₦airaland Forum

NothingDoMe:
Hahaha you know nothing of the PITA 2012 ammendment. Read it up then come back to face me.

Point remains that Nigerians usually provide their own basic amenities and this is because we usually have irresponsible leaders. I know we've never been blessed with saintly leaders but APC is so far the worst of the worst.

DerideGull:
Of course, I called it cesspit and not done with calling it names. Nigeria is a typical example of a geographical expression where low life such as you contribute to the society. When a mentally incapacitated ninny such as you and Buhari leads a country, it has always turned out to be Nigeria. When meritorious people take the helms of a country, looters will simply vanish. I know perennial losers such as you and the irrelevant Festus Keyamo are always after money in disregard to other worthy intangible attributes.

NothingDoMe:
stfu. FG collects over 15%-20% in taxes. Yet we still fix our roads, provide water, and pay for security.

Don't talk nonsense here

DerideGull:
One of the major problem in Nigeria is misguided sentiment. If you do not have comprehension issues, you have realized that my post never read that position Buhari occupied is nepotism but he, Buhari, is a product of nepotistic endeavors of the Nigerian government of 1960 under Tafawa Balewa. If you think the present government of the cesspit called Nigeria and the officials of this present government are immune to embezzlement, I can safely say Nigeria is doomed for ever. The dumbass Buhari cannot and will not stop from contesting anything in life. However, I shall never contest anything in the cesspit called Nigeria because doing so will impugn the character I have build outside the zoo called Nigeria.

NothingDoMe:
This mumu and Otobo that was used by APC to fight Apostle Suleman. Selling your birthright for SAN title and a couple of cash.

Nbote:
So what's holding u ppl from protesting since?? Have dey forced anyone to protest?? Since it's d looters u'll rather protest what are u waiting for?? Height of senselessness is blaming someone else for doing something wrong when all u have done is absolutely nothing about it.. All of u talking about looters, what has happened so far about most of d cases d EFCC took to court?? Why do their cases kip getting thrown out?? If U won't join dem jus sit back and SHUT THE F**K UP!!

DerideGull:
This is the foolery that plagued Nigeria since 1960. The so-called looters were not sent from the sky but were appointed by walking-dead such as Buhari who himself is a product of nepotism rather than merit. When people who have no business in the corridor of powers found themselves in such a position, they think nothing but embezzlement. It is pity that Festus Keyamo and the posters ahead of my post think nothing about corruption in exception of money loot. Nepotism is the worst aspect of corruption baring none.

nextprince:
God bless you sir.

victord1st:

You amuse me,If you take out the backstabbing nature of a Yoruba man I would chose you guys over housas or even ijaw.the only one thing common in a Yoruba and Igbo are peaceful nature, nobody wants war.

talebearer123:
What are the Aides doing?



Aah ah Aiding curroption now. What else can an aide do in a curropt House.

seegi:
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/saraki-sacks-98-aides/209406.html

OAUTemitayo:
Bro, saying Federal Government did nothing in Lagos doesn't mean they didn't do at all.
But using human development index you will realise Awolowo did more for Lagos than Federal Government.
I can't wait for 100% resource control.
Any governor that cannot​ fit in would be booted out.
There will be no room for justification of failure in South West.

Yomzzyblog:
British-Nigerian Boxer Ancestry/Current IBF World heavyweight champion, Anthony Joshua shared pictures together with his son, Joseph as they are currently on vacation.

In April 2016, it was revealed for the first time that Anthony had a six months old son with a pole dancing teacher, Nicole Osbourne, whom he had been dating on and off since school.


Source: http://www.yomzzyblog.com/2017/08/anthony-joshua-shares-photos-with-his.html

See photos below;

Holyfield1:


He should take one home for his wife


Am I the only one who noticed cucumber became popular after the Chidinma saga

omohayek:
Really? Why hasn't that happened in nearby Equatorial Guinea, or Angola, or South Sudan, or anywhere else in Africa where huge oil deposits have been found, and the government has had the ability to cream off the profits at will? Who exactly will hold these governments accountable enough to deliver any tangible new benefits? Is it people who are so powerless to keep their politicians in check that they feel the need to rush to the defense of a twice-convicted thief like James Ibori, merely because he remembered to drop them a few crumbs while feeding greedily like a pig from the public coffers? What price has GEJ had to pay with his kinsmen for several years as governor, followed by 2 years as VP and then 5 years as President, without delivering even potable water to his own hometown of Otoke?

I think if you really understand the importance of institutions and how they shape the behaviour of people in power, you'll realize that a much more likely scenario than the El-Dorado of development you paint is that the hugely increased funds at stake will make politics in the ND even more of a "do or die" affair than it currently is, with the extra cash just making it easier to buy lots of weapons and fund more thugs to wield them. With the cash-starved FG no longer able to hold the violence in check, how long before the ND becomes another Congo or South Sudan, with profiteering warlords fighting over who gets to "tax" foreign oil companies?

Lest you think I'm just blowing hot air, I suggest you pick up a copy of Acemoglu and Robinson's book Why Nations Fail. Maybe then you'll understand why Congo, Venezuela or South Sudan are the likelier outcomes under 100% resource control.

