The Oyo State government has asked the Court of Appeal sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to join it in the suit instituted by the Rivers State government against the Attorney-General of the Federation, in respect to the bid by the state to take over the collection of the Value Added Tax, VAT, from the Federal Government.
This is contained in a statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Oyo State Governor, Taiwo Adisa on Thursday.
The suit, instituted by the Attorney-General of Oyo State, Professor Oyelowo Oyewo, is seeking an order of the Appellate Court to enable Oyo State to join the suit as an interested party.
The state government according to the press statement is also seeking an order to join the state Attorney-General, as a respondent on the same appeal, with suit number, FHC/PH/CS/149/2020 and appeal number CA/PH/282/2021, including any other order the court may deem fit.
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The Attorney-General of Oyo State, however, noted that the Oyo State government was unaware of the suit between the Attorney-General of Rivers State and the Federal Inland Revenue Service, at the Federal High Court, until the judgement was delivered.
On other grounds upon which the application was made, the press statement further stated, is hinged on the grounds of the likely benefits to be made by the Oyo State Government, if the decision of the appellate court favours state collection of Value-added Tax.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
