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The cases are being determined by the court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>NAN reports that the Rivers government had urged the Supreme Court to set aside the Court of Appeal\u2019s September 10 ruling ordering it and FIRS to maintain status quo on the issue of VAT collection.<\/p>\n<p>A three-member panel of the Court of Appeal headed by Haruna Tsammani, issued the order being challenged at the Supreme Court by the Rivers government.<\/p>\n<p>The state also urged the apex court to disband the panel of the appelate court, which gave the interim order and ordered another one to be constituted to hear the case.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut one thing of interest is the fact that the Federal Government had indeed taken cognisance of the fact that where there exists a dispute between a State and Federal Government, it is the Supreme Court that should naturally have the jurisdiction to determine the dispute between the state and the federation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are taking steps to consider the possibility of instituting an action before the Supreme Court for the purpose of having this matter determined once and for all,\u2019\u2019 Malami said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government says the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) will continue to collect Value Added Tax (VAT) following the ruling of the Court of Appeal on the matter. 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