The administration of tax systems and the enthronement of a tax payment culture nationwide continue to
challenge successive government in Nigeria. One of the attempts to expand the tax net with minimum resistance
and also to reduce tax evasion so that most of the tax income revenue would get to the government of Nigeria
was the introduction of value added tax (VAT) in 1993. This tax reform actually came into operation in January
1994 to replace the old sales tax which was narrow in scope in terms tax revenue from goods and services. In
other words, VAT is a broader tax system structured to raise revenue for government (federal, state and local
governments). This is why Odusola (2006) stated that in Nigeria, the government fiscal power is divided into
three tiered tax structure: federal, state and local governments, each with their different tax jurisdiction. Nzotta
(2007) also put forth a similar argument when he stated that taxes constitute the key sources of revenue to the
federation account shared by the three tiers of government. Azubike (2009) opined that a tax system such as
VAT should be able to mobilize a nation’s internal resource in order to create an environment conducive to
promote economic growth.