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Bayo Onanuga @aonanuga1956

STATEHOUSE PRESS STATEMENT
 
PRESIDENT TINUBU COMMENDS NIGERIAN GOVERNORS FOR ING TAX REFORM INITIATIVES
 
President Bola Tinubu expresses his appreciation for the Nigeria Governors' Forum following their unanimous endorsement of the four Tax Reform Bills currently under consideration by the National Assembly.
 
President Tinubu lauds the governors for their bold leadership and commitment to fostering unity among leaders nationwide, transcending regional, ethnic, and political barriers to advance Nigeria's development.
 
Thursday's productive consultation between the Nigeria Governors' Forum and the Presidential Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy is a commendable example of cooperation between the Federal and State governments.
 
He extends special commendations to the Chairman of the Governors' Forum, Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman AbdulRazaq, for successfully galvanising among his peers for these transformative tax bills to rejuvenate the national economy and enhance Nigeria's investment climate.
 
He also commends the Progressive Governors Forum, the Northern Governors Forum, and all other groups that made the bipartisan resolution of the controversy stirred by the tax bills possible.
 
President Tinubu underscores that the primary aim of the Tax Reform Bills, which is pro-poor, is to promote national interests, improve the competitiveness of Nigeria's economy, and attract both local and foreign investments.
 
He said updating the country's outdated tax laws is essential to this endeavour.
 
The President notes that the dialogue between the NGF and the Presidential Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy Reform highlights the power of constructive conversation in resolving differences.
 
President Tinubu regards the governors as vital contributors to nation-building and affirms his commitment to partnering with them to promote economic growth, national harmony, peace, and stability.
 
He also encourages other stakeholders with ideas and suggestions for refining the Tax Bills to engage with the ongoing legislative process at the National Assembly.
 
Finally, President Tinubu urges the National Assembly to expedite the legislative process for these crucial bills so that the country can swiftly reap the benefits of the reforms.
 
Bayo Onanuga
Special Adviser to the President
(Information and Strategy)
January 17, 2024

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Indeed

Na so

The new year visiting was about the bill

What else.. All those noise are just for nothing

Hope Ndume and Zulum have been enlightened

They don't have option, with the disposal of funds because of subsidy removal

EFCC & Police waiting for idiot that zuzu

Anything Tinubu wants, Tinubu gets.

Master strategist

naptu2:
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Fear NORTH! For sane Nigerians are with us SIR

That's the beauty of democracy,it's all about shifting grounds and making concessions here and there.... Nice on PBAT.

Let me wait for Agulu bambazooo. Whatever he has to say

All fingers crossed.....

Jagaban the only prepared president in the history of Nigeria. Very bold, focused, courage and believed in his policies that will move the country forward at the detriment of his second term. He believe that second term will take care of itself when the time comes.

Imagine one presidential candidate that doesn't even know the meaning of climate change and yet he want to become the president of a big and reputable country like Nigeria

Arm twisters

Final communique

NOETHNICITY:
Hope Ndume and Zulum have been enlightened

Lol

JAMO84:
Anything Tinubu wants, Tinubu gets.

Master strategist

NOETHNICITY:
Hope Ndume and Zulum have been enlightened

Is it about assisting IDPs and unemployed to get married by Bornu state government ?

Jagaban for a reason

Hate him or love him, you sincerely want to be a serial winner like he is
If you insist you hate him unconditionally, you can only pretend but cannot hide from the fact that you envy his winning nature

call it luck, call it trick, call it anything, but a winner is a winner and it all begins in the mind…

JAMO84:
Anything Tinubu wants, Tinubu gets.

Master strategist

It’s a lesson to people with wisdom that you can win all!

Win win win is all I want

Clap for the governors

No more hold your govs able

So las las CIT and VAT will remain as they are....

What are Agbado illiterates celebrating here?

70% of Oyedele's recommendations have been whittled down or thrown away.
- Derivation is now only 20% instead of 80%
- Corporation Tax - UNCHANGED
- VAT increase - STALLED
- 80% (50% -equity + 30% -population) of VAT still goes to POPULATION and EQUITY (North is the winner, while Lagos and Rivers lose)
- All Institutions like TETFUND, NASEN, NITDA, etc - UNCHANGED

What exactly did TINUBU achieve with the Tax Reform Bills?
Congratulations to Zulum, Ndume and Bala = These WINNERS

If governors are insisting that vat is shared based on population, then Tinubu has achieved nothing even if the bill is ed. Those guys will continuously manipulate their population figures to gain undue advantage.

👍

Jagacoward!
Afonjas without balls. The north got the right deal. Before, Lagos and PH would have taken everything but now, the tax is return is spread evenly. Afonjas can only make noise but if you intimidate them, they will melo

👆👆
...the commenter above me is probably suffering from a brain damage. Fellow Nigerians, pls forgive him 🙏.

Ojuntana:
Clap for the governors

No more hold your govs able

So las las CIT and VAT will remain as they are....

President Tinubu underscores that the primary aim of the Tax Reform Bills, which is pro-poor, is to promote national interests, improve the competitiveness of Nigeria's economy, and attract both local and foreign investments.

Read the bolded. Tinubu is letting them know he’s not changing his stance, especially on the %. You’ve got to read btw the lines.

Zooposki:


President Tinubu underscores that the primary aim of the Tax Reform Bills, which is pro-poor, is to promote national interests, improve the competitiveness of Nigeria's economy, and attract both local and foreign investments.

Read the bolded. Tinubu is letting them know he’s not changing his stance, especially on the %.

RaqRaqRaqRaq

Is that how you were taught English comprehension in school?

We the core North governors are against your tax reforms

Nigeria needs political restructuring, not only tax Reforms.

To upturn Tinubu's Tax Reforms once Tinubu steps down from office is very easy, Arewa shall use its large and undue political representation which it derives from excess number of states proliferated by Arewa military dictators in the old Northern region.

NaijaCowFarm:
What are Agbado illiterates celebrating here?

70% of Oyedele's recommendations have been whittled down or thrown away.
- Derivation is now only 20% instead of 80%
- Corporation Tax - UNCHANGED
- VAT increase - STALLED
- 80% (50% -equity + 30% -population) of VAT still goes to POPULATION and EQUITY (North is the winner, while Lagos and Rivers lose)
- All Institutions like TETFUND, NASEN, NITDA, etc - UNCHANGED

What exactly did TINUBU achieve with the Tax Reform Bills?
Congratulations to Zulum, Ndume and Bala = These WINNERS

You think they don't know?

They must hold on to something na

Latakia:
Jagaban the only prepared president in the history of Nigeria. Very bold, focused, courage and believed in his policies that will move the country forward at the detriment of his second term. He believe that second term will take care of itself when the time comes.

Imagine one presidential candidate that doesn't even know the meaning of climate change and yet he want to become the president of a big and reputable country like Nigeria

my brother no be small

Ojuntana:

RaqRaqRaqRaq

Is that how you were taught English comprehension in school?

Yes. To promote national interest and increase the competitiveness of the economy.