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Use of consultants for tax collection by all tiers of Nigerian government illegal, says expert Mark Abuh described the use of tax consultants as an ‘aberration’. A tax expert, Mark Abuh, on Friday, said that the use of consultants by different tiers of the Nigerian government to collect taxes and levies was illegal. The federal government, several states, and local governments engage consultants for tax collection. Mr. Abuh, who is the Tax Adviser to Growth and Empowerment in States (GEM3), a Department for International Development (DFID) sponsored programme, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.