BlueRayDick:


Can the government feed them ? The government could not even feed poor and vulnerable Nigerians for a month during COVID-19, yet u talk of the government feeding millions of youth forcefully conscripted into the army for 3 years max…..

Those currently in the army don’t even get paid well, they have to wear their uniforms to save transport fare in places like Lagos just to survive the current economic realities . Go to places like Mile 2, iyana iba, orile , festac side etc …. Most of the commercial bike men there are military and security officers using their bikes as side hustle just to survive with their families .

Where Government wan take see money take care of the soldiers welfare ?

Oasis007:




I understand you sha.... but still 100% batified. I believe Tinubu is gonna assemble best heads to fix Nigeria.

Its really not about him, coz only one person can't fix Nigeria.... that's a fact. You need intelligent, competent heads around you to get the Country fixed.

Tinubu has proven himself in that regard, and I seriously hope he's gonna do same as President of Federal Republic of Nigeria right from next year.

BlueRayDick:


Can the government feed them ? The government could not even feed poor and vulnerable Nigerians for a month during COVID-19, yet u talk of the government feeding millions of youth forcefully conscripted into the army for 3 years max…..

Those currently in the army don’t even get paid well, they have to wear their uniforms to save transport fare in places like Lagos just to survive the current economic realities . Go to places like Mile 2, iyana iba, orile , festac side etc …. Most of the commercial bike men there are military and security officers using their bikes as side hustle just to survive with their families .

Where Government wan take see money take care of the soldiers welfare ?

izzou:


No reorientation can actually change us as a people.

The only solution is tough and stringent laws. It is because we don't enforce laws, no accountability,
that's why cases like these fly easily

homesteady:


One thing I’ve learnt from Buhari’s government and a presidential position of a national body I held in 2019 is that the President is the major engine. The level of determination someone vying for presidency is far different from anybody he will pick to be part of his cabinet.
That “On your Mandate we stand” chant has deep meaning.

So when the person with the mandate is weak, everybody standing on that mandate is automatically weakened. In Nigeria where we have very weak institutions, it becomes a free for all, which we are experiencing today.

This is the reason why I am totally against a Tinubu’s presidency.

Kloppo:


Tell your candidate to face camera,hold live interviews,tell us his plans for Nigeria in a debate with other people's candidate without reading a prepared speech which he finds difficult to flip the pages....

larride:


Who will enforce the laws?

Take the okada ban in some LG in Lagos as an example, those flouting the rules are basically those who should be enforcing the law.

Illimitable:


There are various ways the government can raise money to feed them. Energize the FIRS to double the current number of tax payers, raise the tax rates as well or increase VAT.

Nigeria’s VAT rate is currently 7.5%. It was recently increased from 5% to 7.5%. For a country trying to eradicate poverty, it’s way too small. For instance, UK’s VAT rate is 20% - and that’s a developed country who has forgotten about poverty for donkey years.

Illimitable:


There are various ways the government can raise money to feed them. Energize the FIRS to double the current number of tax payers, raise the tax rates as well or increase VAT.

Nigeria’s VAT rate is currently 7.5%. It was recently increased from 5% to 7.5%. For a country trying to eradicate poverty, it’s way too small. For instance, UK’s VAT rate is 20% - and that’s a developed country who has forgotten about poverty for donkey years.

Theflint1:
All of this won't still arm, feed and provide equipment for a 50 million-strong army. Tinubu goofed with that statement, he knows that and his team came out to say it was a slip of tongue.

Itsrm:
Obidients are now asking for Seuns head on twitter

They say he was asking questions like he was paid to ask.

Rather than admit PO had a terrible outing, they have turned on the poor guy who was simply doing his job.

BlueRayDick:


lolz ….I put it to u my friend that u don’t know what u are talking about .

So in order for u to feed millions of youth to be conscripted into the army u will have FIRS increase VAT, double the number of tax payers.

How ? Like how do u double number of tax payers when more and more people are getting out of jobs due to companies folding up , high operational and overhead costs which reduces the income of businesses and thereby affects the amount payable as tax ?

We are not talking theories written in textbooks here, we are talking practical realities we see almost everyday . Like some people practically rely on friends and relatives to feed now; people who used to earn decent living before now . How does FIRS want to increase the number of tax payers when such people increase in number almost everyday ?

izzou:


The defense of people who support that statement is we need to look inwardly and produce locally. I agree with that.

But it cannot happen overnight. And a president cannot say he wants to be oblivious of that fact.

Everything we need, we want to produce, and even the means to produce it depends majorly on the exchange rate.

Construction companies will bill you in dollars to fix roads
Power generation and the equipments will be sourced abroad. You must pay in foreign currency.

Saying you are not concerned is like losing touch with reality

izzou:


He's not. I have never believed he has what he takes.

My stance is that we need to change parties so they can actually sit up. Rewarding failure with more work will leave us worse than before.

izzou:


That man is not healthy, bro.

