Reps Minority Caucus’ Interim Report Confirms Alleged Alterations Of Tax Laws …Accuses Executive Of Undermining Legislative Powers

By Alkassim Bala Tsakuwa, Abuja

The Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has confirmed that, the Executive has indeed altered some sections of the Nigeria Tax laws.

This was contained in a statement signed by Hon. Afam Victor Ogene on Friday.

Hon. Ogene who headed the Ad-hoc committee set up by the Minority Caucus to investigate the ‘Allegations of Illegal Alterations on the Gazetted Tax Laws’ stated this while disclosing the preliminary findings of the 7-man Ad-hoc committee.

The four Acts included; the Nigeria Tax Act, 2025; the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025; the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2025 and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Act, 2025.

According to him, they discovered the alterations as alleged by Hon. Dasuki on the floor of the House of Representatives, especially in the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025 by comparing the copies passed by the National Assembly and the gazetted copies released by the Executive.

It could be recalled that, following public outrage over allegations of discrepancies between the Tax Laws recently passed and assented to by the President and the gazetted versions, after a vigilant member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Abdulsamad Dasuki, the Caucus had in a statement on December 28, 2025, vowed to “unconditionally protect the independence of the Legislature and our democracy.”

It noted that any attempt to foist fake laws on Nigerians was an attack on the independence and constitutional role of the National Assembly in safeguarding Nigeria’s democracy.

The statement added, “In furtherance of this patriotic pledge, the Minority Caucus, under the leadership of Rt. Hon. Kingsley Chinda, on January 2, 2026, set up a 7-man Fact-finding Committee, led by Hon. Afam Victor Ogene, to help the Caucus get to the roots of all the issues surrounding the scandal.

“Other members of the committee, include, Hon. Aliyu Garu – Bauchi, Hon. Stanley Adedeji – Oyo, Hon. Ibe Osonwa – Abia, Hon. Marie Ebikake – Bayelsa, Hon. MB Shehu Fagge – Kano and Hon. Gaza Gbefwi Jonathan – Nasarawa”.

The Minority Caucus added, “There were three different versions of the documents in circulation, particularly the Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025”.

The opposition lawmakers added, that, it has discovered the alleged alterations by comparing the Certified True Copies of the Acts released officially by the House of Representatives as directed by the Speaker, with the already gazetted version already in circulation before the alarm was raised by the House.

It stated, “Given the anomalies, illegalities, and impunity observed, which clearly undermine the National Assembly’s constitutional powers and democracy, the Committee finds the current evidence sufficient to warrant a deeper investigation.

“This will ensure accountability for the affront against the legislature. To achieve this, the Committee respectfully requests an extension to conduct a more thorough examination of the matter.

“We appreciate the opportunity to serve the Caucus and thank the leadership for finding us worthy of the assignment”.