₦airaland Forum

Bump

ariesbull:
No Igbo will support Biafra agitation ..it's the misguided elements.... They went one Nigeria! They enjoy the VAT and taxing system and with North also in line with this taxing system , Nigeria will be better

It's good that I am hearing this directly from you guys after years here detailing how you guys in the SE are no different in anyways from the Fulani north.


You are the enemies of the better South.

Now go and play your usual Judas role.

ariesbull:
Let the Nigerians pay the VAT let's do the sharing ...

Good.

So you are against taxation but want others to be taxed to sustain you .

Next time , I hear from your dirty mouths complaining about alcohol vat and taxes going to the Sharia north , I will point out your stinking hypocrisy.

ariesbull:
Then migrate your own and do repatriation! Excuses excuses and excuses ...are you amputated or lame that you can't migrate ?



Igbo people and their region thrive despite the economic challenges in Nigeria for several key reasons:

1. Resilience and Adaptability: Igbo people are known for their resilience. Despite facing numerous challenges—whether economic, political, or social—they have always found ways to adapt and thrive. This resilience is deeply embedded in their culture and mindset. They are resourceful, entrepreneurial, and always look for opportunities to grow, no matter the external circumstances.


2. Strong Entrepreneurial Spirit: One of the standout features of the Igbo people is their innate business acumen. Many Igbo individuals are natural entrepreneurs, and this has helped them excel in various sectors, from small businesses to large enterprises. Even in the face of an uncertain economy, they continue to invest, innovate, and diversify their sources of income, which provides them with a steady stream of wealth.


3. Community Support and Unity: The Igbo culture emphasizes the importance of community and mutual support. Family members, friends, and fellow Igbo people often come together to help one another, whether it’s through business ventures, financial support, or sharing resources. This communal support helps individuals weather tough economic times and thrive collectively. Igbo people also rely on networks, which makes it easier to navigate challenges together.


4. Diaspora Influence and Remittances: The Igbo diaspora is one of the most significant drivers of economic prosperity in the region. Millions of Igbo people living abroad send money back home regularly, which not only supports families but also fuels local businesses and investments. These remittances help to stabilize the region's economy, especially in times of national economic instability.


5. Focus on Education and Skills Development: Education is highly valued in Igbo culture. Many Igbo families prioritize educating their children, which equips them with the knowledge and skills to succeed in various fields. With a well-educated workforce, the Igbo people are able to adapt to changing economic conditions, pursue professional careers, and contribute to the growth of industries in the region.


6. Diversification and Innovation: Igbo people do not put all their eggs in one basket. They diversify their investments across various sectors, such as agriculture, real estate, manufacturing, technology, and trade. This diversification protects them from economic downturns in any one industry. Additionally, Igbo entrepreneurs are known for being innovative, often creating new solutions to challenges they face, which gives them a competitive edge.


7. Cultural Emphasis on Hard Work: Hard work is a core value among Igbo people. From a young age, they are taught to be diligent, persistent, and industrious. This strong work ethic has played a major role in their ability to succeed, even in tough economic times. Whether in small businesses or larger enterprises, the commitment to hard work is a driving force behind their success.



In essence, Igbo people thrive despite the economic challenges in Nigeria because of their resilience, strong entrepreneurial spirit, community support, the financial influence of the diaspora, emphasis on education, diversification, and a cultural focus on hard work. These factors come together to create a dynamic and thriving region, even in the face of adversity.

Go and tax yourself abeg ...let's share the money

This is why I support your Biafra agitation with the caveat that it should be limited to your SE state

Let's see if you will claim ECOWAS free migration to remain in Nigeria .

ariesbull:
The last time I checked can you name your village let's see how suitable it is in their mud houses and no toilets

How many Nigerians are crossing the Niger Bridge towards your side?


Go to ordinary Lokoja and see how wealth is just waiting for anyone with a fishing net to cast into the river Niger .

The average fisherman in Lokoja will quietly build his house and take care of his family unlike his counterpart from your SE who needs to go to Lagos to start life hawking gala.

