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Maybe  shortage of good men by some women who some times put  men on a higher standard.  

I went to a concert where some big artistes performed  and at the end of  the show  a lot of female fans besieged traveling RVs/rooms of these male artistes for a back stage close up and probably more. From my observation, about 80% of all the female fans would go in to have a special session with these male artistes if given the opportunity. Then I came to the conclusion that all these women were thinking was that I have got what it takes to be with AKON or Chris Brown and when I enquired about female artistes, men were not all over the place cos  most men believe that likes of Rihana or Michele Williams WILL NOT invite you into their rooms/RVs to have a special session.

Seun
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All these small African countries.   One day they are models, the next day they are fighting civil wars.

Keep living in a delusional fantasy island. You sound like you are preempting  a civil war in Ghana so that they will not be compared to Nigeria. It aint gonna happen

You are wrong to think that Nigeria is not fighting civil wars. Go ask Almajiris who killed over 300 people in JOS. Or ask MEND. There is war going on every day it’s only that folks like you choose to ignore them. What facts do you have to believe that Ghana may be heading toward a civil war? I have not read of sectarian or political violence in Ghana. My Ghanaian friend was surprised to hear that thugs hired by politicians kill and maim people in order to win elections in Nigeria.

Check out Foreign Policy Magazine on failed states and see how Nigeria ranks closely with Somalia, Sudan not Ghana

: Why We Can't Cooperate With Nigeria - US.
By Tunde Abatan, Deputy Sunday Editor

The United States Government has said it is constitutionally barred from releasing names of top ranking Nigerians involved in a N21billion bribery scandal involving the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) projects between 1999 and 2007.

It says except a proper request is made by the Nigerian government to indicate that the disclosure is in the public interest there is nothing it could do.

The latest position of the US. Government came through a response to a request by some US. based Nigerians, led by a lawyer, Ugo Asobie, to the Justice Department, asking for full disclosure of the names and identification of the Nigerians involved in the scandal.

Following Sunday Independent publication of the earlier refusal of US. prosecutors to make public the names of Nigerians involved in the scam, the US. based Nigerians petitioned the Justice Department to disclose the names in the interest of the Nigerian people.

In the protest letter dated November 11, 2008 and made available to Sunday Independent, the Nigerians said they based their petition on the provisions of the American Freedom of Information Act and that such denial would not help the United States government's policy of helping to fight corruption in Nigeria.

However, in its response via a letter signed by its Assistant Director, William G Stewart 11, to the Nigerian Attorney who wrote on behalf of the Nigerians, the Executive office of the United States Attorneys wrote that while it had received the Freedom of Information request which contains records concerning a third party, such cannot be released except with the express authorisation and consent of the third party. It said except it could produce, "a proof that such third party is deceased or a clear demonstration that a public interest in disclosure outweighs the personal privacy interest and that significant public benefit would result from the disclosure of the requested records."

The department states further that since the applicants have not furnished a release, death certificate or public justification for release, the release of records concerning a third party would result in an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy and would be in violation of the Privacy Act,5.US.C. 552a.

Said the letter: "These records are also generally exempt from disclosure pursuant to sections (b) (6) and (b) (7) (c) of the freedom of Information Act, 5U.S.C &552."

The department however declared that it would only release, if requested, any public records maintained in its file, such as court records and news clippings, without the express authorisation of the third party, a death certificate or public justification for release, adding that "if the Nigerians desire to obtain public records, if public records exist in its files, it should re apply with a letter asking for the public documents."

It, however, gave a condition that should the requestor obtain the written authorisation and consent of the third party for the release of the records, it should submit a new request for the documents accompanied by the written authorisation.

It also gave a caveat that the decision not to disclose the information may be appealed within the next 60 days from the date of the letter of rejection of the request.

Asobie and his Nigerian group say they are not relenting as they have decided to appeal the recent denial by the US. Justice Department.

The legal practitioner said in his latest protest letter that since he could not show that the subject of the request was dead and could not provide authorisation for the third party requests, his appeal would be based on the grounds that "the public interest in disclosure outweighs any personal or private interests" and that "significant public benefit would result from the disclosure of the request records mentioned above."

He however, cited Germany vs. Personal Labour Relations Board and Forest Guardian vs. United States Federal Emergency Management Agency and other cases in the past.

