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PoliticsRe: Photos Of IGP, Ibrahim Idris In London With High Powered Delegates by LLSAINT(m): 11:15am On Jan 25, 2017
Another way to kawa our money.....an extension of Korruption grin
Foreign AffairsRe: Michelle Obama And Melania Trump Pose Together Ahead Of Trump's Inauguration by LLSAINT(m): 4:58pm On Jan 20, 2017
No be lie, their life easy die....if na 9ja? you guess is as good as mine!
veekid:
Life of the oyinbos
PoliticsRe: 2019: Southern PDP Chieftains Float New Group by LLSAINT(m): 8:49am On Jan 20, 2017
None of these guys cares about this Country, all they care about is how to grab power for their selfish interest.
Islie:
www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/politics/2019-southern-pdp-chieftains-float-new-group/181646.html
PoliticsRe: FG Suspends FRC Corporate Governance Code by LLSAINT(m): 11:15am On Jan 10, 2017
I totally concur with some respodents. If the truth is to be told, majority of Nigerian/Africans are mentally Lazy. A situation where someone takes over your Right and you do nothing but end up saying ''God dey'' is sad. We want God to do everything for us even to put food in our mouth and plan for us just because we serve in a Church thus expecting Him to do things for us? This is a wrong mentality. We prefer to pay and compete with the highest seed/offering/tithe, etc in our religious centres but careless of those hungry/helpless in our communities even to the point wherein we abandon our parents just because we must meet one religious obligation(s). If you take the statistics of those (even Nairalanders) that affected at least someone or their parents in the yuletide session as against those who pay offering/seed or one religious financial obligation, your mind would blow.
If the Scriptures says that ...''weeping may endure for a night but Joy comes in the Morning..'' , it means that your Joy would come when you wake up.
My point is, we should wake up and stop the pretence!!
RomanceRe: "He Came Into Her Hospital As A Patient And Got A Lifetime Healing". Photos by LLSAINT(m): 10:38am On Jan 06, 2017
Don't be tired, it will soon get to your turn! grin
ireneony:
I'm tired of seeing all these pre wedding pics undecided
PoliticsRe: President Kenyatta Held Talks With Kayode Fayemi, A Special Envoy From Nigeria by LLSAINT(m): 8:12am On Jan 05, 2017
I think Dr. Fayemi has lost touch with his Ministry. He should be focused and stop interfering or better still, inform PMB to redeploy him to Foreign Affairs lipsrsealed.
PoliticsRe: PDP Should Be Proscribed-Shettima by LLSAINT(m): 9:05am On Jan 04, 2017
Good comment but you go use #atiku 2019 spoil am
Atiku2019:
PDP 16years Misrule? Governor of Benue State Samuel Ortom and Senator George Akume are former Members of PDP....

undecided... There's no Good or Bad Political Parties, We Only Have Good and Bad Politicians in all Parties....


#Atiku2019
RomanceRe: She Blocked Me After The First Night Out. by LLSAINT(m): 9:21am On Dec 29, 2016
Men....wat do you expect?cant you see the handwriting on the wall? she needed cassava and you snoozed huhdats why you lost grin
CultureRe: List Of 371 Ethnic Groups In Nigeria by LLSAINT(m): 1:33pm On Dec 28, 2016
I think our ethnic diversity should be the reason we should stay together. Even if we are to seperate in 371 ways, it does not guarantee any unity of purpose because people like you would clamour for your family name to be President for life or something like that thus would cause crisis in your ethnic enclave...
eshietIntrepid:
Strength in are diversities, but on a second thought all these ethnics groups in one country and u expect peace.

