Nigeria's Office of the Tax Ombud plans to open six regional offices across the country's six geopolitical zones before the end of 2026, bringing taxpayer services closer to people outside the capital.

The Tax Ombud and chief executive of the office, Dr John Nwabueze, disclosed the plan in Abuja on Friday at the fourth-quarter 2026 breakfast meeting with members of the Finance Correspondents Association of Nigeria. He said the proposed offices would start operating once they received the final approval of President Bola Tinubu.

Dr Nwabueze said the offices were expected to be launched between November and December and to be fully operational by the end of December. He said infrastructure development and recruitment of personnel were already part of the expansion plan, and that talks were under way with the Nigerian Postal Service on a partnership to reach taxpayers in remote communities through its nationwide network.

He also reported that the office had resolved about 82 per cent of the complaints it had received since it began operating, 25 of 33 cases, and said desk offices would be set up in about 16 revenue and tax institutions to speed up responses. The Office of the Tax Ombud was established under the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act 2025 to give taxpayers an independent channel for complaints about tax administration.