₦airaland Forum

VEHINTOLAR:
If you're looking for an argument on this,I won't even oblige you. What I know for sure is that the Ikwere are not Igbo!

XXXOGBA:
My language is Ogba, and it has three dialects.

VEHINTOLAR:
PH is not Igbo land, so what's your point?

VEHINTOLAR:
Beautiful Ikwere land!

XXXOGBA:
Lie. I'm Ogba. We are not Igbo.

XXXOGBA:
We are not Igbo

bigboa:
Very succinctly put.

VAT is a consumption tax. This means it measures the economic activities reported in each state.
Some states like Kano may have a higher level of commercial/economic activity but what VAT is telling us is that a large portion of that data is not being captured.
The idea is simple: State governors have the responsibility to improve their states commercial and economic levels which will then boost the microeconomy (ie standard/cost of living metrics) in the states. The federal government's responsibility is to manage the macroeconomy (security, exchange rate, foreign policy) which it is already doing.

For too long, the federal government has taken on the responsibilities of the states and local governments and while not being able to cater to those responsibilities adequately, the federal government continues to falter and fail while handing a free pass to the state governors who feed fat while doing nothing.

aswani:
Fine, who after Tax Reforms have kicked in, will stop Kano state giving MTN a good deal to set up their headquarters in Kano stae? Or some of their factories producing cards etc up there.

It is the laziness mindset of not thinking out of the box because we are guaranteed monies monty that we don't have to account for that nerds changing, and not just for Northern states.

ggood:
but anambra doesn't share boundary with Atlantic ocean

erico2k2:
SO Bornu with unrest contribute more than Imo State or am I reading it wrong

aswani:
The get other states making a play for the headquarters of the Telecomms organisation to attract the VAT.

What are they scared of, competition? Lagos seemingly isn't, why should anyone else.

If you can't work hard as a state government, you should remove yourself and let others that might or can do it. Instead of all this sitting around waiting for central government allocation.

aswani:
I have answered this before.

With the Tax Reform bill, the headquarters of every single one of those companies, without exception, is now in play to other states VAR wise.

Their government just needs to give them, and their employees, nice "sweet heart" deals which might include tax breaks.

Those states governments will have to work harder to come up with something better than Lagos state and that includes some long term post-present administration stuff. Infrastructure improvements etc.

But would states prefer the current system of lazily folding thief arms and getting handouts rather than making an effort to take a bite out of Lagos state?

shiffynaani:
omorr i didn't see that o

Almost 5 times bigger sef

Na wa

Make some states just keep QUIET where Oyo dey talk b dat o

Brilliancepower:
Anyone stopping them from creating their own NTM Network?

FreeStuffsNG:
If everyone was controlling it's resources, how on earth would have Imo State with about N200m VAT contributions few months ago be able to survive 🤔

Smh. Lagos was already an economic hub over a century ago. It will take your state another 100 years to be where Lagos was 60 years ago.

That's a picture of Lagos in the 1960s o

004gist:
. This is soo wrong.
How can someone recharge a card and calm from kano then vat goed to Lagos? How can oil companies that operate in the creeks send vat of their employees to Lagos?

Are you new to Nigeria or what ?

FreeStuffsNG:
If everyone was controlling it's resources, how on earth would have Imo State with about N200m VAT contributions few months ago be able to survive 🤔

Smh. Lagos was already an economic hub over a century ago. It will take your state another 100 years to be where Lagos was 60 years ago.

That's a picture of Lagos in the 1960s o

Lateef73:
Nice one.

Asaba and Agbor people celebrate Benin festivals. They are all descendants of Benin Kingdom

bobby007:
The guy fear, lagos don wake up

wellmax:
How many times do you hear about them in the news unlike the ibo vagabonds. They are quiet, seeing only to the cultural associations. But you see those iPods. Even in the SE, every 2km is a different monotonous community. Always looking for opportunity for chest beating

TimeTraveller:
Because unlike Hausas, you guys are Nigeria's most disrespectful irritants. Everywhere you go, you irritate. Go and ask South Africans.