₦airaland Forum

MadPolitician:
Finally, Tinubu and his overzealous tribal henchmen have managed to bring the much needed attention of the whole country to Lagos state. For a very long time, lagos has been cornering everything that should go to the rest of the country. They have hyjacked most federal properties in Lagos, including the former state House marina. Nigeria can not grow without solving the Lagos problem once and for all. Maybe this tax bill is a blessing in disguise for the country

Make your state more conduceive for businesses and outsiders to come settle....make it more competitive by putting it on the global scale,trust me many would leave Lagos and come live there......if you can't get that done,I advise you just shut that cesspool you call a mind.

TinubuOle:
Not even his native Osun state

Anyway, I'm just happy how Igbos are not even taking sides in all these rubbish. Let the brothers settle their beef.

Don't worry they would settle and the Igbos will be asked where that stand when the 2 brothers resolve their matter.....if they do have a stand,they would be considered critical to the Nigeria project but if they don't they would be considered irrelevant and if no use to anyone.

They couldn't even make their candidate come 2nd and are busy claiming their mandate was stolen.

Frigga13:
God grant the Yoruba administration of Tinubu the wisdom to keep being foolish and stupid and the energy for his Yoruba tribe to keep abusing cursing and insulting every contrary opinion to theirs..

Amen..

Already said enough on Arewa .. I only want the Igbos to wake to reality of Obi in today Nigeria politics.

And also align political to take away this curse of an administration of the neck of Nigerians

The yoke is much and the pain is so severe…

Nigerians are crying .. pride must be humbled for the country to survive ..

Arewa is ready
Northwest is ready
North central has already aligned
South and East…

What’s happening?

The bill favors no one … no state .. but Lagos ..

And it’s all in Tinubu’s interest to lord Nigeria as he lords Yoruba people

The propaganda of North this and that is false ans a deep misrepresentation..
Which many Igbos and southerners has bought

Now for those east and south reading this ..

What’s is the interest of your states .. your local government or yourself on this bill..

Aside that they told you beer money will not go to Arewa and all gibberish..

But no one is telling you.. that Lagos will be made a center .. that who controls Lagos will be controlling even your local government chairman and you counselor.. your kings and all

They chanted southern unity and southern President

Yet 85% of this government are all Yoruba people.

The north are 1 million times political smarter than the south and they see it all ..

Wake up !

Saboteurs line you are having a field day with disinformation.....do not worry,Tinubu knows how to take care of the problem,before you even knew about it he had already anticipated and made appropriate solutions... It's rather fool hardy to continue to underestimate that guy ....have you heard him say anything to anyone about this tax matter.

Salewa97:
The Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has clarified his position on the controversial tax reform bills, saying he was not an enemy of President Bola Tinubu’s administration.

Zulum, however, insisted that if the four tax bills currently undergoing review before the Green Chamber are passed into law, only one of the 36 states – Lagos – will be the major beneficiary.

The governor made the clarification when he was featured as a guest on Sunday’s edition of Channels Television’s Politics Today.

He said, “I am a strong member of the APC. If you are to count two governors who have been in support of Tinubu from 2019 to 2023, you can mention Prof Zulum. I was the first governor to come out publicly to say that power must go to the South.

“Unfortunately, the President was told by many that the North is against him. About 60.2 per cent of his votes came from the North. There are a lot of misconceptions about this tax issue. During the NEC, we advised the Federal Government to pause for a moment to have a deeper consultation with stakeholders. That was our own statement.

“But later on, people have turned it upside down. I want you to believe that our consultation is central to democracy, and in a democratic setting, we are begging for the right to be consulted. This is only what has happened.”

In the past few weeks, the controversial bills have pitched the 36 state governors against the Federal Government, with the former calling for the withdrawal of the bills to create room for more consultation.

But Zulum had called on his colleagues and Northern stakeholders to reject the bills, insisting that the bills would damage the region’s economy if implemented.

