House of Representatives has set up a seven-member committee to investigate alleged discrepancies in the gazetted tax laws.
Gatekeepers News reports that Tajudeen Abbas, speaker of the house, announced the committee members during Thursday’s plenary.
The panel is chaired by Muktar Betara and includes Idris Wase (Plateau), James Faleke (Lagos), Sada Soli (Katsina), Iduma Igariwey (Ebonyi), Fredrick Agbedi (Bayelsa), and Babajimi Benson (Lagos).
The committee is tasked with comparing the text passed by the National Assembly with the officially gazetted copy to determine the nature and extent of the alleged inconsistencies.
Recall thah Wednesday, Abdussamad Dasuki, a lawmaker from Sokoto, claimed that the gazetted tax laws available to Nigerians do not reflect the harmonised legislation passed by the National Assembly.
Dasuki said he obtained copies of the gazetted laws from the Ministry of Information and discovered notable differences when compared with the versions approved by parliament.
He warned that the discrepancies amounted to a breach of the constitution and could undermine the integrity of the legislature if left unaddressed.
The lawmaker urged the speaker to direct that all relevant documents, including the harmonised versions, be reviewed by the committee of the whole for scrutiny.
