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out of that 10 million, how many did the government give jobs?

Ndi "tax and spend government " are only desperate to increase the tax burden on an already pauperised population. Everyday, all we here are tax tax tax. Nothing else..

No significant infrastructural development going on with all the billions generated already. All they know is to tax the people to death and spend like a platoon of cassanovas

nairalanda1:
That's not income tax, which is what they are referring to. Income tax is payable from your monthly income, not from ticket or anything.

income tax, dues it also applied to people who have no jobs either from the government or else where?

nairalanda1:
They loot because the money doesn't come from your pockets, it comes from free oil money which can be replaced.

If more of you paid tax, you will really feel it, and there will be no hiding place for Okowa, Yahaya bello and many others.

I don’t understand? That money they looted is it not meant for the citizens? Do they own the oil ? If that money is rightly utilized would things not have been better ? Lol

edlion57:
Tinubu enjoys making Nigerians suffer
No fuel subsidy
No light subsidy
He is after how to collect from you

What do we enjoy as a citizen of this country

Tax is a compulsory levy. No patriotic citizen will speak against tax paying.. Nigeria is now becoming a country

anonimi:
How much of the 100 times increase in Lagos budget over the last 26 years, do you think that Tinubu is looting to bribe politicians and buy votes for his chokehold on Lagos

Tinubu shouldn’t have allowed close to the sit of national power. That man already looted enough and now he got the keys to Nigeria treasury. Lol

nairalanda1:
It's even worse than I thought

And after people will be abusive when I repeatedly tell them that we don't earn enough income from tax.

How many Nigerians have jobs with stable income

How many private companies, schools pay minimum wage

Is it not when there are good paying jobs we talk of tax. Oyedele wants to tax people earning 800k. That 66k a month. Can he survive on 66k a month

Elzazzi:
I don’t understand? That money they looted is it not meant for the citizens? Do they own the oil ? If that money is rightly utilized would things not have been better ? Lol

Play your part as a patriotic citizen first don't be on the negative side always... A responsible citizen avoid tax while irresponsible citizens evade tax

Elzazzi:
I don’t understand? That money they looted is it not meant for the citizens? Do they own the oil ? If that money is rightly utilized would things not have been better ? Lol

No, I'm serious. They loot because they know they can replace the money with more oil or borrowing revenue. If most of our money for treasury came from taxes, people would not take it easy if someone was looting their money.

That's why we have never had a true national revolution in this country. Awa money is something abstract, it is not something that we know comes from our pocket.

nedu666:
How many Nigerians have jobs with stable income

How many private companies, schools pay minimum wage

Is it not when there are good paying jobs we talk of tax. Oyedele wants to tax people earning 800k. That 66k a month. Can he survive on 66k a month

Good, so as a true agabroian, you can clap your hands when tinubu keeps on borrowing.

ANd you can forget about good roads and good stuff. One million people cannot provide enough revenue for 230 million people.

You are free to abuse me, I don't care. I am realistic, you are busy dreaming.

nairalanda1:
They loot because the money doesn't come from your pockets, it comes from free oil money which can be replaced.

If more of you paid tax, you will really feel it, and there will be no hiding place for Okowa, Yahaya bello and many others.

You talk as if the weapons soldiers, police and dss are carrying is for decoration. Have you seen okowa convoy as an ex gov

Kennitrust:
income tax, dues it also applied to people who have no jobs either from the government or else where?

Everyone earns some income, including those not in formal employment...and income tax applies to any money coming into their pockets.

nairalanda1:
Good, so as a true agabroian, you can clap your hands when tinubu keeps on borrowing.

ANd you can forget about good roads and good stuff. One million people cannot provide enough revenue for 230 million people.

You are free to abuse me, I don't care. I am realistic, you are busy dreaming.

Let him borrow. Because even if you give Nigeria the entire foreign reserve of China it will still not have 24hrs electricity

nedu666:
You talk as if the weapons soldiers, police and dss are carrying is for decoration. Have you seen okowa convoy as an ex gov

Like I said, you want us to borrow and keep borrowing.

And you also believe that one million people can pay for 220 million others.

I can't discuss with such people who are like that.

If more of us paid tax, do you think that okowa would be looting? Ya think you go let am?

Please go and sit down, and support your APC.

nedu666:
Let him borrow. Because even if you give Nigeria the entire foreign reserve of China it will still not have 24hrs electricity

LOL....

Grow up.

b0rn2fuck:
This man should just have to be careful with the way he was going with this tax issue, Nigerians are angry and frustrating ...

Don't know what we should use. tin to do... when almost 90 percent are under extreme poverty.

