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senatordave1:
Asuofia..the man is a chain smoker and a chronic alcoholic

Even though his lips looks like it, I’m sorry I can’t trust anything you say against Asue knowing that Okpebholo is your candidate.

Manuscript:
It's quite a pity, I never believed that we will have it this bad no matter who had won the election.

Me too, I swore nobody would be worse than Buhari. How was I supposed to know that Tinubu is this incompetent? A supposed first accountant product 🤦.

If na me be Tinubu supporters, shame no go dey gree me come out for public.

But I doubt those guys have shame.

Jostoman:
how is he going to win when LP party are there to divide his vote.

Even if they divide the votes into 100, APC’s oponu will still not win.

So, don’t worry about that.

Mrexcell:
Very irrelevant that's why obi doesn't even care if he exist.

I will be disappointed at Obi if he ever replies him.

lyndire:
Best of luck Asue

Former chair, Nigeria brewery
Founder, Banwo & Ighodalo
Former chairman, sterling bank
Former board chairman, Dangote flour
Former president- NESG


Best of luck Okpebolo

Only high profile position held- Senator of Edo central since 2023 only.


The Asue man is way ahead of his opponent, but this is Tinubu's Nigeria no forget.

He’s not “way ahead” of Olumide Akpata. An accomplished lawyer and the former NBA National President.

So, tone down on your hype of the Asuegbe of a man.

The only thing is that instead wey APC go win, make Asue win.

Davido’s endorsement is irrelevant to how Edo people will vote.

But instead of the APC buffoon that wants to provide insecurity to win it, let Asue win it.

But everyone knows that Olu is my guy.

We tander where Peter Obi tander.

Mrexcell:
How the hungry fugitive thinks he has any political value in nigeria still baffles me.

If he had any iota of sense, he would have looked at himself and seen that all the rubbish he’s doing is not removing anything from Obi so that he would rest. But he lacks such rational capacity.

Just occupying space in case Naptu is here to lie for Tinubu 😏

Old news posted by those who cannot sleep well without talking about Igbos.

Just so y’all know, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed is no longer the spokesman of Northern Elders Forum since he was appointed by Kashim Shettima as his SA.

So, only brainless f00ls will masturbate on this since it’s against the region they love to hate.

Ndi ala

Mgbeke feeling funky

In Reno’s head now, he matters in the scheme of things.

As if all the rubbish he has been saying about Peter Obi has achieved anything.

All the trash Reno has said about Obi has not made Obi lose a single supporter, instead it increased people’s disdain for Reno and his new found foolery.

Similarly, nothing he will ever do will make Peter Obi lose a single supporter.

The earlier Reno realizes that he’s just an old man dancing naked at the market square, the earlier he’d stop fooling around and have some shame for the sake of the offsprings he’s bringing forth on earth.

Peter Obi is a colossus, an enigma with an incorruptible and indestructible reputation.

Edo No Be Lagos!

Asue Ighodalo, PDP - Winner

Olumide Akpata, LP - Second

Monday Okponu, All Criminals Party - Lule.

Edo is not a state you will come and grab their mandate against their wish.

All supporters evil should start crying already

Shadomaan7:
Peter Obi should stop his crying and face reality.

Have you eaten today?

Do you have fuel?

Do you know the price of garri in the market?

Can you guys sometimes be reasonable for once?

AntiMarxist:
How was she recognised as the new interim Party chairman ?

Did she present herself as the LP interim chairman ?

All these copiums will get you know where.

Why is she the one there, and not Abure?

https://dailytrust.com/inec-shuns-abure-over-lp-leadership-crisis/

Throwback:
Where is the recognition that a party member attended the INEC programme?

Why is Abure not the one in the meeting if her presence is not recognition?

https://dailytrust.com/inec-shuns-abure-over-lp-leadership-crisis/

ALTERNATEID:
LP cretins and useless news. How the fvck does this amount to recognition? Funny enough, the pro-LP mod will quickly move this fraudulent thread to front page and ban any dissenting handle.

If her presence is mere attendance, why did INEC prevent Abure from merely attending similar meetings in the past?

And why is Abure not the one there?

https://dailytrust.com/inec-shuns-abure-over-lp-leadership-crisis/

CilicMarin:
Even Oshiomole, and Some APC campaign organization were there too. This is no indication that Nnenadi EFCC was recognised...This is just a ceremonial meeting.

