₦airaland Forum

3ple9iner:
There is nothing wrong with what they did.

look at this scenario
I got information that the government is looking to give contract for the purchase of table and desk for schools in Lagos state. I a barber saw it has an opportunity to make side money, I registered a company, submitted my bids with samples gotten from a nearby carpenter shop, got the contract, paid the carpenter to make the chairs, delivered it to Lagos state government and keep the profits.

Now how is this illegal?

benardtotti:
So the mechanic who pays his taxes and does legit business is not a deserving lagosian?

adrusa:
Thank you. This is the kind of lazy journalism that our hacktivists are using to try to turn people against government. It doesn't matter whether "Lati" is an area boy or mechanic, if he registers a company, bids for a contract and wins, all that is required is to find out IF HE DELIVERS. Most petty contractors who do supplies are basically middle men. The most important and relevant question is performance, not qualifications or offices.

benardtotti:
God bless you! So because he's a mechanic he can't aspire to do more and better business? Even if we assume he was used as a conduit , I can assure you that contract didn't go to any lagos politician, 13m is chicken change to politicians, it must be a civil servant that got the contract and used the mechanic to do the job, the main question is did he deliver the items ? Lasg confirmed they were supplied so he has no case .
Finally any business registered with cac and having general contractor or services in its profile is acceptable to do business with government.

AbuTwins:
Team Naysayers go feed on this like ants on sugar!

Lagos would respond soon!

Dittodat:
First, Lati doesn't have to have a printing press to get a printing contract from the govt.
I have secured contracts from the US govt to supply products that I don't produce or even have any idea of how they are made.
What's important is that , I have to source the product and deliver.
Govt contract is crazy in any part of the world. Govt money is the easiest money to make once you get into the circle. To enter na wahala
In the US, the govt will pay you 2 to 10 dollars for a bulb that anyone can buy in a store for less then 50 cent or less.
Everything govt is usually priced way up than in private businesses.
The only thing is that you must supply or provide the services for which you are being paid for.
For example, the US actually gave contracts to people to supply Covid products for millions or billions of dollars to people who have zero experience or knowledge of what is needed and some didn't even supply what they got paid for.
Some are getting prosecuted as we speak. But that doesn't mean that some didn't get away with it.
This is Investigative Journalism and we need more of it. But they cannot lie to expose another lie.
You have to be objective and truthful.

Saint99:
Is this a joke or what? When did Saudi Arabia start fixing refineries? Saudi Arabia does not fix it's own refineries. It is done by Indians, Koreans, etc. Not even ARAMCO is maintained by Saudis.

Takasufe:
Well done Sir

Caveatemptor:
Like I said,you know nothing about how government runs.
Have you ever visited the nations Borders.
Do you know that a border like Illela in Sokoto state has only one recognised official border but there are over 150 unofficial foot paths that are all roads to Niger Republic.
These foot paths run all along Nigerias borders with Niger and Chad. The officers have even been joined by police,soldiers, Navy,Immigration and DSS operatives along these footpaths and yet they cannot stop petroleum smuggling because the borders are too vast and there are too many footpaths.
These officers are working in hostile atmosphere because the border communities feel it os their birth right to engage in smuggling.

ARE YOU SAYING THAT POLICING OF THE BORDERS IS HOPELESS? IF THE NCS IS BEREFT OF IDEAS, THEY CAN SEEK TECHNICAL SUPPORT FROM THE US AND SAUDI ARABIAN BORDER PATROLS! IF THE FG CAN CONCESSION PIPELINE MONITORING TO ND MILITANTS I SEE NO REASON WHY NCS CANT PROVIDE MONETARY INCENTIVE TO KEY FIGURES IN SUCH COMMUNITIES TO POLICE SAME. ALL THESE EXCUSES PERSIST BECAUSE PEOPLE'S JOBS IN THE CUSTOMS ARE NOT ON THE LINE AND STIFF PUNISHMENT ARE NOT METED OUT TO CORRUPT OFFICIALS AS DETERRENT. THESE THINGS YOU LISTED ABOVE ARE JUST EXCUSES.

These officers are working with poor equipment because the government has refused to provide proper equipment to man the borders which are small planes and proper communication gadgets.
The relationship with border communities is very uncordial.
Some rivers at the border run through Nigeria and Cameroon like at Ikang border station in Cross River state and government has not provided small boats to man these border Rivers.

