Emmanuel Ukala, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria and lawyer representing Rivers State, confirmed to TheCable on Saturday that the case will come up on Might 9, 2022.

Based mostly on a senior courtroom docket official, respective occasions to the swimsuit have been requested to submit written capabilities ahead of the sitting.
The issue of VAT assortment had generated a licensed battle between FIRS and some state governments.
Rivers and Lagos state governments had enacted authorized pointers and often called for decentralisation of assortment, whereas some states pushed for centralised assortment.
In August 2021, a Federal Extreme Courtroom issued an order restraining FIRS from gathering VAT and Personal Income Tax — directing the Rivers State Authorities to take value of the gathering.
The landmark judgment moreover implies that completely different state governments could adjust to and purchase VAT of their jurisdictions.
Following the judgment, the FIRS had filed an attraction on the problem.
Not too prolonged after, on September 10, 2021, the Lagos State Authorities utilized to the Courtroom of Enchantment in Abuja to be joined as a co-respondent inside the attraction filed by FIRS — a request later granted on September 30, 2021.
The Oyo State Authorities had moreover utilized to be joined as a respondent.
Nonetheless, the Courtroom of Enchantment ordered every Rivers and Lagos states to maintain institution pending the dedication of an attraction filed by the FIRS.
Nevertheless the Rivers State Authorities requested the Supreme Courtroom to place apart the order of the Courtroom of Enchantment.
The matter continues to be in courtroom docket.