₦airaland Forum

Mordson:
That's my kinda person. I'm a DIYer from birth. As long as the work doesn't require too much technical expertise, I'll do it myself.

I'll repair my Generator, change my old doors by myself, fix floor tiles, carry out plumbing works, even repair my phone and laptop, etc.

No be me go dey make unnecessary expenses in this austere Tilumbu regime. ☹️

In the UK, a lot of things are DIY, all in a bid to save cost.

Chimarto:
Carry Nigerian's mentality go another man's land, lousy people

He must have been quite loud.

If I was to use my toilet, and I should make a little loud noise when closing the toilet with that plastic top, my mom would call me,"Mr. Noisemaker."

She was always thoughtful about the feeling of others.

faceland:
They should tell use the percentage of their graduates who found success while using their certificate... I am sure it is less than 1%

If our youth can find success, many would proudly invest or donate to their schools.

We have a country that professor are involved in illegally during election. No research papers on how to fix the problems of this country or how to stop their top-professor form criminalities.

Their certificates have changed the lives of many of their students,

Many of the poor students during the time I was in uni are doing fairly well. Many have built homes. Sowore was a year my senior.

Their going to university changed their lives tremendiously

duduade:
We all know that most of what this retired general has said it's actually true

Reason most of these Governors will continue to turn blind eyes and deaf ears to what is happening in their individual States

You can't tell me that as a Governor you don receive intelligence reports daily

When Nigerians are ready, they will fight

It is the duty of the SSS to submit security reports every to the president, governors everyday. It may even include local government chairmen, but I am not 100% sure.

I don't know if the DSS does the same.

.An import duty of 2 or 3% would have been fairer.

This would have moderated cut price competition. For some reason, I feel the those importing are cutting corners, one way or the other.

Nothing wrong with competition, but it must be fair.

I would have said this was an April Fool's joke but this is November.

Stop playing!

TamedMind:
Advert in disguise, do it better next time

I hope it isn't a scam.

Why not simply post a paid advert on Nairaland.

I'm certain they will get tons of customers.

Taraba is a traditional PDP state. It was part of the former Gongola state.

Taraba is the Christian majority part of the former state, while Adamawa is the Muslim majority bit.

Kingray10:
This is serious, it's not only happening in turkey, similar thing in South Korea and some parts of Europe.
Funny thing is Africa population is on the rise.

Because Subsharan governments have not given family planning the urgency it needs.

Even in Northern Africa, birth rates are dropping fast. Egypt barely has 2 kids per woman today which is lower than the replacement rate of one woman 2.1 kids.

Erdogan's economic incompetence has worsened matters.

His determination to stay in office has brought their economy to a screeching halt.

Princedapace:
U dont get it? Nigeria is wasteful. Cut down on governance cost, block corruption, fix vital needs such as electricity so that as u tax citizens, they can breathe. As it stands, Nigerians cant breathe and personal income tax will be wasted as it has always been wasted.
And for business as u said, u wont pay tax with 40m per year, yes. But u cant spend the money as it sits in corporate account.

Oga,
I am giving you informed answers, and not something I manufactured from my head.

What I have written is what economists would agree with it.

Yes, nothing bad in cutting cost of governance, block corruption, improve power supply but government revenue as a percenrtage of GDP needs to rise. It is just pitifully low.

To cut the cost of governance will cost a fortune, surplus civil servants will receive severance pay wjich won't be small. Blocking corruption will save very little.- perhaps 2% of GDP at the most.

If you want 24hour power supply, be prepared to pay cost reflective prices for power i.e Band A prices. Presently the FG is owning power related companies 4tr for subsidized power supply. This is adversely affecting their services.

Increased revenue won't be "wasted." The biggest benefit of higher revenues would mean that the Naira will be more stable in the short and long term.

If that is the only benefit the country achieves it is fine.

The comment you made about not being able to spend the money in your corporate account is just silly. Deep down you seem to be happy about the news but don't want to show it.

gabicon:
The governors are complicit to this menace, put pressure on the legislative to make kidnapping and terrorism a capital offence punishable by death. Until we do that, we are not going anywhere.

Harsh laws do not deter criminals. It is apprehension they fear the most and conviction.

If the clear up rate for kidnapping by the security agencies was high, the vice would drop dramatically.

