senators have vowed to shoot down the bill.The majority of the legislators, who spoke in separate interviews withDuring plenary on Wednesday some senators raised points of objection to the bill, saying they were not given copies of the bill.
This was despite their vehement protests that such action would not enable them to make informed contributions, which the second reading was meant to achieve. Abdullahi led the debate following the insistence of Lawan that the bill should be considered even though the details were not made available. Senator Patrick Akinyelure, from Ondo Central, also noted that hike in VAT would not be necessary if the revenue collection agencies were effective in their operations.
“The Communication Service Tax Bill is the alternative we are proposing and it’s better than VAT increment.”, vowed to ensure that the bill did not see the light of day. “The only one they told us is that it seeks to increase VAT from 5 per cent to 7.5 per cent. Who knows if it contains other provisions that are worse than that.
Abaribe, who spoke with our correspondent on Friday, however, said his colleagues holding the same opinion with him on the proposed VAT increase would do the needful at the right time. She said, “The lead debate didn’t contain detailed information of what we are amending. We don’t know the provisions of the bill as of the time we were debating on its general principles.
Here comes bunch of irrelevant NoiseMakers who will use this noise making to cut a deal for themselves, and then later propose palliatives for the masses: palliatives that would only last for a few months. BTW, the CorruptNigPlc does not need a Senate. It's a waste of fund.