Nigerian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN) Ambassador Tijjani Muhammad-Bande says the country will.

The Nigerian delegation had during continue to champion global tax cooperation discourse at the 78th Session of UN General Assembly (UNGA) which begins today the 77th Session presented a resolution entitled: “Promotion of Inclusive and effective International Tax Cooperation at the United Nations".

The resolution laid the foundation for the creation of a new system of international tax cooperation that is universal in scope and approach.

Muhammad-Bande told reporters in New York, that the resolution was important in the context of financing for development, noting that the element of taxation was connected to illicit flows.