Reps Set Up Committee To Probe Alleged Doctoring Of New Tax Law

By Suleiman Anyalewechi

The House of Representatives on Thursday December 18, 2025, empowered an adhoc committee to investigate the alleged discrepancies between the new tax law and the bill passed by the National Assembly.

The Speaker of the House Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudden who announced the setting up of the Committee during plenary assured that all necessary action will be taken to unravel the actual circumstances surrounding the alleged discrepancies.

The Source reports that Hon Abdusammad Dasuki, PDP Sokoto State, had, on Wednesday December 17, alleged that the tax law as assented to and gazetted by the Executive Arm of Government is strikingly different from the one deliberated and passed by the Legislative body.

Standing on Order Six Rule Two of the House rules on a point of Privileged, Dasuki informed that his privileges as a Federal Legislator has been breached going by his discovery that what the National Assembly passed as tax bill ,is not what has been assented to and gazetted by the executive branch .

He noted that he took out three days to read copies of the assented and gazetted tax law, and regretted that when compared with the bill as passed by the Legislative organ, there is a lot of discrepancies.

According to him, it is imperative for the House to examine the issue at stake , with a view to finding a solution before it is too late .

In this regard, Hon Dasuki called for a review of all relevant documents, including the harmonized versions of bill  from  both chambers of the National Assembly , the votes,as well as  records of proceedings from both chambers ,and the gazetted copies presently in circulation  by the Committee of the Whole.

“Mr Speaker, I will be pleading that all the documents should be brought before the Committee of the Whole .

“The whole members should see what is in the gazetted copy ,and see what they passed on the floor so that we can make relevant amendment.

“Mr Speaker, this is a breach of the Constitution . This is a breach of our laws, and this should not be taken by this Honourable House”, Hon Dasuki submitted.

The Seven-member ad-hoc Committee which  is to be headed by Hon Mukhtar Aliyu Betara, has been mandated to thoroughly look into any observed discrepancies and report back to the House