Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has on Friday, September 10 signed into law VAT bill earlier passed by House of Assembly.
The Governor signed the “bill for a law to impose and charge VAT on certain goods and services” at about 11. 45am today, after returning from an official trip to Abuja.
Commissioner for information & strategy, Gbenga Omotoso made this lemon in a statement on Friday, adding that; “By this act, the Bill has now become a Law”.
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Recall that a day ago after Lagos State House of Assembly passed the State’s Value Added Tax (VAT) bill and a bill that prohibits open cattle grazing in the state.
Speaker of the house, Mudashiru Obasa directed the Acting Clerk of the House, Olalekan Onafeko, to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for assent.
The two bills were passed after unanimous votes by the lawmakers at the sitting where they were read the third time.
Immediately after their passage, Mr Obasacommended his colleagues for their passion to see that the state continues to grow.
