Governors Convene In Abuja Over Tax Bills, Others

The Nigeria Governors’ Forum, NGF, on Wednesday night held an in-person meeting at the Forum’s Secretariat in Abuja.

It was gathered that fifteen governors, mainly of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were present at the meeting as of the time of filing this report.

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, of the Labour Party, LP, and his Anambra State counterpart, Chukwuma Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, were said to be the only opposition governors in the meeting.

At the time of filing this report, the agenda of the meeting was not made available to journalists but the governors have, for weeks, been confronted with the tax reform bills presented by President Bola Tinubu to the National Assembly.

EKO HOT BLOG recalls that the new tax bills introduced by the Tinubu administration have been enveloped in widespread controversy and sparked scathing criticisms and stiff opposition from many including the 36 state governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council, NEC.

The 19 governors in northern Nigeria have also unequivocally rejected sections of the bills and called for the withdrawal of the bills from the National Assembly.

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