Property Tax by states / LG to follow. Nice!

edlion57:
Tinubu enjoys making Nigerians suffer
No fuel subsidy
No light subsidy
He is after how to collect from you

What do we enjoy as a citizen of this country

This is how a poor man thinks and that is why he will.remain like that all his days..

What has the middle class Nigerians benefited from the country to compel them to pay taxes.

Ponmoalata:
What has the middle class Nigerians benefited from the country to compel them to pay taxes.

Even when fuel subsidy, forex subsidy was on full swing , you deny benefitting from it. Right now public education, electricity, healthcare, infrastructure etc are still heavily subsidized. The day Govt decide to remove the subsidy and ask citizens to pay for the actual cost, that is when the noise will go up. Very few are currently paying tax, Govt wanted to widen the tax net , just so they can improve on our infrastructure, the noise is deafening , especially from those who are not paying and will still not be required to pay by law.

Hi

ksauthenticoi:
Tax is a compulsory levy. No patriotic citizen will speak against tax paying.. Nigeria is now becoming a country

Tax across the world from its originator are " PurPoseful" and duely accounted for ... No patriotic citizen will support a Tax regime we know is heavily marred with corrruption .. and a govt tew big for accountability

Before we got here, VAT increase, stamp duty, levies hiked and above all the Subsidy removal what have being the economic gain

The only mega project going on in Nig. by FG is just the coastal road financed by loan.


Americans british citizen Pay Tax cos they know the funds are judicious expended on welfare services and betterment of the country

For a tore pocket, putting big money wont change anything, have they dealt with corruption before widenly the Tax net ... so dont even bring " Patrotism" to gaslight Nigerians

nairalanda1:
How do you pay for subsidy when most of you don't pay tax, and when oil revenues are falling due to persistently low prices?

It's like you guys are not realistic.

I don't like tinubu, but this low tax thing has been an issue for decades

The one they have been collecting, what are they using it for?

anonimi:
What this supposedly brilliant chap forgets is that the 10 million taxpayers have profits and incomes from the LABOUR of the remaining Nigerians who are too much of extreme poverty paupers to pay any tax.

Who will enlighten him about this fact

^^^
He isn't 'brilliant'.

GEJDHERO:
It would even reduce further. .accounts closing go yakpa 2026

and you want Nigeria to progress. A country of over 200 million people having about 10 million paying tax.

We are not ready for a better Nigeria.

Good. Now tell us how many you’ve provided jobs for, or at least, conducive environments for business. You can’t tax people on money they sweat to make off their own efforts after you’ve failed to meet their basic necessities such as jobs, good roads, electricity, security etc.

Zico5:
The one they have been collecting, what are they using it for?

That the useless question you always ask as if the amenities provided (though sub optimal ) is for foreigners

wellmax:
and you want Nigeria to progress. A country of over 200 million people having about 10 million paying tax.

We are not ready for a better Nigeria.

Joke is on you. Your government wants to tax people they didn’t provide jobs for. Graduates are everywhere doing menial and sub-par jobs to survive but you expect government to tax on it? Where in the world does that work?

How many businesses have thrive and how many are employed

deji17:
Even when fuel subsidy, forex subsidy was on full swing , you deny benefitting from it. Right now public education, electricity, healthcare, infrastructure etc are still heavily subsidized. The day Govt decide to remove the subsidy and ask citizens to pay for the actual cost, that is when the noise will go up. Very few are currently paying tax, Govt wanted to widen the tax net , just so they can improve on our infrastructure, the noise is deafening , especially from those who are not paying and will still not be required to pay by law.

^^^
Not so fast.

Its a two way street.

Increasing taxes without public sector/institutional reform is a waste of time. The money will disappear and there will be nothing, absolutely nothing to show for it.

Even a child knows that this tax revenue that Oyedele and his master are eyeing will be wasted on more Land Cruisers, Cadillac limousines, presidential aircraft and presidential yachts. Any little bit left over will go towards renovation of vice presidential palaces.

There is nothing, absolutely nothing to suggest that this administration is acting in good faith. Why don't BAT and Oyedele publicly declare their tax returns as a show of good faith for all Nigerians to see? Isn't that true leadership - leadership by example?

Taiwo Oyedele is one proof that technocrats will Jones when they come close to overpopulated money

Even the ones we paid for, what did you ppl use it for

deji17:
Active individual taxpayers in Nigeria less than 10 million  —  Taiwo Oyedele


https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanguardngr.com/2025/12/active-individual-taxpayers-in-nigeria-less-than-10-million-taiwo-oyedele/amp/

The concern of the people is that the funds shouldn't be used to sponsor the lavish lifestyle of public office holders.