Any attempt to recognise her by INEC will be slamed with a court injunction by Abure...From there Labour party will remain in crisis and factions till 2028...

Repeat this thing you just said.

But say it this time without tears 😏

madridguy:
The people praising Abure for illegally taken what belongs to Alhaji Apapa are now celebrating his removal.

Very soon they will still accuse Tinubu of plotting Mrs Nenadi Usman through Ganduje as usual.

I just hope Mrs Nenadi Usman will use her office to torch the LP campaign funds and make a proper audit.

Good to see that you didn’t contest the fact that Nenadi Usman is now the legitimate Labour Party chairperson.

So, tell yourself and your ilks to go carry Abure and make him APC chairman if you love him so much.

vowiski:
Abure is a goner.:

LP campaign account will be audited and the ediot sent to kirkiri

Say it louder for all emergency supporters of Abure to hear.

The ijiots have moved from supporting Lamidi Apapa to supporting Abure.

All of a sudden, Apapa is no longer the authentic Labour Party chairman, it is now Abure.

Ndi ala ndi ala

Earlier today, INEC held a stakeholders meeting with all political parties in Benin, the Edo State capital, as part of final preparations for the September 21st governorship election.

One of the significant takeaways from the meeting was the presence of Mrs Nenadi Usman, the newly appointed caretaker chairperson of Labour Party, in the meeting.

Now, you might ask how does this amount to recognition and I would want to remind you how same INEC threw out Abure from one of their meetings in Abuja after the sham convention that Abure and his group conducted in Nnewi - a convention that INEC disowned in an official statement.

What this means is that if Mrs Nenadi Usman was allowed into INEC’s meeting, it means therefore that the commission, in obedience to the letter from the NEC of the party, has recognized her as the authentic and legitimate leader of the party..

Link to report of INEC shunning Abure below.

https://dailytrust.com/inec-shuns-abure-over-lp-leadership-crisis/

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Mynd44
Fergie001

vanbonattel:
There is one thing that is constant in this life, when you have integrity, it shines through your personality, and creates an aura of love, respect and pure adulation around you.

The love is organic, people don't need him to pay money, they know that in him, the solution of the political and economic problems in Nigeria will be found.

Something Tinubu supporters can only dream about

Lindlady:
Sharap and be reasonable.

He is incapable of rationality.

Don’t waste ur time.

It’s not unusual to see or hear anti-Peter Obi elements make comments like “people’s eyes have opened that Peter Obi is a fraud”, “Peter Obi has lost supporters”, and other gibberish.

But Peter Obi’s outing in Benin has put all that to rest where we saw the enthusiasm of the people with loud cheers in their numbers for the man who holds the ace of the solution to myriads of problems bedeviling Nigeria.

Without long talks, the point is that Peter Obi has not lost a single supporter of his; if anything, he has gained multitude more after Tinubu’s disasterous turnout. Conduct an election today and the IREV will have to be switched off again to stop him from winning.

Penguin is a bird of reason!

seborrhic:
But let's be sincere.
Where else,even in the most democratic,equally divided and far well off nation,like the US,can they tolerate the incompetence and untold suffering Tinubu has unleashed without widespread protests and even destruction of government facilities?
There was some hardship under GEJ and worse under PMB but it was a gradual,scaled hardship that Nigerians gradually adjusted and made provisions for.
Even under PMB,despite the hardship,food and cost of living wasn't this killing.
Why I doubt that BAT will lose in 2027 is this:In Yoruba states,they can afford to give each voter 50k.
50k,5m bribed votes total in Yoruba states for blabulu will only cost the FG ₦250b.
10m votes,that can win the election will only cost ₦500b,a mere $300m that him,his son or even a Chagoury can cough out without much as a sweat,money they will recoup under 6months with a single contract or petroleum import profits for 3 or 6months.
Don't also forget the likes of Wike that with the FG behind him,can write humongous election figures in states like Rivers and even Bayelsa.
Finally there is INEC,whose policy remains that no matter how patently rigged an election is,once it's announced,you are asked to go to court,where corrupt judges are waiting to authenticate the flawed result.
The only way to remove bat is either through massive protest,the military or if a single opposition party can come up that will neutralize any rigging plan he concocts in the SW,Rivers with equally matched financial power in the North.
The Easter can't vote bat but the margins the East will give cannot supplant the rigging figures they will produce from SW and Rivers.
So the North is where the battle lies and despite what their governors and emir are saying now about bat,come 2027 some of them will surprisingly start dancing to his tunes,so you need to outsmart him with the voters,monetary and rig wise.

