₦airaland Forum

didymario7:
You are only proving his point. Nnamdi Kanu can't leave without the oil rich south south states.

Zooposki:
So a BAT presidency is more important than Regional Government and Resource Control?

nesphil:
Everyone knows those who are holding the cord that's still binding this country together and it's not Yoruba definitely.

So you guys should stop deceiving yourselves.

The day the real Niger Delta people decided to part ways with this Country, that day it will become very easy for the SE people to go away as well, and that's the day Nigeria will break into pieces and Yorooba won't do anything shit.

DarkJeddi:
Which has the numbers to stop alone?

didymario7:
The Economic power in the South West is dependent on the Country remaining one. How and from whom do you think Lagos makes its money?

If Nigeria disintegrates today and every one returns to their state of origin, The Niger Delta states will blossom far more than any South West state.

Magnumproperty:
Before the discovery of oil in the Nigeria Delta, what was the financial position of each region in Nigeria? Which of the three regions plus Lagos was topping in all economic indices? Kindly do your research and post your answer here.

NLCreator:
https://x.com/mindshiftorg/status/1862871734296138161?s=19[/quote]Look at these idíot monkeys?!

Of course everyone is praying and waiting for it to be broken!

UltraSolid:
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2021/06/open-grazing-not-banned-in-se-our-govs-just-deceiving-us-ndigbo/

didymario7:
You are talking about the past, I am talking about the present, 2 totally different times. Do you think Cocoa can generate any meaningful revenue today? If Nigeria disintegrates today, Bayelsa will generate more money per capita than Lagos (if indeed you understand how Lagos makes it's money.)

Magnumproperty:
They have lot of problems.
Pride
Entitlement mentality
Dishing out what they can't take
Blaming others for their misfortune etc

Magnumproperty:
That is politics for you. And I'm not sure you are a chess player. If you are not, meet a professional to explain chess ♟️ moves to you.

During obasanjo reign; the North told him they want sharia law, he allowed them so that he can have his way for second term. How can we have two different constitutions in one country? That is politics for you.

didymario7:
You are talking about the past, I am talking about the present, 2 totally different times. Do you think Cocoa can generate any meaningful revenue today? If Nigeria disintegrates today, Bayelsa will generate more money per capita than Lagos (if indeed you understand how Lagos makes it's money.)

South West Economy

South Western Nigeria with a Land Mass of 76,852 square kilometres and population of 25.2 million today owns and/or control 60% of the nation’s industrial capacity, 44% of banking assets, 67% of insurance assets and is house to the nation’s three deep sea ports of Apapa, Tin Can Island and Roro; the busiest international airport of Ikeja, three thermal stations of Egbin, Papalanto and Omotosho. Today, its three major industrial estates of Agbara, Ikeja and Otta are all linked to gas under the West African gas pipeline plan and piping of gas is ongoing from Otta to Abeokuta. Added to these, the South Western population today is the most educated as western education came through there and education as a resource was democratized since the early sixties. Geographical location, democratization of western education, availability of resources enhanced in last 9 years and some empowerment during the Obasanjo administration have collectively enabled the South Western economy to rank as first of the four economies in Nigeria. Today, the South West as a region can boast of having a defined growing middle class and is perceived to have at least 20,000 of its indigenes with net worth of over N100m each. Take it out of Nigeria, the South West economy with is defined growing middle class and resources, will be one of the fastest growing economies in the world.

vowiski:
You don’t know Tinubu then

If this was Obi he will chicken out and cry on national TV. The bill is already an Act. Sorry, eh

aswani:
I am not even sure why any Southern or Middle belt politician will rally against this bold move.

I can see why Northern ones will scream and shout over it as their party is about to abruptly come to an end.

It will be tough and there must be a lot of political give and take before it hopefully goes through. It might even cost President Tinubu at the next elections sef.

Once it does though, the next step MUST be revocation of "oil blocks" especially those that Abacha and IBB were giving to people like Danjuma.

Sadly we have greedy Southern representatives on Abuja who will help scupper it fir their personal gain. Hopefully the electorate would wake up and start fighting back.
I love your quip about dividing zero too.

ivandragon:
The tax bill is not entirely bad. It should be properly debated, if need be, sent to all state houses of assemblies for input.

Aside from some areas I feel needs reviews, my main grouses are:

1. It is not far reaching enough when it comes to natural resource control. States whose main revenue base are natural resources still have thier resources controlled by the central government. It is not proper for a company whose main revenue is located in Rivers state to have its HQ in Abuja or Lagos and be paying a significant amount of its taxes there simply because it has a building there.

2. It does not introduce checks on corrupt people. Tax remittance is the easiest way to catch thieves. There must be a link from income to -assests- to tax.

Let's take for instance BAT... what business did he have that he was able to buy private jets? What is his income and how much does he remit as tax? If the jets are registered as business owned, then what businesses are those? What is thier annual income and how much tax do they pay?

This should go for all our so called rich men, even those with legitimate incomes. A musician buys cars worth N2bn at once. There is a need to check his income-assests-tax link. Doing this would seriously reduce the excessive display of wealth which is one of the reasons for corruption as people want to feel among at all cost.

