The Deputy Senate President, Senator Barau Jibrin during an interview with BBC Hausa while reacting to the new derivation-based model for Value-Added Tax distribution in the new tax reform bills presented by the administration of President Tinubu before the National Assembly, revealed that nobody would do something that would have negative impact on his people, adding that majority of people did not even knew the contents of the Bill, even some of the Northern lawmakers.
According to BBC Hausa, Senator Barau Jibrin “Because of the contents of the bills, we decided to invite experts or the people who developed them on behalf of the President to explain to us the provisions of the bills and also advise us so that Nigerians will know about it. The bills have to scale the second reading before they could be taken to the committee for a review. Nobody will do something that will have a negative impact on his people. The issue now is to first know the provisions of the bills. Majority of people don’t even know the contents therein, even some of our lawmakers. We have to first have a grasp of the bills before they would be understood, that was why it was sent to the committee for them to review so that we know the situation.”
It was learned that despite the massive rejection of the new derivation-based model for Value-Added Tax distribution in the new tax reform bills presented by the administration of President Tinubu before the National Assembly by many prominent politicians from the Northern parts of the country and organization, the Deputy Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Barau Jibrin was among the Northerners that welcome the Tax Reform Bill of President Bola Tinubu, and making all the necessary process to ensure the passage of the Bill to law.