Nigerians have taken to Twitter to express dismay about the introduction of the self-certification forms for bank account holders which the Federal Government announced on Thursday.
The forms, according to the FG, is to enable “financial institutions to carry out due diligence procedures in line with the Income Tax Regulations 2019.”
All persons holding accounts in different financial institutions have been required to complete & submit the form to each one of the institutions, adding that failure to do so could attract menetary fines and other sanctions.
https://twitter.com/NigeriaGov/status/1306634568267640832
Some Nigerians have however expressed shock at the introduction of the self-certification tax form for numerous reasons such the economic situations, unemployment, amidst others.
One notable worry for some is the fact that they feel that the purpose sets to defeat the purpose of the Bank Verification Number (BVN), drivers license, NIMc, as banks could pull their account holders records and get across to respective holders with the form.
Commenting on the update, one Twitter user said, “Which one is Self-Certification form again?! Are you telling us that National ID card, BVN, drivers license, NIMc, etc. are not enough to certify us? Who comes up with these ideas sef?!”
Popular social media influencer, J.J Omojuwa also reacted in a series of tweets saying, “Na you do National ID card, na you do SIM registration, you even did Bank Verification Number to align accounts but you are here again talking “Self-Certification. Even if you are confused about running government, can you at least pretend not to be confused?”
BVN = biometric. National ID = biometric. SIM registration = biometric. Drivers License = Biometric. But I assure you, this new “self-certification” is the baba of them all, once it is done, everything that couldn’t be done with all these other ones will be done. SMH.
— JJ. Omojuwa (@Omojuwa) September 17, 2020
