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swiz123:
Spare me of any preaching bro.

The whole point of taxation is to contribute a fair share toward government expenditure, and I have paid more than enough through indirect taxes. The government can’t preach about proper taxation when they haven’t shown any atom of good faith.

Public schools and hospitals? Really? Most public schools serves as public toilets where boys go to answer natures call, don’t let the metropolis you live deceive you.

Public hospitals where people die waiting to be attended to? Even after they are attended to after ages, recommended meds or even tests are still unaffordable. Don’t get me started on the mayhem GOP doctors cause, dishing out meds for things they have no idea about.

Those infrastructures you sited are financed through aggressive borrowing which are heavily serviced and in turn cause a strain on our FX reserves. When the naira dips, me the tax payer suffer the most while those who collect these taxes had looted half of borrowed funds.

Civil servants that you literally have to still bribe so they can attend to you?

Police that are known more for extortion than providing security??

Doctors that one barely have access to? Try go to a public hospital Diggz and see if you will see the doctor even after spending 8 hours there.

I pay separately to finance my own security in my estate, so??

Where is the clean water these tax collectors provide ?? Ridiculous!!

Enough said, I have contributed my fair share through indirect taxes and paying that income tax is part of the reason I quit salary job.

I’m fully aware that most public services, infrastructure and institutions are broken. I even referenced that in my previous post. There’s a reason I pointed out that not everyone who pays tax actually benefits from it, especially in a place like Naija.

However, if you went through the public system from primary school to university, like most people here probably did, and now that you’re earning, you’re refusing to contribute to that same system just because “every penny can’t be accounted for”,then honestly, e no make sense.

Just so you know, you’re denying the extremely poor a fair shot at education, healthcare, and other basic services whether directly or indirectly, no matter how bad the system may seem to you.

By the way, I’m only asking you to remember that poor people in society still need that general hospital you call rubbish, or the same public school that you may never have to send your own children, nieces or nephews to. Blueray already touched on the importance of the policemen we all love to hate, so I won’t bother going there again.

Not everything must benefit you and your family directly before you remember that others need it too. If everybody decide not to pay one kobo of tax like you, na only God sabi wetin go remain for this country.

Las las sha..make you do you, but no come here come complain about your leaders oooo….because them be a reflection of you and I.

raumdeuter:
Hope my position is not being threatened

Na you be the head of agbadorians egbon 😂

afrodoc:
I kuku love cornflakes.

Speaking of, most of these oyinbo cornflakes are either too sweet or too bland. I miss my old Nestle cornflakes with the right balance.

Cornflakes ke. So, you still dey chop cornflakes? Ayama lol

afrodoc:
Yeah that is the way the story goes. People can sometimes be very intolerant of other people’s opinions and it is worst amongst the Obi.diot cult.

Just so you know, you’ve officially been confirmed as an agbadorian, lol.

Blue man sorry oooo lol

afrodoc:
Hehehe. Obi don become god wey we no fit criticise. Daddy G.O of Obi.diot movement.

Belief in messiahs no go kill Nigerians. That is why church members will see one slick trickster who is fleecing them and they will be calling him “daddy“.

Tbh…I’ve noticed that most people on here see everything in black and white…..youre either with them or against them. No space for grey area or common sense again. According to bad man Shank….na so the thing goes.

afrodoc:
There is no mask bro. I was the first person to label Obi a snake oil salesman here and I still think he is a 419 saviour. If you don’t like it you can do the needful.

I am not one that believes in political messiahs. You people attack anyone that criticises Obi in any way. I said he didn’t act with tact even though I also agreed that he had reason to be angry and suspicious but you ignored my first statement and latched unto the 2nd statement like someone holding on to a parachute for dear life.

Obi is far from perfect and can be criticised. Stop trying to bully people into your cult.

Wicked agbadorian abroadian 😂

swiz123:
Carry on brother!! 99 percent of Nigerians are hypocrites who only condemn things they don’t benefit from. Almost everyone hates paying personal incomes taxes and if an opportunity presents itself, they will evade and also avoid paying them by any means possible.

Who will listen to Akpabio’s statement of “they should continue protesting while we continue eating” and go yes!! I want to hand over my taxes to such a system. Only restraint is keeping me from saying that every single individual in Nigeria pay personal income taxes unwillingly.

Most of the things that we buy in this country have already been taxed with some being taxed heavily. Considering the poor services we get from these people, I already consider such indirect taxes an unfair contribution from my part.

