The Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Fiscal Policy and Tax Reforms, Taiwo Oyedele, has denied a report claiming that the Federal Government has paused the issuance of implementation guidelines for the new tax laws due to uncertainty. A media report (not The PUNCH) had stated that the Nigerian government halted the issuance of guidelines for the implementation of the new tax laws, quoting Oyedele as having instructed the Nigeria Revenue Service and the Joint Revenue Board to wait because the final version of the laws was unclear. He explained that the uncertainty prompted him to instruct his team to obtain a printed copy of the laws from the Government Printer, as stipulated by the Acts Authentication Act. “The Acts Authentication Act says whatever the Government Printer publishes is the evidence of the law that was passed,” Oyedele said. Reacting in a post on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle on Thursday, Oyedele shared a screenshot of a the report headline and watermarked it “Fake News.”

Source: Punch January 15, 2026 18:55 UTC