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Is Remita that the FG was using a public enterprise? I don't understand the issue here, can anyone explain what the problem is with Xpress, another private enterprise?

And then, does the FG have digital and logistics platform to run the TSA without issues?

Putinofrussia:
When you all point to Lagos as if it has crumbled or gone bankrupt due to Alpha Beta one begins to see why Nigeria is not working with your obsolete,asinine ideas.
If not for just complain sake from the opposition,Alpha Beta to me,has helped Lagos to grow economically.No entity is flawless but it is better than govt to govt that has bankrupted Nigeria which has all resources to be greater than any nation in Africa but for endemic corruption.
You cannot be doing something the same way every time and expect different answers.
Comparing Nigerian system to Lagos is like comparing life and death.
Lagos manages its affairs better than Nigeria.
This is why Lagos as a city,is the 2nd Economy in Africa.
If Alpha Beta were bad,a retinue of states wouldn't join them in order to grow themselves economically.
The only thing necessary is to give Xpress whatever top-notch monitoring and periodical scrutiny.

You are confidently defending a system you don’t even understand. Lagos didn’t grow because of Alpha Beta — it grew in spite of it, because of massive federal allocations, migration-driven economic activity, and private-sector dominance. If Alpha Beta was the magic wand you claim, the simple question is this: why is its model kept secret, unaudited, and protected from public scrutiny for over 20 years? A system that is truly efficient doesn’t need darkness to survive.

You also can’t pretend Lagos is some miracle when it is the most indebted state in Nigeria, owes trillions, survives on aggressive taxation, and still cannot provide water, functioning hospitals, or safe public infrastructure. If that’s your definition of "success," then you’ve simply normalised low expectations.

And let’s settle your biggest error:
A private toll gate on public revenue is not reform — it is outsourcing sovereignty.
TSA was created to remove middlemen and block leakages. What you are praising is the exact opposite: inserting a politically connected company between the people and their treasury. The fact that this appointment was done quietly, without bidding, without the National Assembly, and without public disclosure, already exposes the intention.

If the model is so great, why hide it?
If it is so transparent, why is Lagos still fighting legal battles over Alpha Beta’s activities?
If it is so beneficial, why didn’t the FG subject Xpress to open tender like every other public contract?

Your argument collapses on one point:
No serious country hands its national revenue to private proxies — ever.
Countries build strong institutions, not private empires.

Lagos can play with consultants.
Nigeria cannot gamble its entire treasury on political loyalty.

Atiku’s concern is simple and valid:
Once you allow one private toll gate into TSA, you’ve opened the door for ten more — and the nation becomes a private estate.

This isn’t innovation.
It’s state capture wearing a digital badge.

And anyone defending it hasn’t thought far enough to realise the damage it will cause when the bill finally comes due.

Ofunaofu:
True, you are right, Tinubu is doing great things, under his watch, Nigeria is witnessing its greatest insecurity crisis since Independence

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Kudos to APC,for taking up back to Egypt from Chain to next devil and now renewed shege.

Xscape1993:
There is absolutely nothing negative that one cannot find in that certificate forger, a known drug baron, agbero and tout call president. He does not understand simple economy index, but he claimed to have studied accountancy from a school not known to the world. I don't even know where he comes from. We are in our worse moment as a nation. What a country!

Some of you need to seek knowledge and stop disgracing yourselves on social media and Nairaland.
In June 2021,FIRS introduced taxpromax as method of payment and filing tax returns. There would always be a code generated on the platform before proceeding to the bank,the code is call PRN( payment reference number) ,on each ORN you must choose a payment platform which can be Remita, interswitch ,e -transact,flutter wave and recently Xpress pay ,a taxpayer is free to use anyone. So,there is nothing like middle man ,it is a payment channel. former VP Atiku's accusation is baseless.
Personally,I prefer interswitch because FIRS recognises the value on time. So,you goofed with the gibberish you stated above

LegendHero:
Na Obi and Atiku dey sponsor terrorism.

That’s why they are supporting IPOB terrorists and bandits

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So during Jonathan administration na Buhari and Osinbanjo that is sponsoring terrorists abi? H0ll0şhi eda

odejimioflagos:
Atiku should focus on his own party and leave the government alone. We have a president that is doing great things.

