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“We were made by our leaders to go and fight Biafra not because of money or oil, because oil was not critical factor then, but because of one Nigeria." ~ Muhammadu Buhari 13/09/16.

A country that places a ban on the teaching of its own history has no other justifiable reasons but to force its own "truth" down the throat of future generations.

That is the only reason why a buhari will come out to boldly say the above.

I was taught that old people are full of wisdom, and that people get wiser as they grow older.

What message are these fellows passing if a Muhammadu Buhari could, as old as he is and in the midst of evidence and fact, state that the Biafran war was not fought because of money and oil? The worst is that they insist till today on the lie of having a one Nigeria as their reason for the war?
Let it be known that oil and money were critical factors and principal determinants of their definition of unity.

Are we (Ndigbo) a conquered people or what?

What will it profit a Buhari if Nigerians forget the 3million people who died during the oil war?
Do we forget such an era and move on simply because 'those people' are dead?
Do we strike them from memory because Buhari and his One-Nigerianists want us to?

What happened to erecting a befitting national memorial in honor of all those who died during the Biafran war? What happened to taking such simple progressive measures that scream a united Nigeria if you truly want unity?

For FACTS:

1. In 1946, the British divided the Southern Region into the Western Region and the Eastern Region. Each government was entitled to collect royalties from resources extracted within its area. This changed in 1956 when Shell-BP found large petroleum deposits in the Eastern region. A Commission led by Jeremy Raisman and Ronald Tressdetermined that resource royalties would now enter a "Distributable Pools Account" with the money split between different parts of government (50% to region of origin, 20% to federal government, 30% to other regions).
~Uche, "Oil, British Interests and the Nigerian Civil War" (2008), pp. 115–116.

2. To ensure continuing influence, the British promoted unity in the Northern bloc and discord among and within the two Southern regions, as well as the creation of a new Mid-Western Region in an area with oil potential.

~Uche, "Oil, British Interests and the Nigerian Civil War" (2008), pp. 116–117.

3. The new constitution of 1946 also proclaimed that "The entire property in and control of all mineral oils, in, under, or upon any lands, in Nigeria, and of all rivers, streams, and water courses throughout Nigeria, is and shall be vested in, the Crown."
~Ekwe-Ekwe, The Biafra War (1990), p. 11.

4. Britain profited significantly from a fivefold rise in Nigerian exports amidst the postwar economic boom.
~ Ekwe-Ekwe, The Biafra War (1990), pp. 19–20.

By and by, the war was a war by the North and the Western regions against Eastern region, all in a bid to maintain a big profitable Nigeria, the business empire of Britain.

Nigeria was not and will never be for love of neighbor.

A country that places a ban on the teaching of its own history has no other justifiable reasons but to force its own "truth" down the throat of future generations.



Only Allah can explain the reason for this ban

limeta:
A country that places a ban on the teaching of its own history has no other justifiable reasons but to force its own "truth" down the throat of future generations.



Only Allah can explain the reason for this ban

...and to think that even undergraduates who major in history in universities are not taught about the deep roots of issues in Nigeria is another issue. We study all but ours!

We keep making these mistakes!
We continue to let parents pass information informally to their offspring. There is no platform for any form of harmonization of historic data.
Ndigbo will say Nigeria declared a war on them, Nigeria will say Ndigbo declared war on them.

A country that relies on confusion for its self sustainance will one day implode.
Why we go great lengths to please Britain is what still baffles me.

Another crying IPOP.

A cry of defeat!

A cry of agony!

Perfecting the role of victim.

May the soul of Biafffraud rest in peace just like that of their director at Kirikiri.

Hmmm is well ooo

How and when did we get it wrong.........

HOW CRUDE OIL TAXES WERE SHARED FROM 1958 - Kalu Aja.

Well before the independence of Nigeria, as at 1958 this was how crude oil taxes were shared…

1958:
1. Oil Producing States retained 67.4% of Mining Rents and Royalties
2. Federal Government got 20% of Mining Rents and Royalties
3. Non-oil states got 12.6%

So the crude oil and gas was owned by the oil producing states, that how the British left it.

In 1970, General Yakubu Gowan passed decree No 13, this was how crude oil taxes were now to be shared.

1970
1. Oil Producing States retained 45% of Mining Rents and Royalties
2. Federal Government got 55% of Mining Rents and Royalties
3. Non-oil states got 0%

So in the military’s wisdom, the non-oil states did not deserve to get any share of oil revenues. Oil was only for the oil producing states and the Federal Government.

