Political Solution Is A Possibility To Resolve Crisis Between FIRS And State Governments – Malami

The Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN) has come out to say that an out-of-court settlement and political solution cannot be ruled out to resolve the ongoing legal tussle between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some state governments over the collection of Value Added Tax.

He recently revealed this on Channels Television’s ‘Politics Today’ programme, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, as at now, such consideration is not on the table, but the possibility cannot be ruled out in the future.

Malami added that if there is need for further engagement in line and in tune with the tradition of engagement, necessary measures will be taken.

His words, “Such consideration is not rightly on table but as I rightly stated, you cannot rule out any possibility.”

“But as far as we are concerned in the Officer of the Attorney General, there exists judicial proceedings going on and within the context of that proceedings, we will address it squarely but if there is need for further engagement in line and in tune with the tradition of engagement, both judicial and otherwise, such possibility cannot be ruled out.”

WOW.