…..describes collection of VAT from alcoholic beverages by Northern States as hypocrisy.
……urges Southwest AGs to sue Northern counterparts
…..says elements of restructuring can be gotten through legal fireworks
Notable Ibadan based Public Affairs Commentator, Prince Adetayo Adekunle, has called on the Attorneys General in the six Southwest states of Nigeria to urgently challenge the continuous payment of VAT from alcohol beverages to Northern States.
According to him, it amounts to sheer hypocrisy to pay Northern states these monies, it would amount to corruption of Islam, their state laws; as their adopted religion and practices expressly forbid the consumption and sale of alcohol. He opined that it is an absurdity to encourage such syncretism to continue.
Continuing, Adekunle further submitted that this act is akin to robbing Peter to pay Paul. He averred that his layman’s reading and interpretation of the legal provisions contained in Sections 161, 162 & 163 of the 1999 Constitution does not support the said payment.
He then called on the Attorneys General in Yoruba land to immediately file a suit at the Supreme Court to stop this anomaly as he believes that some elements of restructuring can be gotten through legal fireworks in the Courts.
