BY GODWIN IJEDIOGOR
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday, February 27, launched the Expatriate Employment Levy at the State House Council Chambers, Abuja.
The project would be operated on a Public Private Partnership (PPP) model between the Federal Government, represented by the Ministry of Interior as the guarantor, with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) as implementing agency.
The new initiative is expected to generate revenue for the government; improve nationalisation/indigenisation; increase employment opportunities for Nigerians with foreign companies operating in the country; balance employment opportunities between Nigerians and expatriates; close wage gaps between the expatriates and the Nigerian labour force and facilitate knowledge transfer to grow the economy.
