₦airaland Forum

creolehunt:
Obama is a terrible goalkeeper. He basically just gifted Galatasaray two goals.

Granted Degea was really poor in his last season, I'm quite convinced that Onana isnt an improvement.

Even his acclaimed quality on the ball hasnt been seen.

He keeps kicking the ball to touch.

How can a team go to an away ground in the Champions league and score three goals yet the useless goalkeeper keeps letting the team down.

United cannot keep on playing this goalkeeper.

obi58:
of all the revenue generating organisations, oil smuggling across the border was so rampant that the new president on day one of assuming office had to stop subsidy. which other evidence do you want?

Like I said,you know nothing about how government runs.
Have you ever visited the nations Borders.
Do you know that a border like Illela in Sokoto state has only one recognised official border but there are over 150 unofficial foot paths that are all roads to Niger Republic.
These foot paths run all along Nigerias borders with Niger and Chad. The officers have even been joined by police,soldiers, Navy,Immigration and DSS operatives along these footpaths and yet they cannot stop petroleum smuggling because the borders are too vast and there are too many footpaths.
These officers are working in hostile atmosphere because the border communities feel it os their birth right to engage in smuggling.

These officers are working with poor equipment because the government has refused to provide proper equipment to man the borders which are small planes and proper communication gadgets.
The relationship with border communities is very uncordial.
Some rivers at the border run through Nigeria and Cameroon like at Ikang border station in Cross River state and government has not provided small boats to man these border Rivers.

There are houses at Idi Iroko Station where the front part of the house is in Nigeria while the back part of the house is in Benin Republic. Tell me how officers will police such a house?

The problem with some of you is you see a few corrupt officers working in sea ports like Apapa and Tin can Island ports who do not constitute up to 5% of the total work force and then decide to tar every officer as corrupt.

I advise some of you if you are still within the recruitment age to apply and join so that you can fight this so called corruption from inside the service.
It is when you get inside you will realise that it is not what you think and the understand that khaki no be leather.
My last response to you and your idealism.

obi58:
The fact is also that the customs service is the most corrupt revenue generating agency of the government without peer.

Give evidence of this.
You can't just feel something and then in an idealistic way pass it off as a fact.
How many revenue generating organisations did you compile to come up with this theory.
Give me a source or a verified survey for this your theory.

I can give you verified facts that the government has given the customs yearly revenue targets and they have consistently surpassed these revenue targets despite government waivers for the past 30 years.

obi58:
Stop side stepping the main issue which is the corruption and inefficiencies of the NCS by deflecting it to the FMF because the NCS becomes very efficient in implementing or adhering to directives favorable to them but conveniently forget their primary responsibilities when it is not profitable to them.

Until the NCS becomes a professional institution devoid of corruption, the CG should focus on sanitising his house before blaming previous administrations.

He should be addressing why tanker loads of petrol were passing borders manned by his officials first and foremost and bringing forward efficient solutions to making the NCS more professional. If he is devoid of ideas he can consult with the new minister for interior who is doing wonders in the Immigration services and NIMC.

Apparently you do not know how government works.
The propaganda going on with the ministry of Interior has taken you in. Hameed Ali did more than that during Buharis administration.
Using the press men to burnish your image is an efficient tool of propaganda.
Like I have told you earlier, if you have an issue with the Customs it is very fine. I don't object to that BUT on this issue of waivers the customs has no fault.

There is NO Customs officer that can refuse to honour a Federal government waiver signed by the Minister of Finance except that officer is tired of his job and desires to be sacked.

Once again Waivers are not issued by the Customs service but by the Federal government. Customs only implement.

Tariffs are not issued by Customs but by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance. Customs only implement and interpret these Tariffs to raise revenue for the Federal government in a discretionary way in order to allow the populace to breathe. I assure you that if the Customs interpret the import and export Tariffs to the letter,No body will be in the import and export business.

No Customs Comptroller general can oppose the Minister of Finance who is his boss as well as the chairman of the Customs board except he wants to lose his job.

It is apparent that you are an idealist and have no idea of how government is run nor do you appear to understand that after the revenue generated by the NNPC and the oil industry the Customs service has constantly and consistently generated the second highest revenue in this country.
The records are there. These are the facts.
Good day.

obi58:
That's why in my earlier post I clear highlighted the need for a serious government to take a good look at the NCS.

It seems you are misunderstanding what a waiver is.
Waivers on duty are not issued by the customs.
Waivers are issued by the Federal government through the Minister of Finance.
Customs only implement waivers issued by the Ministry of Finance.
It is the party in power that fraudulently issue waivers to their political associates,cronies and friends.
This is not the fault of the customs. That is why the current Comptroller general is blaming the last administration for the number of waivers issued for 8 years that made revenue due to the government to fall short.
You might have other issues with the Customs but on the issue of waivers you can't fault them!

obi58:
Fair enough but that is calling six of sticks or half a dozen of another....

