By George Mgbeleke <\/p>\n
Ahead of the implementation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu\u2019s Tax Reforms Act,Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has declared that the confirmation by the Senate that the gazetted version of the Tinubu Tax Act does not reflect what was duly passed by the National Assembly raises a grave constitutional issue. <\/p>\n
Atiku said in a statement he issued on Sunday night that “a law that was never passed in the form in which it was published is not a law. It is a nullity.”<\/p>\n
Quoting Section 58 of the 1999 Constitution, the former PDP Presidential Candidate said that lawmaking process is clear and exclusive, pointing out that it involves passage by both chambers, presidential assent, before gazetting.<\/p>\n
According to Atiku, “Gazetting is an administrative act of publication; it does not create law, amend law, or cure illegality. Where a gazette misrepresents legislative approval, it has no legal force. Any post-passage insertion, deletion, or modification of a bill without legislative approval amounts in law to forgery, not a clerical error.
\n“No administrative directive by the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, or the Speaker of the House, Tajudeen Abbas, can validate such a defect or justify a re-gazetting without re-passage and fresh presidential assent.”
\nAtiku condemned what he called the attempt to rush a re-gazetting while stalling legislative investigation, saying it undermines parliamentary oversight and sets a dangerous precedent.
\n“Illegality cannot be cured by speed. The only lawful path is fresh legislative consideration, re-passage in identical form by both chambers, fresh assent, and proper gazetting.
\nThis is not opposition to tax reform. It is a defence of the integrity of the legislative process and a rejection of any attempt to normalise constitutional breaches through procedural shortcuts.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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