{"id":124841,"date":"2026-01-06T22:33:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=124841"},"modified":"2026-01-06T22:33:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T21:33:27","slug":"students-suspend-planned-protest-back-federal-tax-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/students-suspend-planned-protest-back-federal-tax-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Students Suspend Planned Protest, Back Federal Tax Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Oscar Okhifo, Abuja<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has suspended its planned nationwide protest on January 14 against the Federal Government\u2019s Tax Reform Law, following discussions with government officials.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The decision came after a meeting with Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, in Abuja on Tuesday, during which the students received clarifications on the intent and provisions of the law.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The outcome was confirmed at the maiden Expanded National Executive Council (ENEC) meeting of the association.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Reading the communiqu\u00e9, NANS National President, Olushola Oladoja, said the association\u2019s decision to suspend the protest followed \u201csatisfactory response from relevant government authorities on the import of the law.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0He described the law as \u201ca deliberate and well-intentioned law aimed at improving Nigeria\u2019s economy, strengthening institutional frameworks for revenue generation, with deliberate provisions to protect low-income earners and vulnerable citizens.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oladoja explained that \u201cthe law does not target the poor but strengthens social protection while ensuring that higher-income earners contribute more equitably to national revenue, preventing lopsidedness 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pressure, even as it restructures the system to reflect ability to pay.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The reform, he added, seeks to correct long-standing imbalances in the tax system by ensuring that higher-income earners make a proportionately greater contribution to national revenue, building a more inclusive fiscal environment where economic realities are taken into account.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Members of the ENEC meeting were drawn from the NANS National Executive Council, as well as presidents and senate presidents of the National Association of University Students (NAUS), National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), National Association of Colleges of Education Students (NANCES), NANS zonal coordinators across the six geopolitical zones, and Joint Campus Council chairmen nationwide.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>NANS had initially called for the suspension of the tax law and planned a peaceful nationwide protest, including a march to the Presidential Villa in Abuja, 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