EXCUSES.... IF WITH ALLL THE REVENUE GENERATED BY THE NCS THEY ARE UNABLE TO ADDRESS THEIR EQUIPMENT AND STAFFING ISSUES THEN THEY ARE ARCHITECTS OF THE ONGOING CORRUPTION AND THEIR FAILURES TO DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES PROPERLY. IF AN EXTENSIVE WHISTLEBLOWING SYSTEM IS IMPLEMENTED WITHIN THE SYSTEM WITH APPROPRIATE INCENTIVES FOR USEFUL INFORMATION PROVIDED AND APPROPRIATE SANCTIONS METED OUT TO ERRANT OFFICIALS RANGING FROM JOB LOSS TO LENGTHY JAIL TERMS, I AM QUITE SURE THAT OVERNIGHT CORRUPTION IN THE SERVICE WOULD BE REDUCED TO THE BAREST MINIMUM AND FOR THE FOOLHARDY WHO DARE TO PERSIST IN THEIR WRONG WAYS BECAUSE OF GREED, APPROPRIATE EXAMPLES SHOULD BE MADE OUT OF THEM. IVE TALKED TO A NUMBER OF PEOPLE SMUGGLING RICE AND TYRES FROM CAMEROUN AND THEY ALL CONFIRM THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO BRING THOSE ITEMS TO NIGERIA WITHOUT SETTLING NCS OFFICIALS.

There are houses at Idi Iroko Station where the front part of the house is in Nigeria while the back part of the house is in Benin Republic. Tell me how officers will police such a house?

WE ARE TALKING ABOUT PETROL TANKERS. TANKERS SURELY HAVE NO BUSINESS WITH FOOTPATHS AND HALF HOUSES. THOSE ARE JUST EXCUSES TO JUSTIFY FAILURE. WHY SHOULD YOU ALLOW STRUCTURES TO BE BUILT ON BORDER LINES IF NOT TO ALLOW SMUGGLING. ALL SUCH STRUCTURES WITHIN 50KM OF THE BORDER LINES SHOULD BE DEMOLISHED PRONTO! NO EXCUSES!!!

The problem with some of you is you see a few corrupt officers working in sea ports like Apapa and Tin can Island ports who do not constitute up to 5% of the total work force and then decide to tar every officer as corrupt.

DONT GET ME STARTED ON THE CORRUPTION IN THE PORTS!!! THAT'S A TOPIC FOR ANOTHER DAY. OF COURSE NOT EVERY CUSTOMS OFFICIAL IS CORRUPT BUT YOU CANNOT TELL ME THAT THE NCS IS NOT IN DESPERATE NEED OF OVERHAUL FROM TOP TO BOTTOM OVER CORRUPTION. WHEN IT COMES TO MEETING REVENUE TARGETS WE DON'T HEAR STORIES PROVIDED CORRUPTION IS ALLOWED TO PERSIST. BUT WHEN IT COMES TO STOPPING OIL SMUGGLING AND THE LIKES THEN WE START HEARING CHALLENGES AND STORIES. WHO IS FOOLING WHO?.

I advise some of you if you are still within the recruitment age to apply and join so that you can fight this so called corruption from inside the service.
It is when you get inside you will realise that it is not what you think and the understand that khaki no be leather.
My last response to you and your idealism.

THIS IS NOT IDEALISM BUT REALISM. UNTIL THIS GOVERNMENT DECIDES TO BE SERIOUS ABOUT FIGHTING CORRUPTION, UNTIL WE STOP THINKING CHALLENGES AND START THINKING SOLUTIONS WE ARE GOING TO KEEP HEARING ALL THESE KINDS OF EXCUSES WHY CORRUPTION CANNOT BE CONQUERED IN THE NCS.

UNTIL A CLIMATE OF ZERO TOLERANCE FOR CORRUPTION IN THE SERVICE IS BUILT, WE WILL KEEP HAVING OFFICIALS WHO WHINE ABOUT POOR EQUIPMENT AND WHAT GOVERNMENT SHOULD DO FOR THEM MEANWHILE THEY AMASS ILL GOTTEN WEALTH BY ENABLING SMUGGLING SYNDICATES AND GETTING THEIR OWN PERCENTAGE THUS DEPRIVING THE COUNTRY OF A GOOD PORTION OF ITS REVENUE

Caveatemptor:
Give evidence of this.
You can't just feel something and then in an idealistic way pass it off as a fact.
How many revenue generating organisations did you compile to come up with this theory.
Give me a source or a verified survey for this your theory.

I can give you verified facts that the government has given the customs yearly revenue targets and they have consistently surpassed these revenue targets despite government waivers for the past 30 years.

Caveatemptor:
Apparently you do not know how government works.
The propaganda going on with the ministry of Interior has taken you in. Hameed Ali did more than that during Buharis administration.
Using the press men to burnish your image is an efficient tool of propaganda.
Like I have told you earlier, if you have an issue with the Customs it is very fine. I don't object to that BUT on this issue of waivers the customs has no fault.

