₦airaland Forum

Hahaha.... 'temporary festive period' indeed.
Now the celebrations are over the 'institution' called Dangote has spoken.

Now where are the regulators to 'resist' this. To prevent Dangote from 'sabotaging' the economy.

Clowns everywhere.

OlujobaSamuel:
Nope, you won't pay tax if you are on minimum wage, you have to make provision for allowance, eg housing that was placed on 300k or so, if you deduct that, then no taxable income to be charged

So what is the REAL or IMAGINED threshold.
I have heard al these explanations about housing, medical insurance, etc.

So what in naira and kobo is the threshold of this tax policy. Can tax experts say.

And of course you and I don't expect a person earning N720,000 pa to live in a house costing N300,000 pa. But when you bring real life housing bills into the equation I doubt it if anyone should pay tax.

The whole import of my submission is that this policy is so out of touch with the economic realities of this country and that is why I say, the facts of this drive should be from the politicians that faced the people in the 2023 campaign and will face them against in next year's campaign. They should not hide behind the civil service to manage it.

The politicians should tell the people exactly what they are doing and what they aim to achieve. It is that simple. My Oyedele should take a back seat and let his boss tell us that out paychecks are healthier.

And in all democracies in the world issues of taxation are purely political. The decisions of what to tax, how much to tax, etc.

Why is it that in this country the face of this taxation drive is a bureaucrat, a civil servant and not the politicians themselves.

In other words they hide behind the civil service to explain and entreat so that is costs them nothing in political capital. But when the resources are gathered it is not the civil servant that decides how to spend it. It is the politician the money is sent to, to spend as the wish.

The APC government should come out with it's facts and figures and sell this policy to Nigerians face to face and receive the necessary feedback to make it succeed.

It is the Minister of Finance that should be doing this not Mr. Oyedele who is not accountable to the public, hence no one regards what he says.

1vandragon:
The increment ranged from N400 to N5,000.And not everyone got an increase. Some persons actually had reduced net salaries ranging between N700 to N2,500.

While it is OK that there were increases, how impacful or significant where those increases? If cost of living goes up by 700%, what is a savings of 2%-5% going to really do?

And to those trying to make it seem as if some Nigerians were against the revised income tax, that was not the reality. The argument was that it was not far reaching enough in view of the economic damage done by bat.

Why increase the base tax to 15% if you really want to help the poor? Why not leave it at 7%?

Given the economic realities, the exemption threshold should have started at around N2m and at 7%.

These are the real issues.

That is exactly what I was saying late last year.
The minimum wage is a whooping N720,000 pa. And the tax threshold is N700,000. So N20,000 out of that huge wage is taxable. Is this how the poor benefits.

This is a minimum wage of N2,800 per working day that is internationally equivalent to N350 per hour or 24 cents per hour when the UN poverty threshold is defined at $3 a day or N4,350 or N109,000 per month.

So how does a government that claims it's taxation policy favours the poor aims to tax a person earning 24 cents per hour. How...

This man needs to talk less. Just making himself the lighting rod for public ire when the whole issue of taxation should be a national project and the more he wails alone the more he sounds like the salesman of a really bad product.

Oga Oyedele. Government finances belong to everyone. Democracy has given you the privilege of being the executioner of what we have all collectively decided.

You are making it look and sound like this is personal. Personal to you and to your bosses with an inordinate and overwhelming vested interest in what is to be collected.

PS. I understand Lagosians have approved their government seizing their resources via the new taxation protocols. That is going into their accounts and confiscating their assets and those related to them.
Is this true?

OredoPikin2:
This work is taking forever

I just love Ambode
Under 4yrs, he did Oshodi, pen cinema, alagbado, ipaja, abulegba, Epe, all the BRT lanes, etc
Samwo olu is taking almost 8yrs to fix just one.

Ambode is the only person I can vote in APC.
He transformed Lagos under 4yrs.
He should be named best governor in SW since 1999.
What Ambode achieved in 4yrs, give the okpolo eye drug sniffing criminal 40yrs, he won't achieve half.
His own is to take other people's glory without pointing to one single thing he did himself.
God save Nigeria from enemies like him

Ambode operated in an environment of far better macro economics. Lower inflation, higher exchange rate so his revenues could get better infrastructural mileage.