Rather than see that Nigeria offers you the opportunity to thrive and has been spoonfeeding you ever since ,you are here castigating and biting the hands that feed you.

Just 3ys without being in Nigeria and you started dropping dead like flies.


Be very careful of what you wish for.

ariesbull:
The economic dynamics of South Eastern Nigeria and South Western Nigeria differ significantly due to historical, cultural, and structural factors. Here’s why the South East is thriving economically, while the South West has a higher dependency on Lagos:

1. Entrepreneurial Culture in the South East

The South East is renowned for its strong entrepreneurial spirit, particularly among the Igbo people. The apprenticeship system (Igba-Boi) fosters entrepreneurship by equipping young people with business skills and capital to start their ventures.

Economic activities are decentralized across cities like Aba, Onitsha, Nnewi, and Enugu, making them hubs for manufacturing, trade, and innovation.


2. Decentralized Economic Hubs

Unlike the South West, where Lagos dominates as the primary economic hub, the South East has multiple thriving commercial centers. Aba is famous for textiles and leatherworks, Nnewi for auto parts manufacturing, and Onitsha for its massive market activities. This decentralization reduces dependency on one city and creates a robust regional economy.


3. Focus on SME Development

The South East has a high concentration of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which are the backbone of its economy. These businesses are resilient and adapt quickly to changing market conditions, creating a self-reliant economic model.


4. Industrialization and Manufacturing

Cities like Nnewi have developed strong industrial bases. For example, Nnewi is referred to as the "Japan of Africa" due to its thriving manufacturing sector, producing everything from motorbike parts to household appliances.


5. Strong Community Support Systems

The South East has a tradition of communal investments and pooling resources through cooperatives and town unions. These structures often finance infrastructure and business projects, driving local development.


6. Dependence on Lagos in the South West

In contrast, Lagos serves as the economic epicenter of the South West, attracting investments, infrastructure, and population from neighboring states. This concentration has led to economic dependency, where states like Ogun, Oyo, Ekiti, and Ondo rely heavily on Lagos for economic spillovers and opportunities.

The dependency on Lagos also results in overpopulation and strain on infrastructure, making it harder for other South Western states to develop independently.


7. Diverse Sources of Economic Growth

The South East is less reliant on government allocations and oil revenues compared to the South West. The region focuses on trade, manufacturing, and exports, ensuring a more diverse and sustainable economic base.


8. Government and Policy Factors

While Lagos benefits from policies that attract foreign and local investments, the surrounding South West states have not fully capitalized on this. In contrast, South Eastern states have made deliberate efforts to create business-friendly environments, even with limited government support.


Conclusion

The South East thrives because of its decentralized, self-reliant economic model, driven by entrepreneurship and manufacturing. The South West, while dynamic, faces challenges due to over-dependence on Lagos, limiting the economic potential of other states in the region. For balanced growth, the South West needs to diversify its economic hubs beyond Lagos and invest in regional industries and SMEs.

Hogwash.

The reason for whatever economic progress your people record isn't from the SE economic ecosystem.

It boils down to you guys migrating to other regions to setup shop and we know now that most of your business models are floated with illicit funds generated from illicit activities.

You can't tax illicit funds after all.

And to let you know also, your import based rackets are the major dearth to our once thriving local industries and has been a major drain on our FX pool.

You are a net negative.

The only thing FG gains from you is probably diaspora earnings and most of which is from illicit activities .

By the way, stop using Chatgpt .

EasternActivist:
Op they know this, they just want to gaslight the southeast.

Upon all their high vat collected and generated it's expected that ibadan should purge it self of brown roofs retardation unlike what Is obtained in southeast.

Your SE only comes alive for 2 weeks every year during the Christmas holidays.

The low vat earnings from the SE expose low consumption levels and a lack of commercial activities.

Low tax earnings is because there is hardly any real formal sector . Your business model is petty trade that falls under the disorganised and grey sector of the economy.

Solodu has been bemoaning his inability to effectively tax businesses in his state and even declared that majority of what the state gets as revenue is from the federal purse and if he had to share to every man, woman and child in Anambra as it comes every month, it won't amount to more than #1,500 per head.

