Tax Reform bills: You had same plans – Tinubu’s aide replies Kwankwaso

President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on social media, Dada Olusegun, has disclosed that the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, presidential candidate, Rabiu Kwanwaso planned the same tax reform.

Olusegun said the same tax reform being undertaken by Tinubu was part of Kwankwaso’s manifesto in 2023.

Posting on X, Olusegun wrote: “Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso in his 2023 campaign manifesto vowed to do this exact tax reforms that he is today opposing vehemently.

“Let him or his people deny it. The manifesto is in public domain for those who don’t believe.”

But on Monday, Kwankwaso urged President Bola Tinubu to reconsider his stance on the Tax Reform Bills in the interest of Nigerians.

The former Kano State governor said it’s not the right time for Tinubu to propose the bills.

The four tax reform bills- the Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, the Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill, are currently before both chambers of the National Assembly for passage.

The bills have been tagged as anti-North and that it would only benefit Lagos and Rivers State.

However, Tinubu’s spokesman, Bayo Onanuga dismissed such claims, saying the bills would “enhance the quality of life for Nigerians, especially the disadvantaged, who are trying to make a living.”