Kwara Assembly passes Harmonised Taxes, Levies Bill into law
Stephen Olufemi Oni, Ilorin
The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed the Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approval for Collection) Bill, 2025, into law.
The passage of the bill followed the consideration and adoption of the report of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation during a plenary session led by the Chairman, House Committee on Finance and Appropriation and the lawmaker representing Ilorin East at the State House of Assembly, Ariola Fatimoh Lawal
The lawmaker affirmed that the report presented truly reflected the deliberations and resolutions reached during the committee stage.
Following the adoption of the report, the Speaker, Engineer Yakub Danladi Salihu, directed the Clerk to read the bill for the third time in accordance with Order Eleven, Rule Seventy-Three, Subsection One of the House Standing Rules.
The Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approval for Collection) Bill, 2025, was thereafter read the third time and duly passed into law.
Engineer Yakub Danladi, however, directed the Clerk of the House to prepare the clean copy for the direct assent of the Governor
The passage of bill was a landmark legislation aimed at strengthening revenue administration and ensuring uniformity in tax collection across the state.