Real development is driven by taxes that are generated from a healthy commercial and economic base.

You have none of this and that's why even the north you were labelling parasites generate more from their own economic activities than your entire region.


There's nothing in the SE and your net negative migration proves this

OBoy50:
oga no need for this long epistles....the northern christians leadership are hypocrites I m from north central to be precise and av discovered that majority of the christian leaders are only serving their stomach.

Well, I am only stating the fact that Ibos who pushed against Muslim/Muslim ticket are not even Christians compared to northern Christians .

How can you champion a cause that you openly hate , castigate and have since apostasized from?

There lies the hypocrisy.

Standing5:
Can the north produce a quarter of what they do if not supported by over N1Tr from SS?

That's SS to complain and not you.

Besides when SS were doing their agitation for resource control your SE politicians sided with the north against their demands and at no time did SS ever call for your help in their agitation.

SS will be ok of we get 50% but we know that you ibos will align with same north you have been castigating to oppose true restructuring.


When this VAT and Tax reform thing started , I stated categorically why SE will oppose it and it was down to the fact that you earn far more than you contribute from federal handouts.

When Lagos and Rivers secured a joint vat ruling to stop the FG from collecting VAT and successfully argued that it wa a responsibility of states to do so, your governors in the SE were all silent.


Now breeze don blow fowl yansh.

ariesbull:
productivity isn't equal to development


Some villages are known for fishing.... that is productivity but that doesn't mean the village is developed

Those villages are more sustainable to their resident fishermen than your entire SE as the people have a guaranteed and sustainable income from fishing.

This is why most other Nigerians do not see reason to flee their enclaves . Wealth is within their grasp.

And how do you measure development ? Is it by building mansions in one dead village in your SE that you only visit once or twice a year to attend a cultural event?

The fishing canoe in a typical Ijaw riverine coastal village earns revenue for the owner than your lizard and rat occupied village mansions.

If the SE is truly an engine room of commerce and trade , why are you lot not reinvesting back into it? How many times has there been a SE business forum that has been convened by your elite to call for investing into the SE and how come you guys never heed the call to do so?

Just looking at internal migration trend , you will see that the SE has been experiencing a net negative trend since the day Lugard yoked us all into one contraption compared to every other region.

There's a reason you guys left your villages, states and region.

This is the inverted reasoning that plagues these people from the yeast.

Paraventure you are granted leave to go and form your Bifra with its contiguous five SE states, will you be saying this rubbish ?

Aside the huge VAT surplus you get that isn't generated from your state's, you also get federal funded projects and benefit from oil receipts from majorly SS states.

The north is the undisputed food basket not only in Nigeria but West and Central Africa.

Now imagine you are in your Biafra tax haven, how will you pay for food imports from northern Nigeria ?

Are you aware that agriculture which the north dominates contributes hugely to our GDP and sustainable growth sector ?


Be coping.

Dafresh:
but you have been crying because of Simon Ekpa. While taking paracetamol mone on another man headache

Is Simon Ekpa no longer working for the APC and FG?

I thought you guys were all in the majority of seeing Ekpa arrested?

Is Ekpa no longer Tinubu's boy?


Nah who no know Una go dey try reason matter with una.

aswani:
You will get over my words about Peter Obi, you hear.

Peter Obi went from being guaranteed the Labour Party ticket for 2027 without any primaries to now not being certain he will even be in the party by then.

The smell is too much.

He must be subjected to go through the rigorous process of securing the LP ticket through the democratic process.

Let's see if his bigoted tribal cretins in the obidient IPOB fold can secure Obi the ticket on their own accord.

Abure will open the floor to every candidate from every tribe, region and creed to contest.


There will not be any consensus agreement to hand it over to obi neither will the ticket be zoned to the SE.

Obi must work for the ticket.

OBoy50:

This act of beriberism is borne out of ignorance by the so called northern CAN will fuel Muslim to Muslim again in future and the COWards northern CAN seems to be heaping these praises on tinubu just to fuel their empty pot belly with ogogoro.

