Abuja, Nigeria – Omo, this Thursday go be one serious day for Naija as President Bola Tinubu go sign four important tax reform bills wey go change the way we dey collect tax for di country. E be like say dem don finally waka come gather all the jumbled taxes wey dey confuse people. Two days ago, Bayo Onanuga, wey be Tinubu special adviser on information, drop di gbam statement say di four bills don pass and dem ready for signing.
The tax bills dem dey include Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill. No be small matter, as e go help increase revenue, improve business environment, and make investors sabi sey we dey ready for dem.
This new tax plan hand go touch many things. One na di Nigeria Tax Bill (Ease of Doing Business) wey go merge all di wahala wey de confusion for tax collection. As e dey be, people go find sense easy to do business—for dem wey know how to collect tax before, no more wahala like ikolo now! Dem go reduce all di multiple taxes as dem no be pasuma fans—too many taxes no be good for anybody.
As dem dey prepare for di signing ceremony for Presidential Villa, wahala go dey when Senate President, House of Representatives Speaker, and about all di political big men dem gather to watch Tinubu carry di pen. Everybody dey wait for wetin go happen, you go fit hear dem dey whisper ‘make we hope say no be jaga jaga plan’.
This movement no just stop for tax bills alone. Dem dey carry people work and national development go come use di Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, wey go standardize tax collection across all levels—Federal, State, and Local level no go know say ‘na we own dey better’ again. Everybody go dey follow di same rule wey go make everything balance.
But sha, no forget say dis na just di beginning. Di Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill go even remove di wahala wey dem dey call Federal Inland Revenue Service Act, and gree dem make dem have more independence. Na wetin dem talk be say e go help them sabi di work they dey do better.
Dem don say di government dey serious about transparency, accountability, and efficiency wey go make everything dey flow like palm wine for village gathering. And you sabi say where plenty people dey, better money dey flow. Dem wan open our eyes to see say di taxes wey we dey pay go really get better use.
As di talk dey hot, dis reform go also include di Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill. Dis one dey reason how all di revenue authorities fit work together as family instead of each one dey do own. Dem go bring oversight wey go fit paddy-paddy for all levels of government. Na so e suppose be, abi? No be say dem dey small issue dey pass money say dis one na my head wey dem shoot light on.
No be only dem dey reform tax, dem dey run serious national initiatives. Dem build ‘Agro-Industrial Processing Zones’ to power our local farmers as dem dey push make Nigeria no just depend on oil alone but farm produce, renewable energy, and all di fine fine things we fit leverage from di land wey Olorun give us.
So, make we dey watch how dis tax reform go play out, as e fit change di game for better. And for di people wey dey pray make dis reform work, abeg no forget your pastor’s prayer point! Di wahala wey don dey happen, make sure sey as dis signing happen, our eyes dey sharp, contribution dey clear, and plans dey effective. Time to devour that palm wine again as e be like say we go gather dey celebrate better returns soon.