As for the private interest concerned as cited by the justice department, he said that "the Information that is the subject of this instant Freedom of Information Act request is the identity of the persons Mr. Albert Jackson Stanley claims to have paid bribes to between 1995 and 2004 regarding the NLNG project."

He also argued further that in this instant case, the disclosure of the names of the Nigerian officials Mr. Stanley claims to have bribed will aid the public to understand the activities of the US. government with regard to furthering the US. foremost foreign policy objectives in Nigeria towards combating corruption.

It would be recalled that one Albert Jackson Stanley had confessed to US. investigators that he bribed a number of Nigerian officials to obtain favours for the American companies handling various Liquefied Natural Gas projects in Nigeria between 1995 and 2003, from the Sani Abacha regime through the Abdulsalami Abubakar government to the first part of the Olusegun Obasanjo government. The US. investigators had filed Stanley's confessional statements in a US. District Court but refused to disclose the names of the Nigerians involved in the bribery scam.

The Nigerian government is yet to react to the demands of the US. investigators with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission telling Sunday Independent that it could not act without specific authorisation and documented evidence from the Federal Government.

Huge capital flight hits Nigerian economy
Written by Gabriel Omoh, Business Editor
Friday, 05 December 2008
*$13.9bn repatriated in 8 weeks

THE global financial crisis has begun to take its toll on the Nigerian economy as corporate bodies are moving funds massively out of the country and from naira to dollar.

In the last eight weeks alone, a total $13.894 billion went out of the country. While about $757 million went out in the week ending September 9, the amount of foreign exchange flowing out of the country rose to $1.359 billion in the week ending September 19.

It, however, dropped to $452 million on October 3 and moved astronomically to $3.290 billion on October 17.

The foreign exchange outflow went further up to $3.356 billion on October 31 and declined a little to $2.397 billion on November 4 and $2.02 billion and $1.262 billion for the weeks ending November 21 and 28 respectively.

This has resulted in the crash of the naira exchange rate which had remained stable in the last two years.

The CBN has attributed the collapse of the naira at the interbank market to currency speculators who buy and hold currency for them to sell later to make some gain. The movement of funds out of the country comes by way of Nigeria residents buying up dollars with their naira and moving it offshore.

The trend became noticeable in October where in a matter of weeks several billions of dollars were purchased through the banks and bureaux de change. The movement of funds is also in travels — business travel allowance, personal travel allowance, direct remittances and so on.

According to data obtained from CBN over eight weeks, the total amount of foreign exchange that went out through travels amounted to $72.067 million; Debt service/payment $799.194 million;

Wholesale at the Dutch Auction market $6.276 billion; Direct remittance $851.809 million; Letters of credit $3.205 billion and cash sales to banks and bureaux de change $3.170 billion

Market operators are also seeing it from the perspective that the reduction of credit line to Nigeria banks by their foreign counterparts as a result of the global financial meltdown is partly responsible for the high volume of funds leaving the country as the usual 90 days trade credit line has dried up in some banks who have had to meet the needs of their customers through direct sales.

The CBN said, Wednesday, that it would intervene in the matter. Investigation showed that the CBN sold $180 million at the interbank market.

At the open market yesterday, however, the naira exchanged for N137 to the dollar as against the N135 the previous day. But Nigeria’s interbank foreign exchange market remained frozen yesterday as dealers waited to see the outcome of the sale of $180 million by the Central Bank if it would stabilise the naira.

Governor Chukwuma Soludo had said on Wednesday that the Central Bank was ready to intervene from yesterday to ensure stability after dollar supply seemed to have dried up amid unprecedented demand.

He said the Central Bank would meet all demands at a market determined exchange rate and that the apex bank was ready to buy and sell as necessary. “The market still remains closed, we are waiting for the Central Bank intervention. The Central Bank has called around asking for quotes, a banker said yesterday.”

The naira, weakened, close to 8 per cent to almost N130 to the dollar on Tuesday, N135 on Wednesday and N137 yesterday as dealers digested the impact of the 2009 budget proposal announced by the president and reacted to what appeared to be a managed depreciation of the local currency.

The Central Bank allowed the naira, broadly stable for months, to depreciate further against the dollar at its bi-weekly auction on Wednesday, selling at between N127-129 compared to around N117 a week ago.

It sold only $180 million on Wednesday and $100 million on Monday despite demand of about $2 billion, leaving banks scrambling for dollars from other sources

Money market operators said dollar demand was being driven by importers before the Christmas trading season as well as by portfolio investors who have been taking money out of Nigeria as the global credit crisis dampens appetite for risk.

