Nigerians Should Stop Moaning And Roll Up Their Sleeves

How are these allocations shared? Does it take the staggering population of a state like Lagos into consideration.
Nigeria cannot move forward if the citizens fail to pay their taxes. . . . .The Government cannot be held responsible for people's dishonesty of NOT declaring their monthly income.

Please spend some time looking up the information I suggested. You will be shocked to learn that a lot of these states get enough for development to be seen but none still. And also investigate the actual % of people who pay taxes and compare that to any assumed ideas you may have of people not paying taxes at all.

arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh it pains me alot to see (presumed-wu rily knows) adults tlk from all corners of the mouth


@kobo
i rily like the way yu argue out yur points, shows a high sense of risoning(not necessarily corect but high)
being able to hold out is a virtue especially widout the insults, kip it up

now dat sed

   its soo case study to note dat most pple dnt think b4 they talk but its far more a worrying case study dat pple dont think b4 they type and post to forums. Y?

    ow hard is it to simply understand wot the poster meant wen he(i honestly believs its a she)started this thread?

by far the only and i repeat,the only persona dat hs leveraged -the can do spirit and the message of the poster has been blackman
more kudos to you my bro nd we dey expect you wen yu finish yur masters

to be petty,  i wld say wot constructive criticism do you expect from diasporans wu re out dere doing menial jobs for a living, just to be petty


wia did d poster say yu guys shld neva criticise? but wot efforts re you making in yur criticism?
wen yu criticise, wot solutions do you profer?
dia is criticism and dia is complaining, most of the fame kings in NL complain, becos yu see gud constructions nd IQ but yu fail to see the solutions they profer
(you myt wonder wia my solutions are, if yu do den yu must be readin upside down cos i just profered 1-criticise solution oriented)

most of us on NL mainly are complainers

take a typical example of the persona of blackman
he proffered a typical solution dats practical
except for kobo wu was able to argue wit the guy, non of the loud mouth croonies cld comment against his comments non!

wen we criticise, lets make it constructive by proferring solutions

to the major theme hia

we all know that the govt aint providing nada in terms of infrastructure and the enabling environment we need
so shld we becos; we dont want to encourage the govt to be negligent, sit on our oars and starve to death or (or worse)-kill our dreams?
no!

wot shld we do?

find alternatives(if govt remedy aint working), contray to wot most of yu think solar aint dat expensive as yu make it out to bein naija
maybe they cld be inferior materials but i ahve seen far cheaper.
(i gess 4 IT inclined pple we think open source all the time, ways to dispell the dominace of the proprietry kings)

my coy is workin with some koreans to build STB's in nigeria and we re practically going to be running on solar, the cost is crazilly realistic and cheaper
its like a construction project i caught wind of a coy is presently engaged in with some Austarlians hia in Abuja, they re gonna be building houses or anyting buildable with some metal(forgotten the name-used to build planes i think)
you wont beliv, cost of shipping it into the country and building a bungalow,fully furnished with some(alredy decorated woods or board)is way cheaper dan using blocks and its delivery time is in under 2 weeks
wot do yu say about dat?, but the funny tins is dis, they hav a problem with setting a price tag(greedy followership)becos of ow cheap it is and ow fancyful it looks they wnt to charge tripple the cost(i min the naija partners)
so you see, followership has a deep rooted problem in Naija which is not caused by the Ledership but by our degrading values as pple
ow many fasholas and Dukes do we have in naija?

just becos govt aint doin it doesnt min we shldnt do anytin

it is either of two things
channel yur frustrations and rage to providing an enabling environment for yurself or channel the rge to a revolution(weda peaceful or violent)

if the likes of MTN and the rest tot enabling environment no dey naija, dey wldnt be hia tody rakin in so much mony

some pple kip talking of taxes taxes taxes, do we pay taxes like they pay in western countries?
i av been workin in a coy for some coy close to a yr, al i get is my cheque it doesnt say i paid some tax to dis or dat and it goes like dat all around the place
and we wrk closely with FIRS to develop solutions(irony)
like some1 sed in the previous page, we are all the problem of dis country not some imaginary govt

most of us fail to understand the butterfly effect it wld have if we positively provide alternativs for enabling our business and economic environment

take GLO as example, aftr discovering ow inefficient SAT3 crooners are ddnt he go bring his own link into the country, wen it launches bigtime, we'll see a crash in bandwidth cost, efficient communication and
the magic communication will bring
odas are following suit, phase 3 etc


all i am yapping about is dis
@[b]kobo the summary of yur comments say we shld continue to complain and nt provide ourselves an enabling environment (if we can) so as not to allow govt
rape the country, we shld just continually continue to complain and by some miracle govt will wake up[/b]minwilly we can starve to death,forget our dreams, jsut complain and dnt help govt provide wot we need to survive
if yu dnt know, dats wot yur comments suggest
and i aint hammering you its yur opinion and yu have a point to an extent but like dis we will ll die out and i dont see yu in the country doin same, lol

enuf 4 now
the comments so far, BLACKMAN

You really believe people who live in the diaspora work MENIAL JOBS? DO you realize how IGNORANT that statement is?



You want a solution proffered? Here is one !  Go to the Government Agencies and FILE COMPLAINTS UPON COMPLAINTS until you start getting results ( NOTE this is NOTHING NEW and is COMMON SENSE) .

