Tax laws will worsen poverty, NLC warns FG

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

45% : The labour leader stressed that taxing the national minimum wage and imposing heavier obligations on people already struggling with rising living costs runs contrary to the principles of fairness and progressive taxation.
43% : Tax that taxes the masses who are living in excruciating poverty is regressive.
42% : The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Federal Government that the new tax laws could worsen poverty and deepen hardship among Nigerian workers and the poor if they are not urgently reviewed.
42% : "Tax laws that impose heavy burdens on workers and the poor are not progressive.
41% : Ajaero said the tax laws were formulated without the input of workers and the masses, describing the process as exclusionary and harmful to democratic governance.
40% : Tax that taxes the national minimum wage is not fair.
37% : "We will continue to organise, challenge power and fight for a Nigeria where no worker has to agonise over poverty, insecurity, heavy taxation or a stolen future riddled with national debt.
36% : Ajaero urged the Federal Government to engage more sincerely with organised labour in the formulation of policies on taxation, fuel pricing, wages and social services, arguing that exclusion of key stakeholders often leads to instability and policy failure.
26% : He criticised the confusion surrounding the implementation of the tax laws, saying conflicting positions by government officials risk undermining tax administration and public trust.

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