The National President of the Association of Telecommunications Professionals of Nigeria (ATPN) Adede John Williams, has called on the Senate President, Distinguished Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan to step down the proposed bill on Communications Service Tax (CST due to the adverse effect it would have on the citizens.
He equally requested that President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, should not allow himself to be rail-roared into consent to such bill.
Williams said since the 5 percent VAT already applies to Voice, SMS, Data and Cable TV platform services the proposed additional 9 per cent would too much for Nigerians to bear.
ATPN recommended that the National Assembly should endeavour to put up bills that will be of economic importance to the citizens.
He said the proposed Communications Service Tax Bill which is a direct duplicate of Ghanaian tax, did not take into cognizance the peculiar nature of the Nigerian environment and the living standard of its people.
Williams noted that instead of the Communication Tax Bill the National Assembly should focus on how it would pass a bill that would bring about the provision of electricity to all Nigerians.
