One of them is to make sure that there is a sticker on every car, and they must be renewed every 2 years or 3 years, and before you can renew it, you make sure emission test has been done and passed.
This will help the environment and renewal, i am sure you know wont be for free, so govt can generate money with that.

2. They can impose property taxes on homes, and make sure that they are paid to the govt,  and if you refused to pay, your home or the revenue from it can be garnished, mind you the govt will have to put things in place to make sure that it works.

3. BRT as done by the govt, though, i haven't seen it, but heard some good things about it, so i think the govt needs to encourage people to use it, and make driving within lagos an expensive one, it will cut down on the polution, it will generate money for govt and at same time cut down on the traffic. . . all they need is probably some Toll going into the highlands.

babapupa:



#3 Sounds good and workable.

#2 Sounds good and I'm glad you inserted "govt will have to put things in place to make sure that it works"

#1 Sounds dead on arrival simply because of fraud via fake stickers and documentation. Bar coded stickers should be introduced instead because they're hard and almost impossible to duplicate. I know the state is into bar coding so it shouldn't be a problem reading the stickers with hand held readers.

yommyuk:


This is the point that is not getting thru to some people on this thread.
We are all expecting Fashola to maintain the projects he had begun. Where will the money come from?
Let everybody pay their dues so that when u are driving in your imported Jeeps on a good roadS, your conscience will say YES I AM PART OF THIS.
DO your OWN BIT.

yommyuk:

think it does make sense cos there's a lot of inequality in the country. If I pay my taxes, why should other people not pay theirs since we all equally benefit for the infrastructure that is almost not there!

This is the point that is not getting thru to some people on this thread.
We are all expecting Fashola to maintain the projects he had begun. Where will the money come from?
Let everybody pay their dues so that when u are driving in your imported Jeeps on a good roadS, your conscience will say YES I AM PART OF THIS.
DO your OWN BIT.


Bros/Chick, u dey read wetin u dey type? u admit that the infrastructure doesnt exist, yet u want people to keep paying taxes without asking questions. Just like telling me to open my house for robbers to come in just because u were robbed. for the 100th time, i repeat, Nobody is against paying taxes here, but were just cautious of this desperate attempt to intimidate Lagosians to contribute to AC's 2011 campaign money, and u should too.

yommyuk:

think it does make sense cos there's a lot of inequality in the country. If I pay my taxes, why should other people not pay theirs since we all equally benefit for the infrastructure that is almost not there!

This is the point that is not getting thru to some people on this thread.
We are all expecting Fashola to maintain the projects he had begun. Where will the money come from?
Let everybody pay their dues so that when u are driving in your imported Jeeps on a good roadS, your conscience will say YES I AM PART OF THIS.
DO your OWN BIT.

DJNiyi:

A sensible government should focus not on eliminating "inequality", but on eliminating poverty. They are not the same thing. The former is a socialist/communist ideal whilst the latter strives to move more people into the middle class.

How do you do this? Jobs
How do you create jobs? Support businesses and encourage entrepreneurship
You can do it by decreasing taxes not increasing it.

Bridges, new roads etc can be (should be) built by private sector partners if you concession toll rights to them. You can even structure the deal such that in exchange for collecting tolls on the main arterial/highway roads, they must build and maintan a number of smaller non-tolled collector/local roads.

As many have noted, the government's strategy smacks of double-taxation, and implies that only the government can solve our problems. Remember the goal is to reduce proverty by creating jobs and only businesses can create jobs not the government.

netotse:

but isnt it the govt's job to create an enabling atmosphere for the businesses?
without that atmosphere, we would end up replicating the crap in the GSM sector.

netotse:

@DjNiyi
k. . .i get you
B.T.W the crap actually also includes the fact that we pay through our noses and the excuse is that the business environment in naija is crap

DJNiyi:

I understand what you mean and that's the more reason why the Lagos State govt should focus on removing the legal hurdles that prevent it (or any private sector operator) from generating and distributing power to industries in the state.

This focus on increasing taxes without measuring the economic impact on consumption and job creation is dangerous.

Even if we accept that the tax proceeds are being utilised as best as they can (which is doubtful given the ridiculous commission paid to Alpha Beta Consulting), it is important to determine that every N1 paid as tax is not better spent by taxpayers as opposed to the government.

netotse:

the bolded is true sha, and FYI the LASG has precious little to do with the legal hurdles that prevent the generation and distribution of power its more of a FG thing

mama-gee:

One would expect Lagos to be a perfect place to live in
after hearing all the good things fashola put in place
but the reverse is the case.