The National Assembly has told the Clerk to re-publish four big tax reform laws at once, after talk that someone may have tweaked the wording after parliament passed them. Lawmakers call the move a routine step to keep the official record straight.
House spokesman Akin Rotimi said in a Friday note that the heads of both chambers want the Clerk to re-gazette the Acts and release Certified True Copies showing the wording “duly passed by both chambers.”
The fuss centres on how these four bills were harmonised, what package went to the President for signature, and what finally appeared in the Official Gazette:
– The Nigeria Tax Act, 2025
– The Nigeria Tax Administration Act, 2025
– The Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, 2025
– The Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, 2025
Parliament insists it has the constitutional tools to fix the mix-up. Last week the House set up a seven-member ad-hoc committee to track what happened. That panel, along with other standing committees and National Assembly management, is now mapping the chain of events and spotting whatever slipped.
Their review will comb for lapses, oddities, or outside meddling, and it sticks to the Constitution, the Acts Authentication Act and normal House rules.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio and House Speaker Abbas Tajudeen ordered the re-gazetting to kill any ambiguity. The statement stresses the move only “authenticates and accurately reflects the legislative decisions of the National Assembly.”
It also says the audit is not an admission of foul play and is limited to internal procedure; it does not question the legal force of the Senate or House vote.
Re-affirming faith in democratic ground rules, the lawmakers pledged to keep to constitutional limits, due process and the rule of law. Any tweaks the review turns up will be dealt with in-house.
The public should let the process run, the statement adds, promising more details once the checks are done.
