Iamgrey5:
They don't know that the ports will not cease to exist once Nigeria break

They don't know Lagos can't be moved from the current location and will still continue to benefit from the populations surrounding it even after Nigeria must have split. It will serve as a major entrepot zone.

They forgot that without the large population in Lagos, Lagos in it self can become a tourist destination because of the numbers of beaches and other natural attractions in it.

Correct talk. Ghana, essentially Accra, makes billions of dollars from tourism yearly and Lagos has far more natural potentials and diversity than Accra can ever dream of.

Iamgrey5:
Your argument even as half-witted as it sounds defeats the logic behind the argument.

So can the native americans now claim America from the Europeans that once were settlers as you claim?

Can the black now claim they own Egypt without the Arabs throwing down out?

So what makes you think the original "Edo owners" can chase the "Yoruba from Ogbomoso" away from Lagos today?

Having said that, idumota is not the only place in Lagos

What about Abule Egba, Ikoyi, Epe, ikorodu, Ajegule etc..

What is the Edo names of those places?

Thanks for educating this illiterate of history, I can reply him until when he can differentiate between invaders (Edo) and the indigenes (Yoruba - Awori) in Lagos..

With this, his senses may let him know the landowners of Lagos State.

He's right about Lagos but now about PH.

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

The whole North lack sense.


Go to school they wont, they will rather spend their whole time and energy reciting Quran and become Muslim extremists, tufiakwa

Iamgrey5:
Your argument even as half-witted as it sounds defeats the logic behind the argument.

So can the native americans now claim America from the Europeans that once were settlers as you claim?

Can the Blacks now claim they own Egypt without the Arabs throwing them out?

So what makes you think the original "Edo owners" can chase the "Yoruba from Ogbomoso" away from Lagos today?

Having said that, idumota is not the only place in Lagos

What about Abule Egba, Ikoyi, Epe, ikorodu, Ajegule etc..

What is the Edo names of those places?

Bro you'll be making a grave mistake thinking the Blackfire monicker is that of a Northerner. I can tell you authoritatively, the guy is a confirmed Ibo man masquerading as a Northerner. His lines of arguments gave him out because Igbos are the only ones who hold that line of argument and obsession (out of envy) about Lagos. No northerner gives a fvck about the history or ownership of Lagos, only Igbos from time immemorial, hold this line of argument of Lagos being a no-man's-land and other inuendos just of jealousy. Don't ever mistake this guy for a Northerner!

MajorOvakporaye:


SHUT UP!!!

WHICH SOUTHWEST STATES? WHAT DO THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES CONTRIBUTE TO LAGOS? YOU BETTER CHECK YOUR TEMPERATURE BECAUSE E BE LIKE SAY NA FEVER DEY WORRY YOU SO.

NNE, I DARE THE NORTH TO PULL OUT ALL THEIR PPLE FROM SOUTH, LET'S C HOW LONG THEY WILL SURVIVE ECONOMICALLY

Blackfire:
First of all lagos is no man's land
By tradition and historical facts it belongs to the Benin ogiso dynasty ,not yorubas


Secondly, lagos is made up of all Nigerians including all that is inside


Thirdly all this noise about state collecting Vat is a ploy to a southern sinister...well let me tell you the status quo remain


Incase you don't know ...North2023

So your foolishness and greediness is not cured yet, Pele ooo.

North ruling Nigeria is over.

By the time a northerner will rule again,

The zoo would have been splited.

Maybe buhari's dead brain is now a northern virus.

Die brutally

the people that develop lagos are eastheners and foregners,the only help north render to lagos economy is by paying #50 daily okada ticket fee and by beging on the road

Mentally Lazy man, if you don’t know how to generate IGR in your state, then don’t contest for governor ,

Okay, but those other states can ban what the cosmopitan states are making money from in their states, right ?

Make it make sense to me.

If they are saying consumption of alcohol is sharia to them, then they should keep the same energy when it is time to share the money from the TAX from it.

BigSarah:
Well there you go, you can't make the earnings of cosmopolitan states exclusive that's just common sense

Lagos
Rivers
Kano
Ogun
Kaduna
Delta

Are significantly cosmopolitan, but then again the sharing formula should be fairer and reasonable than it currently is..

Olodo governor, why ignorance people like this become a governor without vision, every state should continue collect it VAT simple

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

Does that sound sensible to you,does that make sense? Unjustly taking from other states and you are attributing your robbery to some bulshhhyt population garbage,does that sound sensible?
Please stop this kinda unreasonable aboki talk..



What a shameless gov

And to imagine these are the people saddled with the responsibility of administration of naija!!!!

You are correct ,likewise the corporate headquarter of Bandits are in Kastina ,and that of Boko haram are in Bornu. Get VATs from them .

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

But it should also trigger a positive response in States seeking to attract investment and this is what quite a few folks complain about. That these northern States have their cultural and religious beliefs and practices getting in the way. So to them its like eating your cake and trying to have it.

My thoughts generally about the whole thing is simple.
Restructuring.

If the north had been more receptive to restructuring they would have 'dialogued' through to better positions for example trading off one set of positions for another, for example perhaps letting go of open grazing and keeping VAT. But when they keep hard line positions on everything progressive they are bound to lose all.

I keep on saying it. Without restructuring, this country has little or no future.

