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September 8, 2021 VAT: FIRS Loses, Lagos Joins Tax War As Rivers Digs In
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VAT: FIRS Loses, Lagos Joins Tax War As Rivers Digs In

In Rivers the state government has insisted that it will do all within the law to stop the Federal Government from collecting Value Added Tax (VAT).

Other state governments like those of Akwa Ibom and Adamawa have also aligned themselves with the move by the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike.

Lagos state has also said it would go ahead with the VAT bill, which passed second reading in the state House of Assembly.

The states say the collection of VAT by them is the only way of reducing their dependence on federal allocations.

The Federal Inland Revenue Service had prayed the court to stay execution on the judgment but the presiding judge, Justice Stephen Pam, rejected the application, saying granting it would negate the principle of equity.

Peaking on Inspiration FM’s All Out Politics, Former Director General of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry; Dr. Muda Yusuf said the federal government lacks the right structure for fair distribution.

 

September 8, 2021 Simon Lalong Relaxes Curfew Imposed Earlier
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Simon Lalong Relaxes Curfew Imposed Earlier

Plateau State Governor, Simon Lalong has further relaxed the curfew imposed earlier on Jos North Local Government Area from 10pm to 6am.

Lalong who announced this in a statement also said the ban earlier placed on the operations of tricycles has been lifted.

It would be recalled that the curfew and ban on tricycles were invoked by the government in the wake of the recent attacks and killings in some parts of the state.

The statement signed by the Governor’s Director of Press and Public Affairs, Macham Makut said the current status of the curfew in Jos South and Bassa Local Government Areas which still remains from 10pm to 6am.

However, the ban on motorcycles within the Jos/Bukuru Metropolis remains intact.

He said states, especially those from southern parts of the country, should put sentiments aside and work towards a federation that is one, by being their brothers’ keepers in sharing the VAT generated in their respective states.

 

September 8, 2021 PDP Governors Hold Crunch Extraordinary Meeting Today Over Secondus, APC
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PDP Governors Hold Crunch Extraordinary Meeting Today Over Secondus, APC

Governors elected under the aegis of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) are set to hold a pre-emptive extraordinary today ahead of their National Executive Council (NEC) tomorrow.

The party has been embroiled in crisis over the controversies surrounding its embattled and now suspended National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus.

According to the notice of the meeting, the governors reassured Nigerians of PDP’s determination to dislodge the failed APC government it said had imposed misery and pain on citizens.

The Director-General of the PDP Governors’ Forum, Hon. C.I.D Maduabum, who sent out the notice said that the meeting would focus on party affairs and strategies for repositioning the group.

Titled “PDP Governors Meet on Party Issues Ahead of NEC meeting,” Maduabum’s notice indicated that the meeting would be held at the instance of the Chairman of the PDP Governors Forum  and Sokoto State’s Governor, the Rt Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as well as his 12 colleague governors.

September 7, 2021 Governor Masari Bans Commercial Phone Charging Points In Katsina
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Governor Masari Bans Commercial Phone Charging Points In Katsina

Katsina State governor  Aminu Bello Masari has banned all commercial phone charging points in the 19 local government areas of the state.

Speaking while inaugurating security enforcement and monitoring committee on the state executive orders issued to check banditry and other related crimes and criminality, Masari stated government would deal decisively with the hoodlums terrorising the state henceforth.

He said his government has resolved to take measure on banning commercial charging points, noticing that criminal elements were using them to acquire information, especially from the informants who were the enemies in the fight against the bandits.

The affected local governments are Jibia, Batsari, Safana, Danmusa, Kankara, Sabuwa, Faskari, Dandume, Musawa, Mutazu, Dutsima, Kurfi, Danja, Kafur, Maiadu’a, Kaita, Bakori, Mallumfashi and Funtua.

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