Mohammed Idris, the minister of information and national orientation, says only one version of the tax laws exists.
Idris spoke on Monday in Abuja during a news conference on
the achievements of the federal government in 2025.
Speaking at the event, the minister addressed questions on
claims of discrepancies and alterations in the tax documents gazetted.
“As far as the government of Nigeria is concerned, there is
only one version of that tax document,” the minister said.
“I have not seen the two versions. All I know is that the
executive has presented something to the national assembly. It was processed,
it was passed. It was returned to the executive.
“What I heard is that the national assembly members have
seen some discrepancies, and they have set up their own committee to look at
those discrepancies.”
The minister said the matter is now within the jurisdiction
of the national assembly, adding that the executive would wait for the outcome
of the probe.
“Like I said earlier, the national assembly… has set up a
small committee to look into that so, let us wait for the outcome of that,”
Idris said.
On December 17, Abdussamad Dasuki, a member of the house of
representatives from Sokoto, claimed that the gazetted tax laws available to
Nigerians are different from the laws passed by the national assembly.
In response, the house of representatives constituted a
seven-member committee to investigate the alleged discrepancies.
Speaking on the development on Channels Television on
Monday, Taiwo Oyedele, chairman of the presidential fiscal policy and tax
reforms committee, asked Nigerians to wait for the findings of lawmakers
regarding the alleged discrepancies in the gazetted tax laws.
Oyedele said the lawmakers are best positioned to address
the alleged discrepancies since they passed the bill to President Bola Tinubu
for assent.
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