Reps raise the alarm over discrepancies in gazetted tax laws

Members of the House of Representatives have raised concerns over alleged changes in Nigeria’s newly enacted tax laws, claiming that the version currently being circulated differs in key clauses from the version passed by both chambers of the National Assembly.

During Wednesday’s plenary session, Rep. Abdussamad Dasuki drew the attention of his colleagues to what he described as discrepancies between the gazetted copy of the tax laws and the harmonised version approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives.

Dasuki, speaking under a matter of privilege, said he reviewed the votes and proceedings from both chambers and compared them with the gazetted document.

He argued that the law now being presented to the public—through the Ministry of Information and in official copies—differs from what was actually passed by lawmakers.

“What was passed on this floor is not what is gazetted,” Dasuki told his colleagues, stressing that this development violated the Constitution and undermined parliamentary process.

He urged the Speaker to have the discrepancies reviewed and the correct versions brought before the Committee of the Whole for necessary amendments.

The Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, assured members that the matter would be thoroughly examined and addressed in the national interest.