Tax Reform Bills: Senate to Meet FG’s Team Thursday To Resolve Grey Areas

Sunday Aborisade in Abuja 

The Senate will meet with a delegation of the Federal Government Thursday to resolve the criticisms on the proposed tax reform bills currently before the two chambers of the National Assembly. 

The Deputy President of the Senate, Jibrin Barau, disclosed this when he presided over Wednesday’s plenary.

Barau said the meeting will be held at the National Assembly Complex, Abuja, adding that it was necessary for the lawmakers to have extensive interaction with the government officials before passing the tax reform bills. 

He said the Senate Minority Leader, Abba Moro, will lead the senators to the meeting. 

Other senators, who will attend the meeting according to the Deputy Senate President, are the Senate Chief Whip, Tahir Monguno; Adamu Ailero, (PDP, Kebbi Central), and Seriake Dickson (PDP, Bayelsa  West).

Others are Titus Zam (Benue South), Abdullahi Yahaya (Kebbi), Adeola Olamilekan (APC, Ogun West), Sani Musa (APC, Niger East) and Adetokunbo Abiru (APC, Lagos East).

President Bola Tinubu had on Tuesday directed the Ministry of Justice to work with the National Assembly to address some of the concerns generated by the Tax Reform Bill currently before the legislature.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, who disclosed this in statement he issued in Abuja, said the nationwide debate on the new tax reform bills was commendable.

He however pointed out that there was a lot of misinformation and fake news circulating around the tax bills and the overall reform agenda of the Tinubu administration.