aztec:


And yet you Ibo people are trooping to Ogun State like there’s war in SE. You guys are pathetic. You insult SW yet you come In droves. Does that make sense? Even in the movie you hear them say “i’m leaving the village to go hustle in Lagos”. Now add Ogun state join. What’s so terrible about SE that you guys only want to go there on Christmas? �. One day your cup will get full again and you’ll be chased out! Continue.

aztec:


“Build SEAport in Imo RIVER”. Can you see you’re a clown. Isn’t it rivers that feed into oceans? How can you build a sea port in a river? How do massive ships get to the river? Or you think it’s easy like that. What you guys don’t know is that virtually no shipping company wants to dock in the Niger Delta area because of piracy. Niger Delta area of the Gulf of Guinea accounted for 60% of PIRACY ATTACKS LAST YEAR!!!! They simply wouldn’t come because you guys have used your hands to destroy your future!

Why will investors go to Enugu Airport? What’s happening in Enugu that will draw capital? Nothing!
You lot are just time wasters.

Sammy07:
Some people will tell us they are behind Lagos economy

Imagine, how much does 2 by 2 shops pays to Lagos economy?

Pls, no Easternbull tout should quote me.

senatepresido:

you're just a fool and poor in both bank and mind because only the very poor Yorubas and Igbos fights on social media...
I am from SS though Benin to be precise, my boss, a Colonel in the Army recently sacked one of his Yoruba employee from Oyo to hire an Igbo from Enugu but you poor kids will be fighting on Nairaland...
fools

Top 10 States in Nigeria with highest tax revenue in 2019
The latest IGR report released by the (NBS) showed that ten (10) states in Nigeria received N430.07 billion from tax revenue in half of 2019.

The latest Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) report released by the National Bureau of Statistics showed that ten (10) states in Nigeria received a total sum of N430.07 billion from tax revenue in half of 2019.

According to the Bureau’s report, the top 10 states in Nigeria generated 72% of the total tax revenue. Basically, the states include Lagos, Rivers FCT, Delta, Akwa Ibom, Kaduna, Ondo, Ogun, Cross River and Kano.

Sammy07:
Some people will tell us they are behind Lagos economy

Imagine, how much does 2 by 2 shops pays to Lagos economy?

Pls, no Easternbull tout should quote me.

foleskay:
Lagos is making such revenue because its so centralized. Almost all the headquarters of multinational companies re located in lagos. Its one of d most centralized in d world, that's why its struggling to meet up with infrastructural facilities and quality housing.

Go to countries like US where d economy is decentralized. Not all economy of d US is based in new York alone, the economies are evenly distributed across d country, at least a state has a major company that's sustains its citizens. Tesla has its head quarters in San Francisco, ford has its headquarters in Ohio, tech giant, Microsoft has it main plant in Chicago, and us military is based in Virginia. So the wealths are spread. That's why d us is the most developed country in d world simply because its economy is decentralized. Lagos also needs to be decentralized so d wealths can be spread equally amongst states just like in d US.

mystery22:
afonja,ibadan-express way,always bringing stats from the head of there victims in Ogun skull mining headquarter,afonja republic will become another dirty Benin republic where you brothers live...

aztec:


You can barely string a complete sentence. It’s not your type somebody argues with. No intellectual content. You probably one of those “boy boy” that didn’t go to school and stay in a shop somewhere in SOUTH WEST!!! Go back to your erosion-riddled land!!! We don’t want you people here.
Leave our “skull mining” region for us.
SE is not and can never be a match to SW. How many South Westerners do you see in the East? That’s right, very few. We are happy to stay home because things are happening here. GO AND DEVELOP YOUR EROSION LAND!!!

Oshigun:
When some of us insist it is a fact Igbos are saboteurs who add little to Lagos IGR, because of tax evasion, Igbos will argue blindly.

Below is the list of the 10 states in Nigeria with the highest tax remittance in six month of 2019 accounting for 72% of total tax collection in our nation in that period. Not a single Igbo State.

Now, does it make sense that a very clannish and tribalistic people who avoid paying tax in their in their own States of origin will be substantial contributors to the tax component of Lagos IGR or that of any other SW State?


https://nairametrics.com/2019/10/14/top-10-states-in-nigeria-with-highest-tax-revenue-generated-in-2019/

mystery22:
typical Ogun state boy every thing is violence, next thing you start looking for skull to mine,dirty Benin republic will be better than afonja republic if all Igbo's leave,no wonder your fathers died to keep us in Nigeria,cos skull mining could have also become an occupation in Yoruba land,try and reclaim your lost kwara state...useless parasites

aztec:



Please you people should leave. You want SW to fail abi? Please leave! I’m begging you. Carry your mother and father join so SW can fail. You sef know dem no born ibo to leave. Where will they go? Imo? Dirty Abia? Enugu wey na only guest house dey. Abi na Anambra wey be Christmas town.
You sef know. Nothing is in SE that’s why you people can’t stay in your house!
I pity Ibo people because one day one day una go collect another £20.