The irony here is how you guys in the SE who have been openly rejecting Christianity are castigating the only true and tested Christian faithfuls in Nigeria.

None of you in the SE can wash the feet of any northern Christian . If you were in their shoes, you would all have since converted to Islam.

Speaking of conversions, isn't Paganism now the fastest growing religion in your SE to the point we are now seeing a Reverend father from your SE retiring from the church and converting to a dibia priest ?

What of the Zionists amongst you who regularly and openly castigate Christianity as a false religion and have even threatened visiting Envangelics to stay clear of your SE?

You have no mouth to dare claim Christian not more claim to be champions of Christianity in Nigeria

Obi has never contested for a party ticket in his political career.

Ojukwu handed him the APGA gubernatorial ticket for Anambra state governorship elections after getting Obi to swear on oath to him(Ojukwu) never to defect from the party.


Obi was hoping on the PDP zoning the ticket to the SE and from there getting himself endorsed by the PDP SE caucus but this collapsed after Wike insisted on throwing the ticket wide open.

Obi then ran to LP and got the ticket without going through the necessary party nomination round.

Obi is determined that there will be no party primaries and that he should be given the ticket on a platter of gold as the case was in 2023 elections.

But the obidient IPOB mob who invaded the LP decided to oust Abure and control the party which Obi gave his full backing.to.

The obidient IPOB mob planned a coup to oust Abure so as to be able to cash out from donations and also to ensure Obi is recycled on the LP ballot without going through a primary vote.

Abure saw all this and quickly secured a faction to have him re-elected as the LP national chairman.

Obi and his IPOB mob then decided to form a care taker committee from where they declared Abure's reelection as party chairman as null and void.

Abure went to court and secured a ruling recognising him and his exco board as the authentic leaders of the party.

Abure then made a press conference declaring that there will be no automatic ticket for anyone including the sole LP Governor, Alex Otti .

Abure is saying the damn truth when he states that Obi is the cause of the crisis in LP and it all boils down to Obi plotting with his IPOB Obidient mob to seize control of the party and from there have them endorse Obi without recourse to party primaries .

Why is obi afraid of contesting for his own party ticket ? The reason is simple , and it's because Obi has never been subjected to internal party politics.

This is the same man who is no longer welcomed in APGA despite being the first politician to win gubernatorial race for the party. Since he never secured the APGA ticket through the normal political negotiation and alliance within APGA and LP, how do you think he could manage the two parties as their leader whom none of the party members endorsed and voted for ?

They accuse PBAT of stealing their SE slot in the APC as if SE APC delegates did not vote for Tinubu to emerge as the party candidate. In their usual greedy manner, they also accused PDP of not given the SE the ticket. The only party they did not harass for the ticket was that of NNP party controlled by Kwankwasso.

This easy mode and lazy approach to democracy and entitlement mentality is why the SE will still remain no way in national politics and this is the very same thing that Obi epitomises and oozes off.

As for the PDP, no other individual has caused so much havoc to them than obi starting with how obi litigated his way to clinch the governorship of Anambra from same PDP.

When Obi then broke his oath never to leave APGA to join the PDP, Goodluck foolishly appointed Obi to head his SE 2015 re-election committee - a decision that didn't sit well with longstanding PDP stalwarts in the SE. Complaints arose over how obi refused to mobilize funds meant for the elections in the SE until the last minute. This is one of the major reasons that there was voter apathy in the zone as most seasoned PDP stalwarts could not mobilize for the campaigns owing to Obi refusing to release funds on time and when he did, it was inadequate. Ask yourself why it was only obi among all GEJ/Sambo 2015 reelection campaign coordinators that was never arrested by the Buhari government ? Because Obi's mismanagement of the SE PDP presidential committee is why Buhari won that election.

Obi will later come back and haunt the PDP when Atiku had him as his running mate in the 2019 Presidential elections. The few remaining PDP stalwarts in the SE who did not defect to the APC when GEJ conceded defeat to Buhari, remained more lukewarm to support Atiku owing to his choice of Obi as running mate. Even Fr. Mbaka expressed his displeasure of Obi being Atiku's running mate.