Verysmart101:


Can it survive without ndiigbo? These benin republic port are being patronised majorly by ndiigbo.85% of goods imported into Nigeria through tincan and apapa warf are ndiigbo.75% of building structures in Lagos are owned by ndiigbo which ndiigbo provides majority of land use charge for Lagos.And the list goes on.Lagos cannot survive without ndiigbo take it or leave it

Ogbeni, leave the Igbos out of your madness.

Focus on the topic.

austinvsb:
If you think you really have the population that sustains Lagos, when States starts VAT collection, use that population to your advantage and generate taxes from them.

Bunch of leeches

precisely

When time comes refuse to return to your state and see what happens

Village dwaft seeing no reason to stay and build his state but want to be acting exposed by leeching on lagos social status

These are the sore losers who will want to engage in EndSARS in lagos state while his leaders in his state are Ne'er-do-wells

Blackfire:



Educated illiterate
Because Egypt of today is rule by arabs from the desert does that means it wasn't owned by blacks

Or Because the native Americans now live in conservation and the immigrants now becoming mayor,presidents does that make NA not the owner of there lands

Historically Benin names are still irremovable...like idumota, EKo,IDUMAGO , obanikoro and so on, I hope you know that oba rilwane akiolu has benin ancestry

You can just come from ogbomoso to claim lagos


Incase you don't know...North2023

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

I love this dimension of this VAT arguments....Over time we could av developed other states by shifting too many attentions in Lagos to neighbouring states...


Starting from creating more seaports..Plus too many others..

I am loving lagos and rivers state for this move...

This singular thought pattern is why we are where we are today and as long as our leaders reason this way we will never progress

There are advantages that lagos has (populations,ports) etc that it can use to its advantage. So also Katsina has some advantages (arable and vast Land for agriculture).

Every state must learn to use what it has in abundance to facilitate trade and business.

Therein lies the unity in diversity that we profess

teeshet:


https://gazettengr.com/northern-states-responsible-for-lagos-rivers-economic-development-masari/

[If Lagos or Portharcourt thinks it can develop without the north, it’s a joke]. - Masari.

Over to you people from the SW and Rivers people who talk about one Nigeria indivisible.


You are dealing with Abokiis who don’t understand a thing other than how to live from what comes from the southern regions of Nigeria.

I find this funny. North saying they developed Lagos and Rivers.

Jagaban the tax collector will die there. See eh...VAT is for Lagos. Rivers don win am as long as Lagos has supported it. There is no Nigeria without Lagos. This is why I said the day SW says no more Nigeria, that's it. North is not the engine of Nigeria. Most people think ifs north. No way. The engine of Nigeria is Lagos...amd it always carry SW along. Even Oyo under PDP is cooperating. Dem no born him well to say no. He must cooperate. Rivers is leading what Igbos should have done a long time ago. Let Igbo unite and see if Lagos will not back them. After all, Igbos can say they developed Lagos. No one will ever argue with that. Igbos truly have investments in Lagos and csn claim right to developing it. Standard and confirmed. But the north say this? Rubbish.

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

if you know the population of the yorubas then you will understand Lagos can stand alone , the rest of Nigeria needs yoruba land not yoruba that needs northerners … the South west has everything for nation to grow …

austinvsb:
If you think you really have the population that sustains Lagos, when States starts VAT collection, use that population to your advantage and generate taxes from them.

Bunch of leeches

Final word!

PDPdestroyer:

Bro you'll be making a grave mistake thinking the Blackfire monicker is that of a Northerner. I can tell you authoritatively, the guy is a confirmed Ibo man masquerading as a Northerner. His lines of arguments gave him out because Igbos are the only ones who hold that line of argument and obsession (out of envy) about Lagos. No northerner gives a fvck about the history or ownership of Lagos, only Igbos from time immemorial, hold this line of argument of Lagos being a no-man's-land and other inuendos just of jealousy. Don't ever mistake this guy for a Northerner!

Oh my God!!!!

Why are bringing Igbo matter into this again!!!!!

I feel like cursing you but can't you ever survive,can't you ever live your life without your headaches for the Igbos!!! What kind of human being is this for God's sake!!!!!

We southerners have a very huge problem with these greedy, selfish,wicked, unproductive yet want to take all northerners and here you are with your disharmony and confusion!!!!!!

So the idiot knows about demand and supply but didn't see anything wrong in food blockade by his parasitic people.

OneTemplate:


I don't waste time discussing with olodos. I only mock them. Now go and graze some cattle and get lost.

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O boy that one enter ����

The South- West has the population ( yorubas are over 70million) that population is enough for us to have a decent yoruba nation … we don’t need any part of Nigeria to survive , it’s the other part of Nigeria that need the yoruba nation

Political criminals

there is no need for argument about this VAT stuff, let other states begin to attract industries to themselves to increase their VAT collection too.

Why must it continue to look like monkey dey work, baboon dey chop? Nigerians are just too lazy, everybody wants ready-made jollof rice

Whether Lagos or Port Harcourt is populated with different tribes is missing the point. Agitation to collect VAT by Lagos and Rivers State, and by extension other states is the way to go. The nationalities living and working in these places will benefit more from the VAT paid to the state, than to their home state.
Enough of economic laziness of Nigerian politicians
When you make your state ungovernable, how would you attract investors. Time for accountability

The states should use what they have to their own advantages.
They use their fake population high figures to their advantages in elections.Now they are crying.Fools

Enugupikin:
There is some sense in what he is saying ,Lagos can't stand alone without the rest of Nigeria. Those corporate headquarters too and the ports and all that stems from the Nigerian people

Same way USA, China, UAE etc can't survive without the population of others, right?
Why don't you use the same population to your advantage?