Tax Reform Acts not tampered with says Senate, distributes certified copies

The Senate on Wednesday put to rest lingering controversy over the Tax Reform Acts, declaring that none of the four laws has been adulterated.

President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, gave the clean bill of health during plenary, insisting that the Acts currently in the custody of the National Assembly are exactly the versions passed by both chambers and signed into law by President Bola Tinubu.

The Red Chamber had passed the tax reform bills as separate legislations in May last year, with concurrence from the House of Representatives. President Tinubu assented to them in June.

Akpabio dismissed claims in some quarters that the bills were altered after passage, stressing that certified true copies of the Acts held by the Senate and the House accurately reflect what lawmakers approved.

To reinforce transparency, he directed the Clerk of the Senate, Emmanuel Odo, to distribute certified copies of the Acts to all senators for scrutiny.

“Copies of the Acts will be made available to all senators by the Clerk of the Senate,” Akpabio said.

“The copies of the Acts are totally in compliance with what happened in the two chambers. No adulteration, nothing.

“At this stage, you can feel bold enough to discard anything to the contrary, knowing that it is not what the President signed and does not represent what you passed.”

President Tinubu signed the four Tax Reform Bills into law on June 26, 2025. They are the Nigeria Tax Act (NTA), Nigeria Tax Administration Act (NTAA), Nigeria Revenue Service Act (NRSA) and the Joint Revenue Board Act (JRBA).

The Acts aim to comprehensively overhaul Nigeria’s tax system, drive economic growth, boost revenue generation, improve the business environment and strengthen tax administration across federal, state and local governments.

– Culled from The Nation