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South East governors has lost the trust of the people in East, tomorrow is sit at home in East even governor umahi will lockdown his popular fuel station and hotel in Abakaliki like he always do every Monday

Wiseandtrue:
OP, Oyigboupdate go quench today ooooo

The issue is that the more government try to blackmail ipob the more they get popular in East.

This is getting serious

The Senate on Wednesday passed the Federal Road Bill which seeks to repeal the Federal Roads Maintenance Agency Act, Federal Highways Act, and the Control of Advertisement on Federal Highways Act.

The proposed law is aimed at facilitating the establishment of an agency to govern and manage the nation’s federal roads network.

When established, the agency is expected to facilitate private sector participation in the development, financing, maintenance, management, and improvement of roads in Nigeria.

It would also regulate contracts for road concession and other forms of public private partnership as well as set guidelines for the working of PPP contracts.

The bill was sponsored by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House of Representatives, Toby Okechukwu (PDP, Enugu) and Ossai Nicholas (PDP, Delta).

It was sponsored in the upper chamber by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abubakar (APC, Kebbi) for concurrence and
passage in line with legislative traditions.


https://punchng.com/senate-passes-bill-to-scrap-ferma/

Op see as you disgrace yourself in public

Ijoh:
What names.

Go to the other thread stop running because I will keep following you until you tell us the meaning

Ijoh:
When you are through frustrating, you will go to your landlocked and dot circle Ibo Republic.

Landlock is an outdated slang please tell us what those names mean in ijaw language

Allen102:
Dumb igbo nincoompoop go and read you bloody 419 creep! Read the screen shot and be enlightened you cursed descendants of Azazel.
The creator of that post didn't say Okika/igbo names, he said Okrika/ijaws names. Sucks to be unwanted drug lord I know

Please tell us what those names mean in ijaw and shame the devil

Ijoh:
Opu aweya means not afraid of the Big.

This Okrika dialect is an easy Ijaw to many many other Ijaw people now.
I'm not even from Okrika I'm from Bayelsa and Delta Ijaw, iv never even been to Okrika before, but look how easy their Ijaw is.

If you as an ijaw man can't understand okirka dialect and name ,then it means that okirka is not ijaw

BKayy:
Who is the Igbo here?
We Anamis or Ndoki, Bonny, Opobo or Egbema?
Tell me who is off from the people I listed above?
Tell me one difference, just one among Us in Anambra, Bonny, Opobo, Ndoki and Egbema?
Please there is no Igbo here. We are all Ijawans

Ebonyi state should be there too to complete it

Eastlink:
You are not from Okrika. I thought you claimed Opobo before? Haven't you also claimed Bonny? Imposter. You forget yourself easily

the guy is ijaw man

SlayerForever:
Hmmm

From one opobo Facebook page
,One of opobo dancing group celebrate New yam festival this month in opobo kingdom but they are ijaw people according to some fishermen from bayelsa state.

Op you have said it all

Ijaw and confusion claiming other people.can ijaw people tell me what this group names mean in ijaw language

Weed at work

Buhari should contest for 3rd term

Buhari and Osinbajo Don finish this country

scraps DPR, PPPRA,
NAMES new oil regulators, management, Boards

The two agencies in charge of regulations for Nigeria’s upstream and downstream oil sub-sector, Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA) will legally cease to exist in their current structures any moment from now,

President Muhammadu Buhari has already announced the formation of new agencies to take the place of the two.

Buhari has chosen the heads of the two regulatory agencies created following the adoption of the Petroleum Industry Act, according to a letter received exclusively by Platforms Africa to Senate President, Ahmed Lawan.

The President signed the Act into law last month, creating the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission, (NURC), which will take over most of the upstream regulatory functions of the Department of Petroleum Resources, so replacing DPR as a primary regulator.

The PIA also calls for the establishment of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), which will be in charge of overseeing the country’s midstream and downstream petroleum operations.

The President has, in the letter to the Senate, nominated Gbenga Komolafe as the Chief Executive Officer of the Upstream Regulatory Commission. Komolafe is to serve for a period of five years. The position is also renewable once for another five years according to the Act.

