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The Nigerian House of Representatives approved President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s tax reform bills on Thursday after months of controversy.
Presidential spokesperson and Special Adviser on Media and Public Communications, Sunday Dare, disclosed this in a statement through his official X account on Thursday.
Dare, without providing details, said that the bills were passed by the Green Chamber on Thursday after months of debate.
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“Tax reform bills have been approved by Nigeria’s House of Representatives today in Abuja. Today, March 13, 2025,” he said.
This comes amid ongoing controversy surrounding Tinubu’s tax reform bills in recent months.
First, the Northern Nigeria Governors’ Forum rejected the bill, particularly the proposed value-added tax derivation model in the Nigeria Tax Bill.
The National Economic Council also opposed the tax derivation model.
Recall that on October 3, 2024, Tinubu sent four tax reform bills—including the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill—to the National Assembly.
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday hosted stakeholders from the Niger Delta region, specifically the Pan-Niger Delta Forum PANDEF, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
During the meeting, he urged them to prevail upon Governor Sim Fubara to implement the recent Supreme Court rulings reinstating the State Assembly lawmakers, along with other judicial decisions.
The meeting was attended by Senator Seriake Dickson; Professor Mike Ozekhome; former Cross River State Governor, Mr Liyel Imoke; former Rivers Deputy Governor, Tele Ikuru; former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission NDDC, Timi Alaibe; the Jaja of Opobo, Professor Dandeson Jaja; Senator Ita Enang; Senator Bassey Henshaw; Mrs Ibim Semenitari, former acting Managing Director of NDDC; Uche Secondus; Senator Andrew Uchendu; National Coordinator of Host Communities of Nigeria, HOSTCOM, Okareme Maikpobi; Niger Delta activist, Ms Ankio Briggs; and PANDEF spokesman, Chief Obiwevbi Ominimini, among others.
