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| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by SalamRushdie: 6:12pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
RevenGeMission:I hope you know it's Nigerians that will still pay this fine like the other one ..open your mind man |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by RevenGeMission: 6:13pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Ogun kill you there, Who is your Kid ?? Have you for once asked yourself why always MTN ?? Why is MTN trying to dodge it's obligations to the country that has allowed it to grow over the years with no problems whatsoever ?? Telcos are all over ready and waiting for Go-Ahead from the FG or whoever is in charge of that shyyt Were you blind dead or dumb when it was revealed that some of your so called Politicians were collecting kickbacks in hundreds of millions in USD from MTN in order for MTN to avoid paying tax ?? If MTN was to do business in UK or USA , are you saying the company won't pay tax ?? that either of the country will wait for 10 years before collection ?? Baby commenters posting rubbish up and down , naijapips04: |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by SalamRushdie: 6:13pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
naijapips04:That's the plan |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Nobody: 6:13pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Before MTN came to Nigeria, how many countries have their presence? Since 2001, they have expanded to several countries. I bought my first SIM card at 30K. With very poor quality of service at inception, they charged 50 naira per minute and you hardly spent 15 second before the call is lost. Even if you spent 1 second and call drops, you still pay 50 naira until GLO came. The rapid expansion of MTN to other countries is because of the money coming from Nigeria. The things MTN should do is to appoint a Nigerian as either CEO or CFO. I believed Mike Ikpoki was not given a free hand as CEO before the NCC fine came. Secondly & more importantly, MTN should be quoted on the stock market (Nigerian Stock Exchange). In telecom, subscribers base is very important. With MTN subscribers base in Nigeria, it has become a bride to international investiment companies. They must go to stock market. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by SalamRushdie: 6:14pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Jiang:Make NTEL work befor you talk |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by RevenGeMission: 6:15pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
If NCC knows that it's doing Nigerians shouldn't bear the brunt , this company has raked enough profit already and what the FG is demanding is a chicken change compared to what some stupid bankers helped MTN to launder If NCC knows what it's doing MTN would be forced to provide quality service and no additional cost or pain to Nigerians , SalamRushdie: |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by RevenGeMission: 6:17pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
You are the only one who is thinking what i am thinking so far , I bet the NCC guys are just figureheads , they travel abroad for the fun, not to see how things work ..... All communications service providers need to be on their feet at all times to provide the best for consumers , but when Alert sounds in Barclays bank , NCC guys go into hibernation mode lexy2014: |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by SalamRushdie: 6:21pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
RevenGeMission:Last time we bore the brunt 100 percent as subscribers |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Jerrypolo(m): 6:25pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Newboss:Go read up the Chinese model for development then come back for a conversation. Wait!!!. Lemme save you the stress and data. Way back, just a little over when the war (with Japan) ended with the help of the allied forces, the Chinese decided to take up their destinies and never be at the mercy of any country or force. So they came up with a policy that made them a "soloist" country. If they were human, they became introverted. The slogan was "If we can't produce it, we aren't worthy of its use". You can attest to the fact that Nigerians until the turn of the millennium had more cars than the Chinese. Not because they hadn't the technology, but because they were perfecting it and were still very proud of their imitation from the British, "Bicycles". If we stick to Nigerian goods by purpose, the manufacturers will be forced by competition to improve and Africa will queue behind us for good. Our entertainment industry is a good case in point. #ReadItUp |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Amacaco: 6:27pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Why is this APC led FG so mean to MTN since it came into power? Why are they trying to push them out of Business or Nigeria. I think there is a strong policy of "MTN must leave " being pursued by this government. Someone wants to buy it off from the South Africans by force. Please leave MTN alone. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by RevenGeMission: 6:28pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
SalamRushdie:Why won't you when you are busy with attacking Buhari and APC instead of NCC who is supposed to protect your rights as a consumer ? |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by brainhgeek(m): 6:30pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Get every kobo! Everything abeg. When you are done with them, move to dstv. Sebi their country sabi xenophobia pass. Let them go back home |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by hopexter(m): 6:30pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
LaudableXX:Are you challenging the Government? ![]() |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Nobody: 6:31pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
they should tax dstv too .chase all this south Africans out and replace them with niaja alternative |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by ozo13(m): 6:35pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Jerrypolo:leave the guy.em think say na APC vs PDP matta we dey discusse here |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Jerrypolo(m): 6:35pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
