He emerged as president of WAUTI for a two-year tenure during the union’s 11th yearly general meeting held on February 27, 2025, in Accra, Ghana.
WAUTI is an association of national tax institutes and associations within the ECOWAS sub-region, dedicated to fostering tax professionalism, improving tax compliance, and streamlining tax administration across member states
Its vision and mission, The Guardian gathered, is to harmonise taxation practice across West Africa, ensuring a fair and transparent system that benefits economies and enhances compliance, while it promotes professional standards, competence, and integrity among taxation practitioners while fostering collaboration among member states.
A statement by the CITN explained that Agbeluyi, who at various times occupied the position of Honourary Treasurer and 2nd Vice President of the body, brings a wealth of experience spanning decades, even as he undoubtedly has the pedigree and experience to succeed in this assignment.
In his acceptance speech, the CITN chief expressed gratitude to the member bodies of WAUTI for finding Nigeria worthy of the position.
He expressed his desire to work assiduously with other executives, while also leveraging partnerships with stakeholders in the region to foster practices that support professionalism in the tax system of member states of the ECOWAS.
This, he noted, would advance the goals and objectives of WAUTI.
Other members of the executive of WAUTI for the period 2025 – 2027 were also elected at the meeting, where the current Vice President of the CITN, Innocent Ohagwa, was re-elected as the Honourary Treasurer of the union.
Agbeluyi is a member of the prestigious National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, Jos, a member of the Institute of Directors, Nigeria (CIoD), a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Stockbrokers, Nigeria (CIS).