Princedapace:
U are missing it, Nigeria has no business relying on fuel alone. Nigeria has lithium, has gas, has gold, has cashew, palm fruits, cocoa, the list goes on. But ur politicians are only interested in lavish life style. U cant win me on this.
I will school u more! Nigeria politicians are among the higest paid on earth with mind blowing packages.
Nigeria's problem is not lack of fund, nigerias's problem is wastage and corruption. Useless bicamera legistlature that contribute nothing to the country but get brand new cars eacch 4 years, cars worth over 240m. That is just that, the list goes on. We waste money on extremely unproductive governance system. A lot of our gets wasted. We have money, they get stollen. U cant be taxing such a poor country that way becus u should be looking for ways to increase purchasing power instead of reducing it since increased purchasing power will naturally bring in more investors.
U already cut down 8m plus from my income, it means I cant afford a lot of things come next year. I cant afford some stuff I could afford previously becus 8m already taken off my income. So, more businesses that relied on me will also miss out on this.
Now, did govt provide relief like healthcare, quality public school, which would have helped reduced how much I will spend on these things? No, govt has not fixed that. Infact, they have abandoned that and always use abroad for healthcare and education. We are foolish, but I am not. I wont buy into that.
Govt has failed in road system, if I show u the road I drive my sporty car on daily which increased my maintainance money, u will weep. U are taking 8m plus from my income but I still need to fix my car due to bad roads, pay expensive private school becus public schools are wack, same as healthcare, same as security, i need to fly else I maybe kidnapped on the road, and flight is expensive and will be more expensive next year.
People who earn 500k per month arent much in Nigeria. Most money among the youths come from the internet. Guys hustled and made a way for them selves, govt needed to help increase the purchasing power of nigerians so that business can strive well. Govt should make tech nomards to enjoy good tax here so that people can migrate to Nigeria as tech people and make money and spend less on tax and spend money within the Nigeria economy which will help grow the economy.
Govt should identify young Nigerians making good money online and partner with them to train NYSC graduates to help us have more Nigerians who earn well. This will reduce the rate of migration out of Nigeria, help us earn more $$ and increase the number of people who can build houses, it will solve a lot.
If u calculate the taxes Nigerians are paying now, it is more than 30 percent. That is too much for a poor country. The govt should drastically cut down on cost of governance, be serious with war against corruption, dedicate few years to fix education and healthcare, encourage young Nigerians to go into agricuture by solving security issues so we can farm. I wil love to invest in agriculture but I dey fear fulani herdsmen. Nigeria can be fixed if we are honest. It is not about increasing tax. As long as wastage and corruption persist and we have wacky electoral system, uncontrolled population, too much religious and tribal sentiment, it is a waste of time.
Let me burst ur head. In Nigeria today, I may decide to give birth to one child in order to cut down on cost but govt will tax me more for earning more and say they are protecting the poor who gave birth to 8 kids up north, right? Is there any measure to discourage people from birthing anyhow? How are we working towards restructuring Nigeria?
All loans taken, what is the benefit so far? but u want to take my 8m plus per year?
After NYSC, I got a job that paid me 35k per month, I worked like a machine. After one year plus, I resigned. Started learning online skill. Electricity was a problem. I used to go to betting shop to use their light since they on Gen. At night when I returned, i on my I pass my neigbour generator to help me while I learn until 3AM. It was hell becus we lacked electricity, we lacked water, foriegn companies didnt rate Nigerians due to our poor image, our IP gets blacklisted. I figured out a way is to charge foreign companies lesser since income sourced abroad wasnt taxed in the previous tax law. This strategy gave many online workers the leverage to earn smaller dollars. We were able to solve lots of problems govt couldnt solve for her citizens. But Tinubu came and messed that up.
Now, what advantage do we have since we pay same income tax like people in developed worlds even though those in developed worlds have way better infrastratcures than us and many social programmes that truly benefit the citizens. I cant be fooled.
U said register as limited liability. Lol, do u know how much lawers are charging, the filing each year, u will need an accountant. How do u take care of ur personal expenses such as parent care, family bills? How? U will pay ur self small salary to cut down on tax but that salary cant care for ur routine expenses. Brooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, fyck this country.

No amount of prudent spending will resolve the country's Achille's Heel: low government revenue as a percentage of GDP.

Nigeria's is about 12%, which is one of the lowest in the world. It needs to touch at least 16%. Soludo, an economist said it should not be less than 22% of GDP.

It simply must go up.

Secondly, learn to listen.

Businessmen who want to reduce their tax burden find legal means mot to pay taxes or make it as low as possible. It is called tax avoidance.

For instance, a company with a turnover of 50m or less will not pay taxes.

