Breaking: Lagos Assembly Passes Bills on VAT, open grazing Ban 

The Lagos State House of Assembly has passed the bill making open grazing of cattle in the state an offence.

The House at Thursday’s plenary also passed the state’s Value Added Tax bill

The passing of the bills followed unanimous votes by the lawmakers after they were presented for the third time at the floor of the house.

The Speaker of the House,Mudashiru Obasa who commended his colleagues for what he described as” historic exercise ” designed to accelerate the growth of the state, directed the Acting Clark,Olalekan Onafeko , to transmit a clean copy to Governor Babajide Sanwo- Olu for assent.

Lagos becomes the second state to have a law that enables the state to collect VAT and the latest of Southern states to ban open grazing.