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Front0lane:
Aside Obiano I am yet to see any governor among the PDP trio of Ugwauyi Umahi n Ikpeazu that as completed one tenth of the project Okorocha as completed yet foolish Ipob n PDP miscreant won’t let us hear word.

From free education from primary to tertiary, though foolish fools will complain but ask them to show you any of the trio they support that offered similar beta or even half see n watch their fathers start wailing the free education is not perfect like there was ever anything in Nigeria the PDP did that was ever perfect.

You're not Igbo, you don't live in the SE yet you think you know the region better.

1. Rochas's projects are only in Owerri and his own LGA. All the other parts of Imo don't know about his government.

2. Rochas's Imo State gets the highest allocation among all South East States. He should have more projects than the other governors.

3. Rochas is owing Imo civil servants several months salary. Umahi and Ugwuanyi aren't owing.

4. Despite the meagre allocation and IGR of Ebonyi, Umahi has more solid projects than Rochas.

TheSTreetman:
Suicide seems so easy these days. What's happening..

When am broke and depressed in life, I have never had any thoughts of suicide or committing crime.

What's happening? . Children of nowadays thinks say life is Bread and Butter

You've probably not been depressed before. You've been sad several times but possibly not depressed. Even if you've been depressed, it might have been a mild one.

A person suffering from severe depression sees no reason to live anymore. Life makes absolutely no sense. Neither money, nor fame, nor drinks, nor women etc can make life interesting again for someone in that situation. Only the Holy Spirit can save a person suffering from severe depression with suicidal ideation. It's just the same way a person possessed by evil spirits can't deliver himself except by the power of God. I think sometimes, depression is an evil spirit that can possess people pushing them to destroy their lives.

Pray you don't ever find yourself in that situation. You can't be too big, wise, smart etc for it. Severe depression leading to suicide has taken the lives of many doctors, professors, lawyers, various intellectuals, even priests before.

BlackfireX:
Ugly....






Yes. Ugly





Come to that place in 3 years time.

Excuse me!!!
That is a very beautiful project, biko. Kudos to Ambode.

iammo:
Its difficult for buhari to take some decissions against his own people to save his own people.... he either has to reform northerners or kill them

Then he is not ready to help his people and Nigeria at large. If Buhari cannot use his position (considering the respect he has among Northerners) to stop the Fulani terrorists, just know that the North is doomed forever.

iammo:



Adeboye is wise, changing a General in the middle of a batle doesnt bring about positive changes, the army has a Modern day War room where war strategist meet and draw out battle plans for months tampering with that would cost us another long time to strategise.

Buhari was formerly a GOC of NorthEast Military Command and he headed two major battles, one against Chadian army headed by idris debby (chad current President) and the other against Maitatsine Militia, and Buhari knows very much that for us to win the battle against Northern Insurgency, Chad, Cameroun, Niger all need to fight together simultaneously for the terrorist not to retreat into other countries

What is needed to win the war against Fulani terrorists?
Has Buhari even agreed the herdsmen are terrorists?
Just a few days ago, Presidency told us that Miyetti Allah deserves respect not insults. So do you think Buhari's FG is seriously trying to deal with Fulani terrorism (in form of herdsmen and bandits) which at the moment is even worse than Boko Haram?

Harrymig1:
450kg? that's so many lives destroyed

That's 9 bags of cement! Wow!

iammo:
I no most of you rightly fear fall out from this jabs ..... its just political jabs from me, or how many times have you in reality seen a yoruba man and Igbo man fight in real life? this is like a cousins healthy "rivalry" that stimulates Inteligent Political Conversations that can shape our National Discuss as Igbo, Hausa, and yoruba are over 40million citizens each which is collectively arround 3/2 out of the population of the entire over 300 ethnic groups in Nigeria..

