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Report the case to EFCC. I am telling you he will be enforce to submit a monthly bank draft to liquidate the amount

Ehya... How a forum for brainstorming and positive discussion suddenly turned to arena for tribal attacks and persecution.
What is wrong with the youth of this country

Hmmm. No peace in the world again. What a generation

Bilsz:
this your 'don't shout' line got me laughing. actually being a good programmer is not beans, You have to literally think like the computer itself.. I'm just learning cpp and its no beans. Years back I went to a little computer cafe around ma street and told them I wanted to learn desktop appreciation, they said it cost 20000 naira. I was like hmm alright, how about programming. when heard 150000 naira, I felt they wanted to exploit me. but now looking back, I actually think it was quite cheap. good grounded programmers are difficult to get. so when you see one and hear their price, better don't shout according to the Oga up there

are you in Abuja, can you teach me?

79733139:
You can share your username and password with two friends, however the certificate of completion would always have your name.

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Mordecai:
Check my post again. The last three paragraphs illustrate my point. Possible solutions involving better use of the repatriated funds, without the attendant borrowing.

Also why wouldn't the FG leverage on technology also and actually grow our economy?

Did we really have to borrow?

Nothing bad in borrowing if it actually put into a good use.
Alexander Hamilton once said America should keep borrowing till it will be as develop as Great Britain.

Racoon:
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2019/12/21/lawan-is-just-a-rubber-waiting-to-stamp-anything/

Worst is that they forget that any law they made now is just an heaven that will fall on "us". It's unfortunate

Officialgarri:
There will be no prosecution because no DSS invaded that court room. It was all a drama from Sowore's team.

were you there?

Shame and slap on judiciary

tobily4045:
THIS IS HOW RIDICULOUSLY WICKED BUHARI AND HIS COHORTS ARE AGAINST THE NIGERIA MASSES

imagine all children of a sitting Nigeria president graduating from schools in UK, US etc?
Imagine children of Governors graduating from schools in UK, US etc?
Imagine a Nigeria president spending millions of dollars on medical holidays in best hospitals in London etc?
And you expect regular nigerians to now pay taxes?
Now, you want to implement a new policy that all Nigerian bank customers must show their tax papers before allowing them to open accounts or withdraw their hard earned money?
You want to enforce tax payment so as to now better allow you bastards spend those tax payers money to finance your expensive lifestyles and also send your children to continue schooling overseas?

MAY WRATH OF ALMIGHTY GOD STRIKE ALL THOSE WHO CONTINUE TO INFLICT THESE KIND OF SUFFERING ON THE POOR MASSES

No be by coursing bro, but rather its time for Nigerian to resist. I can't compel to pay tax and still be languish in suffering

hadduni:
"Akudaya" is known in yoruba socio-linguistic hypothesis as returning, transformation or transmigration of a dead person into a living being post untimely death. The belief in Akudaya is one of the metaphysical psychologies in Africa, most especially Nigeria and Yoruba culture as a case study. The op could ask any elderly Yoruba person I believe they are in a better position to explain Better.

Aduni

Abuja is good bro. Lagos is not bad, though to me is getting saturated. Unlike Abuja, More cities are open up in the fct

Kessnorman:
For me I'm happy for Kano state

But my state Delta state it shall be well with us

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God bless you brother for this your comment. I am impressed of your reasoning sir

Luizkid:
He should just tell us this is what the dollars he's shoving down is agbada was meant for aswear we would start begging our govnors to start collecting dollars too.

Thank you for not calling name.
If any governor stole money, I don't have any reason to start throwing tantrum to the state, Instead I will gladly abuse and curse if it's my state. I don't see the need for this ethnicity and tribe abuse. Enough of divide and rule.

Where are thou

gidgiddy:
Terrible

My advice to people is to forget voting and anything to do with politics in Nigeria come 2023. No matter who gets voted in, nothing will change and the election violence can easily claim your life

Nigeria has long gone to the Dogs and nothing can save it

You are correct. Anything away from electronic voting is a No for me in this country. After all the country get money to actualize it.
RIP to the slain Corper. It's unfortunate!

