Plus our revenue from oil is about what the UAE earns from oil...and the UAE has eleven million people.
The government could remove fuel subsides and use the money to guarantee free education...but since it is poltically unpopular....
The states and local governments can fund public schools themselves. They just need to collect the tax revenue necessary. The FG already does enough for states really. It's said 81% of Nigerians dont pay taxes. That's one issue that need to be addressed.
Notice how most states dont collect 1% of GDP. I'm petty sure they could cover most of their own expenses with 5% tax to GDP. The monthly allocation would just be a bonus.
You Nigerians think your country is as rich as the West. It isn't. We are a poor resource dependent, poorly led country. And yet, we somehow expect free education without thinking about how much it would cost.....
We have free education all over Nigeria...cheap educaiton. And at the end of the day, the schools from primary to tertiary are all badly equipped. Because we want free stuff ....while living on very low oil prices.
Look....I really want educaiton to be free. If it was up to me.....I would have free educaiton. God knows I know most of my countrymen are suffering. B
But we cannot pretend we have the money to fund it.
They pay heavy taxes in Europe for the purpose onf welfare, amenities, public transport etc...here in Nigeria we all rely on Niger Delta oil. The oil that we produce less than the United Arab emirates for a population of 150million and above (UAE has 11million people)...and you expect free educaiton from that??
Either we raise taxes, or we cut subsides on fuel, or we agressively become an industrial nation , and everyone pays taxes at the rate of 40-50% annually, then we can talk of free educaiton.
You cannot get N200000 worth for just N200.
I went to university at N2000 per sememster. My hostel was a mess. My labs were poorly equipped. Libraries did not have enough books. Meanwhile, the private schools are catching up and will soon surpass the free public schools. And when it is time for employment...guess who gets the jobs. The well trained private school grads...or the poorly trained public school free education products .
Yes you are making erroneous arguments. Only you believe it takes 50% of tax revenue to fund public schools. It doesn't anywhere.
Yes you have to raise taxes but they dont need to be over 15% tax to GDP. The OECD average is 36. That pays for the services you see.
PoliticalWitch: And in many European countries and the UK , the tax rate is about 50%..ie half your salary.
Would you want Buhari to take half your salary in taxes, in return for free education, the way they do it in Denmark for example? Would you?
You're making straw man argument. They don't use 50% taxes to fund education. It mainly goes to welfare state for services like health care, medicine and other services.
Okoroawusa: The era of free education is gone. No developed country offers free education to its citizens
Omoluabi9: Education should be affordable, even cheap BUT NOT FREE!
The word free is a misnomer. They provide you education you pay for through taxes not upfront. Alot of countries do that yours doesn't. Lol why do you guys find this service so hard to provide?
If you're already collecting so much money in taxes why would the state need a levy? The state and local governments should be able to fund it with taxes they get.
Btw how many of you send your own kid to public school?
Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State has suspended with immediate effect payment of N3, 700 levies in all public schools in the state with immediate effect.
Abiodun’s administration had come under heavy criticism in the last few weeks over the levy issue, as the governor, on Friday, during a stakeholders forum with the theme “Repositioning Education for Outstanding Performance”, cleared the air that his government inherited the levy from the previous administration.
The governor said the levy was a proposal by the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) which was adopted by the Senator Ibikunle Amosun’s administration.
The governor said the suspension became imperative based on his promise of free, universal and qualitative education in public primary and secondary schools in the state
“I have been criticized in the media about the N3,700 PTA fee. I did not introduce the fee. It was proposed by the PTA and accepted by the previous administration. The fee negates the free education policy of this administration. It is like payment through the back door.
“I hereby suspend the payment in all our schools. We will also look into the issue of Principal and Headmaster Generals,” he assured.
Abiodun said his education team would critically look into the items on the list of what necessitated the introduction of the N3,700 levy.
“I have told them to go and look at and how we can make it work without having to charge anybody, because we promised we are going to offer free education,” he said.
The governor lamented the deplorable conditions of public schools across the length and breadth of the State and promised the restoration of running cost to meet the daily financial activities in the schools.