Then 1975, General Murtala Muhammed introduced decree 6, this is how crude oil taxes were shared

1975
1. Oil Producing States retained 20% of Mining Rents and Royalties
2. Federal Government got 80% of Mining Rents and Royalties
3. Non-oil states got 0%

Again the military decided the oil producing states should “manage” 20%. of oil revenues non-oil states got zero…

In 1976, Gen Obasanjo created a technical commission called the Aboyade Technical Commission, this was the result

1976
1. Oil Producing States got 0% of Mining Rents and Royalties
2. Federal Government got 100% of Mining Rents and Royalties
3. Non-oil states got 0%

Obasanjo, also introduced the Consolidated Revenue fund aka FAAC, thus, the oil taxes were centrally pooled, then shared to all states.

This was the important junction in Nigeria fiscal federalism, this was when crude oil was federalized, taken from the states, managed by the federal government then shared back to the states. In essence, crude oil was no longer based on derivation but on metrics like equality, fiscal efficiency and absorptive capacity…

In 1979, President Shehu Shagari set up the Okigbo Commission, to review the sharing of oil revenues. The Commission agreed to retain the Obasanjo 0% allocation to oil producing state and continue with FAAC but they tweaked the sharing formula in FAAC…. they came up with 1979

[center]Equality of States 50%
Population 40%,
Land mass 10% [/center]
So here we see population of states and land mass introduced

in just 9 years, the oil producing states saw their share of crude oil taxes go from 67.4% to zero. It took until the year 2000 for the implementation of 13% back to the oil producing states.
So in summary, its 67% to 0% to 13%.

Oil revenues were in essence transferred from the states to the federal government by decree, even today, if Exxon Mobil pays VAT on operations in an oil producing state, that VAT is shared by the federal government to all states of the federation. Oil is a federal baby….

What is the effect? Well massive inefficiency in the oil and gas sector.
It’s fair to say the FGN has mismanaged the oil industry, NNPC is essentially broke…can’t manage its assets to return a profit

We still flare gas, i.e. we legally “burn” money, The FGN has taken the oil wells but can’t pay Joint Venture cash calls...the FGN can’t clean the oil spills, they can’t even pass a PIB...

So why hold the oil? If they can’t manage it? Well because the FGN has built a massive bureaucracy funded by crude oil, the FGN pays for primary education and primary health care, then also funds religious pilgrimages and football.

These powers the FGN has given to itself outside the constitution have been made possible because the FGN has grabbed a hold of the oil wealth of the nation. for instance primary schools are the function of the Local Governments and the Constitution recognizes that and allocates money to them, but the revenues for the local governments are paid to the states….via a "joint" account.

Right now, we have a problem, there is no more oil and salaries must be paid, salaries that had been paid by crude oil.
The Federal Government enjoyed a monopoly on telecoms in Nigeria, the result was that a phone became a luxury, only for the rich, in 2001, the FGN left the business of communication, became a regulator and tax recipient, and today everyone has a phone, I mean everyone…

What is the fascination in crude oil that the FGN still wants to own it? if the Federal Government can hand over Telecoms, regulate and tax the telecoms companies...why not do the same for crude oil? Before 2001, the FGN funded NITEL, today the GSM companies fund the FGN.

Thing have to change. Nigeria can’t say its practicing a federal system of governance without fiscal federalism, that will be like driving a car without wheels.

So what should we do? It’s a no brainier, give the oil back to the people, Tax the oil business....simple

1. The FGN has to get out of business, and set itself as a regulator of business and recipient of business taxes, the gains are obvious, its costs are reduced, and its revenues go up.

2. Give the oil and non-oil assets back to the states and local governments, let states retain the proceeds of exports from their states. In essence if cocoa is exported, the state or origin of that cocoa get a share of the Company income tax by derivation

This is not just a call for resource control, it’s a call for responsibility allocation, as long as the FGN is responsible for collecting 95% of taxes and Local Government are paid their allocation via states, we can’t really expect and demand much.

“To him who little is given…little is expected” It’s our problem, we can fix it...
By: Kalu Aja"

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To ensure continuing influence, the British promoted unity in the Northern bloc and discord among and within the two Southern regions, as well as the creation of a new Mid-Western Region in an area with oil potential.

so it was the British that sowed discord between the two southern regions afterwards they allegedly divided the western region.
Revisionist nonsense at its peak.
May god grant you the country of dream