Vice President Kashim Shettima has said the federal government’s ongoing tax reforms are designed to improve the lives of Nigerians and reduce the burden on small businesses and low-income earners, rather than impoverish them. Shettima made the remarks on Wednesday in Abuja while speaking on behalf of President Bola Tinubu at an interfaith breaking of fast held at the State House to mark the observances of Ramadan and Lent. According to the vice president, the tax reforms are aimed at eliminating multiple levies and charges that have long burdened small businesses and ordinary Nigerians. He said the policies were carefully designed to improve livelihoods and reduce poverty, contrary to claims by critics of the administration. “The same people who are shouting hoarse that the tax reform...