The Tinubu administration has once again demonstrated its inability to formulate coherent policy. The recent clarifications, modifications, and outright reversals of the tax reform laws set to take effect in January 2026 are a masterclass in governmental incompetence.
First, they announce sweeping tax reforms. Then, they clarify. Then, they modify. Then, they postpone certain provisions. This is not governance—this is improvisation.
The tax reform package, which was supposed to "simplify compliance" and "modernize revenue collection," has instead created confusion and uncertainty. Businesses don't know what to plan for. Citizens don't know what to expect. And the government clearly doesn't know what it's doing.
This pattern of policy reversals is not limited to tax reform. We've seen it with the presidential pardon fiasco, the mathematics curriculum debacle, and countless other initiatives that are announced with fanfare only to be quietly shelved or reversed when reality sets in.
The NLM asks: Where is the strategic planning? Where is the policy coherence? Where is the competence?
We demand: - A moratorium on new policy announcements until existing policies are properly implemented. - The establishment of a competent policy review mechanism to prevent these embarrassing reversals. - Accountability for officials who waste public resources on half-baked initiatives.
Nigerians are tired of being guinea pigs for this government's policy experiments. We need leadership that thinks before it acts, plans before it announces, and governs with purpose rather than panic.
