backdrop, tomorrow has been designated as Dividend Day, an initiative to recognise and energise the role of State ...