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With the new announcement of cooperation between Nigeria and France in taxing Nigerians, things stop being merely coincidental and start looking deliberately dangerous.

France's introduction into Nigeria’s taxation conversation under the harmless‑sounding language of “cooperation” is just so daring and open a move. This question is, cooperation in what, exactly? Tax advisory? Enforcement architecture? Digital capture systems? Data integration? Compliance frameworks?

These are not neutral tools. These are instruments of control.

And the context matters.

France is not just any country. France is the headquarters of Rothschild & Co—a financial institution with a long, well‑documented history of working with governments and elites to preserve power, stabilize extraction, and profit while ordinary people pay the price.

This is not conjecture. This is history. Do a quick Google search or ask AI and you'll find that, that has been their style from time immemorial. During the French revolution, when the suffering ordinary French citizens tried to free themselves from tyranny and heavy taxation by the elite, it was this very Rothschild (well, their patriarch and founder) who funded, advised, and helped the tyrants of their time fight to keep the people in perpetual bondage and servitude under the classification of the Third Estate.

That has been the blueprint of their operations, power, and wealth in nations throughout the world and throughout history and time.

Noteworthy is that France’s current president, Emmanuel Macron, is not a distant observer in this ecosystem. He is a former Rothschild banker himself who was employed in their Rothschild Banque Cie division from 2008 till his full foray into politics and French presidency in 2017.

France also carries a long and unresolved legacy of post‑colonial financial entanglement in Africa, where “technical assistance,” “reforms,” and “partnerships” have often translated into better extraction, tighter control, and reduced sovereignty for African states—always justified in the language of efficiency.

So when a heavily indebted Nigerian government, already hostile to transparency and allergic to accountability, invites France to “cooperate” on taxation, Nigerians should be uneasy.

Because the question is not whether France is helping Nigeria.

The question is:

Helping who, exactly?


And as for Rothschild (now Rothschild & Co, in France, as headquarters) does not need to be “pulling strings” for its historical role to be relevant.

The playbook is already known.

Rothschild banking houses have, over centuries:

financed monarchs and ruling elites against revolutionary and popular movements,

helped governments outlast, suppress, or exhaust their own people,

profited immensely from war finance, sovereign debt, privatization, and elite continuity.


This is not about evil intent. It is about alignment.

Elite finance has always aligned with:

governments that borrow,

systems that extract,

structures that preserve hierarchy,

and policies that guarantee repayment—no matter the human cost.

That alignment does not disappear because centuries have passed. It evolves. It modernizes. It becomes “technical,” “advisory,” “consultative.”

The main difference is that it's now clear the elite institution that stands to benefit via collusion with our corrupt government.

So when Nigeria moves to tighten taxation, expand enforcement, and perfect compliance—all while corruption goes unpunished and public benefit remains invisible—it is not unreasonable to suspect that an old model is being updated for a new era.

Not soldiers. Not whips. But systems. Databases. Compliance. Fear.

And Nigerians forced to pay for debts they did not incur, for projects they never see, for elites who never sacrifice.


A Nigerian elite class aligned with global finance. A foreign partner experienced in extraction systems. A population squeezed harder every year. And a state that perfects collection before justice.

History tells us where this road leads.

And Nigerians would be foolish—no, irresponsible—not to question it now, before January turns “cooperation” into coercion.

Is there really a way out? Either way the system is controlled by the same group.

Ohyoudidnt:
Is there really a way out? Either way the system is controlled by the same group.

It's actually fearful and in our faces without even attempting to hide it anymore. Clear sign of their belief that the spirit of the Nigerian people have been conquered in their fight against the crookery of their leaders.

The only way out is revolution!

It's clear something shady and against the Nigerian people has been concocted and that's why the government went to recruit social media influencers and content creators to package and shove the conspiracy down our throats.

Two of the creators they attempted to enlist into the machinery like Don Aza and Mimi Yakigar cried out and rejected it outrightly. That's exactly what every Nigerian must do in this time.

This is a new kind of slavery where our representatives collude with foreign actors to sell the citizens into servitude. Only that this time, the chains aren't physical, it's rather systemic. You work and slave away only to have your sweat and blood taxed away to pay white elite institutions.

Note that they may claim their roles are only consultative and advisory, and that the proceeds from taxing Nigerians don't go directly to them, but that these taxes are (purportedly) to be used in paying loans which they and their subsidiaries give to the politicians through other channels.

France's involvement is just a way of enforcing and making sure that Nigerians pay what they politicians owe--a kind of insurance policy with us as collateral. Which in truth is just the politicians borrowing money to steal then forcing us to pay for what they've stolen.

Now with the efficient tax-exraction mechanism being put in place by Rothschild, they can more confidently keep doling out loans, which in turn get stolen. On and on. Our great grand children will keep paying.

