An financial professional at Bayero College, Kano, Professor Kabiru Isah Dandago, has mentioned the Federal Authorities can proceed with the implementation of the newly signed tax reform legal guidelines regardless of objections raised by some members of the Home of Representatives.
Professor Dandago in an unique interview with DAILYPOST mentioned the tax legal guidelines stay legitimate, noting that protests by lawmakers after the passage and signing of the payments don’t invalidate them.
“Regardless of their protest after the actual fact, the tax legal guidelines nonetheless stand,” he mentioned.
Dandago’s remarks come amid ongoing controversy over the implementation of the brand new tax legal guidelines. The controversy started after a lawmaker, Abdussamad Dasuki, alleged discrepancies between the tax legal guidelines handed by the Nationwide Meeting and the variations later gazetted and launched to the general public.
He argued that the gazetted legal guidelines didn’t mirror what lawmakers debated and accepted.
Dandago defined that considerations ought to solely come up if any provision of the legal guidelines is confirmed to negatively have an effect on the livelihood of Nigerians.
“It stays unclear what these discrepancies are, the place the problem lies is that if there may be some clause inserted within the legislation that can have an effect on the livelihood of the plenty negatively, however up to now, nothing has been introduced forth as such,” Dandago mentioned.
The professor added that if members of the Home of Representatives are satisfied there are critical points with the legal guidelines, they need to current clear details to help a evaluate.
“If the Representatives are critical, then they need to get their details prepared so {that a} evaluate could be accomplished,” he acknowledged.
In the meantime, the Minority Caucus of the Home of Representatives has additionally requested the Federal Authorities to droop implementation, citing alleged alterations to the variations of the payments handed by the Nationwide Meeting.
The decision adopted feedback by the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Coverage and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, who insisted that the January 1, 2026 implementation date for the Nigerian Tax Act and the Nigerian Tax Administration Act stays unchanged.
