Kwaskwarar daftarin haraji 2024, wanda aka gabatar a Majalisar Tarayya ta Nijeriya, ya yi ta juyin juya hali a yankin siyasa na tattalin arzikin ƙasar. Daftarin, wanda aka gabatar a ranar 3 ga Satumba 2024 ta shugaban ƙasa Bola Tinubu, ya hada da shirye-shirye huɗu: Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, da Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill.
Matsalolin da ke kekebantawa daftarin sun fara ne bayan Gwamnonin Arewacin Nijeriya suka nuna adawa da tsarin raba kudin haraji (VAT) da aka gabatar. Gwamna Babagana Zulum na Borno ya ce, “Ba ni mai tattalin arziƙi ba, amma daga lissafin da muka yi, kawai jihar Legas ce za ta amfana daga tsarin wannan.” Zulum ya kara da cewa, “Mun yi taro da tawagar haraji ta FIRS da kuma tawagar haraji ta jihar Legas. Legas ta ce za su yi asarar kudi idan aka aiwatar da tsarin wannan.
Majalisar Wakilai ta Nijeriya ta tsaya tattaunawar daftarin haraji har zuwa wani lokaci, domin samun shawarar masu ruwa da tsaki. Dr. Yahaya Danzaria, Sakataren Majalisar, ya sanar da hakan a wata wasika ta cikin gida da aka aika wa ‘yan majalisar. An ce an tsaya tattaunawar domin a yi shawarar da masu ruwa da tsaki, ciki har da gwamnonin jihohi da wakilai daga yankuna daban-daban, wadanda suka nuna adawa da daftarin.
Daftarin haraji ya kunshi manyan canje-canje, ciki har da rage kudin haraji daga 30% zuwa 27.5% a shekarar 2025, sannan zuwa 25% a shekarar 2026. Haka kuma, za a samar da kwamitin haraji na ƙasa da ombudsman na haraji. Daftarin ya kuma bayyana cewa, za a ba ‘yanci daga haraji kan kayayyaki da ayyukan muhimman kamar abinci, ilimi, da kiwon lafiya, da sauran su.
Yan siyasa da kungiyoyi daban-daban sun nuna goyon bayansu ga daftarin, amma sun nemi a yi shawarar da kuma a yi nazari kan daftarin domin a tabbatar da cewa zai zama na faida ga dukkan Nijeriya. Afenifere, wata kungiya daga yankin Kudu-maso-Yamma, ta ce sun goyi bayan daftarin saboda yawan faida da zai kawo ga tattalin arzikin ƙasar.
