The House of Representatives will today begin debate on the tax reform bills presented to the National Assembly by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for consideration and approval.
The House had on the 30th of November last year suspended its planned debate on the bills indefinitely following opposition to sections of the bills by overwhelming members from the northern part of the country.
As at then the northern states governors were equally vehemently opposed to sections of the bills, which they said were inimical to the interests and wellbeing of the people of the North.
However, a member from one of the states in the North West Geopolitical Zone confided in our reporter yesterday that legislative work on the bills has been scheduled to resume, and is the main subject on the Order Paper of the House of Representatives for legislative proceedings today, Wednesday.
The Rep listed the zonal caucus leaders in attendance at the meeting as Ahmed Idris Wase (North Central), Mukhtar Betara (North East), and Sada Soli Jibia (North West), and that the Chairman of the Northern Caucus, Alhassan Ado Doguwa presided over the meeting.
