Taiwo Oyedele Denies Claims That New Tax Law Guidelines Were Halted

Taiwo Oyedele, Chairman of the Presidential Tax Reform Committee, has refuted reports suggesting that the Federal Government has suspended the issuance of implementation guidelines for Nigeria’s new tax laws.

The clarification came on Thursday via Oyedele’s X account, in response to a report claiming that uncertainty over the final versions of the tax laws had forced a pause in government action.

The report alleged that Oyedele had directed the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS) and the Joint Revenue Board (JRB) to delay issuing the guidelines, amid doubts about whether the circulating copies of the laws reflected the official final versions. It further claimed that printed copies were withheld after the National Assembly reportedly retained all gazetted copies for internal review, raising concerns about discrepancies between versions.

Oyedele dismissed the report outright, writing simply: “Fake news.”