I know a lot of people did not read your comment because it’s lengthy, but I want you to know that you made a lot of sense.

OgaFactCheck:
Apart from. The CIT, all the aforementioned taxes are paid to the State Government via the residency rule. Daily tickets are local government levies. They are technically not called taxes.

You are bringing technicalities into the discourse?

Levies or taxes these are just semantics. Both of them all go into the govt coffers.

And who told you that state governments have no control or share of levies collected from markets?

You mean the state governments that couldn’t leave even Federal Government allocations to LGs will leave them to be collecting and keeping levies from those large markets to themselves alone?

And besides, why do you think those tickets are usually more than one?

In most cases, they are 3. One for state government, one for LG, and one for Market Association. And this is a daily obligation.

Efewestern:
Believe me, SMEs are also feeling the impact of the economy. Many are struggling and I'd be a fool to dismiss their contributions to the economy of the state but overall, they do not contribute as much as industries, especially that of the magnitude of Dangote Refinery.

Most SMEs don't not pay the minimum wage and their employees roster is usually slim. The economy will fair better if we have a balance. Not SMEs springing everywhere and not much industries and sectors to absorb in people. How can SMEs flourish when they purchasing power of the people are low to begin with ?

Let me give you a practical example. Sapele was one of the biggest city in Bendel during the 60's through the 80's. The Timber industry then was booming and lots of people were gainfully employed. After the industry collapsed, the city immediately fell. This was despite the many SMEs that sprang up during its booming period. The SMEs couldn't do anything to keep alive the once vibrant economy, because to an extent, SMEs so much rely on the purchasing power of the people. Also, the issue of Tax is not so straightforward with SMEs as it is with established industries but that is a discussion for another day.

If we don't encourage industries and industrialize, we would remain poor and no amount of SMEs will change that reality.

Like I said before, I’m not anti-industrialization- never.

The impression I’m trying to correct is that it is wrong to downplay the contributions of SMEs and general commerce to the economy while seemingly extolling industries as what is needed.

I understand your allusion to the fall of Sapele due to the exit of industries, but you need to understand that, like Warri, the fall of Sapele can be attributed to much more factors than the exit of industries. What happened to Sapele and Warri was the advent of militancy by the indigenes where they started kidnapping expatriates for ransom which ended up snowballing into full blown insecurity in the Niger Delta.

So, it is half truth to attribute the fall of Sapele, and Warri, to just exit of industries. Had the city remained safe, the SMEs would have remained. And once the SMEs are there, new industries will move in. That’s what happens with Lagos.

Do you know how many industries have left Lagos since the 1980s? The likes of Michelin Tyres and co, but the city remained vibrant because of thriving commerce. In the end, new industries sprang up.

Take a look at the economy of the Southeast for instance. And let’s take Aba and Onitsha in particular. How many large corporations do you know in Onitsha and Aba, but yet the two cities are commercial nerve centers raking in billions on daily and sustaining the economies of their state.

Sonyboom765:
You have been thoroughly schooled on your own thread. I wish you created this thread to learn or gather information you lacked but you did out of hate bigotry jealousy n tribalism like many of your Igbo tribesmen on Nairaland.

I urge you to desist from the hateful being you have chosen to be, free your heart from hate so that you can learn n see fact for what it is sn do not continue constituting nuisance on social media out of tribal sentiment anymore.

You can now clearly see you n those urging you on are the fools in large number while your own penguin is a bird full of idiocy n foolishness but like life you learn n move instead of perishing in hate.

Did you say schooled?

Has any of you shown proof that Dangote controls 21% of Lagos economy?

Or has any of you shown proof that Dangote pays more tax to Lagos State than Alaba, Ladipo, Computer Village, etc, combined?

Where is the schooling?

In your head?

