The House of Representatives has set up a seven-member committee to investigate the alleged discrepancies in the gazetted tax laws.
The committee members are Muktar Betara (chairman), Idris Wase (Plateau), James Faleke (Lagos), Sada Soli (Katsina), Iduma Igariwey (Ebonyi), Fredrick Agbedi (Bayelsa) and Babajimi Benson (Lagos).
Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, announced the committee members during plenary on Thursday.
The panel, according to the speaker, is expected to compare the text passed by the National Assembly with the officially gazetted copy to determine the nature and extent of the alleged inconsistencies.
On Wednesday, Abdussamad Dasuki, a lawmaker from Sokoto, claimed that the gazetted tax laws available to Nigerians do not reflect the harmonised legislation passed by the national assembly.
Dasuki said he obtained copies of the gazetted laws from the ministry of information and found notable differences when compared with the versions approved by the parliament.
“What was passed on the floor is not what is gazetted,” he said.
Dasuki pointed out that the discrepancies amounted to a breach of the constitution and could undermine the integrity of the legislature if not addressed.
He urged the Speaker to direct that all relevant documents, including the harmonised versions, be reviewed by the committee of the whole for scrutiny.
The House passed the tax reform bills in March while the Senate passed them in May 2025, and President Bola Tinubu signed them into law in June.
implementation is scheduled to begin in January 2026.
