He called on business owners to seek professional advice.
The institute hopes to make school children important stakeholders in tax knowledge dissemination at all levels.
Mr Abdullahi said tax officials required technical and verbal skills to effectively audit and interact with taxpayers including politically exposed persons.
The AGF was speaking at the 46th induction ceremony of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria (CITN) on Saturday in Lagos.
He also received a cash prize of N300,000, 11 taxation textbooks and two desktop computers, one of which is to be presented to the school.