To begin with, let me repeat that I don't believe granting "resource control" to state governors will do anything other than heighten corruption and violence in the Niger-Delta: what I support is abolition of the Land Use Act, and enshrinement of the principle of private ownership of land and everything on or beneath it. A huge part of Nigeria's problem is that governments have too much power, with huge incentives to abuse it.

The second point worth making is that you ignore the reality that any deal on resource control will necessarily involve Lagos and other SW states demanding a substantial share of the revenues raised from their ports, their borders and the taxation of the businesses they host. As such, it is probably more likely that Lagos would be far better off under such an arrangement than worse off. The city of Lagos itself isn't bigger or more densely populated than a place like Tokyo - which I know very well at first-hand - so I don't see why getting to keep more of the revenues it raises internally would lead to stagnation.

Finally, I'll make clear that for me granting the ND a larger share of oil revenues isn't because I care about the SW getting more oil money from the FG, but the opposite: there is a very clear link between the quality of governance in any place, and the dependence of the governing on the taxes they collect from the governed. It is no accident that Lagos has been far better governed since 1999 than the other 35 states, especially after Obasanjo thought he could force Tinubu to do his bidding by withholding federal allocations. In the long run good governance matters far more than resource rents, which is why the likes of Japan, Singapore and South Korea now enjoy a quality of life even the Gulf Arab kingdoms can't really boast of, despite lacking any meaningful natural resources.

Here's what I'll admit to: I want the ND to keep its "oyel" money for the selfish reason that I want the SW governments to be forced to concentrate on growing their tax bases by encouraging commerce and industry, rather than sitting idly and waiting for the FG to cut a cheque every month. I don't expect the Bayelsa, Delta and Rivers elites to do much than fight over the new loot available to them, but again I'm selfish enough to think "You asked for it, you got it, now deal with the fallout as you wish".

Blue3k:
That's a daft response was it meant to be a deep sea port? The answer is No. The federal government know this in 1991 when the established delta port. The know Calabar was shallow in 1969 when the took over the port operations.

Let me guess you want government to spend tons of cash dredging shallow ports instead of just focusing on developing places in east with potential to be deep seaports.

PS: Akwa and Cross River both have section where deeps seaports can be established that aren't shallow.

Lalasticlala hit me with front page let's put this issue to bed ounce and for all.

Blue3k:
Lol live in delusion then. Nobody going to get you videos find them yourself. You done nothing but wailing like child you are. Remember God doesn't like hypocrites like yourself.

IgboSubmarine:
I said video and not pictures that could be altered.


Go get a video of the port

nextprince:
Again?

Where are the universal defenders of corruption?

deji17:
It is important to ask states and LG to account for what is currently accruing to them. A state that cannot account for how they spend the tax they currently collect, the allocation they are currently getting plus 13% in some cases, will still not be able to account for 100% resource control.

You take a look at the current revenue allocation to states. States like Delta, Bayelsa , Rivers states etc ought to reflect in their citizens standard of living and IGR. A state like Bayelsa with small population are owing upward of 6 months salary.
What do you say of situations where states that are owing many months of salary collected Paris club refund and then convert them to personal use? Corruption is the reason why such states are seriously lagging behind. Corruption can be liken to someone fetching water with a basket. Nothing can be retained. More money, just means more loots, irrespective of the level of Govt.
We have states already taking advantage of the current situation by investing in Agriculture and other means of generating IGR. States like Kebbi, Kaduna and Lagos..

And if we are to be honest with ourselves, most South East states cannot survive without Federal allocation and nothing stops them from raising their current IGR's even within the existing system

IgboSubmarine:
Blue3k let's make this thread more educational than confrontational in order to help you understand our annoyance with the Nigerian state


So do the following


1) What type of non crude oil products are imported through that port.
Is it only machinery or all types
of goods


2) Get a video record of Onne seaport so that we can analyze it with that of Lagos seaports.

IgboSubmarine:
Battery went flat and I was so busy today


I was about to respond when the battery collapsed completely



Now back to my questions



Have you been to Onne seaport before.?


If yes, go back to Onne seaport and get a video of the the seaport so that we all can analyze it in order to help you understand why that port is not being used.


Also get the data of the type of goods allowed through that port as stated by Pazienza




Maduawuchukwu

mesoprogress

deji17

Pazienza

Maduawuchukwu:
Company Income tax, VAT,excise duties and Petroleum and natural resources tax trumps all these other taxes you listed most especially in a developing nation. In the US which is the federalism the world looks up to, states also collect their portion of taxes on companies and natural resources which should show you their importance.
Secondly, restructuring is also about giving states the powers to determine their pace of development. A state that does not have control nor the funds to build seaports, control power supply, control roads leading to into it and the power to control it's natural resouces cannot take full responsibility for its own development cause these are the determinants of development. The states in Nigeria were after the civil war reduced to mere service rendering agencies such as we see in Germany and Australia. They were never meant to be economic bodies. This is actually deliberate as there is a school of federalim that espouses this. So my dear restructuring is needed.