Edo North Senator, Adams Oshiomhole, has urged governors opposing the new tax bills introduced by President Bola Tinubu to get on the negotiation table to get what they want.
Oshiomhole, former Edo State governor and ex-labour leader, was a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Wednesday.
The new tax bills introduced by the Tinubu administration have been enveloped in widespread controversy and sparked scathing criticisms and stiff opposition from many including the 36 state governors under the aegis of the National Economic Council (NEC).
The 19 governors in northern Nigeria have also unequivocally rejected sections of the bills and called for the withdrawal of the bills from the National Assembly.
Reacting to the opposition of the governors, Oshiomhole said, “If you withdraw it, you have closed the debate. It is better debated at public hearings. We are making these laws for the Nigerian people.
“And therefore it is the Nigerian people who should look at these things constructively and say: ‘Is it in our interest?’ But in the real world, nobody gets what he wants; you get what you negotiate and it is more so in a democracy.”
