₦airaland Forum

Nwaikpe:
Lolz.
Just lolzz

Nigerians are funny. See them all over the comment section shouting, 'Africa this, Africa that?' while clearly seeing that one of the most advanced countries in the world, the Netherlands, is also a party to that.

Well, whether you like it or not, America, the country of our Lord Jesus Christ, will remain the greatest country in the world for centuries to come.

Princedapace:
No, we have resources. Tax is used heavily in countries without natural resources. Lol!
When u are blessed with lots of natural resources, u lower tax for ur people and buisness to strive.
The problem here is looting!
Politicians loot.
Nigerians are already paying tax, a lot already. The policians only need to work for 4 years and get taken care of for life by Nigerians wealth. Cut that down and block looting properly and fix ur electoral system and watch Nigeria grow.
U cant be taxing 25 percent of income in a poor country while u have not fixed anything.
That is crazy!
Politicians earn so well, waste constituency projects, waste contract fund, loot and buy properties in London, Dubai, and u are here talking about taxing Nigerians more. Oga, are u normal?

ogascomax:
If you have worked in Dangote refinery you won't say all these. Those who have worked there won't support you in whatever way. Union can be a bad thing but unionism is also good to checkmate some things. It has both positive and negative effects. Dangote is taken advantage of Nigerian workers there and he is undermining them. We need strong unions in private sectors. Look at how Asians enslave Nigerians in many part of the country, people working under bad conditions with poor salary. If we have strong union some of those things won't happen. you see people being hired and fired without salary these are some of the wicked things you see in the private sector.

Zionmdde:
He doesn't have the right to hire and fire at will. That mentality is why foreigners are treating us the way they are right in our own country

Employment is a contract between 2 Persons, once that contract is signed, you cannot terminate it carelessly as you wish

Zionmdde:
So because of that everyone should keep quiet and the unjustly sacked workers should be left to lick their wounds?

slivertongue:
Both should settle their matter for the benefit of the country

Zionmdde:
Small education for you
Union is strictly there to protect the interest of its members so you can't just wake up tomorrow and sack them for nothing without realizing that you are putting them and all their dependents into hardship

What is happening with all these Lebanese and Chinese companies is pure slavery and that's dangote's model. Unionism is one of the major pillars of the UN ILO

You guys can keep supporting injustice, it will reach everybody

Nigerian unions have stalled the sale of the state-owned NNPC refineries for decades through industrial actions, legal challenges, and public opposition. Their resistance is based on concerns over job security, transparency, national economic interests, and fear of exploitation by private operators.


Key union strategies and demands
The two main unions representing oil and gas workers, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) and the Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG), have used these tactics to block privatization efforts:

engrjosefz:
Breaking news:

Reports currently circulating indicate that Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, Lagos has allegedly sacked all its local staff following a wave of unionization, with over 90% of the workforce said to have joined PENGASSAN (Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria).

This development has sparked widespread reactions, as many fear the move could trigger industrial unrest and escalate labor tensions within the company and across the oil and gas sector.

Dangote Sacks ‘All’ Nigerian Employees For Joining PENGASSAN


Social Media influencer, Imran U. Wakili (PULLO) shared this:



https://x.com/IU_Wakilii/status/1971327520894292219?t=3A7ameIlOmxuVRkR7qXJNQ&s=08[/quote]I support this decision. Nigerians. Labour unions have been a disaster in industrial development across the country. It was the Union that pressured Yaradua not to sell the NNPC refineries in 2007 and protest against the removal of fuel subsidies in 2012.

Princedapace:
See the people Tinubu wants to tax 25 percent of their income. That man wicked die. Nigerians need relief and politicians to cut down on their luxurious packages.

Seezion2:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmexN7wBVwc

This video shows some Nigerians seriously struggling over 3rd grade clothes openly.

In the 1980s, Nigeria's textile industry employed between 350,000 and 1 million people. This range accounts for direct factory jobs as well as indirect employment through cotton farming and related supply chains.


Breakdown of employment in the 1980s:
Direct factory jobs: The number of people working directly in Nigeria's textile mills varied over the decade due to fluctuating economic conditions and a decline in the latter half of the 1980s.


Early 1980s: Estimates indicate the industry employed over 450,000 people, according to one account. Another source states the industry had 100,000 workers in 1980, not including craft producers.


Mid-1980s: The peak employment level was estimated at 350,000 people by some sources. Other sources claim over 750,000 workers during this period. A 1985 study found that employment had declined by 40,000 workers from earlier in the decade.
Indirect employment: When including cotton farmers and other workers in the supply chain, the industry's total employment surpassed 1 million people. This broad network of jobs included farmers who supplied local mills and traders who distributed the final product.

SmartPolician:
Calling what Tinubu does revenue drive is being modest. He's just taxing Nigerians up and down because he's bereft of revenue generation ideas.

nairalanda1:
Last time i entered a Kingsway was in 1989. Good old days when we had UTC, leventis and chellerams. All gone now.

The SAP really sapped us.

SmartPolician:
NNPC should sack all those people working in those refineries and pay them off. I always say that civil servants destroyed this country.

How can you have a refinery that's not producing and still pay the workers salaries every month? These people run this country as if they don't care.

