A member of the National Assembly, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has expressed firm confidence in the passage of President Bola Tinubu’s controversial tax reform bills, despite pushback from parts of Northern Nigeria and the National Executive Council’s recommendation to withdraw the bills.
The proposed reforms have faced significant opposition, with some stakeholders, including Senator Ali Ndume of Borno South, declaring the bills “dead on arrival.”
However, speaking on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, Jibrin, representing Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency of Kano State in the House of Representatives, stressed that the North is not unanimously opposed to the bill.
He affirmed his commitment to ensuring its passage, underscoring that many of the clauses align with long-standing objectives for national progress.
“It is not a consensus in the North that this bill should be shut down… I can confidently tell you that the bill will go through the processes in the National Assembly and it will be passed,” Jibrin said on the programme.
Jibrin emphasised that once the bills are enacted, Nigerians will see they are neither detrimental to national interests nor harmful to the North.
Meanwhile, President Tinubu, addressing the controversy, insisted that the bills would proceed through legislative scrutiny rather than being withdrawn.
Through his Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, Tinubu urged the National Assembly to allow the process to unfold while welcoming ongoing consultations to address any concerns.
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