bobowaja: How do you guys process your readings? Where and where did I said Ijaws are not land owners in Ondo state? As far as I know, ondo state is a political creation just like every other states in the country.
I guess you just wanted to deviate as to avoid the main topic
Mr man what's your problem, you are neither Igbo nor Ijaw, is like you having sleepless nights since 2days ago
OfoIgbo: Nwokem, stop parading your foolishness for all to see.
Igbos are obviously huge employers in Lagos, from the various markets, super markets and blue-chip companies, car dealerships, film industry e.t.c. so Igbos account for more than their fair share of the PAYE contribution.
Now taxes on levies and market traders, land registration e.t.c are heavily paid by Igbos in Lagos, and you know that.
Igbos are not also doing too badly in terms of road taxes.
So all the stuff you showed have huge Igbo representation. You have only just helped me in confirming the 50% IGR Igbos contribute to Lagos.
Do they think it's only Yoruba's that are responsible for the 51% VAT Lagos recorded?
They are not serious, I really like how the VAT thing is going, it will really help other state to sit tight and think outside the box, do you know that the number of banks inside Onitsha main market alone is more than the total number of banks in state capital like Lokoja, Ado-Ekiti,, markudi etc.
So the problem is tax collection, because the revenue is there and going into wrong pockets
LegendHero: Can you defend this Shukudi Bureau of Statistics you just quoted? If you’re sure of your claims, can you open a thread and let’s debate this together? If you runaway with your tail between your legs like Ojuku then you’re a coward.
Below is how Lagos get her revenue:
PAYE (45%): Pay As You Earn (PAYE) is a form of personal income tax that refers to tax deducted directly from the wages and salaries of employees operating in the formal sector.
Other Taxes (19.27%): These include various taxe such as levies on market traders, land registration and other landrelated fees, as well as development levies on individuals, pool betting/lottery/gaming fees and stamp duties on individuals.
Direct Assessment (2.39%): Direct assessment relates to those taxes imposed on businesses, especially (informal) by the State authorities, based on the size of their activities.
Road Tax (2.48%): Road taxes are daily levies paid by commercial transporters operating within Lagos.
Based on the above: You should apologize ASAP for giving ridiculous statistics about the your tiny landlocked poor states that can’t even match up to Kaduna. Stop meddling into things you don't understand. The Igbo 2by 2 shops are not what is generating tax for the Lagos government. What the Banks, Insurance, Mega-corporations, Dangote, and etc. generates alone for Lagos is more than what those 2by2 shops will generate for 500 years!
The highlighted point is enough for a State like Anambra and Abia State, you may not agree with me but interns of transportation and markets their is no state apart from Lagos that can match them, so if both state can develop a better tax collection structure, they can even surpass the 19.27% you mentioned.
The problem with South East State is, they don't pay tax and the government is not serious about tax, truth be told there is high level of economic activities in South East, cash flow in these states are very high.
PROUDIGBO: Actually on this occasion, the narrative that Eastern states (they primarily have Igbos on their mind) would oppose the ruling is being driven by some superior-feeling Yoruba and not the north!
Exactly, but they don't no that South East government don't tax their citizens.
YorubarLord: I wonder what you have to say about oyo and ogun state, even ondo is higher than Enugu . With all these dumb bragging your region is still the poorest in the region. Building mansions in village with fvcked up roads to stroke your weak egos don't generate IGR. No reasonable person would want to go invest in your region seeing how you people go about destroying people's business cos they refuse to follow you IPOB order. I can't wait for Nigeria to be divided so you can carry your businesses back to biafuro. Yoruba land needs to breath.
Oga forget this IGR things you are seeing, South East don't tax their citizens like other western states, take a look at Imo State, that state is sitting in a mouth watering IGR, example Addex petroleum, Chevron, Shell, Water Smith petroleum and Refinery, Saplet etc. Hospitality industry, Consumption tax and retail stores, the rest, now go to Abia State, and Anambra state they have numerous local industry, the largest SME's in West Africa, largest market's in Africa etc.... This states with proper revenue collection structure will never be broke
Ariani: Is this not what we have been preaching for years? All talks of multi ethnic BIAFRA with minorities should stop and full throttle aggressive Igbo nationalism geared towards uniting all Igbo speaking people in SS and NC with SE be activated.
