₦airaland Forum

Didn’t some people celebrate some time ago that power had now been decentralized?

yarimo:
Makinde is frustrated and confused kindergarten politician, thinking national politics is limited only in Oyo state

If Seyi Makinde is a kindergarten politician, I wonder what you will call yourself.

HgAkpobomeEr:
Wike is a political genius.

Stop abusing the word “Genius”.

If you want to narrate, narrate and leave the video out.

If you want us to watch a video, keep your narratives to yourself and let’s watch the video and listen ti the person ourselves.

Fekumzi123:
Ok, they were in government and they stole.
Is it possible to be in government and not steal? Jonathan even said stealing is not corruption because he knew you must steal. If you doubt me, why not work hard and become governor, maybe you can change the narrative.

Yes. It 100 percent possible to be in government and not steal.

What have we turned to as a people that we see stealing and betraying public trust as normal?

Come on.

Yet we wonder why there’s crazy inflation?

Customs charge exorbitant fees for clearing goods.

Tinubu doesn’t have jurisdiction over how US conduct air strikes.

Stop all these talks before Trump come open una yanshes.

There was no intelligence collaboration.

press9jatv:
he's under US radar, he will first be pick by Nigeria DSS before America government descend on him.

The US doesn’t need Nigeria’s DSS to pick him. They can just send one strike to him.

Remember that Iranian general that was killed in a drone strike by this same Trump?

The first step to address this LG issue is to make a law that mandates INEC to be the official electoral body for LG elections. Until then, we’ll keep running in circles.

These governors will never conduct a free and fair LG elections if the state electoral bodies are allowed to continue.

WizardOfNG:
Why must you people from the SE always do this? We are past the stage of this your gaslighting you lot predictably come up with every time good happens to the "Zoo".

Many, myself included along with loads of Non-Nigerians and Non-Africans even, insisted on the sovereignty of Nigeria when Trump threatened to attack us dictatorially, against the specific position of international law.

We have since moved on from that with the USA towing the path of diplomacy and sense to respect our sovereignty and then settle on working with Nigeria. That is what gave birth to what is sewn below. If you are then not an enemy of Nigeria's progress, then what purpose exactly is this thread meant to serve?

In your little mind, the Nigerian government was aware that the US will strike on Christmas Day?

Keep playing.

MT:
He couldn’t do it without Nigeria Government approval. That’s why most American government officials had been coming into the country of late.

Nigeria needs help from any country with advanced capability but this approach won’t solve any problem. He could have cooperated with Nigeria govt unnoticed instead of announcing war on social media.

Few military strikes won’t solve the problems. These terrorists are defiant, they will possibly make Nigeria a battleground.

Good intention, bad approach.

LOL.

May air strike locate you. Werepe.

This man no go keep quiet and lay low. Does he think he’s not under the US radar as well?

Which CV K1 present to show he’s qualified?

Godfullsam:
It doesn't really matter if balablu wins in his quest for second term or not.

What really matters is that the south must do two terms in office as the president of Nigeria.

The north will continue to wail and cry till the south are done with their 2 terms.

Which law says South must do 2 terms?

Oga there’s nothing like South. We have South West, South East and South South.

All man for himself is what we practice in Southern Nigeria.

nobaga:
In the first place I could not believe that Gbajabiamila took that job from Tinubu. As a Speaker, it was below him.

Gbaja can become the Lagos State Governor if he so wish. Tinubu is not a Lagosian and Gbaja has more influence than him in Lagos. Do not forget that Tinubu lost the fight with Fashola on Second Term.

Forget Seyi. His father cannot help him in Lagos if a bona fide Lagosian contest. Lagosian even have more sympathy for Ambode, a nonLagosian who lost his second term to Tinubu's choice. Funny, isn't it?

When he resigned his house of reps membership to become chief of staff, I knew that was too bad for him and his governorship ambition.

He is fast becoming unpopular and forgotten.

aribisala0:
Did you say this?


That is what I responded to

How did he deliver Tinubu in the North?
He was incumbent in Kaduna and the same Atiku he is hobnobbing with won Kaduna State
Is that your definition of deliver

In 2015

Buhari won 5 on 6 SW states where he had never got 25%and even got 25% in Osun State
He also won Kwara
Since 1999 nobody has won election without winning Kwara. Buhari never succeeded there until Tinubu backed him

Take it to Allah
Yoruba made Buhari president
Tinubu made Buhari president
That is what working hard to deliver looks like

So if Fulani people are looking for BETRAYERS they should look in the mirror

ElRufai played every trick to succeed Buhari and only came out to back Tinubu because the socalled cabal did not trust him and preferred Lawan

You people talk as if you are smarter than everyone but you will discover who the Yoruba really are soon

We know how you reason and what you will do before you even think it

Everything about you is arrogance and deception

If not for El Rufai’s stance and rallying of northern governors and key people to ensure that APC zoned their presidential ticket to the South, do you think there would have been primaries talk more of Tinubu emerging?

Have you forgotten Tinubu was already romancing SDP as his second option should he lose the APC ticket?

His governorship ambitions aren’t any where near dead.

It can only be dead if he decides to be servitude to Tinubu and APC.

If he moves to another party and contests, he will defeat Obasa or any other person APC may field.

The ultimate choice lies in his hands.

