Ganduje’s Former Aide Declares Support For Wike Over Face-off With FG, FIRS On VAT

Salihu Tanko-Yakasai, a former media aide to Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has shown his support for Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers over the latter's move to stop the Nigerian Government from collecting Value Added Tax from the oil-rich South-South state. On Wednesday during a stakeholders' meeting with oil companies and business owners in the state, Wike noted that companies based in the state are to start paying VAT to the state government. A Federal High Court in Port Harcourt had on August 10 restrained the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from collecting VAT and personal income tax in

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