Hundreds of youths yesterday at the Marama Day celebration in Hawul local government area of southern part of Borno State enlisted support for the senator representing the senatorial district, Ali Ndume, for rejecting the proposed tax reform bills of President Bola Tinubu.
The festival which was held yesterday was conceived since 2004, as Marama-Day, metamorphosed into Bura Day where the Bura people all over the country, including those in the diaspora, converge in Marama town to foster communal interaction for unity.
Responding to Senator Ndume's question to the youths whether the tax reform bill should be rejected, the youths thunderously echoed their support for the senator's stance on rejecting the bill, saying its implementation would set the North backward and impoverish the people the more.
One of them, Mohammed Salihu, commended Senator Ndume for always speaking for the poor masses of the country, saying the senator's rejection of the bill had again shown his capacity in representing the people and being the voice of the voiceless.
He wondered how President Bola Tinubu consistently embarks on policies that hurt the masses, adding the masses of the country are still wallowing in poverty due to removal of fuel subsidy, the impact of which is the raging economic hardship, inflation and high cost of living presently biting hard on ordinary Nigerians.