PHAYOL81:


The same bullshit all over again? Since Abuja had been the federal capital which would equate the years lagos had as one (30 years) around next year, what happens to the Airport at least, if having no chance of a seaport can be excused? Why hasn't the Airport overtaking MMIA as the busiest? Even when officials messed up landing equipments a while ago at the Lagos MMIA, the airlines coming in would rather opt for Ghana instead of any in Nigeria... Abuja, Port Harcourt, Kano, none else? To them it was either Lagos or nothing. Is that another political jargons from the FG?
How many times do we have to show you guys this Lagos was already doing fine long before the amalgamation of all the regions? Was that a help from FG too?
Fine, you site samples from the USA. But you fail to provide evidence where the USA mandated or forced companies to site their business in any other place other than their place(s) of choice. Point blank, even in the USA, New York is what it is today because of the presence of assortment of companies trusting and establishing in the state. Check your stat, the New York has the most concentration of commercial activities of all the states (mark this, BY FAR) in the USA and the much I know (and I stand to be corrected if you've got prove), the Tesla in San Fransisco, Ford in Ohio, Microsoft in Chicago, amidst others that stationed their headquarters away from the New York did so by choice and not by the authority of the White House. Remember these are private companies and they have their plans and aims.
And how many companies had come out to say the FG mandated them to rather site their business in Lagos or beat it? Is it google that just came in? Is it Netflix? Are they the oil companies that left the Niger-Delta where they once had headquarters before relocating to Lagos owing to the incessant trouble from the clans? Or are they the new start-ups that sprung up taking the opportunities the state has to offer? Or did Innoson told you the FG pressured him to rather site his plant in Lagos and not in the East? Or did BUA make the same claim over the sugar plant he's sited in Kwara state? If no, then, why is the bulls.hit of FG not decentralising Lagos? Ondo has port that the state government is courting investors to dredge, Ogun is building a mini-port at Itoikin by a private investor but the Easterns would rather put pressure on the FG to do this for their SS neighbour as if the Lagos seaport was not entirely functional before Nigeria or that the international Airports that they have functioning now is performing better than the MMIA despite having clamoured for it for years prior to having it.
If you want a decongested Lagos, Onne port is there for you and is operational, so either go use it or shut the h.ell up whenever Lagos is mentioned. Enemy of Progress!

mystery22:
Ogun state boy,better go back to Ogun state ooo,the same Lagos deport you clowns regularly,be here claiming lagosian...I wonder who owns Lagos,dangote refinery/fed govt are already buying lands continuously,another afonja loading in Lagos state,with a new emir in town..better go and work and stop skull mining your father pass down to you from his father,tribal parasite

aztec:


Guy that Onne port is only useful because of the oil and gas companies that have no choice but to use it. The level of piracy in that section of the Gulf of Guinea means normal ships will not dock there because it’s too dangerous and expensive (insurance) thanks to ND militants. So Onne is pretty useless for anything other than oil/gas. The oil/gas use is there out of a lack of alternative because it will be too costly to ship the oil from SS to Lagos by road. Dangote saw the rubbish going on in SS and rushed to build the refinery in Lagos. He has said that if oil flow from ND is disrupted he will buy it from the global market and ship it to the refinery. He has hedged his company from the nonsense that is happening in Niger Delta. Situating the refinery in Lagos shows a complete lack of confidence of private capital in the SS region because of the violence and myriad of other anti-development attitudes of the people. I mean look at Wike.

Even Shell wants to move logistics operation from Rivers to Lagos. I guess they are tired of the militancy, hungry people there that are always asking for money and the tug Governor. When Shell moves finish they will blame FG and say there’s an “agenda” to hold them back. Clowns!

Oshigun:


How can a people naturally averse to paying tax in even their own States be appreciable tax payers in Lagos or any other SW State?

Once it is accepted as a given that Igbos generally pay little or no tax then what is the economic benefit to Lagos of the small Igbo businesses and retailers that form, by far, the majority of Igbo trading presence in Lagos? Nonsense.

