Mazeltovscotty:
If we are to hold the view that Lagos state economy is being dictated by the igbos, then we must remove lagos state out of the stat, which then brings souht west down to an equal level with south east ( 5 - 5 states).
However, if we are to deduct lagos state's N302,425,091,969 from the total south west IGR N414,847,500,567 then we will be having roughly about N110...,...,..., which still EXCEEDS the total south east IGR N49,934,646,220.
My point is: even without lagos state, south west still beats south east in terms of IGR.
I fink it is high time my igbo brothers acknowledge the fact that Performane and noise making are two parallel lines
i stand to be corrected in my calculation.

Egbon, Oro le wi sir

Super1Star:


So IOC HQs are also located in Kano abi?

Keep deceiving yourself, rather than facing the obvious.

To him the IOC HQs are in Ogun state. They exonerate themselves and blame others for their little IGR

Super1Star:


Lagos stopped being a Capital over 25years ago and the state has been collecting almost same FAAC allocations (if not lesser) than most State in those number of years.

Look for another reason.

Listen, am not here to argue about tribes and property with you. How many shipping companies will ship your container to calabar port? They will never do that if not Lagos then benin republic. Good luck finding an international flight that will take you to port harcourt or calabar. The last time I checked most embassies are in Lagos. There is no way anyone from east or south south can travel abroad with passing through lagos even though they wish to.

Yes the last time Lagos was capital is 25 years ago, I can still point out the the goodwill and physical presence federal left in Lagos is still present today.

Lloydfather:
This is why every Igbo men should believed that oil alone is not why Hausa & Yoruba is kicking against biafra. My brother I can clearly tell u that the land borders in those south west state was where their igr is coming from, who are those patronizing those borders ? The biafrans. The igr of Lagos is coming from no other place than import duties in fact import duties is contributing to 90% of Lagos igr, (both lands and sea borders). And who are those paying this duties? The biafrans. This is why the FG is discouraging any other sea port that will mount as challenge to Lagos port.

When they said biafra is landlocked this is what they mean, the land and sea borders is bringing more Igr than anything else and biafrans are the tools. Think my biafra brothers

Another Semi Illiterate on the loose.

Import Duties go to FG -- whether Air, Land or Sea.

Try harder.

Super1Star:


Lagos stopped being a Capital over 25years ago (a Quarter of a Century ago) and the state has been collecting almost same FAAC allocations (if not lesser) than most State in those number of years.

Look for another reason.

Meanwhile Calabar and Lokoja are former Federal Capital too.

Lagos became and lasted as the FCT when Nigeria had come of age and was already on a sure footing. Calabar and Lokoja were Capitals in the beginning of the 20th century when many Nigerian tribes were still walking half-naked, people had not started migrating and people did not know much about business so there is no way they can be like Lagos.

Op in the voice of the South Easterners, where is your head, we must sacrifice you to our new found god and priest Nnamdi Kanu to appease him for this your post that exposed the lies that the Igbos controls the economy of Nigeria.

Igbos will be screaming right now "we no go gree, Igbo land should be put in number one in the list ".

EternalTruth:
Stupid thread by a tribalistic afonja.
Spits on thread.

E pain the ipob tout.

To understand why Lagos states IGR is disproportional to other states,you all need to go and study the Lagos states tax law.

It has an unfair advantage to other states.In summary it appears any office with Headquaters in lagos,pays the proceeds from sales made in every location in Nigeria to Lagos State.

That means Mr y sells gum with head office in lagos.Every gum he sells in niger, maidugury and ondo has tax remmitted to Lagos state.

That and the personal income tax generated from everyone that works in lagos including artisans.

Add the levies on everything,permits ,tenements,adverstising,including painting your logo on your car comes with a fee in lagos

Lagos state has mastered the art of taxation, and this has little to do with any tribe in the state.It has nothing to do with the ports either whuch is under the federal Goverments jurisdiction.lagos is the ultimate tax collector

EternalTruth:
Stupid thread by a tribalistic afonja.
Spits on thread.

Truth is bitter. And it hurts badly when you can't do anything about it.

blueseacats:
Listen, am not here to argue about tribes and property with you. How many shipping companies will ship your container to calabar port? They will never do that if not Lagos then benin republic. Good luck finding an international flight that will take you to port harcourt or calabar. The last time I checked most embassies are in Lagos. There is no way anyone from east or south south can travel abroad with passing through lagos even though they wish to.

Yes the last time Lagos was capital is 25 years ago, I can still point out the the goodwill and physical presence federal left in Lagos is still present today.

The same Embassies, Int'l Sea and Airports, goodwill and physicalFederal presence that are in Kano and Ogun State too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Like Hillary Clinton would say, some people are just some bunch of ''deplorables''

luxy44:


My dear stop being stu.pid. It is not mandatory to use Lagos port or other ports. As a business man, I will use the port close to my market or factory. Onne port is working. And btw bulk of the revenue from port goes to FG. I am a Nigerian

Okay, Biafrans have heard.. But with all the huge, huge IGR, is there any region in Nigeria on the level it is meant to be?

