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Great ideas. But my approach is different from yours. You being a tech person, I understand your preference for "soft" solutions like regulating the movement of dollars to control hoarding.

I prefer the physical approach. I don't care if it sounds like tyranny to people. Put a high tarrif on selected items that can be substituted locally. Obasanjo did it successfully with cement and today we no longer need dollars to buy cement.
Nigerians are hounds when it comes to sniffing opportunities( you will find more Nigerians with the money go into local manufacturing despite the challenges).

Textiles and apparels, petrol and petrochemicals, furniture, sugar, rice, edible oils....These items are dollar guzzlers.Altgough I consider them low hanging fruits.

NaughtyBrainiac:
Or Imagine being told that ANGEL should serve you balls and the number of balls she serves will determine how many more years you have to live. One ball, one year.

Na joke I dey joke o. Make Angel fans no come for me o. Lmao

Lol. Why Angel bayi? In Angel's voice.

Sixfeetbelle:
Actually, at the end of the argument, his point turned out to be that Biggie shouldn't have recycled the ball, not how fast LR placed the balls. So, judging by this point, and assuming it was done exactly this way (exact number of balls for each team with lesser amount of time), would blame still not fall on LR for not placing the balls fast enough?

What would you suggest should have been done to remove bias entirely?

simple. Only a member of your team should help place the balls. There absolutely should be equal number of balls for all the teams. It would have been more fun to watch team mates scamper to place as many balls as possible.....but then we wouldn't have had this drama with Saga to dissect at 12 midnight. Either ways, I'm entertained jare.

Quick analogy: FIFA will never change the rules of football to allow your team's goal keeper be from the opposing team.

Sixfeetbelle:
My problem with Saga is that he didn't notice this "incompetence" when it favored his team, only when it didn't. In that throwing game, do you know they had the advantage? Did you see it? But somehow, everyone seems to have overlooked that to come complain about the football own. Even Biggie tried to bring his attention to it, yet he was being stubbornly blind.

You still don't get it. His grouse was with the part where an opponent was given the power to decide your fate. LR could have been deliberately slow in recycling the balls. That is not a doing of nature, gender or strenght, which are beyond anyone's power. That one na deliberate sabotage.

It happened last two years where members of the opposing teams were to be the judge. I remember Mercy lambo sabotaged her opponents by judging unfairly.

I Sha believe the producers did this deliberately to add drama. And it worked. So it's all cool.

babyfaceafrica:
I get your point though, there would be a game that favours a particular candidate over others. However, production needs to do better and invest in task that would not bring controversy. Bbnaija needs rebranding!!! It's becoming predictable

Wrong! If a game favours you as a result of your gender, strenghts, abilityor even disability...,that's understandable. But if a game tries to level the playing field by handicapping a team, that's wrong. That's why Saga was shouting equal opportunity. That's the basis for fairness o.

omotolly22:
Who is that person on this thread saying saga should not say his mind ,because he does not have A large fanbase

Forget that thing everything is not about fanbase ,he might come out and even be more successful than people with large fanbase

na normal thing for us. "If you no get money; hide your face". If you no get fanbase, shut up. Even if you are the wisest.

Big brother has you all exactly where he wants you.....both house mates and viewers. It's a pure case of social experiment to evoke emotions.

Who wouldn't know its proper to have your team mate be your goal keeper and not a player from the opposing team? They know what they did....lol

How did the viewers vote o....dey no show am?

mrvitalis:
VAT is same as sales tax ...or consumer tax ..it's the tax the final consumer pays for value added to the product

So someone in imo buys Coke u want the coke to go to Lagos because the head office is in Lagos ?

Equity and fairness is all we want

All companies that operate nation wide file tax in all 36 states it's nothing new

So MTN staff working in Kano would pay income tax to Lagos because head office is Lagos ?

No I'm only saying treat VAT as income tax simple

The man in Imo pays vat through the retail outlet or shop that sells the coke to him. Not the company.

Ibkhaleel001:
As for you cynics that have no value to add in the dilemma except vituperation, and abuses, we know that is the substance they are made up of. No qualms whatsoever! you don’t expect fragrance from feces.