And the vice he picked was for numbers...Not even for competency.

At some point, Shettima would be the point man in this country. Na the truth be that

Joezinho:


Obi , akagum 1 of Onitsha..

I thought he would have hired a professional publicist by now. But baba no wan spend shigbam...

Illimitable:


Double the tax on the rich folks
Tax the artisans.
Raise enforcers in the villages - Tax everyone.

Nigeria has the lowest tax-to-GDP rate in Africa. The people from Togo, Ghana, Rwanda, Niger, Congo pay more tax contributions to their GDP than Nigerians.

The world bank actually said the minimum tax-to-GDP rate to eradicate poverty should be 15%. In Nigeria, it is like 6%. Meanwhile, the developed countries you people love to admire from a distance contribute a whooping 34% in taxes alone to their total GDP.

Yet, you want to eradicate poverty cos the money would fall from heaven like manna. Una never ready. Keep building castles in the air thinking the government would manufacture money like magic to sort the myriad of problems in Nigeria.

The problem of Nigeria is basically Nigerians.

izzou:


It can, my brother.

I observed that in Ikeja, especially Alausa to Obafemi Awolowo, all commercial buses use their seat belts and close their doors, and they never beat the light

Why is it so over there?

Once upon a time, one-way was a norm. Today, its almost extinct.

Just put 500,000 fine on a small civil offense. You go see say everybody go sit up

larride:


Bros theres no magic wand that will reduce the exchange rate. In fact the best thing the CBN can do is to actually float the naira. Let people who need dollar get it at the true value. BTA and PTA should be abolished. The CBN cant keep subsidizing the rich with the scarce foreign exchange we have.

All form of subsidies on the foreign exchange should be removed from education to pilgrimage and let everyone go sort for their dollar at the true market rate.

A reasonable President will be concerned about the purchasing power of the naira, someone earning in naira and spending in naira major concern should be the purchasing power of the naira. What we have is dollarisation of the economy and it won't end well. No reasonable country.

The only thing that will boost the naira is for our revenue (in dollars) to increase. If this country will have any chance of survival, we will move away from an importing country to an exporting one. Till then we will keep chasing shadows.

Theflint1:
All of this won't still arm, feed and provide equipment for a 50 million-strong army. Tinubu goofed with that statement, he knows that and his team came out to say it was a slip of tongue.

larride:


Bros theres no magic wand that will reduce the exchange rate. In fact the best thing the CBN can do is to actually float the naira. Let people who need dollar get it at the true value. BTA and PTA should be abolished. The CBN cant keep subsidizing the rich with the scarce foreign exchange we have.

All form of subsidies on the foreign exchange should be removed from education to pilgrimage and let everyone go sort for their dollar at the true market rate.

A reasonable President will be concerned about the purchasing power of the naira, someone earning in naira and spending in naira major concern should be the purchasing power of the naira. What we have is dollarisation of the economy and it won't end well. No reasonable country.

The only thing that will boost the naira is for our revenue (in dollars) to increase. If this country will have any chance of survival, we will move away from an importing country to an exporting one. Till then we will keep chasing shadows.

izzou:


It can, my brother.

I observed that in Ikeja, especially Alausa to Obafemi Awolowo, all commercial buses use their seat belts and close their doors, and they never beat the light

Why is it so over there?

Once upon a time, one-way was a norm. Today, its almost extinct.

Just put 500,000 fine on a small civil offense. You go see say everybody go sit up

Joezinho:

larride:


No country can have a 50m army. It was a slip of tongue and it was corrected to 50k.

Anyways I believe the best way to solve our security challenges is to desolve the current set up.

EmmanuelScott1:

izzou:


If CBN floats the naira, would Dangote refinery be where it is today?

Should we talk about the rails BuuBuu built, the 2nd Niger Bridge and road projects? Even the trains LASG went to negotiate in the USA would be difficult to purchase if the CBN floats.

You are actually right with your suggestion. We all know that that's the only way out. But it can't happen overnight.

Dollarisation has taken over, and any president must find a way to work with it initially, before phasing it out

Oasis007:


Obi: "I was the first Governor to come back from impeachment in Nigeria".

Fact check: he lies again!

He was impeached on 2/11/2006 and reinstated on 9/02/2007.

Rasheed Ladoja of Oyo State was impeached on 12th January, 2006 and reinstated on 12th December, 2006.

EmmanuelScott1:

larride:


I believe, theres no two ways about it, we will definitely suffer for all the missed opportunities that we have had to diversify the economy. With the kind if population we have, we should have different manufacturing and industrial hubs all over the country.

We have arable lands to grow what we eat. More than 70% of the population spend most of their earnings on food. We have to move from subsistence farming to large scale farming that can quickly make us self sustaining in agricultural produce.

If you check our inflation indices, you will see that price of food stuff is one of the major cause that drive our inflation. We must look for a way to increase the purchasing power of the naira and one way that it will be evident is in the prices of food items.