₦airaland Forum

AMI3:
What u don't know may look like what you have just mentioned but none of it. Because what u don't know always look like juju.

AMI3:
My brother Obi is every where. U can ask ur child if u have any or ur siblings if they know Peter Obi their answer will be yes.

Even ur region will vote Obi more than ur tax collector.

ottersberger:
Man is busy pulling the necessary strings and tying up any loose ends. All of us go learn this politics together.

Dogalmighty17:
If you know a marine ship is parked off the coast of Nigeria with 86 Tomahawks left after firing 12 into Sokoto, if na you, you go still dey talk?

Dreal1247:
President Donald Trump has made it clear that the USA knows all the secret deals of the Fulanis in Nigeria. And Elrufai is a major player in the game. He has to operate on low key knowing what is playing out.

AMINDA:
Ignore the Tinubu lackeys. They are feeling both guilty and apprehensive at the same time. With people like Elrufai, only the optics is enough for substantial Northerners to do the needful. Enough has already been said and implied.

lawani:
Everybody works and therefore everybody have money but the records says Northern Nigeria buys around sixty percent of cement produced in Nigeria even when NIN records say they are around 55 percent of Nigeria's population. This establishes clearly that they are pulling more than their weight in building houses despite the common narrative that they are poor.
Why are they building more houses? The only reason I can think of is that they do not waste money as much as Southerners on trying to relocate abroad. In any case, most of them don't hold qualifications that will grant them easy passage. The average person relocating to the UK now will spend over 30 million naira which is enough to build a house.
I project that Northern Nigeria is leading in many other sectors of the economy too if checked. Why not if they are leading in cement purchases?.
What other reason do you think is why the North is pulling above it's weight in cement purchases and hence building of houses?


Consider the following factors:
Apart from the fact that they don't migrate overseas, they rarely build houses in other parts of Nigeria except very few of their elites which is even minimal.

Another factor to consider is smuggling to Nigeria, etc, due to a very porous border.
Again we need to also consider the fact that while they refrain from building houses in other parts of Nigeria, many southerners build houses in the north including Abuja.
There may also be more constructions going on in Abuja than many other cities in Nigeria though I stand corrected.

nairalanda1:
No, most of the complaints about the tax regime come from most Nigerians..

The problem started at independence, which was sold to most of the population the following way...all that money we send to the UK we will spend it on you here. Plus, we were also told that Nigeria has a lot of resources, and all we need to do is to sell them and we would be prosperous. That worked until our population outgrew the ability of the resources to sustain it.(and then we discovered oil, then ten years later oil prices rose so high that it snuffed out other sources of income..leading to losses in jobs and productive capacity, which was already not good enough to begin with). Problem no 1.

Also, corruption. As Oshiomole once said, Nigeria is that country where a borehole (then ) that costs N2M would be done for N10m, and no one would complain. Every day we have been hearing of corruption cases for decades. In the millions of naira, sometimes billions. This gives the flawed idea that Nigeria is so rich, otherwise why would they be stealing from Nigeria? No one steals from a poor man or nation, is another flawed idea. Meanwhile, people look at the money stolen, look at the bad anemities, and conclude, logically, that since Naija is a rich nation, that means most of the money is being hidden somewhere...and matters are not helped that billions have been looted over the decades. (Recovering the loot is another matter...see Abacha loot, he died in 1998, we are still finding the money even up till today)...problem no 2.

Only a tiny minority are playing politics with the thing, and even among that tiny minority, are people who are genuinely angry still. And let's be honest, this government is not fighting corruption, just like past governments. See Malami, people feel that 1) tinubu is prosecuting him because he is the enemy, meanwhile tinubu pals go scott free 2) why didn't Buhari prosecute him since, if he was that bad?

