nsiba:
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While Fulani's are chasing you lots into Benin Republic

While wike is making your sisters wear the same pant for 5 months.

Godarz:


If you want a proper ambulance with all the trimmings....pay higher taxes.

Nigeria's tax to gdp ratio is 6.1%. Countries who have superior ambulances...have tax to gdp ratios above 25%

Nigeria's tax to gdp ratio is like that because of its inflated population figures..

reduce Nigeria's population to only southern Nigeria's population and you'll get the correct tax to gdp ratio.

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We may not have tried higher taxes but when crude oil was selling at it's all time highs during the Jonathan administration things were still as shitty as it can be....

Because the oil prices, though they were high, were not high enough for our country.

There is something called the breakeven price of oil...the price at which an oil producer like Nigeria needs to have enough revenue to balance the budget. In 2012 it was $122. Oil under GEJ was higher than that...for a few months.

Plus we were spending revenue paying off past debts from past loans , plus we were also taking new loans as well because the price was not high enough for us (We have a very large population )...and we were also pouring money into things like subsidy for fuel and a host of other things.

what's more to democracy than election leaders doing the god-damned job they were voted to do and manage the resources well to achieve results. Your higher taxes argument is a weak ass argument.

Well, democracy is also by nature participatory...that's partly why things work in the bigger demcoracies...because people don't vote and sit at home.

Using your argument, many of the great achievements in US democracy won't have happened....because people would have sat at home after voting and let the 'good leaders' do the job.

Also, the big democracies work because the source of their income is industrial...not like Nigeria that relies on oil. And as such , everything has to work...or else reduced income.

And high taxes work. A lot of Nigerians praise South Africa....which has a higher tax rate than we do. As a result...government has more revenue to spend. SA also has heavy duty corruption issues...

codemaniacs:


Nigeria's tax to gdp ratio is like that because of its inflated population figures..

reduce Nigeria's population to only southern Nigeria's population and you'll get the correct tax to gdp ratio.

State by state, the tax to gdp ratio is even less.

Ogun state has a tax to gdp ratio of 1.4% 3.4% and that's the highest in Nigeria.

The problem is that Nigeria does not tax the informal sector adequately.

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According to the Joint Tax Board, there are ten million people (precisely 10,006,304) registered for personal income tax purposes in all the states of the federation including the FCT. Out of this, about 4.6 million or 46% are registered with the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS) indicating an average of 153,000 or 1.5% per state for others.

Compared to the labour workforce of 77 million at the end of 2015 according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the number of people in the tax net is only 13%. Ironically even government as the largest employer of labour is not fully compliant in deducting and remitting taxes on the salaries of their workers. This shows why there is a very low correlation between the high public sector wage bill in the budgets and the paltry personal income tax collection nationwide.

With respect to VAT, the finance minister was recently quoted as saying the rate of compliance is about 12%. In fact, this is the ratio of the VAT registered entities that are filing returns and remitting VAT. When compared to all taxable entities (registered and unregistered), the compliance ratio will be much lower.

The situation is not any better for corporate income tax. Before the recent increase in corporate tax registration, the immediate past finance minister said 75% of registered companies were not in the tax net while 65% of those in the tax net do not file returns or pay taxes. This translates to less than 9% of all companies operating in Nigeria.

sauce

Lewisalexander:
Tricycle ambulance in 2021. Backwardness is in naija DNA

Bro i just tire for naija and her citizens. Keke for ambulance in 2021 and some people are shouting good development... SMH

It stuff like this i see that makes me loose hope for any world class development in this country

Godarz:


State by state, the tax to gdp ratio is even less.

Ogun state has a tax to gdp ratio of 1.4% and that's the highest in Nigeria.

The problem is that Nigeria does not tax the informal sector adequately.

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sauce

the problem is that you're using Nigeria instead of using the regions in Nigeria.

codemaniacs:


the problem is that you're using Nigeria instead of using the regions in Nigeria.

Which is why I stated in my comment...Ogun state has the highest tax to gdp ratio in Nigeria, at 3.4% or thereabouts ...as seen in this article


Below is a graph showing the states with the highest tax to gdp ratios in Nigeria....from the article I linked above.

Lewisalexander:
Tricycle ambulance in 2021. Backwardness is in naija DNA

naija always dey fall my hand. Can't they afford small cars instead of this.