He said his administration has embarked on the rehabilitation of 236 primary and secondary Schools in the State, just as some of the non-functional model schools would be converted to TechHUB, technical and vocational centres.
He assured the stakeholders that his administration placed a high premium on education, while emphasising on training and retraining of teachers to enable them to meet new challenges of developments in the teaching profession.
The governor while appreciating the students that represented the state at the 2019 Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Competition, Spelling Bee National quiz and Project competition, and the Mathematical Association of Nigeria competition, said that the state government would offer the students access to the states tech hub, give a laptop computer and a cash donation to each of the students.
In his remarks, the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olu-Ola Aikulola thanked the governor for the positive touch currently being experienced in the educational sector of the state, especially on the release of outstanding promotion for teachers.
He said the pupils are reciprocating by winning trophies and accolades at competitions at National and international levels.
He informed the governor that the state participated in the 2019 Science Teachers Association of Nigeria, Competition held in Kano State, Spelling Bee National quiz and Project competition, held in Akwa-Ibom and the Mathematical Association of Nigeria competition in Rivers State, adding that the representatives of the state in the competitions did the state proudly.
“The military is often hostile to women. The women do not join the armed forces early due to their genetic makeup, although this may vary on an individual basis. Women are faced with rejection, isolation and unhealthy attitudes,” she said.
The excuses she's giving her dont make sense. They join later because their genetics mutated. Lol did their X gene activate? If they're not physically fit to join the csn always work out make cut. Besides they'll get fit by force during bootcamp.
Lol tell your husband the commander in chief to get on it. Some of the examples she gave dont seem substantial. Female soldiers of nairaland let us know if theirs bias. I'd like to know some examples.
“There is a good number of reported cases where women were exempted from participating in combat duties. Women are often restricted from handling such positions as human resources, logistics, welfare among others with psychological implications.”
Where do women work if they dont fill these positions? Is their an institutional bias or is it the man merited position?
CDS: Female members of military can aspire to the peak
Kingsley Nwezeh in Abuja
Following the prevailing gender inequality in the military, wife of the President, Mrs. Aisha Buhari, Thursday called for the eradication of gender bias in the armed forces.
Mrs. Buhari, who spoke at the Defence Headquarters’ Maiden Annual Conference on Women, Peace and Security with the theme: ‘Gender Mainstreaming in the Armed Forces of Nigeria for Peace and Security’, said gender discrimination has prevented female members of the military from effective deployment in military operations and career progression, including occupying strategic positions in the military.
But the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonisakin, maintained that the military had taken definitive steps to guarantee gender equality by ensuring that female members of the armed forces aspire to the peak of their careers.
So far, no senior female officer has held the position of a commanding officer or service chief.
The closest rank and positions occupied by female senior officers in the history of the three arms of the military were held by Rear Admiral Itunu Hotonu (rtd), the highest ranking female naval officer till date, who served as an instructor at the Armed Forces Command and Staff College, Jaji; Commodore Jamila Malafa, who is presently the Director of the Nigerian Navy Legal Services, and Major General Abimbola Amusu, who recently retired as Army Medical Corps Commander.
But the first lady accused the armed forces of hostility towards female members by preventing them from occupying strategic positions and appointing them to key positions in the areas of logistics, human resources, welfare among others, stating that the war against insurgency had lingered because women were not effectively deployed.
“A good number of Nigerian women and I regard ourselves as soldiers. This is because we are the protectors of the family. Gender mainstreaming is a war against marginalisation of women, and we are in support for gender equality and increased participation of women in politics including the armed forces.
“The military is often hostile to women. The women do not join the armed forces early due to their genetic makeup, although this may vary on an individual basis. Women are faced with rejection, isolation and unhealthy attitudes,” she said.
Mrs. Buhari stated that “these factors are usually pronounced during operational combatant sections of the armed forces. This manifests in sexist jokes and women not being taken seriously. Gender stereotype is a threat to women advancement in the military.
“There is a good number of reported cases where women were exempted from participating in combat duties. Women are often restricted from handling such positions as human resources, logistics, welfare among others with psychological implications.”
She declared that “the security issue bedevilling our country still abounds probably because we are yet to redefine the role of women in the military for operational effectiveness. Women possess the traits of patience and perseverance. The role of the armed forces is to provide security for the country.
