₦airaland Forum

yarimo:
This is very commendable from president TINUBU and the US

U dey believe Nigerian govt? Which intelligence them get? US has all the intelligence she needs. Nigeria has nothing. All of ur data including govt data dey US company hands. Na naija needs intelligence from US sef

Cmanforall:
I dont know you, but you ‘go SCHOOL’!

Thnaks baba

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matify83:
Preliminary investigations, according to the minister, have established that the gas supply shortage was caused by the ELP explosion and acts of vandalism on gas pipelines in the Niger Delta region.

Why are we like this?

Some people just like seeing their fellow humans suffer

To what end is the vandalisation of gas pipelines when it is clearly obvious that it can not be containerized.

Now that petrol availability is not a cause for concern, the enemies of the people have focused their gaze on the gas pipelines.

Past administrations faced same issue. What idea do the new ones have to fix it?
I have always said it, as long as Nigeria refuses to fix the root cause of her problem, Nigeria can't grow.
The root cause is faulty political system a large country like Nigeria should be running true federalism or confederal system of govt not unitary presidential.
Secondly, once that is done each state or region can now control their population. No more need for people to use population to retain power. We have lots of unproductive population and they are unemployed and underemployed. They can't reach govt becus politicians have best security, so, they attack the regular Nigerians

Cmanforall:
You raised some valid points in your second paragraph.

But why did you add hookup in your first paragraph? Is prostitution legal in Nigeria

Coming to Taxes, many Nigerians evade Taxes, die decor those who work with government and other established structures were taxes are deducted from source before final Salaries

There are also taxes ordinary Nigerians pay, which should be stopped following this new law. Such taxes include those collecting levies from Kelechi riders or petty traders etc. in the name of Local government tax. Maybe there could be a way to T-Mobile all these to avoid such people paying multiple taxes

I said same thing, there are different types of taxes. What many nIgerians werent paying was income tax. And the reason was because many Nigerians dont have jobs. Yes, many nigerians are self employed and struggling. So, income tax from such sector wasnt really coming in but those working in companies, govt establishments alreayd have their income tax deducted. While most Nigerians pay other type of taxes such as VAT, bank charges go to govt as well, import duties, etc. Most Nigerians already pay that.
As for hookup, ur tax man said it doesnt matter what u do, u will be taxed, he even used hookup as example. So, that is it.

Now, my concern, Nigeria suffers from massive poor job sector, which means most Nigerians have to struggle to find something to do. In such a country, how dare u take up to 25 percent of such struggle? Like we need to be having sense.
Should I really explain the reality of Nigeria today?
Look, calling those who earn 800k yearly poor is wicked. Those people are not living, they are dead. They are worse than poor. What u should tag poor today is 15m yearly. Yes, a person on such income with family is poor.
Here is the reality, Nigerians provide everything for them selves. There is nothing govt provide here.
Let say I made 20m last year from remote works, and in my family house, my people need light. So, let say I spend 4m on electricity, fueling, generator repair and I didnt pay income tax but have been paying other taxes such as VAT, importation duties, bank charges, etc. Now, govt comes and add income tax which will be around 4m plus. Now, my 20m purchasing power has decreased to 16m. But my electricity problem did not decrease. I will still sort out the electricity which cost me 4m last year. Can u see how govt reduced my purchasing power?
Now, let say becus of bad roads, I spend about 1.5m yearly to maintain car, what happens to that?
Now, becus most Nigerians are poor so u surely will have dependencies such as parents, siblings, friends who once in a while need ur help.
I still spend heavily on bottle water yearly, if govt had provided water, this would have been sorted out. So, govt cut down on my purchasing power without resolving any core social issues for me. So, who will fix those problems I cant fix now as my income has dropped?
Omo, we are so funny in this country.
In a country with high rate of unemployment, encourage people to make money and increase purchasing power and reduce income tax. With increase purchasing power, u can have VAT at 10 percent, govt will still make good money and govt should ensure the VAT money is utlized properly to fix social issues and gradually introduce income tax at lower rate until the country is developed with structured institutions. What govt needed to tackle now is cut down in running cost, block corruption, fix electoral system so that people orietated candidates win, make corruption unattractive at all cost. taxing already poor country to this tone of 25 percent is madness.
One of the reasons foreign clients work with Nigerians is cheap labour. So, if u are now taxing me like developed worlds, how do I charge my clients cheaper? Dman!

