Kwara Assembly Passes Harmonised Taxes, Levies Bill

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 Appropriations during the plenary session, led by the chairman, Hon. Fatimoh Arinola Lawal, of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriations.

The lawmakers affirmed that the report truly reflected the deliberations and resolutions reached during the committee stage.

Following the adoption of the report, the Speaker of the House, Engr Yakub Danladi – Salihu, directed the clerk to read the bill for the third time in accordance with Order 11, Rule 73, Subsection 1 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.

The speaker, however, directed the Clerk of the House to prepare the clean copy for the direct assent of the governor.

LEADERSHIP reports that the passage of the bill was a landmark legislation aimed at strengthening revenue administration and ensuring uniformity in tax collection across the state.