gistray:
It's high time the thing is reviewed


Igbos whose businesses contributes to 70% of all funds generated deserves special Tax rates or no tax rates at all.

ThePlainTruth:


Ask yourself is it only lagos that has access to the sea? Why are there no other major sea ports in the south?

Find out about the UK and ask yourself if all the sea port are in London and all the Goverment minitries are in London?

gistray:
It's high time the thing is reviewed


Igbos whose businesses contributes to 70% of all funds generated deserves special Tax rates or no tax rates at all.

gistray:
It's high time the thing is reviewed


Igbos whose businesses contributes to 70% of all funds generated deserves special Tax rates or no tax rates at all.

bhella10:
Lagos, Rivers, Imo, Cross Rivers... Wake up! It's either we break up or the Constitution is reviewed. No more monkey business.

dederocs:
Lagos holds more than 80% of our critical economic assets, there should be a special force for Lagos, and special security and social funding, because of the burden it carries of other people's of other states rushing into it.

flexyrule:
Instead of seeking a mere special status, why not agitate for resource control, which will be approved across board.
Let all states control their resources and pay tax to the federal government.

gistray:
It's high time the thing is reviewed


Igbos whose businesses contributes to 70% of all funds generated deserves special Tax rates or no tax rates at all.

cashkid18:

Not only 80% but 100%

I laugh when i hear Lagos needs a special status. Its not too good and i can bet it would bring lots of injustice and "JUST"agitations

Lagos needs a special status: You forced everyone to import goods into the country from Lagos and you say role it plays in the nation

You force everyone to travel out of the country from Lagos and none in the Eastern region

You forced Oil multinational companies to have their HQs in Lagos while their operations are in Eastern Region - SS&SE

You share proceed (mainly from Akwa ibom, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa Edo, Imo) to other parts of the country including Lagos and you said Lagos needs a special status.

You deprive people from the Eastern region from having an Embassy in their region and force them to fly to Lagos and you said it deserve a special status

My take:
If Lagos needs a special status, then Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, etc should be given same status as they lay the golden eggs for the country

Instead of govnors to talk about how to scrap the 1999 constitution and push for regions to manage their resources they are talking about special status

omonnakoda:


I hear so much about this Oil multinationals having headquarters in Lagos

What is the relevance of this?

Who forced them to be in Lagos? When and how?

obasiken:
[s]Upon all the FG assistance Lagos has been getting? some states are begging for 20% of what lagos has already received from FG. It is the infrastructure and parastatals eg Seaport, international airport, embassies etc, that Lagos received from FG that made Lagos what it is today not the other way round[/s].

cashkid18:

Ask your FG that question

Babanah:
A special Economic Zone should be carved out of Lagos with a status such as Hong Kong.

It shall be self governing but under the sovereignty of Nigeria.

It will have its own financial regulator independent of the CBN.

Capital flows in and out of this region shall be unimpeded.

Relaxed immigration rules for foreigners from developed countries and African diaspora.

Transactions will be denominated in USD and all corporation taxes shall be remitted to the Federal Government of Nigeria to be shared by all tiers of government.

This territory shall be run as a private corporation and occupancy will pay dues, taxes, fees and fines to the corporation for the upkeep of facilities within this territory.

If this can happen, it will unleash the tremendous energies from Nigeria and diaspora without the ‘political mill stone’ hanging on her neck. As long as this territory remits money to the Federal government.

ifynicky:
I laugh when i hear Lagos needs a special status. Its not too good and i can bet it would bring lots of injustice and "JUST"agitations

Lagos needs a special status: You forced everyone to import goods into the country from Lagos and you say role it plays in the nation

You force everyone to travel out of the country from Lagos and none in the Eastern region

You forced Oil multinational companies to have their HQs in Lagos while their operations are in Eastern Region - SS&SE

You share proceed (mainly from Akwa ibom, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa Edo, Imo) to other parts of the country including Lagos and you said Lagos needs a special status.

You deprive people from the Eastern region from having an Embassy in their region and force them to fly to Lagos and you said it deserve a special status

My take:
If Lagos needs a special status, then Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, etc should be given same status as they lay the golden eggs for the country

Instead of govnors to talk about how to scrap the 1999 constitution and push for regions to manage their resources they are talking about special status

omonnakoda:

What about the indigenes ? Will they have a special status?

Babanah:


There will be no indigenes in this territory which will not be the whole of Lagos state.

When Abuja was conceived the original inhabitants were supposed to be resettled outside the FCT. But that didn’t happen hence we have ‘Abuja indigenes’ citizens of the Federal Government in Abuja and therefore superior to other Nigerians.

Babanah:


There will be no indigenes in this territory which will not be the whole of Lagos state.

When Abuja was conceived the original inhabitants were supposed to be resettled outside the FCT. But that didn’t happen hence we have ‘Abuja indigenes’ citizens of the Federal Government in Abuja and therefore superior to other Nigerians.

wink2015:


No man can be resettled outside his ancestral land even if they sold land to the federal government.

The indigene still want to hold on to their ancestral land in Abuja.

omonnakoda:
And the current indigenes will have no say in this project?

You just sit down with your laptop and decide what to do with their ancestral lands?

But other Nigerians will retain indigeneship elsewhere? Whilst those from Lagos become homeless?

omonnakoda:
It depends on the terms. If they agree to it and receive compensation it is not a big deal.As long as there is a treaty or other legal backing.
We have seen so many instances of this in history even recently with Bakassi

omonnakoda:
Well the FG is not on this thread saying meaningless and foolish things

sulaak:


sulaak is the BIG Olodo,

Rivers has two major seaports in Onne and Port Harcourt with rail connection to the East, Middle Belt and the North

There are seaports in Warri with rail line connection, a Port in Calabar and planned ports in Akwa Ibom and Ondo.

It requires both federal and state government efforts to make a port viable and productive. A state government can build a seaport as they are already doing in Lekki using state and private funds.

The question you should ask is why did Cross River state waste billions of dollars on Tinapa and a conference centre that could have been invested in electricity or a deep seaport costing $600-800 million.

Akwa Ibom wasted millions of dollars on a stadium and golf course at the expense of building a seaport. Yet Lagos despite all its challenges is building metrolines and deepsea ports using loans, investment and state tax.

cashkid18:

Not only 80% but 100%

I laugh when i hear Lagos needs a special status. Its not too good and i can bet it would bring lots of injustice and "JUST"agitations

Lagos needs a special status: You forced everyone to import goods into the country from Lagos and you say role it plays in the nation

You force everyone to travel out of the country from Lagos and none in the Eastern region

You forced Oil multinational companies to have their HQs in Lagos while their operations are in Eastern Region - SS&SE

You share proceed (mainly from Akwa ibom, Delta, Rivers, Bayelsa Edo, Imo) to other parts of the country including Lagos and you said Lagos needs a special status.

You deprive people from the Eastern region from having an Embassy in their region and force them to fly to Lagos and you said it deserve a special status

My take:
If Lagos needs a special status, then Rivers, Delta, Akwa Ibom and Bayelsa, etc should be given same status as they lay the golden eggs for the country

Instead of govnors to talk about how to scrap the 1999 constitution and push for regions to manage their resources they are talking about special status

Babanah:


Yes I agree with you ‘land owners’ will have to be compensated after which they have to relinquish rights to their property.