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Tax Reform Bills: Revisit NEC Resolutions -Atiku Tells NASS
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has urged the National Assembly to revisit and make public the resolutions of the National Economic Council on the Tax Reform Bills.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that passed for second reading at the Senate last week.
The 2023 PDP presidential candidate, in a post on his X handle on Sunday, said that the National Assembly must be guided appropriately to ensure that in the final analysis, the contents of the Bills align with the interests of most Nigerians.
“I call on the NASS to revisit and make public the resolutions of the National Economic Council, a key stakeholder and an important organ of the state with the constitutional power to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the Federation.
“The NASS must be appropriately guided and ensure that in the final analysis, the contents of the Bills align with the interests of the vast majority of Nigerians,” the post read in part.
He said he had followed the intense public discourse on the Tax Reform Bills with keen interest, noted that Nigerians are united in their call for a fiscal system that promotes justice, fairness, and equity.
The ex-vice president said Nigerians were loud and clear that the fiscal system must not exacerbate the uneven development of the federating units by enhancing the status of a few states while unduly penalising others.
He also asked the House of Representatives to be objective and transparent in the conduct of its public hearing on the Tax Reform Bills.
The National Economic Council, NEC, had advised President Tinubu to withdraw the bills after controversies that followed its introduction.
The bill was forwarded to NASS based on the report and recommendations of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal and Tax Reforms set up by the President to help boost revenue generation in the country.
However, NEC unanimously called for the withdrawal of the bill, citing need for sufficient alignment between and amongst the stakeholders for the proposed reforms.
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