The North is far bigger in land mass & population than the South.
It has the highest number of states & local governments.
The North has some of the most powerful governors, senators, federal appointees, politicians both serving & retired in Nigeria.
The North also has the richest men & biggest captains of industry in Nigeria.
It has the highest number of military Generals both serving & retired.
The North equally has its fair share of reknown & accomplished academics in Nigeria & abroad in foreign universities.
It has reknown religious scholars & fiery clerics as well as its fair share of unrepentant religious fundamentalists, radicals, hoodlums, criminals & terrorists.
Inspite of all these, watch that whatever positions are zoned to them come 2023, they will choose, present & support their candidate seamlessly with less or no friction, rancour, dirty fight in public or the pages of newspapers & without assassinating each other. They understand politics & leadership. It's no coincidence therefore, that they have what they have. Islam is what regulates them and make them peaceful and never care to address the dirty lies, slander and insults from southerners online.
But you see this presidency of Nigeria Southerners are threatening everybody that they must have come 2023;
this 2023 presidency useless Southern governors & politicians are galivanting up & down insisting they must have -- governors & politicians whose only idea of governance is to issue press statements every month on Fulani herdsmen, cattle grazing & 2023 presidency to distract their gullible state citizens from the resources & allocations of their states they have stolen with nothing to show for it;
you will see how these Southern governors & greedy power drunk Southern politicians will kill & destroy each other just to pick & present one presidential candidate.
Watch how they will burn down the South with insecurity on the eve of 2023 as all these militias, unknown gunmen, Amotekun, Ebube Agu, ESN, OPC, Cult gangs, the various states police & vigilantes in the South will get new sponsors in these Southern governors & politicians as well as new sophisticated weapons from them as they jostle to eliminate each other & weaken the political base of their opponents to be able to pick the presidential ticket for themselves.
The sad shame however is that after destroying themselves, The Southern homeland, wasting the resources of Southern states & the lives of Southern misguided youths just to pick a presidential ticket, they will still turn back & blame the North for the destruction their unbridled greed for power for selfish ends brought on the South.
You see this Southern presidential agitations...
Well, enough said already!

Your type are doing a disservice to the interest of the northern populace.
Answer these questions honestly, and you will see exactly who to fight for.
What is the proportion of out of school children.

Maternal mortality rate.

Proportion of the northerners in the real sector(not government jobs). Half of your population is redundant(women).

How many northerners are in the jobs of the future( tech, fin tech).

What type of jobs do northern migrants in the south do. And what type of jobs do southern migrants do in the north. Compare.

You need to fight for the rights of the downtrodden in the north. And not for the interests of the so called leaders.

wirinet:
Very valid points. I am sure the VAT issue was a serious oversight on the part of the framers of our constitution. They thought we will depend on oil forever and so did not give attention to taxes.

This VAT issue is one more reason we need to come to a round table and renegotiate the basis of our Federation or is it Republic. ( honestly I am yet to understand the one we are practicing right now)
For one we cannot leave some state in abject poverty while some other states are in abject affluence. That would lead to serious instability in the whole nation. It's like one small part of your body being afflicted, while the whole is healthy. Than tiny afflicted part will eventually distrupt the whole body.
At the same time monkey cannot continue to work while baboons dey chop.

We have to find a middle ground.

That is when common sense will set in. We all know states have been created not based on common sense. States will have to merge to cut cost on governance....and go heavy on delivery and service to citizens. It happened in banking under Soludo, and we all are the better for it. It should happen in politics too.

mrvitalis:
To solve this issue is simple , VAT should be paid by the consumers to the retailers not the producers

Why are we acting like it's rocket science ?

Coca cola know how much coke is sold in Lagos ...u calculate the VAT and pay Lagos

Pepsi know amount of their products sold in zamfara ... calculate it and give to zamfara

I don't know why people want to make us believe this is hard

A simple app can do this calculation from sales m distribution figures

That is a recipe for chaos. You want one company to file taxes in all the 36 states? You know it's not enforceable that way. Streamline everything by collecting only at the point of manufacturing. A state can't be business friendly, making concessions to new industries, attracting businesses, only to have those businesses pay VAT to lazy states.

As long as we sew customized trad wears, this kind of stories will never cease. Bespoke, by its nature is supposed to be expensive.

Until we start to mass produce local wears.

