Tax Reform Bills: Bauchi governor Bala Mohammed knocks Tinubu

Bauchi State governor, Bala Mohammed, has said President Bola Tinubu’s tax reform bills are tantamount to “calls for anarchy”.

Mohammed, who is the Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors Forum, said this at an event on Thursday, December 26.

According to him, “We are calling on the presidency and the Federal Government to change their style. Whenever a policy is not popular, they should listen to the people, they should not be arrogant and think that whatever we bring, must be. This is not an oligarchy, this is not a military rule, they must listen to the people and that is what makes a good leader.

And we pledge to be loyal to them but anything they are doing contrary to that, they are calling for anarchy, they are calling for intransigence and it is unacceptable.

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There are a lot of wahala, we must work together across the party lines, across the tiers of government to provide succour and solace to the Nigerian people.

It is not about pride or ego, we must be able to do things that people will be assisted with because whatever it is, the situation was not like this before.

If the situation was bad before I came, tell me! And I must change and that is why the presidency must listen to the cries about Tax Reform.

It is not a good policy for northern Nigeria because we are not going to get money to pay you salaries, to do roads. They must listen, otherwise, they are calling for anarchy. And that is not good.