 Vice President Yemi Oshibaju has revealed that Nigeria is said to utilize the country's legal provisions that empower the federal government to collect taxes on profits made in the country by global technology and digital firms not based in the country but with a significant economic presence here. Oshibaju said this while interacting with a delegation of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria led by its President Adi Shino Adidayo who visited him at the presidential villa he also disclosed that while the federal government will not be raising tax rates at this time based on the finance act 2019 it is already empowered to widen its tax net that includes imposing taxes on the Nigerian income of global tech giant with significant economic presence in the country even if they have not established a physical office or permanent establishment and are currently not paying taxes in Nigeria.