For instance, as a freelancer. you could register a limited liability company which you will use for your freelancing business. Since your turnover is 40m, you won't tax.

Tinubu is ready to pay almost any price to achieve his goals, even if that means sleeping with strange bedfellows.

Tinubu is known for hiring technocrats into his cabinets. His use of men like Wike and Matawalle are primarily to settle political debts. Tinubu is known for his political philanthropy.

It is in his second term when one will see his true colours. That waa what OBJ did.

Princedapace:
hahahaahahahahahahahahahaah
This is so funny. Do u think everyone is a fool here? He is introducing a whole 20 to 25 percent tax on my person income and u are clapping for 50 naira deduction removal?
Do u know what 25 percent is? So, as a freelancer, after I hustle find work online for abroad, hustle for fuel, hustle for bad roads, hustle for expensive healthcare for parents and for my self, I will still dash Tinubu 25 percent of my online hustle and u said that made me richer?
Now, let me school u.
Let say as a remote hustler, u make 40m per year as income. With the new tax, u will be paying around Total tax = 330,000 + 1,620,000 + 2,730,000 + 3,450,000 = ₦8,130,000. That is a whooping 8m plus reduced from ur purchasing power.
Now, hear the shocker. Before Tinubu, the 40m yearly was barely eniugh for u because since Nigeria is a poor country, u are surely dealing with black tax, that means u may have struggling parents u need to care for their health since Nigeria has no healthcare provision for citizens for free. U pay for expensive wakcy private healthcare.
Now, since Nigeria education is dead, u pay for expensive primary, secondary and university education since those provided by govt are wacky.
U will have bills as man of the house, more poeople are poor in Nigeria. Ur friends, siblings, somehow get some help from u. Now, govt has taken almost 9m from the 40m, u are left with 31m and yet Tinubu didnt provide any social plans for u, so u will still find ways to solve ur existing problems such as health care for elderly parents, healthcare for ur self, sort out electricity, had to deal with bad roads to constantly fix ur car, deal with insecurity by living in an expensive and secured estate where u pay for private security, deal with water by buying bottle water since govt has none for u, u will pay expensive school for ur kids. Omo, Tinubu reduced my purchasing power while providing nothing.
And here is the shocker, just as we cant account for fuel subsidy removal money, no proper anti corruption system since Baba wants re-election, he cant be trying governors who will help him win states, they will loot our money and go free.
No past president has been tried and sentenced, no politician has been sentenced to dealth for corruption, no electoral reform, no proper ways to bloack loopholes, but man will take almost 9m from my money and still leave me to hustle and attend to what even 40m couldnt fix.
Look, all of us arent foolish here. But as for me, I will use every legal means to avoid this, I cant spend my sweat on this god forsaking country. Dont forget I still have VAT to deal with, and other taxes o.

The real shocker is that the current tax rate is 24%. So, Tinubu 25% tax rate is only 1% higher.

The only difference I'd that this government wants to start collecting it. The days of brazen tax evasion is coming to an end.

The country's over reliance on crude oil for both its revenue and export ending needs to end. It's ruining the economy.

Also, to reduce your taxes, incorporate a limited liability company.

I doubt companies earning 40m or less pay tax.

Why not search Google using the AI search to get answers.

Nackzy:
Stupid country just talking but can't be enforced

These reforms are the easiest to enforce.

What's your gripe?

mamatayour:
I’m sure you have relatives you can preach the gospel to cos I’m not your target audience ✌️

I hope you know I did not insult you in any way.

You have every right to your opinion. What you even said is closer to what the Bible would urge than what I said.

If you're an atheist and feel offended by the Bible verse, I apologise. Had I known, I would have not have included it.

The reason why rice has been expensive for some time was because government banned its importation.

The government wanted the country to be self reliant in terms of rice, and not have to import.

The problem with rice production is not that the country can't grow rice, the problem lay in the fact the country lacked competitive and comparative advantage in its production. There are countries which are much better in producing rice and even much cheaper price.

So, in order to produce rice locally, government basically banned its importation so Nigerians would be forced to purchase ocally made ones, no matter how expensive it was.

I have always wondered how making food more expensive helps the poor? Perhaps, there are some poor people who don't mind paying 102k for a bag of rice.

Countries do best when they focus resources in areas they have competitive advantage. The country should pour resources into crops it is good growing such as sesame seed, cocoa, plantain, sorghum, millet and much more.

These bandits are getting out of hand.