There is NO Customs officer that can refuse to honour a Federal government waiver signed by the Minister of Finance except that officer is tired of his job and desires to be sacked.

Once again Waivers are not issued by the Customs service but by the Federal government. Customs only implement.

Tariffs are not issued by Customs but by the Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance. Customs only implement and interpret these Tariffs to raise revenue for the Federal government in a discretionary way in order to allow the populace to breathe. I assure you that if the Customs interpret the import and export Tariffs to the letter,No body will be in the import and export business.

No Customs Comptroller general can oppose the Minister of Finance who is his boss as well as the chairman of the Customs board except he wants to lose his job.

It is apparent that you are an idealist and have no idea of how government is run nor do you appear to understand that after the revenue generated by the NNPC and the oil industry the Customs service has constantly and consistently generated the second highest revenue in this country.
The records are there. These are the facts.
Good day.

Caveatemptor:
It seems you are misunderstanding what a waiver is.
Waivers on duty are not issued by the customs.
Waivers are issued by the Federal government through the Minister of Finance.
Customs only implement waivers issued by the Ministry of Finance.
It is the party in power that fraudulently issue waivers to their political associates,cronies and friends.
This is not the fault of the customs. That is why the current Comptroller general is blaming the last administration for the number of waivers issued for 8 years that made revenue due to the government to fall short.
You might have other issues with the Customs but on the issue of waivers you can't fault them!

Caveatemptor:
You need to understand somethings. The presnt Comptroller general was appointed by Tinubu and not Buhari.
He can afford to call out Buhari because he owes him no allegiance.
Do not be surprised if the same sort of waivers for a whole year are still being granted by the present minister of Finance to political cronies who helped Tinubu into power.

As a civil servant there is a limit to how you can oppose a government who appointed you into office except you want to commit job suicide. That is why every new appointee will criticise and point fingers at the appointee who preceeded him.

The previous Comptroller general Hameed Ali pointed fingers at his predecessor Dikko Inde throughout his tenure until he left the administration . The present Comptroller general Adeniyi is now pointing fingers at Ali for the waivers he granted throughout his eight year tenure.

Caveatemptor:
At the bolded,
The Federal government through the Minister of Finance imposes the tariff for goods every year.
Customs only implement these tariff with a lot of discretion because if customs follows the tariff to the letter,very few people in this country will be able to import or export anything!

Secondly it is the same ministry of Finance that issues waivers to political cronies and friends for supporting the party in power.
Waivers are exemptions from payment of customs duty which is supposed to be a method of support to young industries on order to grow the economy but what politicians in the Finance ministry have converted these waivers to is a form of party patronage to support members of the political party that helped them into government.
Dangote has been one of the greatest beneficiaries of government waivers in the last 20 years.
The ministry of Finance should be held responsible for misuse of customs duty waivers since 1999.

post=126986815:
We will publicly support an action against any government that thinks that we should lament away our hunger,
unfortunately, this strike is not about those issues.
We have to be careful not to mix our political opinion with our responsibilities because the issues confronting workers are so many that they should become the priority.
This strike is politically motivated 🙄
And we are glad many sane, honest and hardworking Nigerians see it the same way.


Below is also from the private sectors....

In September, the Organised Private Sector of Nigeria issued a warning to the NLC and TUC, underscoring the substantial threat that strike actions pose to the country’s economy.
Expressing concerns about potential adverse effects on economic stability, the private sector urged a reconsideration of such actions to safeguard the nation’s economic interests.
We have a way of doing our own things.
We don’t just embark on a strike without adequate preparation

Pakute:
Why are headless mob led by the short devil Ajaero trying to force union to join his greedy fight?. if a leader truly had earned the respect of his followers, you do not need to force yourself down their throat.
Two things are certain; if state chairmen are hellbent at picketing unwilling members, dem go collect beating llke Ajaero. secondly, all these union wey no dey go work because Ajaero don lose one eye, na to go meet Ajaero to pay dem salary. No work no pay remain sancrosant.

NLPoliceWoman:
Rule 1.
Rule 2.

helinues:
For more jokes, sms NLC to 419

VULCAN:
You are in error.

Your question assumes he has a brain in the first place.

You won't find an intelligent person doing APC urchnn.

That's for never do wells.

Sharpsharp00123:
but democracy wasn’t in danger when Labour Party won in abia?

U igbos only see one side of life, when u are winning it’s cool n it should continue

But when u lose then it’s ojoro n everything must scatter

Fugazy2023:
You better take your money now else you will cry harder by next week.

The second chart was what I took this morning at 6:19am. As you can see, the ask and bid prices have crashed between 6:19am and now (first chart) 10:01am.
FG is mopping off liquidity and many people will learn the hard way

Ikaeniyan0:
This is the same way fij got the certificate saga wrong