3. The tax bill is yet to show the real positive impact on the masses. It is good that those earning less than N1m per annum would pay no income taxes, but the government is increasing vat. So how does that help? Giving with one hand and taking with another.

DomPerignon:
It's only SE legislators and their governors that are joining the north to kill this bill because just like the north, the SE is a basket case that depends on resources from other Southern states.

aswani:
Why the heck should I care if President Tinubu kisses 2027 goodbye when I have never voted for him?

Why also would I care if a Yoruba person ruled Nigeria again?

He won't win APC nomination, he did.
He won't win the elections, he did.
He won't win in court, he did.
He won't be inaugurated, he was.

Now he won't win again. When are you going to stop with the failed predictions?

Finally, why are you aligning Ndigbo with Nd'ijaw? Where is the alliance coming from? In fact, as President Tinubu and Bubu proved (twice), you can be President of Nigeria without Ndigbo votes, never mind Ndijaw votes.

aswani:
That will be dissapointing if the SE legislators don't see the sense in this. Maybe they are looking for something in return like Biafra which is fair enough.

I don't agree they are any more a basket case that depends on resources than other Southern states sha.

Takimg a closer look at this bill, you will see it a win win for all apart from lazy politicians who now have to work harder.

aswani:
That will be dissapointing if the SE legislators don't see the sense in this. Maybe they are looking for something in return like Biafra which is fair enough.

I don't agree they are any more a basket case that depends on resources than other Southern states sha.

Takimg a closer look at this bill, you will see it a win win for all apart from lazy politicians who now have to work harder.

aswani:
You that you are sane, can you bring proof of the bribery or rigging?

By the way, if Peter Obi had lost Lagos state, you wouldn't have batted an eyelid. Shows how badly the rigging was.

Of course SW standing on its own is irrelevant too, that is why President Tinubu formed his alliance.

You said he has lost support of the North, let's see how badly APC do in oncoming elections before 2027.

Ndi Yoruba are licking Ndi North butt yet they are President with a lot of ministerial and other important federal roles under their belt.

Ndigbo that voted PDP day and night, what did they get in PDP governments?

UltraSolid:
You lot love empty noise. Yorubas are not the mates of any other in Nigeria today.. Especially not Igbos and Ijaws with all due respect to all good Igbo and Ijaw folks. Home and abroad, we are the A to Z of all that is good and positive about Nigeria. You cannot threaten the Goose that lays the golden eggs. Without the Goose, Nigeria will be nothing.

If Yoruba Governors (see my second attached image) moved unitedly and bravely, without any fear at all, to demand regional autonomy from President Buhari, their own Party leader in 2021, at a time Fulanis were firmly in charge of Nigeria and doing as they pleased unchallenged, what will same Yorubas now do when they see foul play against President Tinubu and, by extension, all Yorubas?

Fulanis want to lead independently and unchallenged as they wish when in charge of the Presidency, bullying all other Nigerians into silence, yet they wish to give conditions to a Southern President, telling him/her what to do and what not to do, as if Yorubas and other Southerners exist at the pleasure of Northerners who are the weakest link, by far, in the Nigerian socio-economic chain.

Buhari did a lot of contentious and controversial things that only Yorubas stood up to challenge while the biggest noise-makers, I.e Igbos, hid under their beds. If the Yorubas can do that when they did not control the centre (see second image below) the same people will now allow anyone, especially the North that largely had it's way unchallenged under Buhari, to rubiish Tinubu? Let's be watching na.

Yorubas are triggered and ready. We all know where this is heading. The North, that is a dead zone full of terrorism, illiteracy, fundamentalist violence and unproductive elements thatcontributes 87% of human beings to the most poverty stricken Nigerians, can try to take on the goose that lays the golden egg. It then becomes an existentialist fight for the control of Nigeria. Let us see who wins. Yorubas are not irredeemable materialistic,covetous and money-obsessed like Igbo who cannot stand up for what is right because their kobo is threatened. History bears this out about us.

There is silent anger in the soul of most Yorubas over the sad reality of how long regressive and backwards forces have won, to keep us uncivilised and 'third world', in the midst of so much blessing from God that means we should be doing much better.

Yorubas won't compromise anymore because we now realise we have to take a stand to fight and defeat the forces of regression or run the risk of many generations of our children being born into 'One Nigeria' slavery. We have the Presidency now. If the North won't allow us to use it progressively, and they wish to fight every benevolent policy of Tinubu, while Buhari did as he pleased for 8 years, then Yorubas will become the successful advocates of the split of Nigeria where the insincere Igbos have failed for decades with their Biafra empty noise.

If Yorubas down tools, what hope for Nigeria? North has to compromise, become progressive, less parasitic and shape up. As simple as that. No be fight unless they want to make it one and Yorubas will show the world we are ready.

Zooposki:
You are not from Niger delta. I read some of your old threads. Why do you guys like pretending to be us?

UltraSolid:
Lol. We shall see na. Your kind are yet to understand that "man pass man". The only Southerners the North respect and fear are the Yorubas. Go and learn the factual history of Nigeria. verified in historical reportage, and stop coming here to expose yourself an ignorant olodo.

chopnaira:
They are parasites.

Frigga13:


Someone should remind us IBB on Yoruba people again