I dont think a lot of tax is being derived from trading in Nigeria. Only structured sectors of the economy (manufacturing, telecoms, banking and finance) have been transparent enough to be taxed.
It's true igbos dominate trading, Northerners dominate agriculture. But high GDP contribution doesn't correlate to high tax revenues.

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White money with his hymn-raggae fusion style....lol

Beorn:
This mkcbeal6is fûcking stupid his talks just to impress Jackie-B. So all single mothers have "delinquent" kids? Smh. Kayode please remove this mugu from my front.

It's kinda true...though I'm not feeling his speech. Statistics proves him right. Most criminals in prison come from broken homes or were neglected.

Why do I feel JackieB isn't feeling Michael's "motivational speech". She bored. Too long and repititive. Keep it short and sweet my man.

fitzmayowa:
Well the ad agency should get atleast 70% but the remaining 30% goes to those that represented the brand and decide to go with a crappy ad campaign....Whew!!!

Like say no be NAija we dey. What do you expect company staff to complain when dem Don collect brown envelope. The most painful part is.....this advert won't be pulled off for the next 3 seasons after the truckload of dough they must have paid for production.

Amya:
Yes, Housemates. Suffer with us the travesty of an AD we've been suffering since. Between Buypower and Munchit, I think Munchit wins as the worse ad of the season

Munchit takes the award...followed by that Tacha ad. Seems ad agencies become lazy once they know a celebrity will feature in the ad.

ojasweb:
As at the time i got to the stage in the attached picture, i have already spent over 7m, excluding the land cost.
Though this is a bigger project, however am not sure 4M can get you something attractive. Especially with the situation of the economy.

Na parapet, concrete pillars and plenty walls chop your money. OP should not attempt this style o. This style is not for someone on a budget. Congrats on the new house. Owning realestate is a big deal.

Dirkcoyt:
Thank you my brother ! Many Nigerians do this for just bragging right not according to environment! Why waste 4m on roofing ? At the end the roof will just be tall for nothing with some Gerard sheet! Well this design save cost even if he wants a roof type skillion roofing designs are cost effective nowadays you can find them on those real estate company buildings. We need to do things with economics in this country fornot everything is for bragging right ! Another thing is this parapet trend! It’s not a must you waste money to buy lot of woods just because you want to do parapet that adds not too much thing to the structural design ! But waste lot of money on wood forming for the parapet yet still fill it up with concrete people need to learn now !

I hate the tall roof trend in most new buildings in Nigerian cities. I wonder if the trend started in Abuja or Lagos. Where roofs are higher than the house itself.

Propertytycoon:
You could get an ordinary room for that amount around ketu/Oworo axis area, it's close to the third mainland bridge..

Or opt for shared accommodation

Is it possible to get a 3 bedroom flat around this areas (ketu/oworo) for 400-450k?

I'm not an expert at this. But I think it's possible to reduce building costs with open plans.

frugal:
Any responsible parent would not leave their little kids unattended to go party or drive a friend to work at such an ungodly hour. I'm very sure she left for long hours.

I suspect same too. What type of friend would let you leave your kids alone at night to drive him/her to "work"?

bada007:
Sorry for her loss but why are they alot of single black women with kids in the USA early 30s already has 5 kids with no dad

5 kids, and out of the house at 3am. No man or adult in the house.

onyeomanono24:
Chaii you hollam well

;DWTF...the funniest picture ive seen in a long while. That sh1t would hurt your soul.

Skrrrrrrr:
What kind of Workout did Boma do sef.
He didn't work on his arms and legs at all.
Arms look like chopsticks.

;Dchopsticks....workout isnt only for bulking up....you could be ripped while slim and toned na.

Pere is a sleek operator....you know his type by how well he listens and lets you sing yoursecretes like a canary....doing "hnm hnm hnm"

Freestar:
Lolz. Now Maria has won, she doesn't want to pick Pere. Awon user people

i watched today when she was complaining about his snoring.

DrakeBlend:
If that happens, Biggie will find a way to keep both of them.

All I want to do is guage their strenghts side by side. Not to evict them. I like them equally.

handelex:
Unless they didn't come to Biggie's house to win the prize else that strategy can only get one so far but not win the money.

The only prize you win in Biggie's house isn't money. If you know how to convert fame to money.....you'd actually do well. Hello Tacha.