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WHAT IS A PARASITE?

In biology, a parasite is an organism that:
1. Attaches to a functioning host
2. Provides no unique benefit to the host
3. Extracts nutrients/resources at the host's expense
4. Weakens the host's health or function
5. Is difficult to remove once embedded

Simple. Scientific. Not political.

Now let's apply this definition to Nigerian tax system.

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THE FUNCTIONING HOST (JULY-DECEMBER 2025)

Before we talk about parasites, let's establish: The Nigerian tax system is FUNCTIONING.

What FIRS Already Has (Documented):

July 2025: Real-Time VAT Monitoring System Launched
• Mandatory API integration with all banks, fintechs, payment providers
• Automated submission of transaction data
• Real-time VAT deductions
• Instant remittance to FIRS
• Direct federal oversight
• FULLY OPERATIONAL

August 2025: E-Invoicing System (MBS) Rollout
• Merchant-Buyer Solution for large taxpayers
• Automated fiscal processes
• Enhanced transparency capability
• WORKING

Existing Infrastructure:
• NIBSS: Processes ₦1.07 quadrillion per year
• Remita: Handles TSA collections
• BVN: 56 million+ Nigerians linked to bank accounts
• FIRS TIN: Tracking all taxpayers

Proof of Local Capacity:
EMTL (Electronic Money Transfer Levy):
• ₦360.29 billion collected (Jan-Oct 2025)
• 66% year-over-year growth
• Near-zero leakage
• Automated, transparent, successful
• No foreign "assistance" needed

Conclusion: Nigeria has the technology, infrastructure, and proven capacity for automated, transparent tax collection.

The host is HEALTHY and FUNCTIONING.

So why are we adding parasites?

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PARASITE #1: XPRESS PAYMENTS (CONFIRMED)

The Timeline That Proves Parasitism

July 2025: FIRS launches full automation (real-time monitoring, APIs, etc.)

August 2025: System enhanced with e-invoicing

November 19, 2025: FIRS appoints Xpress Payments as "TSA collecting agent for electronic payments, integrations, and collections"

Wait. Didn't FIRS just launch that EXACT capability 4 months earlier?

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The Unanswerable Question

"FIRS, you launched real-time automated VAT monitoring in July 2025. You already have API integration with all banks and fintechs. You already have NIBSS processing ₦1.07 quadrillion. You already have Remita handling TSA.

WHY DO YOU NEED XPRESS?"

The Only Two Possible Answers:

1. Extraction
• Xpress takes commission/fees from tax flow
• Private entity skims "part of taxes"
• Alpha Beta Lagos model (10% = ₦126B/year) recreated at federal scale
• Political patronage/kickbacks

2. They're Lying About Having The System
• July 2025 "real-time monitoring" doesn't actually work
• API integration is theater
• Automation is fake

Either answer is devastating. And FIRS cannot escape this logic.

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Parasite Checklist - Xpress Payments

✅ Attaches to functioning host: Added November 2025, AFTER July automation working

✅ Provides no unique benefit: All claimed functions already handled by NIBSS/Remita/FIRS system

✅ Extracts resources: FIRS claims "0% commission" but:
• No published contract
• No fee schedule
• No transaction volume data
• No verification possible
• Alpha Beta parallel (Lagos 10% = ₦126B/year extracted)

✅ Weakens host: Adds opacity layer (unpublished contract), reduces accountability, private entity in public flow

✅ Difficult to remove: Embedded as "TSA agent," removal would require admitting appointment was mistake

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Constitutional Violations (Xpress)

1. Public Procurement Act 2007
• Direct appointment, no open bidding, no tender
• FIRS claims "administrative decision" exempts them
• But: Adding private agent AFTER automation exists = procurement for unnecessary service
• Requires competitive bidding

2. Constitution Section 16(2) - Economic Equity
• Private entity given national tax access without competition
• Creates monopoly opportunity
• Alpha Beta became 10% Lagos monopoly despite "non-exclusive" claim
• Pattern repeating

