We wish to inform our members that after due consultations with relevant stakeholders on the unending controversy over the allegations of unlawful alterations made to the tax reform laws passed by the National Assembly and signed by the President, as well as the insistence of the Executive to proceed with implimentation of the Tax Laws from 1st January 2026, the leadership of the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives, thought it expedient to institute a 7-man fact-finding committee to help our Caucus get to the root of all the issues surrounding this scandal.
As the opposition bloc in the House of Representatives, we believe that we owe it to Nigerians to make an independent and non-biased investigation, to establish all the facts and arrive at the truth in the matter of the Tax Laws. This committee has the mandate of:
1. Getting copies of the actual tax laws passed by both Chambers of the National Assembly and asserted to by the President;
3. Getting the federal government gazette bearing the purported forged version of the tax laws;
4. Scrutinizing copies of the actual tax laws passed by the National Assembly bto ascertain if they were the actual ones signed by the President, and then compare them with the ones gazetted by the gazetting agency of the federal government;
5. And recommending to the Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives the possible actions that can be taken in the event any infractions have been proven to have occurred.
The membership of the committee is as follows:
1. Hon. Afam Ogene (Chairman)
2. Hon. Gaza Gbefwi Jonathan
3. Hon. MB Shehu Fagge
4. Hon. Aliyu Garu
5. Hon. Stanley Adedeji
6. Hon. Ibe Okwara
7. Hon. Marie Ibikake
The committee has seven (7) days within which it will complete its assignment and report its findings to the leadership of the Caucus.
Finally, we want to remind Nigerians of our unflinching commitment to the protection of their interests, and this step we have just taken is one of the ways we are using to get to the root of this controversy that has overheated our polity. We are determined, more than ever, to make sure our country’s citizens are not short-changed, especially the poor and vulnerable segments of our populations.
Rep. O.K Chinda
Minority Leader
Rt. Hon. Ali Isa J.C, PhD
Minority Whip
Rt. Hon. Aliyu Madaki
Deputy Minority Leader
Rt. Hon. George Ozodinobi
Deputy Minority Whip
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