Aware Of Hardship, There’s Light At The End Of Tunnel – Gov Abdullahi Sule

Governor Sule weighed in on the controversial Value Added Tax (TAX) bill that have sent the northern region against Tinubu.

Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu is aware of the hardship faced by Nigerians as a result of some economic reforms by the current administration.

Since taking over office in 2023, President Tinubu has taken tough decisions like the removal of subsidies on petroleum products and the floating of the naira among others.

The situation has sent the prices of goods and services high and subjected Nigerians to real hardship.

But Sule who was a guest on Channels Television said there is light at the end of the tunnel, assuring of better days ahead.

“At the end of the day, some of these reforms being taken by Mr President, he clearly mentioned to Nigerians that there is light at the end of the tunnel,” Sule said.

“As far as Mr President is concerned, he is very much aware of these reforms. Nobody said they were going to be easy, they are going to be difficult. This is the hardship we will go through but it is only temporary.”

A proposed new tax legislation seeks to provide Value Added Tax (VAT) exemptions to oil and gas exports, crude petroleum oil and feed gas for all processed gas, as well as goods purchased for use in humanitarian donor-funded projects.

The Nigeria Tax Bill, 2024, also seeks to exempt baby products, locally manufactured sanitary towels, pads or tampons, military hardware, arms, ammunition and locally manufactured uniforms supplied to armed forces, para-military and other security agencies of the Nigerian government from payment of VAT.

However, in what could be a setback for the proposed law, governors of 19 states under the aegis of Northern States Governors Forum (NSGF), on Monday, rejected the proposed tax amendment bill.

In a communique issued at the end of a joint meeting with the Northern Traditional Rulers Council on Monday at Government House, Kaduna, the governors urged the National Assembly to “oppose any bill that can jeopardise the well-being of our people”.

During the interview, Governor Sule weighed in on the controversial Value Added Tax (TAX) bill that has sent the northern region against Tinubu.

“We can not bring President Tinubu as a president – and the North came in heavily in making sure President Tinubu the president – and then turn around and be against him,” he added.

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