…Gives reason
A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has opined that President Bola Tinubu is responsible for the stiff opposition that has greeted the tax reform Bills.
Recall that the new tax Bills introduced by Tinubus administration have generated widespread controversy and pushback from many Nigerians, including the 36 State governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council, (NEC). Similarly, some Northern governors unequivocally rejected sections of the Bills.
However, Sowunmi, during an interview during a television programme, faulted Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for appointing his tribesmen as finance minister, revenue boss, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and tax reform chair.
He pointed out that the tax reform bills were good, but added that Tinubu created distrust among northerners by excluding their kinsmen from his economic and tax teams.
According to him, They (Tinubu and his team) created it by themselves. You cant have FIRS chairman Yoruba, finance (minister) Yoruba, Customs (boss) Yoruba, CBN (governor) Yoruba. You cant do that. And then suddenly, the Yoruba people came and said we have a new tax regime. They (people of other tribes) will be nervous.
People are not in the National Assembly or the Senate not to protect the interest of their people; thats why they are there. They are representatives of their people. Thats why the push backs will come, he added.
According to the politician, there is no Bill without grey areas, but the current administration caused it by itself.