Cmanforall:
Interesting times ahead

Nigeria may get things right gradually

Una funny shaa. Na today Nigerians begin pay tax? The only people who are captured in this tax now are remote workers, content creators, hookups, etc. Before now, these people werent captured. But they have been paying other type of tax such as VAT, bank charges, import duties, etc.
Nigeria never worked with all the resources we have, it will still not work now. Nigeria's problem is looting. baba, people dey loot this country die and it wont stop until electoral system is fixed. Now, if electoral system is fixed, people can win election based on their strong campaign, so the politicians will be scared of masses and not scared of fellow politicians. For now, politicians are scared of other politcians who have capacity to influence election via rigging. That is why people who store can migrate to the ruling party and they wont be tried in court. So they can bring votes for the ruling party. So, baba, naija no fit better, forget it.

Bittersweetnig:
Just imagine, nothing your citizens benefits from you and you still dey tax them, funny enough, you will end thief all the money

The citizens allowed it. The same way APC resisted fuel susidy is how we could have resisted this. We are cowards. APC is dealing with us wella. They used the system and crashed it. There is nothing protest cant achieve. Taxing me 25 percent for income I sourced abroad while I still have to sort out electricty and fuel, healthcare, expensive private school, i have to dig bore hole and also buy bottle water, i have to keep fixing my car due to bad road, it is madness, total madness, That is shit stood till now shows how much of st&pid fellows we are.

So, them dey do agreement for democracy like this? So, na these men dey run things? Why are u now wasting my tax money on election?
So, na these people una want me to be paying tax to? Make una dey play

CodeTemplarr:
like Norway abi?

Yes, in Norway, u can see the benefit of anything govt does, from electricity to water, to amazing good roads even down to local govt, quality health care, amazing and hifh quality public schools. Superior security, high paying jobs, the list goes on. They are called social packages. Countries with good leaders see them and citizens are happy. Here, they loot the money and u want us to clap for them.

Image123:
Na wa, no be local expert design the whole thing. When it's time for audit or phone or cars, same guys will insist on foreign auditors.
Still same people will tell you local expert is owned by Remi Tinubu and Seyi Tinubu.

Publish the details of the deal. It is my money u want to take, let me know the details.

Burob:
Man, me I made well over a 100 million Naira this year, I do not need to write a long epistle to explain myself.

Please go & pay your taxes accordingly, it is your civic duty.

Are u alright? There are duties from govt too and I am worried about govt not providing me with their own responsibilities and u wnt me to perform my own civic responsibilities? Them swear for una for this country?
What measures have been put in place to ensure our tax dont get varnished? I have been paying various tax all my life in this country, where are they? Why dont I have good roads? proper health care, electricity, water and security? Why? I have contributed massively to govt. Or do u think u are talking to a novice? Come, some of us are way more learned than u all. There are various tax and income tax is not the only tax. Govt makes mad money alone from my bank charges. They make crazy money becus I am constantly using my bank. I dont want to talk about VAT. Each time I fly, I spend heavily on VAT which is included in my flight and everywhere I shop. So, I have been paying tax baba. I am asking, why is my tax being looted by few elites?
So, I should keep quiet and watch few men who never made a dime for me, use my money to buy houses in London? Come, all of us arent mad. If u like make 100m, it is none of my business. I am saying, govt do ur part from what I have been paying all these years, then I will do more. Period.
How much did they make from facebook alone as VAT. That is part of my money becus i run ads on fb.

Burob:
From my observation, only criminal minded tax dodgers, & violators will be concerned about any purported amendments.

Or the plain ignorant people that will wail just for wailing 😭 sake.

Why should I pay 25 percent of my income as a freelancer who sourced projects abroad?

