The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Adewale Adeniyi, has kicked against the proposed Nigeria Revenue Service Bill in the National Assembly, saying it threatens the existence of his agency.
Speaking during the public hearing of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance on Wednesday, the Customs boss raised some jurisdictional conflicting issues on the proposed Bill.
He said, “The Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill 2024 Section 1 provides a legal framework for the administration of taxes and revenue under any law where Section 42 defines tax. So, this particular section subsumes everything that is provided under Section 3 and 4 of the NCS Act, 2023.
“We should encourage collaboration, and integration of operations between Customs and the tax authorities, not abolish Customs or repeal a law because we want to make another law.”