What I see as healthy rivalry is when an Igbo man performs excellently in any field and Igbos come and start shouting Igbo Amaka. Then the next positive news is about a Yoruba person, and Yorubas come to tell Igbos that they are superior. I consider such stuff healthy rivalry, but not when someone starts shouting Afonja skull miners or piggyyeasterners from poto poto republic. There's nothing healthy about those repugnant statements and name calling.

iammo:
Just what i expected, beat around the bush rather than call the fool to order, anyways i just showed you why the back and forth wouldnt stop anytime soon, whether he started it or you started... have a good week

Well, I am not expecting it to stop anytime soon cos people enjoy it. As a matter of fact, some of the people who initiate the attacks are neither Igbos nor Yorubas. They just initiate it, then sit down and 'enjoy' the bashing in both directions.

You don't have to stop if you don't wish to. I only call out people who throw the first shots, and I only do that occasionally.

I have a few Yoruba friends, so I always feel guilty if I have any reason to speak ill of Yorubas. As a result, I try to avoid it. Even when I confront those who speak ill of my people, I still do that with respect.

omohayek:
How do your anecdotal observations prove anything one way or another? Have you lived in every corner of those two states, steadily collecting taxes as you did so? Have you done similarly thorough ground studies of all the other states? Your response betrays a lack of understanding of basic statistics.


Again, all of this is mere assertion, backed by nothing more than your own highly subjective, anecdotal observations. Go ahead and prove me wrong by providing links (NOT pictures) to reputable sources for your claims. Anecdotal claims aren't worth anything, especially when made anonymously on the internet by people with tribal axes to grind.


More anecdotes without the slightest credible evidence to support them. I could just as easily claim to have visited every one of the 36 states, and found Anambrans to be the most willing to pay taxes in the country, and it would then be your word against mine.


But if they don't pay taxes, and aren't committing tax fraud, they can't be reporting their numbers to any official organizations. That being the case, how do you know just how well these businesses are doing? Did they open their books to you alone? Even with publicly-listed international companies like Apple, Google and Amazon, investors have to wait for their quarterly reports to come out to know how well they are doing, yet here you are claiming to know the financial health of companies that don't report their activities or pay taxes. Who says other such companies aren't thriving as well throughout the rest of the country?


But those Western companies at least respect the formal requirement to publicly file quarterly and annual tax reports, which anyone can look up on the internet. Can you say the same for these mystery Anambran and Abian companies of yours?



Also, all these figures about IGR sometimes mean little to me. Anambra is one of the few states that never got bailout from FG, yet it's nowhere among the top 10 states with good IGR. Some of those states there got bail out from FG.

Argentina, Greece, Turkey, South Korea and even the United Kingdom have all received IMF bailouts, while the USA and UK have both run current and/or budget deficits for going on decades. China and Japan both have domestic debt burdens of over 250%. By your yardstick, all of these countries are inferior to "virtuous" Nigeria, yet I'm certain you would flee to any one of these other countries in a heartbeat if you had the chance.

Good night!

omohayek:
Do you think repeating this made-up nonsense enough times will magically make it true? Not a single Nigerian state comes close to the levels of taxation found throughout the developed world, or even in middle-income countries like China, Thailand. Even Lagos State is an ultra-low tax region by international standards.

It's nonsense to speak of being so heavily dependent on federal allocations as if it were something to be proud of. What happens if the FG suddenly decides to slash them for whatever reason? A far more likely reason why IGR is so low in the SE states is that their levels of internal economy activity simply can't support higher taxes.

Your choice of words is just irritating for a decent argument. You can disagree with me but stop calling my opinion nonsense. I don't like it.

You haven't lived in Anambra (and Abia) before so you don't know the level of economic activities there. Anambra has one of the highest number of Nigerian billionaires (in Naira). There are very many thriving businesses there. Anambra is much more economically viable than Edo State. I lived in Edo for 7 years, so I know the state well enough.

