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Shina BN (m)
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please pay your tax, is for the benefit of everyone.
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bawomolo (m)
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its just income tax dt is the legit tax due to LASG! rather that those lazy civil servants snoring off at tax offices, get them off to go do field work and do tax assessments. on that basis u knw which stall to seal up and the rest. they actually do this, residential and commercial places are assessed. i know my mum's house was surveyed this summer, there are many other examples too. Nigerians are just looking for excuses. |
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Kobojunkie
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they actually do this, residential and commercial places are assessed. i know my mum's house was surveyed this summer, there are many other examples too. Nigerians are just looking for excuses.
We barely pay taxes on our own house in Naija. Most what we get are the occassional threats to pay egunje, and it is in the same Lagos. If one of our tenants refuses to pay taxes, will other the other stores be shut down? Anywho, it it has reached your area, good, but apparently it has not reached all areas. |
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coolguyz (m)
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bawomolo, what u talked about is property tax which is still a conentious issue in the state. before this tym, we had tenement rates as levy u pay to local govt. hwever, this was to be replaced by property tax which was to be based on a vaulation of the house by the govt which generated a lot of controversy. presently the law is being reviewed as it was viewed in some quarters as draconian especially on the valuation using commercial value 9u can ask your mum if she's bn disturbed again after d last visit (i'm sure she hasnt paid the new property tax, u can ask her), my father's house was enumerated too but nuthin yet until the finishing touches on the law is done and passed by the assembly.
the payment of property tax is actually not the issue at stake here cos u cant pay property tax till your house hv bn assessed by enumerators and a valuation arrived at which is based on the amenities and commercial value of the area. its a %age of this dt is charged and u'r required to pay to the govt within stipulated tym. before now, what u pay is tenement rates to the local councils.
TAX assessmnts, collections and the rest here is quite diff frm what obtains in the states and just as i sed earlier, u start first from collating data and assessment which u dont do by just saying people shld pay else u shut down mkt. if some pay it means mkt still gets shut dwn?, if dey under-pay nko?
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bawomolo (m)
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if some pay it means mkt still gets shut dwn?, if dey under-pay nko? you set up a payment plan?? |
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dloved07
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Hello all some people don’t really understand how tax works and one of such people is the so called number 1 citizen in Lagos. I wonder why people will come and deceive us all in the name of mega city. I do support most if his policies but I have not seen any implemented the right way. Talking about the closure of the computer village and some people are saying they don’t pay tax sorry it’s not true. What do we understand by tax? To me it’s called extortion in Lagos for the betterment of those on top. Which money does Fashola use to pay his own tax? Our money and you are saying in the US if you don’t pay tax then you'd go to jail. Don’t forget that in the US everybody is equal but here in Nigeria equality is not found in our dictionary. And also in the US you can not use public funds to pay your tax cos you'd also be jailed.
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AmakaOne (f)
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Everyone who is jumping up and down saying Lagos officials are corrupt law breakers yadi , yada, yada.
Bottom line is Lagos tax laws have been in effect for 15 years.
If you have not paid your taxes since then (for the past 15 years for those of you who have been working or trading in that time period) , you are a law breaker. End of story.
It's not about Fashola, it's about you!! You are not qualified to call anyone a corrupt law breaker if you have been in contravention of the laws of the state for 15 years .
Talk about pot calling kettle black.
When you comply with the law and are above reproach, then you are more than welcome to decry lawlessness and corruption. Until then get our tax affairs in order, stop driving on the wrong side of the road during go slow causing more congestion, Wait till you get home before disposing that pure water sachet, don't chuck it on the road causing filth and environmental degradation etc, etc,
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olivetree
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Does anyone know if the village has been opened yet?
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dlox01 (m)
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shebi una want make naija be like yankee,so,whatz all the yapping about??how many developed(even developing) countries have somewhere that generates that sort of income computer village generates with out paying thier tax??abeg,people should stick with whats right.this computer village that your all talking about should have been closed down a long time ago,actually it shouldnt have existed at all in that location sef,in the lagos plan,that location it is in is residencial n not business landmark,so 4 them even holding them 4 tax only is fair enuff.in developed countries, please what happens when u evade Tax??or do u think those computer vill pple dont know that?na big lie,they do,dey only turn deaf ears towards it coz they feel the state is lawless so what thafuck when they come we will give then egunje but im happy that this govt means business,therez a diffrence in this govt n tinubus govt.PAY your TAX!!PAY your TAX!!these pple are the same pple that run thier mouths when the basic ammenities are not given to them but is it fair that the govt would use other pples tax money to feed pple making hell of cheese in computer Vill??nah, i dont think so!! 
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Olaolufred (m)
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Thank you AMAKAONE.
They thought they could justify their wrongs by all manner of Explanation.