“The space for women must be created for them to participate in the security management of the country. There should be a role for women in strategic operational deployment; specific roles for women and as a matter of urgency, as well as the eradication of gender bias in the military.”
She urged women to continue to show resilience in their professional conduct and be a source of inspiration to other women.
In his remarks, Olonisakin said the military had exceeded the 17 percent requirement for women participation in the United Nations peace-keeping operations, noting that the military high command had raised it to 27.9 percent.
He said the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) had commenced the training of female cadets as combatant officers while the navy had deployed women as sailors and for key aspects of ship maintenance.
The CDS said the Nigerian army established the Nigerian Army Women Corps while the Nigerian Air Force established the ‘Women of War’ in 2018 to involve women in all aspects of air operation, including flying, aircraft maintenance, air traffic control and engineering.
When THISDAY sought the opinion of a senior female military officer on the possibility of a female becoming a service chief someday, she said: “Am I the person that should answer that question? You want me back to my village?”
Speaking earlier, the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magaji, commended President Muhammadu Buhari for providing support in terms of equipment and capacity building for the armed forces, and pledged the unalloyed loyalty of the armed forces to the president.
Lol after he gave separatist leaders life sentences and ordered they pay billions. These talks are going to be a joke. He's made it clear he's against federalism. Unless he gives more automony I dont an end to crisis.
Cameroon President Paul Biya on Tuesday announced that he intends to hold a major “national dialogue” later this month in a bid to put an end to the conflict between security forces and armed separatists from the anglophone minority in the west.
Over the past two years, the francophone-majority country has been mired in the unrest which has left more than 2,000 people dead as English-speaking separatists demand independence in the Northwest and Southwest regions. More than 500,000 people have been forced from their homes as a result according to the Human Rights Watch group.
“I have decided to convene, from the end of this month, a major national dialogue to allow us... to examine the ways and means to respond to the deeply-held aspirations of the populations in the Northwest and Southwest, but also in all the other component parts of our great nation,” the 86-year-old presidentsaid in an address to the nation aired on national television and radio.
Biya, who has been in power for 37 years, reiterated his offer of a “pardon” to any separatists who voluntarily lay down their arms, while vowing that those who refuse to do so will face “the full force of the law” as well as the country’s security and defence forces.
He said the talks in late September would be presided over by Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute and will bring together representatives of numerous factions, including security forces and the armed separatists.
Dion Ngute would hold “broad consultations” including delegations who would meet with diaspora in the coming days, the president said, without saying where a potential summit would be held.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres “welcomes the announcement” and “reiterates the readiness of the United Nations to support the dialogue process,” his spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
Guterres “encourages the government of Cameroon to ensure that the process is inclusive” and “calls on all Cameroonian stakeholders, including the diaspora, to participate in this effort,” the statement said.
Separatist leader jailed
English speakers who make up roughly one fifth of Cameroon’s 24 million inhabitants mostly live in the two regions that were formerly a British colony until they were folded into post-independence Cameroon in 1961.
Anger at perceived discrimination by francophones against anglophones in justice, education and the economy has built for years.
The current crisis began in late 2016, and escalated a year later when English-speaking militants symbolically declared the creation of the independent “Republic of Ambazonia” in the two regions.
The government responded with a brutal crackdown, and the separatists in turn have mounted a campaign of attacks on state buildings, including schools, as well as shootings and kidnappings.
Biya has consistently rejected demands to give the English-speaking regions greater autonomy or a return to federalism.
In a bid to foster conciliation, in December last year Biya ordered the release of 289 people arrested in connection with the crisis.
However in August, Julius Ayuk Tabe, the leader of the separatists and self-proclaimed president of “Ambazonia” was sentenced to life in prison along with nine of his supporters. The conviction was seen by many as a blow to potential talks between the two sides.
Separatist leaders organised a shutdown in the anglophone regions for two weeks in protest, closing schools and shops.
“The secessionists’ propaganda wanted to present recent court decisions made against a number of our compatriots, in the context of this crisis, as an obstacle to the planned dialogue. That is not the case,” Biya said in his speech.