OgaFactCheck:
You want to compare the taxes paid by a corporate giant like Dangote to those paid by thousands of small to medium scale enterprises in this our own Obodo Nigeria? You must be joking. Let me educate you a little bit. I have worked as a supportive tax officer and privacy to tax paid by corporate entity like Dangote and small and medium scale enterprises.
Dangote plc pays various taxes including Company Income Tax (CIT) to the federal government , personal Income Tax (PiT) on behalf of Its numerous employees, expatrates earning fat salaries. The company directors pay heavy taxes on their fat salaries to the State Government. The company also pays consumption tax, humongous withholding tax (WHT) on behalf of its numerous contractors. You can't even compare. Let me give you an example, while Dangote cement in Ibeshe, Ogun State pays between 100-200 million in tax in just a local govt to the Ogun State govt in one month, the entire taxes from other sources (DA, PAYE, Consumption tax, WHT, road taxes etc) for that LGA is not up to N10m per month. The Lagos own na die!

It's like comparing heaven and Earth. Don't even go there. If you want to know those that really pay taxes, start from asking about their books of account. Many of those Alaba people and small to medium scale businesses in Nigeria do not have proper records. Those that have never present them for tax assessment. Some of them fight tax collectors who bill them a minimum tax like five to fifty thousand naira per annum while they rake in multimillion naira annually.

You extended Dangote’s tax payments to Federal Government, but our area of focus is Lagos State.

What percentage of his tax obligation goes to Lagos State every month?

And talking about the tax obligation of markets like Alaba, Ladipo, Computer Village, etc, do I need to remind you that these people do not wait till end of the month or year to file their tax returns, but are charged taxes every day through tickets and other daily payments?

Now, do you think what Dangote pays as tax in a year or what his staff pay as Personal Income Tax monthly, can compare to the summation of daily payments from Alaba, Ladipo, Computer Village, etc, for a year?

Efewestern:
21% is exaggeration. No body or group of people controls that much in a diverse economy like Lagos.

But let's face it, Dangote Refinery is X100 important to an economy than Alaba and others notable market in the state. The adverse effect of that refinery existing in that space alone will be so enormous that having tens of Alaba markets in a given location won't make any difference.

I understand your point of SME, but that alone can't drive the economy of a state or take us out of poverty. No nation has broken out of poverty by focusing on SMEs alone, we already have SMEs scattered in every corners of the country and yet Nigerians everywhere are still poor. Industries drive the economy to greater heights and attracts far more developments.

What Dangote Refinery will do to Lagos economy will be so enormous and sincerely, I wish such gigantic project was located elsewhere. Maybe somewhere in the Delta because we desire such growth.

Nigeria having 5 more of such gigantic industries will not only change our fate forever, but set us on a steady path. Imagine us having an Industry that produces steel. We have the local market and need for that.

SMEs don't bring in FX, instead it depletes our FX, resulting in weaker currencies. Industries conserve FX and attracts more FX to the economy, thereby strengthening our currency and economy. Both are important, but Industries are what Africans need more.

You spoke with sense, and I appreciate it. You are the kind of people I like to have a conversation with.

But taking to your points, how many industries have packed up from Nigeria since Tinubu took power but our economy is still moving?

Now, do you think Nigerian economy would have remained the same if it were millions of SMEs that were taken out of business?

I’m not saying we don’t need the industries and large corporations, my point is that between them and SMEs, a country needs SMEs more.

The audacity of criminality.

If you are confident that the result you announced represented the true outcome of the election, then why are you troubled by the harassment?

Even Mahmoud has been ashamed to speak in public since the day he announced Tinubu.

And you wonder what is chasing him from public.

Shameless f00ls

yommen:
1. Is 21% majority? No! But you will admit that 21% from just one person is very huge. Oga, think well before you write.

2. Infrastructure doesn't build economy but aids in doing business? You no think am well o. The economy of a place with very good roads where goods are easily transported from place to place will do better than a place where there are bad roads in which vehicles fall over thereby perishing the goods on their way. And by your standard, the good road(infrastructure) hasn't contributed to the economy of that place?

You have a good a command of English language. Your sentences and paragraphs connect well but you don't still make sense at all. It's only your likes you can bamboozle with grammar, not me. Wo, gbenue soun jorr!

Gombe State, Northeast Nigeria, has one of the best road networks in Nigeria.

Abia State, Southeast Nigeria, until recently, had one of the worst road network in Nigeria.

Which of these two states is richer?

Goodvibes007:
Alaba markets traders pay extremely little tax. They keep two bank accounts. You go to buy a TV, they give you a private account to pay into. You go buy oraimo cord, they give you their business account to pay into.

Large cooperation drives the economy of states and countries. This is common knowledge.

Does this stop them from paying their taxes?