3. Constitution Section 15(5) - Abuse of Power
• Appointing unnecessary agent (system already works)
• No technical justification
• Timing (November after July automation) suggests intentional extraction
• Potential corruption

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VERDICT: XPRESS IS A PARASITE (CONFIRMED)

By every scientific measure:
• Redundant layer on working system
• Zero unique value
• Hidden extraction (unpublished contract)
• Opacity added to functioning transparency
• Embedded status hard to reverse

Xpress Payments is a parasite. The evidence is conclusive.

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PARASITE #2: FRANCE MOU (POSSIBLE, POTENTIALLY TREASONABLE)

What We Know (And Don't Know)

December 2025: FIRS Signs MOU with French Tax Authority

What They Tell Us:
• "Technical assistance"
• "Capacity building"
• "Best practices exchange"
• "Transparent and beneficial"

What They DON'T Tell Us:
❌ Full MOU terms (unpublished)
❌ Commission or fee structure (hidden)
❌ Data access scope (what Nigerian information does France get?)
❌ Decision-making authority (do French "advisers" control FIRS decisions?)
❌ Duration and renewal terms (how long is Nigeria "assisted"?)
❌ Cost to Nigerian taxpayers (who pays for this "assistance"?)

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The Same Unanswerable Question

"FIRS, you launched full automation in July 2025. EMTL proves Nigerian capacity works (₦360B collected, 66% growth, near-zero leakage). NIBSS processes ₦1.07 quadrillion per year.

WHY DO YOU NEED FRANCE?"

Possible Answers (All Problematic):

1. We Need Technical Expertise
• But you just launched automation 5 months ago
• EMTL proves local capacity
• NIBSS/BVN infrastructure world-class
• If you had capacity in July, why need France in December?

2. France Has Better Systems
• Then why didn't you use them in July?
• Why wait until AFTER launching local system?
• Timing suggests extraction, not necessity

3. International Best Practices
• Rwanda, Estonia, Georgia did digital tax WITHOUT French "assistance"
• They publish their systems openly
• Why can't Nigeria learn from public examples instead of secret French deal?

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The CFA Franc Warning

Historical Context:
• France controls monetary policy for 14 West African countries via CFA franc
• These countries hold reserves in French Treasury
• Widely criticized as "economic colonialism"
• Pattern: France offers "assistance," gains control

The Fear:
• France tax MOU = "CFA franc for tax collection"
• Nigeria surrendering fiscal sovereignty
• "Technical advisers" = controllers
• Commission/data access hidden in "assistance" language

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Constitutional Violation (France MOU) - DEFINITE

Section 12(1) of 1999 Constitution:
"No treaty between the Federation and any other country shall have the force of law except to the extent to which any such treaty has been enacted into law by the National Assembly."

Status of France MOU:
❓ Has National Assembly ratified it?
❓ Has it been enacted into law?
❓ Was National Assembly even CONSULTED?

If NO to any of these:
✅ MOU is UNCONSTITUTIONAL
✅ Any implementation is ILLEGAL
✅ Any data sharing or revenue access is VOID

This constitutional violation is CERTAIN. The MOU is illegal regardless of its content.

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Possible Treason (Depends on Hidden Terms)

Criminal Code Act, Section 41(c) - Treasonable Felony:
"Any person who conspires with any person to effect any unlawful purpose prejudicial to the safety or interests of Nigeria is guilty of a felony and liable to life imprisonment."

