₦airaland Forum

samuel1981:
Do u notice that over 70 % of those contracts were in the South West?

When u select someone who said that he does not believe in one Nigeria to govern the same country that he does not believe in , what u get is nepotism and more nepotism.

I could notice this too, Road maintenance should cut across. I'm against nepotism. BAT is playing it and is glaring.

Zico5:
Instead for them to intensify their efforts in rehabilitation of Ibadan/Ife expressway, they are starting another new project so as to loot more. That Ibadan/Ife expressway is a death trap. Only the right section when you are coming from ife is motorable. The other side is in deplorable state. I wonder what those plying the area on daily basis are passing through.

Ibadan/Ife expressway is dualized already, it only needs repair, but that Ilesa/Akure highway is more dangerous. Lots of sharp corners that u can not see oncoming vehicles, and the road is a single carriage way. Deaths recorded on that road in the past three years is countless.

With all these level of comfort and convenience, make d pikin no com Sabi book, a ya ya ya yah! In trump's voice - hell go break out

Urheadmaster:





He is right. Igbos, Yorubas, and Hausa/Fulani can't work out things in a country. Because we don't share the same culture, beliefs, and religion. We don't have anything in common.

Exactly, some will be lifting it, others will be pulling it down. The North for instance, is waiting for 2027 to come, to put their person there, who will work for their interest only, not minding if their interest will be at the expense of the development of the nation.

I know Nigeria will work. The tax reform bill and some other hard steps and decisions that were taken are a testament to that.

temiflex01:
You missed his ogogoro drinking?

Chai! That guy for don drink kaikai wound himself

Bigkoko:
In respect to what you think, this Reform is done in bad faith, filled with half truths and other stuffs a Govt of propaganda is wont to do....

The devil is in the details..... Go read the full Bill. You will quickly realized it's full of bullshit.

If anyone, let alone Asiwaju is serious about reforming taxes in Nigeria, VAT must not be centralized, and conglomerates with nationwide spread must not be allowed to remittances from their HQ which for obvious reasons will be from Lagos or Ogun.

Companies like Coca cola whose income come from all over Nigeria should remit VAT state by state ditto alcohol companies.

Then, Agriculture & Shipping should also be reformed too. States should be allowed to to pass export tax on all produces moving to other states. Should Asiwaju over looked other sectors because it doesn't favor him, his state or region?ainstorming to see what

No be advantage we wan take of others, let everyone be taking advantage of everyone let's see how far the country will survive.

Nigeria should remit vat state by state, isn't that what this reform is all about? Each state should be remitting vat based on value-added products consumed, keep 85% and remit 15% to the federal pause. Most of agric products produced in the North like beans, groundnut, maize, foodstuffs generally are sent out to other states from the North without adding any value to it. Besides, the northerners are not taxed on the basis of religion, yet they want vat money at the expense of other hardworking states. This is more of a parasitic arrangement if u may ask me. This tax reform bill will make other states like Osun, Ekiti and the northern states sit tight and think out of the box. Since this reform uproar, Ekiti has been brainstorming all along, because they know that this will affect them.

OneOnland:
From what I know of the bill, let me give you my own explanation.

VAT is tax paid on finished goods/services that reach the final consumer (e.g. turkey eventually consumed, hotel bills eventually settled, construction materials eventually used), it is based on 15% of retail price. Some add it to the price that final consumers are to see and so on. Final consumers then pay the retail price plus that tax.

Normally, this tax is to be remitted by the retailer. However, in Nigeria, because of some acute lack of organization in its part, it is even remitted by the manufacturers/distributors. And because of that, VAT is remitted by Lagos State (hq of the manufacturer) instead of in the various states in Nigeria and by the retailers.

FG wants to better organize the VAT taxing structure, and at that, wouldn't be collected by FIRS (FG tax collector), but by each state's IRS (each state's tax collectors) instead.

And further, rather than FG pooling the VAT tax revenue, and then sharing it to the states using the FAAC sharing formula, FG says the states having collected it by themselves would then take 85% of it and give the FG 15%. This is equitable, right? In almost all countries of the world, sales tax is the state's responsibility.

The North opposes it for these:
If your state's people are poor, and do not consume plenty things, or expensive items, or luxurious items, your state's VAT revenue would be low.
Also, if your state's tax collection is inefficient or sharia no tax-bound, your state's VAT revenue would be low.

