BREAKING: Powerful Nigerian Governor Drags Buhari To Court Over VAT Collection

Powerful Nigerian Governor has dragged President Buhari Government to court over VAT collection.

 

 

Newsonline reports that the Rivers State government, through its Attorney-General, has gone to the Supreme Court to set aside the decision of the Court of Appeal that ordered it to maintain status quo on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT, pending the determination of an appeal that was lodged by the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS.

 

This online newspaper understands that aside from the FIRS, the Attorney-General of the Federation was cited as Respondents in the appeal that Rivers State entered through its team of lawyers led by Emmanuel Ukala, SAN.

Newsonline Nigeria recalls that the Court of Appeal in Abuja, last Friday, ordered the Rivers and Lagos state governments to stay action on their bids to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) pending the resolution of the legal dispute on the matter.

A three-man panel of the appellate court ordered that the enforcement of the judgment of the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, latched on to by the state governments be put on hold.

Details Soon….