Also, as a fallout of the PIA implementation, the President has approved the appointment of Mr. Sarki Auwalu as the Chief Executive Officer for the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

If confirmed, Auwalu who is the current Director/Chief Executive Officer of the DPR, would serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Authority for five years. The position is also renewable once for another 5 years.

The PIA requires the confirmation of the Senate for the position of the Heads of the Authority and the Commission.

SlayerForever:
****


I will be back!

see the people Ijaw are claiming

IDENNAA:
Umahi has low self-esteem. He subtly try to compete with Anambra. Recently , he used his leadership role as chairman of Southeast governor's forum to make an Ebonyi king chairman of Southeast traditional rulers. A king with no exposure nor clout. Just to have something over Anambra. Obi of Onicha should keep that post till he dies

Sometimes you people reason like animals, why should obi of onicha keep the post till he die? is that his birthright? Oga traditional rulers sit was zone to Ebonyi state. stop playing your obi peter obi type of politic of Catholic and Anglican.

Any news about Nigeria social insurance trust fund (NSITF)?

North is busy preparing for post Nigeria we Niger Delta are complaining.

TEDHorsePower:
Shut up your smelling mouth, you don't know anything about stadium. Awka city stadium pitch is the best in Nigeria. Take your nonsense useless post outta here

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Mad man my last reply to you

billante:
From the page of the contractor handling the new Awka City Stadium.

The same Contractor that did Onikan Stadium pitch and Enyimba Pitch and other stadium in Nigeria

Unn and Delta State polytechnic stadium is better than this, instead of constructing a stadium without stand is better we don't have one.
Anambralstson you told us that this stadium will have stands but we're only seeing a stand of only 40 people here.

Attorneys-general of the 36 states have sued Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation (AGF), over the alleged failure of the government to remit funds generated from stamp duties into state accounts.[/b][b][b][/b]

The states are arguing that they are the sole authority to collect stamp duties and not the federal government.This is coming at a time where there is conflict between some states and the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) over the collection of value-added tax (VAT).

A federal high court in Port Harcourt had placed a restraining order on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) from collecting VAT in Rivers and directed the state government to take charge of the duty.

Following the court judgement, Lagos asked FIRS to stop issuing demand notices for VATpayments in the state.



In the suit filed before the supreme court on August 24 and marked SC/CV/690/2021, the state attorneys are asking the court to determine whether or not “having regard to the mandatory provisions of Section 4(2) of the Stamp Duties Act Cap. S8 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria (LFN) the plaintiffs (all the state attorneys) are not the sole authorityto administer and collect stamp duties on all transactions involving individuals/persons within their respective states?”

They also asked the court to determine “whether having regard to the provisions of Section 4(2) of the Stamp Duties Act Cap. S8 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria read in conjunction with the provisions of Section 163, items 58 and 59 of the Second Schedulepart I and items 7 (a) and (b) of the second Schedule part II and other provisions of the Constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), the defendant (Malami) could claim, retain, distribute or in any other manner deal with the monies or sums collected as stamp duties on individualpersons transactions within the respective states of the plaintiffs without reference to, concurrence of, input or agreement of the plaintiffs?

”The plaintiffs are also asking the court to ascertain whether or not they are “entitled to 85% of all stamp duties collected on electronic money transfer levy, on electronic receipts or electronic transfer for money deposited in deposit money banks and financial institutions, on any type of account to be accounted for and expressed to be received by the person to whom the transfer or deposit is made in the plaintiffs’ respective states”.

