NewStats: 3,263,779 , 8,181,378 topics. Date: Saturday, 07 June 2025 at 09:25 PM 4r1333

The same people who always accuse EFCC of media trials are the same people angry that EFCC did not do media trial in this case.

Emiefele was the one who completely failed in the tenure of Buhari. Buhari trusted him too much.

The same Meffy attempted to his neighboring brother to win by depriving us of cash just before election. Thank God Tinubu won through the power of God.

If anything, this throwback tweet seems to even suggest that the man has thought this thing through and is not just offering a knee-jeck solution.

The FG really need to try and explain the tax laws in a language primary school pupils can understand. They may also need to use influencers and popular figures to throw more light on it before all these enemies of states lie about the tax bill about things that the tax bill did not say and then run away with the lie.

This was the statement you made to the other guy.

Apart from food, medical and education are other areas that benefit everyone not just the poor that are not VATed

SalamRushdie:


I am taking about VAT not income tax .

Name the items poor people spend money on that would be VAT free ?

SalamRushdie:


Because y'all saying VAT increase won't affect the poor but in reality it will

So if you know this, why then were you asking your question?

I do not understand your logic or lack of it?

SalamRushdie:


Food items have always been exempted from VAT

There is nothing he said there that is different from what the tax bill states.

The tax bill does not propose an increase in VAT but that the collection point should no longer be collected by the FG on behalf of all the states in only Lagos, rather the collection point should be in the state where the items are consumed.

then after collection, instead of the 15% that the FG used to get, they will now be collecting 10%, then the states that used to collect 50% will now start collecting 55% while the LGA will own their normal 35%.

Please note that the tax bill is even more than VAT issue, but in this case it is VAT we are discussing.

Ezewuzie01:
There is nothing wrong with that. People change their minds often as situation on ground necessitates. Tinubu himself was once against fuel price hike under Jonathan but has now shifted ground with his total subsidy removal.

The tax bills are necessary and must be ed into law.

Food items

SalamRushdie:


I am taking about VAT not income tax .

Name the items poor people spend money on that would be VAT free ?

I may be wrong but the tax bill does not even propose an increase in VAT, so that even means that the man has been consistent.

If anything, this throwback tweet seems to even suggest that the man has thought this thing through and is not just offering a knee-jeck solution.

The FG really need to try and explain the tax laws in a language primary school pupils can understand. They may also need to use influencers and popular figures to throw more light on it before all these enemies of states lie about the tax bill about things that the tax bill did not say and then run away with the lie.

Gbam you don get am finish.

This is the reason many of them fear him, they know that the man is very long term forward thinking not like the others who just like to play to the gallery like small girls seeking attention.

When Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore was pursuing serious reforms in his time, there were those who opposed him with what seemed like good reasoning then, but look at them today.

casualobserver:
Politicians are all the same:

Atiku and Obi both said they will remove fuel and forex subsidy from day 1.

What we are seeing is the demonstration that they would not have had the balls to do it and we would be ina deeper mess because they would continue to borrow to pay subsidy.

In Nigeria if you consult, nothing will get done. It took 20 years to the petroleum industry bill during which investment suffered and oil companies exited.

That is why Jagaban is cut from a different cloth. It takes a man who doesn’t care about reelection to build a lasting legacy for the next generation. That is why you will not see any lasting legacy for Obi’s 8 yrs in Anambra!

Obi has not even shown that he has the capacity to think of something this bold, what he would have been very good at doing will be to attend as many burial ceremonies in the country rather than the actual work of leadership.

aariwa:
If this were somebody that is trusted and loved by almost every Nigerian like His Excellency Peter Obi, this tax reform bill would not have run into obstacles because they know already he will utilize the revenue well and improve lives of Nigerians unlike tinubu illegitimate government that have many major Trust issues with Nigerians. Everything about tinubu na scam. Nobody will ever trust a mandate thief that ruined every trust in our electoral and judicial system to manage their taxes

If there is any further proof that Tinubu is a great leader, it is even this.

He has proven that he will not because of fear of a reelection not do what he believes is right just to please some people. All previous leaders have known or got to know what the right thing to do but have been afraid to take these bold decisions opting instead to follow popular paths even though they know on the long run will not benefit anyone.

When Singapore and China were taking those though decisions many years ago, there were many who complained but today, those countries have become leaders in their own rights.

