By Gloria Ikibah
The House of Representatives has resolved to continue its consultation on the Tax Reform Bills presented to the parliament by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
This was the resolution reached after a closed door meeting which lasted for over two hours of on Thursday during plenary time.
Naijablitznews.com recalled that President Tinubu had presented four tax bills to the National Assembly which are being considered by the House, but the northern leaders as well as governors of the 36 states have asked the President to withdraw the bills to allow for more consultations.
But the Presidency has insisted that the bills be allowed to go through the usual legislative process, emphasizing that any suggestion or opposition to any of the bills can be done during publis hearing.
But at Plenary on Thursday, November 28, 2024, the House went into an executive session which lasted for over two hours to discuss the issues surrounding the tax reform bills.
Despondent the issue of the tax bills was not listed for discussion in the order paper, it was gathered that some members had insisted that the issue be discussed by the lawmakers.
After the over two hours closed door meeting, Deputy Speaker Benjamin Kalu who presided over plenary said the decision at the meeting was to allow room for further consultations on the bills.
He said “what we did was to continue our consultation which we promise the House on the tax bills and the agreement at that session was to continue that conversation. This consultation is going to continue from now till Tuesday when we will hold a special session when we will invite these resource persons to be here in the House to engage us.
“Thereafter, we decide which way to go. This is to make sure that it is well documented that we did our consultation in the form of an executive session and we are continuing that consultation till next week Tuesday.”