Some Northern elite may be ‘on their own’ in their aversion to President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform, as many groups and personalities from the region are not buying their arguments on the issue.
The latest support from the region came yesterday, from the Coalition of Arewa Groups (CAG), comprising 300 organisations across the 19 Northern states, the Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) and Senator Shehu Sani.
While CAG backed the tax reform bills, HURIWA told the Northern elite to decide the bills on merits and benefits, not regional politics. On his part, Sani cautioned Northerners to embrace the economic reform agenda under Tinubu, as not doing so would be at their peril.
Tinubu’s tax reform bills include the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, meant to repeal the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) Act and create…
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