IF France MOU Includes (Unknown Because Hidden):

1. Commission on Nigerian Taxes
• France extracts percentage of Nigerian revenue
• Wealth transfer to foreign power without public consent
• "Prejudicial to interests of Nigeria" ✅

2. Control Over Revenue Collection
• French "advisers" with veto power over FIRS decisions
• Sovereignty surrender to foreign power
• "Assists foreign power against Nigerian interests" ✅

3. Nigerian Taxpayer Data Sent to France
• 200 million+ citizens' personal information
• Transaction data, income details, business intelligence
• No Nigerian control over data use
• "Prejudicial to safety" (economic intelligence to foreign power) ✅

4. MOU Overrides Nigerian Law
• French entities exempted from Nigerian regulations
• Colonial-style extraterritoriality
• Immunity from Nigerian legal process
• "Unlawful purpose" ✅

5. Officials Personally Benefit
• Kickbacks from France to Nigerian signatories
• Corruption in MOU negotiation/signing
• Personal gain from national interest betrayal
• Classic treason elements ✅

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The Legal Standard

NOT Treason:
• France provides training at their expense
• Knowledge transfer with no ongoing control or fees
• Published terms showing pure technical cooperation
• No extraction, no control, no data transfer

POSSIBLY Treason (Requires MOU Publication to Assess):
• Hidden commission on tax collections
• Data sharing without clear safeguards and limits
• French decision-making influence over FIRS
• Economic subjugation elements concealed in "assistance" language

DEFINITELY Treason:
• France controls Nigerian revenue collection
• Nigerian officials receive kickbacks
• Taxpayer data sold or transferred to France
• Sovereignty explicitly surrendered
• "Prejudicial to interests of Nigeria" proven in MOU text

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Why Opacity Suggests Malice

Legal Principle: "Consciousness of Guilt"

If MOU terms are benign:
• Why not publish them?
• Why not submit to National Assembly per Section 12?
• Why sign secretly in December?
• Transparency would PROTECT legitimate cooperation

If MOU terms are prejudicial:
• Opacity is necessary to conceal them
• Constitutional bypass prevents scrutiny
• December timing (holidays, Jan 1 distraction) deliberate
• Concealment = consciousness of guilt

The fact that they're hiding it suggests there's something TO hide.

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Parasite Checklist - France MOU

✅ Attaches to functioning host: Added December 2025, AFTER July automation + EMTL success proves local capacity

✅ Provides no unique benefit: All claimed "assistance" could be learned from public examples (Rwanda, Estonia) or already possessed (July automation)

Extracts resources: UNKNOWN (hidden MOU terms)
• Could be commission (Alpha Beta model at federal scale)
• Could be data (economic intelligence extraction)
• Could be control (sovereignty extraction)
• Cannot verify without published MOU

✅ Weakens host: Constitutional violation (Section 12), sovereignty questions, potential data breach, opacity in public system

✅ Difficult to remove: Once "technical assistance" embedded, creates dependency narrative; French "advisers" entrenched in FIRS

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[color=orange]VERDICT: FRANCE MOU IS POSSIBLY A PARASITE, POTENTIALLY TREASONABLE[/color]

What We Can Say Definitively:
1. ✅ Constitutional violation (Section 12) - CERTAIN
2. ✅ Unnecessary (local capacity proven) - CERTAIN
3. ✅ Opaque (terms hidden) - CERTAIN
4. Extraction (commission/data/control) - UNKNOWN (hidden)
5. Treason (prejudicial to Nigeria) - POSSIBLE (depends on hidden terms)

Publish MOU immediately. Let citizens assess if it's benign cooperation or treasonable extraction.

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THE PATTERN: SYSTEMATIC PARASITISM

Two Parasites, Same Playbook

XPRESS PAYMENTS vs FRANCE MOU:

When Added:
• Xpress: November 2025
• France: December 2025

Host Status:
• Xpress: Functioning (July automation)
• France: Functioning (EMTL success)

Claimed Purpose:
• Xpress: "Electronic integrations"
• France: "Technical assistance"

Actual Necessity:
• Xpress: Zero (NIBSS/Remita exist)
• France: Zero (local capacity proven)

Terms:
• Xpress: Hidden (no contract published)
• France: Hidden (no MOU published)