If I made 20m last year and didnt pay income tax but paid all other rediculous taxes, and spent 4m on home generator fueling, repair and electricity because my house needs light, now excluding the fueling for work place. Then next year, Tinubu takes about 5m of my income as tax. He has reduced my purchasing power, what now happens to the 4m I spent on fueling and generator at home? Does he have plan to allow me deduct such expenses since govt is supposed to provide me with electricity? we arent talking about fueling for business place, most homes run fuel for over 14 hours daily aside their business place fueling o.
If Tinubu takes about 5m from my 20m, I am left with 15m. This means I cant be able to handle the stuff I was able to handle with my 20m earning. If he took 5m and provided me with electricity which means I wont need to spend such to get light, that is fair. Now, there are other stuff. He has reduced my purchasing power drastically. the tax law is fraudulenet. Also, why sign agreement with France without approval from National assembly. Who does that? And why cant he publish the details of the contract? He signed contract with another conuntry and we are to pay for it but we dont know the contract. Omo, una dey support rubbish o. God forbid, I cant be a data boy. U want to tax me like developed country but I dont enjoy anything the developed countries enjoy. WTF is wrong with u all?
U should be talking about 2 percent income tax and no tax on foreign sourced income until you have a solid public infrastructure that the foriegn sourced income earners can enjoy. I just finished fixing my car tyres again. I fix it almost 7 times in a month becus of bad roads. Omo, una dey support rubbish.

APCNig:
You no know anything. City Boy don use Street sense to put them all in his pockets. When we say we are Lagos Boys, you think say na for mouth? Tinubu has signed the Tax Laws that he wants, you too can go and make your own laws.

You want to be using Lagos and Rivers generated Tax to be sending people to Mecca and marrying wives for your jobless Almajaris, go and generate your own money, that is Loud and Clear now.

My own is don't touch my 25 percent I sourced abroad as a freelancer. Wahala go dey.

Sccarrr:
is it a Nigerian competition?

It is funny how Nigerians love laws to be obeyed but cant obey laws. Like if we can learn to obey laws without minding who is involved, we would have grown this country. But no, court orders are abused, police abuse power, politicians behave anyhow. lol

Sccarrr:
back door or front door....rules are rules.......
and if Dr congo end up going, they did so too by using the backdoor, breaking rules laid down, so I see no reason to castigate Nigeria only here🥱🥱

Nigeria that breaks endless laws in their own country. Where their president dont obey court orders, their police dont ovey anyone and their military constantly abuse power now knows that laws are laws

A country that fails to produce will bleed. Nigeria is purely a consumer focused country, even increased tax will not solve ur problem. Ur problem lies in ability to produce and export.
Start with fxing ur medicals to attract lots of foriegners, fix ur toursim to boost lots of money within, u can make a lot from value added tax if ur people have high purchasing power. U can do this by lowering income tax and company income tax and maybe increase value added tax to 10 percent, fix ur toursim to attract forigenrs and locals to places where they will pay VAT to enjoy luxury. Find ways to encourage ur remote working force to attract more money abroad. See how to lobby Nigerians living abroad to invest here and make good returns and keep investing.
As it is, naija is on free fall and from what I am seeing, these men are lost, cant fix it.

Giant of Africa... na very mumu country with noisy citizens who dont want to accept that the country is a failure.
As we speak, in a state capital, some areas have not seen electricity for almost three weeks
This shameless country that her politicians have finished their generation wealth on corruption will be making noise online. People wey their leaders don loot their 100th generation finish

Tinubu sold Nigeria to France, I am surprised how we are allowing this to fly. Omo, oppositions are useless in Nigeria o. Them supposed don enter streets now. Take advantage of every govt failure and stupidity and strike. APC did same as opposition.

The tax law is now illegal, make I save the video for reference in court.

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FreeStuffsNG:
It is not about Dangote please.

It is by his alleged betrayal of public trust.

A career civil servant that can afford to spend $5 million on his 4 children schooling in Switzerland has already made his case bad enough.

Na the people I go waste my tax on be this ? God forbid, I won't

helinues:
Una no dey tired with this stale , boring repeated story wey don cast?

Who are the people killing the southern Christians?

And if the excuse is about the northern christians, Muslim have been killed than the christians in north.

Seh una see say una story don cast

Meanwhile, Ipob dey amongst the christians killing christians in South East

Southerners are the major gun runners and also run the logistics to deliver the arms and ammunition, and they are mostly christians. Whatever that might be happening in North, the southern Christians are also part of it

U are not any sophiscated as the US. I think u need to understand that the US even knows info about Nigeria that Nigeria president doesnt even know. The US controls data flow, the US has access to info, infact, police usually seek permission from many US companies and technologies to track and perform operations. If the US tells u that Radical Islam are killing christains, that is the fact. If the US has found IPOB to be a terrorist group, they would have said so since. IPOB is what Nigeria media says because Nigeria media is super corrupt. Unfortuantely, the US media is not like Nigeria media. They dont do brown envelope.

energy37:
Buhari never said that Tinubu should leave his Ministers. He only told the Ministers to answer and not mention his name if they are invited to defend their actions while in office.