Long before his conviction, Ayuk Tabe said he was open to dialogue, asking for the release of himself and other English-speaking prisoners. He has also called for the army to withdraw from the anglophone regions, which is off the table for Yaounde.
Passengers wishing to travel by train will soon begin to access tickets online.
The Federal Government is expected to rake in at least N16 billion within ten years from the sale of electronic tickets to passengers intending to travel by rail.
Director General, Infrastructure Concession Regulatory Commission (ICRC), Engineer Chidi Izuwah, stated this at the presentation of the business scale certificate for the concession of the e-ticketing system to the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, at his office in Abuja on Wednesday, September 4, 2019.
According to Izuwah, the e-ticketing system, which is a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement, would bring an end to the chaos experienced at train stations due to limited seats.
"You promised a couple of months that there is a solution to the chaos witnessed at the train stations. We are here today to present the full business certificate for the ticketing solution for NRC," he said.
"What is interesting is that due to the popularity of rail service under the administration of the President, this transaction is for ten years and over those ten years ,the financial model shows that NRC and the federal government will earn over 16billion naira as revenue from the ticketing system. That will provide additional revenue for the government. So basically, we have turned a problem into an opportunity.
"This is a PPP where the Private sector will invest money to develop, deploy and operate and integrated ticketing solution so Nigerians will be able to buy their own tickets the way it is done anywhere in the world.
"The NRC has gone through a procurement process in line with the ICRC Act, a competitive process and a preferred breeder has been identified-secured ID.
"A full business case was developed, due diligence was carried out to verify the technical financial and managerial competence of SECURE ID and her partners to execute this project.
"The next stage is in line with the ACT to present this to the Federal Executive Council , FEC for approval. After FEC's approval, then you can sign the concession agreement , the project will reach financial close then we can have execution of this project to the benefit of Nigerians," he added.
While highlighting the benefits of the e ticketing system, Izuwah further explained that the objective of the project was to increase revenue generation through the reduction of fraud and also increase passenger fare purchase options
"We also want to increase passenger convenience by introducing the fare dual hub. This will also improve service welfare to passengers and create a wider aisle of fare policies through additional added value because those tickets can also carry adverts and become a substantial part of revenue" he pointed out
While appreciating the director general, Amaechi noted that he would proceed to Federal Executive Council for immediately approval for the business scale.
He however opined that beyond the e ticketing system, a holistic approach to solving the problems associated with sales ticket would be the buying of Kore coaches and locomotives to meeting the increasing passenger traffic.
"I agree that this is a solution to the madness of what we have in Rigasa Station down to Idu. But the most important solution is the provision of more coaches and locomotives. This will go a long way to reduce the madness because if people can buy their tickets from their offices and homes, they will not be coming to the train station to cause that chaos we are seeing there.
"I just had a meeting with the president today and we agreed that we should approach the Chinese and buy more coaches. The moment we get more coaches, then we will completely eradicate the current madness going on in the different station between Rigasa and Idu," Amaechi said.
You're dealing with concentrated ignorance here dude. Its honestly a chore dealing with an individual so vapid on virtually everything he decides to talk about. He'll only shut up when you give history lesson like your his private tutor.
The funniest thing is this low functioning individual already admitted he doesn't know about the topic. Instead of arguing about merits of arguement or talking about slavery, he tells us about authors race.
He doesn't know that british navy fought to end slave trade. They paid off slave owners to release slaves going into heavy debt. The colonies they controlled ended slavery and other backward practices.
The slave trade in Libya became international news when CNN obtained video of an actual slave auction in 2017.
Im not sure the slave trade was prominent until the Gadaffi regime was toppled. It was idiotic of western poweers to oust him. It lead to a lot of blowback. The migrant crisis is direct result because a strong government couldn't stop the nonsense.
The recent rise of jihad organizations like ISIS affiliate Boko Haram has been the main source of contemporary slave raids.
Boko haram is most notable but there's others sex slavery going on. In cross river there's money wives. If anyone feels like being an abolitionist they should head there to eradicate that disgusting practice.
Still, many black slaves remain the property of Arab masters across the new border in the north. The exact number is not known.