Yankee101:
Some people don’t understand why we’re complaining about the taxes
The countries that tax that high provide so much for their citizens
Also oil producing countries like us in the Middle East don’t pay personal income taxes and yet get great amenities

seunmsg:
Less than 10% of Nigerians pay personal income tax. In fact, only those in well structured paid employment get to pay. Even at that, over 90% of them don’t pay up to 30%.

Again, it’s sad to see people ignorantly thinking their personal income taxes goes to FG. No, your taxes goes to your state government fully. Tinubu gets all the blame for the tax reform while state governors take every personal income tax. Even the VAT, states take 85% while FG takes 15%. Nigeria is probably the only country where the central government doesn’t take a dime from payroll tax. In US, Germany etc, FG takes the lion share from payroll tax. Not in Nigeria.

Flangelo12:
People like this clearly haven't learnt anything living abroad

surgical:
Very simple to understand, the north total plus southwest gave enough votes
This time thec north plus south east votes. Plus South south votes leaves Tinubu with only south west,so there is no path way to victory for Tinubu, ok let's be generous and give south south to Tinubu even though unlikely
That will mean south west plus south south votes for Tinubu, still does not give him any pathway to victory
Only rigging can make him win, in that case he will have to commit large scale murder to achieve that,and any victory earn through such atrocities can not last

SmartPolician:
Buhari is by far the most influential human being to have contested in Nigeri..an election since 1999.... nobody else comes close...not even Obasanjo.

Validated:
Op, Buhari's cult following in the North is no longer on the APC ballot. By the way, why are APC apologists fixated on Peter Obi? 2023 results have shown everyone that New Nigeria is POssible.

AMINDA:
Governors relied on Buhari’s popularity to win their elections. Buhari had cult-like followership until and even after his death. Buhari has 12m organic supporters in the North. Now compare with Tinubu who only won with 8m votes and 5.6m of those votes coming from the North while losing in Lagos and Osun, his home turf. Compare with a Tinubu whoe's desperately relying on the popularity or might of the state governors to win his own re-election. Then you'll realise that Tinubu is not Buhari. Atiku/Obi pulled 11m votes against a Buhari. It will be a walk-over against Tinubu.

Yobabad:
Most of us Yoruba Muslims really Love this man, anyway let's see how things goes

Ttalk:
Why is it that all Nairaland Obidients are bereft of logical discussion, why do they reply a question with insult? You ask a straight forward question rather than respond with facts they result to insult, and abuse, how will this shallow mentality win presidenti

al election in Nigeria

jmoore:
Daniel Bwala said that once they start supporting Tinubu, the brain stops working.

Reno Omokri just proved Daniel Bwala right

53.7% - 41.4% is what? See how Reno Omokri wrote 29.7%.
When hatred blocks the brain, end product is babablu Bulabu.

jmoore:
Reno Omokri, if you come to nairaland. You can't win. Cos we have your receipts.

A country that has a drugbaron as a president is what?

jmoore:
Reno Omokri is lying machine for Tinubu

Reno Omokri challenged anyone to debunk his statement that poverty level doubled in Anambra during Peter Obi's tenure as Governor of Anambra state. He offered a prize of Naira equivalent of 10,000 dollars.

A twitter user has debunked the claim by Reno Omokri and Reno has not responded since 2024.

Now notice how Reno Omokri didn't mention poverty level doubled this time around. He is now saying it was a 29.7% increase.

Please how is 53.7%- 41.4 %= 29.7%?

Reno Omokri can't even do simple maths.



Tinubu was governor from 1999-2007.
From the NBS report of 2003-04 when Tinubu was still governor, poverty rate in Lagos was 69.4%.

Tinubu gave Lagos a poverty rate of 69.4%. No wonder he's replicating same on national level

christejames:
The People's President is the eyes of the New Nigeria we all seek...

Faber:
He was offered money, though I dont know the exact amount, I don hear before since 2 months. He was also given a document to sign, that document will make him not to agitated again or he will be killed. He no gree sign

ClearFlair:
But that region is not safe because of terrorists.