The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has issued an urgent Freedom of Information (FoI) request to President Bola Tinubu, demanding the public release of certified true copies (CTCs) of the four major tax reform bills signed into law in June 2025.
The demand, dated December 20, 2025, follows serious allegations raised by members of the National Assembly regarding discrepancies between the bills passed by the legislature and the versions ultimately gazetted by the Federal Government.
In a letter signed by SERAP’s Deputy Director, Kolawole Oluwadare, the organisation urged the President to direct the Attorney General of the Federation, Lateef Fagbemi, to publish the following documents, the National Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act, the Nigeria Tax Administration Act and the Nigeria Tax Act.
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SERAP is seeking clarification on whether the versions received from the National Assembly are identical to the laws signed by the President and those currently gazetted.
“Any passed bills and signed laws must be accessible, authentic, intelligible, clear, legitimate, and predictable so that people can know and comply with them,” the organisation stated.
The request was triggered by a matter of privilege raised by Abdussamad Dasuki, PDP, Sokoto on the floor of the House of Representatives.
Lawmakers allege that substantive provisions were modified, inserted, or deleted after the bills had already received legislative approval.
Reported unauthorised changes include the insertion of arrest powers and the ability to garnish accounts without a court order, the inclusion of compulsory USD computations and appeal security deposits and the removal of several oversight and reporting mechanisms previously approved by Parliament.
SERAP has urged the President to establish an independent panel of inquiry, preferably headed by a retired Justice of the Supreme Court or Court of Appeal, to investigate these allegations.
The panel’s mandate would be to identify those responsible for the alleged alterations and ensure they face prosecution.
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The organisation warned that if the requested measures are not taken within seven days, it will initiate legal action to compel the government to comply in the public interest.
The controversy comes just days before the scheduled implementation of the new tax regime on January 1, 2026, raising concerns about the legal validity of the laws and potential fiscal uncertainty for investors and citizens.
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