The Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala has opened up that Tinubu may eventually agree to some conditions and terms of the state governors concerning tax reform bills.

This followed the controversies generated by the tax reform bills.

The bills comprise the Nigeria Tax Bill, Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill.

Despite the negative reactions to the reform from the state governors and other stakeholders, the President strongly affirmed that his administration’s tax reforms had come to stay.

Speaking on Channels TV on Monday evening, Bwala said that state governors’ opposition to the reforms, particularly those from the north, would give them a negotiating advantage.

He said: “The tax reform bills have come for good and it will be passed. And I know the politics of the north and of course you know I am a northerner. So let me react to that, they are very good in politics of negotiation. Just like in America, when you bring partisan laws, you will see that it passes without stress. When you bring a law that maybe Democrats will benefit more than Republicans, you will see that the Republicans will try to pose a threat so to speak until there is a concession.