I've told you the issue with Anambra, and that's the fact that people don't like paying tax. Any governor that vigorously pursues taxation easily attracts the wrath of the people. These are not like sound business organisations with well laid out structure, so it's difficult to get optimal tax from them, but many of those businesses are doing very well and can actually pay more tax.
Even in the Western world, private business owners quote low revenue to reduce their tax, how much more in Nigeria.

Also, all these figures about IGR sometimes mean little to me. Anambra is one of the few states that never got bailout from FG, yet it's nowhere among the top 10 states with good IGR. Some of those states with high IGR like Ogun and Edo etc got bail out from FG. How come they needed bailout despite their high IGR, yet Anambra with low IGR didn't need bailout?

omohayek:
I know these sorts of reports play serious havoc with your poor sense of tribal self-esteem, but you really need to stop repeating this nonsensical lie: if the states were allowed to keep any of the VAT collected within them, the dominance of Lagos in the IGR stats would be even more lopsided than it already is, as Lagos alone is responsible for over 55% of all VAT revenue in the country.


And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. How do you know Edo and Ondo suffer from "high taxation"? Do you have any GDP numbers to support such a claim? And how do you know Anambra and Abia could raise such high revenues without GDP figures for them as well? Unless you can back your wild claims with numbers sources from reputable sources, all you've done here is reveal your wounded tribal pride for the world to see.

As for the point in bold, I schooled in Edo State, and I was there during Oshiomhole's 1st tenure. He was the one that increased taxes. It caused a lot of uproar then because many proprietors of schools and various businesses were crying out because of the massive tax imposed on them by EDSG. Gradually, people adjusted.

Ondo State increased their IGR from an average of around ₦800 million per month in 2017 to about ₦2 billion per month in 2018. What do you think led to that marked increase within one year? It's most likely increased (or possibly more efficient) taxation.

The truth is that most of the states that have high IGR (including Lagos) are just more efficient with tax collection. If Anambra and Abia improve their tax collection system, their IGR will definitely rise. In such states with a large number of traders, it's more difficult to get people to pay the right amount of tax unlike in states with a large proportion of civil servants like Edo State.

BayportalEnt:
With the way states in the SE voted for 1 party I thought the governance in those states were 2nd to none...

States like Edo and Ondo that recorded good IGR are simply taxing their citizens quite much. It's not so much about good governance.

phantom:
Bayelsa is a disgrace. Anamba, imo and Abia nkọ? This country needs to be badly restructured and I don't mean by secession of any part YET!
We can start by pushing for removal of certain things from the exclusive list of the federal govt.
Power for example. Once there is deregulation of power, a poor Northern state can borrow money from a bank and build an IPPS solely for a maskive industrial estate 3 to 5 times the size of trans amadi industrial layout in portharcourt.
Dangote and other manufacturers would fall over themselves to own factories there.
Do you know how much power supply adds to the overhead of a company daily?
Attract businesses to your state. Give them power supply and they WILL GLADLY PAY REASONABLE TAX TO THE STATE.

Some of Anambra and Abia IGR go to Lagos cos of VAT being paid to Lagos on products that are shipped down to both states.

Also, both states have so many traders who usually don't like paying tax. Much of the high IGR from States like Edo and Ondo come from high taxation. If most of the traders in Anambra and Abia can start paying tax, both states should fall among the top 7 states with the highest IGR.

kenddys:
For the first time in history there is a complete dominance by african players in the epl goals scorer chat.


congrats africa

Mo Salah 22
Sadio Mane 22
Pierre Emerick Aubameyng 22

legendary

Who among them will win CAF player of the year?

oshe11:
Its different for EPL

"Well, unlike the World Cup when the player with the most assists claims the award in the event of a tie, rules in the Premier League state the award will be shared.
The last time this happened was in the 2010/2011 campaign when Manchester United's Dimitar Berbatov and Manchester City's Carlos Tevez topped the scoring charts with 20 goals."

Alright. Thanks

oshe11:
Its not about Assist but first to reach 22goals

Is that how it works? I thought they consider assists when more than one person have the highest number of goals.