If Govt. start arresting them for indiscriminate dumping of refuse, they will cry foul.
They like doing wrong things unchecked, when cautioned, they termed the govt. undemocratic.
Someone who poopled in a nylon and threw it on expressway or major road has not done evil.
It is when govt. purnish such that they will say the action is undemocratic.
When they buy Gala, Youghurt, Sachet water etc and dump the paper litering all parts of Lagos, it is not Bad.
But when Govt. take step to stop it, they will cry foul.
Nigeria will continue the way it is unless we all change our attitude. not the govt. alone. ALL OF US.
LIKE AMAKAONE SAID, STOP CASTIGATING FASHOLA IF YOU STILL DO ANY OF THOSE THINGS LISTED.
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Chidoski (m)
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Fashola has not said why he has continued to close down the market.May be there is more to this than we know,of course one cannot rule out ethnic sentiments from this.
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Fhemmmy
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Finally, there is a light at the end of the tunnel for Nigeria, however, i think Fashola needs to find a way to make sure that business in lagos are dealth with one after the other and not as a community.
At Computer village, i am sure, there would be some that are willing to pay the tax and such shd be allowed to stay and transact business, while others are closed down.
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Kobojunkie
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Lagos tax laws in effect for the last 15? You mean say all that time wey I pay tax before those 15 years na ojoro? AAARRGGHHH!! lol
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AmakaOne (f)
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Lagos tax laws in effect for the last 15? You mean say all that time wey I pay tax before those 15 years na ojoro? AAARRGGHHH!! lol
@kobojunkie We know say u be Papa Ajasco, but there really is no need to advertise your age na  |
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MP007 (m)
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tax? nigeria? when ? how ?
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cabali (m)
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@Amaka,
dont bug urself; kobois one of the few ones that have blatantly refuse to use the right part of their anatomy to reason
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chudie
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Na waaah oooh! so this story na true.
Can you imagine, the very source and distribution centre for ICT facilities to the whole of naija is closed for some time now! wont this affect the computerization things that the government keeps talking about?
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damola1
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computer village now opened!
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tony_issey
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@aderogbaa
i think it was because of fools like our amicable SAN executive Governor of Lagos State created a website for all and sundry 2 know wats up in Lagos because things ave really changed its no longer business as usual if you are working in Lagos State and earning an income YOU HAVE TO PAY YOUR TAX its till then you can condem Government spending not for ppl like aderogbaa or what ever that am sure has never paid a dime as tax in his entire tax evading life to come out and say rubbish of a hardworking governor you should be ashamed of your self you should rather go and put your papers in order before the tax ppl get to you if we had a population of 30% of ppl who think like you in Lagos then we are still in the dark Lagos is a pace setter and others are following (your state inclusive am sure you are not a Lagosian ADEROGBAA ) so if you cant stand the heat LEAVE THE KITCHEN SOON "EKO ONI BAJE O"
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Kobojunkie
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computer village now opened!
They ALL settled their tax bill? |
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RibaduFan (m)
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am delighted the market has finally been opened
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wurdz
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@ yemmyse r u sure?
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damola1
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Don't mind the fools, the same thing I have advocated from the onset is now what they wish to do.
Anyone who has or doesn't pay, his shop will be locked up. That's what's on ground now.
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kam27 (m)
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Alhamdulilahi!!! LASG don reopen Computer Village. We are back in business.
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tony_issey
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@damola1
what the hell did you advocate for you that was calling our Governor names and did you know what led to the the reopening you this ignoramus i ave told u earlier always get your facts right OK and stop misleading ppl the place was opened after series of meetings with their executives who were divided before the closure and an agreement was reached that they would ensure all their members pay up in that way they are now acting as agents of government in the coordinating of tax collection thats was wat was suppose to be until it was shut down so Mr dull to an extent Fashola has taught them to be more responsible to the Government TOPIC CLOSED
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damola1
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NO ONE can gurantee anyone paying anything.
Only simple tactic is. YOU NO PAY, CLOSE UP, which is what they should have done all along, why anyone no try not pay tout, how can LASG be having series of meetings over their civic responsibilities?
Meeting or no meeting, dat one na tory, who fit fight govt.?
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zoraro (m)
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It is too bad that must of us are quick to quote foreign text books and our laws copied from other countries laws (US & UK) as if the people that wrote these books and laws are not humans like us. Why? don't we do things that are pragmatic and pertinent to our situation. Must manufacturing and small scale businesses in Nigeria have shut down or are barely surviving because of over taxation and poor sorry no power supply and some of you are happy that the government wants to put the few that are surviving out of business. When there are no more businesses who will the government tax then  . |
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zoraro (m)
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This is what @ felele said in a similar thread "Help! Alaba Market To Be Shut Down". I find that it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth, when I see a government headed by Fashola doing this. But then again, why am I angry? Fashola WAS Tinubu's Chief-of-Staff for quite a few years, and would have been privy to the wanton looting of public coffers and the state's resources that was perpetrated by Tinubu. Heck, how do we know he didn't partake of it sef?
