The newspaper said that in the first eight months of 2021, Kano State collected more in VAT than the five states of the South East – Anambra, Imo, Enugu, Ebonyi and Abia – combined. In other words, the data obtained suggests that the bogey about northern states leeching off VAT revenue from the South, is just what it is – a bogey.
Source: vanguardngr.com
