Tinubu Is Responsible For Tax Reform Bills Pushback – Sowunmi Gives Reason

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Sowunmi, has opined that President Bola Tinubu is responsible for the stiff opposition that has greeted the tax reform bills.

Naija News reports that the new tax bills introduced by Tinubu’s administration have generated widespread controversy and pushback from many Nigerians, including the 36 state governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC).

Similarly, some Nothern governors unequivocally rejected sections of the bills.

However, Sowunmi, during an interview with Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, faulted Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress (APC) for appointing his tribesmen as finance minister, revenue boss, governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and tax reform chair.

He stated that though the tax bills were good, the President created distrust and made other regions nervous due to the exclusion of their kinsmen from his economic and tax teams.

The PDP chieftain added that…