FOLLOWING criticisms and pressures on the tax reform bills forwarded to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu for consideration, the Senate yesterday suspended further legislative actions on the bills.

The Federal Government, through the National Orientation Agency, NOA, says the tax reform bills before the National Assembly will lessen the burden on Nigerians. The Director General of the agency, Lanre Issa-Onilu,

The Senate last Thursday passed the tax reform bills for second reading amid tension despite a one hour close-door session to calm frayed nerves so that the federal lawmakers csn have a smooth debate on the general principles of the fiscal legislations.

AS controversies reign over the tax reform bills, Founder of the Kukah Centre, Bishop Mathew Kukah; the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN; Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, NECA;

Amid the debate over the tax reform bills initiated by the Bola Tinubu administration, a federal lawmaker, Leke Abejide, has disclosed a fresh religious dimension.

THE debate on the tax reform bills has sparked significant pushback, particularly from Northern politicians and elders.

“You and food. Apparently, there is no food inflation on your side. With the serious food inflation in the country and the cancer of hunger messing up many families under Tinubu, you still get a chance to swallow dollops and draw soup.”

The Presidency has explained the benefits of the contentious Tax Reform Bills to the 36 States of the Federation.

Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese and founder of the Kukah Centre, Most Reverend Mathew Kukah, says the controversial tax reform bills of Bola Tinubu’s

Nigerian lawyers have shared their views on the proposed derivation of Value Added Tax (VAT) based on consumption. The Tax

Bishop Mathew Hassan Kukah said the controversial tax reform bills the tax must lead to the development of the "thoroughly dysfunctional country" (Nigeria) again.