joscofelix2:
i am working on it whether it true or not.but some drone are in the country already

Stormtrooper11:

I once thought about this, but who do you want to tax? A very poor population? If we tax the rich more than the poor, in this present situation, the rich won't let it work.
We can make it work. Don't get me wrong, but the bureaucracy is too much. The political will isn't there.

sizzorchan:
Some?. i need names and quantities oga. don't make me come kidnap you

Iriruaga100:


Shut your ramish brain!! Go and deal with the dumsor in your peppeni country!

cutievik:


Oga speak English!!

Stormtrooper11:

I'm a patriot too. I've read all those stats about our country alot of times, but what are good stats, if they don't reflect on the people.
People are more hungrier today than they were six years ago. We have a wide economy, still our people are not benefiting. Nobody is saying Nigeria is poor. No. We are saying Nigerians are poor. Today alone, I've met two people well dressed coming to me to ask for money for feeding. I just gave them the little i got. People are hungry. I don't know how 2023 is gonna be. There might be anarchy.
Our economy is growing slower than the population. Someone once posted how much we earn as a country in a year. Its low.
Right now, tens of millions of our population haven't eaten breakfast. Nobody is happy with this poor conditions. People are going to bed without dinner. The few middle income population who eat three square meals are considered lucky.
We have a poor population. What's a country without its population? Its failing

GabrielYulaw:


Like I said bro, whatever makes you happy makes you happy.

GabrielYulaw:


I don't think we as a country are gonna get rich and become like Dubai once more of us start paying tax. It's not that simple.

First, consider the fact that there are businesses in states like Lagos that pay from 30-50 different legal and illegal taxes every year to the federal, state, and local government, plus to agberos, Mami water, and what have you. I would say most businesses are already overtaxed as it is.

Plus the the tax collected from businesses and people too either disappear into private pockets or are embezzled by those in power. All the tax money that has been collected from us all compare what has been done with it to what could have been done with it.

Out there in markets, people making maybe 500 naira to 1k gross profit daily get mercilessly taxed. I'm talking about women with small basins of soap or okro who sit by the roadside and pay multiple taxes daily to touts and the local government just for the privilege of selling in the market. Seeing this kind of thing always makes me furious. Taxing the most poor and vulnerable among us is pure madness.

Second, businesses these days provide their own electricity, water, security and general amenities. They essentially do the work the government is supposed to be doing with the tax money it collects and in the end get taxed with nothing to show for it. That's total madness and cannot ever make sense to me.

Part of the reason prices is so high in Naija is the number of legal and illegal taxes out there that businesses are made to pay, which get factored into the price of what they are selling. Enter Keke for example and see how much the drivers pay in tax to the police, local government, touts, and everyone but Santa Claus.

So, saying we only need to pay more tax to become an advanced society makes zero sense to me. What's needed is a total reform of everything in this country. And that includes our brains, cos sometimes I'm not sure we are in our right senses, no offence meant.

Edit: It's okay not to agree or be insulted by the last sentence. I apologise. But just spend a day in a place like Lagos and I'm sure you will understand what I mean.

Lurker4Long:
It is 19:35 here in South Africa, and the police have until midnight to arrest Jacob Zuma so he can be jailed to serve his 15 month sentence for contempt of court.

With a crowd of supporters - some armed - outside his estate vowing to violently resist, it is going to be a long few hours.

Fortunately, the police aren't taking chances.
Some videos:

https://www./79284870944/permalink/10158483022735945/

https://fb.watch/v/FFIHkQ73/

AskiaHarem:


You'd think he would have just turned himself in by now being an ex president you can't hide.

Lurker4Long:


To illustrate my point, the city of Lagos has a GDP almost double that of the whole country of Tunisia. Fighting total war -upon which the rankings are based - is not just about showing up with your current arsenal. You will lose assets and people. What is your capacity to replace those?
Can you keep your economy running - to fund those losses - when your working age people are needed for the war effort?

All of that informs what goes into the rankings, not just the trinkets currently in your millitary arsenal.

That's why it's called Global Fire Power, not Inventory of military assets.

joscofelix2:
A29 aircraft left 81st fighter squardon usa for nigeria on sunday or monday(intel on the date not know) the first aircraft numbering 2 aircraft with desert colour landed kanji airforce base. excorted with two fighter jet. intel review that delivery will contiune to end of the month.. but j 17 came without fighter jet excort from paisktan but a29 was excorted with fighter jet. God dey sha

Waited years for a dozen turbo props while a dozen of F16s, F18s, and F35s are completed a month. I hope now that the qualified pilots are ready to go they themselves can educate future pilots so any possible additional orders can arrive much quicker. Same with the J-17s

fachfouch:

but Tunisia getting outranked by failed states does raises many questions GFP is never been a reliable source regarding Tunisia it have many mistake like the number of active soldiers and so on... it's true that Tunisia economy is small but it relative to population it's lower mid income so it can withstand a lot better than many countries ahead of Tunisia in the list...

AskiaHarem:


Waited years for a dozen turbo props while a dozen of F16s, F18s, and F35s are completed a month. I hope now that the qualified pilots are ready to go they themselves can educate future pilots so any possible additional orders can arrive much quicker. Same with the J-17s

AskiaHarem:


Waited years for a dozen turbo props while a dozen of F16s, F18s, and F35s are completed a month. I hope now that the qualified pilots are ready to go they themselves can educate future pilots so any possible additional orders can arrive much quicker. Same with the J-17s

lebuhsi:



Nigerians don't need to pay more taxes in my opinion, what the FIRS and other revenue collecting agencies need to do is broaden the tax net.

Nigeria has a tax to GPD ratio of 6.3%, which's a travesty for a country our size.

look at our peers for instance say S.africa which stands at 30%, Ghana at 14% etc

Nigeria has a revenue problem, not a debt problem. If we can get even 20% as tax to GPD, it would greatly improve capital spend without the risk of expanding our debt and debt servicing obligations.

The State constitutes a big chunk of capital spending, but over the years recurrent expenditure has trumped capital expenditure due to low revenue collection and quite frankly stupidity, with the infrastructural deficit we have, we should not be spending ₦1trn every year paying subsidies that are only for PMS alone, the figures for electricity is outrageous.

some years we spend 70% of our budget on recurrent items.

Ghana with a lower GPD per capita than us operates a fully deregulated downstream sector, why the hell can't we?


We should pay more taxes, we should stop shouting "democracy" while at the same time clamour for a pseudo-socialist state.

fachfouch:

but Tunisia getting outranked by failed states does raises many questions GFP is never been a reliable source regarding Tunisia it have many mistake like the number of active soldiers and so on... it's true that Tunisia economy is small but it relative to population it's lower mid income so it can withstand a lot better than many countries ahead of Tunisia in the list...

joscofelix2:
i think it is on the national interest of usa for us not to get that plane fast. J17 delay was due to it upgrade in tech

lionel4power:
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AskiaHarem:


Do you consider Ethiopia a failed state?

fachfouch:


Not really but it have many problems... including a civil war that they're losing