It has also been fuelled by banks, businesses and individuals — worried by the long-term impact of falling oil prices on Nigeria’s economy — shifting their balance sheets out of naira into U.S. dollars.

One banking analyst said he thought the Central Bank might have deliberately restricted dollar supply to the market to flush out speculators and ascertain the true level of underlying demand.

So not fighting corruption is better than selectively fighting corruption? Nigerian skewed way of reasoning.

@Musa
Dan uwarka,if Gani a Muslim so what,Wats wrong in someone being a Muslim.
Big fool kawai

Always raining insults on folks who may have different viewpoint. Makes you wonder why some kill folks who dont look like them.
We get embarrassed that Oprah is singling Nigeria out as a scam nation or that some of our girls are  call  girls in Europe , or that some of our men are into nefarious activities abroad,  yet  it does not embarrass us that a  section of the country kills fellow citizens at will without any provocation or repercussion. We are too offended to be called a 419 nation but not offended to be called a nation that supports  genocide. Its OK to kill a Nigerian by a Nigerian but not OK to be criticized by non-Nigerians who frown at some Nigerian scammers or prostitutes.

Noblezone
Some of your ideas are grandiose in nature. I know you cannot sue a governor,but you can sue a state. FG can also be sued as well. Who ever knew that judges can over turn an election until Peter Obi proved them wrong twice. We have to test some of these ideas.


Have you ever heard Gani say something about sectarian violence in Nigeria? I think he is a Muslim?

I bet I dont want this type of democracy. These elites overthrow anyone who does not do their bidding. Thai is more unstable than Nigeria. I think they  have had 3 prime ministers since 2006. They did not like Thaksin and co , but they cannot  win election in order to legislate over a simple minority. Democracy is at its peak when a simply majority won on ballots legistlates over  a minority that lost. They are no holding the govt to rasom, yet they cannot convince rural dwelers to  vote for them in order to become a majority party.
Imagine if democrats could hold Bush's  govt down because it did not agree with his policies. We have to be cautious about this type of  democracy. Let law take its course, they defiled court orders that went against them and wanted the govt to obey court orders that favour their agitation.

useless post. why dont you tell us how people were killed during OBJ's tenure

@Lazy
I honestly don't think the person was having a myopic view but really didn't express themselves correctly. For instance, there are many different groups of people that live all over the world. There are minority groups of people on every continent(all 7, 6, or 5 continents depending on which nation-state you went to school). However when describing a group of people, individuals refer to the majority in that location. When specifying the minority they will place something in front of it. I am not saying it is correct but it is just the reality

An example is what just happened in India. I know you might have heard of the Jewish Center there and that people died there, Obviously, there were Jewish people living there and having kids there etc,  Would you refer to them as Indians probably not

In the context of this discussion, she is myopic in  her view of Africa since there is no evidence to show an entire continent was happy when their fellow brothers and sisters were called refugee in their country. Its myopic to infer that knowing a handful of "Africans"  qualifies you to think that All Africans are alike. Its myopic to think that Africa is a homogenous society. Its myopic to say that " Africans" dont love African Americans- that's why they rejoiced when African Americans were struck with natural disaster. Its myopic to think that Africans glorify at the peril of AA's

Death Toll in Jos Riot Rises to 350
•Armed men arrested
From Chuks Okocha in Abuja, Ruben Buhari in Kaduna and Seriki Adinoyi in Jos, 11.30.2008

