Nigeria, Oct. 10 -- To enhance the ease of doing business and improve taxpayer satisfaction, the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has launched a USSD code, *829#, allowing Nigerians to access tax services directly from their mobile phones.

The initiative was unveiled on Wednesday at the Revenue House in Abuja by FIRS Chairman, Zacch Adedeji, during a ceremony marking Customer Service Week, themed Above and Beyond.

This was disclosed in a statement by Dare Adekanmbi, special adviser on media to the FIRS chairman.

According to the statement, Nigeria is now the sixth African nation to adopt a USSD platform for tax payment simplification, placing the country at the forefront of digital tax administration on the continent.

It said the...