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Why doesn't government start by a more efficient budget.
Why doesn't it start by trimming its fats as an act of good faith.
We have been talking about the cost of governance for decades.
A nation this poor does not need a government this large.
And I will continue to say this.
The first casualties of a man that loses his job are his personal aides.
He drives himself and cooks his food. He doesn't employ more helps.

This government to the best of my knowledge has totally avoided the economic issue of the soaring cost of governance and if the citizens are saying there is a disproportionately high volume of resources going to government ( a government which bloats by the day) then there will be a serious flash point ahead.



@me
I support your assertion.

When experts talk the ordinary people should listen. Our revenue to GDP ratio is very low. Our income tax to GDP ratio is very low. Why have we been having budget deficits. The answer is funding gap.

The gap can only be filled with either loan, ways and means or taxation. We don't want further loan and ways and means therefore more taxes and alternative sources of revenue must be found.

The lowest fruit is tax. A lot of people in the informal sector don't pay direct tax. A lot of rich Nigerians don't pay their true tax. How many Nigerians pay capital gains tax and capital transfer tax for all the properties that we sell?

The era of petrodollar has gone that's why subsidy has to be removed. Our naira has been artificially overvalued because of petrodollar. Our productivity doesn't match our lifestyle.

Recently the UK was looking for how to find money for some social needs. They decided to find it through increasing charges on immigrants. That's how governments are ran. Government must find money somewhere to fund provision of social needs.

What we should be asking for should be reduction in cost of governance, corruption and optimal usage of resources. None of these will take the place of the above.

Tough and unpopular decisions are required to win back our economy. People are busy wasting time on ordinary paper called certificate.

I don't envy president BAT.

This is japa packaged. Though done wrongly. Oga raise enough money for £20,000 tuition. Add living cost and apply for study visa. They will grant you visa.

The UK are into business. They don't do bad business. This your package na bad business.

While other parts of the country are trying to be inclusive and bring industries and development to their place my igbo brothers are busy hating, abusing and fighting.

Afterwards we cry marginalisation.

@saphiere
If the country was working, all these nonsense story wouldn't spring up.
This is a case of poor girls trying to survive in a country where even water is a luxury.
This is a case of manslaughter.


@me
Saphi Saphi. I know that you will rise and defend your gender. Poor girls trying to survive through poki poki with the heart to kill a man. I thank my God that the virus will never catch me.

@Beremx
I hope the price of rice, milk and sardine will come down.

@me
It can't come down because the exchange rate is high. That's why they lifted the restriction.

I know say na these ones you go ask. All these ajibo self

@mikeapollo


After destroying the naira with a useless ''floating market'' exchange rate ?
A very clueless and incompetent government.

@me
Your naira was over valued before. The rate you enjoyed back then was artificial. What do you export to earn fx? Only crude oil. Are you producing enough to meet your fx needs? No.

@Policewoman
Phoolish Agbadorians. Can't they see that all certificates bear his 4 names? They must be arrested for defamation?


@me
Ah this Peter Obi na olodo. See his results. No wonder he went for philosophy. Is this the best my igbo nation can present?

@aviara
In about 6 months the naira has been devalued by 89%, businesses are shutting down and companies are downsizing. The inflation rate is so high such that alot of families can't feed. Poverty level and suffering in the country is on the increase. Of what use is forged statistical figures to the plight of the common man on the street?


@me
Your naira has all the while been overvalued. The value has never matched your production. Your exchange rate has been subsidized. Your energy has been subsidized. You have been living above your means.

Now petrodollar is not coming enough and your population has been increasing. This is the reality of today. You ate your today yesterday.

Very shameful. You sell a product. When the price increases you should be happy. But the reverse is the case for Nigeria.

Result of bad governance for so many years. Unfortunately all the blame now go to the current occupant.

@Blitzking
U see why dollars can never be enough.

@me
My brother we all have been living subsidized life. Sell crude oil and import. People were hailing past governments. They believed that we were doing well.