Similarly, former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for transparency and fairness in the ongoing review of

There is nothing wrong with having dissenting voices on any matter....that's why it's a democracy,Zulum has the right to bare his mind.

anonimi:
Is the tax reform bill about LGA tax or is it about the VAT?

What data do you have about LGA revenue from the other 35 states for comparison with the numbers for Kano

Check NBS internally generated revenue by states report for 2023.....all the revenue components are listed......Kano state with 44 LGA did less than 1b from LGA revenue compared to some other states with far less.

Is04970:
Zulim is also a beneficiary of the unrest in Bornu state.
They keep people in IDP camps while the governors spend most of their times in Abuja living off allocations largely from South part of the country and donation from international bodies.
That's why they're not protesting banditry and terrorism bedevilling the North. They would rather protest productivity / consumption based tax.

If the FG decides to wade in and police the borders and ensure proper law enforcement as it's fine in the south,you Will all be shouting tinubu is oppressing the northerners.....the northeners are too lax with law enforcement,they get away with everything.....that's the root cause of all these insurgency......

anonimi:
Do you have another Kano in mind, apart from the one referred to below

I am not talking about VAT,I am talking about basic LGA revenue.

cr7lomo:
He will be kicked out in 2027 and this will be reversed and we will support the North.... then let's see if a yoruba man will ever smell that seat ever again...

Don't worry yourself,tinubu has a back up plan,you see all those noise it will simmer down in a bit.....you hear baba talk anything since.....he already envisaged this problem and he would take care of it.....that's why he is the Jagaban.

Best you learn from him rather than blind yourself with hate.

System202:
How can my state generate revenue when the environment is not conducive to business due to Tinubus retrogressive policies. there is huge disparity in electricity access across the country. lagos and ekiti state enjoy nearly 99% access, while northern states like Taraba and yobe receive less than 10%. Even a major state like Kano struggles with less than 50% meager electricity access. So tell me, how can the North establish industries and generate revenue under such conditions?

Would you care to compare the revenue generated by the discos in those Lagos and Ekiti compared to the northern states mentioned.....electricity is a commodity and it is made more available where the distributors are sure of making more money.

idahme:
Food is even VAT exempt, the problem is the businesses aren't formal where their income for the year can be traced and taxed as part of corporate income tax as well as employees income tax.

Something is definitely wrong for a place like Kano that is tuoted to have same population as Lagos and even more not having up to 50% of employee tax when compared to some other states that is not Lagos. Are there no businesses there employing people? No, they only have the mindset that even if they don't work there is federal allocation to be shared from the resources of others...There are lots of ways government make money but they ain't ready to explore those means because of fre money, it's time to make them work for their money.

Kano has the most number of LGA in the country,44 in total but generated 0% revenue from them in 2023.

NothingDoMe:
If the government won't tax the food the northerners produce then how are they supposed to benefit from the tax reforms?

Processing!! The grains used in making the alcohol the south consumes is from the north.....it can be processed over there and taxed at best let the brewery be sited there too......if you don't want consumption of alcohol,create free zones where people who want to consume can go to so as to encourage consumption there by earning more taxes in consumption.

Leather is made from cows which everyone knows the north has an advantage of.....start processing your hide and skins.....Benue state has mangoes and oranges in abundance, you pay vat if you want to drink juice and they can start processing themselves.

idahme:
They don't tax them that's the issue, typically farm produce are taxed the minimum because it's a critical sector. Government even provide subsides to drive down food prices in developed climes.

The north has been too parasitic for too long, ask them the contributions they made as regards to the federation account they are sharing every month you will find a negligible contribution not to talk of VAT and other issues.

