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1. Add a N30 Naira surcharge on fuel pump price above an agreed Minimal. For example pump price is designated at N65.00 per litre; the States in the Country should be allowed to increase their prices in their states to the tune of N30.00 above designated price that is N95.00. A Congested State like Lagos might think for her to get more cars off her roads a high surcharge of N95.00 shall prevail within the state boundaries. Areas that are unison with Lagos Metropolis and are more or less an urban sprawl of the Lagos Metropolitan areas like Otta, Isheri in Ogun State would also attract the Lagos State surcharge, so for expediency it would always be good for those two states to have the same Party in Government. Abeokuta and Ijebu-Ode which are miles away from Lagos Metropolis would attract a different rate a lower rate would be plausible, this is to discourage people travelling  to Ogun state to purchase Fuel, they would have to think of distance between Lagos and Ijebu-Ode and Abeokuta b4 embarking on such onerous journey.

 
2. GSM another Utility that works, a surcharge should be introduced on a state by state basis on the normal price charged. The service providers would remit the money to the state at the end of each financial year. For instance if call per minute is N10.00 a minute, a surcharge belonging to the state can be charged on that bill, anything between N0.01 per minute and N5.00 Naira per minute would be an acceptable range. Surcharge can also be charged on text messages, and mobile internet phone browsing.


3. Another one is DSTV, the states in the federation can put a surcharge on the total cost of the package varied from state to state depending on their financial situation or dire needs.


4. Divide all houses in a city, Town or Village between 4 Bands, Band A being the poshest band and houses in this band would be subject to a N20,000.00 surcharge a year, the money would be incorporated into any Tenancy agreement and paid when  the Tenants make their deposits. This money would be transferred to the states coffers. Band B –N10,000.00 a year, while Band C would be N5,000.00 a year while the last and not the least would be Band D at N2,000.00 a year, the category of houses, stalls and shop that would fall into this category would include all kinds of shacks including mud houses.


5. Cars and Lorries  State Tax if the states don’t currently have one,  I would suggest they get one incorporated. If a Car is primarily in Lagos, the owner pays this Car Tax to Lagos State fully but if the car goes to his home town or any other states sparingly like every fortnight or thereabout then he or she would be liable to pay  10% of the value of Car Tax in the visiting state. Basically it makes sense for an individual or corporate body that goes out of state to do business to obtain licenses of those states they go to on a regular basis. The FGN would collect the Tax  on cars for all residents of Abuja and all FGN cars.


6. Surcharge on Insurance on Cars and Lorries is another revenue stream that can be looked at.



I guess NLander you can add to the list. 

Clearly not all state governors are interested in overburdening their beleaguered citizens. It is not about the idea, it is the need and willingness.

More charges on Nigerians while you sit pretty in the UK, removed from the immediate hardships of ordinary Nigerians? How about insisting that the bloated and FAT size of many useless governments, agencies and officials be cut to commensurate levels like it's done where you are? UK is still far richer than Nigeria and if Nigerian government officials are getting paid more pounds per year than their UK counterparts, isn't something wrong with that picture? How about corruption and corrupt practice leaking billions away to UK, US, Caymans, SA, etc, every year? How about Nigeria knowing all that actually happens in NNPC and begin to refine its oil rather than having no choice but to accept whatever NNPC declares? I could go on and on but these things have been discussed so many times the internet is getting tired of it! Assuming your ideas are implemented without these kind of fundamental changes, the results will be exactly the same thing or worse!

How did u arrive at the 10% figure?

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UK is still far richer than Nigeria and if Nigerian government officials are getting paid more pounds per year than their UK counterparts, isn't something wrong with that picture?

Then what any sensible Government does is get that money back in surcharge. The Rich pay more for the good things of life in any other clime. If for example you have a multi million dollar house in Nigeria, you should be liable to a NO-HOLDS BAR Annual Tax Clearance of N500,000 Naira per multi million Naira House, so if you have 10 of those houses, that would cost you 10 million Naira in Taxes per year. The houses in this bracket would be houses from $300,000 and above.

How did u arrive at the 10% figure?

The 10% figure is not to overburden an out of state resident with the hassle and burden of someone living within the state since the out of state resident would have a clearance certificate showing he has paid fully in his primary resident. In fact this strategy could be like a flag of convenient for states that have low revenue stream like Yobe, Zamfara and Kebbi state. These states could easily lower their rates in other to attract volumes thereby pushing up their revenue stream.

How did u arrive at the 10% figure?

Another way of looking at it is,


Yobe State Car Tax per year – N10,000.00

Lagos State Car Tax per Year – N100,000.00,

Obviously Lagos State wants to reduce the number of cars on her roads and subsequently lower pollution levels hence she charges a very high premium. What happens then everyone goes out of state to register their car as an out of Stater, for example someone from Lagos registering in Yobe. Basically what would happen in Yobe would be that the state would want to see your House Band Tax clearance, the lowest being N2,000.00 a year, with an affidavit a scammer would be allowed to pay this N2,000.00 together with the N10,000 car tax thereby giving Yobe N12,000.00 Naira. At the same time Lagos Government knows you have probably registered out of state but would still be able to apprehending you if you don’t pay the N10,000.00 you are suppose to pay her because you have being stopped several times and you don’t have a certificate.

At Musiwa,

I have suggested something similar in the past, but our goverment are too dumb.

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