Fast forward to 2023 elections and we can all recall how Obi played a major spoiler role to the PDP after leaving the party to join LP to contest the elections . If Obi had not been on that ticket , PBAT might have not had won that election.

So you can see that Obi is in no way interested in internal party politics neither is he a party man as we can glean from the ignoble roles he has played against political parties he had been a member of and benefited from.

Abure should ensure that there must be primaries conducted in LP for every position including that of Presidential ticket.

I want to see how SW, NW, NE and NC delegates will all foolishly queue behind Obi after witnessing how obi has been attempting to corner every party position to his own Ibo people .

SalamRushdie:
CAN has become an extension of APC abeg

And Anambra is now majorly a pagan state.

Antichristian sentiments are loudest in your yeast all due to IPOB Zionism that has polluted all your brains with Zionist propaganda .

You have no business claiming champions of Christianity because most of you are not Christians .

PressMyButton:
If any of those election losers thinks 2027 election will be like 2023, where religious sentiments was rife and the campaign was religiously motivated against the President based on what Northern Christians went through during the last Administration which made the Agulu fraud cash in on it, you're making the biggest mistake of your life. 2026, both Northern and Southern CAN and PFN will endorse Mr President and cast the Yes Daddy fraudster into the dustbin. They have come to realize that it's wrong to judge a book by its cover. Tinubu right from being a Governor, has always been fair to all religious bodies.
Bishop Oyedepo was approved a private airstrip at his church headquarters, I want to see who Obi will run to this time to help him declare religious war. Babachir Lawal and all those Obidient clowns thinking anti-Muslim/Muslim will work in 2027, better stop drinking Mkpurumiri.


After God, na Tinubu 💪 God bless Nigeria

Even the loudest noise makers against the Muslim/Muslim ticket are not even Christians.

They are a majority pagan heathen people larping as Congo Jews who are claiming to be champions of Christianity in Nigeria despite the overwhelming levels of apostasy amongst them.

Even going by CAN membership , they are not even part of it since the Catholic church which they surface claim to be has since pulled out of CAN since the Christmas day bombing in Suleja.

In my book the real Christians in Nigeria are those in the north and SS.

sirchim:
Ofcourse, especially how he did the magic of making druglord collect WOTOWOTO for him bakayard 😉🤔.

The only person whose backyard is being plowed is obi's gay son's ass.

How did his son end up ?

Zulu11zulu:
If Nigeria don't change the way they treat the igbo,s they will never get peace, wee can never accept to a second hand citizens in our country ndi igbo is too big fo4 that.

If you like continue to gang up against igbo na you go tire because another Simon will soon come out.

None can be greater than the coward ojukwu.

We look forward to your next content creator .

OlawaleBammie:
Don't mind the rodent

Just imagine the stinking hypocrisy from that jokerman

He is from a region were free education is unheard of and where they pay for their waec fees.

He did not see reason to demand why their governors can not replicate what every other governor outside their SE is doing in terms of free education and waec subsidies , instead he had the audacity to open a thread to complain of Lagos state ministry of education demanding for tax clearance certificate before enrolling students for waec that the government will pay 100% for

Jokerman:
I understand


But WAEC that was free, they are not collecting 10,000 as tax clearance from students...

It was not so before... Especially if the parents submit their own,but now the child must have his/her apart from the parents

Kilode gan?

Is any of your useless governors in your yeast paying for waec registration ?

Instead to go and hold them to task you are here dragging Lagos state government for trying to weed out you guys from exploiting their social services.

Go and hold your Okija shrine mafia governors to task.

Jokerman:
You Muslims are dumb sha.

Anyone that criticizes Tinubu na Igbo to you... Even,Omo Kwara na ibo??

Oga ju...

Well since we blamed Jonathan and Buhari for everything, we blame Tinubu too

I am now my own Yoruba muslim meme?

0koro Congo Jew rat , you o get talk.

Go and face your freeborn ruling class that have been pressing your 0hu/0su necks

Jokerman:
Oga I had someone last week who pays tax, and was still asked that his son pay 10k, as the name must tally on the tax clearance cert.

