There is this argument that government in Nigeria should provide infrastructure and good governance first before collecting taxes, though no government has ever done that in world history but the fact remains that people will pay tax if compelled to pay as is standard practice all over the world even as infrastructures are not in place and the political leaders are corrupt, the only difference will be that for peace to reign and for subsequent tax revenue to continue rolling in, the country would have to be run normally. If you collect tax the way they do in Germany, Norway, Britain, Canada, Japan or the US and your revenue source profile look similar to theirs, then you will definitely have to live up to the standard of the government of those places whether you are a monarchy or a democracy simply because the very life of the government will depend on the health of the economy. Hence if Nigeria is tax organised like Europe, then Nigeria will become like Europe and the people will not be scattered all over as economic refugees but as expatriates because the people will thus become free and respectable humans automatically is why people like President Buhari, Pastor Adeboye and Bishop Oyedepo are against such a move. They will do all in their power to frustrate such a move and they are the people with fanatical mass followership in the country. Expect them to continue shouting corruption, corruption and corruption to divert attention instead of addressing the fundamental issue of tax organisation. And while shouting corruption, they will never make the suggestion that everybody must declare their assets publicly as such honesty will expose their yanshes immediately. People need to wake up and free themselves.

depends on who blinks first