VAT: Rivers Government, Corporate Bodies Meet As Lagos Vows To Enforce Law

“Corruption is not only about kickbacks, it is also about doing something illegally. We were in court in 2020. Then on July 1, 2021, the chairman of FIRS wrote to the National Assembly through the office of the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Governor Wike noted: “We are going to inaugurate the Tax Appeal Commission by Friday which will be headed by a retired judge of the state.” “Have you seen the injustice in the country? VAT collected in Kano was N2.8billion and they gave them N2. 8billion. Is there any justice in this country?” Wike continued: “Nigeria is a constitutional democracy and not a military government where the rule of law is grossly disregarded.

He advocated that the federating states should be allowed to explore their creative abilities in utilising the functions as provided in the constitution in order to grow. The attorney-general was responding to a representative of civil society organizations, Adeola Samuel, who cautioned the state government on the execution of the judgment in favour of Rivers State.

He argued that there is a lot of pressure on the state government in terms of infrastructure, saying with the proposed law on VAT in the state it would bring about holistic development in the state.But the Federal Inland Revenue Service insisted yesterday that it has the backing of the Value Added Tax Act to collect the tax.

MAN’s director-general, Segun Ajayi-Kadir, gave the charge in a statement made available to journalists in Lagos.

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