Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro (Benue South), has assured Nigerians that the parliament will continue to deliberate on Tax Reform Bills until it reaches a position that best represents their interests.
He said this while addressing journalists at the National Assembly after a closed-door session of the Senate Adhoc Committee on Tax Reform Bills and a delegation of the Federal Government on Monday.
The government delegation led by the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN), also included the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service, Zach Adedeji and the Chairman of the Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission, Dr. Mohammed Bello Shehu.
Describing the session as fruitful, he expressed optimism that they would finalise talks in their next interactive parley.
He said, “We just had a meeting, an interface with the officials of government, the Attorney General of the Federation, the Chairman of RMAFC and in the process of evaluating the contending tendencies regarding the tax bill, and we are in the process, we have agreed amongst ourselves that we must synthesise the whole process to ensure that at the end of the day, we give to Nigerians what Nigerians want, and that is a law that serves the purpose of all Nigerians.
“So that is where we are now, and hopefully by the time we meet again we will finalize and we will have some better story to tell you.”
On his part, the FIRS boss expressed confidence that the proposed legislation would be passed by the National Assembly at the end of their meetings.
He said grey areas were identified and discussed at the meeting, adding, “We are in the right direction, and everything is going as planned.”
Credit: The Sun