Tax reforms: You must listen to North, anarchy looms – Gov Mohammed to Tinubu

Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed insisted on Thursday that President Bola Tinubu’s tax policies are anti-northern Nigeria and will not favour the region.

The governor made this known when he received the Christian community in Bauchi State, who visited him at the Government House.

Mohammed, who doubles as the chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Governors Forum, said the tax reform bills that are currently before the National Assembly are skewed to favour only one section of the country.

According to him, the President should drop the tax reform bills.

He noted that the bills are not good for Northern Nigeria because they will not guarantee inflows to pay salaries and build roads.

“That is why the presidency must listen to the cries about tax reform.

“It is not a good policy for northern Nigeria because we are not going to get money to pay your salaries or to do roads.

“They must listen; otherwise, they are calling for anarchy. And that is not good.

“We voted for the presidency in this state and other states; they must listen to us. They must not come up with policies that favour only one section of the country or even one state in the country.

“It is not about religion; it is not about tribe; it is about national unity; it is about national hegemony, and this is what we are all about: good leadership,” he said.

President Tinubu, during his first Presidential Media Chat, insisted that the tax reform bills have come to stay.

According to him, the tax reform bills are necessary to retool the country’s economy.

Recall that the tax reform bills were rejected by Northern governors and the National Economic Council.

Since its transmission to the National Assembly, the bills have continued to generate mixed reactions.