The Plateau State Gover-nment has ordered security operatives comprising men of the Nigerian Army, Air Force, and Mobile Police to ‘shoot on sight’ anybody fomenting crisis or defying the curfew order imposed on the state capital, Jos. The order was the government’s latest response to end the riot in Jos, which death toll, as at yesterday evening, had risen to 350.
Giving the order yesterday morning following fresh killings that started at the Tinna Junction and Mando areas of the city, the state Governor, Da Jonah Jang, said the state government would not sit back and watch thugs wreck more havoc on innocent citizens.
THISDAY also gathered that security operatives yesterday intercepted about 500 men armed with weapons on their way to Jos. THISDAY could not however independently verify the figure.
The arrest was a sign that the warring groups are regrouping.
Jang also said his action was informed by his on-the-spot assessment of the situation, particularly in the affected areas.
He lamented that having gone round the city to ascertain the extent of damage, the loss of lives and property and the gory sights of destruction that trailed the city, he had no alternative than to give the order. The Governor however, appealed for calm saying “government is on top of the situation”.
Addressing journalists at the Press Centre in Jos, officials of the Nigerian Red Cross Society said the society had deposited 150 corpses of victims of the riot at the Central Mosque.
However, unconfirmed reports say the death toll had risen beyond the figure given by the Society.
Agence France Press (AFP) reports that 381 bodies were yesterday placed in a mosque in Jos.
The Associated Press (AP) also reported that bodies with fresh wounds arrived at the city's main mosque for quick burial in keeping with Islamic precepts.
Many christians have also lost their lives as what started as post-election violence takes a religious colouration.
Citizens who had fled their homes are taking refuge in National Drug Law Enforc-ement Agency (NDLEA) command, Recos, NDLEA Regional Academy Central Mosque, Macalashi Jumat, ECWA Church, Apata, University of Jos Senior Staff Quarters, and Rukuba Army Barracks.
The Director of Press to the Governor, James Mannok said over 500 rioters have been arrested with weapons and stolen items. He said they are being quizzed by the Police. He said more security personnel have been deployed from neighbouring states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to bring the situation under control.
THISDAY also gathered after going round the city yesterday that the level of damage to lives and properties is enormous. Thousands of new cars at various car-stands, and many houses along Zaria road were razed. Churches and Mosques were also torched in Chobe Junction. Also, corpses were being evacuated from the streets by members of the Red-cross, and the Police. A few corpses still litter the streets in Katako area of the city.
Residents living in hot spots like Bauchi road, Ali Kazaure, Recos, Angwa rogo and Gengere were ordered by the state government to remain indoors 24 hrs, while those in other parts of Jos and Bukuru are to comply with the dusk to dawn curfew.
The fresh outbreak of crisis followed the declaration of election results which gave victory to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the entire 17 local government areas.
Reacting to the crisis, the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) in a press briefing denied the report that it was its group that started the attack.
The state’s CAN chairman, Most Rev. Ignatius Kaigama said “We were taken aback by the turn of events in Jos. We thought it was political, but from all indications it is not so. We were surprised at the way some of our churches and property were attacked and some of our faithful and Clergy killed. The attacks were carefully planned and executed. The questions that bog our minds are why were churches and Clergy attacked and killed? Why were politicians and political party offices not attacked if it were a political conflict? Why were the business premises and property of innocent civilians destroyed? We strongly feel that it was not political, but pre-meditated act under the guise of elections”.
Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) als appealled for restraint to all inohabitants of Jos, the Plateau state capital, over the recent crisis that engulfed parts of the city.
Making the appeal in Kaduna, CAN’s National General Secretary, Engr. Samuel Salifu who spoke to reporters said the association is deeply worried over the local government crisis which he said has been turned into a religious crisis by certain groups and individuals.
Salifu said: “CAN is sick and tired of these type of repetitive crises that keep happening in Jos, Bauchi, Kano, Maiduguri, Zangon Kataf, Kaduna and host of other places in Nigeria with attendant loss of lives and properties. We are calling on all the people of the state to be calm and also calling on the state government to promptly put a stop to the killings and burning and find a way of addressing future issues before they degenerate into killings.”
He also accused government and politicians of always being responsible for most crises in the country by saying that when certain state governments and politicians fail to have their way or want to get cheap popularity, they resort to playing the religious card which most often results into crises.
Also reacting to the fresh crises, some citizens blamed the government, and Plateau Independent Electoral Commi-ssion (PLASIEC) for announcing the results of the election at the height of the crisis. They noted that the commission should have allowed the situation to calm down a little.
Also, a non-governmental organisation, Human Right Writers Association (HURIWA), yesterday blamed the Jos riots, on the failure of security intelligence by all relevant security agencies in the country. The group also canvassed that severe punitive measures be meted out to the masterminds of the violence to serve as effective deterrence while the police commissioner in state and the state Director of the State Security Service (SSS) be sacked for alleged dereliction of duties.
In its own reaction to the crisis, the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) faction led by Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) has called for the declaration of emergency rule in the state over the raging crisis, while also blaming the incident on Jang who it said was desperate to win the Jos North Local Government election at all cost.
Also, the Action Congress (AC) has called for the cancellation of the Plateau council polls, since the perceived rigging of the elections is the main cause of the violence that has now left over 300 people dead and hundreds wounded or displaced in the Jos North local government area.In an interview with THISDAY in Abuja, the Secretary of ANPP Presidential Council, Engr. Buba Galadima called for the declaration of emergency rule in the state over the continued killing and maiming of people by thugs perceived to be armed by the state government.
According to Buba Galadima, "we feel bad that election ANPP won has been denied it again., It was denied because the national secretariat of the party has been compromised and its members are therefore left without any sense of direction.
"In view of the continued killing, we call on the federal government to declare a state of emmegency in the state before it is too late. Military men should be drafted to the state to dislodge those in uniform allegedly armed by the state government. We equally call for the cancellation of the result of the council election since cancel election was the main issue."
Buba Galadima said that information received by the Buhari Organisation shows that the biggest Motor Company in Jos, named Femma Motors was burned down with over 100 vehicles parked at the garage. Also the auto shop of Ibrahim Saleh Hassan, son of Alhaji Saleh Hassan, former national chairman of the Democratic Party of Nigeria (DPN) was burned down.
The Buhari group also called on government to set up an indepedent Judiciary Enquiry Panel to investigate the cause of the crisis.
Also in a statement issued in Abuja Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, the Action Congress (AC) Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the party also condemned the government’s gross insensitivity in going ahead to release the results of the elections, especially that of the Jos North that precipitated the crisis, even as the smoke was yet to clear from the ruins of the violence.


