Abdulmumin Jibrin, a member of the House of Representatives who represents Kano State’s Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency, has stated his optimism that President Bola Tinubu’s contentious tax reform measures will become law.

The National Executive Council has advised the president to rescind the bills, which have caused a great deal of controversy and encountered some opposition from the northern region of the nation.

The proposals were dead on arrival, according to Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South in the National Assembly.

Jibrin, however, maintained that the bills were not dead on arrival while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics.

There is disagreement in the North over the necessity of blocking this law. Speaking for myself and based on my understanding of how the National Assembly functions in terms of adhering to the bill’s passing procedures, I can state with authority that the measure is not dead on arrival.

“I will be able to tell you that the work we are going to do for Nigerians to see all the clauses in detail and everything, and I can confidently tell you that the bill will go through the processes in the National Assembly and it will be passed,” he said. “I can explain to you that hundreds of clauses in these bills are things we have been pursuing for ages.”

He claims that Nigerians will be able to determine that the bills are not detrimental to the country’s interests or to the northern region after they are passed.

In the meantime, President Tinubu declared last week that the tax reform legislation will not be removed from the National Assembly due to the controversies surrounding them.

Tinubu instead clarified that the measures should go through the legislative process in a statement made by Bayo Onanuga, the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy.