Prominent Islamic scholar from Kaduna, Sheikh Abubakar Alkali Zaria, has vowed that northerners will not pay the new controversial tax scheduled for implementation January 1, 2026.
In a video circulating online, Mr Alkali said any representatives from the north who supported the implementation of the tax reforms will be dealt with whenever they return home.
“We are waiting to see who will come and make us pay these taxes,” the cleric stated. “By Allah, I am saying with a loud voice. Any senator or member of the House of Representatives who is supporting this new tax law will be dealt with once you are back home.”
Citing the removal of fuel subsidy which he said did not benefit ordinary Nigerians, Mr Alkali stated that the controversial laws contradicted the will of the people as obtained in a democracy.
“We are waiting to see who will pass this tax reform law. We sent you people to go and represent us. And democracy is for the people, by the people and to the people.
“And to you senators and representatives, I am congratulating you guys, because you will be beaten up. And when they say they removed subsidy, whose father did it help? So we don’t have any problem with anybody except those who signed that tax reform into law,” the cleric maintained.
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