http://www.thisdayonline.com/nview.php?id=129535&printer_friendly=1

Karmamod@
<sup>what kind of "dating" were you doing where the guy ends up marrying someone else

I'm sincerely confused</sup>

so dating means bleeping or sexually exploring each other?

_{Alot Africans had the audacity to laugh at the african americans who were victims of hurricane katrina and say they were lazy and waited on the government to help them}

Another myopic view of Africa.  You sound like Sarah Palin who does not know that Africa is a continent. Africa also has Caucasians and Arabs- so what's their connection with Katrina? Knowing a handful of folks who seem "African" should not be a parameter for judging a continent of about 800million peoples .

@Yemmyse

^{All my classmates with minimum of 2nd class lower are either in banks or working in oil firms, aside from those who travelled abroad and are languishing in penury. None of them earns less than 200k per month.}

Have you ever wondered how much Nigerians abroad who graduated from universities earn? This is what we call an outlier. How about those who don’t have college degrees? By the way I don’t know of how many banks that employ 2.2s with 200k per month.  Must be an Aso Rock Bank. I think we have a bank thread that has dealt with  how much some of these banks pay.

Nothing is more embarrassing than a nation as blessed as Nigeria which CANNOT provide for her citizens so why is it a disgrace that Nigerians are looking for better opportunities overseas? Folks have always migrated for economic opportunities. I hope Irish/Europeans who migrated to America to start with menial jobs did not disgrace their nations. Next time you talk about disgracing your nation  by traveling abroad, I would like you to remember that disgracing your stomach and family has the gravest consequence in life.

Seun you are living in a delusional fantasy land.  Opportunity  in this context is that  an illegal allien can get a job in a foreign land while the same thing cannot be of Nigerians living in  Nigeria. Your benchmark on comparison of opportunities should be referenced with a non Nigerian landing a cleaning job in Lagos to make him live decently.

Nobody has ever mentioned the CORE reason why this fellow was begging to stay in UK- lack of opportunities in Nigeria. Why do  folks mean by saying that he would be better off in Nigeria- Truth be told  if he makes up to 800 pounds a month in the UK I I wonder  how many  young university graduates in Nigeria who make that much. As for folks saying cleaning aint a good job, trust Nigerians and their resilence. I know of someone who started as a cleaner, he later formed his company and today makes over half a million dollars in sales. he has got cleaning service deals with most car dealerships in his city. The difference between UK and Nigeria is that fella can become successful through hard work, while in Naija he has to get connected to a govt official in order to become successful.

As per folks talking about why he is a cleaner in UK instead of Nigeria- have you  ever asked your parents, relatives ,friends and siblings what kind of job they did when they first arrived? Do you know how many graduates in Nigeria who are looking for menial jobs every day?  Its like saying that you would have been successful if you were born in Darfur- Sudan or Kabul- Afghanistan.

