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Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Omooba77: 12:05pm On Dec 01
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called for a fiscal system that promotes justice, fairness, and equity on the ongoing controversy over the tax reform bills.

Reacting to the issue in a post on his official handle on Sunday, Atiku asked the National Assembly to make public the resolutions of the National Economic Council (NEC) on the bills.

He noted that Nigerians had spoken against a fiscal system that seeks to promote “uneven development of the federating units by enhancing the status of a few states while unduly penalising others.”

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last election said, “I have followed the intense public discourse on the Tax Reform Bills with keen interest.

Nigerians are united in their call for a fiscal system that promotes justice, fairness, and equity. They are loud and clear that the fiscal system we seek to promote must not exacerbate the uneven development of the federating units by enhancing the status of a few states while unduly penalising others.

“I call for objectivity and transparency in the conduct of the public hearing being organised by our representatives in the National Assembly.

“As a concerned stakeholder, I firmly believe that transparency and objectivity are essential for promoting accountability, good governance, and public trust in policy-making.

“The public hearing process must facilitate open and inclusive participation by all stakeholders, including Civil Society Organizations, traditional institutions, politicians, public officials, and subject matter experts.

“In this wise, I call on the NASS to revisit and make public the resolutions of the National Economic Council, a key stakeholder and an important organ of the state with the constitutional power to advise the President concerning the economic affairs of the federation.

The NASS must be appropriately guided and ensure that in the final analysis, the contents of the bills align with the interests of the vast majority of Nigerians.

https://dailytrust.com/tax-reform-bills-must-not-benefit-few-states-penalise-others-atiku/

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by odejimioflagos: 12:05pm On Dec 01
Atiku Abubakar, the man that is seeking to become president for the 6th time.

How can he be talking about fairness and equity when he is the most unfair to his own people?

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by trutharena: 12:05pm On Dec 01
Atiku is always making sense.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Thewrath(m): 12:07pm On Dec 01
I came across a post from one lunatic saying that SE so against the tax reform bill..
He didn’t hear it from SE fed and state reps,
He didn’t hear it from SE governors or kings or chiefs,he didn’t hear it from ohanaeze or SE leaders!

Turns out it’s their usual insecure instincts because they can’t squarely face the north and now want other southern region to speak up in support of the bill via reverse psychology!

Since the bill provides for states to keep bulk of generated VAT or TAX,is it not time for us to separate so all states can keep everything?

They should also reform the oil industry bill so all states get to keep bulk of what they generated and let SE go and “suffer” with their highest gas deposits and crude oil reserves,since you guys claim they don’t generate much….unless of course the fed govt has been lieing with figures that it’s been using to cheat the SE.

Let SE go,it’s resources is enough for it!

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Salewa97: 12:08pm On Dec 01
Atiku is now a stakeholder abi?

He was busy shouting before that the NASS are not independent.

So now that they are independent, he is now calling for objectivity.

Hahaha, the confusion is just too much for some people to comprehend

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Smithkafors(m): 12:09pm On Dec 01
Yes. Not after federal government borrowed billions of dollars to build structures in their state.

Billions of dollars was borrowed by both Buhari and Tinubu to site structures in their region thereby neglecting others.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Smithkafors(m): 12:09pm On Dec 01
odejimioflagos:
Atiku Abubakar, the man that is seeking to become president for the 6th time.

How can he be talking about fairness and equity when he is the most unfair to his own people?

Oga you are talking off point!.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by malali: 12:14pm On Dec 01
Alhaji Atiku

Tax every cow thats sold in Adamawa. Ban the importation of cow from neighboring countries.
This will increase beef prices, Lagos eats the most beef in the whole country.
Now Adamawa can get revenue as well.
The truth is the North has to generate revenue as well.
We cannot leave revenue generation to 5 states in 36.
These 5 states are carrying too much burden.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by IamANigerianMan: 12:20pm On Dec 01
trutharena:
Atiku is always making sense.
How?

