Former Governor of Sokoto State and Senator representing Sokoto South, Aminu Tambuwal, has criticised President Bola Tinubu’s proposed tax reform bill, describing its timing as inappropriate given the economic challenges being faced by Nigerians.
Tambuwal expressed his views on Sunday while distributing relief materials to flood victims and handing out starter packs to over 1,000 beneficiaries of a skills acquisition programme in his senatorial district.
Speaking at the event, he said, “Let me use the opportunity of this platform to address the issue that is raging for now, the issue of tax reform as presented by President Bola Tinubu.
“I believe this is a wrong time for any upward review of either VAT or any form of tax, the time is inauspicious, the time is very wrong.
“These are hard times for the people of Nigeria and what they are going through. What we require of…