Francis Bok wrote a book on this topic. Its still very much an issue. You guys can watch his interview below.
It really gets the noggin joggin when you think about it. Slavery today also takes subtle forms like hunan tracking. Fenales are lured by captors by offering them maid jobs in other countries them they're bought sold as sex slaves. These issues can only be addressed by having strong military force as well as economic development domestically
Islam theoretically forbids the enslavement of one Muslim by another. However, in this case, Arab racism supersedes adherence to the Shari‘ah (Islamic law).
Migrant women, but also children (both male and female), risk being forced into sexual slavery. Men perform unskilled labor.
The ideological reasons for slavery in those countries is religious and cultural. There's hardly economic reason to own slaves when you can get wage slave or machine. I would think legal prostitution would suffice but these guys want power.
Today, an estimated 529,000 to 869,000 black men, women, and children are still slaves. They are bought, owned, sold, and traded by Arab and Muslim masters in five African countries. This statistic estimates those enslaved in Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, and Sudan. It excludes Nigeria, for which there are no tangible estimates.
Western human rights organizations and the mainstream media are practically and painfully silent on this matter. It does not fit with their focus on Western white sin. Here is a brief survey of this quasi-taboo topic.
Sudan
In Sudan, slavery remains a painful vestige of the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983–2005). That’s when the Arab Muslim government in the north of the country declared a jihad upon the black, largely Christian south. They killed perhaps 2.5 million people and enslaved as many as 200,000.
Slaves rescued by grassroots abolitionists tell horrific stories. Abduction. Beatings. Forced conversion to Islam. Grueling labor. Female genital mutilation. Malnutrition. Rape.
Slaves rescued by grassroots abolitionists tell horrific stories.
The war ended in 2005. Black South Sudan became the world’s newest nation on July 9, 2011. Still, many black slaves remain the property of Arab masters across the new border in the north. The exact number is not known. As of 2006, James Aguer Alic, a former Sudanese government minister, estimated that it could be as high as 35,000.
Mauritania
In Mauritania, the very structure of society reinforces slavery. Over the centuries a cruel class system has evolved. The lighter-skinned Arabs (beydanes) and Arabized Berbers rule over the black former slaves. Those slaves have been forcibly Arabized over time (haratin). The free blacks in the south who refuse Arabization and call themselves “Negro-Africans” and the black chattel slave class (abid) are at the bottom. The country is entirely Muslim. Islam theoretically forbids the enslavement of one Muslim by another. However, in this case, Arab racism supersedes adherence to the Shari‘ah (Islamic law).
In 1993, a U.S. State Department reportestimated that between 30,000 and 90,000 blacks lived as slaves owned by private masters. In 2012, a CNN investigation estimated that the number could be as high as 340,000 to 680,000.
No slave markets exist in Mauritania. All slaves are born in masters’ households. Pregnancy occurs from the master’s insemination of black slave women, or through mandated “breeding” of slave couples. In the absence of open markets, slaves change hands quietly in individual sales. They’re also traded as substitutes for money in the settling of gambling debts. They can even be rented.
Algeria and Libya
Sub-Saharan Africans fleeing violence and poverty for Europe are enslaved by Algerian and Libyan Arabs as they try to cross the Mediterranean. Today, according to the Global Slavery Index, around 106,000 black Africans are estimated to be enslaved in Algeria.
Migrant women, but also children (both male and female), risk being forced into sexual slavery. Men perform unskilled labor. Those who avoid slavery are also subjected to virulent Arab racism. This was recently confirmed by a recent New York Times report. This further marginalizes the already destitute.
Africans hoping for a better life in Europe also travel to Libya to be trafficked across the Mediterranean, often to Italy. Once there, some are enslaved by local Arabs and traffickers. As of 2016, according to the U.N., there are between 700,000 and 1 million black African migrants in Libya. The Global Slavery Index estimates many as 48,000 of them live as slaves of some nature. Survivors report torture, sextrafficking and slavery. Some are even forced to become prostitutes only afterthey have reached their destinations.
The slave trade in Libya became international news when CNN obtained video of an actual slave auction in 2017.
