Zulum – Tinubu tax reform bills will primarily enrich Lagos, cause backwardness in North

The tax reform proposals, according to Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum, will make the North and Nigeria more backward.

However, Zulum said that President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform plan would exclusively help Lagos State.

The governor claimed to have been told that the new bill may prejudice Lagos State in an interview with BBC Hausa.

According to Zulum, they do not want Lagos State to experience any such drawbacks if that is the case.

Zulum claims that the tax reform measure was rejected because it would cause backwardness in the North as well as in the South East, South South, and South West. Problems would also arise for Oyo, Osun, Ekiti, and Ondo; it  will only benefit Lagos.”

Given that the northern area accounted for 60% of his votes, he encouraged President Bola Tinubu to review the tax reform laws.

“He should not listen to those who say that the people in the north do not support him; that impression is false,” the governor stated. They want him to revoke the tax reform measures, he stated.