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Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 3:15pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Professor Itse Sagay, Constitutional Law expert: “I have been following the debate like others; unfortunately, those who speak on behalf of the Niger Delta on the issue have failed to hit the nail on the head. They should be bold enough to ask their northern colleagues, where does the nation’s revenue come from- instead of caressing the issue rather cautiously. The northern part of this country does not contribute anything to the national purse. If the area that produces the resources has just a token of 13 percent, the remaining 87 percent is free gift to the entire nation, particularly the North that has nothing to show for its existence. At the Political Reform Conference in 2005, we went to the Federal Ministry of Finance to get figures and facts about what each of the zones contributed to the commonwealth. What we saw was amazing; the North-West brings nothing, the same with the North-Central and North-East. South-West brings minor but the South-South and south east contributes 91 percent. The posture of the northern governors is the height of ingratitude and insult on the people of the oil-producing areas because they would have been bankrupt if not for the revenue that has been accruing to them from the proceeds of oil and gas. This is a wake-up call on the people of the oil-bearing region. For instance this is the time to come together and fight intellectually for the anomaly in the uneven allocation of oil blocs in the country. You will observe that because of the long stay of the north in power at the centre, they manipulated the process and cornered these blocs to the disadvantage of the south; today, you have all juicy oil blocs in the hands of the north. Now that Jonathan is there, I would not want to sound being immodest by calling for a revocation of the blocs allocated to the northern businessmen, but from the look of things, they have decided to take the entire South for a ride, so Jonathan should ensure that he corrects this imbalance by allocating more oil-blocs to people in the South to make up for the inequity in the sector.” |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by CaptBarbosa: 3:19pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
where is the link to the story? abi na ABA made? |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by chino11(m): 3:24pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Its a fact Yorubas almajiris and their Hausa cousins and brothers will not come to accept. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by scriptwizz: 3:27pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Capt.Barbosa: SILENCE BRO, THE ABOVE FACT BY OP IS ON POINT. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 3:34pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Capt.Barbosa: not as if its news but just to remind people. http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/component/content/article/140-the-friday-edition/37300-north-is-ungrateful-south-south its good to share with fellow country men or even fellow african but in a situation where the person sharing his wealth is being cheated and his children killed at every little provocation then something is wrong |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by aljharem(m): 3:34pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
scriptwizz: I think you should be silent. Where did you get your facts from ? All this silly propaganda would not help anyone It is well known in this country that one of our major export is from Argiculture which the NW, NE, SW and NC contribute Or is it Crude Oil we nigerians have been eating all this days. Maybe Poundyam, and the meat from ofe nsala has come from crude oil. If our only export has been crude oil, then when MEND started there bombing, the country should have stand still. Abeg u people should relax with your propaganda Moreover, I want to know what the SE contribute to Nigeria and which state is that. 1 Like |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 3:44pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: my friend shut up , what agriculture are you talking about , do you know we import over 70 percent of what we consume ,where is the money generated from if not oil, as if all 6 region dont have agriculture. 1 Like |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by chino11(m): 3:48pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: Ewu, do you mind asking Professor Itse Sagay, he is not a bigot like you namas. He knows exactly what each region contributes to the national bowl. 1 Like |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by musiwa43: 3:49pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
stop telling lies on the internet. They do not. it as been propaganda by nigeria govt to keep nigeria one. We are looking at the satellite pictures , and there are many lies told to nigerian by nigeria govt. Nigeria import over 70% of its oil. So if the import bring in the oil. The nigeria govt collect taxes on oil sold. And this is how it works. the oil is sold in all part of nigeria. And that taxes comes from all part of nigeria, and not from them alone. Most nigerian never knew that the oil was been imported, they were told , they got the oil from the Ijawland. which was not correct. there is crude oil in Nigeria but not the many lies told. The 13% oil derivation was based on wrong information too. The man who wrote the Nigeria constitution was an Ijaw man called Justice Tobi, from Jonathan Goodluck ethnics group. So he included the 13% in the constitution and the people of Nigeria did not ask him to included it. The constitution read, we the people of Nigeria and to be honest with you. The people of Nigeria never had any meeting to that constitution. This is where the problem is. So technically the 13% is not binding on nigeria topay anyone. because the constitution 1999 was never agreed on by nigerian. What it means is that technically, every state that have collected 13% may be ask to refund the 13% back to the govt because there was no such agree, just an Ijawman call Justice Tobi who including it in the Nigeria constitution. Most nigeria leaders honestly do not read document before they sign. They mostly sign without reading. So I assume the person who was head of state at that time never saw it too. So the 13% is not really binding on Nigerian. there was a conference but that conference was aborted before it during the abacha govt. Abacha die. So the North is right, 13% derivation is technically illegal because it was never agree on by nigerian, but was put in the Nigeria constitution by Jonathan Goodluck ethnic group member an ijawman called Justice Tobi. This is where the problem is. The North is right. