The socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) group has charged the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) to publish the certified true copy of the tax bills received from the National Assembly and the certified true copy of the tax law signed by President Bola Tinubu.
SERAP gave the charge in a statement issued on Sunday on its official X handle.
As contained in the statement, the group requested the publish of the four new tax laws which include National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act; the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act; the Nigeria Tax Administration Act; and the Nigeria Tax Act.
It also urged Tinubu to direct Fagbemi to review all the documents to ascertain the alleged discrepancies in the tax law and the bill.
The statement read; “We’ve urged President Bola Tinubu to urgently direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi, SAN, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice to widely publish a certified true copy of the version of the tax bills received from the National Assembly and a certified true copy of the tax laws signed by him.
‘The documents requested by SERAP are: the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act; the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act; the Nigeria Tax Administration Act; and the Nigeria Tax Act.
“We also urged him to direct Mr Lateef Fagbemi to clarify whether the version of the tax bills received from the National Assembly are exactly the same contents as the bills that were signed into laws by you and the version ultimately gazetted.
“Widely publishing a certified true copy of the version of the tax bills received from the National Assembly and a certified true copy of the tax laws signed by President Bola Tinubu would allow Nigerians to scrutinise the laws and compare them with the version of the tax laws ultimately gazetted.”
