The Nationwide Affiliation of Nigerian College students (NANS) has introduced plans to stage a nationwide protest on January 14, 2026, over the implementation of newly launched tax laws, warning that the reforms may worsen financial hardship for college kids and thousands and thousands of Nigerians.
In an announcement issued on Wednesday, NANS President, Comrade Olushola Oladoja, expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Authorities’s dealing with of the tax reform laws.
He accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s advisers of giving what he described as misguided recommendation able to creating pointless nationwide rigidity.
Oladoja additionally faulted the Chairman of the Federal Inland Income Service (FIRS), Dr. Zacch Adedeji, alleging a failure to successfully handle stakeholder engagement and consultations previous to the rollout of the coverage.
He warned that insufficient session and a poorly executed implementation technique may undermine positive aspects recorded in different sectors of the financial system.
In response to him, the choice to start implementation of the Tax Reform Legislation from January 1, 2026, contradicts democratic ideas and participatory governance.
“The choice to start implementation of the Tax Reform Legislation from January 1, 2026, units a harmful precedent for a authorities that claims dedication to democratic values and participatory governance,” Oladoja stated.
He pressured that in a constitutional democracy, main insurance policies shouldn’t be imposed with out broad public consent, noting studies that the Nationwide Meeting had raised issues over discrepancies within the gazetted model of the regulation. He added that civil society organisations, youth teams, and scholar our bodies had referred to as for the suspension of the coverage pending larger transparency and public sensitisation.
In response, NANS declared January 14, 2026, a Nationwide Day of Motion, directing all chapters, state councils, and zonal coordinators to mobilise for peaceable protests nationwide, together with marches to the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
“There could be no authorities with out the ruled. Whereas energy could reside in workplaces, the ability of the folks will at all times be larger,” Oladoja added.
