Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Senator representing Borno South in the National Assembly, Mohammed Ali Ndume, on Wednesday, aligned with leaders of Northern extraction in opposing plans by the Federal Government to review the tax regime of the country upward.<\/p>\nNdume, in a statement in Abuja, said the Federal Government must get things right first, expand sources of income for Nigerians and ensure that the people are living and not surviving, before reviewing the taxes upward.<\/p>\n
The former Leader of the Senate said the middle class of the country is gradually fading, as they are being squeezed out by the high inflation.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis tax they\u2019re talking about, we are almost losing the middle class in Nigeria. It is either you have it or you do not have it. Those that are in the middle are being squeezed out. If Nigerians can pay for those taxes, it is okay.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut in the current situation, increasing taxes is not an alternative at all. I will not support any increase in tax.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet us get things right first. Let people start living and not survive. Let people have extra income, and then you can tax them. I like to use an example of common sense.<\/p>\n
\u201cAllow Nigerians to have enough blood in their body before you start asking for donation,\u201d Ndume stated.<\/p>\n
He said the managers of the economy want to make President Bola Ahmed Tinubu look bad before Nigerians by proposing increase in tax.<\/p>\n
He called on the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun, the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, and other managers to stop misleading President Tinubu.<\/p>\n
Ndume, who recently appreciated President Tinubu for his de-dollarisation policy, said: \u201cThe poverty is too much is in the north. Let us be frank about that. So, you want to increase taxes again? Tax those people who can afford it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThose who can afford the taxes in Nigeria, I do not want to be particular about it, are not even paying the taxes. These big companies do not even declare their income, not to talk of getting the appropriate taxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am one of those opposing that tax bill in the National Assembly. I am not going to support it. In fact, I am going to start campaigning against the increase in tax for now because it does not only affect the north but the average Nigerian.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am not saying people should not pay tax, but do not go and tax people that are struggling to survive. You are paying somebody N70,000 as a minimum wage, and all of a sudden, the price of fuel went up to N1,000.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means that if you put the arithmetic together, you see that you would have continued paying me the N30,000 and allow the litre of fuel to be N100.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is like giving you with one hand and taking it with the other hand. Let the tax authority focus on those who are supposed to pay tax. For example, in Abuja, if you go round, there are a lot of properties in there that are not paying taxes. Fortunately, you have Nyesom Wike who stands up to do something about it.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople are not paying property taxes. These banks, for example, are making tons and tons of money, and they are not paying taxes. And they are collecting taxes. If you transfer money, they are collecting taxes.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you receive money, they are collecting taxes. And they declare profits. Go and check their taxes. Now you want to squeeze somebody who is barely trying to survive because they are many.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou need to start from somewhere that is acceptable. I, at one time, proposed a bill for communication and phone owners to pay tax. It didn\u2019t see the light of the day.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou are talking about Abuja here. Many people do not have access to mobile phones. Anybody who can access a phone should be able to pay tax.\u201d<\/p>\n
Source: Daily Post Nigeria<\/b><\/p>\n
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