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by HgAkpobomeEr: 12:22pm On Dec 01
Atiku don show face again.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by JASONjnr(m): 12:32pm On Dec 01
trutharena:
Atiku is always making sense.

What's the sense there?

If you want a better Nigeria, these are the baby steps to achieve that.

Any governor that doesn't know what he wants in the government house will make it easier for his people to see, the moment he's elected to the office.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by omowolewa: 12:36pm On Dec 01
I hope we are not loosing focus on what matters, the percentage of VAT and the other things

This position would make us loose at both ends
Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Zooposki(f): 12:53pm On Dec 01
To be fair, resource control should go alongside this bill.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Omooba77: 2:29pm On Dec 01
We need to think deeply with this Tax bill, Nlfpmod......
Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by ebukal67x: 2:35pm On Dec 01
Atiku is not a stakeholder, he is an outlier.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by richmond500: 2:38pm On Dec 01
trutharena:
Atiku is always making sense.
politics is a game of chess.

You are only seeing the right moves when u are just a spectator, if them allow u to play, u will even do worse

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by aribisala0(m): 2:38pm On Dec 01
malali:
Alhaji Atiku

Tax every cow thats sold in Adamawa. Ban the impportation of cow from neighboring countries.
This will increase beef prices, Lagos eats the most beef in the whole country.
Now Adamawa can get revenue as well.
The truth is the North has to generate revenue as well.
We cannot leave revenue generation to 5 states in 36.
These 5 states are carrying too much burden.
Cow can be produced even more efficiently in the south

We have more water which is key to animal feed production

We have just neglected that side of the economy

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by PriceActionZ: 5:20pm On Dec 01
One of Atiku's main campaign manifestos was restructuring the country and he campaigned seriously with it. Then what is restructuring mean to Atiku?

If they kill this bill, Lagos and Rivers have a pending verdicts on similar issues at supreme court to take over some tax revenue i guess. They will have their way and many others states will still loose. They want more time so that they can kill the bill after they will instigate people against it like they always do before and during Jonathan time, and as e no sure for Tinubu to come back, then the bill will be dead in the next senate season, that has been the order of the day.
But Tinubu stubborn die, it will get passed after it has gotten pass this second reading. One section of the country that has largest population that can turn to wealth are afraid of tax reforms and we want growth as a nation. Common.. Let everyone of their leaders get sit up. No more free money. Look at how messed up agricultural activities are when we have able bodies that can tap into it if everything is right. We can do better as a nation.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by revived2: 5:20pm On Dec 01
Stfu old man

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by tammie24: 5:21pm On Dec 01
Thank God he didn't win

This is how he would have continued to pet his irresponsible northern brothers at the expense of the whole nation

Tell me how the country will progress and move forward with this kind of mindset?

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Freedom4us: 5:22pm On Dec 01
If the North had the resources, they would have gone their way ages ago.

Lets break Nija

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by JAWBONE(m): 5:23pm On Dec 01
grin grin
The only thing the Chicago Accountant knows is tax and propaganda

He did it in Lagos where he used every power within his means to squeeze every penny out of Lagosians.

That is why every bus stop you stop in Lagos, you must hear Owomida. They were even contemplating taxing Television, Radio and pumping machines at a point in time in Lagos.

Used stolen money to buy political power, rig elections, enter office and tax the shit out of even the poor masses, play tribal politics to divide the masses, hire hungry political jobbers and social media errand boys to do propaganda for you, then corner the wealth of the state into your private account.

The way of the Iragbiji "master strategist"
An incompetent, corrupt and empty politician

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Bobloco: 5:24pm On Dec 01
Thewrath:
I came across a post from one lunatic saying that SE so against the tax reform bill..
He didn’t hear it from SE fed and state reps,
He didn’t hear it from SE governors or kings or chiefs,he didn’t hear it from ohanaeze or SE leaders!