If the government has half a brain, they should seek the assistance of the US in destroying these bandits. I am certain Trump would gladly assist the country if Tinubu praises him for the positive outcomes.

I can't say why the government hasn't done more to rid the country of these marauder bands wrongly terrmed bandits. Or is the Tinubu waiting for a seconf term to give them a complete and total blow?

OBJ is a willy old man. Underestimate him at your own peril.

His response to Fayose's letter was savage.

The last paragragh was the ultimate diss!

Exceed15:
Something fundamental is wrong with the upbringing.

He has mental illness. He probably wasn't taking his drugs. He's paid a big price for it.

Evaloyal2J:
what you say? It doesn't affect christians over there? The jos school girl who was stoned to death by some useless Sharia terrorists in the name of blasphemy, what's her name again? Was she a muslem? Yes Deborah, deaths to all of them that killed this girl and all their supporters

There is no Sharia in Plateau state.

The killing of Deborah had nothing to do with Sharia. She was never taken to a Sharia court to stand trial. That was the action of a mob of conservative overzealous Muslims who lynched her to death for blasphemy.

It is no different from a lynch mob killing an armed robber.

They acted on their own.

Such killing pre-date Sharia.

In 1997 if I am correct, a journalist was beheaded because he was accused of blasphemy. There was no Sharia then.

In Europe, where there's no Sharia, many have been killed for blasphemy, especially in France.

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should have finished.

She'll be astonished at what she will encounter in Canada.

My younger brother made the same mistake. He preferred to travel than finish his final year in law in Unilag. His life is in limbo overseas.

helinues:
Is the Sharia law not applicable to terrorism? I haven't read for once that Hisbah arrested bandits or boko Haram members yet they are Muslim using Allah's name to commit atrocities

Wetin concern Hisbah with bandits or Boko Haram?

I once worked at a private security outfit as their admin manager.

Those private gaurds are not to handle industrial crimes such as those involving guns etc.

Hisbah are a morality police. They are not equipped to fight the bandits or Boko Haram.

That should be the job of the army.

This is very interesting.

I wonder what Blord has to say.

I believe VDM was scammed. He couldn't differentiate the difference.

That is why oversabi no good. It's not everything you must engage in because you're a human rights activist.

It's no different from what many pastors do., believing they are mr-know-it-all because they are "Men of God."

I laugh at the number of people here saying Sharia law should be banned.

Sharia law is largely practiced in the North, and it barely affects Christians there.

Should OBJ have banned Sharia law when it was introduced in 1999 in Zamfara state? Perhaps, Boko Haram insurgency would have started then.

There are somethings that are just not worth thehassle.

dominique:
There's no such thing as a consenting minor, a minor cannot give consent. If you have anything sexual to do with a minor, you're a rapiist and a pedophile even if the minor gave "consent"

Yes, it is called statutory rrape. Let's forget the law

Please understand the angle from which I am coming from. It is better for there to be "consent" not matter how illegal it is, than to forcefully do it against a person's will.

Please note that I am a very religious person. I have teenagers throw themselves at me and I just can't do it. I'll feel very dirty afterwards.

It is like me saying that if a Muslim wants to take a 4th wife, she must at least be 18. Does that mean I believe in Islam? No. Does it mean I support polygamy? No.

Age of consent is 15 in Denmark and Slovenia, 16 in Bulgaria, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway, and Portugal. This is why I said let us forget the law.

Would it be right to sleep with a 15 year old without her consent in Denmark? Even with her consent it is wrong, but it is better with her consent.

ufotunang:
..how are you sure the girl is even saying the truth ?

Then the mother should come out and debunk it! It is that simple.

ariesbull:
I live in Lagos and having kids outside marriage is a normal thing in Lagos

How many Yoruba couples are properly married tradition and registry?


Let's say the truth

Wetin consign you? Why are you crying more than the bereaved?

Are the Igbos not the baby factory champions? And so what if they are?

Who cares? Let's find something tangible to get fixated on

Peterlove11:
Mothers are Mothers.....let her go and reconcile with her mom. It benefits her more in the long run

Is she her mom or a gold digger? She would always feel some wariness around her mother.

Tip35:
Thank God , he is freed now

He has served his full term. I am glad he was convicted.

If he repeats, perhaps, he should be chemically castrated.

I hope he won't repeat the same offence.

It will be best to sleep with a consenting teenager who is still a minor than to molest anyone, especially minors. It can ruin them for life.

A lady who was molested in the Epstein case as a minor commited suicide as an adult. No amount od therapy or closure healed her.