Another reason to show that Yar'dua is another Abacha.
Closed Channels TV,Harrased Journalist, Tried to evict judges,arrested internet bloggers, now its pay back time for Ribadu for his unprecedented record on corruption. How many govs have been indicted since he took over? nada. Soldiers go soldiers come barrack na de same. Difference between OBJ and Yar'dua two different ugly faces.

Amakaone@


If you can honestly tell me how many times you and your relatives in Naija who dont pay taxes have been hounded by govt agents, then there is a dicrimantory application of govt laws in shutting down these markets.
Let the justice we all yearn for start from us.

I'm not consoling myself, i will be dammed if I had been controlling things since Nigeria was born and my brothers and sisters are poorest and mostly uneducated amongst all the tribes. That's why its easier for them to kill than to reason, that why its easier to go after folks who may not look like them. Remember one day, they come after your guys -their elite for having left them behind for so long.

Let me ask you a question. Would you rather be of these bigots who kill in the name of tribe without education and opportunities so long as your tribal man is running things in Abuja. I see no correlation between my tribal guy running things in Abuja and fending for myself.

Muza,
Its not controlling things in Abuja that makes you a super rich tribe, but the ability to type and reason on this forum. I wonder how many of your folks can write like you. Education maketh a man free not controlling things in Abuja as you alleged. Quit living in delusional island.

Tapiya,
would you see any wrong in grabbing wealth  from Niger Delta's oil to develop  your zenophobic region as well providing education and buying matchetes for Alamajiris? If Dangotes and Dantatas can own businesses all over Nigeria why can't people of different ethnic origins have the same right?  You  still remind me  of these Indian terrorists who  killed  simply on idealogical differences. Kill folks who  have ethnic differences with us.

Aso rock

_{I am deeply dissappointed that an educated person would make this kind of comment (assuming you're educated).
Whenever in doubt, seek knowledge.
Do you know anything at all about the subsidy on petrol. Do you know why the PPPRA was created. Are you aware that the 70 naira per liter is a fixed price based on heavy subsidies by the govt and dialogue between downstream importers.
Yes, crude prices are down. Let me ask you one question,
Why didn't petrol move from 70 naira per litre to 120 naira per litre when crude hit $140 per barrel?
If the price of petrol needs to come down, it would be as a result of the govt, negotiating their subsidy. The price of crude has to go down to the point where the subsidy is not needed for you to see an automatic drop in prices.}

If you have a mango  plantation and your household enjoys eating a few mangos from your plantation, do you tell them that you are subsidizing mangos for them even though  they help you work and harvest your plantation?  How can Nigeria subsidize what belongs to her? Do people in Nigeria get paid in dollars because oil trading is dollar denominated? How about 400K barrels NNPC gets for local consumption?

I like you knowledge on PPPRA, what does it cost refine a barrel of crude? What doe it cost to buy a liter of PMS in OPEC countries? Are you aware that Nigeria has the highest pump price among OPEC countries? Should Nigerians be made to pay for ineptitude of NNPC management that has refused to make all Nigerians refineries fully functional at maximum capacity?

cabali

You seem to have a superficial knowledge of tax policies. Fashola cannot have a tax policy that only targets  market traders. How does Fashola go against  other merchants who may not have  an enclosed trading complex in Lagos? How about hair salons,  road side mechanics, car wash stations, mama puts, tailors, etc? The fact is that its easier to close a market and intimidate them to submission. Where in  LSG law book does it  say that an entire market  should be closed for non paying of LSG taxes. Are you telling me that there are no traders who are up to date in their taxes before computer village was closed?
If we are talking about taxes, we should follow the rule of law; Lagos state govt should prosecute tax evaders and let justice take its course. Arrest  and charge them to court and judges will hand  down sentences and penalties. Fashola is not Col Marwa for goodness sake . This is how it works in a taxation by representation democracies, but unfortunately all the Fashola praise singers would not see that  the governor has acted beyond his powers. We are saying guilty as charged without even testing these cases in competent law courts. In Lagos its guilty until proven innocent, but in taxation through representation democracies, its innocent until proven guilty.

Its hard for us to see that illegality cannot beget legality. Taxes are issues of legality so Fashola MUST employ legal moves in order to go after tax  evaders, but then again, this is Lagos where its easier to cut corners. I am yet to any reasonable response from all these Fashola   tax hawks on to hold the government accountable based on  the money it collects monthly from FG and taxpayers.  Taxation does not come in anticipation of supposed services, but a price for having provided basic services.