In the wake of the controversies surrounding the tax reform bills, the presidency has explained how the bill will serve the states better and enhance their capacity to earn more revenue.
Naija News reports that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Temitope Ajayi, in a statement on Wednesday, shed more insights about the bill.
Ajayi’s statement comes after President Bola Tinubu directed the National Assembly and the Ministry of Justice on Tuesday to work together to address the concerns raised on the bill.
The statement reads, “Since the public debate around the Tax Reform Bills started, the strongest push back against it has come largely from the north. Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum has become the face of the resistance for the reasons he has pushed forward, even when some of them didn’t speak to the facts and provisions of the bills.
“If Governor Zulum and other voices of resistance who think the states will be…