Imagine them taking VAT on alcohol how? When they break and destroy alcohol sold in their region and still want the tax from the alcohol funny people

But they can keep paying taxes to book haram so they could plant,harvest and even sell their produce.....they want development but don't want to pay for it.....if the population you are claiming to have is truly so,you should be happy consumption tax is coming to you......there are more hotels in oshodi Isolo LGA alone than the entire kebbi state,do you then expect revellers who partrinise those businesses spending billions monthly to be paying taxes so you can be sharing when you don't encourage such businesses to be established in your zone.

NewDea4:
Where is your brain, you shat it outta your dumbass already

Incoherent dumb arse like yourself didn't know how much GEJ and madam okonjo were screaming over the roof tops that Nigeria's economy was heading for the rocks because of the dysfunctional system of rent seeking and entitlement mentality of the citizens but they lacked the balls to take those hard decisions that tinubu is taking now.....I was expecting your demented self to deny GEJ wasn't complaining at the time.....

Murketeer:
lol story … how has all these things you mentioned bettere the life of an average Nigerian ?

Go ask your gov what he is doing with the resources in your state.....by now Abia is supposed to be net exporter shoes and bags because with a weaker naira,it would be cheaper to export,what has your gov done to ensure that sector grows.....Anambra and Enugu should be net exporters of vegetables
what has the govs done to ensure this potential is harnessed.

How much has each of your state govs invested in cheap and affordable health care,how many can boast of well equipped primary health care solutions,how many of your govs have invested in infrastructure development of the rural areas.......you refuse to acknowledge all these but would rather be pointing to tinubu to come out food on your table.

Pawa100:
Na we talk am ? No be em talk am ?
Your Mumu never done yet

What has that got to do with anything....bros abeg,u too slow abeg!!

Stolen:
They called GEJ jONA-DAFT, yet exchange rate no reach 2000 to 1dollar

Thanks to the patching we had been doing to the naira.....GEJ was subsidising dollars for the enrichment of a few to the detriment of our finances.....that's one the reasons Nigeria is so poor right now that the country is spending more than she earns in revenue.....this is what GEJ and madam iweala had been crying about but you lot all turned deaf ears until it's become inevitable and the man with balls is seeing to it that we stop the wanton haemorrhaging of our economy.

lexy2014:
was there provision in the budget and legislative approval for the purchase of a new presidential plane?

Yes!! In the allocations to the presidency,the president is allowed to spend and allocate monies as he deems appropriate in so far it has to do with the countries national interest.....he heads the executive.

Extra30:
Sure say the person behind that moniker na woman?
Women hardly write such. Women speak well but when it comes to writing, na rubbish Dem dey write

Go and read up on el rufai's wife's writings,that woman is a genius.

Pawa100:
You nko ?

No be you and you wife talk say una get una own money... You don't need Nigeria's money ?.....
But yet na to dey buy Refurbished Jet, dey fly from one country to another , You go France uncountable times with Nigeria money 💰 Now sef you don commot France dey walker go South Africa ...,. Only God knows where next you go carry that refurbished Airplane ✈️ dey go next

So he should use his personal money to buy a presidential jet that belongs to the FRN.....what kind of warped thinking did I just see? You really need to learn more,you are obviously damn shallow.

VinnyBaba:
And that Hasty decision CRASHED the Economy which most Nigerians are suffering today.

This Tinibu Man is actually EMPTY-HEADED but likes to form Braggadocio
which some of his Foolish Supporters or Gullible Nigerians calls 'Balls'.

Crashed which economy.....I guess hunger as so blinded your senses when GDP still managed to grow at about 3%,

Nigeria now a net exporter of refined petrol.

For the first time in decades we are now seeing trade surpluse.

Crude production above 1.2m bpd that tinubu met it.... about 1.5m bpd now.

Debt servicing to revenue ratio reduced to about 64% from about 98%.

Our foreign reserves grew to about 40b USD in just a year.

