₦airaland Forum

Stephen0mozzy:
Read what you've said. We have been paying indirect tax, so we can't ask for the ONLY purpose why government exists. Please.
So the natural resource that they've been mismanaging, they'll do better job of accountability if the money is from tax and not oil? Please.

The only major indirect tax in this nation is vat. What is our rate compared with nations at the same level of development with us?

Before this reform Nigerians have forgotten capital gains tax and capital transfer tax. I'm a landlord, I receive rental payment but I don't pay tax on them. It's not done in those nations that we want to be like them.

When I knew that our tax system has broken down completely was when I did fx transaction through Form A and bank didn't asked for my TCC. When we were students you can't access $1 through Form A without attaching TCC. Parents couldn't register their children in public schools without showing TCC. Free petrodollar destroyed us. We need to go back.

HumbleOptimist:
We can't also pay tax without development

No sir. It's tax then development. More tax then more development.

Stephen0mozzy:
We know that one.


He that must come to equity must come with clean hands. Why ask us not to complain about tax, when even after taxing me, my street is flooded when it rains, my salary can't even take me to the hospital clinic two times for medical checkup, I'm providing my own electricity, I've dug my own borehole.

This one is valid and it's what the citizens should be asking from the center and subnationals. Every duty have rights attached to it. We haven't been asking because:
~ we have not been paying. Forget about indirect taxes.
~ we are tribalistic. We leave our duty of asking when our tribes man is on the throne but ask loudest when another tribe is on the throne.
~ almost all our big people with no exception don't pay reasonable taxes.
~ we have been spoilt by natural resources. Natural resources should be springboard but their conversion is what creates wealth. Wealth converted should pay tax.
~ if we want to borrow less then we must either pay our taxes or make due with lack of infrastructure. We have sever deficit of infrastructure. Income from our natural resources are low relative to our population and our needs. There is little or nothing left to provide infrastructure for long-term development.

esnbrutality:
Trump Announced it before Tinubu. That should tell you that even TINUBU doesn't know anything happening in the country he presides.

Go sleep with your damage control nonsense

He doesn't know what is happening in the country. Probably those Nigerian military men participated on their own. No superior assigned them and those superiors don't report to anyone up to NSA. Hear yourself. I didn't ask you not to hate. My joy is that Nigeria is winning.

madridguy:
Alhaji Rabiu should have renew his visa before embarking on the journey.

Kudos to the South African immigration, unlike our own bambiala immigration officers that all they know is to be begging money from both legal and illegal people coming and leaving the country.

He acknowledged that it was an error on his part but is it a wise decision economy-wise to turn back such a person entering their country to add wealth and value to their country? Who lost more? Probably those whites that they allowed without visa might not have added one tenth of what he would have added to their economy. Besides the reason for turning him back was very minor - one day visa expiration. Why not look at his travel history on his passport?

esnbrutality:
Everybody knows who killed the terrorists.

Tinubu has been quiet since these people have been killing people in the North. He was even quiet when same ISIS beheaded people in the same North.

Now the COW wants to align with America because he needs that Trump audience and handshake seriously

Propaganda merchants..

Appreciate what you have. It wouldn't cost you anything. Trump said that it was a complicated operation involving Nigerian and American military. If it was easy and no role was played by our military trust Trump he would have said so.

You are here doing chochocho but you and I don't know who played which role and who contributed more. It could as well be our military. The important thing is that victory has been achieved. Stop maligning your country for you have no other country except Nigeria. Tinubu will come and go and maybe your Messiah could take over. You don't know what he will face. He might be worse than what you ever think.

The above is advice.

simpleseyi:
JAGABAN is being thanked by Trump whom Peter Obi and Atiku called to come and help them fight JAGABAN. Whom God hath blessed, no fool can curse.

There is something special about Tinubu. Situations that you think that will swallow him he uses it to rise. Honestly it's a rare blessing.

Enemies celebrated when Trump turned his madness against Nigeria and her government. Now Trump is helping and working with Tinubu. It can only be God.

TimiofAbuja:
Baba sope... Very powerful president

Before he became president he was powerful. After leaving office he will still be powerful.

ironheart:
So basically, Nigerians have no excuse to borrow money.

Who told you. Did we lack orders before? Our problem is that our crude production level is low. We couldn't meet our opec allocation. To increase production requires long-term heavy investment. This has been neglected for a long time by past administrations. Our income level is low vis-a-vis our needs.

MrSly:
The payment for omotoshos unprofessional sentencing MNK does not finish. The man stoop too low for just promotions.

What happened to that fraud's appeal? He has forgotten it or the mob action has moved to Obi and NDC. If Omotosho was biased let him appeal so that the higher courts can quash the ruling.

gulfer:
Only God knows where you get your indices but the common man on the street can sure tell you that the inflation is well over 30% currently, Ndiara National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)

Who taught the common man on street statistics? Do your calculations and prove to us.