Have we not been saying this for years while IPOB and their "suplim lida" are obsessed with yeye unity with aggressive minorities out to grab Igbolands while riding on the Igbophobic horse of Hausa-Fulani and their Muslim supporters from SW?
Have we not said that we must first put Igboland in order by pursuing an Igbo only Biafra?
You are jumping at the knowledge of Opobo and Bonny today, but many of us have always known this for decades. Yet you don't Know this, but you oppose us and push your ignorance driven multi ethnic BIAFRA with Igbophobic minority groups.
Taa ka bukwa gboo!
We really need to come together first as Igbo for sure, but one of the major obstacle with opobo was not having a direct road access. But i think the present state government have connected the twin with a bridge
proeast: Jesus Christ, what an eye opener!!! Whoever watches this video and still goes about peddling ignorance that Opobo are not Igbos is a fool of the first order!!
These is concentrated Igbo they're speaking here, the type you will find in Imo State. Even their dressing, culture and looks has Igbo written all over it!!
This land grabbing by Ijaws is now ridiculous and must be stopped forthwith!!!
My brother I was speechless, there Igbo is more central than my Owerri Igbo, ijaw will never succeed in their evil plans, can you see that they have all run away. This is an eye opener for those that thinks that Igbo ends with five South East state
StPete: It will do you a lot of good to ask around, the evidence is glaring
For example we no what fashola did, at least we can point to one or two things among numerous signature projects attached to his name like Lekki bridge, blue lane and the red lane projects also known as BRT. Please highlight Tinubu legacy projects in Lagos state
StPete: Good that you went back to your history. Now let me ask, how developed was Lagos compared in 1991 when it relinquished it's position as Capital compared to its present state in 2021?
Oga there is no much difference till now, my question is show us Tinubu signature projects as of when he was the governor of Lagos state
StPete: It's obvious you really don't know much of your history and not any clue about Lagos. It would be a complete waste of my time trying to school you. Use the internet to make your researches
Calabar is considered as the first capital of Nigeria because it served as the first capital of the Southern Protectorate, the Oil River Protectorate, and Niger Coast Protectorate. This was until the late nineteenth century, when the administrative centre of the Southern protectorate was moved to Lagos in 1906.24 Aug 2021.
So since 1906 till 1991 or so Lagos was the capital of Nigeria, witnessing all the development throughout this period.
StPete: I can tell you for a fact that nothing gets done in present day Lagos without the express approval of Tinubu (forget the State governor, that one na stooge). The present status of Lagos is work put in starting especially from the time of Tinubu as a governor till date. Cross River was also once a State Capital, why is Cross River not at par with Lagos in terms of structural development?
Cross River was not capital of Nigeria, it's was for Southern protectorate for few months, but Lagos was for many decades, all the bridges, flyovers major express roads, hospitals, high institutions, airport and seaports are federal government projects. So show us Tinubu projects in Lagos
StPete: Let's be realistic though. Tinubu is by far a better leader than Buhari. Just compare how Lagos is presently and compare Buhari's Katsina
Are you serious? How can you compare a former capital to a State created from Sokoto , so you are telling Nigerians that Tinubu is responsible for the little development we are seeing in Lagos, where will you put IBB, Muritala, Gowon, Obasanjo, etc. Please show us a legacy project Tinubu did for Lagos
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funkekemi: rent which shop 2 million ? A shop in a line is 150k to 200k not all ooo but the front line shops .. is that what they told you ? I am beginning to think you are ngwa because of this mentality . Only ngwa people holds this kind of view
Truth is always bitter, if you can't pay 2- 4 million for shop i.e if it's true that the government actually said that, then be ready to let go of the shop, because you can't paid for that shop after remodeling it for 150k.
postbox: The Director-General of Nigeria’s Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu has been appointed by the World Health Organisation as the new Assistant Director-General of Health Emergency Intelligence.