Is this part of the corruption he was doing in the past?

This act is direct stealing from govt coffers into private hands.

It should be condemned by everyone, not just Atiku.

WriterX:
You are confidently defending a system you don’t even understand. Lagos didn’t grow because of Alpha Beta — it grew in spite of it, because of massive federal allocations, migration-driven economic activity, and private-sector dominance. If Alpha Beta was the magic wand you claim, the simple question is this: why is its model kept secret, unaudited, and protected from public scrutiny for over 20 years? A system that is truly efficient doesn’t need darkness to survive.

You also can’t pretend Lagos is some miracle when it is the most indebted state in Nigeria, owes trillions, survives on aggressive taxation, and still cannot provide water, functioning hospitals, or safe public infrastructure. If that’s your definition of "success," then you’ve simply normalised low expectations.

And let’s settle your biggest error:
A private toll gate on public revenue is not reform — it is outsourcing sovereignty.
TSA was created to remove middlemen and block leakages. What you are praising is the exact opposite: inserting a politically connected company between the people and their treasury. The fact that this appointment was done quietly, without bidding, without the National Assembly, and without public disclosure, already exposes the intention.

If the model is so great, why hide it?
If it is so transparent, why is Lagos still fighting legal battles over Alpha Beta’s activities?
If it is so beneficial, why didn’t the FG subject Xpress to open tender like every other public contract?

Your argument collapses on one point:
No serious country hands its national revenue to private proxies — ever.
Countries build strong institutions, not private empires.

Lagos can play with consultants.
Nigeria cannot gamble its entire treasury on political loyalty.

Atiku’s concern is simple and valid:
Once you allow one private toll gate into TSA, you’ve opened the door for ten more — and the nation becomes a private estate.

This isn’t innovation.
It’s state capture wearing a digital badge.

And anyone defending it hasn’t thought far enough to realise the damage it will cause when the bill finally comes due.

The only people I expect to defend the express payment thingy will be APC lackeys n secret hangers ons.....not any sane citizen who has the nation's interests at heart. But we will see how far they go with this. By the time tinubu is done...d nxt president will also bring in his own private pipelines to such national revenue.

The man is not satisfies with the oil wells and other monies that are in his domain....na the nerve centre of national revenue he wants to sink his fangs in...

GEJ na premium mumu I swear...real one fah...lol.

Buhari own na to tiff from nnpc....now we have a bigger professional.

BitmapStudios:
Is Remita that the FG was using a public enterprise? I don't understand the issue here, can anyone explain what the problem is with Xpress, another private enterprise?

And then, does the FG have digital and logistics platform to run the TSA without issues?

Have you heard anyone complain about the TSA?

kafeii123:
The only people I expect to defend the express payment thingy will be APC lackeys n secret hangers ons.....not any sane citizen who has the nation's interests at heart. But we will see how far they go with this. By the time tinubu is done...d nxt president will also bring in his own private pipelines to such national revenue.

The man is not satisfies with the oil wells and other monies that are in his domain....na the nerve centre of national revenue he wants to sink his fangs in...

GEJ na premium mumu I swear...real one fah...lol.

Buhari own na to tiff from nnpc....now we have a bigger professional.

I am telling you, its really saddening to see people defend such people

odejimioflagos:
Atiku should focus on his own party and leave the government alone. We have a president that is doing great things.

Is this part of the corruption he was doing in the past?

leave the government alone to do any kind of NONSENSE right?
Ok!
e go reach reach everybody

nickae:
They are just adding them to the ones they use, currently they use Quickteller, Remita, Etranzact and Flutterwave,

No public trust .

The one there are ok .

peleson1:
He has been to the US and back

Now let Tinubu try let us check something

when sir.show me a link.thanks in anticipation

kafeii123:
Have you heard anyone complain about the TSA?

Remita is the platform the FG has been using for TSA.
Have you paid for any Federal government bill of any sort?

BigCowHornn:
I was waiting for you to come and tell him what to focus on

You never fail with different monikas yet you cannot focus on anything outside nairaland

Xup bro

Warl0ck:
Xup bro

Don't tell me satanist