Why una hatred for anything Biafra blocking ur views from reality?
Restructuring is for the best interest of the country..and im sure most south eastern states will accept resteucturing..stop bashing biafra agitators...everyone can not suffer and smile at the same time..

North with higer IGR, what is the standard living condition of their citizens?

Also...u guys need to look at sources of IGR and the impacts of the lives of the states..

Can we have sense small for Nigeria ? This tribal hate is too much! It is not allowing many to see the truth..remember, it is not ur suffering..

Super1Star:


IGR shows viability of a State.

It shows the commitment of the citizens of the State towards the self-sustenance of their state.

It is an indicator of willigness of the citizens of the state to promote good governance and accountability.

Ogun's IGR does not show any willigness of Ogun people to contribute to their state. The IGR in Ogun is gotten mainly from the industries there and not from Ogun "Citizens". Most of the industries there are foreign or non-indigene owned. I thought you and FK081 had this argument the other day?

Seee them trying to place south east as only location in Biafra ..lol....

SOUTH WEST PROPAGANDA IS THE WORST FORM OF PROPAGANDA

Maduawuchukwu:


Lagos became and lasted as the FCT when Nigeria had come of age and was already on a sure footing. Calabar and Lokoja were Capitals in the beginning of the 20th century when many Nigerian tribes were still walking half-naked, people had not started migrating and people did not know much about business so there is no way they can be like Lagos.

You are absolutely right and I agree with you.

What was Lagos IGR as at 1991? As at 1999, it was less than 300m per month.

Standing on being a Federal Capital is defective except you can explain same for Calabar and Lokoja.

Lies, and if this is true then why can't most of these states pay salaries to thier workers.

TheAngry1:




Who is stopping you from going? We have included your departure in the list of prayer request for this ramadan. The earlier you go, the better for us.

Thank u... So stop the bashing, okay.. It is our choice.. It is their choice..

But all the regions, including yours are yet to develop.. None has stable electricity, water, good roads, security, quality health care system etc.. Travel out of naija and see what development is all about..

I wish I can meet u in person, we can talk and discuss maturely bro..

SilentHaulers:


Stop making noise, you will just kill yourself cos of envy and hatred for the SW. Ogun's high IGR is cos of its industry. Direct your anger to your leaders and governors, stop crying everywhere pls.

Ogun's industries and high IGR is still as a result of its proximity to Lagos. Most people establishing businesses and building industries now around Lagos axis do it in Ogun state. Even a cousin of mine who lived in Ketu for years has built his own house (part of which is rented) in Ogun State, while his business is at Computer Village.
Ogun will keep enjoying from it's proximity to Lagos cos attention has shifted from Lag to Ogun now. The clear disparity between the stats of Ogun and the other SW states like Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti lays credence to the fact that Ogun is prospering because of its proximity to Lagos.

Anyway, SE governors may have to step up with taxation in the SE. That is the major way for them to increase their IGR. I know when Oshiomhole did it and was being crucified. Now, people are used to it. Even Lagos did it under Fashola. Imagine Imo State generating only 5bn per annum. That's shameful.

What are you saying? When did the South West establish its own Customs board? The money Customs generate from import and export duties at the land borders in Lagos, Ogun and Oyo goes straight to the federation account in Abuja. The case would have been the reverse if true fiscal federalism is being practised in Ngeria. I wish you goodluck in your quest for biafra, I also cannot wait for an independent and seperate Yoruba Nation.

Lloydfather:
This is why every Igbo men should believed that oil alone is not why Hausa & Yoruba is kicking against biafra. My brother I can clearly tell u that the land borders in those south west state was where their igr is coming from, who are those patronizing those borders ? The biafrans. The igr of Lagos is coming from no other place than import duties in fact import duties is contributing to 90% of Lagos igr, (both lands and sea borders). And who are those paying this duties? The biafrans. This is why the FG is discouraging any other sea port that will mount as challenge to Lagos port.

When they said biafra is landlocked this is what they mean, the land and sea borders is bringing more Igr than anything else and biafrans are the tools. Think my biafra brothers

Afamed:

To him the IOC HQs are in Ogun state. They exonerate themselves and blame others for their little IGR

Their cardinal problem is blaming others for their miserable lives.

Super1Star:


The same Embassies, Int'l Sea and Airports, goodwill and physicalFederal presence that are in Kano and Ogun State too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Like Hillary Clinton would say, some people are just some bunch of ''deplorables''

I would have loved to use examples to tell you why ogun and other neighboring state is also buoyant.

But your insult already tells me your mental state, so it's of no use.

Super1Star:


You are absolutely right and I agree with you.

What was Lagos IGR as at 1991? As at 1999, it was less than 300m per month.

