Tag: Tax reform

“Leave tax reform Bills discussion to economists”, MURIC tells clerics  

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MURIC tells clerics

The Islamic human rights organisation, Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has said economists and finance experts should be the ones talking about the Tax Reform Bills which are before the 10th Senate. Its Executive Director, Is’haq Akintola, stated this as videos of northern Islamic clerics preaching against the Bills are trending on social media. The Bills, which have passed second reading in the Senate, are the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Bill, 2024 -SB.583; The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) BILL, 2024- SB.584; The Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, 2024-SB.585, and the…

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“North will not be party to Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills” – Gov. Zulum 

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Gov. Zulum on Tax Reform Bills

Borno State governor, Babagana Zulum, has stressed that President Bola Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bills, currently before the National Assembly, will have detrimental effects on the North and other parts of the country if passed. In an interview on a British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) Hausa service programme yesterday, which was posted on X, Zulum stressed that the North will not be party to the proposed legislation, warning that the tax reforms would lead to economic decline, hunger, poverty, and insecurity, especially in the northern region. The governor also questioned the rush…

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Ndume threatens to quit APC over Tax Reform Bills

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Ndume threatens

Senator representing Borno-South, Ali Ndume, has expressed his dissatisfaction with the proposed tax reform Bills, warning he may leave the ruling All-Progressives Congress (APC).  Ndume, who has criticized the reforms, said his loyalty to President Bola Tinubu has kept him in the party despite his frustrations. During an interview during a television interview  yesterday, Ndume said: “I am close to Tinubu and don’t want him to fail, which is why I tolerate some of these insults. But if the party allows me, I will leave”.  “I can leave the party.…

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Northern Elders again reject Tinubu’s Tax Reform Bill

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Northern Elders' Forum endorse

…Back 19 Govs., monarchs on withdrawal The Northern Elders’ Forum, (NEF), has endorsed the stand taken by the Northern Governors’ Forum, (NGF), in conjunction with the Northern Nigeria Council of Traditional Rulers, about the proposed Tax Reform Bill by President Bola Tinubu. Recall that the 19 State governors in the Northern region had aired their strong displeasure on the recent Tax Reform Bill the Federal Government submitted to the National Assembly for approval. The governors particularly rejected the proposed shift to a Derivation-based Model for Value-Added Tax (VAT) distribution. The…

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Northern Coalition rejects new tax reform Bills; says it is “anti-North”

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Northern Coalition rejects

 …To embark on protest A Northern Coalition group, known as ‘Forum for Growth and Development of Arewa’, has expressed dissatisfaction and anger over recent open support of some northerners for the new tax reform Initiative. This is as the group has decided to embark on protest in order to express their anger. The Coalition, which fixed Wednesday as the day they would embark on protest, described the Initiative as “anti-North”. According to the group, the decision to embark on the protest is to send a strong message to President Bola…

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