By Abdullahi Alhassan, Kaduna
A Northern good governance advocacy group, Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative has rejected the federal government’s tax reform bill that is currently before the National Assembly.
Northern Star Youth Empowerment Initiative is a non political, non tribal and non religious youth movement that aims at uniting and protecting the interests of the North. It is a pressure group that promotes good governance, unity, progress and development of northern Nigeria.
In a statement issued to news men in Kaduna today, Director General of the Group Dr Abdullahi Idris said having studied the controversial bill thoroughly, his Group has come to the conclusion that though there are aspect of it that may be beneficial, sections especially those that deal with the distribution of VAT revenue are unfair and will lead to economic adversity for the North.
He therefore called on the Tinubu administration to withdraw it with immediate effect.
Wondering why there was no enough consultations before the bill was presented to the National Assembly, Dr Idris called on members of the National Assembly especially those from the north not to endorse it lest they incur the wrath of their people.
He recalled that the bill was presented for passage into law at it’s current form against the advise of many well meaning Nigerians including the National Economic Council because of its potential to benefit some sections of the country at the detriment of other sections.
Dr Idris called on the Federal Government to withdraw the bill and allow for more thorough scrutiny and wider consultations before it is reintroduced to the National Assembly for passage into law.
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