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reccy:
@ GloriousGbola, raumdeuter, BlueRayDick, Ibime, Emaprince, Amoto94 , itsrm
And others that might help.

I want to participate in this quiz competition by my senator to win 50k. Make una help me with some insight and direction.



#TaxReformBills

President Tinubu transmitted four executive bills to the National Assembly. A lot of opinions ensued and a lot of ordinary Nigerians are confused about the true contexts, possibilities and opportunities of these bills.

The bills are:
1. The Nigeria Tax Bill.
2. The Nigeria Tax Administration Bill.
3. The Nigeria Revenue Service Establishment Bill.
4. The Joint Revenue Board Establishment Bill.

“How can the northern region strategically leverage their resources and social influence to benefit from President Tinubu’s tax reforms to boost productivity and maximise economic development?”

Hint: Answers must focus on the comparative resource advantages any of the Northern 19 states.

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Kogi Central .

semid4lyfe:
How good is the Nigerian Netflix series, Seven Doors? Is it worth the hype and a watch?

GloriousGbola:
@ iamoyind.amola see the bagger who was trash talking you

semid4lyfe:
How good is the Nigerian Netflix series, Seven Doors? Is it worth the hype and a watch?

iamoyindamola:
Yeah
Good storyline and crispy clean graphics
Femi adebayo really invested and tried, the cast were like follow come for their characters

semid4lyfe:
Downloaded

But

Make I watch Griselda finish first.

Itsrm:
Squid game S2 is coming out today. When you watch it, do well to keep spoilers out of this thread.

Thank you as you comply

iamoyindamola:
Lailai
Spoilers have come to stay

Itsrm:
Squid game S2 is coming out today. When you watch it, do well to keep spoilers out of this thread.

Thank you as you comply

Itsrm:
Be like say na to leave the thread for una till I watch it

BlueRayDick:
I watched it and didn't get the wow effect people have been hyping it to have. To me it's not really different from most Yoruba movies that have made it to Netflix or Amazon prime.

Maybe it's because I'm not really a fan of Nigerian movies/series Sha, like they don't give me the same premium entertainment value I do get from foreign movies/series.

Just look at the Jackal series that just finished airing few Weeks ago, the hype was there and then the show lived up to all the hype till the final episode. After the final episode people started debating on the role of different characters, giving opinions on who and what made the show tick and all. No Nigerian series/movie gives u that kinda feeling, not this seven doors. Even the Koreans' K-drama gives u serious taking points to discuss during and after the series.

I think I will always stan Nigerian Music over foreign music any day anytime, but for Nigerian movies ; they have a whole long way to go to get me in their corner

Itsrm:
Squid game S2 is coming out today. When you watch it, do well to keep spoilers out of this thread.

Thank you as you comply

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Just report the comment as porrrn or tribalism.

I would also join you in doing that.[/color]

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Just report the comment as porrrn or tribalism.

I would also join you in doing that.[/color]

BlueRayDick:
I haven't been online, been enjoying the holiday offline with loved ones.

I think here are the best ways of answering the question and making the best out of the quiz:

1. You need to first lay your hands on the 4 bills and read them. Without reading the bills, you won't be able to know what the objectives of the bills are and what the bills seek to achieve either for the north or south, neither will you know whether it favors the rich or the poor.

2. You need to focus on the Nigerian Revenue Service Establishment Bill which I believe aims at generating more revenue for government at various levels through efficient collection system. As much as we flay Tinubu for being a tax master while in Lagos and also continuing same at the federal level, one must acknowledge the fact that he boosted the IGR of Lagos just by having an efficient collection system for taxes, levies and rates.

So I believe he's trying to replicate same with this revenue service establishment thingy. For example the North has various open land boarders that don't really generate much for Nigerian government like we have in the south and yet a lot of import through land boarders go on regularly in the north. The governors of the northern states can partner with FG and it's agencies ( majorly customs and whatever revenue service that is established) to ensure proper import duties and taxes are paid on goods imported through the land boarders littered all over the north.

3. You should also take your time to go through the various posts, interviews and articles Taiwo Oyedele ( The tax committee guy) has done on these tax bills, it will go a long way to broaden ue knowledge about the general advantages of these 4 bills and u can then relate that general knowledge to the peculiarity of the north, it's resources and it's social status.

There's also this guy on LinkedIn ; Nojeem 'Nudge' Yusuf who is a tax expert that has been giving a lot of positive takes about the tax reform bills on his Twitter and LinkedIn pages recently, try and read some of his posts.


I would've loved to help u write much on the question itself but I will be honest with u, I've not had luxury of time to study the 4 bills myself and give my own personal opinion.

I wouldn't really want ChatGPT because I've seen it give yeye answers to simple questions in the past.

BlueRayDick:
I watched it and didn't get the wow effect people have been hyping it to have. To me it's not really different from most Yoruba movies that have made it to Netflix or Amazon prime.

Maybe because I'm not really a fan of Nigerian movies/series Sha, like they didn't give me the same premium entertainment value like I do get from foreign movies/series.