This is what I have been saying. You cannot isolate states from Federal management decisions and actions and that is why in the PDP era the Council of States was a more powerful economic tool of governance than it is today.

Then they took positions (good and bad) that helped and hindered the stability and progress of the economy.

I think this one party, autocratic quest is getting into the heads of Nigerians such that alternative views to everything and anything that is now seen as the undesirable exception.

I can't understand what has happened to the psyche people over the past two years. How they have jettisoned the democracy they claim to have fought so hard to establish.

Excuse me Mr.Fayose.
Must every politician belong to the APC, and have no other view of politics and governance. Is there no longer freedom of thoughts, speech and association as enshrined in the Constitution.

Kobicove:
Forget all this noise you're making, this is a battle the United States can't win!

Europe is the most organised and united continent in the world

They are not that United.
They don't have cohesive views on some of the most important issues, immigration, Russia, China and the US.

Like someone said earlier. Some were breaking the sanctions against Russia, still secretly buying their energy products, years after sanctions were imposed, yet crying out that the US was being lukewarm in military aid.

So the game is done.
Knew from the first ten minutes Arsenal was not going to win.

You cannot rely on your midfield to win matches all the time and when you cannot put chances away it is only a matter of tim before the pendulum shifts.

It is a mental thing and Arsenal are world reknown for having a glass jaw.

That Gyokeres is so bad that Arsenal had started talking up Gabriel Jesus as the solution forgetting many months back the reason why a striker was badly needed and Jesus was going to be sold.

For poor performances and lack of goals. Now he is starting we are beginning to see history rewritten.

Reference:
With all the early possession Arsenal has not made hay.

This is where the danger to their title run happens.
Take your chances when you are on top is the anthem of the Premiership.

What did I say.
When you create chances, take them or you will be merely training the opposition defence to cope.

And as you begin to doubt yourself particularly with an Arsenal team that is not known for mental fortitude, you will begin to make .mistakes.

We have been watching football for decades and know what the Premiership is all about.

There is none that is 'better' in a side by side comparison. They both have characteristics more suited to different conditions.

Basically concrete pavements are characterized as rigid while asphaltic pavements are characterized as flexible so where you need rigidity such as in areas of deep moisture reactive subsoils concrete pavements are cost effective solutions.

But if ground conditions are reasonable and density of the pavement sub base is controllable then flexible pavements perform better.

This is long true.
Britain has the longest history of modern warfare.
They have fought almost every country on earth in one conflict or the other and their military traditions are the foundations of most modern armed forces the the world over.

Though a much smaller fighting force on land, sea and air today they still retain the title of having the best Special forces on earth, the SAS and the SBS.

With all the early possession Arsenal has not made hay.

This is where the danger to their title run happens.
Take your chances when you are on top is the anthem of the Premiership.

Izugreat8940:
Make them try put asphalt on top the road or else e no go last ooo
Traffic much

That is a factor not understood about these reinforced concrete roads.

Because of their rigid nature they will react very badly to overloading.

Just imagine driving along and trying to avoid exposed pieces of steel rebar.

Whatever they do.
The recurring violence against civilians, the abductions and killings, the ethnic cleansing and religious persecution must end.

Violence against religious minorities particularly in the north which we thought had ceased in the face of the previous US threats and actions, but have since recurred is just unfortunate, but proving that the agitations were real and that the government has been incapable of handling the situation on its own.

I am particularly surprised that despite the fact that the eyes of the world are on this country, there has been no new radical proposals and no new impetus to getting a hand on this problem. It is as if all Nigeria just wants for the next tragedy to occur and the excuses to go with it.

Really sad the depth to which governance has sunk and settled.

In the middle of September or so this forum was inundated with 'hailing' over the improved and 'stable' power supply.

And we said then that two factors contributed to that.
Peak hydro generation.
Lower overall power consumption due to cooler weather and the frequent system wide rain induced equipment failure.

What we want to see is SUSTAINABLE electricity generation and distribution before growing flowers of praise


Speak to China. They are closing down solar PV plants due to over capacity and consequent price depressions.

Can't we sequester one of those plants, produce enough panels to generate green energy from the abundant sun we have at this time of the year to meet peak season?

