{"id":124610,"date":"2025-12-26T13:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124610"},"modified":"2025-12-26T13:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-12-26T12:40:18","slug":"reps-clarify-position-on-issues-surrounding-tax-reform-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/reps-clarify-position-on-issues-surrounding-tax-reform-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Reps Clarify Position on Issues Surrounding Tax Reform Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Tracy Moses<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House of Representatives has clarified its position on public commentary regarding the passage, presidential assent, and gazetting of four major tax reform laws. The Acts, the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025; Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025; Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2025; and Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2025, are aimed at reforming Nigeria\u2019s tax system and strengthening revenue administration, key pillars of national fiscal policy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The controversy arose shortly after the President assented to the bills and the Acts were published in the Official Gazette. Concerns were first raised within legislative circles when some lawmakers and policy analysts noted discrepancies between the versions passed by the National Assembly and those gazetted by the executive.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The issue gained wider attention when a member of the House formally raised the matter on the floor under a Point of Order (Privileges), claiming that \u201ccertain provisions in the gazetted Acts do not fully align with the versions approved by both chambers.\u201d The lawmaker warned that any post-passage alteration of legislation, if established, \u201cwould amount to a serious breach of legislative procedure and constitutional order.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Following the debate, legal practitioners, civil society organisations, and fiscal policy experts called for clarity on the harmonisation process between the Senate and the House, the documents transmitted for presidential assent, and the administrative steps leading to gazetting.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In response, the House leadership constituted a seven-member Ad Hoc Committee to review the legislative and administrative handling of the Acts. Working alongside other relevant committees and the Management of the National Assembly, the Committee is tasked with \u201cestablishing the sequence of events and identifying any factors that may have contributed to the circumstances surrounding the legislative process,\u201d according to a statement signed by the House Spokesman, Rep. Akin Rotimi.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House assured Nigerians that the review is being conducted strictly within the constitutional and statutory framework governing the National Assembly, including a careful examination of \u201cany lapses, irregularities, or external interference, should any be found.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The statement added that the exercise is \u201cbeing carried out in full conformity with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Acts Authentication Act, Cap. A4, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, the Standing Orders of both chambers, and established parliamentary practice.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">To ensure accuracy and preserve the legislative record, the leadership of the National Assembly, under the President of the Senate, Distinguished Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio, and the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, has directed the Clerk to \u201cre-gazette the Acts and issue Certified True Copies of the versions duly passed by both chambers.\u201d The House emphasised that this step is \u201cintended solely to authenticate and accurately reflect the legislative decisions of the National Assembly.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Reaffirming its commitment to constitutionalism and due process, the House said that any procedural or administrative refinements identified \u201cwill be corrected in accordance with the law and established parliamentary conventions.\u201d It stressed that the review does not \u201cconstitute, imply, or concede any defect in the exercise of legislative authority by either chamber\u201d and is being conducted \u201cwithout prejudice to the powers, functions, or actions of any other arm or agency of government.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The House urged members of the public to allow the institutional processes to proceed without speculation, while reaffirming its \u201ccommitment to transparency, accountability, and the faithful discharge of its constitutional responsibility as custodian of Nigeria\u2019s legislative authority.\u201d<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Further information will be provided as necessary.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tracy Moses The House of Representatives has clarified its position on public commentary regarding the passage, presidential assent, and gazetting of four major tax reform laws. 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