This was disclosed in a statement by WHO Chief, Tedros Ghebreyesus on Wednesday morning as Ihekweazu is expected to resume his role on the 1st of November.
“I am pleased to welcome Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu as an Assistant Director-General for Health Emergency Intelligence from November 1, 2021.
“He will lead the work on strengthening pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally, including heading the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin,” Ghebreyesus said.
WHO added that the Nigerian will be in charge of strengthening pandemic and epidemic intelligence globally, including heading the WHO Hub for Pandemic and Epidemic Intelligence in Berlin.
WHO also added that Ihekweazu is a trained infectious disease epidemiologist, and has over 20 years of experience working in senior public health and leadership positions in several National Public Health Institutes, including the South African National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the United Kingdom’s Health Protection Agency, and Germany’s Robert Koch Institute.
The news of his appointment was met with praise on Social Media as former CBN assistant Governor and Presidential candidate, Kingsley Moghalu said “It’s a very well deserved appointment, proud of Chikwe, who handled Nigeria’s Covid response brilliantly.”
aribisala0: In order to determine what Onitsha looks like or that it looks better than Ibadan as you are surmising the point is we will need more that ONE PHOTOGRAPH A lot more
And size comes into it because we would need 60 times the number of photographs for Ibadan I do not have time for the photograph stunts but from the photos I have seen nothing has convinced me to withdraw the prize of the dirtiest place on earth from Onitsha and Aba which are both tied for first prize
Please can you accept that you've lost this debate, you are just contradicting yourself, Ibadan can't beat Onitsha in anything
funkekemi: people died because of this , if the original owners are unable to provide 3 million after the road construction , what happens? Am asking you
Your question is neither here or there, because as a shop owners you should be able to rent out that shop for at least 2 million a year, so if you can pay that amount then be ready to let go of the shop to people that can pay. The problem with us is that will like to eat our cake and still half it.
My question is,
Will the value of these shops in ariaria that is in a dilapidated state and the value after reconstruction be the same?
funkekemi: the people Are not saying that the don't want the reconstruction but what happens to the land after construction , how can the governor evit people from shop saying he wants to expand only to build on same same land which he destroyed for road reconstruction ... If you don't bring 4 million you will loose it . The question is , what happens to the original owners who can't provide 4 million? This is just people's fears unless you are gov paid agent
You can't provide 4 million after collecting rent for decades, because most of the shops are on rent.
funkekemi: I don't chat with unreasonable fellows who are bent on decieving the masses , Shia ohuru shop owners were asked to bring 1.700,000 naira or they forfeit their shops , the governor has taken the people's shops some who are in their 80s , their retirement benefits , by tomorrow I will bring to nairaland the pictures of ogbo ogwu ( medicine line) which the governor and ngwa people have long wished to forcefully have . The people are suffering , the governor is owing 8 months salary ,no pension and gratuity , the only thing people have which are these shops, the governor wants to take. I'm not against the renovation , but what's happens to the original owners . The governor has a track record of forcefully taking people's shops after demolishing for road construction .
So all the shop owners are retired people? Please fear God, am from Imo State and my uncle and one of his son own shops in ariaria, and they are from Imo State, so don't make it look like it's only indigenes that owns shops in ariaria
DaniDani: You are a big fool and idiot! You posted detastable pictures of ariaria, then the governor in his conscience,moved into action and here you are talking rubbish. If anyone can be truthful, Ipkeazu has been a detribalised governor. During the time of orji uzor ngwans who are the majority were only given 1 slot in ministerial appointment, t.a orji managed to give 4. The remodelling of markets in Aba started with Ahia ohuru. The governor in his wisdom told all shop owners to forward their names through a government agent in the market. The names of the shop owners were published in the government Facebook page and those who felt that they were neglected were asked to speak up before commencement of work as the governor assured them that all of them will get there shops back. The same method is going to be applied in the case of ariaria. The leadership of aria (AMATA) is run by non ngwans from the President of AMATA to the executives. Even the immediate past commissionair of trade and investment whom market fall under his ministry, Cosmos Ndukwe, the owner of luxury city hotels is from igbere in Bende Local Government, the same local government with Orji uzor kalu. He championed the renovations of markets starting from shopping centre and made a massive move to renovate Ariaria but the cabals in ariaria kicked against it while at the same time blame the governor and post derogatory pictures of the market. WHAT EXACTLY DO YOU IDIOTS WANT?