Did he provide the tax certificate before the school?

By the way, what is #10 k when you are not paying any tuition or waec fees unlike what you have in your yeast?

Which is better? Paying ordinary a one time #10k fee or paying through your nose for substandard education in your yeast that will require miracle centres at the end which you must still cough out more money for ?

Go rest.

You no get talk neither do you have the right to criticize Lagos state that has paid waec fees for hundreds of thousands of your people .

Jokerman:
I'm holding Asiwaju responsible because the buck stops at his table 😹

Is it Obasanjo or Yaradua and GEJ that prevented Obi from building schools and offering free education alongside paying waec fees for Anambra students ?

I have never seen such an entitled and arrogant irresponsible people like you yeasterners.

Jokerman:
I'm holding Asiwaju responsible because the buck stops at his table 😹

Asiwaju is not the one that made your useless governors to skip provision of social services.

Federal government no be your governor who sits on federal allocations and spend it as their personal allowance..

You will all soon understand that zikism and it's parasitic federal government is about to be restructured.

To your tent , oh 0koro.

Jokerman:
I understand


But WAEC that was free, they are not collecting 10,000 as tax clearance from students...

It was not so before... Especially if the parents submit their own,but now the child must have his/her apart from the parents

Kilode gan?

No one is asking you to pay 10k.

If you can provide your tax clearance for the period requested , then no need to pay.

If you don't have it , then you pay the non refundable #10k for the school board to verify and get it for you.

Note that if you have no records of paying taxes in Lagos and you still pay the #10k, your own nah sorry.

Jokerman:
This is not Lagos state alone. This is Nigeria has a whole, starting with the federal government?

Your yeast is the worst governed region in Nigeria .
Other states and the FG are what is sustaining that your parasitic and ungrateful region.

Hold your Abuja contractors turn politicians and governors accountable

Jokerman:
Mo ti ri e pé, alaironu ni e 😹😹😹

Some of you just type anything, so to question APC , one must be an obedient.

As a Lagosian, bonafide... I pay business development, Lawma, LIRS taxes, every blessed month.

Make I no talk sha.

So your government removed subsidy for public school students in WAEC again, after increase Model school fees to 100k per term.

Wetin person go dey enjoy for this Nigeria,ontop 70k salary 😹😹

Suffer suffer....😹

Ama gbon noni to ba ti ya 😹

You are a resident tax paying Lagosian and so why are you complaining ?

If the meagre resources are utilized for tax payers and not the refugee you are , why should you be complaining ?

Let me let you know now that tax clearance certificate for registering into public schools in both the SW and old Bendel has been a policy since the 80s.

If you don't like it, then please feel free to go back to Alambla state were you come from.

BloomingDale:
Ok. Makes sense.

Ignore these IP0B rodents and their cheap lies

Jokerman:
So you mean someone who lives and resides in Kwara, will register their child in Lagos state public Day schools? Wetin do Kwara public schools?

Well, no wahala, can you also tell us why ss3 students are asked to pay tax when they aren't working yet?

Remember the students paying these taxes are residents of Lagos state, and their parents already pax tax and have LASSRA IDs?

Fool, the students have parents who enrolled them in the schools.

Before you can enroll any child in a school be it public or private , a adult standing as a parent must register on behalf of the child.

The tax clearance certificate is to ascertain if the parents are domiciled in the state and are paying their due taxes.

Jokerman:
So you mean someone who lives and resides in Kwara, will register their child in Lagos state public Day schools? Wetin do Kwara public schools?

Well, no wahala, can you also tell us why ss3 students are asked to pay tax when they aren't working yet?

Remember the students paying these taxes are residents of Lagos state, and their parents already pax tax and have LASSRA IDs?

The only ones exploiting the free education and waec subsidy in Lagos state are you guys from the yeast.

Public education up to secondary school is free for every region outside your yeast.

Nobody outside your yeast is complaining of this new policy from Lagos state because governors outside your yeast provide social services to their people.

It is only you from the yeast that are crying because you have been running from paying school fees and waec registration fees in your region and enrolling in public schools across Nigeria.