Nigeria, March 7 -- The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into cases of unpaid taxes to the Nigerian government between 2015 and 2021, totalling over N5.217 trillion.

The House mandated its Committees on Finance and Public Account to investigate tax defaulters and recover the money to the government account.

This resolution was a sequel to a motion moved by Esosa Iyawe (APC, Edo) during Thursday's plenary.

In the motion, Mr Iyawe said the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) has not been able to effectively collect taxes from businesses and government establishments.

He said over 5,000 companies and Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) of the federal government are owing taxes.

"An audit report from 2015 t...