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unohbethel:
Hhmm I can see one otellectual from the waist viewing to add to his knowledge of Igbos

Igboid:
VAT issue is the least of SE concerns. KnowNo this and know peace. VAT or no VAT, we are good.
It's not our fight and we want no part of it.

SW persons have come out publicly to demand that the North hand over to South on the basis of rotation and equity.
So if you are honest and care about equity, why have you not announced that in the SOUTH, SW and SS should step down for SE?
This is the question you have been running around in circles trying to evade.
The simple issue is that you have your game and we have ours now.

Let all man play theirs.

Asgard73:
Fani kayode is a typical Yoruba man.. Reno no need wasting energy on him.

For you to even believe him then sef.. haaa!

Noise maker.

Gbajure:
You tried being a half Yoruba. It is Olohun most correctly or Olorun at worst. Dr Ganduje is 100% correct. Let the parties decide and the electorates will either reward or punish that decision. Without a doubt, no Northern aspirant can defeat Tinubu in APC primary.

But instead of the Igbos doing same in PDP, they are scared of a Yoruba APC candidate and will rather be a vice. Even that will miss them this time around

Nadaken:
forget closely packed story

For a government that arms criminals and shield them through their security agents

Criminals simply committ the crime even in broad daylight because they are armed and you can only cry to the armed forces who inturn are their members

E.g one million boys

Asgard73:
FFk is a Yoruba man

Staysave:
Ma gee
It is well....



Lol they will zone it to the South and give a Yoruba man a presidential ticket....
Yorubas thinks they can use southern unity to decieve the igbos..

What's my business... All I know is that fulanis, hausas and yorubas will not allow igbo man to be president....... Bet me...

Well let them give igbos BIAFRA lets go our way then you guys can enjoy your power and president....

Igbos never know the good IPOB is doing for them.... A true igbo man should wake up every morning and thank God for IPOB, if not for IPOB the fulanis will not even listen to us the igbos.... The fulanis knows BIAFRA is coming as soon as possible they are now doing everything possible to make peace with Nigeria.... But the truth is that Igbo presidency is too late.... BIAFRA has come to stay.....

WarAgainstBegga:
Come 2023 you will carry a placard and be shouting Sai baba forever......you don't reason like a Nigerian, or like an independent somebody.

Your types are what the talibians need

DMerciful:
You don't know what we would do with VP position, do you?

dapolaw:
Simple question, didn't Rochas Okorocha contest against Yaradua for PDP ticket then?



Nobody will step down for any Igbo president, let the Igbos bring out their candidate and rally around him.

Let's forget about arguing with ourself...
I will support any southern president... That's my stand.... I just want the south east to play thier card well... The south west are really trying...we can let them have apc slot but dey must humbled and meet apc leaders in the west... Not going to the north... Firstly they should settle within themselves in the south before thinking about going to the north... But south east leaders are putting on slavery act by ignoring the west hoping if they betrayed the south.. the north will support eastern presidential ambition

Rolings:
Okay if you say so......but why should APC in particular zone the president to south east in 2023?... it will be grossly unfair to yorubas if APC does that....like you , we yorubas too settled for VP under buhari in the hope that the VP will take over from him.
Fair enough

Echoban:
I told a friend, the southern emergence is in PDP hand.

The way PDP is playing out is out of fear of loosing 2023, but can they at least respect the loyalty of SE, if Ohaneze can force PDP to zone to SE, the worst is they ll lost out 2023 but trust me SE will never remain Politically the same , if they also know their political Onion, let them meet up and align with Tinubu, a logical plea and understanding will give Tinubu no choice than to support APC SE with Umahi on ballot, Peter Obi in PDP.

The political sphere right now is swingling to the highest bidder and SW is positioning unitedly well but still Tinubu have the final say for APC SW forget the SWAGA mantra, na scope..

As it is like this, Even if PDP seed to North, Osinbanjo in the ballot is a natural pull both SW and North, a Federal Might, PMB full bodily endorsement for support of Osinbanjo will finish Atiku PDP game..

So PDP zoning to North is still not a sure garauntee.

I surely support ohanez not to back down in their quest just that it's getting too late..

Ibkhaleel01:
Lol.... southerners are the most uselesss set of people i have ever come across....you hail your governors day and night for issuing statements against Northerners...

You hail your criminals for Killing Northerners and making their lives miserable...

Yet you are now thinking of getting the presidential seat..

How dumb are you to think that a Northerner will ever vote for you?

Ohh! You want the seat to be automatically given to you?

Bias, dull dumb people...

Go with your land and we'll show you how democracy truly works...

Shegu jakuna

richidinho:
It is logical because the SW has been in govt for 16yrs now since 1999

We can all step down for a south east candidate the way we (southern candidates) stepped down for Yaradua in 2007

It is called "gentleman's agreement" just for the sake of equity and justice

Fahdiga:
Even if the north rules for 100 years more they will still remain the undisputed poverty capital of the world. 2023 is the turn of the Igbos to produce the president or everyone goes their separate ways

TUANKU:
You will discard what ever you were taught once food is involved...it is an inbuilt thing.

mrvitalis:
South west pick and Igbo man you are comfortable with and present to igbos it's a simple thing

mrvitalis:
So you want igbos to support south west presidency candidate ? Because of what southern unity ?

