Senate Majority Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, yesterday, maintained that the tax reform bills currently before the upper chamber were very much alive, saying at no time were the proposed legislations suspended by the lawmakers.
Bamidele said this in a statement summarising his comments on the floor of the senate, made available to THISDAY.
That was as the senate yesterday confirmed a first meeting in Abuja between its special committee on the tax reform bills, headed by Minority Leader Abba Moro, and the team from the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Lateef Fagbemi.
The red chamber also removed Senate Chief Whip Tahir Monguno as a member of the ad hoc committee and asked the senator for Borno Central, Kaka Shehu, to replace him.
As controversy over the tax reform bills continued, Moro expressed concern that the ongoing discussion regarding the proposed tax reform had become increasingly politicised.
Speaking during an interview with ARISE NEWS yesterday, Moro called for a more focused examination of the proposed legislation.
