“Socialist Group Urges Mass Resistance to New Tax Laws, Says Policies Deepen Hardship for Poor Nigerians”

A prominent left‑wing organisation has urged Nigerians to mobilise against newly implemented tax laws, arguing that the measures will worsen economic hardship for workers and low‑income communities. The Revolutionary Socialist Movement (RSM) criticised the administration of President Bola Tinubu for what it described as “anti‑poor tax policies,” noting that many Nigerians already face steep inflation, rising food costs, unemployment, repeated fuel price hikes, and deteriorating public services.

RSM accused the federal government of shifting the burden of the nation’s economic challenges onto ordinary citizens while protecting wealthy elites and big corporations from meaningful contribution. The group claimed that the current tax system has failed to improve healthcare, education, housing, or employment, and instead fuels corruption, debt servicing, and extravagant political lifestyles.

The organisation called for peaceful collective action, urging trade unions, civil society organisations, student groups, and community networks to build a broad coalition to resist the new tax regime. It also suggested alternative priorities, such as recovering stolen public funds, ending wasteful governance, increasing taxes on large businesses and the super‑rich, and directing investment toward public services and job creation.

RSM insisted that Nigerians should not have to bear the cost of an economic crisis they did not cause, and expressed hope that organised struggle and solidarity could help shape a more equitable future.