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PressMyButton:
How will all these noise from paid jobbers stop Akpabio and Barau Jubril from passing the bill?.. dey play

After God, na Tinubu 💪

This your after God na Tinubu saying, will bring about your tragedy someday and you will lurn the hard way.

PressMyButton:
Enugu is a farming state na.. You dey whine?

Paraman:
Don't you guys get tired of this bullsheet talk

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Serious you guys from Southwest are really suffering from ignorance, They've used propaganda to brainwashed you guys, do you know that the biggest Ceramic industry in Southern region is located in Enugu? Innoson plastic biggest plastic industry in Nigeria is located in Enugu, Anamco is located in Enugu, Ama Greenfield is located in Enugu more than three breweries including Coca cola and many other companies.
Watch these videos and cure your ignorance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ga2pd-sntA?si=hXbVxsm2tx0R4PXU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQppUL3urA?si=f4j1_rzbKyUoIQWo

Paraman:
Why's Enugu not as industrualise as Ibadan and Kaduna even though the 3 of them were regional capital? That's the question

Even though Enugu was one of the regional capital, it can't compete with her peers

Why did federal government construct a rail from Abuja to Kaduna, from Lagos to Ibadan and did not do the same from port Harcourt to Enugu? The road that connects benue to Enugu is not motorable, most of federal roads in Enugu plus other south east states are death traps, why is that?

U b bad guy.

richmond500:

Which disparity? If ur governor is working, he will close the gap.
But no, they are resting in Abuja and abroad while waiting for Lagos, Delta and Rivers do the the job and give to federal govt so they can share it to FAAC.

TIME FOR THE NORTH TO CUT THEIR COAT ACCORDING TO THEIR SIZE.


PARASITE AND VAMPIRE LEECHING ON THE SOUTH HAS TO END.



1) U HAVE DESTROYED NIGERIA ECONOMY BY INSISTING ON DRAGGING THE WHOLE COUNTRY DOWN


2) U HAVE DESTROY NIGERIA POLITICS WITH INEC CORRUPTION


3) U HAVE DESTROY NIGERIA UNITY WITH YOUR SHARIA IMPOSITION AND BOKO HARAM TERRORIST


4) U HAVE DESTROY NIGERIA EDUCATION WITH YOUR QUOTA SYSTEM AND LOW SCORE DEMANDS.


IT HAS TO END.

Develop your fkin region and collect VAT..... MY BUSINESS PAYS VAT ON ALL SERVICES IN LAGOS.... I CAN'T BE STRESSING ALL YEAR AND SOME PART OF TAX WILL GO TO LAZY GOVERNORS UP NORTH..... NONSENSE

Hachioji:
Ibadan generates more VAT than the FCT.

For where?

NIGERIA WAS NOT CREATED TO TRAP THE SOUTH PROGRESS.


Y DO U WANT TO CONTINUE TO PUNISH SOUTHERN NIGERIA?



THIS IS WITCHCRAFT NOW.

Let's just split this country, and have these almajiri parasites go their separate ways.

Tradepunter2:
Develop your fkin region and collect VAT..... MY BUSINESS PAYS VAT ON ALL SERVICES IN LAGOS.... I CAN'T BE STRESSING ALL YEAR AND SOME PART OF TAX WILL GO TO LAZY GOVERNORS UP NORTH..... NONSENSE

THEY KNOW HOW TO DESTROY DRINKS THAT WAS PRODUCED WITH BILLIONS OF NAIRA.


THAT SAME DRINK IS NOW ALLOWED IN SAUDI ARABIA.


U SEE BLACK PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO SIT SOWN AND ASK THEMSELVES REAL LIFE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING, WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF LIFE AND HOW THEY CAN LEARN TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.




UNTIL THEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE CIRCLE.

LegendHero:
Lekki area i.e, some part of Etiosa was formerly Western Region land.

Apapa was also Western region land and not the capital. Infact, the port was established 1913 and the construction of the 1st deep water berthed started in 1921 long before Nigeria move capital to Lagos.


There is no infrastructure in Lagos that FG did not provide in other part of Nigeria.

Seaport exists in the South South
International Airport exist everywhere
SE have two Niger bridges.
North has military headquarters and federal roads.

Before Nigeria, Lagos has always been an economic destination due to her location.