So, the North believes that their people consume poorly and their VAT would be low compared to if Lagos State or River state share theirs with them for example.
Also, they don't collect taxes, except maybe Kano, and even so, little compared to other ever-tax-ready states of the South, so they believe their revenue would be low compared to if the inefficient VAT'ing system still sticks.


The FG continues to say that, no, eventually, there'd be benefits to those Northern states inasmuch as they encourage productivity and developments in their states, and in which increases incomes and increase consumption, hence high VAT revenue, but apparently, that seems like death sentence to some of those state's governor.


With the above, I hope I have been able to explain the tax reform bill, in the simplest way.


And PS: states like Ekiti state in South may also be badly affected by it, and that's the point, each state's government should also work on developments from the grassroot in order for them to reap high state revenues.

Thoroughly explained. U see, I don't understand the hypocritical game of these northerners. U don't collect vat because ur religion forbids it, but you are fighting hard for the vat collected from other hardworking states. U keep destroying the brewery products that come in to ur state tagging it haram, but u're claiming full entitlement to the vat collected on those products. Beer is haram, but the vat collected on beer is holy. Even in United Arab Emirate, they allow beer consumption. Tax reform bill or no more Nigeria, shikena.

Bigkoko:
Oyedele in 2019...... kicked against VAT, when Buhari wanted to make tax reforms, saying it will fuel inflation and make people poorer....

And, in a most arrogant display of hypocrisy,

Same Oyedele in 2025.....after getting appointment in his kinsman govt, suddenly feels VAT & Tax reforms is the best thing after gbegiri & Amala garnished with orishirishi..... what a people!

Humans without integrity! When the are outside Govt they speak with front mouth, when in gotv they speak with side mouth!

Heather hey are cleric ohhh, legal professors ohh or lowlife agberos, n the same thing!

The tax reform bill is different from what u claim Buhari wanted to do. Zero tax for Nigerians earning below 800k to 1m per annum, and many Nigerians fall into this category, so how is the poor taxed? I think NOA needs to orientate nigerians fully on this subject matter in all the regions in the dialect of each region. Local language of each locality should be used in explaining.

Poor reportage, the headline and the body are giving different personalities.

Should I say that these northern governors will at the end make a big fool of themselves? Well, it's obvious there's difference in the northern education and southern education. The explanations given by the tax experts with vivid comparison between the current tax system and the proposed tax system are clear and understandable enough for primary 4 pupils in the public schools. The governors shouldn't show to the world that they are cows in all circumstances.

This young and vibrant king and his wife, standing like rock of ages, there's no chemistry between them ooo,,,

wonder233:
All these japa folks are very funny. Trying to psychologically justify to themselves why they chose the path of voluntary slavery. That is what these conversions of whatever they buy over there to naira are about.
By the way, Russia is a frigid, dead country, there is nothing going on there.

Evry1 is entitled to his opinion and decisions in life. One would wonder what a whole Atiku who has all the good things of life to himself was looking for when he relocated to Dubai. Voluntary slavery u call it, but "to become slave in a strange land and enjoy life like a son is better than to claim sonship in your fatherland and suffer like a slave"

Enskynelson:
Check mode of entry in the support site. If it is DIRECT, you need not worry. If otherwise, you have to contact your department by raising a ticket. You should upload your admission letter and prior qualifications along.

I totally get it, thank u so much

Enskynelson:
Check mode of entry in the support site. If it is DIRECT, you need not worry. If otherwise, you have to contact your department by raising a ticket. You should upload your admission letter and prior qualifications along.

Thank u so much

RIP, this is more of power tussle within the association. May God heal this land. But wait o, his daughter is in a public university? Hmmmn, Their children are attending the best schools, but they're brainwashing the almajiri's into believing that western education is haram.God dey.

Why is this tax reform giving the North a big nightmare? Why are they hellbent on the reform? Why are other regions not crying foul? Honestly, I'm beginning to suspect something. If this is what will break Nigeria to let loose of the parasitic grip on the South, so be it. Enough is enough, to your tent oh ISRAEL.

