₦airaland Forum

There they go again!

Please dont come back to say that you have mistakenly closed valid accounts.

Lionel Messi has denied it.

A chance for the Judiciary.....

This is a provocative statement that may influence a decision aby all banks in the state to close shops to avoid being harrassed by government agencies. The governor should please guide his utterances.

The judgment is against the FG. So, where is PMB in all of these?

Governor Sanwo-Olu, so you are also joining in this lawlessness. How can a state governor be issuing directives to banks? Are you CBN or are you Supreme Court or are you Police Force? Very nonsensical statement. The situation with notes is hurting a lot but LAWLESSNESS will hurt more. In a society you just cannot behave anyhow you like just because you have power to lock up shops. Stop bullying around, BOS!

Could it be a hastily arranged business venture that went bad? There are some ambitous aircraft lessors (not operators) who promise such deals but end up not showing up if the numbers are not good enough. If that is the case, the two of them should just have refunded, though it will leave them with losses. Lesson 1, dont try to be ambitous with a business you dont know about.

The whole thing looks staged and looks like a deliberate video to try to portray that the thugs are from the opposition party. This Lagos people can do anything to deceive gullible followers! Forget the fact that they used a PDP vehicle. It looks fake.

At the end of the day, it is university education that suffers. The big part of the blame will go to government for treating education with levity. Maybe it is deliberate, to keep the people uneducated. As it is now, local companies and especially foreign companies dont regard our university education as anything. What is the worth of a paper qualification?

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FoolishBoy419:
The funny thing is that Messi didn't even need any international trophy to be better than Ronaldo. Any objective observer with more than basic knowledge of football wouldn't even compare the two. Ronaldo is (or was) a great finisher and that's where it ends. It's criminal that he's being compared to someone that creates magical chances, dribbles like an eel, consistently beats everyone in the assists department and still manages to score more goals than most strikers. And this has been going on for over a decade.


He's always been the best.

You are very correct. You need to create chances for Ronaldo for him to shine. Messi creates many chances for others to score and also scores. He is not waiting for anyone. In the WC final of 2022, even Mbappe was marked out in the first half until the coach brought in players that could create chances for him. Messi is very talented. His passes, dribbles and his goals are exceptional. CR7 also has great passes and great goals but he cannot dribble pass several defenders like Messi. Above that, Messi has shown very good personality and is hardly seen playing selfish. When it comes to complete football and responsible team-play, Messi stands out.

Donpenny:
Most illiterate and some people living in the interiors are not even using the banking system prior to these cbn policies. They transact most of the business with physical cash which are mostly in small cash quantity. No individual buy 20k salt for households consumption and if you believe that won't be enough you can withdraw 100k for the full week and 400k for a month at the rate 100k per week for individual just through atm o , no limit to transfers . Which village residence spend 400k monthly even with our current inflation? And if you are an individual dwelling in the village no pos operator can give you that much or you may not be able to chest the charges therefore you will definitely need to travel to a neighbouring town to use an atm to transfer and also withdraw some cash . There's nothing wrong with the policy. Let use it first and see if it can correct the economy and if it doesn't you can now criticise it.

Apt.
In those villages and small towns you hardly have anyone with 20k cash. They dont have ATMs anyway, so how does small ATM cash withdrawal affect them? For those who are educated and capable, use e-channels and for their relatives, use the cash limit to take care of loved ones in the village. Cash is going out in some countries.

So now, the reps have remembered 'poor' Nigerians! Shior.

Who does not know that their stock in trade is to share cash here and there!

PMB got this one right.

He went to worship there. They may just have called him out to greet. He did not go there to preach. He also did not campaign for his party. Dont blow it out of proportion with the misleading caption.

This man is grossly out of touch. Should not be president.

This is Lagos where a particular party keeps torturing the citizens and the tortured citizens keep voting them to power. Now, the sensible ones seem to be leaving in droves!

Is this not the fellow who came on TV to say that Fulanis from everywhere are entitled to any part of Nigeria? Elections are here and he wants to quickly shift. Nigerians can be gullible truly!

What has he said about the killing of the innocent christian?

It must be a huge joke indeed. He is about to loose the little respect he has left. Shior. Going back to do what?

They have got everything muddled up. Is this a cultural thing? They call themselves 'husband and wife' and they were planning for 'wedding'!