Just look at the Jackal series that just finished airing few Weeks ago, the hype was there and then the show lived up to all the hype till the final episode. Even after the final episode people started debating on the role of different characters, started giving opinions on what and what made the show tick and all. No Nigerian series/movie gives u that kinda feeling, not this seven doors. Even the Koreans' K-drama gives u serious taking points to discuss during and after the series.

I think I will always stan Nigerian Music over foreign music any day anytime, but for Nigerian movies ; they have a whole long way to go to get me in their corner

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Just report the comment as porrrn or tribalism.

I would also join you in doing that.[/color]

iamoyindamola:
Itsrm they whine himself

GloriousGbola:
way ahead of you fam
blueraydick is saying mean and racist things about koreans!
he is celebrating murder!

24 hours ban should do it

iamoyindamola:
The message was there and pretty clear
Plus the cultural heritage was richly implemented, it’s like you don’t enjoy Yoruba movies

semid4lyfe:
I also have this bias and share your sentiments

As a rule, I only watch "critically acclaimed" Nigerian Cinema and streaming platform movies

Off the top of my head, I liked:

Brotherhood
Gangs of Lagos
Anikulapo
Breath of Life
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti
The Trade
The Figurine
Elevator Baby
4th Republic
Swallow
King of Boys
October 1
Citation
Phone Swap
Offshoot
Afamefuna, A Nwa Boy story
The Wedding Party
King of Boys: The Return of the King
Oloture
Isoken
etc

The above movies may not wow you in comparison to foreign ones but they are good movies, and I commend the effort of the directors and actors

As a rule, I avoid all Nollywood historical epic/war movies.

I also avoid all Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham and AY Makun produced movies.

All the Alakada, Jennifer, Omo Ghetto, Merry Men movies are trash.

Nigerian movies have come a long way but generally they're still far behind American and even Indian movies.

GloriousGbola:
way ahead of you fam
blueraydick is saying mean and racist things about koreans!
he is celebrating murder!

24 hours ban should do it

BlueRayDick:
I actually don't like Nollywood movies in general, nit just the Yoruba ones sef.. I don't even know how to explain it but sometimes it just feels the actors and actresses are doing too much interpreting their roles while at times it appears they are not doing just enough.

Sometimes it is the story/plot that is basic and bland while at other times it is the poor continuity that just makes it so easy to poke holes in the entire movie and sequence of scenes.

For example that same seven kingdom, at some point It appears as tho the directors weren't sure of the year/period the series was set. You get to see things that suggest the film was set in the late 20th century but then the original intention was to show the film was probably set in the early part of 20th century/late 19th century.

Then u also see some movies where they just waste time on some dialogue/conversation that adds absolutely nothing to the plot.

I was telling my madam recently while she was watching African magic that some of these movies where they give people like Akpankufor, Òkèlè, Sanyeri, Jigan and co gateman roles and they start making funny conversations with their employers are unnecessary and unrealistic in real life. How many gatemen in real life will be having a conversation with oga or madam and be spending minutes making jokes with them? . E be like say u no like Ur work.

Spy360:
They could have used this opportunity to stage a peaceful hunger protest against the oppressor that mismanaged the economy by using state resources for himself and cronies instead of begging year on year.

Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, how else can we free our minds.

BlueRayDick:
I actually don't like Nollywood movies in general, nit just the Yoruba ones sef.. I don't even know how to explain it but sometimes it just feels the actors and actresses are doing too much interpreting their roles while at times it appears they are not doing just enough.

Sometimes it is the story/plot that is basic and bland while at other times it is the poor continuity that just makes it so easy to poke holes in the entire movie and sequence of scenes.

For example that same seven kingdom, at some point It appears as tho the directors weren't sure of the year/period the series was set. You get to see things that suggest the film was set in the late 20th century but then the original intention was to show the film was probably set in the early part of 20th century/late 19th century.

Then u also see some movies where they just waste time on some dialogue/conversation that adds absolutely nothing to the plot.

I was telling my madam recently while she was watching African magic that some of these movies where they give people like Akpankufor, Òkèlè, Sanyeri, Jigan and co gateman roles and they start making funny conversations with their employers are unnecessary and unrealistic in real life. How many gatemen in real life will be having a conversation with oga or madam and be spending minutes making jokes with them? . E be like say u no like Ur work.

BlueRayDick:
We have a lot in common as regards to avoiding AY, Funke Akindele, Toyin Abraham and their set movies. In the past I've wasted money in the cinemas watching one or two junk AY produced and called movies ; I regretted it. I also don't find any of Jenifa's act funny. I can predict any Toyin Abraham's movies, so I just pass.

Funny thing is the old epic movies are still good till date. I recently rewtached some of Tunde Kelani's masterpiece ; Saworoide, Tí Olúwa nílé and Oleku. Those movies despite being shot with old cameras, the messages were clear and the actors just did enough to bring their characters to life.

Kunle Afolayan too is trying, I guess he knows some of these new actors and actresses are not just it; he's been casting the veterans in the industry for his new projects and he's not doing too bad. He also just needs to work on his storyline too.