Ex-Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for the immediate suspension of Nigeria’s new tax law, describing the changes as “a brazen act of treason against the Nigerian people and a direct assault on our constitutional democracy.”
In a statement issued on Tuesday on X (Formerly Twitter) , Atiku condemned what he called “unauthorised alterations made to Nigeria’s tax legislation after passage by the National Assembly,” accusing the executive of undermining legislative authority.
“This draconian overreach by the executive branch undermines the foundational principle of legislative supremacy in the making of laws. It reveals a government more interested in extracting wealth from struggling citizens than empowering them to prosper,” he said.
He highlighted specific unconstitutional provisions, including arrest powers for tax authorities, property seizure without court orders, and enforcement sales conducted without judicial oversight, which “transform tax collectors into quasi-law enforcement agencies, stripping Nigerians of due process protections that the National Assembly deliberately included.”
(Punch)