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by scriptwizz: 3:52pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by chino11(m): 3:56pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: From Anambra to Abia to Imo its filled with oil. Infact Anambra has the highest volume of gas reserves in entire Nigeria. So the prof couldn't be wrong anyways. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by scriptwizz: 3:57pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOOK AT ALL THIS RAMBLING YOU WILL REALISE THE SE ARE NOT INVOLVED IN THEIR ARGUMENTS, DO YOU KNOW WHY; AN IBO MAN DOES NOT NEED HELP FROM ANYBODY TO SUCCEED, AND SECONDLY, IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT CONTRIBUTION, TAKE A LOOK AT THE MAJOR CITIES IN NIGERIA YOU WILL REALISE THAN IBOS INDUSTRIAL NATURE ACCOUUNT FOR MOST OF THE REVENUE GENERATED THERE, LAGOS IS A VERY GOOD EXAMPLE. WE CONTRIBUTE HUMAN RESOURCES MORE THAN ANY OTHER TRIBE. OUR OILS WELL ARE BEING EXPLORED RECENTLY, ONE HAS BEEN EXPLORED IN IMO STATE, ONE IN ANAMBRA, ANOTHER IN ABIA, ALL THESE ARE UNDERGOING DEVELOPMENT FOR FULL USAGE IN THE DISTANT FUTURE FOR OUR DEAR NATION. WHEN LOCOMOTIVE WAS BEING USED FREQUENLY FOR TRANSPORTATION OF GOODS IN THE 60s, and 70S AND EVEN 80s, ENUGU THE COAL CITY CONTRIBUTED ITS QUOTA. THANK YOU. chino11: |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by aljharem(m): 3:57pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
bashr8: we import 70% of the rice we consume not the food product we consume, get your facts right First of all, lets ask ourselves what a typical Nigerian consume. (lets try to be mature here without any bigotry) Rice, Yam, Cassava, Palmoil, vegetable oil, maize (corn and its different forms), meat, fish and chicken. Now we lets say we import rice, 50 % of vegetable oil right (at least good assumsion) Now food products like Yam and cassava, where do you think they grow in ? Ota farm produces about 60% of domestically produced chicken Adamawa, Kwara produce our meat. Lets be honest Ondo, Kebbi, Ogin, delta etc produce the fishes Our crudeoil we cannot consume, but some of our food we consume. I would not be a hypocrite here, SE produce some of our palm oil and rice (abakaliki) but that is a very small percentage compare to Plantations of Palm oil In OAU and ofada rice which is even considered a delicacy by some Igbos I know. Saying the SW contributes just 9 % even though they still contribute the same crude oil you contribute and the NC and NE nothing is very mischievous and disrespective to the hard working farmers in those regions |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by aljharem(m): 4:01pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
chino11: And you think I do not know. BTW the highest deposite of gas is not anambra but Lagos |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 4:03pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: so na agriculture they use build abuja? na agriculture money fashola dey demand more revenue for lagos abi or na agriculture money northern governors dey demand more revenue from? na agriculture money they use they allocate monthly and yearly federal and state budgets? all the billions and millions of dollars looted by out politicians monthly buying estates in dubai, london etc na from agriculture? my friend grow up , there are some people that own one single oil blocks that generate more revenue from oil than ghana ,sudan etc. how dare you compare oil revenue to that of agriculture. https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-890480.0.html#msg10370837 go through this thread, you think oil is chewing gum 1 Like |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by aljharem(m): 4:03pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
scriptwizz: And the yoruba and hausa man needs help from you all to feed ? What are you saying, it is better you attack IBB and co that are parasites than attack the hard working people in those regions Adamawa cows is not new in the market Ofada rice is not new in the market Ekiti and Kogi yams are not new in the Nigerian market. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bashr8: 4:07pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
alj harem: yoruba yams dont look healthy they look sickling , anambra produces the biggest yams and apart from imported rice abakiliki remains the most sold and consumed rice in nigeria, even a lay man knows dat , its only in silly websites like this that ofada rice or whatever you call gains recognition. no matter what sector you want to discuss the SE is still ahead, entertainment which is currently the highest employer of labour or is it banking, fishing, poultry ,vegetables , rubber , name it ,we dont have the biggest market in the world in onitsha for nothing |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by aljharem(m): 4:09pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
bashr8: I understand what you mean. It is not argiculture but Oil money. Yes But as I said again those that do not have oil should not be called lazy because they work hard as well. Again it is not oil that has been feeding this nation, rather it is food It is not oil that provides building materials for Abuja or house in enugu rather it is Limestone It is not oil that provides your roads rather it is butimens It is not Oil that provides steel beams for building rather it is ajoakuta I can keep going on and on Yes other regions don't have oil but they are trying to compensate for that. We should stop rubbing their faces to the ground. That is why I want SNC so we can test the economic power of each region and know who the parasites are. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Odutodaiwa: 4:32pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