Now, have they been tried? No
Has any past president being tried? No
No one tries anyone who is friendly to the ruling party. This is how our tax will waste too? So, what is the difference? I should be working for some few elected elites to be wasting?

These are the people we should trust with 25% of our tax? hahahaahah, if to sey the masses get sense eh, this tax wont even stand until proper way of handling corruption is dealt with. This new 25 percent will still be stollen and nothing wil happen. Like these politicians do have agreement not to try one another. Look at Buhari telling Tinubu to leave his ministers. Can u imagine? Like presidents arent tried too. Like, just go and steal as u like. Omo, If i cant find legal way to avoid tax, I go run go ghana. I will gladly pay 30 percent of my money to Ghana than to spend even 3 percent of my sweat to these old men who loot with no mercy.
There is no measure to fix leakage, no measure to fix corruption, so, we go dey work for these men to loot?
My anger is I source my income abroad, so i go dey fund the life style of these wicked men with their side chicks? God forbid. The only reason they are fighting now is maybe this man didnt agree to their terms. If u no join them, they come aftyer u. Look at ex Delta state governor is now campaign DG for Tinubu. hahahaha, these men no rate us o.

This is what we are saying. They dont persecute these politicians, but they wnt to use my tax, my sweat. So, I should be dashing politicians my sweat?

stealmatic:
Always complaining about the country,is it the government that is playing football again? Or are u saying they are not paid or what? In term of economy what is wrong with it,as of this morning Nigeria is still the fastest growing econy I Africa and the world, we all aware of the past government the impact has not reached the poor man but atleast appreciate the little improvements u see

which improvement? Past government, no be APC? Guy hunger dey this country now. Forget statistcis. Do u know why? Nigeria does nt even have proper data of her citizens. This is why satistics dont ever work. It wont still work. Nigeria's purchasing power has gone down badly.
Electricity became expensive, fuel became more expensive, house rent became more expensive, schooling became expensive, yet people's income didnt increase to match these ugly realities. That is how u measure economy. It is purchasing power, not statistics. If I make 10m yearly two years ago and make same amount now, I am way poorer because I could rent two bedroom for 1.5m two years ago but now, I will be paying 2.5m for same two bedroom. So, purcahsing power of Nigerians have been messed up by these stuff I listed out. It will be worse next year as tax comes in. From the same 10m u made that is not enough due to new extreme price increament, govt will take 18Percent of it. Purchsing power dropped further. omo, nigerians are in hell!

Lanretoye:
see competent fossil that has not even passed to be head of his family calling a two term governor and a present head a nation incompetent.how do you define competence in your own house

In a sane country like Netherland, Tinubu can not win a whatsapp Admin election. Same as Buhari, that was why he wasted 8 years of our lives.

Fearyourcreator:
So all those crime in US is poverty too bah... Make una dey lie una sef. Government can't help everybody. You see that celebrity life style and people worshipping money like its everything. Una go suffer tire. Questioning people's source of wealth is now something the people see as wetin concern you like if they hold public office they will do better , make Una dey play. You guys are just far from being realistic. Pay tax like the west and see some things change.

But ur politcians can loot money? Hahahaa, they can loot money meant for 10th generation, right?

Fearyourcreator:
Nothing is ever good to you people... Tinted glass shouldn't be allowed anyhow in this country today...

We are here, crime will still not reduce. U want to reduce crime?
Be honest with population
Provide sound education and health care.
Ensure people get good education to find or create jobs.
Crime is high becus poverty is high. No be tinted glass casue am.

Kindered:
Nice development. Say no to crime

It wont stop crime
Next year, people will still be kidnapped in large numbers. They go to schools and pack people my brother. Ur country lacks proper database, that is the koko and they lack tech needed to fight crime in 21 century. This one will still not work

Burob:
If what u are saying is true, then u try small, I cannot knock your hustle.

That is why I have been screaming that these b%stard old men will sit in office, paddle budget, loot project money, get extremely well paid, buy new cars every few years, taken care of by the state, yet we hustled to get small dollars into the country and these moda fuckers want to tax me like UK. Are u providing same facilities like the UK? U havent blocked leakages, u havent handled corruption, u havent handled wastage, u havent provided amenities but u want up to 25 percent of my foreign sourced income, that is criminality. Nigeria is evil.