Following the public outcry that greeted the National Roads Fund Establishment Bill, the Senate on Thursday stepped down consideration of the report on the bill asking the Committee on Works to make “further consultations” on it.
TheNewsGuru.com reports that the panel had specifically recommended multiple taxes, including a N5 levy on every litre of Premium Motor Spirit (petrol) and Automobile General Oil (diesel) imported or refined in the country.
The bill, which was sponsored by Chairman of the Committee on Works, Sen. Kabiru Gaya, has scaled first and second readings and has gone for public hearing.
It was agreed that the panel should review the report.
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