@ OP. You are a despicable creature. Beneath is the original Prof's statement not what you posted. [size=8pt][/size] The northern part of this country does not contribute anything to the national purse. If the area that produces the resources has just a token of 13 percent, the remaining 87 percent is free gift to the entire nation, particularly the North that has nothing to show for its existence. At the Political Reform Conference in 2005, we went to the Federal Ministry of Finance to get figures and facts about what each of the zones contributed to the commonwealth. What we saw was amazing; the North-West brings nothing, the same with the North-Central and North-East. The South-East and South-West brings minor but the South-South contributes 91 percent. The Prof. in question is someone I have so much respect for. See what a low life like you can make out his statement. According to him the SS contributes 91percent while the SW & SE contribute 9percent as NW,NE & NC bring nothing to the table. All of you SE'ners making noise. I dare you to say of the 9percent, the SW contributes nothing less than 8percent of the nation's gross. @ OP next time you should use your head very well before you doctor someone else's statement. Na so una parents re-write Civil war stories carry lies give una come turn una to bitter for life creature. At least our parents sent us to school we can read and write. Don't you bloody try that again in your miserable life. Bloody revisionist. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by emiye(m): 4:46pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
@OP, you are a despicable liar You ought to be in jail , how can you edit someone's quoted statement to suit your wish? shame on you |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by bittyend(m): 5:01pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
The OP is a clown!! Why edit the quote to include SE? - when the Prof Itse Sagay NEVER mentioned SE?? You're just being disingenuous!! I don't know qhy you Ibos like tagging SE to SS - these are two different zones. 95% of the oil in Delta State belongs to the Ilajes and Itsekiris - and Prof. Itse Sagay is a proud Itsekiri and Yoruba man. This is the original quote from Prof. Itse Sagay: "The northern part of this country does not contribute anything to the national purse. If the area that produces the resources has just a token of 13 percent, the remaining 87 percent is free gift to the entire nation, particularly the North that has nothing to show for its existence. At the Political Reform Conference in 2005, we went to the Federal Ministry of Finance to get figures and facts about what each of the zones contributed to the commonwealth. What we saw was amazing; the North-West brings nothing, the same with the North-Central and North-East. The South-East and South-West brings minor but the South-South contributes 91 percent." |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Ejine(m): 5:10pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
The South-South is the most exploited and cheated region in Nigeria! We should secede |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Ejine(m): 5:14pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
bittyend: Whatever the case Bittyend, the fact that the South East and South West at least bring something to the table makes them less irritating than the dead-weight Northern parasites. Seriously, I wouldn't mind having them in the same country, as long as the illiterate, worthless Northerners are NOT included. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Ejine(m): 5:18pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Besides, I doubt Prof. Sagay factored in the Service and Informal sector, which the SE and SW dominate heavily. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by EzeUche(m): 5:22pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
And out of that 91%, the South-South probably provides 80% of Nigeria's federal revenue, because the South-East hasn't been fully tapped into. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by manchy7531: 5:55pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
In their reactions to the demand by the North for a reallocation of oil resources, some key South-South figures described the call as insulting and a further proof that the North is ungrateful to the South. Below are their excerpts of the reactions: https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria?topic=890897.0 |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Standing5(m): 7:42pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
In terms of contribution from major regions in Nigeria since the 1940s, the South-West is by far the highest contributor. If we are to factor in the buying power of the money each regiön contributed when these contribution where made. Secondly, the SE can boast of all the gas deposits in the world, as long as it has not been explored, it will count for nothing in a thread like this. Thank you. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Beaf: 8:05pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Imagine producing 91% of the nations wealth only to be called fishermen and yamirin by ingrates. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by nduchucks: 8:17pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Beaf: Please name a single producer of oil or any other wealth from your area. You people should be flattered by being called fishermen because you are sorry fishermen who cannot even mass produce fish despite your proximity to the Atlantic. You people should be supplying all of Africa with your stolen $1trillion derivation over the years. 91% ko, 191% ni. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Dainfamous: 8:18pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
They are biting the hands that feed them |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Beaf: 8:20pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
bittyend: Dude, seriously it is better to get your state producing more than to continue making insulting claims about Delta state people. Leave our Ilaje's and Itsekiri's out of any oil inspired love, afterall it is obvious how the Ilaje's outside of Delta state are forced to live like animals. Today in Delta, we have an Itsekiri man as governor even though they are a small minority; if they were to be outside of Delta, they would be banished to bestial slums like the Ilaje's. Please bruv, keep your tall tails about oil production and bullshiit out of Delta state. We have already had a referendym in 1963 and 99% of Deltans (including Itsekiri's and Ilaje's) opted out of the Western region, because of the exact attitude you are displaying here. Mind your state, while we mind ours. Thank you. |
Re: Ss And Se Contribute 91 Percent Of Federal Revenue by Standing5(m): 8:20pm On Mar 10, 2012 |
Beaf:@bold part, False. the ND does not produce 91% of Nigeria's wealth. They did not put oil there and the are not incharge of its exploration and production. |
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