I Am From The North State, Tax Reform Bills Will Favour The Poor – Daniel Bwala...CLICK HERE TO CONTINUE READING.>>
President Bola Tinubu’s Special Adviser on policy communication, Daniel Bwala has stated that the proposed tax reform bills will not impoverish the North.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Bwala who is an indigene of Borno State said this during an appearance on Arise Television.
He argued that contrary to the widespread fear, the bill would address the problem poor people encounter.
He said, “I am from the north, and I am really saddened by the notion generated in the media that it is a north versus the south thing and not from the media in the sense of media people but people creating the narrative and that the tax reform bills are built or designed to afflict the north.
“I have seen lots of northerners who supported the bill, lots of them from different parts of the north, north-central and north-west.
“The very opposite is the point of the bill, because if you say that the bill is going to impoverish the north or is going to afflict poor people, it is actually this proposed bill that is addressing the problem that the poor people encounter.
“But the reason why I’m very emphatic about this issue of poverty is because I come from the north and the conversation in the north is that this will bring poverty to you, or this one will impoverish you. The tax is in favour of the poor.
“I have a feeling that this whole opposition thing, I see it even more of playing the politics for negotiation.
“They want to bargain. They want to have a bargaining stand with the president on whatever issue. I don’t know.”….For More READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE ▶▶