Nigeria
In Nigeria, the long-running civil war between the Muslim majority and the 40% Christian minority involves the enslavement of Christian Nigerians. The taking of Christian slaves has become a source of compensation for Islamic fighters.
The recent rise of jihad organizations like ISIS affiliate Boko Haram has been the main source of contemporary slave raids. The most infamous incident of a slave raid was Boko Haram’s abduction of 276 Christian schoolgirls. It happened in the town of Chibok on April 14, 2014. It inspired Michelle Obama’s “#BringBackOurGirls” hashtag. Most slaves are young girls, kidnapped and kept as the concubines of the Islamic soldiers. Some of those prefer to become suicidebombers to escape the life of a sex slave.
Though the U.S. State Department’s 2018 human rights report on Nigeria mentions that the number of slaves captured and owned by Boko Haram terrorists today could be in the thousands, the full number is as of now “unknown.”
Charles Jacobs is President of the American Anti-Slavery Group, whose work can be seen on www.iabolish.org.
Before the assault video surfaced on the internet, the victim and his assailants had voluntarily opted for a “peaceful settlement,” a police statement on the incident revealed.
Lol they better have paid you double what they owed you plus medical bill for that beating.
“I want to say this openly that no one sent me to flog Godwin; not the chairman (Mr Williams) or anybody, I did it on my own,” Mr Alele said.
“Please, I am sorry, find a place in your hearts to forgive me.”
Lol why is this idiot not in jail or fined. I'll never understand why these guys feel the need to incriminate themselves by filming their own crimes. If the assembly is serious they'll look into phone records and emails. He probably sent few incriminating messages linking chairman to crime.
The committee on local government and chieftaincy affairs in the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly has commenced investigative hearing into the assault on an artisan in the state.
Godwin Abraham, who makes a living decorating event venues, was flogged in April at the secretariat of the Abak local government area by two men who accused him of insulting the chairman of the local government council, Imoh Williams, on Facebook, over some unresolved indebtedness.
The assault was captured on video which went viral on the internet, prompting the House of Assembly to suspend the council chairman, Mr Williams.
One of the assailants, Uduak Aniekan, otherwise known as Uduak Alele, was identified as an aide to Mr Williams.
The other was Nyakno Ukpanah, an official of Ukanafun Local Government Area, Akwa Ibom State.
Before the assault video surfaced on the internet, the victim and his assailants had voluntarily opted for a “peaceful settlement,” a police statement on the incident revealed.
The suspended council chairman, Mr Williams, alongside the victim, Mr Abraham, and his assailant, Mr Alele, appeared before the House committee on Friday.
The committee chairman, Mark Esset (PDP/Nsit Atai), presided over the sitting.
Mr Williams told the committee he did not have prior knowledge of Mr Alele’s action, neither did he endorse the assault on the artisan after learning about it.
Mr Alele, in his testimony before the lawmakers, reiterated what he had earlier said on Facebook about the incident – he acted alone, without anybody’s prompting.
“Why I flogged him was that he called the chairman of Abak his slave and the governor an ingrate,” Mr Alele wrote on Facebook, July 23.
Mr Alele said the council chairman later sacked him as his protocol officer because of the incident.
“I want to say this openly that no one sent me to flog Godwin; not the chairman (Mr Williams) or anybody, I did it on my own,” Mr Alele said.
“Please, I am sorry, find a place in your hearts to forgive me.”
Mr Abraham, the man who was assaulted, told the lawmakers how a committee set up by the chairman of the council invited him to do decoration during the Armed Forces Remembrances Day in 2018, and how he made fruitless attempts to get his money – N75,000 – paid to him.
Messrs. Williams, Alele, and Abraham answered questions from the lawmakers.
Some documents were tendered as evidence before the lawmakers.
The committee chairman, Mr Esset, assured the public of an unbiased investigation in the case.
SLAP44: Somehow, you just conveniently refused to talk about the fulani herdsmen who are also not registered like miners and yet has killed more than 20,000 Nigeria people while miners hasn't killed anyone.
Where's your conscience?
That the whole world took turns talking me out of a point doesn't mean they are right. Right is right and selective application of the law is evil.