Youngsage:
Lol just stumbled on your comment. Anything about battery, just give it to Huawei. Forget! No phone even comes close. I've even forgotten where my power bank is cos people that borrow it use it more than me.

Great hardware + software too.


I have a like new y9 for sale though, going very cheap, with box and everything. You can hit me up if you're interested

Still available, how much and your location?

mrphysics:
I think it's own by either the government or a company rendering the service. I guess it should be a public private partnership

Cool. Can the same "PPP" work in Nigeria... Any positive model/simulation concept?

clarkmos15:
Infinix zero 4

3GB RAM 32GB ROM 4G LTE
bad touchpad and battery
For quick sale @15K

Still available, where are you

Jagaban of Kogi

Great

Any small android phone for 10k. 2gram and any amount of hard disk

mrphysics:
Seems like this thread has been invaded by South Africans.

You guys should know there will never be a Xenophobic attack on this thread.

I thought as much

mrphysics:
Good night guys

Who owns the bicycle? Public or individual?

eagleeye2:
Make it up to 700k and get yourself a Keke Napep. When you close from work, you ride it for about 2hours and weekends also.
Do not quit your job.

They just stop Keke napep in Abuja

fergie001:
Nigerian senators on Wednesday passed a tax bill that they have not seen and are not fully aware of its content.

The approval given on Wednesday by the Senate is the second in a series of legislative and executive steps to make the bill become law. The bill was read for the first time at the Senate on Tuesday.

On Wednesday, at least two senators complained, wondering how they would debate and pass a bill whose content they do not know. Senate President Ahmad Lawan overruled both senators.

The Senate then passed the second reading of the bill that seeks to increase the value-added tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.5 per cent.

No copies of the bill were shared to senators to allow for any meaningful contribution before it was debated and passed.

President Muhammadu Buhari had, in October, presented the bill to a joint session of the National Assembly for consideration and passage into law. He made the presentation of the Finance Bill alongside the 2020 Appropriation Bill.

Raising Concerns

Before deliberations began on the bill, Binos Yaroe (Adamawa South, PDP), drew the attention of the Senate to its rules which requires that all senators must have a copy of the bill before it is deliberated upon.

He said according to the rules, every senator should have copies of the bill.

“Our rules say that printed copies of the bill shall as soon as possible be sent to every senator. We are at the stage of the second reading of this bill. I don’t know for others but I have not received the bill, I don’t know how we can debate a bill that we have not received,” the Adamawa lawmaker said asking how lawmakers could debate a bill whose content they do not know.

The Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, noted his point but said the debate would still go on.

Senator President, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan
“We are at this point going to debate the general principles of the bill and in line with our tradition, convention here, even the Appropriations Bill that we debate, we don’t have the bill normally,” he said.

Not satisfied, Betty Apiafi (Rivers West, PDP), also raised the same concern but Mr Lawan simply said “When the Senate committee on finance reports this, the bills will be made available and we can compare with what we are amending.”

He then ruled Ms Apiafi out of order.

The Lead Debate

The Senate Leader, Abdullahi Yahaya, who led the debate, said the bill has five strategic objectives.

He said they are to promote fiscal equity by mitigating instances of regressive taxation; to reform domestic tax laws to align with global best practices and to introduce tax incentives for investment in infrastructure.

Others are to support ongoing ease of doing business reforms and to raise revenues for government including the proposal to increase the value-added tax (VAT) from five per cent to 7.5 per cent.

He said the 2020 appropriation bill is based on the provisions of this bill and additional revenues will be used to fund health, education and infrastructure programmes.

The lawmaker said the states and local governments are allocated 85 per cent of VAT revenues.

He said the bill seeks to amend the following tax provisions and make them more responsive to the policies of the federal government.