Anambralstson:

Some of them lack common sense, Southeast economy is an indigenes driven economy, state governments tax them low, in order to encourage them, unlike Lagos and Ogun. Like Anambra State government has suspended all tax and levies in all markets since last year

PHAYOL81:

Thanks for the info. Just don't know whether they think at all before citing samples. Imagine him call USA into Lagos situation as if the White House authorizes the place a business must be stationed in the country; as if if any business comes into USA today and plan to station its base in the New York, the White House would stop them. Is it Lagos fault that it provide magnetic business environment for investors much more than any other state? Would they have had a situation where investment rather opt for another country because the FG's poking nose in their place of choice? Or do they think big investment would suddenly go for an untrusted environment because the FG directed them to? That's why I cited the Airline example... they would rather have another country and not any other state other than the one they trust.
Those guys are big time clowns, I beg. So, Lagos would suddenly allow FG to tell them where the business they courted should be situated; Lagos wouldn't even allow it go to Abuja let alone Potor Republic. If they want development, it's time they started earning it not sitting down to be fed. No, it's not happening!

aztec:


They are in denial as the world is passing them by. As you mentioned, Ondo wants to build a seaport while two will be in Lagos after the Lekki Port is complete. Dangote Refinery has built a port too. What will happen is that virtually all the port traffic will be in the SW and they will find a way to complain or claim they developed Ondo state and Lekki. Ekiti about a week ago or so massively slashed the Right of Way (RoW) cost and today they announced a partnership that will see broadband technology installed. It will have a big positive impact on the state and business. What are their governors doing? When the positive impact is felt some of them will move to Ekiti and say they “developed” Ekiti by building 2 by 2 shops.

The truth is that big investors simply don’t fancy the SE. The Ibos themselves don’t fancy their region that’s why they only build house for Christmas and yet they claim marginalization. Any serious minded person will know that real development is driven by the private sector. Waiting on FG is a stupid thing to do.
If they want development they need to go back home and invest! I just thank God that i’m from the SW despite being in this quagmire called Nigeria. Cheers bro!

NPA, Ogun To Collaborate Over Olokola Deep Seaport


The management of the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) and the Ogun State Government has agreed to collaborate to ensure the workability of the Olokola Deep Seaport project.

Receiving the Deputy Governor of Ogun State, Mrs Noimot Oyedele-Salako and the state’s government team inclusive of their Technical Partners from Abu Dhabi Ports recently, Managing Director of the NPA, Hadiza Bala Usman called for greater cooperation among stakeholders while working towards actualising the Federal Government 25 years Port Master Plan.

The NPA and the Ogun State Government delegation both agreed that the synergy was important in order to develop Nigeria’s port system in tandem with global best practices.


https://tribuneonlineng.com/npa-ogun-to-collaborate-over-olokola-deep-seaport/

NGpatriot:







Add Ogun state too..

Ogun state deep seaport project is still alive and well.

Ajibel:
Not many nations within the African continent can boast of the feat Lagos state has attained over the past decade. The state rivals economies of nations as it ranks the top 10 of the largest African economies. The success of the state is, however, punctuated by high poverty levels and a range of infrastructural deficits. The onus thus falls on the state to make do with its available resources towards meeting all the needs of the state and this is what the Ministry of economic planning and budget (MEPB) as headed by Commissioner, Sam Egube, seeks to attain with the state’s financial resources. Given the ongoing pandemic, the job of the state in mitigating the far-reaching effect on businesses and individuals alike has been further heightened.

The recently released financials for Q1 2020 reveal an actual revenue for the quarter of ₦282.6 billion, a figure 101% higher than the actual revenue of 2019 which stood at ₦140.7 billion and 6% higher than the budget for 2020 which stood at ₦267.8 billion. The revenue for the quarter consists of ₦100.3 billion on internally generated revenue, ₦141 billion on capital receipts, and ₦41.2 from federal transfers.

Capital expenditure for the quarter was N72.1 billion, 11% higher than the actual of 2019 which stood at ₦65 billion and 54% less than the budget for 2020 which was set at ₦177.8 billion – a deficit attributed to economic changes resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. In the following abridged transcript, Mr. Egube, offers insights into the performance of the budget and speaks extensively about the implication of the pandemic on industries within the state and new mechanisms to be employed by the state government.

Let’s start with a brief overview of the quarter 1 financials. How do you rate the overall performance?

The first quarter is typically a very slow one. The budget performed at 51% and that is understandable because the later part of March experienced the Covid pandemic and subsequently the lockdown. So a lot of the transactions that were ready to go into execution were not able to go. We achieved and surpassed our target for 2020 Q1.

This is good as it just shows that some of the performance-enhancing mechanisms that we have put in place are working. We will continue to put pressure on those performance metrics and we do this through the peer reviews we have on our revenue which the governor himself sits in. The goal is to ensure that revenue is being driven so that we’ll have what we need to have to spend on both recurrent and capital expenditure.

The report disclosed that the Covid-19 pandemic will affect the resources of IGR – and expectedly so, which is why it is also surprising that the state was able to outperform despite the fact that a number of key industries have slowed down during this period. What is the state’s stance on this?

