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Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya

March 4, 2022

Gombe pays exams fees for 23,000 final year students; awards six roads

The State Executive Council granted approval of N435 million for the payment of WAEC, NABTEB and NBAIS examination charges.

November 13, 2021

FG trains 500 facilitators to tackle Gombe’s out-of-school menace

Gombe is to be used as a model for other states that have indicated interest to collaborate with the federal government.

Photo of children hawking used to illustrate the story
October 21, 2021

Ken Nnamani and Chidi Odinkalu’s unfounded aggression

It is obvious that Odinkalu is worried by the problems facing his state Anambra and is anxious for the outcome of the gubernatorial election.

Ken Nnamani and Chidi Odinkalu
September 9, 2021

VAT Reform: There’ll be hunger in Gombe, Governor Yahaya warns Wike, Sanwo-Olu

The warning followed some governors’ push to start collecting VAT in their respective states, effectively dismantling the current system of exclusive federal VAT administration.

Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, Gombe State Governor Inuwa Yahaya, and Lagos State governor, Babajide-Sanwo-Olu
September 8, 2021

FIRS backs northern governors, proposes new bill to strip states of VAT collection powers

The FIRS through a letter to the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives is seeking amendment to the Constitution to enable it collect VAT and other taxes.

Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) chairman, Muhammad M. Nami, House of Representatives Deputy Speaker Ahmed Idris Wase, Katsina State governor, Aminu Bello Masari, and Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike