The Joint Revenue Board (JRB), formerly known as the Joint Tax Board (JTB), has placed a nationwide ban on the collection of road taxes, levies, and related charges through checkpoints, including the use of road stickers by state and non-state actors as part of efforts to sanitise Nigeria’s tax administration and improve the ease of doing business.
The decision was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of the 158th meeting of the Board held on December 9 and 10, 2025, at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
At the meeting, the JRB vowed to stop non-state actors from the revenue administration value chain and called on the Office of the National Security Adviser, the Nigeria Police Force, and other security agencies to take immediate action against illegal roadblocks mounted along major transport corridors for the purpose of collecting taxes, levies, rates, and charges.
According to the Board, such practices undermine the integrity of Nigeria’s tax system, impose arbitrary costs on businesses and transporters, and weaken confidence in sub-national revenue administration.
“The Board re-emphasizes the outright abolition of the design, production, issuance and enforcement of all manner of road stickers and related instruments by both state and non-state actors,” the communique read in part.
It urged Nigerians to resist the payment of such levies and to report individuals or groups involved in their issuance to relevant security agencies for appropriate sanctions.
Beyond the ban on road taxes, the JRB called on state governments to fast-track the passage of the Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection) Bill into law, to ensure uniformity in the application of taxes, rates, and levies at the sub-national level.
The abolition of road taxes came against the backdrop of the new tax reform being pushed by the Bola Tinubu administration through four new tax laws to be implemented from January next year.