Punch Newspapers Sections ’Femi Asu Nearly one year after the Federal Government increased the country’s Value Added Tax rate, manufacturers want the 50 per cent hike in the VAT rate to be reversed. The Federal Government had in February 2020 increased the VAT rate to 7.5 per cent from five per cent as part of efforts to boost revenues. The Manufacturers Association of Nigeria, in its newly released MAN CEOs Confidence Index for the fourth quarter of 2020, identified the challenges that confronted the manufacturing sector in the period and recommended measures on how government could addr...