According to Special Adviser Information and Strategy to President Tinubu, Bayo Onanuga: “Why the Muslim North should not reject the Tax Reform bills
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“For example, the question about if the bill antithetical to Islamic injunctions? I have come across various write-ups by highly respected intellectuals and academics in northern Nigeria, erroneously referring to a section of the Bill, giving the notion that the bill will charge tax on inheritance, after the reform is done. Those respectable scholars are making specific reference to chapter 2, part 1, section 4, sub-section 3 of the National Tax Bill; titled “Income, profits or gains chargeable to tax”. This section states and I quote; “Income of a family recognized under any law or custom in Nigeria as family income in which several interests of individual members of the family cannot be separately determined”. The section is clearly referenced in error, because the section is not speaking about “inheritance”, but about “income”. In the entire Bill there is no proposal to tamper or deduct tax from inheritance which is forbidden in Islam.”—Baba Yusuf in The Nation newspaper on 6th December”
Why the Muslim North should not reject the Tax Reform
bills“For example, the question about if the bill antithetical to Islamic injunctions? I have come across various write-ups by highly respected intellectuals and academics in northern Nigeria, erroneously referring to a…
— Bayo Onanuga (@aonanuga1956) December 6, 2024