Kukutente23:
Some people who love defending criminal politicians on the platform will never understand why these countries place a high premium on conduct and actions in public office
You will see such characters mouthing such abomination as "Can a two time governor of an oil rich state not afford a house in the US?" as if governor's salaries are fixed based on how rich the state is
For these kind of people, calling out corruption in public office is a sin and a devilish ploy to "bring our man down".
May God deliver Nigeria from stupid people in large numbers

DeLaRue:
From 37 million barrels stolen in 2021 down to around 3.5 million in 2025 is roughly 90% reduction.

The recovery in the past 2 years has been outstanding.

All concerned need to push harder to reduce theft to less than 2% within the next year.

Channeling more resources to assist local youths in training and building businesses are key tools for gaining trust and reducing dependence on oil theft.

cyril10:
Atiku, you mean by saying this that you are going to get the votes of the Yorubas, it means you do not really know them.

EvergreenDiarie:
The corruption is just everywhere, now where do we start to fight these corruptions from and who will fight it when the majority of the population is messed up.seriously

owobokiri:
Nigeria and Cameroon give you a typical case in political studies, where loyalties to ethnic/regional politics help in an overwhelming way to undermine the peoples abilities to make any sort of revolutionary changes towards the leaderships of their countries..

The problem with Cameroon is not necessarily Biya. The problem is the regional confrontations between the English speaking parts of Cameroon and the French speaking parts of the same country. The differences between these two groups have stiffened overtime, and have now taken a life of its own. A war is ongoing...

When the English speaking John Fru Ndi came close to chasing out Biya, it was the francophone speakers that felt slighted. They would rather stick with a totally kwarupt Biya, than to go for the English speaking Ndi who came with all sorts of revolutionary targets. In the end, Biya blatantly rigged the elections on the back of the support from his fellow French speakers and responded to the political scare of nearly loosing a presidential elections by entrenching a more pronounced divide between the English speakers and their fellow country men the French speakers.

Change french with Yoruba and English with igbo and you have the same scenario in Nigeria. That is the same. Corrupt officials getting away with vicious kleptomania simply because they're perennially assured of ethnic support every elections cycle. Flawed presidential elections being praised by ethnic jingoists simply because such charade guarantees the presence of someone close to them at the seat of power..
Two neighbours, One waahaalaa..

Baxilexi:
The government has lost public trust hence why this new tax law will cause more chaos than praise.

They’ve mismanaged the countries resources, removed all forms of succor and now still wish to pauperize struggling Nigerians.

I would advise that the tax law be suspended till Nigerians can see practical use of our commonwealth, not cars, houses and largesse.

Also, they need to reorganize the tax categories. A Nigerian earning 3 million NGN per annum is poor. That’s less than $2000 USD.
Put rent, energy, transportation, fees, healthcare, feeding, personal needs and utilities into the equation and there’s no way the FIRS Boss can justify the taxation.

oluwaseyi0:
Government should sell them all
No need wasting money

MrStarskie:
How will this policy affect the common man? That is left to be seen

SonOfDSoil01:
this is what I have always told them. The Yorubas that voted for their tribesman in Lagos have now seen them for who they really are…..they have been mocking Yorubas with their election victory in Lagos like only the Ibos votes made that happen. We are waiting to correct the mistake in 2027, make everyone bear hin papa name

ariesbull:
It's only in Yoruba land that I saw a landlord saying in clear terms they will not rent house to a certain people of a certain tribes

Buying land is an economic thing not a favour...if you are broke you sell your land to highest bidder and it's not about being tribalistic or not..it's just economics


If I decide not to sell my land our community land to you that doesn't make me a tribalistic person

Bobloco:
…Says Democracy Dying as Leaders No Longer Serve the People



https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/09/democracy-in-nigeria-now-tool-for-elite-state-capture-peter-obi/

ReacherSaidNoth:
Does this also apply to the children of thieving politicians?

vanbonattel:
Bad government na your mate?

We warned them that this will happen. You cannot vote wrongly and expect a miracle. Someone who has no experience of ever doing anything right.

BigBreezeBabs:
This is actually a welcome idea.
Buhari administration goofed for taking it down in the first place
I'm willing to volunteer as a teacher to any School willing to give their student full knowledge of history and government.

VeeVeeMyLuv:
If only APC and their defenders can tell themselves the truth, accept this truth. Things will start changing.

Another painful things is that leaders these days have been chorusing and romancing the current hydra headed multifaceted challenges bedeviling the nation. They are not ready to do anything to improve the situation. Just take a look at Gumi statements couple of days ago.

Before it became a state in Nigeria, Adamawa was a subordinate kingdom of the Sultanate of Sokoto, which also included much of northern Cameroon. The rulers bear the title of emir ("lamido" in the local language, Fulfulde).[13]

The name "Adamawa" came from the founder of the kingdom, Modibo Adama, a regional leader of the Fulani Jihad organized by Usman dan Fodio of Sokoto in 1804. Modibo Adama came from the region of Gurin (now just a small village) and in 1806, received a green flag for leading the jihad in his native country. In the following years, Adama conquered many lands and tribes. In 1838, he moved his capital to Ribadu, and in 1839, to Joboliwo. In 1841, he founded Yola, where he died in 1848. After the European colonization (first by Germany and then by Britain), the rulers remained as emirs and the line of succession has continued to the present day.