The Nigerian senate has bowed to public pressure suspending the four Tax reform bills sent to it by president Bola Tinubu that has generated Controversy across board.....Read The Full Article>>.....Read The Full Article>>
The has also mandated it’s Committee on finance where the bills were initially referred to should halt action on public hearing until these issues are resolved
The Lawmakers agreed that Ten Member Committee set to meet with the Attorney General of the Federal and minister of Justice Lateef FAgbemi to resolve all contentious issues raised
This was announced by the deputy President of the Senate who presided over plenary at the resumption of the session Wednesday
Senator Barau says the Senate extended it’s views to the executive arm of Government and it was agreed that they should be forum to sit down and look at the areas that are creating disagreement in order to resolve them so that the entire country will remain united in our effort solve the problems
It’s on this note it’s been agreed by the executive and the senate they should be a form to sit with the attorney general to sort out these issues and area of disagreement to resolve them in the interest of our country
He added that since the introduction of the bill and outburst that followed the Senate has had series of meetings between on the tax bills this was in consonance with fact that they understand the senate is the highest assembly in the country
He says I “The senate as composed of men and women of wisdom of sound pedigree entrusted by the country to legislate for them for the peace and tranquility and for the development of the country”
The senate are known to be stabilizers of every Country when they are difficulties, disagreement the senate at all times come in with solutions through dialogue and consensus to solve such problems
And the senate has been doing that since 1999
Because of this we have decided to put politics ethnicity, regionalism aside to find the way forward on the issue of tax reform bills
Before the introduction of this bill we know we have been faced with several problems, insecurity, economy which is in line with global economic challenges
We agreed that we should not allow any other thing to come in to aggravate the problems of our country
By tomorrow there will be a meeting with the committee that will be set up by the Senate to sit with the attorney general to look at them and resolve them.