Let me tell you what you do not know, Nigeria's macro economic stability is far more apparent than you naysayers are willing to accept......focus on your state gov and ask what he is doing with your states resources and his plans to better the economy of your state.....leave tinubu alone to focus on the macro.

nedu666:
If another president made this kind of statement, tinubu and Yorubas forming activist will start condemning him but look at them above praising tinubu for spreading poverty

Buhari didn't budget for subsidy in the 2023 fiscal year and I don't recall any Yoruba foaming in the mouth as your people are right now.

nedu666:
Which subsidy. The same one he led protest over or the one he removed

Keep crying over spilled milk,you are only angry because whoever it is you are supporting isn't t the one who had the opportunity to remove it.

nedu666:
In other words throwing millions in poverty is an achievement of tinubu

Where are the millions?

Macphenson:
Tinubu said he removed subsidy because Nigerians wre living a fake good life, now Nigerians are living a real hard life.

I went to market today to buy things and was recieving shock all over. A 25l gallon of ground nut oil is now #92k, A bag of Rice is #105k, there's no #200 onions from Aboki again
Thats is the kind of hard life Tinubu wants Nigerians to be living.

I still haven't seen anyone drop dead since tinubu removed subsidy because he couldn't afford a bag of rice..... instead of buying a full bag in my house this Xmas,I have opted for half bag and me and my family are fine.

MadamVanessa:



When a certificate forger speaks.


If that's the life you deemed 'fake,' Nigerians were fond of it, so let's revert to that reality please .

Removing fuel subsidy without implementing measures to mitigate the resulting hardship is utterly senseless and uselèss. In fact, it's a decision that lacks intellectual rigor, and your actions have unequivocally proven that you're a stark illiterate that was destined to fail in all ramifications.

Fake life is usually the sweetest thing to you and your ilk..... spending billions of dollars monthly to fuel the card of the rich and providing them with cheap dollars for them to junket round the world at the slightest opportunity.....nobody is saying don't live your fake life but you should be ready to pay for it......govt isn't subsidising your frivolous lifestyle anymore.

cucumbar:
ode! Springing up where ?

How many stations do you have on your radio FM band in the SW or SE alone?

There has never been more and many are still coming to join.

Zooposki:
No more future free VAT money for them to keep spreading their propaganda? Subsidy Free money is gone !!!!!! ✌🏾✌🏾

This is either a case of poor management or how economically down the north is ....private media broadcasters are springing up daily that you can't even lay count anymore.

Okoroawusa:
Nigeria's first private TV station is AIT... don't get it twisted

No....it was clapperboard TV then in satellite town Lagos.....AIT,DBN,Minaj all came later.

Frigga13:
My posts are always for the record .. not just typing

I know how Yoruba wail i. Opposition.. and how they will wail soon

Enjoy your government…
Only say na all of us dey buy fuel and train our kids in the same economy

That all

Same way you enjoyed yours under GEJ by hijacking his govt and turning him against everyone else.

Throwback:
I don't recall that the Yorubas condemned Buhari's son when his father was President.

I am happy you are alive to see a Yoruba rule and not give a damn about ethnic jingoists like yourself.

Leave them,we await them to come sell their obi nonsense to us come 2027.....neo fascist,supremacist hidding behind an obedient agenda.

Stolen:
LOL



THE PAUL BIYA OF NIGERIA AND HIS SON.




THIS TWO MUST THINK NIGERIA IS GABON, CAMEROON OR EQUATORIAL GUINEA.




FRANCE WILL HAND OVER NIGERIA PRESIDENCY TO YOU AFTER YOUR FATHER STOLE OBI MANDATE. .






HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Rants of a delusional degenerate!! Go and look for your mandate under upper iweka bridge.

Frigga13:
See as his fellow Yoruba people on line they worship am on empty belle


Pathetic..

Tribalism is dangerously evil…
It sells not only the conscience but the brain

Donald trump's kids go everywhere with their father's influence,same for the princes of England,same as children of world leaders all over the world but because of your hate filled life you have a problem because this is your fellow country man who God has blessed more than yourself......just know that jealousy and hate is why your prayers haven't been answered.