Where are the Okadas? Any picture of Lagos without them is fake!

Governor, what is your plan for Lagos? The whole place seems to be on a slow slide to nowhere.

SmartPolician:
Why is Emefiele doing the announcement?

Why not let Mr. Femi announce it himself?

How can a CBN governor be so petty and useless?

It is inconceivable that a CBN governor will drag himself so low! Nigeria has never had a CBN governor of this kind.

Fake news.

Mind game...

aribs:
Have you been to Ghana to see what they charge as VAT ? A smaller economy than Nigeria way more in VAT then nigeria does. When we criticize we must be objective. The truth is Nigeria has one of the lowest tax bases in the world and that has significantly impacted revenue sources due to our over reliance on oil receipts. There is a reason why the Britain and America you mention are doing well and this is because there are tax dollars to fund critical
Areas of the government. Please read up on Dubai s economic challenges being faced recently and learn how the government has been retooling to face its new future. How exactly is nigeria supposed to pay for the services before implementation of tax reform ? Agreed on the need to increase the tax base but everyone as is done in working economies must pay their fair share. This is how Nigerians will learn to demand for accountability and prudent use of resources when their tax naira is involved

Tax must be based on equity. Seriousness should start with expanding the base and not hitting the same set of people. Nigeria can track incomes and do equitable application of taxes. Yes, there is every sense in progressive increase of items like VAT but we must look at our circumstances. Why are companies including MNCs choosing Ghana ahead of Nigeria, knowing that VAT in Ghana is up to 13.5%? I think our first objective is to get the country to work, then government should show commitment to providing more and better services and facilities on the bases of taxes and levies collected. Not the common scenario of 'system is down' whenever you want to transact business with government. Even when paying taxes, the system isnt friendly. Improve the systems, pursue equity and transparency, impose taxes, improve services. Our airport taxes are high but what services do you get when you go there? People say Ghana airports are far better and friendlier than ours these days. We need the balance. It should not be seen that government continue to raise taxes and there is little to show for it other than to pay a bloated and far from productive government workforce.

aribs:
What mass hunger are these dolts talking about? Do they even know what they are talking about ? Mass hunger to buy carbonated drinks ? Higher prices for sure but those who want it have never been deterred by higher prices. They should charge the excise tax already. Glad to see nigeria is taking taxation more seriously now than before

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aribs:
What mass hunger are these dolts talking about? Do they even know what they are talking about ? Mass hunger to buy carbonated drinks ? Higher prices for sure but those who want it have never been deterred by higher prices. They should charge the excise tax already. Glad to see nigeria is taking taxation more seriously now than before

Is Nigeria really taking taxation serious? The very rich do not pay commensurate taxes. Large companies find there way to manouver with taxes. The tax net is not wide. They dont go to chase tax in Alaba, Idumota and the likes where big informal business is going on. Are we really taking tax serious? Or are we just increasing taxes for those who are already in the net?

aribs:
What mass hunger are these dolts talking about? Do they even know what they are talking about ? Mass hunger to buy carbonated drinks ? Higher prices for sure but those who want it have never been deterred by higher prices. They should charge the excise tax already. Glad to see nigeria is taking taxation more seriously now than before

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aribs:
What mass hunger are these dolts talking about? Do they even know what they are talking about ? Mass hunger to buy carbonated drinks ? Higher prices for sure but those who want it have never been deterred by higher prices. They should charge the excise tax already. Glad to see nigeria is taking taxation more seriously now than before

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The rich are not paying commensurate taxes. Large companies find there way to manouver with taxes. The tax net is not wide. They dont go to chase tax in Alaba, Idumota and th likes where big informal business is going on. Are we really taking tax serious? I think we are just increasing taxes to those who have been paying.

They increased VAT by 50% last year, a move which many people saw as counter-productive. So what have they achieved with that? Record high inflation. Unemployment. Rise in social vices.

We like to copy Britain and America in everything. Go to Dubai - low taxes, high productivity and high goverment revenue. This is Economics 001 for developing countries. When you are really developed like the US and when your tax net is wide and you are able to provide a lot of services, when wealth has increased significantly, then you can toy with taxes. ECONOMICS 001.

6+ years after, this administration is still struggling to come to terms with basic thinking.

Seriously?