The Federal Government has accused certain individuals of sabotaging the success of the new tax laws through misinformation and disinformation.
The allegation was made on Thursday in Abuja by the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Affairs, Tope Fasua, during the inauguration of a Joint Committee of the National Orientation Agency (NOA) and the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms.
Fasua stated that the new tax laws contain pro-poor measures and are designed to recalibrate national revenue generation.
He added that the committee’s primary task would be to counter false narratives surrounding the reforms, which he claimed were being circulated by alleged saboteurs.
“Some people are trying to ensure that, if they can manage it, these reforms do not succeed.
“However, we must quickly point out that despite this resistance, this is a pro-poor policy, one that recalibrates the country’s revenues to ensure the poorest Nigerians are not affected, except positively,” he said.
This development follows claims by a member of the House of Representatives, Abdulsamman Dasuki, alleging discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and what was eventually gazetted for public use. The National Assembly has since pledged to look into the allegation.
According to this newspaper, the new tax laws are scheduled to take effect from 1 January 2026. President Bola Ahmed Tinubu signed the tax bills into law in June 2025.