Senator Ali Ndume has said that the haste at which the upper legislative chamber passed the Tax Reform Bill was very suspicious, thus maintaining his opposition to it.
The tax reform bills which passed for second reading at the Senate on Thursday have raised a lot of controversies since it was sent to the National Assembly by President Bola Tinubu, and Ndume has been one of the people who have mounted the strongest opposition against the bills.
The National Economic Council also advised President Tinubu to withdraw the bills, but the President said he preferred that they go through the processes.
Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today yesterday, the lawmaker representing Borno South in the Senate, maintained his position and insisted that it is better for the Presidency to take the advice of the National Economic Council to withdraw the bill.
“It is not that I am totally saying that we should throw away the baby with the bath water, but since the governors who are our leaders, the National Economic Council and many individuals have said that it is not that we should throw away the bills, no. Withdraw the bill, do more consultations and then bring the bill again. Why are they in a hurry? That is a big suspicion,” Ndume said.