Same Nigeria that touts levy bikemen heavily just so they could carry passengers and suffer on death traps called roads. Same bike man will pass that tout’s levy to you while you climb his bike and the bad roads will shake your whole intestine. Heavily pregnant women who had just paid their tax through the bike man sometimes cry on top of bikes. Make we just dey play.

Lest I forget, around February, I paid 10k levied on everyone living in the estate to construct a strategic road leading to the estate. We are just jokers on this board.

I’m sorry to say, but you’re not making any sense with the position you’ve taken. Yes, it’s true that most people may not want to pay taxes, but you can’t just ignore the fact that taxes fund many of the things we all rely on — no matter how deadbeat or broken some of them may seem right now.

We’re talking about:
- Public schools and hospitals
- Roads, bridges, and transport systems
- Salaries of civil servants, police, security officers, teachers, doctors, and more
- Clean water, electricity, and essential infrastructure

Even if the system isn’t perfect, and not everyone enjoys all the benefits listed above, refusing to pay tax doesn’t help — it only makes things worse.
If you want to complain about how public funds are being spent, you should at least be contributing. That’s how you earn the right to hold leaders accountable.

No be only to shout “corruption” — we all have to carry our share of the load. That’s how real change begins.

Leyqute:
Abeg x3

I still have to worry about offloading Sancho. Thanks for not buying him BTW 🙄

We go collect pay small small. Make una pay £80 now and spread the rest across 3years

TemporaryHansel:
You keep talking like Nigeria is a textbook case. It's not. And until we start addressing it as it is, not how it’s supposed to be, we’ll just be reciting civic nursery rhymes while the country burns.

Yes, government is supposed to regulate, license, maintain, and serve. But we both know that in practice, they barely function unless there's personal profit involved. You say the government regulates waste disposal—yet refuse still floods the streets. You say roads would be worse without government—yet many are unmotorable, and the ones that work were often built by state governments, foreign aid, or private entities just trying to save their own necks.

As for tax funding all this? Let’s not pretend our taxes are going into service delivery. Nigeria’s budget gets looted at every stage—from inflated contracts to ghost workers to padded allocations. Even oil revenue, which should supplement IGR, is routinely mismanaged or siphoned. So when you tell me my taxes are "needed" to fix the rot, my honest question is: fix what? Or fatten who?

Yes, private schools and hospitals are licensed by the government. But that’s all the government does: license and harass them for levies. They're not being enabled, they’re being tolerated. The quality of service there isn’t a product of government support—it’s in spite of it.

And please, the "Tunji-Ojo passport reform" praise is premature. Fixing what shouldn't be broken in the first place isn't progress—it's basic decency. When people clap for that, it just shows how starved we are for competence.

You're saying my stance hurts the common man. But no, what hurts the common man is a system that forces him to pay tax, delivers nothing, and protects looters. You want to guilt me into funding that mess? That's not patriotism, that's Stockholm syndrome.

So yes, I avoid giving money to thieves. That doesn’t mean I’m the reason the house is on fire. I’m just refusing to pass them fuel.

Bros, I beg you in God’s name — at least try to pay your tax. You can’t be condemning those looting the country if you’re also part of the problem. You sef check am……you no fit dey shout “thief thief” when your own hand still dey inside the pot of stew, haba!

Enzo5:
CF: Jackson, Delap, Pedro.
RF: Neto, Noni, Estevão.
LF: Gittens, Pedro, Neto.
LCM: Enzo, Santos, Pedro.
RCM: Palmer, Dewsbury-Hall, Estevão, Pedro.
DM: Caicedo, Lavia, Essugo, Santos.

You can see that Pedro covers a lot of positions but I feel he will be primarily used as an inside LW like Palmer against Benfica. We have a lot of dynamic players in this squad now. - Vince

Maresca has the options to win games and trophies.
Pedro has the opportunity to make that left position his before gittens joins

Before I forget, Ireti must put an end to this new experiment of playing Palmer in that inside left-wing position. I don’t know what his problem is, but he should stop these senseless experiments before he ruins Palmer, abeg.

Leyqute:
Douglas Luiz rumors gathering steam. Won’t mind having him for cheap or as an exchange for Sancho with some cash. It’s just that I don’t see Sancho going to Juve

Bro come collect Felix and Nkunku for £150mil last price. Very cheap deal wey go upgrade your team. Hurry before arsssnal collect them.

