Children of the poor, others to pay FG’s loans in future – Fakeye, House Commerce c’tte chair - Punch Newspapers

The Chairman, House of Representatives’ Committee on Commerce and leader of the South-West Caucus, Mr Olufemi Fakeye, in this interview with LEKE BAIYEWU, explains why the Federal Government should expand the tax net to Nigerians in the lower class

Go back to the time when people like me were growing up. I grew up in the 50s, before the advent of the military into politics. I recall that everybody around me; whether they were farmers, tailors, barbers, they tax. It was a flat rate; it was not something that was based upon what they earned then. But everybody paid tax. Over the past few years, somehow, it has been presumed that ‘no, we don’t pay tax anymore unless we are salary earners or we belong to a certain category of income earners.

I don’t know about all these associations collecting tax. I am not saying that they do not, but I am not aware. I am not delving into that. I am just looking at the global concept of finding a way to ensure that everybody pays something as tax, the way it is in any other country that I know; the way it was when I was growing up here in Nigeria. Now, you talk about Lagos State: I cannot say that I am not a citizen because I have property there.

How has the government shown affection to Nigeria, especially under the current regime led by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari ?

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And also continue to fund the lifestyle of children of the rich in government and around.

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