(A) The company tax CAP C21 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004.
(B) To reform VAT CAP 4 2007 – this is in line with global best practices. It seeks to improve the efficiency of the Nigerian VAT system.
(C ) Customs and excise tariff act CAP C49 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 – this bill seeks to subject certain goods to excise duties in similar manner of their local manufactured counterparts.
(D) Reforming personal income tax E8 laws of the Federation of Nigeria – the bill seeks to provide clarity in individual taxes of Nigeria
(E) Capital gains tax act CAP C1 laws of the federation of Nigeria 2007 – this bill seeks and cover taxation of business combinations and seeks to prevent abuse of provisions of the act on group restructuring.
(F) Stock duty act 58 laws of the federation of Nigeria – this bill seeks to increase the duty on electronic stocks and electronic consumption.
(G) Petroleum profit tax – this bill seeks to increase revenue by removing the tax exemption granted for dividends or income derived from companies charges under the act.

Mr Yahaya stated that VAT is a good avenue for generating high revenue for the government. He added that the bill will transform Nigeria’s economic fortunes.

The other lawmakers who made comments hailed the provisions of the bill and urged other colleagues to support its passage. Some of the lawmakers who spoke are Ibrahim Gobir (Sokoto East, APC), Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North, PDP), Buhari Abdulfatai (Oyo North, APC), George Sekibo (Rivers East, PDP) and Sahabi Yau (Zamfara North, PDP).
None of the lawmakers, across party lines, who supported the bill claimed they had seen a copy of it or were sure of its content. Yet, they supported it.

The bill was thereafter read for the second time and referred to the Senate Committee on Judiciary for further legislative work. The committee was asked to report back after two weeks.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/361319-nigerian-senators-pass-tax-bill-that-theyve-not-seen-read.html

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Their 4 or 8 years will soon be over. And the bill will become law on all of us to enjoy. Unfortunately!

futurerex:
PDP the learn corruption for where APC dey na! See boldness abeg.
I will never pray for this country again.

Don't tell me you won't fast on the coming 40 days fasting for Nigeria

I can relate. 5 boys were discussing at the frontage of their house including myself. A police officer, a young lady and an elderly woman were coming our way. The first guy stood up and went inside the house. The second guy did the same thing. The third guy did the same, then I followed. The fifth guy was apprehended on the accusation that he gave us hint to run.
What actually happened was that the first guy impregnated the lady in question, but he denied to responsible for the pregnancy. My guy was taken to the police station to bail himself at last for 15,000 when he failed to produce us. Mind you, non of us known that the guy impregnate the girl o. The institution is just too rotten

Chukapage:
No nation puts their capital in a Coastal area like Lagos it's dangerous! A possible military invasion might happen ,and Lagos at it's strategic position will be destroyed easily. Imagine invading a country and you capture and destroy the capital first it's a disgrace.Abuja is in the middle that's why it's CAPITAL. There is no tribal motive behind it ,it's just common sense.Do you know a feirce enemy with strong Navy and military hardware's can even SINK Lagos? Whoever shifted the CAPITAL was a Genius! It would not have even be wise to allow the capital be in the coastal city of CALABAR either.

. You are amazing in your explanation. Thank you.

BlackBaron:
They're more 'mouth' than talk. Actually less than a 3rd are really 'intelligent'.

Post an article about BBN and a topic on critical governance and watch which gets more discourse on Nairaland. Or watch how a 2.5% VAT increase to 7.5% (one of the lowest on the planet) evokes many pages of argument.
I mostly blame under investment in education.

This thread has negate the notion

tiwiex:
I like the question he posed. And it's actually worth discussing.

I think he refers to Nigerians who have left the country and have excelled in various fields. Yes, Nigerians are smart. The question is which side of the country produces most of these great stories? I leave you to answer.

The answer tells you which Nigerians are in quest of progress, knowledge and development.

Unfortunately we run a system that will never be productive or competitive. I described it recently as a communist government structure allowing some level of capitalism across board. Unfortunately, government provides public goods and since they seem to be communist in their administrative composition, nothing gets done. The regions have been stifled from growing at their own pace.

I hear there are plans to integrate the Almajiri system into our educational system. What does that even mean? We operate the system like a cook trying to prepare vegetarian meal and non-vegetarian meal inside one pot. Is that even possible?

Teaser: what's the opposite of vegetarian?

The more you look, the less you see. I almost agree with every argument on this thread until I read this.