The Kwara State House of Assembly has passed the Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approval for Collection) Bill, 2025, into law. The passage of the legislation followed the consideration and adoption of a report by the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation during a plenary session.

The report was presented by the Chairman of the House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Ariola Fatimoh Lawal, who is the lawmaker representing Ilorin East at the State House of Assembly. She affirmed that the report truly reflected the resolutions and deliberations reached during the committee stage.

Following the adoption of the report at the plenary, the Speaker, Yakub Danladi Salihu, directed the Clerk to read the bill for the third time. This procedure was carried out in accordance with Order Eleven, Rule Seventy-Three, Subsection One of the House Standing Rules.

The Harmonised Taxes and Levies (Approval for Collection) Bill, 2025, was subsequently read for the third time and duly passed into law. Speaker Danladi thereafter directed the Clerk of the House to prepare a clean copy for the Governor's assent.

The passage of the bill represents a landmark piece of legislation intended to ensure uniformity in tax collection and strengthen revenue administration across the state.