Matches and some of these things were produced in this country before. Before now Nigerian drugs ranked next to European drugs. Today all manufacturers import poor quality Asian products. People get rich faster through this.

The result is fx scarcity because we are not selling enough crude oil and massive unemployment. When you import you create employment in the exporting country and creat unemployment in the importing country.

Meanwhile our population is growing uncontrollably. People don't know what is ahead of us if we don't reform. Let them be talking of certificates.

This request is no longer needed. It could have been worthwhile if it came before atiku's (Sadiq) expedition. Obi supported atiku (sorry Sadiq) to take it to the end. Therefore there's no need for BAT for supply all these. Whatever he supplies will not override what atiku got.

Let the matter run it's true cause.

BAT has good advisers. Let him ignore and continue his work while the law runs it's full course.

They're worried that the man is not talking. Very good strategy.

The soup has eyes

She has collected her pension

@Marynwachukwu21

💯agree.


@me
Dey there. Some visit and go home pass husband and wife.

They are retired. Life dey tire atimes.

Dey there dey fool yourself. She wants husband.

The man. The lady appears ready.

@1Sharon
Women with arms like this can cook well.


@me
Gbam. Shebi they said that the way to a man's heart is food. She go see market collect.

@Kingspin

Imagine.
This is the government that INEC would have denied Abians.


@me
Where is he getting the money from? Removal of subsidy. He has more federal allocation. The man that made that decision is abused.

@accordadoga26
Hehehehe

Her toto go don turn borehole.


@me
You are a woman. Can't you pity your gender?

@coleon
You see zombies like you deserve to be taken to the market square to beat your brain off zombiesm.
What policy reform has Tinubu put in place that made you think it will get better in three years or even 8 years. My people always say you will know a good Sunday from the Saturday.
Tinubus government is a trial and error government, he copied kpmg recommendation and quickly removed subsidy and devalued the naira thinking he has done something but he ended up causing more problems for everybody.
I actually don't pity zombies anymore, I despise them and pray hunger inflicted by Tinubu end up killing them.

@me
You are talking from the point of view of someone that has political interest that's why you called me zombie. I have none but economic interest. God keeping us alive please call me back one year from today and let's check the economic and social indices.

So oyibo dey born plenty pikin like this?

A distorted economy with so many things going wrong - weak revenue, poor power, poor infrastructure, high inflation, scarcity of fx, low GDP, import dependent, high unemployment, high rate of poverty, low productivity etc. cannot be turned around in three months.

The average policy gestation period cannot be three months. What we should be looking out for should be signs of focus and policy direction. On this I have confidence in BAT.

@IfnobeGod20
Which position of the law are you referring to? Did Tinubu apply to be America president or Nigeria president? Nigeria require that you should submit your certificate. Non usage of certificate for employment in America cannot be equate to Nigeria way of life. For the school to have produced the certificates, they knew there are some countries that take usage of certificate as prerequisite and that was why the CSU said it was a Nigeria thing to use certificate because in US it is just a ceremonial thing.
Now, if a university called it a ceremonial certificate and the institution still finds it convenient to still produce same ceremonial certificate for her students after graduation and even made provision for its replacement if need be, then, quote that law that says the certificate is useless and not useful. Ok did the university says any of her students can go and forge the certificate at will, that is capital NO.
I remember during cross examination of that cloud engineer presented by LP, when she was asked of her I.D and she said, Amazon don't issue I.D. Why didn't she go and forge one because Amazon doesn't give one. The institution gives certificate and they never encourage any of their student to go forging their certificate and that was why they said they cannot authenticate what they didn't give.
The question now is, why didn't Tinubu collect the original of his certificate but went for counterfeit? You have not collected original but looking for replacement, does that makes sense to any reasonable human being?

Mr. Man, I don't think Atiku ever said Tinubu didn't attend CSU but he was more particular about the inconveniences observed in the certificates Tinubu submitted to INEC and that was what he got. Was Tinubu certificate the same with CSU Verizon issued to others of the same class?