Turns out it’s their usual insecure instincts because they can’t squarely face the north and now want other southern region to speak up in support of the bill via reverse psychology!

Since the bill provides for states to keep bulk of generated VAT or TAX,is it not time for us to separate so all states can keep everything?

They should also reform the oil industry bill so all states get to keep bulk of what they generated and let SE go and suffer since they don’t generate much….unless of course the fed govt has been lieing with figures that it’s been using to cheat the SE.

Let SE go,it’s resources is enough it it!

It has been their usual antics of diverting attention and dragging the Igbos and the Southeast into discussions that don't concern them, so that they can pour out and display their usual ethnic and tribal bigotry.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by tammie24: 5:24pm On Dec 01
Na we see how you plan to govern

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by adolfHitler1934: 5:24pm On Dec 01
Atikus statement is neither here nor there.
He dropped this statement in his X account this morning and was attacked by Nigerians.
After reading this message, you'll understand that the man is just a very cunning and wicked man who is just after his presidential ambition, just like Tinubu refused to speak against the Fulani herders that were ravaging the West, killing and raping their women when Buhari was president because he wants to be president.
Atiku knows that the tax reform is very much on track and the best thing to come out of this foolish and wicked Tinubu’s government, yet he won't support it openly for the fear of his Northern brothers. He just want to be on the fence, waiting for the opportunity to swing.
Peter Obi haven't condemned the reform, a signal that T-Pain is on the right track. He would do the same, if not more, if he was president.

Atiku, the most stupid politician who missed the greatest opportunity to be president served to him on the platters of gold, but he chose to deny himself the chance by choosing Okowa. He also refused to dump Iyorcha Ayu and let a Southerner be placed there. He refused to do business with the drunken master Wike and his G5, at least to allow him ascend to the presidency. He chose to surround himself with worthless idiots like Dino Milaye, Daniel Bwala, Okowa, Ayu and other fools.

Atiku should take a stand on the Tinubu tax reform bill and stop fooling himself thinking that he's smart.
Let all states take whatever tax they collect from their state. I won't drink beer in PH and share the VAT with Kano and Zamfara that break beer bottles and raid fun centers.

The Northern region is leaching on the rest of other states.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by olatade(m): 5:24pm On Dec 01
Any reform that north complains about means the reform is good for the entire country.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Agugbadin: 5:24pm On Dec 01
malali:
Alhaji Atiku

Tax every cow thats sold in Adamawa. Ban the impportation of cow from neighboring countries.
This will increase beef prices, Lagos eats the most beef in the whole country.
Now Adamawa can get revenue as well.
The truth is the North has to generate revenue as well.
We cannot leave revenue generation to 5 states in 36.
These 5 states are carrying too much burden.

Exactly

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by emkz: 5:28pm On Dec 01
emkz:
Atiku Abubakar plays into politics of pseudo-populism and does not demonstrate courage when his interests are threatened.

Recall that during Emefiele's naira repainting scheme, Tinubu boldly condemned it. But Atiku supported it, thinking it would help his interest. He was not on the side of the people then due to political expediency.

When Deborah Yakubu was gruesomely murdered, Atiku deleted a tweet that was made which had condemned the murder.

Today, a tax reform bill is being considered to reform collections and allocation based on each state's capacity, Atiku is dilly-dallying because he doesn't want to offend certain interests from his zone.

Dear Atiku Abubakar, be bold and take a firm stand on issues of national development. Your ambition should not be the sole motivation for the stand you take. Win or lose, be a statesman. John McCain lost to Obama, but he supported Obama's healthcare reform bill against his own party's interests. He is remembered for that than losing election to Obama.

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Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by GemUnique(m): 5:28pm On Dec 01
Okay
Re: Tax Reform Bills Must Not Benefit Few States, Penalise Others –Atiku by Throwback: 5:29pm On Dec 01
Atiku can never rule a country like Nigeria.

He may rule Cameroon where he was born, but not Nigeria

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