The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) has congratulated the Lake Chad Basin Governors’ Forum for the successful hosting of its fifth meeting in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, and the emergence of Yobe State Governor Mai Mala Buni as its Chairman. In a statement, CISLAC’s Executive Director, Auwal Ibrahim Musa (well known as Rafsanjani) said that the development underscored …

Governors have backed the Federal Government’s tax reform bills, while proposing a new sharing formula for value-added tax (VAT). According to the NGF, the new VAT sharing formula would be 50 per cent based on equality, 30 per cent on derivation, and  20 per cent on population. Following a meeting of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) and the Presidential Tax …