I don't get you o. When did Lagos become capital of Nigeria
On the part of infrastructure, you're correct that Lagos has as much infrastructure as other parts of the country. You're also correct that Lagos has always been a prosperous place even before colonial rule. But you can't discount the fact that Lagos was helped by federal presence to achieve its present economic status. Look at Abuja for example. It has spent far less years than Lagos and you can see how it has been transformed from a village to an urban city that other parts that existed before it can't compete with. Federal presence has a lot of influence in a unitary Republic like Nigeria

It will deepen problems for the president

Stolen:
THEY KNOW HOW TO DESTROY DRINKS THAT WAS PRODUCED WITH BILLIONS OF NAIRA.


THAT SAME DRINK IS NOW ALLOWED IN SAUDI ARABIA.


U SEE BLACK PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO SIT SOWN AND ASK THEMSELVES REAL LIFE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING, WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF LIFE AND HOW THEY CAN LEARN TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.




UNTIL THEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE CIRCLE.

As in the NOISE IS GETTING DISGUSTING AND IRRITATING.... they are all crying like fools.... ATTRACT BUSINESSES AND COLLECT VAT.... it's as simple as that..... Very useless LAZY LEADERS IN THAT REGION

Stolen:
THEY KNOW HOW TO DESTROY DRINKS THAT WAS PRODUCED WITH BILLIONS OF NAIRA.


THAT SAME DRINK IS NOW ALLOWED IN SAUDI ARABIA.


U SEE BLACK PEOPLE, THEY NEED TO SIT SOWN AND ASK THEMSELVES REAL LIFE QUESTION ABOUT WHERE THEY ARE GOING, WHAT THEY WANT OUT OF LIFE AND HOW THEY CAN LEARN TO TREAT EACH OTHER WITH RESPECT.




UNTIL THEN, WE WILL CONTINUE TO GO DOWN THE CIRCLE.

Have you also noticed it's the TERRORIST RIDDEN STATES that have their LAWMAKERS CRYING.... plateau state have businesses and collecting VAT.... adamawa got atiku with good investments... Governors collecting tax.... Kaduna have good business environment.... They collecting tax... So also is kano.... But the rest are lazy idiots.... And their representatives are crying more

festacman:
I don't do lolz stuff.

Look, economy doesn't run on tax. Economy generate sundry revenues including taxes. It government that runs on these revenues including taxes. Fixing the economy is key, bro.

Lol means lots of laughter.
The 36 states and the FCT generated a total of N2.43 trillion as Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) in 2023,
Nigerians paid N12.37 trillion taxes in 2023

Tax is the economy friend.

All natural resources in the south, west and east are all under the FG...but not natural resources in the North are under the FG....For instance, the Gold in the north...some states, individuals are all getting these gold in the North and selling it abroad...Come to Zamfara and Niger states you will know better..
I am really sorry to say the Notth is really dragging us backwards

Kukutente23:
I don't get you o. When did Lagos become capital of Nigeria.

When we use Nigeria context, we can go far back as 1914 amalgamation. That was when Lagos became the capital.

Meaning bringing the united South + North protectorate.

On the part of infrastructure, you're correct that Lagos has as much infrastructure as other parts of the country. You're also correct that Lagos has always been a prosperous place even before colonial rule. But you can't discount the fact that Lagos was helped by federal presence to achieve its present economic status. Look at Abuja for example. It has spent far less years than Lagos and you can see how it has been transformed from a village to an urban city that other parts that existed before it can't compete with. Federal presence has a lot of influence in a unitary Republic like Nigeria

No sensible person will say the influence is not there. But if you look at it, Lagos and Abuja have different story.

Most part of Lagos, infact over 80% was former western Region. It was being administered by Awolowo and it was built with the commonwealth of the Yoruba people and minorities in western region. When Awo was building the Ikeja industrial estate, cocoa plant in Ogba, industrial estate in Ilupeju, and most of the Odua investment asset in Lagos (Western Region), no one ever said that stretch of land is the capital.

Abuja FCT is like a barren land which is largely virgin and we planned it and built it up as the capital.

Let’s say tomorrow, Niger state is added to Abuja to create “Abuja State”, is it then proper to say Niger was developed by Nigeria money? While it’s true that Abuja has influence on it, it is also a great disservice saying “Nigeria built it”. That is my own argument.

Differentiate “Lagos state” from “Lagos”.