Gotocourt:
See as Senator Seriake Dickson dey shine , his house is the party office. A former governor and legislator from powerful south south oil state.
Tinubu mouth go bitter.
No time, we move 🤷🏿.

When they lose in 2027 they will pack their loads and leave and look for another party for another election. Unstable as water.

Javid13:
wetin dey for lagos?

I'm from the east. I'm presently working in Aba but I live in Lagos. My family is in Lagos. Major Igbo elites live in Lagos. Obi lives in Lagos. Lagos is a different country in Nigeria. I love Lagos. Have I answered you?

Hemanwel:
Oga Pero, you owe nobody any explanation.
Everyone knows that APGA is a regional party; you couldn't have achieved anything in national politics if you had remained there.

Wike and Atiku's belief in money politics also would not have given you the needed platform for you to shine politically. So your leaving there was in order

Tinubu used Lamidi Apapa to crumble Labour Party when he saw your outstanding performance after 2023 elections. So, your leaving LP was understable.

In ADC, Atiku wanted to ride on your popularity to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming the president of this country. Something he couldn't achieve since 1993.

Here you are in NDC. The Eagle has safely landed in NDC and we (the Nigerian people) are 100% with you!

Nothing will stop the Peter Obi tsunami in 2027.

A New Nigeria is POssible!

If Obi becomes president he will be the first president to decamp to a new party while in office once there's a problem in his party. He will turn round to blame Tinubu and others.

KanwuliaExtra:
You owe no one any explanation sir.🍷

False.....he wants to president so he owes us every explanation. This explanation isn't valid. We will use it to judge him.

femi4:
Why not move to canada or uk where you can work even if ilr is 10yrs

Na una vote for Trump...enjoy

Job scarce now for Canada even with PR. UK no easy. Paper uwahala plenty ooo.

Angelfrost:
You just trying too hard to run around issues and facts...!

I mentioned something as basic as Power supply, you started speaking grammar.

What is stopping Lagos in all its glory and large economy from leaving the national grid permanently?!

Who told you they can't be a tourist destination as well as being a commercial hub?!! Is Dubai in another planet?!! Is Capetown in another universe?!! Even Dakar and Cairo do both effortlessly, and enjoy high class facilities.

You are the one that don't understand issues. What is the law regulating electricity in this country? Was it before now on the exclusive or concurrent list? When was it moved to the concurrent list? FYI when Tinubu was governor an attempt was made to start an IPP but was stopped by OBJ government because it was then on the exclusive list.

As for tourism every state or city plays to their advantage. Lagos has decided to play to her advantage and that made her the fifth largest economy in Africa. Contest this.

How many countries are in Africa? For the economy of a state to be fifth largest is no mean achievement. I know that you belong to the group that condemn anything Nigeria and hail everything outside. No problem but hard facts proven by figures don't tell lies.

Angelfrost:
I'm sorry... But, what facilities?!!

Abidjian, Capetown, Kigali, Nairobi, Rabat, and other cities in Africa have 24 hours electricity.

Does Lagos have this?!! Does anywhere in Lagos, even Ikeja or Banana Island enjoy uninterrupted Power supply?!!

Please name those facilities...!

How much does Lagos generate from Tourism compared to other African cities?!!

What is the air quality?!!

What is the livability compared to the nations above?!!


In 2026, Lagos is still what you are bragging about in Nigeria, a nation with over 200 million people, and 36 states?!!

Have you no shame nor decency?!!

You guys mix up issues. Electricity until recently is a federal issue. How is Lagos supposed to be assessed specifically on that?

Tourism: Lagos is not a tourism destination. It's a financial capital. The fifth largest economy in Africa. Which means that the size of her economy compets with major African countries and not even their cities. Show me the shame and indecency.

Gotocourt:
Baba sope style of politics.

If baba ope will give any state what Lagos is getting I'm for it. The facilities that are in Lagos are not in most African countries. Na baba sope make am possible. Great nations are built like that and not start and stop.

KomonSense:
The development followed as several Nigerians took to the social media pages of the World Bank to express outrage and opposition over the plans.

Obidients are very strong ooo

Fear who no fear them

Bunkum. Lagos is being celebrated today. Some of the facilities are like what you get in advanced economies. The bulk of what was used to finance them were borrowed. The projects are paying back. The income from the blue line alone is massive. You have sever infrastructure deficit not attended to for so many years. Your income is very weak: very low oil production and tax. Therefore your choice is: wait until you can save and invest in infrastructure which will retard your growth or borrow and invest in future capital formation.

Dangote wouldn't have had the massive refinery without borrowing.