You guys think that by creating multiple contents on same topics, that your lie can suddenly become truth?

The lie hoebidient gave for losing the presidential election was that the iREV did not work as it should, Edo election, iREV was been updated as the vote counting was ongoing.

So far all the primary school analysis have all failed to show how, where and what was rigged in the last election other than just throwing words around.

This is enlightening

Some of the comments above are how you differentiate investors from lazy people.

When CBN releases policies like this, savvy investors will be looking out for opportunities herein but naysayers will only be interested in negativity.

That we have mobile banking today in the form of Opay, Moniepoint and the likes is because of people who took advantage of previous other policies to create solutions.

All of these is a lie, at no time did the data on iREV change from what was ed.

Make una suffry de lie.

Chinjo2:
A lot of people don't understand why people are shouting about Edo election. In the past, political parties used to rig Election that was why the idea of BVAS and IREV came up as a way of checkmating their rigging machines.
However in Edo election, it was INEC the electoral umpires that changed the results. People went out to vote as usual. At the end of the election, results were announced at the polling units and ed on the IREV.
On the eve of the election, over 90% of results were already ed on the IREV which shows that PDP was winning.
Out of no where, INEC suspended collation of result. They later resufaced to announce another result different from what electoral officers posted on IREV.
They even went ahead to print another set of result sheets with same serial numbers to justify their manipulation but unfortunately, they could not get polling unit agents to sign them. That's where they goofed.
The concern now is, if INEC who is supposed to be the umpire is now the ones doing the rigging, then Nigeria democracy is dead.
Nigerians should just forget about going to the polls to elect anybody especially in 2027.
In other words, Nigerias democracy is under siege.

Those is one of the misinformation against the bill. This scenario you have described is what is partially presently obtainable. What the bill is saying is that all future consumption should not be allocated to Lagos or Abuja but should be allocated to the state where it is consumed.

So if you buy a recharge card in Gboko, the tax on it should be charged to the state where gboko is located rather than allocate it to Lagos and making Lagos look like the only state with high IGR.

Mrfeel:


You don't get it, headquarters of a company will have to pay tax to the state on behalf of the company, for example dangote will pay taxes to Lagos even though he has branches all over the country

MTN
Glo
Airtel
Etc will pay tax to the state government which their headquarters was ed

This is the only guy that I know that does something that resembles investigative journalism, that other hyundai or Ghanian refugee is more or less a rumor monger.

If my memory is right, this was the same guy that exposed the LASU and NYSC money for certificate saga.

I believe the hoebidient crew are also against it just that they are hiding behind the back of some of the northerners who are very vocal about this,

Edygrin:
Why is it only senators from the North that is against this bill?

You close down betting shops, destroy alcohol bottles, yet you still want to benefit from the VAT these companies pay? You say they're unholy but their money isn't?

After making businesses run away from your region to the SW and SS because of insecurity you then want those regions to keep feeding you not only with their resources but with their VAT also, which kind of parasitic behavior is this?

If this is what will make your leaders sit up and work then so be it.

One would have thought that since you have so much of our interest in mind, you would have dissected the bill and told us specific areas where it does not benefit us, instead you just try words around and then attempt to force us into a conclusion.

blacksam01:
Again, with the same pattern,. The president jets out , his policy makers go straight to NASS to argue out a previously rejected tax bill... The Senate president (his henchman) and his gang of NASS are all alert to help him. Push through a very implicating tax reform on guess who..?

U! I mean you!!! You that is pressing his phone and reading this and behaving as though it's not your concern... See, u will be taxed to penury...

The president's team are quick to defend that the tax is not for the poor, but for the high income earners... And they illustrated that it will fall upon person's earning from 1million naira annually and above...

Now let's get our calculators out... Do u know if u earn a paltry 85k monthly, u will have crossed the 1milkion naira annual earning mark... So that is to say, the tax is for everyone.. cuz I know ordinary supervisor at any fast food earn that....

Brace up for tpain 2.0

Story...
If there is any region that will suffer from true federalism, I am very such it will not be any of the norther region

When the time comes Northerners will benefit more from true federalism. Other than natural resources, they are in fact, hands-on and hardworking people with very little sense of entitlements.

If you go to Rivers State today, you will still see the schools and hospitals Amaechi built, the flyovers and roads Wike did are also very obvious. If you go to Kano, you can see the infrastructure done by Kwankwanso and Gaduje, now for this una PO, there is nothing that anybody can point to that he did in the whole of Anambra state other than cho cho cho with no evidence.

