JetStar:


It is the way Nigeria was created. Consolidate all revenue sources to the center and strip everyone else off the power to control resources. It's the monster they made.


https://www.youtubcom/watch?v=lRpBLAwIbeA

When your tribalistic ancestors were begging the military to create states based on their selfishness, I guess you hadn’t been born?

Dialpad:
That makes no sense

Does it make sense to you when Zamfara people are allowed to sell their gold to FG and the Niger Deltans are considered thieves when they do so to their oil

https://businessday.ng/news/article/niger-delta-youths-give-fg-ultimatum-over-sale-of-zamfara-gold/

Does it make sense to you when states are not allowed to collect VAT and Personal Income Taxes (even when the law explicitly gives them the right to do so). This makes the state to place all manner of unreasonable taxes on businesses just because FG wants to share the money and keep a good chunk of it for federal budget?

http://saharareporters.com/2021/09/10/well-await-supreme-court-decision-%E2%80%93-benue-governor-supports-wike-sanwo-olu-value-added#:~:text=The%20governor%20of%20Rivers%20State%2C%20Nyesom%20Wike%2C%20signed,collection%20of%20value-added%20tax%20%28VAT%29%20exclusive%20to%20states.

JetStar:


Does it make sense to you when Zamfara people are allowed to sell their gold to FG and the Niger Deltans are considered thieves when they do so to their oil

https://businessday.ng/news/article/niger-delta-youths-give-fg-ultimatum-over-sale-of-zamfara-gold/

Does it make sense to you when states are not allowed to collect VAT and Personal Income Taxes (even when the law explicitly gives them the right to do so). This makes the state to place all manner of unreasonable taxes on businesses just because FG wants to share the money and keep a good chunk of it for federal budget?

http://saharareporters.com/2021/09/10/well-await-supreme-court-decision-%E2%80%93-benue-governor-supports-wike-sanwo-olu-value-added#:~:text=The%20governor%20of%20Rivers%20State%2C%20Nyesom%20Wike%2C%20signed,collection%20of%20value-added%20tax%20%28VAT%29%20exclusive%20to%20states.

You ignorant no be small, please go & read your constitution you should be ashamed of yourself.

Mumurist the oil & gas in the Niger Delta, isn’t it individual firms that do the exploration & extraction & sell it to NNPC, who in turn exports it?

But I know your level of oblivion, you are referring to your criminal illegal oil bunkers, just like the bandits dealing in gold in Zamfara & Osun State?

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The nonsense economy they are running. Too much input with minimal output. Too many employees not justifying their salaries. Then you add ghost workers.

Salaries and pensions are only after what's left from looting through inflated contract costs and official jamborees.

Little wonder why some of the States are insolvent.
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buckeyemedia:
You ignorant no be small, please go & read your constitution you should be ashamed of yourself.

Mumurist.

Abeg cure my ignorance o. Are you telling me that Matewalle didn't sell gold to FG? (I'm not saying the constitution permitted it, I'm only saying the current admin did it)

JetStar:


Abeg cure my ignorance o. Are you telling me that Matewalle didn't sell gold to FG? (I'm not saying the constitution permitted it, I'm only saying the current admin did it)

Go back to secondary school, all resources under the earth belongs to the Federal Government, Which is why the state’s have their 13% derivation.


Section 44 (3) of the Constitution, Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the entire property in and control of all minerals, mineral oils and natural gas in under or upon any land in Nigeria or in, under or upon the territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria shall vest in the Government of the Federation and shall be managed in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly

buckeyemedia:
When your tribalistic ancestors were begging the military to create states based on their selfishness, I guess you hadn’t been born?

Mr 'I be urhobo', who was the first head of states to create states in nigeria and why did he create the states?

At the rate Nigeria is going it will soon reach a point when payment of government employee’s salaries will be a challenge.

Nigeria

Make Dem con borrow money from lasgidi...
Instead of cutting their coat according to their size, and reducing cost of governance, they're still spending millions on nonsense instead of copying ghana wey don reduce govt officials salary to as much as 30 goddamn percent so as to cater for the governance! But you can see one governor borrowing money to pay and another one getting just 34 million as a result of the loans from his predecessors

Only state that are in debt are worst hit.
Unfortunately, they can't even account for the monies they borrowed.
Cross River will son receive zero allocation.

Nothing must happen with my migre salary o.

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buckeyemedia:
When your tribalistic ancestors were begging the military to create states based on their selfishness, I guess you hadn’t been born?

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buckeyemedia:
You ignorant no be small, please go & read your constitution you should be ashamed of yourself.

Mumurist the oil & gas in the Niger Delta, isn’t it individual firms that do the exploration & extraction & sell it to NNPC, who in turn exports it?

But I know your level of oblivion, you are referring to your criminal illegal oil bunkers, just like the bandits dealing in gold in Zamfara & Osun State?

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buckeyemedia:
Go back to secondary school, all resources under the earth belongs to the Federal Government, Which is why the state’s have their 13% derivation.


Section 44 (3) of the Constitution, Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, the entire property in and control of all minerals, mineral oils and natural gas in under or upon any land in Nigeria or in, under or upon the territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone of Nigeria shall vest in the Government of the Federation and shall be managed in such manner as may be prescribed by the National Assembly

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States are supposed to be self funding. This is just an example of the ridiculous way Nigeria operates. All States should look inwards, a good starting point would be to cancel the jumbo pensions some States pay ex governors