Extraction:
• Xpress: Unknown (claimed "0%"
• France: Unknown (claimed "assistance"

Constitutional Process:
• Xpress: Violated (no open bid)
• France: Violated (no National Assembly)

Removal Difficulty:
• Xpress: High (embedded as "TSA agent"
• France: High (dependency narrative)

Pattern:
• Xpress: Alpha Beta Lagos → Federal
• France: CFA Franc → Tax System

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The Systematic Nature

This is NOT coincidental:

1. Both inserted AFTER local capacity proven (July automation, EMTL success)
2. Both claim to provide services host already has (integration, technical capacity)
3. Both hidden in opacity (unpublished contracts/MOUs)
4. Both bypass constitutional process (procurement law, National Assembly)
5. Both difficult to remove once embedded (status quo bias, sunk cost)
6. Both follow historical extraction patterns (Alpha Beta, CFA franc)

This is systematic parasitism, not isolated mistakes.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL SUMMARY

Xpress Payments Violations:

1. ✅ Public Procurement Act 2007 - No open bidding for procurement over ₦50M
2. ✅ Constitution Section 16(2) - Creating monopoly opportunity without justification
3. ✅ Constitution Section 15(5) - Abuse of power (unnecessary appointment)

France MOU Violations:

1. ✅ Constitution Section 12(1) - Treaty requires National Assembly approval, didn't get it (DEFINITE)
2. Criminal Code Section 41(c) - Treasonable felony if terms "prejudicial to interests" (POSSIBLE, depends on hidden terms)
3. Data protection laws - If Nigerian taxpayer data transferred (UNKNOWN)
4. Sovereignty principles - If control surrendered (UNKNOWN)

What We Can Prove Now:

• Xpress: Constitutional violations + parasitism = CONFIRMED
• France: Constitutional violation = CONFIRMED, Treason = [color=orange]POSSIBLE[/color] (need MOU to assess)

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THE QUESTIONS THAT DEMAND ANSWERS

To FIRS:

On Xpress Payments:
1. You launched real-time VAT monitoring in July 2025. Why did you need Xpress in November 2025?
2. What does Xpress do that your July system + NIBSS + Remita cannot do?
3. What fees/commissions does Xpress charge? (Publish contract)
4. What is Xpress's transaction volume vs. NIBSS vs. Remita? (Prove "non-exclusive"
5. Why wasn't there open competitive bidding per Public Procurement Act?

On France MOU:
1. Has the MOU been submitted to National Assembly per Section 12(1)?
2. Does France get commission or fees from Nigerian tax collection?
3. Does France get access to Nigerian taxpayer data? What data? What safeguards?
4. Do French "advisers" have decision-making power over FIRS?
5. Are there any provisions that override Nigerian law or grant France immunity?
6. What is the cost to Nigerian taxpayers?
7. Why is the MOU not published if it benefits Nigeria?

To The Presidency:

1. Why sign France MOU without National Assembly approval as required by Section 12?
2. EMTL proves Nigerian capacity for digital tax. Why do we need France?
3. Will you publish the full MOU terms within 7 days?
4. Are there any conflicts of interest or personal benefits from France deal?
5. Do you understand this could constitute treasonable felony under Section 41(c)?

To National Assembly:

1. Were you consulted on France MOU before signing?
2. Has the MOU been submitted for ratification per Section 12?
3. Will you investigate Xpress appointment for procurement violations?
4. Will you hold oversight hearings on both parasites?
5. Will you pass laws requiring transparency for ALL TSA agents and international tax agreements?

