Ofishin Shugaban ƙasa ya ce ƙudirin haraji da ke gaban Majalisar Tarayya ba zai sa Lagos ko Rivers zasu zama masu arziqi a kan sauran yankuna na ƙasar ba. Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga, ya bayyana haka a wata sanarwa da ya sanya a ranar Litinin, mai taken ‘No part of tax reform bills recommends scrapping TETFUND, NASENI and NITDA. No provision will impoverish the North.’
Onanuga ya ce, ‘Ƙudirin haraji ba zai sa Lagos ko Rivers zasu zama masu arziqi, yayin da sauran yankuna su zama masu talauci, kamar yadda ake yada ƙarya.’ Ya kara da cewa, ‘Ƙudirin haraji ba zai lalata tattalin arzikin wani yanki na ƙasar ba. A maimakon haka, suna nufin inganta rayuwar Nijeriya, musamman wa masu rauni, waɗanda ke ƙoƙarin yin rayuwa.’
Shugaban ƙasa, Bola Tinubu, ya aika ƙudirin haraji huɗu zuwa Majalisar Tarayya bayan amincewar Majalisar Zartarwa ta Tarayya a watan Oktoba. Ƙudirin haraji sun hada da Nigeria Tax Bill 2024, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, da Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill.
Ƙudirin haraji sun janyo cece-kuce mai girma, tare da masu suka zura cewa za su lalata tsarin kudaden tarayya, na iya mayar da hukumar haraji ta tsakiya kuma rage kudaden jihohi. Gwamnonin jihohin arewa 19, a ƙarƙashin wata dandali ta Northern Governors’ Forum, sun ƙi sabon tsarin raba haraji ta Value-Added Tax a ranar 28 ga Oktoba, 2024.
Sannan, Kwamitin Tattalin Arziƙi na ƙasa, wanda ya ƙunshi gwamnonin jihohi 36, ya nemi Shugaban ƙasa a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, 2024, ya cire ƙudirin haraji daga Majalisar Tarayya don shawarwari mai zurfi. Amma Shugaban ƙasa ya ce babu buƙatar cire ƙudirin haraji daga Majalisar Tarayya, inda ya ce za a iya yiwa sauyi yayin da ake ci gaba da aikin majalisar.
