BREAKING: Lagos Assembly bites the bullet, passes VAT, anti-open grazing bills

By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor

Lagos State, Nigeria’s financial capital, went a step towards controlling it economic destiny on Thursday when State House of Assembly passed the Value Added Tax (VAT) Bill.  

Speaker Mudashiru Obasa directed the Acting Clerk of the Assembly, Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu for assent. 

The House also passed the anti-open grazing bill. The two bills were passed after a unanimous vote by the lawmakers at a sitting where they were read the third time.

Details shortly