Nigeria Oyedele Denies Discrepancies in Tax Laws, Calls Circulating Reports "Fake"

The Digest:

Taiwo Oyedele has asserted that there are no discrepancies between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the officially gazetted versions. Speaking on Channels Television, Oyedele dismissed the controversy as fueled by unauthorized drafts and called for patience as a House committee investigates the claims.

Key Points:

• Taiwo Oyedele has denied any discrepancies between the National Assembly's passed tax bills and the gazetted versions.
• He attributed the circulating reports to "fake" documents and unauthorized draft versions.
• Oyedele stated that neither he nor the public has the final harmonized version certified by the Clerk for comparison.
• He clarified that a contentious provision requiring a 20% deposit was in a draft but not in the final gazette.
• The chairman urged the public to await the outcome of the House of Representatives' investigative committee.
• The new tax laws, signed by President Tinubu in June, are set to take effect on January 1, 2026.
• The reforms represent the most significant overhaul of Nigeria's tax system in decades.

This denial places the burden of proof back on the legislature, framing the conflict not as a factual discrepancy but as a clash between official procedure and the chaotic spread of unofficial information, a test of institutional trust in the digital age.

Sources: Business Post Nigeria, Channels TV