₦airaland Forum

Since I read about the report that FG budgeted almost 1 trillion for their so called empowerment programme, inside it they have 15billion for 39 SUVs, I havent slept well. The reason is because we are in AI driven world, jobs have been affected, gigs online dont come as they used to. To make 1 dollar is hard. I hustle remotely and each time I am paid, VAT is deducted from my income as well. This runs into reasonable sum per year and has been going on for years.
On top of that Tinubu has captured us in his tax expansion scheme, so we will pay income tax which is brutally up to 24 percent. And he has refused to fix other things that could make life easier and reduce expenses. As an individual, you will need to sort out electricity in your house aside your office. Which means you will most likely buy expensive fuel for car, expensive fuel for generator or sleep without light at night and battle mosquito and heat. Public schools are still terrible so you may need to embrace private schools for your kids. You still need to buy bottle water for your family, the list goes on. So, nothing is done to relieve expenses for the middle class but this man is so bent on heavily taxing us.
Now, they budgeted 15billion for 39 SUV: According to a report by Punch:

https://punchng.com/fg-earmarks-nearly-n1tn-for-suvs-empowerment-amid-borrowing-pressure/#google_vignette

> "In its analysis of the 2026 Federal Government budget, Tracka said the allocation comprised N15.13bn for the procurement of 39 SUVs and N947.70bn for 2,579 empowerment projects, bringing the total to N962.83bn."
Now, the reason govt expanded tax bracket according to them, the country needs money, the country is poor. How can a country rich in gas, oil, lithium, gold, minerals, water, farmable lands, endless land, be poor? that is the story for another day. But how can a poor country be buying SUVs worth 15billion?
If I tell govt that I am poor and then buy a car worth 100m, will govt believe me? I need someone who is pro Tinubu to defend this honestly because this is too much. Must politicians drive luxury car for work? Why cant they go for Tokumbo Lexus SUV or Acura SUV, 2015 models, they dont cost more than 25. Millions of Nigerians that Tinubu capured in his expanded tax cant even buy cars worth 20 million even for the next 10 years except miracle happens. I want to ask something, between colonial masters and Nigerian politicians, who is even more evil and wicked? Do these guys understand the reality of more than 85 percent of Nigerians? Why spend so much on luxury? How can a poor country able to afford luxury and expensive cars worth more than 300m per one? Haaaaaaa, poor man dey buy luxury? Explain to me, please.
Dont forget that we are borrowing heavily too: according to same story by Punch: "The PUNCH earlier reported that the Federal Government increased its borrowing plan for 2026 to N29.20tn following an expansion in the proposed budget size..."
Please if u are borrowing like this and tax me heavily and aggressively, why spend 39billion for SUVs?

Show us the proposal from the documents

helinues:
Show us the proposal from the documents

The link to the article is there.. Punch analysed it better.

Princedapace:
The link to the article is there.. Punch analysed it better.

It's not today the media have been concocting jargons

helinues:
It's not today the media have been concocting jargons

There is no justification for buying such expensive SUV for a poor country that claimed to be short of cash. Pls make it make sense. if i declare company revenue and claim to be poor and struggling but the company donated car worth 100m to director, wont tax officials fight me?
No reason, no justification for such huge sum for 39 SUVs.... Nigerian politicians can use Tokumbo SUV worth 20m, they wont die. When u are poor and borrowing, u cut ur coat according to ur size.
U cant be expanding tax net and still be spending like you are a rich country.