Senator representing Edo North, Adams Oshiomhole, has called for strict enforcement of tax laws in Nigeria, insisting that non-compliance should carry serious consequences.
Speaking in an interview with Channels Television’s Politics Today, Oshiomhole said public resistance to value added tax (VAT) is peculiar to Nigeria, noting that misunderstanding of taxation fuels opposition.
“It is only in Nigeria that people talk about government using money or claim that government earns money on its own,” he said.
“Governments do not earn money; citizens earn income, and the government taxes those earnings — whether individual or corporate. The sum of these taxes determines the annual revenue of the state.”