The argument most people mention is that because of port, third mainland bridge, and airport,; then it automatically mean Nigeria built Lagos. Did Nigeria not build same or more infrastructure in other region?

If we relocate the FCT to Nnewi tomorrow, can we say Nigeria built Awka using the argument of Anambra state.

So why should the first thing be Nigeria built Lagos when FCT was just less than 10/20% of the area that made up Lagos.

but money stollen by your leaders will not cause economic crises.................. if no be mumu dey worry all of una. bandits are collecting tax in some areas in the north but the arewas wont bother about that one. their leaders stole the most in the history of looting in this country but its none of arewas idiots problem, but task reform that will make ur senseless leaders sit up will bring poverty to u.

Hachioji:
Ignorance quotes from an IPOB. VAT generated in Ibadan is more than the combined VATS in all the southeast states. That is a clear sign of productivity.

If there are no incentive for generating VAT currently, why would I tax my residents to fund other states?. Think!

In Igboland, if we have our way, we will make our homeland VAT free, so we attract Industries, rich residents and interstate shoppers!

Bestmanfornow:
Serious you guys from Southwest are really suffering from ignorance, They've used propaganda to brainwashed you guys, do you know that the biggest Ceramic industry in Southern region is located in Enugu? Innoson plastic biggest plastic industry in Nigeria is located in Enugu, Anamco is located in Enugu, Ama Greenfield is located in Enugu more than three breweries including Coca cola and many other companies.
Watch these videos and cure your ignorance

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ga2pd-sntA?si=hXbVxsm2tx0R4PXU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKQppUL3urA?si=f4j1_rzbKyUoIQWo

this is a clearer reason why we need the bill, with all this industrialization you showed here enugu is not even top 5 in states paying tax, this means the companies are either not paying tax or someone is diverting the money. so if whatever generated in enugu is used to develop enugu. then enugu will be better off.

That disparity started decades ago.


It was deepened by you guys pandering to Terrorists, Herdsmen and NOT wanting your kith and kin to get Educated.....


What this tax will do is to act as a wake up call for you guys.

" A cow that doesn't give you milk should not eat your grass" Ananymous.


Why do people want to benefit from a tax they are not contributing anything to generate.

iwaeda:
https://dailytrust.com/tax-bills-will-deepen-north-south-economic-disparities-arewa-media

This bill must be passed!
Also, everything needed to make other ports to work must also be pushed. Anything to make other regional airports to work in full capacity must be pushed.
Let every state hustle for their money. Agriculture alone is massive. U can make serious money out of it.
Can anyone pls link me up with this man here, I want us to debate. I think most northerners are just sick in their head. Like, u just wake up and marry 4 wives and birth too many kids and wait for oil and gas from southern Nigeria to pay for ur life style while we dont take a dime from ur gold? Thunder fire una. I never liked Tinubu but u see this bill, it must pass. If Tinubu pushes this bill, i will vote him in second term so that he dismantle more useless structures we have in this country.
Nigeria must be returned to true federal state. How will u destroy alcohol and still take money from alcohol? pls, does that even make sense to any human being? How do these guys reason up there in the north?
Somone from the north should pls reply me. How do u guys reason? How can alcohol be Haram but the money generated from alcohol is not haram? Howwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww?

richmond500:

Which disparity? If ur governor is working, he will close the gap.
But no, they are resting in Abuja and abroad while waiting for Lagos, Delta and Rivers do the the job and give to federal govt so they can share it to FAAC.

They don't even know what to say again?
What disparity is he talking about?
Who received Humongous NBILLIONS Money From Federation Accounts - every 4- Months,on the People's behalf?
Same Patami( a former Minister) was saying ' aspects of the Tax Laws ' yet he couldn't set his own Opinions on what is right! That is Deception!
Same for Zulum,all are not fought coming - Straight!
Northerners love to deceive themselves,with Very Few Exceptions!
Too bad.
Anyway,the Red Chamber( Senators) have passed the Bill- as they know,it will benefit All the States,and is only if the Northern States Governors - don't want to be Thoughtful to the People of the North - as they are Playing Politics With Economic Issues.

PressMyButton:
How will all these noise from paid jobbers stop Akpabio and Barau Jubril from passing the bill?.. dey play

After God, na Tinubu 💪

Increase the volume pls
As long as Ababio is senate presdo the bill will definitely pass, if any senator talk too much sef them go send am on 3 month exile, person when get mind suspend a whole chief whip of senate.

festacman:
Fixing the economy before fixing tax makes more sense.

