An erstwhile Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has expressed his support for the tax reform bills of President Bola Tinubu, which have generated concerns especially in the Northern part of the country.
Dogara expressed his support at a Town Hall meeting organised by the Christian Awareness Initiatives of Nigeria, CHAIN, on Thursday in Kaduna.
The former Speaker said that national issues needed not to take a regional or any other dimension as seen with the tax reform bills.
According to him, the tax reform bills would be beneficial to Nigerians especially the Northern part where it would free most of its people who were struggling with the burden of taxation.
“Those who are earning less than N800,000 would not be taxed, imagine how many Northerners will be out of the tax.
”If businesses that do not make up to 50 million in a month will also not pay tax, imagine how it will free the economic space for our people.
“More businesses will be created and more people will be employed, in the region that has a high number of unemployed people roaming the streets,” he said.