I am even perturbed that many of you are not even talking about Tinubu using non-existent secondary school that he said he graduated from in 1970. That wasn't your concern, how a man will claim what he is not. Same way he used secondary and primary schools that he didn't attend to aid his governorship qualification in 1999. All these doesn't bother you people because the man in you died a long time ago. What kind of legacy you people want to leave for your children that you give defence on undefendable issue. I just pity you guys.


@me
You are bringing another thing altogether different from what I wrote which you replied. You see, when someone's mind is made up he will hardly see the soundness of another person's proposition. I'm simply stating facts and this is it - (I'm repeating what I wrote earlier):

The position of Nigerian criminal law is that whosoever asserts should prove. CSU has confirmed that tinubu attended their school and showed evidence of his performance and graduation. They confirmed that they don't issue replacement certificates and it's only issued by third parties.

If atiku says that the certificate was forged, in law it's his duty to fish out the third party and prove forgery by making the third party to disown it. The burden is not on tinubu but atiku.

Until he does this he should not be talking about forgery. He can even be sued and heavy damages demanded. Ordinary people on social media and the streets can say anything out of ignorance but this is the true position.

Atiku and his lawyers are aware that's why they are resorting to propaganda and noise making.

@IfnobeGod20
Are you aware that Tinubu wasn't even ripe to collect a replacement of certificate? Because he never collected the original certificate printed for him by the school, meaning if he had applied as he supposed to be, the school would have alerted him that his original is still available and there will be no need applying for replacement. I can freely tell you that Tinubu is dubious to say the least. How would somebody graduated from a school but didn't collect his certificate but all he can think of is replacement of what he didn't collect?
A man that went to Chatham House to brag to the world that he has collected his certificate from CSU. The question now is, at what time did he collect his certificate from CSU that CSU didn't know that the registrar had to say in deposition in court that his original certificate is still in his file? When you're dubious, you're dubious.


@me
All these that you are saying are personal opinion. I have stated the position of law. Counter it. Americans have told us that they don't care about certificate. That it's ceremonial. That a lot of their students don't collect theirs. That if you apply for a job just give your details to your employers and they will verify direct from your school.

I guess that this was what tinubu did when he worked in Deloitte and ExxonMobil.

Atiku thought that it could be proven that tinubu didn't attend the school. He got the opposite. He's aware that what he got could not fly then he decided to wipe up public sentiment calling everyone to gange up with him.

Off course in this era of social media every Tom Dick and Harry will. The knowledgeable and the not knowledgeable.

Indeed there are scarcity of gentle men. What you have is ocho free everywhere.

@wunmi590

Not everybody who goes to church believed in God, if you know you are not interested in going, stay home and pray to God...

There's no place God doesn't answer prayers, as long ad you believe in that God, you will recieve everything you ever pray for, even your friends will think you do ritual, when you are being blessed......


@me
So the only reason why you go to church is be blessed with material things?

@kingbee90
This is very clear.....

Tinubu should mention the name of that 3rd party vendor who typed, printed and signed on that certificate issued to him.

-The license of the 3rd party vendor should be displayed if they are registered, licenced and authorised by CSU to issue replacement certificates.

-The corporate head office of the 3rd party vendor.

This will put an end to this certificate forgery issue.

Very Simple.......

@me
The position of law is that forgery takes place when the issuer of a document disowns the content of a document.

He who alleges must prove. Atiku has alledged forgery. It's his duty to fish out the vendor and let him disown the document.

@RandomFellow
Na waa ooo... So does it mean all the recent cases judged at the supreme court with respect to certificate forgery will have to be apologized for? What does forgery even mean? I just want to rest easy, knowing I am enlightened.


@me
Forgery is if you claim what you didn't earn. How can someone accuse me of forgery if a school authenticate that I attended their school, provided evidence of my performance and grade. How can I genuinely forge what I rightly earned?

Forget politics this case is dead on arrival. Atiku has helped BAT to make history. The first president in Nigeria that his academic record is open for all to see.

Number one rule of success in business is separate yourself from your business.