By Aminu Garko
The Northern Youths Assembly has cautioned the National Assembly against passing the Tax Reforms Bill from the executive before the legislature.
This is contained in an open letter to the lawmakers signed by the group’s President, Dr Ali Mohammed, and Secretary-General, Dr Garba Abduljafiz and made available to newsmen in Kano on Thursday.
The group said the bill, if passed into law, would not be in the interest of the people, particularly youths, urging for broader consultation on matters of that nature.
The youths urged the National Assembly to concentrate on youth-friendly laws to safeguard the country’s future instead.
“The youth are Nigeria’s future, “and our prosperity hinges on investments in education, skills development, and job creation.
“As the largest political demography in the nation, youth must have a say in laws and policies that directly impact the country’s future.
“We call for the creation of a special place at the centre, to allow the youths to contribute to solutions that may promote sustainable development, job creation, and economic empowerment,” the group said.
The group urged the lawmakers to focus more on making laws that would improve investment climate and job creation.
“We urge the National Assembly members to direct their resources and energy towards creating laws that would prioritise and encourage foreign investment.
“The laws should encourage skills development and jobs creation for the teeming population of the youths, to improve measures that risk stifling the Nigerian economic opportunity.
“We also urge them to stop complying with the dictates and advisory of the agents of destruction, IMF and World.
“We must stay away from the trap of the IMF and World Bank, as they are all out to destroy our country through their ill-formulated policies and misleading advisory’’, the group said. (NAN)