Now, I have PROFFERED a solution. What are you going to do with this Solution? @Isu Ata

I am challenging you to PROVE to me this SOLUTION will be implemented by YOU from this point on.   File the Papers and POst the REF# and scans of the Complaint letters on here for at least a year to show that YOU Yourself are not Just another complainer like the ones we like to hate, but a doer at this point. PROVE to me that this demand that people who criticize also proffer a solution is not another VAIN attempt by Nigerians to FEEL RELEVANT and a pretentious way of claiming one is doing something about the situation .

example

      ow many of you know about the DIY solar panels, do you knw it takes about $200-300 to build(i min everyting)
ow many of you knw about the craze of FTA Sats and ow much it takes to watch betta channels dan govt owned stations and DSTV combined
dis re just a lil of host of so many lil tins dat can dd value to our lives, make us some cool cash and so on

withh my FTA why wld i wanna file papers to govt house that NTA shows rubbish

with my DIY built solar panels under 25k, why wld i bother about filling papers to PHCN when i neva get to even use it
my credit on my meter is stil intact dia for months now since they came to install it, neva once used it


dats open source solutions tailored to make lives more comfy and less govt dependent

and all can be found freely on the internet

i even browse the internet freely but heck, dats a professional skill, lol

My two cents:
1. People in Nigeria are disempowered, from knowledge and a bunch of other stuff. We can't ask everybody to ignore the government or pretend the constraints caused by the outrageous mismanagement of our resources, like the atrocities committed don't exist.
I'm sure those Chinamen don't have to contend with not having the basics of food, clothing, shelter, education, medicare, good roads, power, etc.
How many people in Nigeria even have Internet access? All the Nairaland agitators don't constitute 0.1% of the population.

2. After all said and done, poster, what are you doing to empower yourself and others? Seems to me all we do is talk. That in itself isn't bad, but we must all get involved, even if it is in bringing the current power bloc to its knees. Let's take care of the political problems, and you'll see how fast we will develop.

i doubt the number is even up to 0.001% of the Nigerian population. I do hope it is on the rise cause I am banking on that.

^^^^^^^ its NL for you 

Those we have in Government HAVE NOT lived up to its responsibilities. It is foolhardy to expect it to AT THIS POINT considering the POWER is NOT in the hands of the citizens to MAKE government live up to its responsibility.
I think you are still missing the point here.

 In a democracy, the POWER NO LONGER RESIDES IN THE HANDS OF GOVERNMENT but in the HANDS of the people. So, waiting on Government is NO LONGER TO BE CONSIDERED because WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT Now. Those we have in leadership positions WORK FOR US. Since WE ARE THE MANAGERS/SUPERVISORS so to speak now, IT IS OUR DUTY as CITIZENS then to COMPLAIN/File complaints/fill out forms, in fact harangue those we HIRED(our civil servants) to do what needs to be done for us.

If Government is NOT, in a democracy, living up to expectation, it is because the people are NOT putting enough pressure on Government to serve the people. So, while you can get an alternative for your PERSONAL CONVENIENCE, that does not excuse you from the fact that YOU ARE Not SUPERVISING GOVERNMENT enough as a  CITIZEN. You can buy solar panels BUT YOU ALSO need to fulfill your duty as a CITIZEN; NOTHING excuses you from the RESPONSIBILITY.

When GOVERNMENT IS SLOW, it is still your duty to step up, not to TAKE THE PLACE OF government but to demand Government WORK FASTER.

There are currently over 100 Million Nigerians who do not have access to alternatives. They do not have access to BETTER education or ALTERNATIVES. They do not even have access to alternative Healthcare or alternative good water supply or even alternatives to toilet and the lot. They have no access to alternatives to the filth they current live in.

Some people actually WORKED hard to get us DEMOCRACY so that the people can make more of the decisions. It has been 12 years and we are still making excuses for Government?

Oh! my mistake!!

NIgeria go survive? That is all you have to say after all this?

Is it the JOB of the citizens to spend their PERSONAL INCOMES  DOING the Government's Job which, by the way, we already pay HEAVILY FOR both out in allocationsm, and via taxes or something? Did I miss that memo?

MINT!!!!!


It is not their JOB but they can help develop their own community.
Rich people in Nigeria drop millions of Naira in the church and the streets they live are not motorable.
Why not use that money to establish factories and help the jobless youths in their community.
Nigerians love misplacing their priorities and that is where the problem lies.

And if the government(The same corrupt politicians the citizens voted in because of their long throats) won't yield. . . .Should we then die in abject poverty?

YES , OFCOURSE!!!

That is a LIE. . . . The biggest lie of the century! Africa has received over 1 trillion dollars from the pockets of individuals over the last so many years. How come most all the countries have yet to move forward even with that?

Actually, tax is basically the more you earn, the more you pay. The BRITISH government DOES NOT, after collecting all necessary taxes, DEMAND that people USE their PERSONAL INCOME to do its work for it. That part is ALL YOU and not the British government.
If you are trying to claim the rich people ,who you so willingly would like to place the responsibility of FIXING nigeria’s problems on their shoulders, do not pay their taxes, then again, I suggest you go do your homework as a citizen to find out the truth rather than assuming you imagine it makes it true.


You have YET TO ENSURE that BILLIONS in Allocations are even Used for developing the people. You are pushing to ADD more to the coffers so we can maybe get to a point where TRILLIONS are not being used instead?
I am not waiting for anyone. I am doing my part from where I am and hoping people like you, Nigerians out there, will get up and stop trying to blame willy! Willy!! and the rich, for your lack of stamina to do what you have to as a CITIZEN.

If a man is not willing to fight for his right, then death is what he deserves!!!  In fact, death is too good!

Roflmao!!!! Lord have mercy on Nigeria ooo!!!