The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked the Federal Government to halt the implementation of the 2025 tax laws over what it called a “forgery” of some provisions.
ADC’s spokesman, Bolaji Abdullahi, accused the government of altering several parts of the tax laws, including some “criminal insertions” that grant the “Bola Tinubu government the express power to arrest and take over the property of anyone who does not comply with the tax laws.”
“The ADC therefore calls for the immediate suspension of all the 2025 tax laws signed by President Bola Tinubu to allow for a full legislative review,” the opposition party said in a statement on Saturday by Abdullahi, who is a former member of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
“This is the only reasonable course of action if we must not give the dangerous impression that the principle of separation of powers enshrined in our Constitution can be sidestepped by the President.”
According to the ADC, the call became necessary after their “forensic” review of the original laws passed by the National Assembly and the gazetted versions “established beyond all doubt that key accountability provisions were deleted and new provisions inserted.”