LivingEarthMan:
The world is bigger than USA and can do without USA. I don't know what you smoked before typing this shit.

That is why they are pulling out from the rest of the world and hedging their bets on the Americas, their backyard. Let the rest of the world chart their own course. Perhaps they will see China as better global leaders.

At least for the next 3 years of Trump they intend to focus on themselves.

Folks want to.pick and choose what other countries do with their resources.

If the US stays, they are overbearing, if they leave they are isolationists. Just don't understand.

Most of the world wants to have their cake and eat it.

Not a fan of taking over Greenland. But can Denmark or NATO defend it if Russia or China decides to invade...And they will in the coming decades when they the 'coast is clear' and the US is no longer interested in Europe.

Yeah, noticed the effect the spat had on Lookman.
Didn't watch our last match, the semi finals but he was totally jaded against Algeria.

What Gyokeres cannot do...Jesus can

Gunners featuring team B+.
Results will be unpredictable.

Is the sheen, the aura around Pep Guardiola as a first class gaffer beginning to fade.

Seen a couple of matches now where he just doesn't seem to have any tactical solutions to turn things around.

Roycemadeit:
Historically, Italy offers a useful yardstick for understanding what happens when the state weakens. For decades, parts of Italy were controlled by mafia dons who operated as parallel governments. They imposed levies, enforced loyalty through violence, and decided who could trade, move, or survive within their territory. This system thrived where the state failed to provide justice, security, or economic fairness. Power was not earned through law, but seized through fear, normalizing criminal authority over civic responsibility.

This pattern repeats in societies when institutions abandon the people and instead protect elites. Security shifts from public service to private enforcement for those who can pay. The rest are left exposed. In such conditions, authority becomes a contest of dominance rather than legitimacy. Nigeria’s current trajectory shows worrying similarities, with groups like Omotaku demanding levies and asserting control.

When unofficial powers replace the state, culture is corrupted, ethics collapse, and crime becomes governance.

A nation survives not by force, but by justice that reaches everyone.

Well said.
This is precisely what is happening.
Weak leadership that prioritizes it's survival over governance will always fill it's manifesto with reactionary, short term thinking in the place of longer term, sustainable development because for them this is much harder.

notobiafrababe:
Most of these Lagos urchins thrive mainly in shanties and poorly regulated areas, not because they are powerful, but because the system around them is compromised. Greed from some community leaders — including certain baales and obas — creates safe havens for criminality. When those who should protect the community are benefitting from it, lawlessness naturally flourishes.
That is why you rarely see these boys operate with the same impunity in organised parts of Lagos. In those areas, residents, landlords, security agencies, and community leaders work together. There is collective resistance, timely reporting, and zero tolerance for intimidation. Criminals avoid such places because they know the environment will not protect them.
The problem, therefore, is not just the boys — it is the ecosystem that enables them.
What should be done:
Community leaders must be audited and held accountable. Traditional authority should not be a shield for criminal collaboration.
Residents’ associations should be strengthened, even in informal settlements, to ensure collective action.
Landlords who knowingly harbour criminals should face sanctions.
Continuous policing and intelligence-led patrols should focus on known flashpoints, not just reactive raids.
Youth engagement and rehabilitation programmes must run alongside enforcement, because suppression without reform only postpones the problem.
Until corruption at the grassroots is addressed and communities take ownership of their security, arrests alone will not solve the issue. Criminals retreat where unity exists — and multiply where complicity thrives.

Which part of Lagos is more 'organized' than Ikoyi, yet they were reported rounded up even on Bourdillon road.

Without returning to a values based system where work and enterprise is key to sustainable living rather than greed and exploitation, these moves are akin to spraying insecticide while living near a swamp, futile.

You have to get to the root of this social malaise and completely rip it out and this starts with leadership by example. A leadership that sees people first and before naira notes

emkz:
One bad habit Nigerians abroad must drop is their mutual jealousy.

Some abroadians see themselves as competitors. Look at Chinese and Indians, see how they band together, and make money. See how Indians live in Nigeria: they always move in groups, live in the same place, and work in the same location. Is it a coincidence that when they go to a place, they start dominating? You hear of China town in most major cities; why is there no Nigerian town? If they are not engaged in cult activities, they'd be engaging in drug business or fighting over romantic issues and killing themselves.

