Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, SAN, has told the Federal Government why the new tax law cannot take effect.

Addressing newsmen at his Ilawe-Ekiti hometown on Wednesday, Falana said until the controversies surrounding the legitimacy of their provisions, occasioned by allegations of insertion, are addressed, the new tax laws cannot take effect

According to him, the federal government should have used the last few days of 2025 to address the issue and make clean copies of the new tax laws available before January 1, 2026.

“If that was not done, the government would put itself in trouble by deciding to implement the laws. There are interest groups ready to challenge the legitimacy of the laws,” he said.

Recall that President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday said there is no going back on the January 1, 2026 implementation of the tax laws.

The senior lawyer, however, stated that the laws could not take effect until the controversies surrounding their legitimacy were resolved.