DimkpaBini:
Abeg if Man,Salah and Aubameyang finish on 22 goals,Who will win Golden boot?

Who among them has the most assists?

iammo:
you haven't proven anything , never seen you cuation any your own people calling everyone afonja, aboki herdsmen, and all punk asz thrash talk, only see you type cry marginalisation and victimisation when the action meets equal reactions.. remove the log in your own eye by visiting Biafra facebook page to caution you zoo people, before removing the speck of sawdust in other people's

What do you call this?

iammo:
the punishment is only applicable to hypocrites.. whether ten folds or hundred folds

That means you will experience the punishment cos you're the hypocrite here.
Have you ever cautioned any of your tribes men to stop insulting others or being tribalistic here? Can you show me just one of such posts you've ever made on Nairaland?

iammo:
giving you svckers a taste of your own medicine and you are screaming.... save the BS, and if you've never cautioned any of your foolish tribe men on Tinubu and other southwest post running their mouth like Dolts then you are a big hypocrite and the purnishment God prescribe for hypocrite is hanging around for you if you dont change

And if I've ever cautioned people on the other side, may you experience the punishment in hundred fold. Do you agree? Can you say Amen to that?

iammo:
Ever seen Ondo cassava-ethano-starch plant? N1.5b is just $4m it means 12 months gives him $48m and after removal of wage bill, the remainder cant even buy a jet, so dont expect Ondo to compete with dubai, but be rest assured it works better than some kerosine sharing, statue building region

You're an irritating and a disgusting tribalist. What has the bolded got to do with the question asked? Why do you love fanning the flames of tribal hatred and bigotry here even when situations don't call for it?

In Nigeria,  the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. will build a 65 million liter per year cassava-based ethanol plant in on 15,000ha provided by the government of Ondo State. Additional investors are expected to participate in the project with the NNPC in the lead, a project that it believes will create 1 million jobs and reduce processed fuel imports. The country is a major oil exporter but has limited domestic refining capacity, leaving it exposed to fluctuating energy markets like the rest of much of Africa.

https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2017/11/02/nnpc-to-build-65-million-liter-cassava-based-ethanol-plant-in-ondo-state/

James Sowole in Akure
The federal government has dedicated $30 million for the Cassava Ethanol Project at Okeluse in Ose Local Government area of Ondo State.
The project, which would be sited on 15, 000 hectares is between the Ondo State Government and the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

The move by the federal government was disclosed by the Senior Special Assistant to Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu on Agriculture, Mr Akin Olotu.
Olotu, spoke in Akure, Ondo State, during the dedication of five awards won by the officers of the State office of FADAMA III Project to the state government.

The governor’s aide, who commended the activities of workers under FADAMA III project for the awards, said the ethanol project would solve many problems that cassava farmers had been facing.

Olotu disclosed that the ethanol project was initiated by the administration of the Late Dr Olusegun Agagu but was abandoned.
He said the project was brought up again by the former Managing Director of NNPC, Engineer Funsho Kupolokun when the Economic Team was working on the Road Map to Progress at the take-off of the current administration.

Olotu said the ground breaking of the project would be done in November, adding that clearing of land for the project would start this week.
According to Olotu, the project would generate not less than one million jibs both directly and indirectly. He added that the project when on operation would bring Ondo State up that in the area of renewable energy.

Speaking earlier, the Coordinator of FADAMA III in Ondo State, Mr Olusiji Olatunji, said the successive administration in the state had been demonstrating commitment to the project.

