Wednesday, December 04, 2024 - The Senate has constituted a committee to address the grey areas in the tax reform bills and report back to the committee of the whole before public hearing on the bills.
The committe will be headed by the Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro
(PDP, Benue South).
Barau also named Senators Titus Zam (APC, Benue North West), Orjir Uzor
Kalu (Abia North), Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), Abdullahi Yahaha (Kebbi North)
among others as members of the committee.
The Deputy Senate President Barau I Jibrin (APC, Kano North) announced
this during plenary on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Barau, who presided over the session, said there were controversies over
the bills, adding that the committee was saddled with the responsibility of
consulting with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the executive arm
and other critical stakeholders.
Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on October 3, 2024, transmitted to the National
Assembly, four tax reform bills, in a letter, read by the Senate President
Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajuddeen
Abbas, during separate plenaries of the two chambers.
Tinubu said the bills would bolster Nigeria’s fiscal institutions,
adding that they were in line with his government’s broader development
objectives for the country.
But Nigerians including governors, traditional rulers, civil society
organisations, some federal lawmakers and others have kicked against the bills.
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