Reps To Probe Civil Servants’ Tax Deduction, Charges, FCCPC’s Contentious Regulations

The House of Representatives has resolved to analyse the deductions of assorted taxes and charges from civilian servants’ salaries and earnings.

This was a sequel to the adoption of a question sponsored by the House Chief Whip, Hon. Usman Kumo, astatine plenary connected Tuesday.

Moving the motion, Kumo said the deductions aligned with authorities policies connected the National Housing Fund, the National Health Insurance Scheme, and others. Still, helium sought clarity connected however specified deductions were used.

To execute this, the House constituted an advertisement hoc committee to behaviour the investigation, chaired by Hon. Kelechi Nwogu and Hons. Sagir Koki, Ginger Nwosibi, Mark Obeta, Billy Osaru, and Isosa Iyawe, among others.

Also astatine the plenary, the House agreed to probe the overlapping jurisdictions, procedural gaps and capitalist concerns arising from the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) digital, electronic, online oregon non-traditional user lending regulations 2025.

FCCPC issued regulations to govern the integer lending marketplace successful Nigeria. These regulations supply a model for registering, monitoring, and sanctioning lenders and code user abuses similar harassment and privateness violations.

Key provisions see mandatory lender registration, requirements for wide indebtedness terms, information privateness compliance, and prohibitions connected abusive indebtedness betterment tactics, with important fines and imaginable manager disqualifications for non-compliance.

According to the caller order, non-compliant operators look penalties including fines of up to N100 cardinal oregon 1% of yearly turnover.

However, adopting a question moved by the subordinate representing Ndokwa/Ukwuani Federal Constituency of Delta State, Hon. Ezechi Nnamdi, the House mandates that the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission (NIPC), and ALTON suspend compliance directives relating to the said Regulations until issues of overlap and ambiguity are addressed.

It besides resolved to: “Constitute a Special Ad-hoc Committee to analyse the concerns raised by stakeholders, prosecute with FCCPC, NCC, CB, NDPC, NIPC, ALTON and different players, and suggest a harmonised framework.

“Direct the Committee to reappraisal interior inconsistencies and unclear provisions of the Regulations, peculiarly concerning section contented obligations, capitalist protection, and jurisdictional clarity.

“Call connected the Government to guarantee a coherent and transparent regulatory model that sanitises the integer lending abstraction portion protecting consumers and giving assurance to investors, telecom operators, and fintech players.”