Seunpapa65:
Never you underrate the power of social media at least that means Nigerians got their attention

The social media noise can be meaningless. What matters are the fundamentals. If they are right they will lend.

reddingtonblack:
Peter obi is not a Typical naija politician if you have eye, and because one man cant do it alone, Obi needs these typical politicians just like Buhari had to work with Tinubu n the rest. so you dont have any valid point on OBi,

Atiku wan try Cage OBi in ADC, the same gimmicks he played on Wike in 2023 pdp primary he would have done same to OBi in ADC

Obi said that he's a saint and the only saviour of the nation. Can a saint work with sinners? Can two work together except they agree? If you are truly principled as he claims you will never come near what is against your principle no matter the benefits that you can drive.

You ran away from Atiku and condemned him. At his invitation you came back. He didn't go to you. You went to him. When you didn't get it you ran out and started claiming integrity. Your integrity is make shift. The undecerning, tribalistic and mob can cheer on but the neutrals will not.

marv1:
Everything about them is to boast and attach themselves as if it was Tinubu that made the companies get to that level in 3 years. Always looking for cheap applause. This government is the worst , looking for cheap propaganda in everything they see.

You can't blind the eyes of corporate world and global investors with hatred. If the macroeconomic policies are not helpful they will not have the capacity to launch out to other countries. You were celebrating when fairweather companies were moving out but now that there are reversals you are lamenting.

Is it for nothing that corporate giants are very close to PBAT? You will not understand and I don't expect you to understand.

maestroferddi:
All these effort with torchlight looking for propaganda materials would have been saved if there were minimal attempt by the government to show workings..


Is anyone still falling for this stale methods...

Was she talking to you? She was talking to nations and global investors that have access to information that you don't have. They don't make investment decisions based on sentiments. If her claims are not real they know how to confirm it.

SixSeven:
He said: “You mean that APC would be worried about ADC, NDC? I saw Atiku, he is now our best campaign manager because he is attacking Obi, and I see Obi attacking Amaechi.”


Did you read that well? Obi is the main threat to them. Unfortunately, Obi won't attack Amaechi. One of the things Obi had said in the last campaign was that he won't respond to unequals in the campaign, which when you look at it is what all the candidates did. He didn't bother responding to Omokri who was an aide, he said I will talk to your boss. He also does not respond to insults. Soludo tried to demarket him and he called him Professor who knows better can help him fix the problems he did not know how to fix. He call am brother

Tinubu tried to demarket him by saying he won't even call his name but he didn't respond to him at tall so if you are expecting Obi to be attacking Amaechi, sorry is your boyfriend's name.

Last time, it was Gbaja saying the ADC guy should scatter them. Tinubu said he will send Akpabio to opposition and now Oshiomole wants them to fight. If the opposition should take any notes from APC's playbook, it's that they don't want Nigerians to demand accountability from them. If you all focus and press APC's neck, e go choke. They've been in power for 12 years, they have 31+ governors, opposition should be their least worry but we know why a man who can't perform on bed will blame his wife and her family for being barren. Let her family be fighting among themselves when he's the actual problem, at least it takes attention away from the elephant in the room🤡

There is no ruling party anywhere in the world that goes to sleep in an election year no matter how good that they have performed. OBJ went on overdrive in the west even with PDP controlling many states and the legislature.

Obi enjoyed the element of surprise in 2023 and he has been bragging about it. Now he's being given hitech politics. He has been sweating and that's why he ran to and out of people that he called structure of criminality. After 2027 he will know his level.

Dreal1247:
They deceived Mr Peter Obi into alliance with Atiku and co in the ADC with the intention of rendering Obi dormant and use his followers to secure the presidential seat. ADC is Atiku Deceptive Committee. When Atiku explained the vision of ADC which is for his personal political ambition, Obi disappointed them. Ever since then, Atiku and his cohorts have been on war of words against Mr Peter Obi. Unfortunately, the man, Mr Peter Obi has already moved on strategizing and restrategizing on how give us a better Nigeria.

Why didn't your Obi look before he leaped? Political neophyte. Always looking for where food is free. Lily livered presidential candidate.

Which faction? Hahaha 🤣😂. Four-leged party

Imindmybusiness:
They caught your gimmicks and you have now changed to he likes it. You live in the mind of Obi to know what he likes and what he dislikes.

He's on social media 24/7. If he buys corn 🌽 and groundnuts he will show it. If he sinks boreholes he shows it. If he goes to orphanage he shows it. Social media president.

happney65:
Did he post it on his social media? Na still people see the crowd post am. Will he collect people's phones or which type of reasoning is this nitori ọlọrun.

Haba..

Obi likes it and his supporters feel that it's the way to win election.

tesseract:
Keep crying, there is a big bucket here to collect your tears...🤣🤣🤣

Hahaha 🤣😂. They haven't blown the whistle and he has started running. He will soon run out of steam before the real race. Nigerian election is a marathon and not a sprint.

happney65:
He did not go to campaign. He went for a funeral and people came to hail him

Why then show it as a social media issue? Everything is campaign and social media issue. Meanwhile people are empowering people to mobilize and campaign quietly.

richmond500:
Funeral is not a campaign ground.
Let's try and show respect to the dead

My brother I tire ooo. The desperation is becoming too much.