The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD), the association of Professional Bodies of Nigeria (APBN), Kano state chapter, in collaboration with the association of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), civil society actors has called on the president Bola Ahmed Tinubu to with immediate effect, suspension of Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA) 2025, describing it as implications for SMEs, sub-national economies and constitutional governance.
They also called for Immediate publication of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the Nigerian government through Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and French Authorities’.
The executive director of CITAD Engineer Y.Z Ya’u, the Chairman of APBN Kano state chapter Dr. Ahmad Muhammad Sarari, the people from academia and all the stakeholders disclosed this while briefing journalists held at CITAD office in Kano on Sunday.
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According to them, the federal government must provide explicit guarantees, backed by law and public disclosure that no foreign government, contractor or technical partners shall have access to Nigeria’s taxpayer Data, tax system or fiscal intelligence outside the framework of Nigerian Law.
The stakeholders said after carefully observing the unloading development that:
Immediate suspension of the implementation of the NTAA 2025, including the proposed commencement date, pending the conclusion of a transparent legislative investigation into the alleged alterations.
Call on the President, as custodian of constitutional governance, to withhold enforcement directives and ensure that any law bearing allegations of procedural irregularities is subjected to full constitutional scrutiny before implementation.
Demand the immediate publication of the complete Votes and Proceedings, records, committee reports, and harmonized conference versions of all tax reform bills, to enable the public to independently verify the legislative process and content of the laws.
Return of the contested tax laws to the National Assembly for open review, public consultation, and reconciliation of all versions passed and gazette.
The National Assembly should go beyond merely setting up an investigative committee and publicly commit to a clearly defined timeline, not exceeding 30 days, within which the investigation must be concluded and its findings made public
Call for the immediate publication of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the French tax authorities, in the interest of transparency, public accountability, and assurance of Nigeria’s fiscal and data sovereignty
The federal government should provide explicit guarantees, backed by law and public disclosure, that no foreign government, contractor, or technical partner shall have access to Nigeria’s taxpayer data, tax systems, or fiscal intelligence outside the framework of Nigerian law.
Call for the inclusion of independent civil society organizations, professional bodies, and constitutional law experts as observers in any investigative or reconciliation process to ensure credibility, neutrality, and public confidence.
are urging the immediate suspension of the tax law and publication of the MoU between Nigeria and France.