{"id":124648,"date":"2025-12-28T22:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124648"},"modified":"2025-12-28T22:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T21:22:04","slug":"group-backs-nass-on-re-gazetting-of-tax-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/group-backs-nass-on-re-gazetting-of-tax-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"Group Backs NASS on Re-gazetting of Tax Laws"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By Lizzy Chirkpi<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A prominent pressure group, The Patriots, has thrown its weight behind the leadership of the National Assembly over its decision to order the re-gazetting of the Tax Reform Acts.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group, in a statement issued on Sunday and signed by its National Coordinator, Muhammad.E. Dauda, said investigations conducted by the organisation revealed that the records of the National Assembly had not been tampered with.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, The Patriots, a coalition of civil society organisations committed to constitutional governance, the rule of law and legislative accountability, expressed firm support for the National Assembly leadership\u2019s decision to re-gazette the Tax Acts 2025.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group noted that recent public discourse had drawn attention to alleged discrepancies between the versions of the Acts published in the Official Gazette and the Votes and Proceedings of both the Senate and the House of Representatives.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is important to state clearly that the Votes and Proceedings of 28th May, 2025, of the Senate and the House of Representatives constitute the authoritative records of the decisions of the National Assembly on these Acts,\u201d the statement said.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It added that the Votes and Proceedings were published as far back as 29th May, 2025, and have been in circulation since then.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group further stated that it had carefully reviewed the harmonised copies of the Acts, the Votes and Proceedings, as well as the Conference Reports.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cInterestingly, we are yet to see any material discrepancies in the records of the National Assembly,\u201d the statement affirmed.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Addressing claims that there were two versions of the Acts published in the Official Gazette, the group said it was yet to independently confirm the allegation.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, it stressed that gazetting is a ministerial and administrative function, not a legislative responsibility, noting that it merely serves to give public notice of laws already validly enacted and does not confer authority to alter or amend laws passed by the National Assembly.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAccordingly, any variance arising from administrative publication cannot override what both Houses of the National Assembly duly approved,\u201d the group stated.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Patriots cited several court decisions to support its position, including Attorney-General of the Federation v. Guardian Newspapers Ltd (1989) 1 NWLR (Pt. 99) 1, Attorney-General of Lagos State v. Attorney-General of the Federation (1986) NWLR (Pt. 17) 244, and Attorney-General of Ondo State v. Attorney-General of the Federation (2002) 6 NWLR (Pt. 764) 279, which affirm that administrative publications cannot alter the substance of duly enacted laws.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">While acknowledging that allegations of alterations are serious and should be addressed through appropriate internal mechanisms, the group maintained that the burden of proof lies with those making such claims.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">It said its findings revealed no material alterations and emphasised that, pending any judicial determination, Acts duly passed by the National Assembly remain valid and binding.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group agreed with the National Assembly leadership that re-gazetting the Tax Acts in their correct form, as reflected in the harmonised clean copies, Votes and Proceedings, and Conference Reports \u2014 is a proper, lawful and appropriate remedy.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to the statement, calls for suspension of implementation or repeal and re-enactment of the Acts are unnecessary, constitutionally unsound and capable of creating avoidable legal and fiscal uncertainty.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Patriots also commended the directive by the National Assembly leadership instructing the Clerk to the National Assembly to issue Certified True Copies of the Acts to members of the public upon request, describing it as a move that promotes transparency, legal certainty and public confidence.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The group urged aggrieved persons and the general public to respect parliamentary records, support the prompt re-gazetting of the Acts, and refrain from narratives that undermine the authority of democratic institutions.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cWe make the above submissions in the best interest of our country, the citizens, and to ensure that good governance prevails in our dear nation,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/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 Lizzy Chirkpi A prominent pressure group, The Patriots, has thrown its weight behind the leadership of the National Assembly over its decision to order the re-gazetting of the Tax&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":77418,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-124648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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