Even the brewery that they always talk about, I have not even see a picture of it or told where the address is.

At best PO should be compared with Yahaya Belo and Orthom. That is the level he can shine in.

Somebody that has an eye for talent is same person you are claiming has a reputation for failure. See, if you want to your brother, you have a right to do so but know that a leader is the one who is able to spot talent and delegate responsibility to them.

It is not by the one who attends the most burials that makes you a success

OboOlora:
As a product of PWC and one of the most brilliant tax consultants I know, Taiwo should be an asset to this istration.
But knowing Tinubu and his reputation for failure, I doubt it.
This istration has one of the best guys in its financial reform committees including Bismark Rewane and yet, the country is in disarray economically.
It is well sha

Okay, it was more of a motivational talk than a direct attack on Obj...

Obasanjo is an elder's states man and should always be respected. I would have been disappointed if it was a direct attack on his person. I believe Obj means well.

Good news like these never never show up on the news feed of lamba king. Na only bad news that one de see

That guy you quoted is the MOST tribalistic person I believe I have encountered on Nairaland, so he is in no position to start judging anybody by writing long meaningless articles..

bdon123:

I totally agree wit u.I hav noticed it even on nairaland.If people who are obviously educated n enlightened make d kinda comments i see on nairaland abt national issues....it means most of us as Nigerians are not interested on meaningful developments,we only interested in someone frm our tribe being in power n nothing more .nairaland is a representation of d streets.If someone who can read n write tinks n reasons this way then u know even d next generation will not escape this shithole we hav found ourself .

This is one of the reasons I do not think that Zalensky guy has sense at all, no sensible leader watches your country being bombed and people killed and not consider other form of resolutions.

The hatred Iran has for Isreal is more than the one Ukraine has for Russia but here is Iran considering a cease-fire to avoid further loss of life and properties.

Botragelad:
S... They're getting tired of being bombed.
...

Not only that, the writer or the person complaining did not deem it fit to mention that al the way from EPE up to the small section that was been worked on had been done the LASG, instead, he did not fail to mention that he thinks that 4th mainland and other ones have been abandoned without talking about the smooth drive from Epe up to the last part that is being worked.

Very ungrateful lot.

Lithiumite:


I guess you missed the part he mentioned the gridlock was caused by ongoing road construction.....I know it was deliberate of you,but your tomfoolery is being reckoned.

I believe Obaseki will be able to explain but you see that Yahaya, I doubt if he has anything to show for his 8 years in power.

LandMann:
By now corrupt evil lion Yahaya Bello of Kogi and that ugly buffalo Godwin Obaseki of Edo should be in EFCC custody explaining what they did with state allocation for 8 years.

Governorship seats should be scrapped and replaced with appointed ministers who can be sacked.

Democracy in Nigeria is simply an avenue to steal public funds with no consequence

Na now we do power sector privatization, non be that one wen GEJ do for 2013.

If I was this minister, I will make the document public so that with many eyes viewing the document, it can help them scrutinize the budget so as to identify the padding that civil servants may have inserted into the budget.

Expectedly, by the time the budget is presented to the House, we will start seeing strange values and fictitious projects.

This is one lie many Nigerians tell themselves, in addition to education which that gentleman alluded to, Nigeria benefits from relatively affordable health care. Until recently, Nigeria has been buying cheap fuel.
I can go on and on. It was when I sat down at one time to count our blessings that I realize that many of us are not grateful to God for his mercies.

Snowx:


Ok let's say you don shop Nigeria well well, it's still not significant..because you are opportune..citizens are not suppose to be opportune before benefiting something from. Their Leaders. if a questionnaire is been sheared targeting two or more region as a case study..believe me 95% has not benefited anything.

Basics amenities is zero..

You sure? I believe I read Adenanju Deji, please read the article again

okposm:


he is not representing himself in court. It is [b]iniebehe [/b]that us representing hin in court.

Great news

Lol... sensational headline.

In the article, lamba king released the money but one of his aide colobe the money. I do not think one can blame lamba king in this case.

But why are Nigerians like this? You steal somebody's sweat for a product you are not the one that delivered... And I am also curious as to how a contractor can be impersonated? Most payment have to be made in the name of the contractor, so how did Obi;s PA in this case succeed in collecting the money?