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Wike: Rivers’ VAT suit aimed at deepening rule of law, democracy

The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has described the state’s decision to seek judicial interpretation on the collection of Value Added Tax, VAT in a suit with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) as a move aimed at strengthening the rule of law and deepening democracy. Wike stated this when the Managing Director of BusinessDay newspaper, Ogho Okiti, led a delegation to present a letter of nomination to him as the ‘BusinessDay Most Impactful Governor Award’ at the Government House, Port Harcourt, the state capital.

The governor noted that the VAT suit would show whether or not the country respect for the rule of law. He noted that when the legal issue on VAT collection between Rivers and FIRS came up, some people had accused him of trying to divide the country, even when they had not bothered to take a look at the position of the1999 Constitution on VAT collection.

Wike said: “I am happy today that the Attorney General (of the Federation) has gone to the Supreme Court to sue the Rivers State Government over VAT. Now that the Attorney General has gone to court, we are happy. “But, nobody wants to talk about him dividing the country. It is only when the Rivers State government goes to court that they will say we want to divide the country

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