All this clamour for people to pay their tax is a bit rich, coming from the Chief-of-Staff of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, self-styled Governor Emeritus of Lagos, who is still taking his 10% cut from every naira people pay into the coffers of Lagos state, whether as tax, C of O fees, Stamp duties, planning fees, market levies, development levies, LASTMA fines and so on. And he is apparently doing this through Alpha Beta Consulting, which is owned by Tinubu through proxies.
Another reason why I might not be inclined to support this action is because the public works going on now are heavily loaded in favour of, yes, you guessed it, Bola Ahmed Tinubu again!! This is because the Chaghoury's are his partners in a number of construction firms, including Hi Tech, which "won" the contract for the expansion of the Lekki-Epe Expressway, and several other contracts around the state. Also include ITB in that list, as well as Palmyra, all Chaghoury companies in which Tinubu has a huge stake, and of course, not to forget the sale of Lagos State's stake in the Eko Hotel group to the same Chaghoury's, supervised by, yes, you guessed it, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
So, while some actions of Fashola are commendable, including but not limited to, the beautification of Lagos roads, rather than their rehabilitation, I will not follow anyone blindly to canonise a governor because he is at least pretending to do his job. I'm more interested in results. I painfully witnessed the idolisation of Tinubu over a period of 8 years of unbridled corruption, executive laziness and lawlessness (the emasculation of the local government tier of government in Tinubu's time, cleverly disguised as a creation of more local governments, comes to mind, with agencies like LAWMA, LASAA and ideas like the Land Use Charge, which basically take away constitutionally guaranteed sources of income for the Local Governments - a direct VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION) of his government, while also observing the ignorance of our people, who hailed that drug-addled charlatan at every turn, jeun soke baba!!
The result after 8 years, compared to Jakande's 4 years in a more austere time for Nigeria (Lekki-Epe Expressway was constructed by Jakande in that time), is there for all to see:
Area Boys rule - like MTN, they are everywhere you go, at the market, collecting money from poor, hard-working Alaaru's, on the roads, dressed up as LASTMA or Man-o-war, or not dressed up at all, just collecting money from motorists and motor-cyclists alike, and Marwa had gotten rid of them!!
Bad roads, everywhere. Never mind the re-construction of Obafemi Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, which took ages, and only takes care of the richest in society, the reconstruction of Gerard through to Bourdillon (where Tinubu lives) and Lagos Island roads, which are not really as useful anymore, since Tinubu's area boys chased all really big business away from there, save for a paltry few.
Everywhere else is bad, with a capital B.
And Fashola is closing markets, as if it's not bad enough already. He really should be careful, because when you create unemployment, the unemployed must eat somehow. Crime went up in Lekki peninsula when the sand-mining on Ado Road was stopped. I predict a massive rise in crime in Ikeja, due to the closure of Computer village, which will be nothing compared to the number of criminals that will be created from the closure of Alaba International Market.
I am Yoruba, Lagos indigene, and I appeal to Fashola to reconsider these closures AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, for Lagos was built on trade, and if people cannot trade anymore, due to draconian and militaristic actions of government, Lagos will DIE.
This would be at least on |
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cabali (m)
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@ It is too bad that must of us are quick to quote foreign text books and our laws copied from other countries laws (US & UK) as if the people that wrote these books and laws are not humans like us. Why? don't we do things that are pragmatic and pertinent to our situation. Must manufacturing and small scale businesses in Nigeria have shut down or are barely surviving because of over taxation and poor sorry no power supply and some of you are happy that the government wants to put the few that are surviving out of business. When there are no more businesses who will the government tax then . My friend dont come here and say things without using the right part of your body to think. So because Fashola has inherited the issue of people not using tax to develope then that makes it right for people not to pay their tax? I pay my tax monthly and it aint a low sum. if people dont pay theirs then they are robbing us that do! as we continue to pay our tax irrespective, does that make us fools?? For the mere fact that people still pay their taxes, those that dont should be thrown in jail. Mayb you dont pay taxes but trust me if u dont, a time will come you will be caught and your ideology wont save you. rubbish!! |
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zoraro (m)
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@ cabali, stop barking at the wrong tree. Tell our leaders to pay there taxes first, it's called leadership by example. When they pay there taxes then the followers will too. They don't pay tax or utility bills, government offices owe PHCN more money than private users combined.
