The Southern Governors Forum, has expressed its strong support for the collection of the Value Added Tax by states. It also hailed states who have enacted the anti-grazing law and urged others to speed up the process in order to curb the rising clashes between farmers and armed herdsmen.

While making their positions known during their meeting in Enugu, which was attended by nine governors and seven deputy Governors, the Chairman of the Forum and Governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), stated, “The meeting resolved to support the position that the collection of VAT falls within the powers of the states.”

The forum urged governors that had not enacted the anti-open grazing law to do so without much delay.