Same southern unity yorubas killed in 2015 ?

mrvitalis:
I wonder were the bridges of 2015 n 2019 are

Igbos are building our own bridge ooh

North would rule till Nigeria breaks or restructured

Naajjii:
So you are anti Muslims, shake my head for you. Next president in 2023 will be Muslim insha Allah, we will see how you will do yourself.

ityP:
Beautiful analysis. But Fashola is a Muslim. I no want any Muslim to smell presidency come 2023. A Muslim would be sympathetic to the plight of the North and as such, would play politics with issues such as Cattle Grazing and others. Buhari has shown utterly disregard for the South, 2023 should be retaliation

ityP:
LoL. They're not stopping anyone o. They are just saying they would follow same tactics the Yorubas used in 2015, by also supporting a Northerner, since they'll benefit too as the Yorubas benefitted. If the North wants to return in 2023, the South East would aid them, as long as the East produces VP. It's simple. Let everyone try his luck

ityP:
LoL. They're not stopping anyone o. They are just saying they would follow same tactics the Yorubas used in 2015, by also supporting a Northerner, since they'll benefit too as the Yorubas benefitted. If the North wants to return in 2023, the South East would aid them, as long as the East produces VP. It's simple. Let everyone try his luck

mrvitalis:
LMAO 1500 primary schools LMAO see lie

Jackson105:
You Igbos should do your worst. No blackmailing will stop yorubas from contesting. You should better get use to that.

mrvitalis:
Name one project tinubu did in Lagos

walefresh3:
The Northern Governors’ Forum will on Monday (today) hold an emergency meeting to discuss issues relating to the Value Added Tax, The PUNCH has learnt.

It was further gathered that the planned meeting, which would be hosted by the Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasiru El-Rufai, would be presided over by the Chairman of the forum and Governor of
Plateau State, Simon Lalong.

The Coordinator of the Northern Governors Forum Secretariat and Secretary to the Plateau State Government, Professor Danladi Atu, confirmed the planned meeting in an interview with The PUNCH in Jos on Sunday.

Atu said this as some senior lawyers took on the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, over his recent statement that no state had the power to lay claim to the collection of VAT in the country.

The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had in a judgment last month held that Rivers State had the power to collect VAT within its jurisdiction.

But the Federal Inland Revenue Service headed for the Court of Appeal to challenge the judgment. At the appeal court, Lagos State filed an application that it should be joined with Rivers State as a co-defendant in the appeal filed by the FIRS.

The appeal court ordered parties in the suit to maintain status quo pending the determination of the appeal.

Malami, in an interview with Channels Television on Friday, said collection of VAT in the country was on the exclusive legislative list, adding that only the National Assembly had the power to make laws on VAT.

He stated, “As you rightly know, the issue of the Value Added Tax is an issue on the exclusive legislative list. And the implication of being on exclusive legislative list matter is that only the National Assembly can legislate on it. The question that you may perhaps wish to address your mind on is whether there exists any national legislation that has conferred the power on the state to collect VAT. And my answer is ‘no’.


SANs carpet AGF

But Chief Mike Ozekhome, SAN, and Ifedayo Adedipe, SAN on Sunday faulted Malami.

Ozekhome said contrary to Malami’s claim, VAT is in the residual list and is strictly within the purview of state governments.

He said, “He (Malami) is dead wrong. There is nowhere VAT is reflected as a matter within the exclusive or concurrent list in the constitution of Nigeria.

“If anything, it is residual and is strictly within the purview of state government in our federal set-up.

“As of today, there is a judicial pronouncement on it by the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, to the effect that only states can collect and administer VAT.

“That remains the legal position today. Until that judgment is probably set aside, that remains the law of the land. The mere statement the Attorney General cannot alter this truism.”

On his part, Adedipe warned that VAT is a serious constitutional issue and should not be politicised.

He said, “Is this in the 1999 constitution or a new one? Which number or section? Let him state it. It is not enough to say it.

“I am not aware that VAT is on any exclusive list of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Second, he is a defendant in the case, he should come to the court to come and put this across. It is not something he should give a press statement or side comments about. It is a very serious constitutional issue and therefore should not be politicised. Since we are before the appellate court, let us leave it there.”

Meanwhile, the Coordinator of the Northern Governors’ Forum Secretariat, Atu said told The PUNCH on Sunday that the forum would take a position on VAT at Monday’s meeting.

He stated. “The northern governors will be meeting in Kaduna on Monday and I’m sure one of the items on the agenda is about the issue of VAT.”

Asked whether the northern governors would be going to court to join the FIRS in the suit against Rivers and Lagos states over the VAT collection, the forum’s coordinator said, “You will get to know the position of the northern governors on the issue because I’m sure their resolution will be made public after their meeting on Monday “

Apart from Lagos and Rivers states, Ogun State has also started the process of passing a bill on VAT in its House of Assembly.

While some stakeholders including the 17 southern governors supported the position of Lagos and Rivers states that states should collect VAT, some northern governors, including El-Rufai opposed it.


https://punchng.com/northern-govs-meet-on-vat-today-sans-berate-malami/

Tomek09:
Shut up Adewale. Afonjas won't be part of 2023. From President to Speaker. Una eyes go soon clear