His Excellency, Governor. Nyesom Wike, Esq.,
Executive Governor of Rivers State, has Thursday, 19th August, 2021, assented five different Bills passed by Members of the 9th Rivers State House of Assembly, into Law.

They are:
1) Child's Right (Amendment) Law No. 2 of 2021.
2) Naming and Renaming of Infrastructure Law No. 3 of 2021.
3) Value Added Tax Law No. 4 of 2021.
4) Open Rearing Grazing (Prohibitions) Law No. 5 of 2021.
5) Residents' Registration Agency Law No. 6 of 2021.


He has maintained that the judgment of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt had sufficiently addressed the illegality perpetrated by the Federal Inland Revenue Services (FIRS) on behalf of the Federal Government in the collection of VAT in States.

The governor stated this at the Government House, Port Harcourt, shortly after signing into law on Thursday, the Valued Added Tax Law No. 4 of 2021; The Open Rearing and Grazing Prohibition Law No 5 of 2021; The Child's Rights Amendment Law No 2 of 2021; The Residents Registration Agency Law No 6 of 2021 and the Naming and Renaming of Infrastructure Law No3 of 2021.
The signed bills were recently passed by the Rivers State House of Assembly.

The Rivers State Governor pointed out that when agencies of the Federal Government are allowed to illegally demand and collect taxes meant for states to collect, they strangulate the States financially and turn them to be beggars.
"But we (Rivers State) are standing on the part of history as representatives of the state to have taken the bull by the horn to challenge the illegality of the Federal Government through the Federal inland Revenue Services (FIRS).
"Of course, we are all aware that the states have already been strangulated. Most states depend on allocation from the federation account. States have been turned to beggars. Hardly will any day pass that you won't see one state or the other going to Abuja to beg for one fund or the other."
The governor said no campaign of calumny or blackmail on the part of FIRS will make what is illegal to become legal. He dismissed FIRS’ propaganda that 30 states will suffer if some states are allowed to collect VAT.

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