 The federal and river state governments are locked in a battle over the value-added tax paid by Nigerians. The judiciary has twice ruled in favor of river state and other states, but the federal inland revenue services says it will appeal. Plus TV Africa's Jacinta Obuco speaks to a financial analyst. Let's take a listen. Since its introduction in 1993, the value-added tax and VAT for short has continued to be one of the most stable and highest yielding sources of tax revenues for the Nigerian federal government. VAT collections rose 57 percent in the second quarter of 2021 to 512 billion from 327 billion in the corresponding period of 2020. It has always served as relief to Castro states who pocket half of VAT collections on to recently. The recent federal high court ruling enabling states and not the federal government to collect VAT and personal income tax has unsettled Abuja. A financial analyst Shegushele believes the court's ruling is a welcome development. River state has already enacted a value-added tax law. Many people are of the opinion that these courts Belgium follow income generating states, especially if the federal inland revenue service loses its next appeal. Shegushele disagrees. Let's look at how best they can also use what is within their locality, what is within their domain to better their law. But in the long run, because they start down without really doing much and just expecting contributions from the federal courts to come to them, I use that to develop their state. I don't really allow them to have their thinking cap on and look at the retail potential that they also have and their domain to be able to grow their locality. Lagos state which generates more than half of Nigerian's value-added tax is also planning to start collecting VAT against the FIRS wish. Unlike river state that has passed a bill signed into law by Governor Nielsen Wiki, Lagos is yet to give formal legal backing to VAT collection. But a builder will make that work just past first and second readings at the House of Assembly. Jacinta Ubuco for Plus TV Africa El Salvador on Tuesday became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender. It had suffered teething problems when the government had to unplug a digital wallet to cope with demand. President Naif Boukele pushed for adoption of the cryptocurrency. He called for help from users who had already downloaded the government backed up to test if it was now working properly. However, the Paris may struggle to access the technology needed to make Bitcoin work in El Salvador. Nearly half the population have no internet and many more only have sporadic access.