ABUJA-In a country of about 180 million people, only 214 individuals pay their taxes, Federal government lamented on Thursday.
It also regretted that many multinational companies evaded tax payments.
The government also expressed concerned over the growing rate and the effects of deforestation in the country even as it received briefings on the current security situation.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2017/03/214-individuals-pay-tax-nigeria-fg-laments/

Can we have their names? Cos if my name is not there then I have every reason to question the authority that issued my tax card

214 I doubt.

Only 214 individuals


What a great lie

Are civil servants not paying tax again!


Monumental liars!

greatgod2012:
Only 214 individuals


What a great lie

Are civil servants not paying tax again!


Monumental liars!

Please help me ask them oooo. Awon Layi/lie gbogbo

My office alone we r more than 100 and every pay tax. God punish una liars.

toocoded:

Please help me ask them oooo. Awon Layi/lie gbogbo

The funniest part of it all is that they tell those lies conveniently and comfortably!

VANGUARD of LIES

Kiss the truth!

I don't know what this govt gains By lying?? the worst is that their lies ain't always very constructive.

Maybe they meant 214,000 or 214k

Whoever said this is speaking the mind of Liar Mohammed.

How can you expect that people will pay tax to a government where fantastic corrupticians and budget padders will loot in broad day light and scot free without prosecution or perhaps media prosecution at best!

Thats why the stinkingly corrupt people have issues confirming a lesser "corrupt" warrior from waring against them in the war against corruption!

In the soon to be produced new updated Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary, I think the definition for the word corruption should have pictures of corrupt (politicians) African leaders starting with Nigeria!

It's in you, continue lying.

What is this please? Some kinda bad joke?

Tax in sense of being faithful to the government and paying it even when the government isn't there to direct you. I guess.

Else,
Everything about this information is false.

So even civil servants do not pay tax?
Oga LIE take it easy now!

This is the first time this change government is telling us the truth.

214 people please continue.

Where are those zombies and BMC Fido Dido?

I know they are talking about the private individuals that pays tax willingly.

Big lie

It is called Laibility.

bedspread:
A GREAT LIE FROM A LIE LIE GOVERNMENT

Wat about d govt parastatals, do they pay their tax as well or just d poor masses alone

Can this govt for once disappoint us by saying the truth? At least for once.

Now, they are trying to create another ALIBI for their miss-or-hit policy Abrakadabra that had buried Nigeria economy below sea level.

I can tell how govt agents go about, harassing every business outlets, threatening shutdown and milking the companies in the name tax, not to mention "settlement" for the big oga in the office. And this is the same for every other outlets, as businesses groan under their unending appearance to collect dues, tax and bribes for ONLY-GOD-KNOWS-WHAT purposes.

Abeg, make Una even feel ashamed for Una children sake and shame the devil by saying the truth.....OOPS! I forgot their children are already following their footsteps.

Govt of deception and excuses!

Wow

Even if this report is true which I doubt with the whole of my heart,what is the tax being used for? Is it not for all the jolly rides to London?

Those who are paying should sue the government becomes the govt have not provided good roads, infrastructures, security and policies for business to succeed. Useless government of Nigeria.

Why should anyone pay tax?

We are our own Local Govt.

I provide water for myself by sinking a borehole in my yard.

I provide security for myself by contributing to resident association fees to hire local nightwatch men.

I provide electricity for the larger part of 24hrs by running my generators endlessly.

I contribute to have the road that leads up to my house fixed.

I have my mobile phone on me at all times, no phone booth anywhere in the country.

What else do I really need from my government really? I'm self sufficient.

The money I might have paid as tax has gone into buying fuel for my gen.

greatgod2012:


The funniest part of it all is that they tell those lies conveniently and comfortably!

Gbam!!!

"If you want to hide anything from the black man, just throw it in a book."

How I wish my countrymen could shame the white supremacists who make the above statement. It is indeed sad that Nigeria has one of the highest concentration of educated people (educated to tertiary level) in the world, yet our education almost amounts to nothing simply because we are just too lazy to read hence we just read titles and then jump into conclusions.

Taking a look at the responses so far in this thread, it is obvious that none of the individuals shouting lie, lie lie!!! spared a second to read the report cos just the FIRST sentence of the main report would have cleared the air. The Op actually knows his country people very well hence he cleverly twisted the report to confuse people and gbam! he succeeded almost 100%. What a shame!

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PatriotTemidayo:
Can this govt for once disappoint us by saying the truth? At least for once.

Now, they are trying to create another ALIBI for their miss-or-hit policy Abrakadabra that had buried Nigeria economy below sea level.

I can tell how govt agents go about, harassing every business outlets, threatening shutdown and milking the companies in the name tax, not to mention "settlement" for the big oga in the office. And this is the same for every other outlets, as businesses groan under their unending appearance to collect dues, tax and bribes for ONLY-GOD-KNOWS-WHAT purposes.

Abeg, make Una even feel ashamed for Una children sake and shame the devil by saying the truth.....OOPS! I forgot their children are already following their footsteps.

Govt of deception and excuses!

Can you yourself at least for once, just disappoint someone out there by just using a tiny bit of your energy to read the report before jumping in to conclusions and writing comments?

obailala:
"If you want to hide anything from the black man, just throw it in a book."

How I wish my countrymen could shame the white supremacists who make the above statement. It is indeed sad that Nigeria has one of the highest concentration of educated people (educated to tertiary level) in the world, yet our education almost amounts to nothing simply because we are just too lazy to read hence we just read titles and then jump into conclusions.

Taking a look at the responses so far in this thread, it is obvious that none of the individuals shouting lie, lie lie!!! spared a second to read the report cos just the FIRST sentence of the main report would have cleared the air. The Op actually knows his country people very well hence he cleverly twisted the report to confuse people and gbam! he succeeded almost 100%. What a shame!

cc: PatriotTemidayo, bedspread, Davash222, greatgod2012, toocoded, Pray, TimeManager, ozoebuka1, Iamwrath, DaniDani, GreatEngineer, luckyz4rea, freeze001, BlacSmit, Ojiofor, Blackfire, hisgrace090, Amberon, MakeADifference, annnikky, fize

The headline is criminally misleading.
Although Nigerians are dull Sha.
Cc; Baze1
@op ur post won't hit fp as long as u desire to mislead pple
@ Lalasticlala and mynd44 u guys should note that this is another thread with deliberately misleading headline and content.
You re not to move a thread as whack as this to fp.

NOETHNICITY:
The headline is criminally misleading.
Although Nigerians are dull Sha.
Cc; Baze1
@op ur post won't hit fp as long as u desire to mislead pple

Both the headline and the content of the report posted by the Op are misleading and I suspect the Op did that deliberately to elicit the sort of responses we see on this thread cos in the original report, both the headline and the first sentence are very clear.

Whilst the headline might be misleading, the very first thing I would do when I see weird report like this on nairaland (or even anywhere else) is to open the link to really confirm if Vanguard truly reported the rubbish that the Op put up. But obviously, the crowd on this thread don't think it that way.