The Finance Minister of Nigeria, Kemi Adeosun and the Minister of State for Trade and Investment of Singapore, Dr Koh Poh Koon, signed an Income and Capital Tax Treaty on August 2, 2017 for the avoidance of double taxation. According to the Finance Minister this treaty would help inter-state trade as well as economic and business activities by ensuring that nationals or enterprises of the two countries are not taxed twice on the income from profits derived from the other country.