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THE DEMANDS (SPECIFIC AND ENFORCEABLE)

Immediate (7 Days):

1. Publish Xpress Payments Contract
• Full text, unredacted
• Fee structure (percentage, per-transaction, or flat rate)
• Scope of services (exact insertion point in revenue flow)
• Duration, renewal terms, termination clauses
• Performance metrics and verification process

2. Publish France MOU
• Full text, unredacted
• Commission or fee structure (if any)
• Data access scope and safeguards
• Authority and decision-making power of French "advisers"
• Duration, costs, and exit provisions

Short-Term (30 Days):

3. Submit France MOU to National Assembly
• Constitutional requirement per Section 12
• Public hearings with citizen input
• Vote on ratification or rejection

4. Investigate Xpress Appointment
• National Assembly oversight hearing
• Procurement process review
• Cost-benefit analysis: Does Xpress provide value?
• If no unique value: Suspend and remove

5. Monthly Transparency Reporting

Agent       Transactions    Value         Fees Charged
NIBSS       X million       ₦Y trillion   ₦Z billion
Remita      X million       ₦Y trillion   ₦Z billion
Xpress      X million       ₦Y trillion   ₦Z billion
Banks       X million       ₦Y trillion   ₦Z billion

• Prove "non-exclusive" claims with data
• Show what each agent extracts vs. contributes

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THE CITIZEN ACTION KIT

What You Can Do Right Now:

1. File FOI Request


TO: FIRS Chairman
SUBJECT: Freedom of Information Request

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2011, I request:

1. Full contract between FIRS and Xpress Payments (November 2025)
2. Fee structure and transaction volume data for Xpress
3. Full text of FIRS-France MOU (December 2025)
4. Evidence of National Assembly approval for France MOU

Please respond within 7 days as required by law.

Citizen Name: ________________
Date: ________________
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2. Contact Your Representative

Dear [Senator/Rep Name],

I am your constituent. I demand you investigate:

1. Xpress Payments appointment (potential procurement violation)
2. France MOU (signed without National Assembly per Section 12)

These are parasites on our tax system. Hold oversight hearings.

Regards,
[Your Name]

3. Monitor Your Own Taxes
• Check receipts: Which agent processed your payment?
• Document any fees: Were deductions beyond the tax itself?
• Compare across time: Has extraction increased?
• Report patterns: Share findings on social media

4. Share This Analysis
• "Two parasites on Nigerian tax system: One confirmed (Xpress), one possibly treasonable (France)"
• Use hashtags: #PublishXpressContract #PublishFranceMOU #NoParasites
• Tag: @NigeriaFIRS @NigeriaGov @BudgITng @SERAPNigeria

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WHY THIS MATTERS (BEYOND THE MONEY)

It's Not Just About Xpress or France

This is about:

1. Sovereignty
• Can Nigeria control its own tax system?
• Or are we still colonial subjects with new masters?
• Independence means nothing if France controls our revenue

2. Capacity Building vs. Capacity Theft
• EMTL proves Nigeria can do digital tax
• July automation proves we have technology
• We don't need "assistance" - we need them to stop stealing

3. Constitutional Order
• If Section 12 can be ignored (France MOU)
• If procurement law can be ignored (Xpress)
• What other laws will they ignore?

4. Pattern Recognition
• Today: Xpress and France parasites
• Tomorrow: How many more?
• If we don't remove these, more will attach

5. Citizen Power
• Can evidence and transparency demands force change?
• Or is Nigerian system completely captured?
• This is the test: Can we bend the system or are we powerless?

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THE BOTTOM LINE

PARASITE #1 (Xpress Payments):
• Status: CONFIRMED PARASITE
• Evidence: Redundant layer on functioning system (July automation)
• Extraction: Unknown (hidden contract)
• Legal Status: Constitutional violations (procurement, monopoly, abuse of power)
• Action: Suspend immediately, publish contract, remove if no unique value

PARASITE #2 (France MOU):
• Status: POSSIBLE PARASITE, POTENTIALLY TREASONABLE
• Evidence: Unnecessary (local capacity proven), unconstitutional (no National Assembly)
• Extraction: Unknown (hidden MOU)
• Legal Status: Constitutional violation (Section 12) CERTAIN, Treason (Section 41(c)) POSSIBLE
• Action: Publish MOU immediately, submit to National Assembly, investigate for treason

THE PATTERN:
• Both inserted after capacity proven
• Both hidden in opacity
• Both bypass constitutional process
• Both extract (amount unknown)
• Both must be removed or transparency forced

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FINAL QUESTIONS

To FIRS and Presidency:

1. If Xpress and France are not parasites, prove it with published contracts/MOUs
2. If they provide unique value, show cost-benefit analysis
3. If they don't extract resources, show fee schedules (should be ₦0)
4. If constitutional process was followed, show National Assembly approval
5. If there's nothing to hide, why hide?