Trevor012 na your opportunity to let Leyqute upgrade una team…no dull am ooo

iamoyindamola:
Customer dada ni

Una no go buy Felix and Nkunku for £150mil now? Striker no dey anywhere oooo. Una better buy dem for cheap now before Leyqute ManU buy dem.

swiz123:
Not so much. I observed from yesterday that the dude’s decision making is atrocious; almost like someone with no knowledge of basic math.

He might have just had an off day yesterday. You should watch some of his older games/clips—I’m sure you’d have a different opinion of him.

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I watched a video where a Muslim guy was threatening another guy that someday, Muslims will be have more population in Canada, and then, they'll impose Sharia on everyone

People will definitely migrate. But when you make it an agenda to include conquering and terrorism, you need to go back to your roots.

Even when the West left Afghanistan for good, they still ran away. You can blame the West for instability there, but you cannot blame the West for their radicalism.

I really hoped his deportation was swift.[/color]

Obviously, I’m not blaming the West for their radicalism. However, just as oil and water don’t mix, expecting to import large numbers of people who see you as infidels and still live in harmony is unrealistic.

The claim that man made isn’t unique to Canada—it’s happening in most Western countries as well. Another concern is that while birth rates among native Western populations have declined, these groups are having, on average, at least four children. Over time, this raises the possibility that their population could surpass that of native Westerners in their own countries. What do you think would happen then?

swiz123:
This Oliseh sabi play ball so? Raumdeuter.

You no watch am for EPL?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]No time to check time

You cannot support terrorism remotely.[/color]

Exactly! No remote work allowed here—he should go back to his own country to practise the nonsense he’s preaching. If you look closely, he’s probably living off whatever benefits the Italian government has provided him, all while campaigning for nonsense. Once again, this situation reflects some of the broader consequences the West is facing as a result of its involvement in destabilising the Middle East.

By the way, the Italian Prime Minister’s decision on this matter partly reflects the stance taken by the Polish government: zero acceptance of refugees and zero tolerance for those who wish to live in their country while attacking its faith or its people.

Bluelines69:
Even at that £55m for a backup winger is ridiculously expensive, because I know Gittens is the main winger, that’s over £110m just on the wings, same people that were penny pinching on Mike Maignan, there just got to be a money laundering scheme going on with Brighton cause this doesn’t make any sense, and worse of all this position-less players comes with bags of attitude, I don’t think it’ll take long before he throws a tantrum if he’s stuck on the bench.

These new owners never fail to amuse me. I wasn’t too surprised that the Mikes deal fell through—after all, Ireti seems to rate that chronic gambler more than any other keeper out there. Yea…at this point, it’s starting to look like our guys might actually be laundering money—no jokes.

If they go ahead and make Delap our main striker, I’m genuinely worried the pressure will be too much for him. Chelsea isn’t Ipswich—this is a whole different level. They shouldn’t risk damaging the boy’s confidence or stalling his career by piling that kind of responsibility on him so soon.

As for João, I honestly don’t know what to expect anymore. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see.

Enzo5:
bro this is their way, nothing like gyorekes nor osimhen anymore

This guy numbers no even smell Jackson at alll. Plus e dey as erratic as Jackson. Anyway….na siddon look naim remain now.

Bluelines69:
Striker talk is done, that’s the striker….this signing doesn’t just make any sense, he’s not significantly better than Jackson or Delap, and he’s not an out an out winger, £50m just like that

We simply can’t afford to go into next season without adding another striker—one with a different profile from what we currently have. Abeg, this is non-negotiable. I’d like to believe Gittens and João Pedro are being considered for that left-wing role. Now, it’s time for the club to step up and bring in a more experienced striker to complement the squad.

Which one be jack of all trades wey dem dey spend £50mil on top. I hope person head wey dey sign these players head correct sha

I just hope they won’t end up using João Pedro as an excuse not to go for a more experienced striker, sha.

Enzo5:
well he is almost 24, not so sure how much potential is left to develop, but I understand your view concerning his goals, he did score 20 the previous season though and you may feel suspicious because Brighton are selling an attacker they bought for 35m for 60m. I feel the reason chelsea want him is because of his creativity, they haven't been looking for a proper 9 since they signed delap and honestly I am not against having all three in them team, delap, jackson and pedro. signing pedro doesn't affect Jackson but nkunku as pedro plays all the positions nkunku plays, cf, lw, ss/am.