Complement of the season to u all, and this year shall obey us. Straight to my question, some1 that was admitted to 300 level by direct entry, will the school wave outstanding courses from 1st and 2nd year? My portal is showing the list of outstanding courses and the total credits earned out of 120 credits. I shouldn't be earning up to that credit units since I'm a DE student. How do I go about the remaining credits to be earned? Thank u.

Ojudu keeps stating the obvious, he should just forget about the past and move on. We the masses knew all these, but we decided to keep mute. It was time for power to come to the South, but Bihari pitched PYO and BAT against each other to weaken their votes and retain power to the North.

JOACHINpedro:
Not only chickens. Even today's teenagers

Dont even go there, girls of 13 years, u'll see each of their breasts bigger than my head.

SmartPolician:
Something is fundamentally wrong with the judiciary. The judge who passed that verdict should be sent on an immediate retirement.

And u believe any sane man would pass such judgement on fellow human being? The guy was charged for harmed robbery in which a person died in the process. Stealing of fowl is just one of the count charges leveled against him.

While the UAE was liberal in all affairs of life, enjoying themselves to the fullest with the western world, northern muslims are still holding on to their old, barbaric lifestyle. No wonder the region is underdeveloped. U need to see them partying like the west on New Year's Eve, with all sorts of drinks and barbecue. The fireworks on Burj Khalifa is breathtaking, UAE must have been on that for months. It's truly word class.

Nigeria is set in the path of disintegration,and it will be interesting to behold. Last year alone, Kano state destroyed countless crates of beer, calling it haram, but here they are, rejecting a reform that will prevent them benefiting from vat accruing from beer consumption in other regions that permit the sales. They claim to be holier than the Arabs in Saudi Arabia and UAE. Bloody hypocrites. For u to drag every other region back in the path of development, we will rather depart.

Backwardness in high places!!! Happy new year to us all.

As long as I breathe, his praise shall continually be in my mouth. I came into this world with nothing, so not getting something should be the least of my worries.

I think the person is trying to say that food items are expensive in the US, but the residents have good earnings to take care of the bills. If u feel ur purse can not sustain u, there are other ways to get things cheaper, and even free. There are food banks and food pantries in each city where those who are broke can get free food stuffs. I stand to be corrected though.

obinnanelson4:
You have a good skill, you are not married and yet you said you are scared. Scared of what? May God open such opportunity for me I pray 🙏

Probably afraid of death, when the same death keeps killing everybody silently, slowly and unaware in this part of the world.

ujnwachukwu:
Thank you. We are 8 weeks + now and this is how we look

Sorry o, u join ? Abi u dey follow dem chop their food?

APC never disappoints with propaganda and senseless statement. Nigeria is not among the top 5 countries with international students in the US, so where is this fool getting his facts from? The international student community in the US is over a million, and Nigeria is just contributing 1.8% of the population, Africa as a whole is doing poorly when it comes to international students in the US. India, China, South Korea, Canada, Taiwan and Vietnam are way ahead of Nigeria in terms of international student population in the US. A simple search online will keep u updated. The man is making a fool of himself all in the name of defending the undefendable. https://opendoorsdata.org/annual-release/international-students/

Thundafireseun:
Very funny….

But who threw the first punch ?

Is Kemi’s attack good for Nigeria?

Although I support her attack NPF is the most useless in the world and Nigerian politicians are evil

U are as well confirming that the NPF are what Kemi called them. I don't find any offense in this, because she's stating the obvious. Anybody in her shoes would say things as they are. And to those nailing her to the cross, she doesn't know they exist, they should mind their business and work more on themself to become a global figure like her.

From the examples given, I could see that none among the elites gave his daughter's hand in marriage to some1 at the bottom of the ladder such as Almajiri boy. During my service years, I have even witnessed a high-class wedding where all almajiris were flugged to leave the premises of the occasion, yet the northern elites would come out to defend the existence of the almajiri system with the last drop of blood in them. This is to tell u that they want this system to keep existing so that it would be a strong weapon for them to use at any time. They can not give out their daughters to them in marriage, yet they would keep defending the existence of almajiri system in the north. God will judge u all.

Don't be surprised that even UK citizens were among those naming their sons Muhammad. That's the power of fame and influence. People living in Liverpool and some other UK cities love that name probably because of Mo' Salah of Liverpool, same way people living in Napoli were naming their sons Victor. My opinion though.