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Alleged alterations to the new tax laws

Status
No final report
Assembly
House of Representatives
Opened
18 December 2025
Assembly term
10th National Assembly (2023–2027)
Committee
Ad hoc committee
Sum at issue
Not stated
Subject
Revenue and remittances
Without a report for
328 days

After Abdulsamad Dasuki (PDP, Sokoto) raised a point of privilege that the gazetted tax laws differed from the versions the National Assembly passed, the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, set up a seven-member ad hoc committee chaired by Muktar Aliyu Betara, with Ahmed Idris Wase, Sada Soli, James Faleke, Fred Agbedi, Babajimi Benson and Iduma Igariwey as members, to investigate the discrepancies.

What the record shows

  • 18 December 2025
    Probe opened.
  • 25 January 2026
    The House disowned a report on the tax laws issued by its minority caucus.
  • As of 11 November 2026
    No final report of this probe has been found on the public record.

Opened more than 120 days ago, and no final report of the committee has been found on the public record. Interim reports and hearings are shown where known. Know of a report, hearing or outcome missing here? Send a correction.