For saying the truth God will continue to bless you, like I said in another thread, the shop owners are not helping matters at all, and they want government to fold their arms and watch ariaria market collapse one day.
Amah70: Please do. Don’t be like Imo state where everything must be in state capital. Don’t relocate Ariaria to Abia state capital, the way Imo people would do.
Do you even know what you are talking about? ABA is different from Umuahia the state capital, almost 200km apart
No one will land the least 737 in that warehouse called a airport.
Its glaring it can only hold low passenger jets.
Any jumbo that lands in that airport will be at its own risk cos no insurance will take responsibility. That airport can never be certified as safe with that quack and substandard construction.
Anambra state government should just convert it to a worship center or greenhouse farm.
obyrich: Umuola road is still standing after more than 5 years. Same with Ukaegbu road, MCC road, Dr Chima Nwafor road etc. Please mention 1 road built by OUK in Aba that is still in good use. Starpaper mill road in Aba was abandoned and overtaken by weeds before OVI fixed it.
Granted there are many unattended roads but we cannot deny the fact that Ikpeazu is far better than the 2 governors before him in terms of building standard roads.
Please don't mind him, coming here to rant is their job, am from Imo State, and I visit ABA frequently because I have families there, but trying to say this man has not done anything good is a plain lie
How many times have this FAILURE done Faulks road that leads to this market and yet the road remains in a teriible state.
And to imagine that this man may be the "best" Gov in Abia since 1999.
I think Abians are really fffucked. Terrible Govs since 1999 and stuck between PDP(Ikpeazu, T Orji etc) and APC( Orji Kalu etc).
Really ffucked state!!!!
Am not an indigenes of Abia State, but trying to bring down a man that inherited a failed state is not encouraging at all, my uncle and his son have a shop in ariaria, and I can tell you that the problem is the shop owners, while the government has a trust issues.
But coming here to tell us what we already know looks unintelligent, beside this government is better than the previous two, thats the simple truth. And you lied about the handling of roads in ABA
futurenix: Someone that has not been able to build a single standard road nor good drainage system is going to destroy people's shop in the name of redevelopment. No single road constructed in that state by that Governor has lasted 4 months without deteriorating.
The flyover that has taken ages is being constructed by bricklayers carrying head pan and mixed cement during their so called flyover construction working hours while states using Julius Berger has done more than 5 flyovers and still counting.
Is it the salary of the workers in the state that he has paid? Some have passed 2 years salary arreas.
You will see him soon contesting as a senator and eventually win whether the people want or not.
I really don't know who can make this nation better by punishing all these failed leaders.
Please can you keep quiet, are you normal at all, if you don't have any thing tangible to say then get lost before amadiohia strike you wherever you are.
Davash222: If they fail to renovate the market, you'll complain. Now they want to renovate, you're still complaining.
How can one please you this head slammers?
Thank you my brother, the problem is with the shop owners, I will plead with the government to make sure they fullfill there promises by giving the shop back to the shop owners because that's their fear all these years.
It's really good that we have successfully gotten the attention of the government at last with the power of social media
Focusmind: Nigeria and Nigerians and sub standard structures. People are so backwards in this country that they applaud any rubbish thrown at them by their stupid governments. I refused to accept their mediocrity. I have travelled, exposed and know what minimum acceptable structure should look like. Imagine the cost of this project with this outcome!!!
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