You have 7 days to respond with published documents.

Silence = Admission.

Continued opacity = Proof of parasitism.

Failure to publish = Confirmation of extraction and potential treason.

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TO MY FELLOW CITIZENS

This is not about Tinubu vs. Atiku or APC vs. PDP.

This is about parasites vs. host.

This is about extraction vs. development.

This is about foreign control vs. sovereignty.

This is about constitutional order vs. lawlessness.

The scientific definition is clear. The evidence is documented. The legal violations are proven.

Xpress is a confirmed parasite. France is possibly treasonable.

Demand transparency. File FOI requests. Contact representatives. Monitor your own taxes.

If we don't remove these parasites, they will drain our system dry.

As our elders teach: "The parasite that eats the yam must be shown to the village."

We are showing them now.

FIRS: 7 days. Publish or be exposed.

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#PublishXpressContract
#PublishFranceMOU
#NoParasites
#TransparencyNow
#NigerianSovereignty

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Published: December 25, 2025
Evidence-based analysis by LogicAndNumbers
Scientific. Constitutional. Irrefutable.


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The tax MOU with France is a welcome development. We need to learn from the best.

Reading.....

Toh

The 'first to comment' guy above didn't even read the thread. He just posted like a bot...

Well articulated OP. This "parasite" has impoverished "former" French colonies for decades. Most of them will never recover and their citizens will never see the good life.
But here we have leaders who think this is the way to go.

They remember that they are sovereign when terrorists and bandits are to be decimated but forget sovereignty when it's about taxes. If this fraudulent tax laws are not rejected, we are in for a very long haul of real time neocolonialism.

We will end up like these francophone countries where the middle class will completely disappear. You're either extremely rich or terribly poor.

So, we have one parasite confirmed and the other possibly treasonable?

Salewa97:
Toh

Toh.

I don't understand shit up there
Aswear make no body touch the small money wey dey my account...

No one is saying the French MoU is ideal. However, it is the second best option available to us at this time. And we must take it while we build local capacity to its fullest potential.

Published: December 27, 2025
Evidence-based analysis by LogicAndNumbers
Scientific. Constitutional. Irrefutable

December 27th...you are from the future

All the analysis up there makes alot of sense. It would be bad if Nigeria ends up in Economic colonialism. Data is sensitive and infact it's classified as intelligence. Handling another country our tax data is handling them the countries intelligence.
It would be better, if they give a technical support instead.

The way they are desperately going about this tax thing shows that bat and his gang certainly have vested pecuniary interest in it. Anyone with even minuscule sense knows it.

That's why Nigerians must rise up and not only destroy this useless tax reform in its entirety, but also get rid of this evil regime, even before 2027 if possible. It is an existential imperative.

Xpress payments is a confirmed parasite. FIRS should be able to explain how they came to appoint them.

As for the French MOU, it is most likely treasonable. It makes no sense to seek help after you already have a system in place.

HgAkpobomeEr:
The tax MOU with France is a welcome development. We need to learn from the best.

Care to share the MIU as we are yet to see it in public places.

French - Neocolonialists. There are more questions than answers!

Wow! This is a comprehensive exposé. I hope those in authority are paying attention so that we can nip this in the bud early enough.

May God bless Nigeria for ever!

This is a very insightful analysis. The MOU with France should be published urgently.

May God bless Nigeria for ever!