I mentioned both are wrong and should be prosecuted. Stop making dumb points. Reread the old replies where I said dont support criminality. Ok you're free support criminality just dont get caught engaging it.
SLAP44: I think you should push for the rule of law to be applied. There's no need fighting foreign miners if we allow foreign herdsmen to roam free.
To me, it makes no sense, herdsmen employ no one, kill and rape at will, pay no tax and degrade the environment.
Illegal miners just don't register their mining activities, but they register as construction companies according to the article above. R hey employ people and pay salaries. Look at my points again.
If you want to support criminality do so. I thought you learned lesson but you're hard headed. I'll rebut the last paragraph then I'll leave you be.
If you dont register you dont have right to mine it's that simple. If you're registered as construction company do construction work. Who cares if they pay salaries boko haram pays its fighters. Illegal miners dont pay taxes on mineral mined and dont follow environmental laws. Your points are nonsensical the whole thread took turns refuting them at different angles.
SLAP44: Until Herdsmen get Visas and licence to destroy people's farms, all wrongs are wrongs.!
Im glad you abandoned that stupid argument. You can be against both sets of criminals. It's idiotic to embrace criminality. These guys should obey our laws or face consequences..
SLAP44: My point is that of you have no alternative, don't chase away investors. The job they provide is a help to the economy. You can always peau adequate them to pay tax and register.
Lol your only oppose this because you're too short sighted to see consequences. Grow up its not a must to be subversive for sake of it. These companies can simply get license to operate.
Stop exposing your ignorance to world. It's only takes a minute to look up legal foreign mining companies like symbol mining from Australia or Thor mining from Canada. Its stupid to support criminality like you're doing.
SLAP44: Since we chased away tyre manufacturers, have we replaced them with local people, Did you employ the thousands that are floating without jobs? They will take to crime and you all will suffer.
SLAP44: Continue to chase foreign investors out of your country in the guise of calling them illegal operators.
Those illegal operators brought in capital and are employing millions.
What type of low brained people are even running this country?
Your comments are stupid. Illegal mining is wrong. Foreign companies operate everyday in Nigeria like symbol mining. Its an Austrian company that opperste above board. Why should these other foreign companies break our laws?
Good illegal mining shouldnt be tolerated. These guys dont pay taxes and cause environmental damage. Only fools and criminals would support them knowing they can just legally register their business legally. The FG should be more proactive like Ghana arresting these guys. They arrestes dozens of Chinese illegal miners recently.
Abuja — Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) has vowed to go after Chinese and India companies engaging in illegal mining in the country.
The anti-graft agency also said it has decided to go after foreign non-governmental organisations involved in the proliferation of weapons by ensuring that they are also deregistered.
NFIU Director, Mr. Modibbo Hamman-Tukur, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja during the 2019 Sub-regional conference on illicit financial flow and assets recovery with the theme: "Increasing Citizens' Participation in Curbing the Illicit Flow and Repatriation of Stolen Funds within and from West Africa," organised by the Human Environmental Development Agenda (HEDA).
He pointed out that that most of the India and Chinese companies have continued to disguise as construction companies, but said any firm indulged in illegal activity would be brought to justice.
Hamman-Tukur said: "This point, I want to look at overseas countries that are operating and doing a lot of criminal activities in this country. We have started compiling records of Chinese and Indian companies that are doing illegal mining. They are mining salt in some places, in some other places, they are mining lead and we have those records and we are working on them.
"Some of them take the guise by pretending they are construction companies. That is not the way to go. Very soon they will be brought to justice."
Hamman-Tukur also revealed that the anti-graft agency has started reversing some of the transactions of the people arrested in the United States over internet scam.
According to him, "As recent as Friday, we were still reversing some of the transactions of those few people arrested in the US, reversing the monies back to their main coffers."
He explained that presently Nigeria has over 52,000 registered non-governmental organisations in its database, noting that any organisation that's not qualified would be deregistered, and would not be allowed to operate again in the country.
The anti-graft boss said the agency had already held a meeting with the Corporate Affairs Commission, as part of a collaborative effort to deregister fake non-governmental organisations.
