Adesola Sulaimon
Telecommunication users in the country have kicked against the introduction of a new tax on phone calls to fund the provision of healthcare to vulnerable Nigerians who cannot afford the cost of medical care.
The directive was contained in the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari on May 19.
Buhari said the National Health Insurance Authority Bill 2022 will ensure coverage for 83 million poor Nigerians who cannot afford to pay premiums.
Reacting to this, some Twitter users have kicked against the newly imposed tax levy.
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A Twitter user @taiwooyedele,” the telecom is an enabler for other sectors of the economy. it is important to avoid excessive taxation which may directly hamper the sector and indirectly hurt other sectors and the economy as a whole.”
@kennybalogunoau”the burden is becoming too heavy on the common man. why not source from property tax?”
@chrismiles78, “if only the tax receipt will actually go into healthcare funding and not private pockets of career civil servants, professional politicians, and complicit private contractors”.
@lomon_, “they continue to increase this tax year after year, govt after govt, and not 10% will serve the targeted class. besides, Nigeria needs to redefine this target group cos as it stands, nobody knows the group not even the group within the group sef.”
@iam_walex,” this govt wants to kill us with taxation. what about the taxes we have been paying ?.this taxation is not sitting well with me because I am not convinced enough.”