Honestly I think nigeria should be divided .
PoliticsRe: Damaged Electric Pole At Arab Traffic Utako, Abuja: Awaiting Disaster (Photos) by LLSAINT(m): 4:16pm On Dec 22, 2016
Msheww....na dis one be disaster?Everything in 9ja is awaiting Disaster. This one small like elephant!
CelebritiesRe: Seun Jimoh Threatens To Kill Fan For Comment About His Wife To Be [PICS] by LLSAINT(m): 10:15am On Dec 22, 2016
I tire o....Beauty is in the eye of the person wey dey look am. I simply believe it is just an act of jealousy!
Ginaz:
That girl sha, what is your concern? Tatafo angry
Jobs/VacanciesRe: Post Abuja Jobs Here by LLSAINT(m): 4:01pm On Dec 20, 2016
If we have one out of every ten humans like ammyluv2002, the world would be a perfect place to live in. I am not trying to rabble rouse but I think she is worthy of emulation. People like these should be celebrated. I salute your persistence, courage, love, concern, care and charity. Keep it up but know this, that you are not doing it for anybody but yourself because when the blessings start embarrassing you, don't ask questions o! cool
PetsRe: Dog Eats New Born Baby In Bauchi by LLSAINT(m): 1:57pm On Dec 19, 2016
Then tomorrow the mother of the dumped baby would be going to mountain tops, babalawos and what-have-you, looking for a child when a dog has eaten her womb! If you cannot take responsibilities, then ZIP UP!
CrimeRe: Man Arrested After A Lady He Took Out, Died During Sex by LLSAINT(m): 1:51pm On Dec 19, 2016
I join you but no be everybody fit hold body like you undecided
Juliaann:
Just abstain from sex kpatakpata to avoid stories like this
CelebritiesRe: Ramsey Nouah Celebrates His 46th Birthday Today by LLSAINT(m): 12:45pm On Dec 19, 2016
Wetin you expect?when guls like those commenting no go let am rest. cool
prettythicksme:
Mr lover man! this guy don tear many punas like person wey dey tear cloth. grin
CelebritiesRe: Ramsey Nouah Celebrates His 46th Birthday Today by LLSAINT(m): 12:39pm On Dec 19, 2016
Someone's husband, old enough to be your father is a cute guy! huh.....
ammyluv2002:
HBD cute guy! God bless & keep you as always
RomanceRe: Photo Of Zahra Buhari And Ahmed Indimi by LLSAINT(m): 3:33pm On Dec 16, 2016
You no go kill person wit laff oooo grin Enuff Tidyment!
SINZ:
This Ahmad guy won't have mercy on Zahra tonight grin
RomanceRe: Couple Who Attended Same Primary School Set To Wed This Weekend (pics) by LLSAINT(m): 2:55pm On Dec 15, 2016
Desperate Chicks on the prowl....lol cool
PoliticsRe: Oil To Fund 27% Of N7.3tr 2017 Budget - Daily Trust by LLSAINT(m): 2:13pm On Dec 15, 2016
This is the problem with Nigeria. We are all singing the 2017 Budget and just forgot that the 2016 Budget was approved barely seven months ago. Have we sat down to evaluate the 2016 Budget and see the shortfalls? Msheww
PoliticsRe: Breaking: Again, Senate Rejects Magu As EFCC Chairman, States Why by LLSAINT(m): 2:09pm On Dec 15, 2016
It may be easy to fight corruption but when corruption fights back, na with all body.....
PoliticsRe: Senate Cuts Down President’s Control Of Nigeria Police Force by LLSAINT(m): 9:23am On Dec 13, 2016
Is this the solution to Nigeria's problems? Msheww @NASS get busy abeg! NASS my A$$
PoliticsRe: States Opposed To Alcohol Should Not Share From Alcohol Tax ---atiku by LLSAINT(m): 9:07am On Dec 13, 2016
I Think we are gradually at the edge in this Nation. Our problem is that we are lacking Leaders but have more followers. There are no role models to be emulated by the youths.....Which way?
sarrki:
SHARE FROM ALCOHOL TAX

Atiku: states opposed to alcohol should not share from alcohol tax

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Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has said states opposed to the sale and consumption of alcohol have no business should not benefit from tax paid on alcohol.
He also said the country does not need more states because existing states are too weak and unviable to be federating units.
Atiku spoke at the public presentation of a book, “Nigerian Federalism: Continuing Quest for Stability and Nation-Building”, produced by the African Policy Research Institute.
The former Vice President, who is a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), also said: “We must acknowledge that in federal systems that work, federating units cede certain powers to the centre. In our strange federal contraption, it is the centre that is creating federating units, giving them money and monopolising most power and resources. Thus our state governments are no longer performing as federating units. Rather they currently seem like dependent provinces of the central government in Abuja.
“Think about this: sales taxes ought to be collected and used by states and local governments. Of course there is nothing inherently wrong in a federal sales tax but states must agree with the federal government what items should be taxed, at what rate and how the proceeds are to be shared. They ought to be uniform.
“If a state is opposed to cattle tax or bicycle tax or alcohol tax, or pollution tax, for instance, it should not expect to share in the tax proceeds from those items. That is called fairness.
“In fact, states should be the ones collecting those taxes on behalf of the federal government and get compensated for their work, through an agreed sharing formula, rather than duplicating the cost of collection. Federal intrusion makes it more difficult for a state to collect taxes from items that may be peculiar to it, thereby narrowing the tax base. And it makes enforcement even more difficult.“
On local government autonomy, Atiku said: “Even our state governments are nearly dependent on the Federal Government, meaning they do not even have the autonomy that we are trying to give to the local government that are below them.
“In our strange federal contraption, it is the centre that is creating federating units, giving them money and monopolising most power and resources. Thus, our state governments are no longer performing as federating units. Rather, they currently seem like dependent provinces of the central government in Abuja.
“We are all witnesses to the agitations and complaints by different sections of the country at different times about being marginalized or shortchanged in fiscal allocation and the distribution of such other public resources such political positions, jobs, school admissions, provision of infrastructure, and even social honour.
“In response many Nigerians have been calling for some form of restructuring of our federal system, while some small fringe groups insist on their part of the country separating from the federation all together.
“What I find odd and somewhat unhelpful is the argument of those who say that we cannot renegotiate our union and who proceed from there to equate every demand for restructuring with attempts to break up the country.
“I believe that every form of human relationships is negotiable. Every political relationship is open for negotiations, without pre-set outcomes.
“As a democrat and businessman, I do not fear negotiations. That is what reasonable human beings do. This is even more important if a stubborn resistance against negotiations can lead to unsavoury outcomes.”
The former Vice President added that: “We must acknowledge that what got us to our current over-centralised, and centre-dominated federal system is political expediency and fear, and bolstered by the command and control character of military regimes.



http://thenationonlineng.net/atiku-states-opposed-alcohol-not-share-alcohol-tax/

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