Lewisalexander:
Tricycle ambulance in 2021. Backwardness is in naija DNA

My brother if you got 200 million people that only give birth and can produce nothing tangible except extractive activities like farming, then you will use tricycle ambulance oh

What is the maximum speed for a tricycle? Will the governor allow himself or his relatives to be resuce in a tricycle?? Man is wicked

why are we this archaic?

e better say victim treak go the hospital than being conveyed in this potential death hazard.
which road you wan use run speed with this thing?

[quote author=Godarz post=99509501][/quote]

If a government can't do anything with the average taxes it's getting, it won't do any better with even higher taxes....south africa is currently in the shitters economically because of poor management by the ANC. I agree to your more participation in politics tho.

BSdetector:


If a government can't do anything with the average taxes it's getting, it won't do any better with even higher taxes....south africa is currently in the shitters economically because of poor management by the ANC. I agree to your more participation in politics tho.

Our tax to gdp ratio is even below average.

Most African countries are above 20%

Godarz:


Which is why I stated in my comment...Ogun state has the highest tax to gdp ratio in Nigeria, at 3.4% or thereabouts ...as seen in this article


Below is a graph showing the states with the highest tax to gdp ratios in Nigeria....from the article I linked above.

Like you said "in the article "..

While in real life it's Lagos that has the highest tax to gdp.

codemaniacs:



Like you said "in the article "..

While in real life it's Lagos that has the highest tax to gdp.

Do you have documentary proof of your comment...I'll be glad to see it.


Plus as you can see Nigeria has a low tax to gdp ratio, even when we go state by state, region by region. The fact is, even if we cut the populaiton of Nigeria to just Southerners as you postulated, it would still be very very low. Most people don't pay adequate tax.

Godarz:


Do you have documentary proof of your comment...I'll be glad to see it.


Plus as you can see Nigeria has a low tax to gdp ratio, even when we go state by state, region by region. The fact is, even if we cut the populaiton of Nigeria to just Southerners as you postulated, it would still be very very low. Most people don't pay adequate tax.

Documents are written by people who can make up anything to suit their agenda.

In countries that have high tax to GDP their high taxes are from employed people. Nigeria has low tax to GDP because of the high unemployment rate and that's one of the reasons why to any realistic person Lagos will have the highest tax to GDP ratio. But you are a documents person so your knowledge is limited to piece of papers.

Keke ambulance? In Yoruba land?

These people were making fun of Obiano not too long ago...

They didn’t know that their governor was negotiating with Nnewi people to assist in making Keke ambulance available to them.

Obiano and Anambra state will keep helping South west states not minding the name callings and the bad belle. We are that generous.

codemaniacs:


Documents are written by people who can make up anything to suit their agenda

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Sorry, but that's a very very flawed argument that usually gives people carte blanche to ignore facts.

I could also say the same about you...that you are making up your facts to suit your agenda.

See why that's a bad argument you are making.?

In countries that have high tax to GDP their high taxes are from employed people. Nigeria has low tax to GDP because of the high unemployment rate and that's one of the reasons why to any realistic person Lagos will have the highest tax to GDP ratio. But you are a documents person so your knowledge is limited to piece of papers.

The experts say it is because of the high numbers of people employed in the informal sector.



But even then....taxes is a good way to raise the revenue. Oil is not enough for all of us, and agric is not a sure banker...

The experts suggestion to raise tax revenue is simple...AS put by BBC.

A clear political mandate to tackle low levels of tax payment

a simpler tax system with a limited number of rates and exemptions

using taxes on goods and services

boosting tax collection by using new technology

Either way we must raise the tax revenue in this country. Other African countries have employment issues like Nigeria, and also have higher tax to gdp ratios....

If you don't like the idea...and I don't like the idea of higher taxes as well...then don't complain about tricycle ambulances, and low level of government services. You get what you pay for. We pay low taxes, we get low services.We are a poor country, and we can't afford Ferrari on our bicycle salary.

Lewisalexander:
Tricycle ambulance in 2021. Backwardness is in naija DNA

You don't understand, the Ambulances were given to Health Centres in the interior where the access roads are practically impossible.

:Last bullet for yougood and fine by me so far u pull d trigger on ur self

Just 22 ambulance

Ravon:

https://brandspurng.com/2021/03/01/ogun-state-tackles-maternal-mortality-distribute-tricycle-ambulances-to-primary-health-centres-photos/

BSdetector:


While wike is making your sisters wear the same pant for 5 months.

