Senator Ali Ndume on Sunday asked the leadership of the House of Representatives to rein in its Deputy Spokesman, Philip Agbese, over what he described as an ill-considered attack on his position regarding the alleged falsification of Nigeria’s tax laws.
Ndume, who represents Borno South Senatorial District, spoke in Abuja while reacting to comments credited to Agbese, in which the lawmaker dismissed as “mischievous” Ndume’s claim that discrepancies exist between the tax laws passed by the National Assembly and the version later gazetted and circulated to the public.
The Senator faulted Agbese for wading into a matter he said remains under investigation by a committee set up by the House leadership, insisting that only the panel has the authority to pronounce on the controversy.