If the comptroller general can call out the government for waivers why can't they talk about the ridiculous tarriffs and the revenue lost due to the corruption in the service which has enabled smuggling in epic proportions??

You need to understand somethings. The presnt Comptroller general was appointed by Tinubu and not Buhari.
He can afford to call out Buhari because he owes him no allegiance.
Do not be surprised if the same sort of waivers for a whole year are still being granted by the present minister of Finance to political cronies who helped Tinubu into power.

As a civil servant there is a limit to how you can oppose a government who appointed you into office except you want to commit job suicide. That is why every new appointee will criticise and point fingers at the appointee who preceeded him.

The previous Comptroller general Hameed Ali pointed fingers at his predecessor Dikko Inde throughout his tenure until he left the administration . The present Comptroller general Adeniyi is now pointing fingers at Ali for the waivers he granted throughout his eight year tenure.

obi58:
The question should not be about the revenue lost from the waivers but why were the waivers given and if the goals for giving the waivers have been achieved or not.

We have a customs service that is very corrupt and unable to secure the borders and also very inhumane with ridiculous tariffs they impose which is driving hyper inflation in the country.

If this government is serious, a serious light should be beamed on the activites of the Nigerian customs service.

At the bolded,
The Federal government through the Minister of Finance imposes the tariff for goods every year.
Customs only implement these tariff with a lot of discretion because if customs follows the tariff to the letter,very few people in this country will be able to import or export anything!

Secondly it is the same ministry of Finance that issues waivers to political cronies and friends for supporting the party in power.
Waivers are exemptions from payment of customs duty which is supposed to be a method of support to young industries on order to grow the economy but what politicians in the Finance ministry have converted these waivers to is a form of party patronage to support members of the political party that helped them into government.
Dangote has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of government waivers in the last 20 years.
The ministry of Finance should be held responsible for misuse of customs duty waivers since 1999.

Jide has been the manager of Sahcol sheds for over 15 years. He is the leader of all the drug cartels bringing in and exporting drugs at the airport.
All the security agencies INCLUDING the Ndlea are on his payroll.
Forget this noise the NDLEA are making. This is just a deal gone bad. If the Ndlea guys were not blind sided on this deal no one would have heard a thing and everyone would have taken their cut of the pie.
You can see from the report Jides car which contained the drugs was detained by Ndlea while no mention of Jides name in the report.
All the security agencies at the airport work hand in hand with Jide and his group.

Even if your opposition is better than you at least be positive and give a little fight.
Don't just lie down and accept defeat before the contest.
Erik Ten Hag please take note.
Kudos to Chelsea for making this game a contest and challenging Manchester City.Even if you will lose a game go down fighting.
Well done to Chelsea.

Goal.

At least Chelsea are being brave. They are trying to attack and put pressure on the City defence. You can't just sit back and be defending, inviting pressure.
Kudos to the manager.

AImiron:
Europa sef no sure at this point, they’re crashing out totally

The team and the coach are useless but football can be a strange game. They could go to Galatasary and get a positive result.

When the useless coach is written off he gets a fluke result and postpones his Waterloo.

Full time

prinsam30:
another one, shey I dey tell una una no green unnecessary pressure is bad, very useless coach and nonsense players

The coach took off the centre forward Hojlund who could steal a goal and decided to bring on Mason Mount.

Lol

Europa here comes United and Thursday football.

Goal.
Copenhagen 4 Manchester U 3.

Hojlund off for Mount.

Goal.
3-3

badinfluence:
You have a strange sense of judgement or you're one of those who likes to blame someone for any and every situation.

I know what I am talking about.
What do you have to say about Rashford attending a night club party on the same day of the home defeat against Manchester City?

Goal.
Fernandes

Penalty to United.

osazsky:
na full ignore him

Your father is a full.

badinfluence:
How can you possibly blame Ten hag for the red card?

Rashford has been rubbish on the left wing all season.
Ten Hag has received constant advise to drop him to the bench.
Ten Hag proceeds to field Rashford on the RIGHT wing in a crucial match that detetmines if his team drops into the Europa league.
Rashford gets himself sent off.
United conceed two goals after this with the second half still to come with 10 men.

Tell me who should be blamed??

This is on Ten Hag.
Rashford has been rubbish playing on the left all season and there have been several calls for him to be dropped to the bench. What does Ten Hag do in a crucial match like this? He decides to field Marchus Rashford on the RIGHT wing
Rashford develops a brain fart and proceeds to get himself sent off and subsequently put his team under pressure!

Half time

Goal
Copenhagen 2 Manchester U 2

Penalty to Copenhagen.

Achor1111:
Pls, how can that be red card?
Rashford guarding the ball

Dangerous play.
Stepping on an opponents ankle.
Red card all day.

Goal.
Copenhagen 1 Manchester U 2

Red card for Rashford.