Tax Reform Bill: Northern group backs Tinubu’s rejection of NEC’s decision

The Progressive Northern Youth Forum, PNYF has expressed support for President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s position on the controversial tax reform bills.

The group said Tinubu’s rejection of the recommendation by the National Economic Council, NEC on the bill was a good move.

DAILY POST recalls that NEC had during its 144th meeting, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, suggested that the bills be withdrawn following the opposition from northern stakeholders.

The recommendation came after governors from the 19 northern states, along with prominent traditional leaders from the region, collectively decided to oppose the tax reform bills.

However, President Tinubu, in a statement issued on Friday by his media aide, Bayo Onanuga, shunned the recommendation and urged the NEC to allow the process to run its full course.

Reacting, PNYF, in a statement issued on Saturday by its Secretary General, Abdulkadir Bala, backed President Tinubu’s decision