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sniperwolf (m)
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According to experts, N1b has been lost due to closure
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dlox01 (m)
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I find that it leaves a really bad taste in my mouth, when I see a government headed by Fashola doing this. But then again, why am I angry? Fashola WAS Tinubu's Chief-of-Staff for quite a few years, and would have been privy to the wanton looting of public coffers and the state's resources that was perpetrated by Tinubu. Heck, how do we know he didn't partake of it sef?
your right how DO we know he DID??do u have your facts??dont start running your mouth on weak foundation,how do i know u are not one of the people that looted with tinubu??
All this clamour for people to pay their tax is a bit rich, coming from the Chief-of-Staff of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, self-styled Governor Emeritus of Lagos, who is still taking his 10% cut from every naira people pay into the coffers of Lagos state, whether as tax, C of O fees, Stamp duties, planning fees, market levies, development levies, LASTMA fines and so on. And he is apparently doing this through Alpha Beta Consulting, which is owned by Tinubu through proxies.
U really need to attend Tax seminars and brush up on your fundamentals of tax,because what you have coated is out of context,Tinubu cannot get 10% of everybodies naira.i dont have time to lecture u now but please stop showing off your stupidity with your alpha beta consulting.
Another reason why I might not be inclined to support this action is because the public works going on now are heavily loaded in favour of, yes, you guessed it, Bola Ahmed Tinubu again!! This is because the Chaghoury's are his partners in a number of construction firms, including Hi Tech, which "won" the contract for the expansion of the Lekki-Epe Expressway, and several other contracts around the state. Also include ITB in that list, as well as Palmyra, all Chaghoury companies in which Tinubu has a huge stake, and of course, not to forget the sale of Lagos State's stake in the Eko Hotel group to the same Chaghoury's, supervised by, yes, you guessed it, Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
u are a retard, Lagos is way too big for a singular person to own everything.you take alook around u,theres more to be done dan just lekki express way and eko hotel,the worlds richest man did not do lekki express way o,think very well,the person that impacted on his people the most dint build a road,u have to pick urself up and think of something to do coz i can sence a pour of helplessness in your statement
So, while some actions of Fashola are commendable, including but not limited to, the beautification of Lagos roads, rather than their rehabilitation, I will not follow anyone blindly to canonise a governor because he is at least pretending to do his job. [b]I'm more interested in resultsmention what he has endulged in and u have not seen results. I painfully witnessed the idolisation of Tinubu over a period of 8 years of unbridled corruption, executive laziness and lawlessness (the emasculation of the local government tier of government in Tinubu's time, cleverly disguised as a creation of more local governments, comes to mind, with agencies like LAWMA, LASAA and ideas like the Land Use Charge, which basically take away constitutionally guaranteed sources of income for the Local Governments - a direct VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION) of his government, please what constitution?which one said it was wrong for the government to create agencies?quote, while also observing the ignorance of our people, who hailed that drug-addled charlatan at every turn, jeun soke baba!!
The result after 8 years, compared to Jakande's 4 years in a more austere time for Nigeria (Lekki-Epe Expressway was constructed by Jakande in that time), is there for all to see:
Area Boys rule - like MTN, they are everywhere you go, at the market, collecting money from poor, hard-working Alaaru's, on the roads, dressed up as LASTMA or Man-o-war, or not dressed up at all, just collecting money from motorists and motor-cyclists alike, and Marwa had gotten rid of them!!
Bad roads, everywhere. Never mind the re-construction of Obafemi Awolowo Road, IkoyiMIND it o coz na money dem use build am no be free, which took ages, and only takes care of the richest in societyhave u steped or driven on that road??if yes,that would mean u are either Rich or that road isnt sevicing the rich alone!! the reconstruction of Gerard through to Bourdillon (where Tinubu lives) and Lagos Island roads, which are not really as useful anymore, since Tinubu's area boys chased all really big business away from there, save for a paltry few.
Everywhere else is bad, with a capital B.thatz 4 u
And Fashola is closing markets, as if it's not bad enough already, closing with a reasonPAY your TAXES. He really should be careful, because when you create unemployment, the unemployed must eat somehow. Crime went up in Lekki peninsula when the sand-mining on Ado Road was stopped. I predict a massive rise in crime in Ikeja, due to the closure of Computer village, which will be nothing compared to the number of criminals that will be created from the closure of Alaba International Market.
I am Yoruba, Lagos indigene, and I appeal to Fashola to reconsider these closures AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, for Lagos was built on trade, and if people cannot trade anymore, due to draconian and militaristic actions of government, Lagos will DIE.there are states all over the world built on trade my friend, tokyo japan is one n they are structured n pay tax,computer village and alaba is not in anyway greater
People like u just want Free, FREE FOOD FREE EDUCATION FREE MONEY FREE LIFE FREE DEATH JUST FREE FREEEEEEEEEE, EVERYTHIGN IN LIFE COMES WITH A PRICE TAG!!!GO AND PAY your TAX AND SHUT UP!!!
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