By Damilare Adeleye
The Senate has constituted a committee to be headed by the Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (PDP, Benue South) to address the contentious areas in the controversial tax reform bills.
The committee is mandated to report back to the committee of the whole before public hearing on the bills.
The Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, (APC, Kano North) announced this during plenary on Wednesday.He also named Senator Titus Zam (APC, Benue North West), Orjir Uzor Kalu (Abia North), Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), Abdullahi Yahaha (Kebbi North) among others as members of the committee.
Presiding over the session, Jibrin said there were controversies over the bills, adding that the committee was saddled with the responsibility of consulting with the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the executive arm and other critical stakeholders.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had on October 3, 2024, forwarded to the National Assembly, four tax reform bills, in a letter, read by the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Tajuddeen Abbas, during separate plenaries of the two chambers.
Tinubu said the bills would bolster Nigeria’s fiscal institutions, adding that they were in line with his government’s broader development objectives for the country.