Rothschild gives out the loan, politicians divert/siphon the monies, we serve as collateral and milking cow. It goes on for years and Rothschild profits via interest and loan servicing. In fact, with the taxing system in place, they'll never allow this nation to at any time be out of debt.

The reason is because of the massive young population of Nigeria which ensures that loan can continually be serviced without fail. In this case, us being in debt to them is good business and they'd do anything to sustain it. Even if they need to fund insecurity in the North or force their cohorts into power and the contrivance against the will of the people.

Clear robbery of our people and collusion in high places.

Macron is a former Rothschild investment banker.

They will use France to launch beast system in Nigeria.

Tax I'd will transition to digital ID.

DelilahMakinde:
Macron is a former Rothschild investment banker.

They will use France to launch beast system in Nigeria.

Tax I'd will transition to digital ID.

I'm more worried that some people are taking out loans in my name and those of my unborn children and putting systems in place to ensure we keep paying and servicing these loans whether we like it or not. And the fact that they don't actually do anything with these loans but only turn around to steal them.

See these ones

Nigerians will.complain their government is borrowing, their government is this,.their government is that.

Meanwhile 80% of our revenue comes from 1.5 m bpd of oil. That would be enough if we were 3 million people.

Plus tax to gdp at federal level na 10% . At state level it's down to 2-3%

And oil prices have been chronically below what we need it

Plus corruption flourishes because in principle since most of us do not pay tax to federal and state.goverment, no incentive to call them out for bad government

The funny thing is that the people commenting above will soon Japa to saner climes. Where if you no pay tax, Dem go jail una


I am.not.denying corruption. Or saying tinubu is a superhero we must worship. I am saying that if we want to reduce borrowing and participate more in government, we have to pay tax. Or we fast and pray that oil prices rise and stay above 150 dollars per barrel. That is the price we need oil to be so that we can live without paying any tax.


Government revenue this year was 54 trillion for the budget next year. Including borrowing..before corruption..for a nation our size we need something like 200 trillion naira annually as budget. Before things make sense..the sad thing also is that corruption makes matter worse, which is why our government is useless in not fighting it.

As for computerization, abeg. You want us to go.back to the day of paper and pencil, when things took months instead of days? When a bank transfer from one branch of the same bank to the other took a week?

You guys , stop.it. face reality. If you don't want to pay tax ,know that you are legitimizing even more borrowing. Nigeria needs to also remove apc and bring in industrialist leaders.

nairalanda1:


I am.not.denying corruption. Or saying tinubu is a superhero we must worship. I am saying that if we want to reduce borrowing and participate more in government, we have to pay tax. Or we fast and pray that oil prices rise and stay above 150 dollars per barrel. That is the price we need oil to be so that we can live without paying any tax.


Government revenue this year was 54 trillion for the budget next year. Including borrowing..before corruption..for a nation our size we need something like 200 trillion naira annually as budget. Before things make sense..the sad thing also is that corruption makes matter worse, which is why our government is useless in not fighting it.

As for computerization, abeg. You want us to go.back to the day of paper and pencil, when things took months instead of days? When a bank transfer from one branch of the same bank to the other took a week?

30k laptop bandit spotted. I see you my brother. Keep working for your pay my brother.

PeopleStructure:
30k laptop bandit spotted. I see you my brother. Keep working for your pay my brother.

Well, considering I have beleived in what I wrote for over 13 years, and that I have a poor opinion of tinubu and buhari, I doubt I work for any politicians

Plus your argument is still amounting to conspiracy and tinfoil hat thinking.

But then again, most of you Nigerians believe in the myth of our being rich enough. We are not, and the corruption under this apc government makes matters worse.

But I am addressing someone immature so, no more pearls for pork

Why go through the difficult, long-term, and politically messy process of industrialization, educating the populace, and building infrastructure when you can simply tap a pipe and have billions of dollars flow directly into the state's coffers? This is the central paradox of the resource curse. The state becomes a "rentier state"—it doesn't need to tax its citizens for revenue, and therefore, it feels no accountability to them. Its primary function shifts from providing services to providing patronage

Sauce https://www.nairaland.com/8581368/how-british-underdeveloped-nigeria-alternative

Above explains why the people on this thread don't want to pay tax. They think the money is enough.

And the op was being abusive, because like most Nigerians , especially tinubu supporters, they think in terms of patronage, not development

No wonder I am an oddity here.

PeopleStructure:
It's actually fearful and in our faces without even attempting to hide it anymore. Clear sign of their belief that the spirit of the Nigerian people have been conquered in their fight against the crookery of their leaders.

The only way out is revolution!

It actually goes beyond Nigeria but fear not, do your best, be the best you can and encourage others to in your journey through.