2026-01-01 06:45:00
According to The Guardian (Nigeria), the National Assembly issued clarifications on the passage-to-gazette process for major tax and revenue laws after public outrage over alleged discrepancies.
In an update published by the outlet, lawmakers positioned the process as orderly while acknowledging rising concerns about transparency and chain-of-custody from passage to publication.
The controversy has amplified calls for clean, verifiable “as passed” texts to support compliance and public trust.
ARISE TV also framed the dispute as a demand for suspension and review over alleged discrepancies between versions passed and versions published.
Other civic and media summaries similarly described the issue as scrutiny over differences between gazetted laws and the texts lawmakers said were approved.
Echotitbits take:
This is a trust test. The clean fix is document transparency: publish side-by-side versions, harmonisation notes, and an audit trail of edits—otherwise compliance could suffer and investment risk perception could rise.
Source: The Guardian Nigeria — December 26, 2025 (https://guardian.ng/news/nass-clarifies-process-on-tax-revenue-acts-amid-outrage/)
The Guardian — 2026-01-01 06:45:00
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