And you don't think fixing taxes is part of fixing the economy?
You prefer leeches and Parasites continue to feed fat off the sweat of others?
A region that destroys alcoholic drinks whilst having no compuction in sharing from the tax proceeds of said businesses from other regions..

If that’s what it takes to make you guys quit voting criminals and tyrants into power for religion sake, then it’s a good thing.

PressMyButton:
Enugu is a farming state na.. You dey whine?

As in big whining...

🤣

No be the same Enugu?

pandax:
Where are the industries in Ibadan and kaduna?

Google is your friend oga.

LegendHero:
When we use Nigeria context, we can go far back as 1914 amalgamation. That was when Lagos became the capital.

Meaning bringing the united South + North protectorate.

I was shocked when you wrote that Lagos was not yet capital in 1921. Lagos has been capital since before the amalgamation and it enjoyed a lot of advantages as a result of that. The Lagos Ilorin rail for example was built by the southern protectorate. It was also because of its status that most exports and imports went through the Lagos ports even in the colonial days. Like I said, Lagos has always been prosperous even before the colonialists came. There's no doubt about that. But it is untrue to claim that Nigeria did not contribute massively to what Lagos is today

No sensible person will say the influence is not there. But if you look at it, Lagos and Abuja have different story.

Most part of Lagos, infact over 80% was former western Region. It was being administered by Awolowo and it was built with the commonwealth of the Yoruba people and minorities in western region. When Awo was building the Ikeja industrial estate, cocoa plant in Ogba, industrial estate in Ilupeju, and most of the Odua investment asset in Lagos (Western Region), no one ever said that stretch of land is the capital.

Abuja FCT is like a barren land which is largely virgin and we planned it and built it up as the capital.

Let’s say tomorrow, Niger state is added to Abuja to create “Abuja State”, is it then proper to say Niger was developed by Nigeria money? While it’s true that Abuja has influence on it, it is also a great disservice saying “Nigeria built it”. That is my own argument.

Differentiate “Lagos state” from “Lagos”.

The argument most people mention is that because of port, third mainland bridge, and airport,; then it automatically mean Nigeria built Lagos. Did Nigeria not build same or more infrastructure in other region?

If we relocate the FCT to Nnewi tomorrow, can we say Nigeria built Awka using the argument of Anambra state.

So why should the first thing be Nigeria built Lagos when FCT was just less than 10/20% of the area that made up Lagos.

Where's the cocoa plant today?

The ports were built with federal money. Same with the airport, stadium, the 3 bridge linking the mainland with island etc. You're correct that Awolowo did fantastic job with the part of Lagos under Western control but you must also acknowledge that federal presence was not limited to only the island and mainland areas. Apapa as you pointed out was under the western region yet the federal govt built, maintained and expanded the ports there. What about festac? That area was taken over under OBJ in preparation for festac 77 and it became what it is today. Same with Lagos Ibadan expressway. It was built by the federal govt. So to act as if Lagos was solely developed by the western regional govt is dishonesty.

Lagos can't be compared to Abuja in terms of development. Abuja has actually gained a lot more than Lagos did in terms of federal support but I'm pointing out to you that Abuja presently is rivalling Lagos in terms of infrastructure and commerce even with its relatively shorter period of being federal capital when we all know it was almost literally a jungle before it was chosen as the new site for FCT. I'm using that to show you the power and influence that comes with being FCT. Abuja today generates the second highest VAT after Lagos and also usually has the second largest budget in the states after Lagos.

Kukutente23:
I was shocked when you wrote that Lagos was not yet capital in 1921. Lagos has been capital since before the amalgamation and it enjoyed a lot of advantages as a result of that. The Lagos Ilorin rail for example was built by the southern protectorate. It was also because of its status that most exports and imports went through the Lagos ports even in the colonial days. Like I said, Lagos has always been prosperous even before the colonialists came. There's no doubt about that. But it is untrue to claim that Nigeria did not contribute massively to what Lagos is today

The reason why the import went through Lagos axis was because it is a standard trade route right from way back and because of the seaport. It is the same way the Brits built rail in other countries they colonized, it is the same way they constructed railway from Sekondi to Tarkwa in Ghana in the 1890s to transfer gold.

