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Taxation Without Justification?

This question is prompted by the news of the huge tax bill (N248 million, reduced from an initial sum of N1.2 billion) recently slammed by the Tax Appeal Tribunal on a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Chief J.B. Daudu, SAN. Reportedly made up of arrears of Withholding Tax and Value Added Tax, for the years 2010 – 2017, the said assessment is virtually unprecedented, at least for a professional – let alone a legal practitioner of Chief Daudu’s stature. Accordingly, few would be surprised if he fights it all the way to the Apex Court. I believe the news brings to the fore, the taxing powers of the National Assembly under the Constitution. This appears to be straight forward enough, at least if the provisions of Item 59 of the Exclusive Legislative List are anything to go by. Read along with Section 4(3) of the Constitution, they simply state that the National Assembly shall have the exclusive power to legislate on “taxation of profits, incomes and capital gain

Restructuring and the 1963 Constitution

Funny how we hardly reach any cross-ethnic consensus in this country, but the campaign for a return to the 1963 Constitution increasingly becoming the backbone of the “restructuring” agenda seems popular in southern Nigeria and Benue state. The core argument is that we need to return to regionalism: every region should control its natural resources, take 50 percent derivation, run local councils and create state police “as provided for under the 1963 Constitution”. The 1999 Constitution, according to the #BringBack1963Constitution movement, is a glorified military document fit only to be used to wrap suya and sliced onions or roasted plantain and peanuts. Advertisement

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