DAILY TRUST
Governor Bala Mohammed of Bauchi State says the tax reform bills which are before the National Assembly are skewed to favour only one section of the country.
Speaking on Thursday when he received the Christian community in Bauchi State, the governor urged President Bola Tinubu to backtrack on the tax policy reforms, saying it could lead to anarchy.
He said the policy did not in any way favour the North, adding that the governors would not be able to pay salaries.
Mohammed, who doubles as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum said: “To the tax reforms, it is not a good policy for northern Nigeria because we are not going to get money to pay you salaries.
“They must listen, otherwise, they are calling for anarchy and that is not good. We voted for the president in the state and other states.
“They must listen to us! They must not come up with a policy that favours only one state in the country.
“It is not about religion. It is not about tribe. It is about national unity. It is about national hegemony.
“We are all about good leadership, and we will continue to urge them for the time being, but if the situation persists, they will see our real colour. We are going to fight for it.”
During his recent maiden media chat, President Tinubu insisted that his administration’s tax reform had come to stay.
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