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5months better than yours that Fulani have been servicing in presence of their coward husbands for years and have all now JAPA to Benin Republic

I just came here to see what an ambulance will look like inside a tricycle.....

So how come state governors always hv enough money to buy 200/400 proper vehicles for the Nigerian Police, despite huge fundings frm the federal govt as well? And never enough to buy proper vehicles for social services provisions for the masses... wetin ppl do these devils?

sportybet117:
Tricycle is the new Ambulance in Nigeria

I am sure billions were budgeted here

Ambulance in USA vs Ambulance in Nigeria


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Your are one of the biggest problems this country has.
very unfortunate.
if a woman dies cos they couldn't get an ambulance to move her ASAP.. you will insult the country.
the government tried to find an alternative you complain....
why can't you for once be positive...
This is demonic if you don't know...

Godarz:


If you want a proper ambulance with all the trimmings....pay higher taxes.

Nigeria's tax to gdp ratio is 6.1%. Countries who have superior ambulances...have tax to gdp ratios above 25%

Tax from what income sir? What has happened to all the tax that has been paid all these years?
You have a big Brother you keep sending to the market to buy you good clothes, and he comes back licking ice cream obviously with your money...over time you have no clothes again..pray tell me would you give him money if he asks you again? Won’t you at least ask what has happened to the ones you earlier gave him.

Let’s not be quick to compare Nigeria with developed countries when it suits us. The purchasing power of Nigerians is not on the same scale with their citizens.
I stayed years in Nigeria and presently stay abroad, so trust me I know the difference.

Shalom!

such stupidity can't they contact innosson motors and give them the contract of mass producing ambulance vehicles yeye country with myopic leaders.

Homextras:

Tax from what income sir? What has happened to all the tax that has been paid all these years?
You have a big Brother you keep sending to the market to buy you good clothes, and he comes back licking ice cream obviously with your money...over time you have no clothes again..pray tell me would you give him money if he asks you again? Won’t you at least ask what has happened to the ones you earlier gave him.

Let’s not be quick to compare Nigeria with developed countries when it suits us. The purchasing power of Nigerians is not on the same scale with their citizens.
I stayed years in Nigeria and presently stay abroad, so trust me I know the difference.

Shalom!

Keep in mind that we as a nation have a low tax base, ie...a very low percentage of people of this country pay most of the tax burden...as this BBC report puts it

In 2018, 19 million Nigerians paid into federal or state coffers, according to government data.

A World Bank report in that year put the country's economically active population at 65 million - so even with rising numbers of taxpayers in recent years, that is still less than 30% paying tax.

Yes, corruption, but you need to know that the corrupt leaders are stealing from a treasury that already is very scanty because of low income.

Plus the people abroad can afford good services because they pay higher taxes...and because they also pay all their bills.

Like power....have you noticed, since you moved abroad ,people not paying their power bills ? Here in Nigeria, 40% of people don't pay for power...and the tariffs are not cost reflective.

Godarz:


Keep in mind that we as a nation have a low tax base, ie...a very low percentage of people of this country pay most of the tax burden...as this BBC report puts it




Yes, corruption, but you need to know that the corrupt leaders are stealing from a treasury that already is very scanty because of low income.

Plus the people abroad can afford good services because they pay higher taxes...and because they also pay all their bills.

Like power....have you noticed, since you moved abroad ,people not paying their power bills ? Here in Nigeria, 40% of people don't pay for power...and the tariffs are not cost reflective.

Sir, it is the responsibility of government to ensure that more people are captured in the tax bracket. Human being by nature don’t like doing the right thing. Do you think oyibo people love paying tax? No sir. It is the penalty for defaulting that makes them pay tax and obey laws. Take away the penalty for crime or tax evasion and see how the white mans land will turn to chaos. Hope you get my point. You and I are already heavily taxed, heavily, and to compound it to we can’t see where the tax goes.
Bottom line, all still falls to government.

Homextras:

Sir, it is the responsibility of government to ensure that more people are captured in the tax bracket. Human being by nature don’t like doing the right thing. Do you think oyibo people love paying tax? No sir. It is the penalty for defaulting that makes them pay tax and obey laws. Take away the penalty for crime or tax evasion and see how the white mans land will turn to chaos. Hope you get my point. You and I are already heavily taxed, heavily, and to compound it to we can’t see where the tax goes.
Bottom line, all still falls to government.

But of course, the government does have to increase the tax bracket

Thanks for getting my point