Afam Ogene, Chairman of the House Minority Caucus Ad-hoc Committee, has accused the executive branch of meddling in the gazetted copy of the new tax law, describing the alterations as “executive rascality.”

Ogene made the remarks on Friday during an interview with Arise Television, highlighting discrepancies in the law that he attributed to overzealous officials on the executive side.

“In parliamentary practice, you are usually given 7 or 14 days to complete a report. We were asked to do ours within seven days. If the time isn’t enough, you submit an interim report explaining why more time is needed,” Ogene explained.

He added, “So far, we’ve identified that these issues exist, but we need to determine who was responsible, whether individuals or corporate entities. Overzealousness by some executive officials is clearly at play, which can be described as executive rascality. Often, people assume that executive bills should return exactly as sent, but that’s not how the process works.”

Ogene stressed the importance of following legislative procedures to ensure the integrity of laws. “It’s not a rubber-stamp process. There are steps: first reading, second reading, public hearings, committee reviews, harmonization between the House and Senate, and then a clean copy prepared by the National Assembly clerk is sent to the President. The law should reflect exactly what was passed by the Assembly,” he said.

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