The Federal Government has said that despite its eagerness to fundamentally reform Nigeria’s governance and fiscal systems, the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration will never do anything to undermine the ideals of participatory democracy.
The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, made this known at a national discourse on tax reform held in Kaduna on Saturday.
According to him, the current mandate and responsibility for governing and reforming Nigeria came by way of democracy, and “we will continue to live up to those very high democratic standards and expectations.”
Idris stated that the ongoing review of Nigeria’s tax laws is timely and crucial, especially as part of a larger set of macroeconomic reforms aimed at setting the country on an irreversible path of growth and development.
He expressed delight that Nigerians from all walks of life were expressing their views and opinions on the tax reform, describing such as the very essence and meaning of democracy.
The minister said President Bola Tinubu has also been very clear that the Executive will listen to and work with all stakeholders to ensure that all concerns are duly and comprehensively addressed.
He promised open lines of communication and engagement with the National Assembly and all other stakeholders on the taxation bills.
“We are all in this together, as one people, one nation, and just as we are being called upon to make collective sacrifices, we will also collectively reap the abundant social and economic benefits of all of these necessary reforms,” he said.