Standing on being a Federal Capital is defective except you can explain same for Calabar and Lokoja.

Lagos IGR was very low then but the tax base was already there and was created during the 60's and 70's. What Tinubu did was just to tax an already made base. Tax specialists call it "Low-hanging fruits"

And the Northern still thinks they are born to dominate. #money_proves_otherwise.

Maduawuchukwu:

Ogun's IGR does not show any willigness of Ogun people to contribute to their state. The IGR in Ogun is gotten mainly from the industries there and not from Ogun "Citizens". Most of the industries there are foreign or non-indigene owned. I thought you and FK081 had this argument the other day?

Your argument is still lame because you did not give me the proportion of the IGR that came from citizens and the one that came from the industries.

If i chose to even agree with you that Industries contributed 99.9% to Ogun State IGR, is that not an indication of the peaceful nature of the citizen and the creation of investment friendly environment by the people and the Govt of the State.

But, what is responsible for Kano's performance?

SE is the armpit of Nigeria.
If they are given Biafra they would start eating themselves in less than 6 months.

TheArchangel:
and all those money are generated by only Yorubas, right
At least, I can boldly say without mincing words that the 49b from the SE was generated by IGBOS. Can you say same of SW and then other regions in Nigeria. Can you be bold enough to say that my people generated this amount without the help of non-indigenous people of the land.?

What is this one saying nw they are discussing IGR his talking about the number of shop owners why can't they open their shop in there region

Kennydoc:


Ogun's industries and high IGR is still as a result of its proximity to Lagos. Most people establishing businesses and building industries now around Lagos axis do it in Ogun state. Even a cousin of mine who lived in Ketu for years has built his own house (part of which is rented) in Ogun State, while his business is at Computer Village.
Ogun will keep enjoying from it's proximity to Lagos cos attention has shifted from Lag to Ogun now. The clear disparity between the stats of Ogun and the other SW states like Oyo, Osun, Ondo and Ekiti lays credence to the fact that Ogun is prospering because of its proximity to Lagos.

Anyway, SE governors may have to step up with taxation in the SE. That is the major way for them to increase their IGR. I know when Oshiomhole did it and was being crucified. Now, people are used to it. Even Lagos did it under Fashola. Imagine Imo State generating only 5bn per annum. That's shameful.

Imo has hotels which are a form of industry on their own but they are all friends of the Governor so you will see no move to tax them.

Lol. This comment is funny but I get your point: If we're going to sympathize with the Northeast, why not do the same for the Southeast rather than lecture, scorn and upbraid them?

Ogalanyachieze:
Is this your write up about biafra or what? Well i noticed you mentioned boko's activities affecting me, who brought it upon them? Or is boko haram a nigerian policy? That has affected them? Did you deliberately miss out on the biafra war devastation of se? And the subsequent policy that has seen successive nigeria govt over look se? Did that aspect skip ur dirty mind? and islamic caliphate want to do away with nigeria why dont you lecture them on how to improve igr like the biafrans? They need it badly too. Did biafran kill anybody? I

Lloydfather:
This is why every Igbo men should believed that oil alone is not why Hausa & Yoruba is kicking against biafra. My brother I can clearly tell u that the land borders in those south west state was where their igr is coming from, who are those patronizing those borders ? The biafrans. The igr of Lagos is coming from no other place than import duties in fact import duties is contributing to 90% of Lagos igr, (both lands and sea borders). And who are those paying this duties? The biafrans. This is why the FG is discouraging any other sea port that will mount as challenge to Lagos port.

When they said biafra is landlocked this is what they mean, the land and sea borders is bringing more Igr than anything else and biafrans are the tools. Think my biafra brothers

Import duties, land, air and sea go to the FG. And has nothing to do with state's IGR.

Find another excuse.

Maduawuchukwu:


Lagos IGR was very low then but the tax base was already there and was created during the 60's and 70's. What Tinubu did was just to tax an already made base. Tax specialists call it "Low-hanging fruits"

Based on this, there is every possibility that the sleeping states in IGR collections too have Low-Hanging fruits they have not tapped into?

Super1Star:


So IOC HQs are also located in Kano abi?

Keep deceiving yourself, rather than facing the obvious.

Go and sit down my friend. Have you seen how oil wells look like ? Have you ever changed your roofs every 5 years and see the impact of acid rain caused by gas flaring ? For me it is not news, it is not story, it is an experience.so when next you internet warriors want to call out war remember that some of us live at the epicenter of this marginalization and we have been patient. But if the oil wells shared amongst Northerners and SouthWesterners is what swells your ranks, then look at Aleppo in Syria. it can happen to any city in Nigeria and we will start all over. Lets see which country will be rebuilt faster. Cos if there is another war, I am sure Nigeria will not win, Biafra has nothing to loose but to gain, cos Oil will rebuild Biafra but Nigeria will have no access to oil anymore.

Preach peace not war.