Olatunji said Ondo is the only state that has paid its counterpart fund since 2007 to 2018.
He said it was the consistency of the government that excited the World Bank that had been supporting the state FADAMA project

https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2018/10/23/fg-commits-30m-to-cassava-ethanol-project-in-ondo/%3Famp&ved=2ahUKEwi0ksS8lpbiAhX4ThUIHTyvBq0QFjAEegQIBRAB&usg=AOvVaw1KGbDefJFmV3eLjdmos1uS&ampcf=1

Those are some of the links to the project. It's primarily an NNPC project. How much did Akeredolu's government commit to it?

franchasng:
Igbo is a landlocked region yen yen yen....Igbos can never have seaport yen yen yen ....there is no seaport or water that can carry ship in Igbo land so therefore they should stop seeking for Biafra because they must be coming back to Lagos to clear their goods yen yen yen

Walai diẹ ninu awọn eniyan wa ni aṣiwere

Rwanda is a small, landlocked country yet it's doing better than Nigeria at the moment.

aremuforlife:
SW should continue with industrialising the region.
Let every state in the West feel the impact

Lol. Building of port has nothing to do with industrialization. It will only shift revenue from Lagos to Oyo State. That's all.

midolian:
I hope Cecilia ibru is Yoruba or Hausa oo.. cos I fear if she's Igbo, my Igbo brothers will soon begin to hate sanusi and start supporting Ganduje

Stop bringing Igbos into this Sanusi and Ganduje feud. It's not our business. We only comment cos we're still part of Nigeria for now, and we reserve the right just like every other Nigerians to make comments on issues going on in other parts of the country.

SmartMugu:
But what's the role of the emir then when there are already local government chairmen and commissioners? Just asking.

To preserve the cultural heritage of the people.

mmb:
https://www.dailytrust.com.ng/sanusi-is-supposed-to-report-to-lg-chair-not-me-ganduje.html

This Ganduje is very dumb!
Kano Emirate covers the 44 local government areas of Kano, and with the creation of the 4 new Emirates, Kano Emirate will cover 10 local government areas. Which of the Chairmen is the Emir supposed to report to? If the Emir is overseeing all the LGs in the state, it only makes sense that he reports to either the governor, deputy governor or one of the commissioners, as he can't be reporting to the 44 LG chairmen.

Tallesty1:
Kolanut only grows in Yoruba land? What type of lie is this? Will you keep quiet? I will agree if you tell me that Yorubas produce it in lager quantities but what the Ooni said is that it only grows in Yoruba land. That's so not true.

I have kolanut trees that I planted myself and they've started producing fruits. My has many, my friend's father has many so what are you on about?

Don't mind them. There is ọjị Igbo, which is what our people commonly use. It grows everywhere in Igbo land. We even had it in my family compound years ago.
It's possible kolanut didn't originate from Igbo land, but to say it doesn't grow anywhere apart from Yoruba land is a blatant lie.

Tallesty1:
Kolanut only grows in Yoruba land? What type of lie is this? Will you keep quiet? I will agree if you tell me that Yorubas produce it in lager quantities but what the Ooni said is that it only grows in Yoruba land. That's so not true.

I have kolanut trees that I planted myself and they've started producing fruits. My has many, my friend's father has many so what are you on about?

Don't mind them. There is ọjị Igbo, which is what our people commonly use. It grows everywhere in Igbo land. We even had it in my family compound years ago.
It's possible it didn't originate from Igbo land, but to say kolanut doesn't grow anywhere apart from Yoruba land is a blatant lie.

This is just too painful! Oh my God! Hope the 2 parents survive this shock, with their frail health.
May his soul rest in perfect peace.

ALLNIGERIANSMAD:
they will kill his family if he name them and nobody will protect him from bn killed, and when he name them, buhari will compensate them with huge money and recruit them in to the army.

His sister was killed recently sef by the same bandits. I don't blame him sha, before his entire family will be wiped off the face off the earth, while Buhari looks on like a fool and does nothing.

Mace0lane:
More Igbos like you need to speak so other Nigerians understand Igbos is not all about hate, it is just PDP Igbo that promotes n propagates hate to curry election sympathy n victory.

That guy is not an Igbo. Are you new on Nairaland?

I can create another account and use TundeAdemola as my moniker. That won't make me a Yoruba guy.