Ahh, my people, make I drop this heavy gist wey dey pepper everywhere! Naija government don plan to start new tax law wey go take effect from January 1, 2026, but the wahala wey dey follow e no be small. Everywhere don dey hot as people dey yarn say the lawmakers don tamper with di original law finish. E be like say dem don spoil the soup wey dem suppose chop together!

As we dey approach di date, different allegations don begin fly like say dem dey play ball for street. E get as some lawmakers dey shout say di version wey dem pass no be wetin dem later put for public. Chai! Na so we dey hear say dis new tax plans fit make life hard for ordinary Naija people wey dey try hustle to survive.

Meanwhile, di Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and France don sign one memorandum wey don raise eyebrow for plenty pipo. Wetin concern dem with France for our tax matter, na di question wey many dey ask. With all di fintech and local companies wey don dey burst ground, why dem go shift dat personal data to foreign land? E no sweet at all!

Di opposition, led by some big guns like David Mark and Peter Obi, don talk say dis tax wahala fit compund di problems wey Naija citizens dey face. Dem dey ask government to put dis new tax plan on hold until dem fit clarify things well. According to dem, if dis tax come now, na wahala for everybody wey dey hustle. Dem even call am an ‘assault on ordinary Nigerians’.

For di press conference, Chille Igbawua, di spokesman of di opposition movement yarn the main gist, say di way dis government dey do matter look like say dem no dey feel di pulse of di people. Na so dem dey codify new laws wey go give too much power to tax authorities wey we no fit trust! As una fit imagine, citizens dey fear taxman pass even dem government. E mean say we dey enter one big wahala combo.

But no be everybody dey complain. Some experts dey argue say di new tax reforms fit bring good tings too. Dem dey talk say dis law fit make tax system simpler and even help small businesses flourish if dem fit follow di plan well. Professor Okon J. Umoh dey sketch hope say e go help dem wey no dey earn much to breathe small, no Personal Income Tax for people wey dey make less than N800,000! E go even cut down corporate tax for small businesses. Na real blessing be dat!

But everybody sabi say everything wey shine no be gold. Di fear dey real say di compliance fit choke o, especially when dem dey try to implement am with all di digital age tori wey we dey hear. People dey feel say if dis government no change dem ways and stop dat corruption wahala, di tax no go better dem lives.

As di issue dey unfold, many lawmakers don dey raise alarm say dem no sure wetin dey happen with di laws wey dey circulate. Abdussamad Dasuki dey complain say di gazetted versions don change from di original wey dem pass. E raise alarm say e no follow how proper legislative process dey work. If dem no do anything, e fit shake di foundation of di National Assembly!

For dis gist, Taiwo Oyedele wey dey handle di tax reforms don try clarify say wetin dey fly about di discrepancies no even represent di final gazetted version. But no be everybody dey believe im side. Di wahala go continue until dem fit clear di air proper!

How dem wan manage di tax revenue wey go come from all this new laws? As it stand, most Nigerians dey skeptical about di government’s ability to handle tax money well, considering di mismanagement wey don dey happen for years now. Until dem fit show real transparency and accountability, new tax reforms go always face jabs.

We dey watch how dis matter go play out as di January date dey approach. How dem mediators go handle dis, na still be di question! One thing wey sure be say di road no easy, but dis tax reform fit change di game ontop better governance if dem fit execute am well. Na so far so good, we dey keep eye for more developments on top dis tax matter!