Yes, we expect the full implication of the Covid-19 slowdown to begin to show up in the second quarter. The latter part of Q1 is where you would see the beginning of the Covid-19 lockdown. So, we’re expecting a shakedown. We’ve done our own models also within the state to see how badly hit the Covid-19 pandemic will have hit us. It’s a global phenomenon. It’s not something the world has gone through and it’s not something that is completely understood yet.

But for an import-dependent country like us, our supply chain is going to be deeply affected as our production also will slow down. A slowdown of production across the world also means reduced energy demand and that begins to put pressure on our crude oil sales. What you then begin to see is that prices begin to topple down from our expected benchmark of ₦57/ barrel.

All of these slowdowns are going to cause the GDP of the state and of the nation to shrink. We have taken a more optimistic positioning to say it will shrink by 3%. 3% means a ₦2.3 trillion loss in output by the entire state. Unemployment go up as companies not producing will either begin to contemplate paying less than the salaries they ought to pay or actually lay off workers. With this happening, IGR will reduce and it is going to lead to an increased physical deficit that will force a re-order, a reevaluation, or a reprioritization of the budget. We need to spend on what will bring the greatest impact on the economy especially because resources are thinning out.

https://nairametrics.com/2020/05/09/big-read-interview-with-sam-egube-lasg-commissioner-for-economic-planning-and-budget/

[Picture]: Commissioner for economic planning and budget Lagos state, Mr Sam Egube

aztec:


Even more fantastic news! All these moves will really become evident in 5-10yrs from now. In that time you will probably not see anything tangible coming from SE given the governors they have. It was until SW did Amotekun that suddenly they too realized that Fulani herdsmen were pillaging them. Let’s just keep praying that God will continue to guide SW to navigate this terrible union called Nigeria.

Sammy07:


Lolzzz.

I'm working in one of Nigeria embassy outside the country.

One of the white men, sacked an Igbo guy cos of fraud and employ a Yoruba guy to fill his space.

You grab?

NGpatriot:








This is how they brag about not paying taxes in their own village, the same people actually blast Lagos and Ogun for taxing collrcting taxes.

There's a reason why the SE is the poorest region in Nigeria.

NGpatriot:



Their governors are still preoccupied with wheelbarrow, borehole and roadside kerosene sharing.

SE is unproductive, there's nothing in that region to attract any meaningful investment and you'll never see brands like KFC, Dominos, Stone cold creamery anywhere in the SE, but they are all over the SW.

The SE is poor, the purchasing power is little or nothing, the business environment is too unfriendly, too hostile and not even enough educated manpoer to sustain meaningful business activities.

Oshigun:
When some of us insist it is a fact Igbos are saboteurs who add little to Lagos IGR, because of tax evasion, Igbos will argue blindly.

Below is the list of the 10 states in Nigeria with the highest tax remittance in six month of 2019 accounting for 72% of total tax collection in our nation in that period. Not a single Igbo State.

Now, does it make sense that a very clannish and tribalistic people who avoid paying tax in their in their own States of origin will be substantial contributors to the tax component of Lagos IGR or that of any other SW State?


https://nairametrics.com/2019/10/14/top-10-states-in-nigeria-with-highest-tax-revenue-generated-in-2019/

Fatimaade:


Come and see how they are sacking igbos here and replacing them with Yoruba employees

NGpatriot:
The game-changer for Lagos state is the Dangote refinery complex.

Imagine this..


The largest single-train refinery in the world in Lagos, SW

The biggest fertilizer plant in the world in Lagos, SW

The biggest petrochemical plant in Africa in Lagos, SW.

The largest gas processing plant in Africa in Lagos, SW


This is the real game-changer for Lagos and the SW, even the new IGR figure is small change considering the potential massive tax base and manufacturing opportunities from the petrochemical plant alone, imagine the explosion of petro plastic products, rubbers, resins, synthetic fibers, adhesives, dyes, detergents, pesticides, and petroleum-derived paints and coatings. Making film, Food packaging Shopping bags Cling film Milk carton lining, Injection molding, Dustbins Crates, Buckets Bowls Blow mouldingDetergent bottles Drums, Squeezable bottles, Extrusion Water pipes, Flexible water pipes Cable jacketing.

This petrochemical plant alone is set to open up many industrial applications for high-end exportable goods like industrial products, automotive parts products and so on, now imagine Lagos state sitting on this massive tax base and business opportunities.


And the biggest fertilizer plant in the world and the huge taxable refined products from the massive refinery too.

OMG, Lagos state and the SW don jam lottery, I see Lagos state rapidly moving from the 3rd largest economy in Africa moving to 2nd or even the first if possible.