Tax Reforms: National Assembly Will Not Rush Bills Passage – Doguwa

By Abdullahi Yusuf

Chairman House of Representatives Committee on Downstream Petroleum, Alhassan Ado Doguwa, has said that the National Assembly will not rush the passage of the Tax Reforms Bills sent to it by President Bola Tinubu.

Doguwa,said in a statement distributed to newsmen in Kano on Monday that although the bills are good for the nation,the Assembly would not hasten their passage.

“We will certainly not rush the passage of these bills in order to avoid making hasty legislations or laws that would at the end not be able to address our practical economic realities as a nation.

“We must commend in the first place, the wisdom of the leadership of the house for coming up with this interactive session to further enlighten and clarify the content and intent of the proposed tax reforms bills,” Doguwa, who is also the Leader, Northern Regional Caucus of the House of Representatives, said.

He also said that, “Building on this good initiative we will continue to hold further consultations at the levels of state and regional caucuses to create sufficient awareness amongst our members and other relevant stakeholders.”

“These proposed bills are obviously to do with fiscal federalism as it relates to sharing of resources to federating units and key Government institutions.

“We must therefore, be careful, to study the bills diligently and consider them clause by clause with a view to making justice to the people and to the bills in the overall interest of the people and the nation,” the lawmaker added.