Among other reliefs sought and should the issues above be resolved in their favour, all 36 states through their attorneys-general are praying the court for a declaration that they “are the sole authorities entitled to administer and collect stamp duties on all transactions involving individuals within theirrespective states”.“

A declaration that the defendant is not entitled to collect, administer, or keep the proceeds of any stamp duties on transactions involving individuals within the respective states of the plaintiffs or any manner interfere with the Plaintiff’s right and authority in the administering the provision of Section 4(2) of the Stamp Duties Act Cap. S8 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria,” they prayed.“

A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled to all the sums of money collected by the defendant as stamp duties through whateversource or means in their respective states from 2015-2020 and thereafter till the time ofthe judgment of this honourable court with respect to individual persons’ transactions.“

A declaration that the plaintiffs are entitled to 85% of all stamp duties collected on electronic money transfer levy, on electronic receipts or electronic transfer for money deposited in deposit money banks and financial institutions, on any type of account to be accounted for and expressed to be received by the person to whom the transfer or deposit is made in the plaintiffs’ respective states.
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”The plaintiffs also want the court to issue an order directing Malami to account for and pay back all monies and collected by way of stamp duties on individual persons’ transactions within the respective states of the Plaintiffs from the period 2015-2020 and thereafter till the time of the judgment.

“An order of this honourable court directing the defendant to pay over to the Plaintiffs all the sum of monies amounting to One Hundred and Seventy Six Billion, Sixty Seven Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira (N 176,067,400,000,00) representing ascertained and admitted collected stamp duties on individual persons’ transactions within their respective states for the period of 2015- 2020 and thereafter till the time of the judgment of this honourable court or any other sum as the plaintiffs may be found entitled by the honourable court.

“An order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendant by himself, privies, agents or any persons by whatever name or how so ever called from appointing anyone for the purpose of collecting Stamp Duties on individual persons’ transactions within the respective states of the plaintiffs henceforth.”
No date has been fixed for hearing yet.

https://www.thecable.ng/amid-vat-saga-states-sue-fg-over-sharing-of-stamp-duty-revenue

The dispute between the Federal Inland Revenue Service and some states over the collection of Value Added Tax seems to be taking a new turn by the day as two more states, Ogun and Akwa Ibom, say they are ready to enact laws that will enable them to collect the tax in their states.

This is as some employees of the FIRS are currently in panic mode over the recent moves by states to begin collection of Value Added Tax, Sunday PUNCH has learnt.

Three members of the FIRS workers’ union told one of our correspondents that stripping the FIRS of the power to collect VAT could reduce the commission the agency would have received by as much as N96bn.

The FIRS had stated in a document submitted to the National Assembly that it projected it would be able to collect N2.44tn from both import and non-import VAT in 2022.

The FIRS, which takes four per cent of the amount collected as VAT as its commission, projected it would receive N96bn in 2022.

Should the states begin collecting VAT, the FIRS would lose this huge sum, a top source within the tax body told one of our correspondents.

The source said, “Our highest source of revenue is Petroleum Tax and VAT. Others include Stamp Duty, Company Tax and a few others. VAT is number two for us and we are paid bonuses based on performance.



“If we stop collecting VAT, the FIRS will not be able to pay bonuses and other special packages to staff. As it is, many of us are scared because we don’t know what will happen next.”

Another senior employee told Sunday PUNCH that the FIRS had hired too many staff members and its wage bill was high. He said the service might be forced to reduce its workers once VAT payment was taken away.

Another employee said, “One big problem we have in the FIRS is that almost every big politician has a relative in this agency due to the system of patronage we run in this country, whereby political office holders are given slots. The implication is that we have too many workers and our wage bill and overhead cost are high. We will be lucky if some of us are not sacked.”

Out of the FIRS’ N216.65bn budget for the 2021 fiscal year, the sum of N107.52bn is for personnel cost; N47.22bn for overhead cost; and N61.9bn for capital cost.

As of 2019, the FIRS had about 9,000 staff members but the figure is believed to have increased since then.

The agency has been criticised for frivolous expenses such as setting aside N160m to sew uniforms for 850 drivers and budgeting N825m for refreshment and security vote of N250m, among others in 2019.

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Op is from dot side please don't listen to him

I can't find it on Facebook

SlayerForever:
So we go with a closed Facebook group?

Yes close for now

SlayerForever:
Noted. I will get back to you.

Those conditions mention must be met before someone join.is a must