Nigeria, Feb. 29 -- President Bola Tinubu will dispatch an "emergency fiscal bill" to the National Assembly within the next two weeks for consideration, Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji, has said.

Mr Adedeji disclosed this on Wednesday while defending the budget of the Service before the House Representatives Committee on Finance.

The FIRS chief explained that the bill aims to provide clarity on the fiscal direction of the president amid the current economic hardship the country is grappling with.

He said the bill is awaiting approval of the Federal Executive Council but that once it is done in the next couple of days it will be transmitted to the National Assembly.

Mr Adedeji did not disclose the c...