Nigeria did not contribute massively to Western region axis of Lagos more than what they contributed in every other state in this federation. That is my own argument.

If you say Nigeria contribute massively to the part of Lagos that is the FCT, I agree. If you say the influence of the FCT is felt in Ikeja, I also agree to that. But I disagree when you say Nigeria contributed massively to the development of Ikeja and etc. What did they do in Ikeja that was not done in Kano and Anambra?

Where's the cocoa plant today?

The ports were built with federal money. Same with the airport, stadium, the 3 bridge linking the mainland with island etc. You're correct that Awolowo did fantastic job with the part of Lagos under Western control but you must also acknowledge that federal presence was not limited to only the island and mainland areas. Apapa as you pointed out was under the western region yet the federal govt built, maintained and expanded the ports there. What about festac? That area was taken over under OBJ in preparation for festac 77 and it became what it is today. Same with Lagos Ibadan expressway. It was built by the federal govt. So to act as if Lagos was solely developed by the western regional govt is dishonesty.

Lagos can't be compared to Abuja in terms of development. Abuja has actually gained a lot more than Lagos did in terms of federal support but I'm pointing out to you that Abuja presently is rivalling Lagos in terms of infrastructure and commerce even with its relatively shorter period of being federal capital when we all know it was almost literally a jungle before it was chosen as the new site for FCT. I'm using that to show you the power and influence that comes with being FCT. Abuja today generates the second highest VAT after Lagos and also usually has the second largest budget in the states after Lagos.

I just laugh at what you are calling “building”.

—Nigeria FG built the port in the South south
—Nigeria FG build the two bridges in Anambra/Delta called the first and second River Niger bridge
—Nigeria built several longer highway in the North
—Federal government built lot of housing estates across the country too. Lagos was hosting a world event and that led to Festac 77 in the first place. If the event hold in Kano, they would have built the same in Kano.

Lagos and Abuja are miles apart. The people in Lagos and what drives the economy is totally different from what drives Abuja economy. You can’t compare the two. There were many instances where Ogun state generated almost same as the IGR of Abuja during Amosun time. I am not saying Ogun has resources than Abuja but I am just telling you how far Lagos is to Abuja in stuffs like this.

Infact Oyo generated more VAT than Abuja in August 2024. Aside the real estate and government patronage, nothing dey Abuja economy.

LegendHero:
The reason why the import went through Lagos axis was because it is a standard trade route right from way back and because of the seaport. It is the same way the Brits built rail in other countries they colonized, it is the same way they constructed railway from Sekondi to Tarkwa in Ghana in the 1890s to transfer gold.

Nigeria did not contribute massively to Western region axis of Lagos more than what they contributed in every other state in this federation. That is my own argument.

If you say Nigeria contribute massively to the part of Lagos that is the FCT, I agree. If you say the influence of the FCT is felt in Ikeja, I also agree to that. But I disagree when you say Nigeria contributed massively to the development of Ikeja and etc. What did they do in Ikeja that was not done in Kano and Anambra?



I just laugh at what you are calling “building”.

—Nigeria FG built the port in the South south
—Nigeria FG build the two bridges in Anambra/Delta called the first and second River Niger bridge
—Nigeria built several longer highway in the North
—Federal government built lot of housing estates across the country too. Lagos was hosting a world event and that led to Festac 77 in the first place. If the event hold in Kano, they would have built the same in Kano.

Lagos and Abuja are miles apart. The people in Lagos and what drives the economy is totally different from what drives Abuja economy. You can’t compare the two. There were many instances where Ogun state generated almost same as the IGR of Abuja during Amosun time. I am not saying Ogun has resources than Abuja but I am just telling you how far Lagos is to Abuja in stuffs like this.

Infact Oyo generated more VAT than Abuja in August 2024. Aside the real estate and government patronage, nothing dey Abuja economy.

There's nothing like standard route
If we're going to go the standard route, the shortest route to the north from the south is through river Niger terminating at Baro river in Niger state. That's the route the colonialists first used to supply the north till they built Apapa port and started using Lagos to Kano for ease of administration.
Again, you can tell me under which region infrastructure was built by FG at the size we have in Lagos. The most economically virile part of Lagos today is the part that was formerly FCT.
It is also dishonest to use just one month to judge vat collection. This is the vat tabulation for ten months in 2021. You can easily see that fct is second after Lagos.