Implementing Disputed Tax Reform Injury To Nigerians – Adeyanju

Lawyer and human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has appealed to president Bola Tinubu to reverse his decision on proceeding with the implementation of the disputed Tax Reform Act from January 1.

Adeyanju, in a statement issued on Thursday, described the move as an injury to Nigerians and a assault on the rule of law.

He said it was unacceptable for the President to insist on enforcing a law that is allegedly riddled with controversies, including claims of forgery and breaches of constitutional legislative procedures.

According to him, “For President Tinubu to insist on implementing the disputed Tax Reform Act despite the unresolved allegations of forgery and clear breaches of constitutional process is an insult to the Nigerian nation and to the very idea of the rule of law.”

He argued that as a responsible government there was no need enforcing a law whose legitimacy is being questioned, especially when concerns have been raised about whether due process was followed in its passage.

PR/Garry Ochigbo