Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike has said that the state is not fighting the Federal Government over the collection of Value Added Tax, but only doing what is right within the ambit of the law.
Wike, who disclosed this at a public lecture in Abuja on Sunday, said FG and Rivers State were co-equal because they both derive their lives from the Constitution.
The Governor, who was represented by the Attorney General of the Federation, Zaccheaus Adangor said there is no intention of the state to fight the Government at the centre.
“I have heard a lot of comments being made that we are fighting the Federal Government, there is no desire or any intention of the Rivers government to fight the Federal Government,” he said.
“The principle of co-equality is fundamental to a federal arrangement, that principle leads to the principle of autonomy, autonomy leads to physical autonomy and physical autonomy leads to physical federalism and when you put all the principles together, what it means is that each level of government, whether federal or state is co-equal because none derives its life from the other,” he added.