SalamRushdie:Good for you Mr "Critical Thinker". |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by baba4thegehs: 6:39pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Rip them off! The concealed fraud in MTN is underrated. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Dee60: 6:40pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Folks, look at the big picture. I dont know MTN but I know they employ a lot of people and they put food on their tables and send their children to school. MTN must be one of the top 20 employers in this our destructive environment, where the political elite destroy everything around, yet their own children can live extremely lavish lifestyles in expensive capitals around the world. There are many offenders. Let the biliionaire politicians make public their taxes. You will be shocked how they pay next to nothing, where as some of them could have girlfriends in virtually all of the 36 states in the country. At whose expense you ask! The tax revenue in Nigeria is largely from salaries of workers. Yet, they can point to MTN as evading tax. Which MNC in Nigeria is not evading one levy or the other? Look at the big picture. If MTN crashes out who will take over their massive capital investments? The public will gain nothing. Some unintended beneficiary somewhere will take home the loot! And our economy may just sink deeper in the mud. Should we not look at the big picture? In the last two weeks, at least 2 international banks have been fined. And we have a whole army of politicians junketing the globe looking for 'global investors! Na so, in fact get ready to receive 100 Boeing 747 on daily basis, all arriving to come and invest! Big picture. If MTN goes, who takes over their goods? Definitely not the people crying uhuru here. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Nobody: 6:52pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
LaudableXX:So u sabi the law and the case pass the government? Mind you PYO is a principal shareholder of MTN |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Nobody: 6:54pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Amacaco:Get sense. The vp PYO is a shareholder in the coy |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Iziquiel(m): 6:55pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Lifestone:I'm just reading their comments, just imagine if we have people like these in leadership positions.. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by GavelSlam: 7:08pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
RevenGeMission:Don't mind those simpletons. Tax evasion is a big crime anywhere and MTN must pay. We've read of the likes of Messi, Ronaldo and even Jose Mourinho being sentenced for similar crimes those ones no even talk say dem no go work again. Out of hatred for government you would find all manner of unpatriotic and frankly speaking, idiotic statements. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Newboss(m): 7:13pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Jerrypolo:The philosophy of the chinese is not the same as that of the average Nigerian. ![]() Please always keep all these in perspective. ![]() Continue reading what the Chinese did without reading who the Chinese are. ![]() |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Neoteny(m): 7:21pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
LaudableXX:You're either South African our you're one of those hungry contract workers slaving for MTN |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Jerrypolo(m): 7:26pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Newboss:So the philosophy of an "Average Nigerian" is to stay under the monopoly of foreign countries, importing junk and spewing hate for government whenever a policy to reverse the trend is set in motion .Do you know how much jobs these guys rob us of . Not to mention the "Philosophy of Laziness" that comes with it.I dislike Buhari's government and will never ever vote for or support his reelection but my love for Nigeria is bigger than my hate for Buhari. #Peace. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Nobody: 7:30pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
naijapips04:Abeg quiet, if mtn want to go, dey should go, their own too much. Very useless company, if I had my way I for don pursue them. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Fuckdamod: 7:33pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Iko5000:Africans are their own enemies whether collaborations or not. MTN has been reaping Nigeria right from time. It even became worse recently. They should just pack up and go! |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by Newboss(m): 7:49pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Jerrypolo:I dislike his government too. I'm not trying to have faith either. Everything boils down to the philosophy, the way of thinking, the mindset ![]() If you still don't get that right, chase them out and you WILL end up in massive mess in no time. You should be worse than Zimbabwe in a very short while. Investors made America, UK, etc great. ![]() Don't try to play the nationalist game when the nation you are talking about doesn't even exist. ![]() Hand over MTN to Nigeria and it will be worse than Glo in months. ![]() |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by fredylee: 7:50pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
Mklancee:What have Nigerian companies been able to manage to World class standards? The only Nigerian owned Telco is at the most average. Replace them with Naija alternatives my foot. After Leventis, Kingsway and UTC stores went under in this country due to our poor economy, which indigenous Nigerian supermarkets measured up to scratch before Shoprite came? We've got to be careful! |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by smileyoo: 8:01pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
SalamRushdie:but the time frame was not that much between them and econet. more over econet network was not strong and far reaching as mtn. so mtn was the prefered choice then, hence the opportunity for them to dupe nigerians, until the entrance of glo into the market. it was glo that actually saved the situation. as for ntel, they 've always being a struggling network. indeed mtn was not fair to nigerians. |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by alizma: 8:02pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
LaudableXX:mouth piece of/MTN lawyer you are welcome. if there is pioneer tax waiver granted to the company, you think the company forget to mention that in its defense abi or you think both MTN and FG have misplaced the documents covering such waiver? |
| Re: FG Demands Fresh $2bn Tax Arrears From MTN by gidigbi(m): 8:03pm On Sep 04, 2018 |
naijapips04:Leaving not living Sir. |
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MTN was granted pioneer tax status in Nigeria for 10 years, when they first started operations. And most of their equipment are bought and installed by their sub-contractors, who pay the customs duties and taxes, at point of entry. So which one is non-payment of taxes for the past 10 years for goodness sake?