As Nigerians, let us build communities and friendships. No one has any claim to a woman, the woman decides who she wants and must be respected. The best thing I did for myself in Nigeria was filtering those who bring gossip and backbite others from my space. The discussion we should have is how do we make money and better ourselves and create a stable and sustainable inheritance for our children? Not who is sleeping with who.

The Negro has very weak horizontal relationships.
He can be greatly enamoured and respectful to his creator, his king and his father's, perfect vertical relationships.

But when it comes to those he considers his equal, his contemporaries, he has no affinity, respect or emphaty whatsoever. That is why we are always the least likely to forge successful, sustainable societies.

That is why our relationships are always viewed as master and servant, in the home, in business, in vocation and in profession and real partnerships never thrive.

That is why when you put on the uniform, it is 'us' versus 'them', you command, they obey or else... Little service comes to view.

And I can go on and on with the description of a people that just cannot make themselves great in the generic sense of the word and become globally relevant and dominant.

We just donot have qualitative horizontal relationships.

And that is how they thumbprint for poverty, stagnation and under development.

The continent is not the backwards way it is by mistake.

Blame colonial rule all you want. This is black on black captivity.

Corporatehitman:
He did everything right.

His results are 5 wins and 2 draws at Afcon. He wasn't going to kick penalties for the Super Eagles.

Or to qualify for the world cup playoffs for that matter.
It will be Nigeria's loss.
We will be back to Eguavoen while the NFF fumbles in the dark for plan b.

ZombieDredd:
Arteta surprises us sometimes......

We have seen trossard break down low blocks many times this season, yet he keeps him on the bench against a low block team

Maetinelli is just an off and on player, let's hope he does the right changes early.enough

He was thinking too far, ahead to the Internazionale game.

AwokenVawulence:
What's wrong with arsenal. No shot on target through out. Why relax because man city lost , isn't it better to take the advantage now

That is the Champions mentality they have lacked for many years. Don't be surprised if they lose this match. It is not enough to sign technically gifted players but management should also have an eye for players that have a solid fortitude and an uncompromising desire to win things.

SmartPolician:
Employment form where exactly?

You people must think that creating jobs is easy

It is easy.

Thousands of jobs can be created if the diseased 'contracting' culture is ended in Nigeria.

This country gives trillions of naira to individuals and companies in the name of contracts to do various things the public should be doing instead.

gabbytabby:
People should not live like this indefinitely. Nigeria is not a welfare state so organising to help them is problematic.

Understandable, they want to live free in areas close to their source of income but like farmers who move farms when an area becomes majorly residential, they have to recognise that they have to move up or downstream when the area gets developed to not plan for this is not wise.

Mature decisions is expected from every adult. Even businesses like block industries move location.

Never wait for government to make life decisions for you and be grateful for periods when you were able to live rent free it’s a privilege that not a lot of people get. Also come together as a community to plan the move as a problem shared is a problem halved.

The demolition is inevitable.

Yes, it is inevitable, but not the first thing.
Governance is about people.
Plans, purposes, progress.

There are political representatives from that area. How far has government interacted with them to change the story of the inhabitants, remove them from that locality in a responsible manner and integrating them into the wider society.

Or if fishing is their vocation what is government doing to bring investments to the collective to raise their standards of living so that the environment is protected by best practices.

Can the Lagos state government set aside special intervention funds for such derelict communities in it's annual budget for all of the above.

Because the success of any society is judged by the fortunes of the least privileged.

So just as we all criticize the irresponsible poverty fueled behavior of 'born throway' amongst ignorant citizens, the sack, demolish and drive away attitude of government that owes a duty of care and development to citizens is no different.

PS. And if Nigeria or any country is not interested in the welfare of society then exactly what is the purpose of government.

Granted welfarism should not mean government fills your refrigerator with food and cleans your toilet.

But it is responsible for setting standards and organising society around aggregated resources.

Government is like your typical Nigerian communal 'meeting' where you get to know one another, plan, program and progress, set agendas and contribute to a purse to be made accessible to those who are in need such that a healthy standard of living and business is maintained.

That is what government does, that is what government is for.