Slowly but surely Wike’s name is fading away from our ears.

Amuwo Odofin.

-100/10

Burning lots of fuel daily

This only shows that the so called kings are employees of the government. They can be fired at any time and nothing will happen.

In my over 3 decades in Nigeria I’ve witnessed 7 heads of states and presidents, Tinubu is the worst of them all.

Don’t be fooled by the Greek gift.

Whatever amount he spends on these, be sure he will recoup 1000 times more.

ufotunang:
..the 36 governors does not allow their local government chairmen to open an account with CBN..so that money can be sent directly to local government chairmen through the CBN

So the governors have more power than the FG?

All these talks na sara. The FG can go ahead and directly credit the LGs and the governors can do nothing.

LOL.

Servitudes. Sycophantic people.

You’re hailing him for submitting a budget when 2024 and 2025 budgets aren’t even fully covered.

All these just for him to see you and throw some money at you. That’s not life.

DeLaRue:
Talking of imports from China, high import duties, and other charges are a means of protecting local manufacturers, otherwise imported and subsidised Chinese goods will be so cheap that local industries will die out.

So China unfairly subsidises its exporters in order to make their exports very cheap, yet you don't want Nigeria to take counter measures to support its own manufacturers

Ofcourse you are probably a trader who is out thinking about your personal interest only.

That's fine.

But the government is there to protect the entire economy from being subsumed by cheap China imports that keeps China rich, and Nigeria poorer in the long term.

Any 40ft container coming into this country, whether it contains lithium batteries, manufacturing machines or any kind of item that aids production will be charged nothing less than 25 million naira. The average cost of renting a 40ft container for shipment from China to Lagos is about 6000 USD that is way less than what customs charge as duty.

Do you even know EVs are supposed to be duty free? Customs will still charge you.

Has the debt not been repaid?

Just the same way he awarded a so called “bidding” contract to Hi tec owned by his Lebanese friend and ally. So is what he did with the tax laws.

Lagos state maternal clinic is better that many of these so called private hospitals.

Child and maternal hospitals are designed for caring for pregnant women and children only.

They are cheaper as well.

Stamfordluiz:
Currency computation rules were also altered. Section 39(3) of the House-passed version allowed returns relating to petroleum operations to be computed in the currency of transaction, while the gazetted Act mandates that such tax computations be made in US dollars.

A new provision, Section 41(, introduced into the gazetted Act now requires a taxpayer dissatisfied with the decision of the Tax Appeal Tribunal, and seeking to appeal to the High Court, to deposit 20 per cent of the disputed amount as security before the appeal can be heard. Section 41(9), which was also introduced in the gazetted version, further formalises the appeal chain, spelling out a progression from the Tax Appeal Tribunal to the High Court, the Appeal Court and the Supreme Court.


Enforcement powers were also expanded. Section 60(1) of the gazetted Act adds the phrase “without an order of the High Court”, allowing tax authorities to appoint agents without court approval. Critics say this amounts to a major empowerment of the tax authority by granting it direct administrative garnishee powers, removing judicial oversight and bypassing court orders.

Section 61 distinguishes between the powers of the Nigeria Revenue Service and other tax authorities, permitting the Service to sell movable assets without a High Court order.

Section 64(1) goes further by introducing arrest powers, authorising tax authorities to arrest suspected offenders through relevant law enforcement agencies. The version passed by the House only empowered the tax authority to investigate or cause an investigation to be conducted to ascertain any violation of tax laws, whether or not such violation had been reported.


In the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Act, further discrepancies were identified in provisions governing accountability and legislative oversight. Section 25 of the House-passed version requires the Service to submit quarterly and annual reports to the National Assembly on its activities, performance and financial statements. These reporting obligations were omitted from the gazetted Act, which retains only basic audit provisions.

Similarly, Section 26 of the version passed by the House expressly empowers the National Assembly to summon the Executive Chairman or board members to account for administrative, governance and financial matters. This oversight power does not appear in the gazetted law.


Section 30 in the Votes and Proceedings also assigns broader accountability duties to the Executive Chairman, including the submission of strategic plans, budgets and routine reports to the minister and the National Assembly, as well as mandatory responses to ministerial recommendations. These provisions were removed in the final Act.

Differences were also recorded in the Joint Revenue Board of Nigeria (Establishment) Act. Section 9 of the House-passed version states that any officer exercising the board’s powers must be specifically authorised by the board. The gazetted Act uses broader language, referring to “any officer specifically in that behalf”, without clearly stating who grants the authorisation.


Funding provisions were amended as well. While Section 14 of the House version lists four sources of funding, the gazetted Act introduces an additional source, allowing “additional contributions from members” to fund board activities.

Further omissions affect statutory funding guarantees. The House version provides that both the Tax Appeal Tribunal and the Office of the Tax Ombudsman shall be funded from the Consolidated Revenue Fund, as appropriated by the National Assembly. In both cases, the gazetted Act removes reference to the Consolidated Revenue Fund, stating only that funding shall be through appropriation by the National Assembly.


These discrepancies have heightened concerns within the National Assembly and among stakeholders over taxpayer exposure, due process, legislative oversight and the overall integrity of the tax reform framework.

God be with you and bless you in all you do.

This una format don cast.

We still remember the famous “I had no shoes” statement.