Pedro is a good player, better him than spending 70m+ on ekitike or sesko

I agree with most of your points; however, I’m a bit skeptical about Pedro, as a significant portion of his goals have come from penalties. Take the 2023/24 season you mentioned, for example—he scored 20 goals in total, with 8 of those being penalties. In the Premier League, he managed 9 goals, 4 of which were from the spot.

Let’s not forget that our main issue has been converting chances in open play, especially in the Premier League. Based on the numbers he’s produced so far, there’s little to suggest he’ll outperform someone like Madueke or Neto in that regard—and that’s my main concern with his signing.

Of course, he could come in and prove to be a smart acquisition over time, but that remains to be seen.

TheLequte:
I like Mbeumo too. But I sabi Wetin I dey talk.

That United team is disjointed. Too many egos plus toxic environment due to media attention. I see the possibility of Mbeumo not feeling at home or forming partnerships with his new teammates like he did with Wissa and Noorgard and Schade.

That’s why I’m not expecting him to be an instant success. IMO he had a freak season last season and there’s a good chance he won’t replicate those high scoring returns next season — even if he stayed at Brentford.

Doesn’t mean I’m against his signing. I’m just not giddy with excitement ni

I hear you.

One thing to note about him, though, is that his assist numbers have been consistent even back in the Championship. His goal output has also been fairly steady—last season being the one real outlier, as you’ve already pointed out. That said, I honestly hope he doesn’t come good for you guys, because if he does, it’s going to spell trouble for a lot of teams—including ours!

Enzo5:
Chelsea possible signing joao pedro with money Brighton would use and sign elliot

I’m not sure what the recruitment team or the owners see in João Pedro, because the stats just aren’t there. Yes, he’s only 23 and has the potential to develop—similar to some of our current wingers (Madueke and Neto) —but it’s worth noting that half of his goals have come from penalties. I don’t see him taking that responsibility away from Palmer anytime soon, which raises the question: where are his goals going to come from? We might be better off pushing Jackson to the left and using that money to invest in another proper top No. 9.

https://www.nairaland.com/8428224/first-all-female-crew-into

When agenda jam wokeness normalcy go return. I know say Kimbeast and him crew no go like this one sha.

BlueRayDick:
https://www.nairaland.com/8462418/cbn-under-emefieles-excess-money

Can you imagine ?

We were all here when APC supporters portrayed themselves as the lovers of the country supported and defended this same printing of Money done by Emefiele under Buhari’s government . Nothing wey dem no use to defend it. When u talk , they will label u an enemy of the country because u don’t support APC running the nation aground right before our eyes .

Today we are being told the same printing of naira they defended back then crippled the naira .

Indeed Samuel Johnson was right when he said “Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel”

Just to clarify—were you against Emefiele printing more of the old naira notes as a way to support the economy, or were you opposed to the printing of the new naira notes ahead of the presidential elections?

WhoDeyHause:
Call me a pessimist but I think Joao pedro is another financial mistake waiting to happen. Person wey no really get role like blom blom man or are we going to be moving ice cold and the others around like draft to get the best out of him too.

I no understand our link to him. Make dem kukuma push Jackson ho that side instead of buying that guy. I go even manage Garnacho sef. Anyway…..na the owners know best

Ihebu4chelsea:
Nobody is taking about Wissa, I think he's even better than Mbeumo.

Semenyo too—we should be looking at him ahead of João Pedro.

andrewbaba44:
Any top club he is going ,he can be their own raphinha if the coach gets it right

Or even better—his numbers are solid and clearly on an upward trajectory.

TheLequte:
I won’t mind having him at United. But I’m not expecting him to tear things up. Anything can happen. Won’t be the first time a promising player flops at Man United.

Unless he suffers a career-changing injury or your coach decides to play him as a left or right wing-back, I don’t see that happening. If I remember correctly, he even played as a striker a few times last season when their main forward was injured—and he delivered too. I like him, sha. Unfortunately, we already have enough players in that position who need to be moved on before any new targets can realistically be considered.

Mbeumo looks like a serious player, sha. I just went through his stats, and there’s been a steady rise year after year. He’s 25—right at that perfect age to start doing serious damage. ManU would be lucky to have him.

iamoyindamola:
The werey was just using puyol to mop ground when he could have sealed the game, more than 3 one on one with puyol o
I am sure wengay regretted subbing off pires instead of ljunberg

Him do una detty sha. E be like na una I even dey support that day because I no want make Barca win sef. Anyway….i still dey thank am because we for never still hear word from una hand. Nonsense club!