The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has maintained that the focus of reform should be on widening the tax net rather than increasing taxes on citizens who are already overburdened.
Speaking as a guest on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Sowore argued that Nigerians are already overstretched economically and should not be subjected to additional tax pressure.
“Anybody who taxes poverty will reap resistance, because Nigerians are just too poor right now,” Sowore said.
He criticised Nigeria’s new tax reforms, warning that policies that burden poor citizens will provoke public resistance.
The 2023 presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has maintained that the focus of reform should be on widening the tax net rather than increasing taxes on citizens who are already overburdened.
Speaking as a guest on Channels TV’s The Morning Brief on Monday, Sowore argued that Nigerians are already overstretched economically and should not be subjected to additional tax pressure.
“Anybody who taxes poverty will reap resistance, because Nigerians are just too poor right now,” Sowore said.
He criticised Nigeria’s new tax reforms, warning that policies that burden poor citizens will provoke public resistance.