He added: "Non-governmental organisations that have been caught in terrorism financing investigation will also be removed from existence. Non-governmental organisations that are found to be involved in proliferation of weapons, intermittent and short rage weapons, even though such organisations are foreign-based, they will be deregistered."
Earlier, HEDA Executive Director, Mr. Olarenwaju Suraju, challenged the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI), the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the City Service in the United Kingdom to also expose those who steal money from Africa to foreign countries, the same way they identified Nigerians involved in internet frauds.
"We want to see them naming, shaming and possibly prosecuting those who are responsible for the movement of funds meant for development in West Africa and Africa as a whole to many of the developed countries, so that we can start developing our system and reducing the level of criminality both here and abroad," he said.
helinues: And Usa with functioned NRA, what are they getting in returns? Killings
There's no logic behind your comment. Are you against domestic arms manufacturing? The NRA isn't involved with manufacturers. Most crimes in Nigeria done by illegal weapons.
orisa37: give full autonomy of police, resources and elections control to the 36 states, then DIC will be under military and fg and its annual budget will thereafter be effectively defended throughout the 36 state assemblies.
Lol I doubt that. Look at the areas where states already have control like water provision, security votes and local elections. No state water board covers 1 wholr local government not to talk of entire state. The local governments elections are a farce where you see ruling party doing 100% sweep. The security votes are shrowed in secrecy and used ineffectively.
Resource control to states is stupid. It's better we have it go towards individual ownership with government at various tiers adding regulations. The tax to GDP for alot of states is less than 1 percent.
Im not against devolution of powers because of efficiency. The centralized bureaucracy doesn't work well. If the state assemblies did their jobs maybe system woukd work better.
mrvitalis: U dont get it right , the chief arm designer was employed by FG what did he do nothing ...
Igbo man love money yes but when we do things for something we believe in we give all
Thinking money can move an igbo man means u dont know igbos
If we need money we make one
I do get it. They failed like most government agencies do. They either lack funds and commitment. Nobody pays them mind or chastises them for failure after 55 years.
If Igbos are monolith sure you're right. I doubt it if you're out here working for government, producing boots for military and armoured vehicles. Guns are out of question. Lol you're comment is logically consistent since you said yourself if igbos were incharge things would change.
Either way the market will fill void. It doesn't matter who makes weapons. They just have to be quality.
mrvitalis: The whole nigeria know which tribe can design and manufacture arms ....but just like prof ezekwe of biafra no igbo man would open mindedly work for nigeria if Igbos keep being neglected
Some would come here and call me names but deep down we all know the truth if igbos headed the army we wont he importing AK47 that someone can produce in Aba
Lol the 1st paragraph your comment doesn't make sense. You already aware innoson makes armoured vehicles for FG. If financial incentives exist arns will be produced. Arms production isnt some exclusive niche. You can read this study about illegal arms production in Nigeria and see its spread out.
I doubt the government would get much done. I bank on private sector to do it. The reason the dont is because laws make it too difficult to do it. The fire arms act needs to be amended. The NIPC Act of 1995 restricts foreigners ability to invest in areas of national security like fire arms.
Firearms Act:
25. The Inspector-General may, with the consent of the Governor of the State, in his discretion grant a permit to any person to carry on the business of manufacture and repair of the firearms referred to in Part III of the Schedule to this Act, and shall maintain a register of such permits in force.
If NASS amends this section we would have private sector manufacturing. The military would be complaining about lack of weapons or importing small arms. Currently I dont know of any legal arms manufacturers in Nigeria. That indicates the lsw is fault.
Instead of needing permission from IGP why not just have another agency apprive it. The governor can be kicked out of equation in federal law. If he wishes to pass state law to restrict production thats their business.
Most states never implemented a single provision of the 22 conditions designed as basis for the loans.
Lol the FG dashed these clowns money but didn't have any clause that forced them to abide by the conditions. These guys are funny bunch. At least they'll be paid back even if the have to deduct it from allocation.
Ps: You ever wonder why state assemblies dont counter executive recklessness.
Politics › Re: BREAKING: Ogun Govt Declares Free Education, Scraps N3,700 School Fees by Blue3k2(op): 6:14pm On Sep 21, 2019
