By Suleiman Anyalewechi
As controversy and uncertainty continue to dog the new tax reforms law, a renowned Kaduna based Islamic scholar and preacher, Sheikh Abubakar Alkali Zaria, has vowed that Northerners will not submit themselves to the new tax regime.
The Source reports that the tax reforms law has been facing scathing criticisms arising from alleged discrepancies between the bill as passed by the two chambers of the National Assembly and the gazetted law itself.
Since the lid was blown open concerning the alleged doctoring of the gazetted law, by Hon Abdulsammad Dasuki, a member of the House of Representatives from Sokoto state ,there have been widespread indignation and condemnation of the development with not a few calling for a halt to the commencement of the implementation of the exercise scheduled for January 1 ,2025 , pending the resolution of the observed discrepancies.
However, the Federal Government appears not to be persuaded by the plethora of dissenting voices, as it has remained adamant on the sanctity of January, 1, 2026 implementation date.
According to the Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms ,Taiwo Oyedele , the commencement date remains sacrosanct irrespective of any misgivings against the policy.
“The plan to commence the new tax reforms law -the two remaining new laws on January 1, 2026 will go ahead as planned, because these reforms are designed to provide relief to the Nigerian people”, Oyedele stated .
But in a viral video online, Sheikh Alkali Zaria not only vowed that Northerners will resist the payment of the new tax regime ,but warned that the region will deal decisively with any member of the National Assembly from the North that is seen to be in support of the controversial tax reforms law.
” Arewa ( North) will never pay Tinubu’s tax. We are waiting for who will force us to pay. Look,we are waiting to see who will come and force this tax law on us.
“By Allah,I am saying with a loud voice, any Senator or member of the House of Representatives who is supporting this new tax law will be dealt with once he/she is back home.
“We sent you people (National Assembly members) to go and represent us, Democracy is for the people, by the people.
“To you Senators and House of Representatives members, I am congratulating you people because you will be beaten up .
“Now, when they first removed petroleum products subsidy ,who did it help in the country? . We don’t have any issues with anybody except those who passed and signed that tax reforms bill into law” ,Sheikh Alkali Zaria stated .
The Islamic scholar described the new tax reforms law as not only obnoxious and anti-people, but also a threat to democracy as it is in contradiction to the popular will of the people
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