₦airaland Forum

DOTian:
Tax collection is a factor that comes with a given government tax policy! People should be mindful of this fact.
Some states or countries believe in tax and spend. Others allow capitalists within their enclaves to hold more funds in order to plough such back into their businesses and grow more wealth and employment. People need to understand this.

Abia state, Anambra state and Rivers States, are some of the most viable states in the East without oil revenue. So if the state governments decide to place less emphasis on stringent tax collection, one should ask about the motives behind such policy. Rather than running along with the narrative that Abia state is not viable.
Aba alone generates more income for businesses than half of southern states..

aribisala0:
[s]Dry

You are a liar with no integrity[/s]

DOTian:
Tinubu boy,
If you go to other developing countries like China, Indonesia, Malaysia or Thailand, revenues earned from more affluent states/provinces are used to help poorer regions/provinces get on their feet. The Chinese government invested heavily in building up the infastructure of such provinces as Shanghai, Guangdong, shangdong, Zhejiang etc. Theses are mostly coastal provinces. Most physical tradings happen here but most of the products sold in these places are fabricated in the hinterland provinces. This way, the coastal provinces are helping to pay back for the "lopsided" investments in their infastructure by becoming the marketers of the products of the other provinces thereby helping to redistribute wealth. But in Nigeria it's different! Lagos drags everything with everyone after so many decades of federal government ceaseless investments! That's is pure Evil and must stop!

aribisala0:
No

You make a claim prove it

You are a LIAR

aribisala0:
I brought Rivers into the matter? Where . Evidence please

aribisala0:
[s]We are not here to talk about rivers state
If you want to do that then create a thread for that
I no not know what you mean by PPP stuff I am sure you read that in a newspaper and have no clue what it means. Does that mean the government does not contribute or does not invest? That is nonsense. The FG is a major shareholder in LNG and LNG has been building roads and bridges in Rivers state and getting tax credits for that .Not in Lagos state
You said the refinery is "DEAD"
Are there no "DEAD" FG investments or projects in Lagos?
What happened to the Federal Secretariat, National Stadium, National theatre?
Even the roads out of Tin Can and Apapa
Is Onne Port dead
Is LNG dead?

Are those not FG investments


What is Adam power station?
You are contradicting yourself
Did Transcorp BUILD Afam power station? No. They bought it from the FG
Afam power station was a federal government investment that has been expanded over several phases with SPDC money as well as FG money and so it is a FG investment

Here you are saying I do not know what I am saying when you are TOTALLY clueless. SPDC operates a Joint venture with the NNPC for every 40 kobo spent by Shell NNPC spent 60 kobo

That was the arrangement in the 80s and 90s when Afam was commisioned

The FG is within its rights to sell its investments and has done so in Lagos State too . Dangote has benefitted from sale of Port assets so there is nothing new there


Once again we are not here to discuss rivers state[/s]

aribisala0:
[s]What has this thread got to do with Rivers state?
LNG
Onne Port
Port Harcourt Port are not investments?
PH refinery
Afam power Plant is not investment?


What investment has Lagos had from the FG?[/s]

aribisala0:
[s]Did I make Lagos Capital?

Take like an adult that is not starved of oxygen.

The colonialists made that decision

Why not ask them to come and recolonize you?


Lagos Port was making more money before independence than some states do today
https://www.nairaland.com/4144976/lagos-1898before-nigeria-not-oil#61876649
Lagos is blessed with a great coast and accessibility which Rivers state does not have
At least the colonialist did not think so .

Your comment is like an ugly women complaining that the rich men only toast beautiful women.

How is that the beautiful woman's business

If Rivers state was that blessed , that glorious a tiny part would have been made capital

But it was not even capital of the old Eastern region[/s]

aribisala0:
[s]Lagos State was never Capital of Nigeria[/s]



There is a huge difference between


Lagos city and Lagos State
Kano city and Kano State
Enugu City and Enugu State
Ondo State and Ondo Town
Ditto for

Bauchi
Sokoto
Kaduna
Ondo
Oyo


Only a tiny part of the state was the FCT not the whole state

donhackaz:
Why not make the same collective efforts in Rivers?
Think again boy

Yorubas are accommodating than any other tribe in Nigeria

UwaMmebii:
Exactly, I started noticing this since last month too. Even the bonus they used to give me when I sub they no longer give.

AlexBells:
[s]Yes and we won't be deterred from celebrating our achievements not even uchins like you would stop it and if you overstep then you will realise this generation learnt from history and we are shall protect everything with everything[/s]

AlexBells:
[s]Igbo owns Nigeria why would we be paid in a country that we owns everything, how many Ijaws plays for super Eagles, how many Ijaws owns an airline, how many Ijaws owns a bank, how many Ijaws owns a duplex outside Bayelsa, how many Ijaws owns a business in Lagos, Abuja and Kano, how many Ijaws own a car manufaturing company we take our national cake in the open market we control the economy why should we fidgt for stipends lol[/s]

Ebi2233:
More than 50 percent of Ahoada West.

I say make I dey generous

GreatBoss:
See mumu lie.
Ikwerre get only 4 3.5 LGA in Rivers State.
Ijaw get 12 10 LGA and u say predominantly which Ikwerre?

Thmaartentrends:
But here is anambra state where everything both dead and alive are billionaires.


Mud pi.gs

Amotolongbo:
Honestly, it is an annoying culture in MMIA, Lagos.

The most embarrassing part is that it only happens in Nigerian airport, of all the airports I’ve been.
I did not experience it in Casablanca airport in Africa.

At every point, they will tell you to drop something

EmekaA125:
[s][/s]
[s]Rubbish talk. God bless Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.[/s]

endallinfection:
This is too Harsh. We need Peace.

OyigboUpdate:
It is unknown ipob gunmen

OyigboUpdate:
Wike will soon turn on the recycling plant

wink2015:
[s]If Wike had the intention of flushing them as it seems during the earlier period of his administration.

I do not think he will be 100% involved this time around by his mindset in doing such again considering the way the Fulani central government in Abuja is raiding the home of the Justice Odili.

The same fulani government is fighting Rivers state and Lagos state over their Vat earning.

Rivers state will only protect its assets but anything police that is federal government wahala.

IPOB have studied the strained relationship between Rivers state government and the Federal government in Abuja headed by the fulani.

They just exploit the weak diplomatic relation and use it to strike.[/s]

yorubakid:
Where is kinematics, hands are touching his people in Edo state and he still claiming PH boy