To the build-up to the 2015 elections and the subsequent furious meme wars, one particular meme targeted against Buhari and the APC was the Buhari will ban Orijin. At that time, Orijin beer was trending not only in beer pubs but also over cyberspace. The Give this Man one cold Orijin caption using Vladimir Putin pointing in approval was used as an approval to a given post. Then out of nowhere the Buhari will ban Orijin meme appeared. This was used not only to portray Buhari as an Islamofascist but also as a natural saddist which he is.

The new tax regime on locally brewed alcoholic breavages which proposes an indefinite annual increment on alcohol proves this meme to be accurate.

The Buhari led APC federal govt has defended their new tax regime on locally brewed alcoholic products on the false paternalistic perspective of trying to dissuade Nigerians from drinking citing health implications of alcoholic intake. This was the position the Minister of Health used in advocating for an increase in Tobacco products through more taxation while the Minister of Finance claimed that the reasons for a broad increase in taxes on alcoholic products was to harmonise Nigeria's tax laws to that of neighbouring West African countries not withstanding the economic fallout this may bear on the larger economy.

The new tax regime will lead to more smaller distilleries shutting down and antecedent job losses that will even affect growers of cereals used in brewing process. The high retail costs will see to lower patronage of small bars across the country and will definitely worsen the economic plight of these struggling small businesses. It is important to note here that the average cost of a bottle of beer had remained unchanged despite the high inflationary rate that this incompetent administration foisted on Nigerian economy but with this new policy the cost of alcohol is set to rise and will continue so on an annual exponential rate. Taxation without consultation is extortion no matter how those of you want to defend this retrogressive policy. The policy is meant to extort an already impoverished people for the exclusive benefit of the current crooks in power.

I will suggest that State govt especially in the south demand 50% outright from whatever is generated from this backward tax regime. You don't expect me to buy a bottle of beer in Calabar for the benefit of one almajiri in the north.