omonnakoda:
my mother will die blind and cold

IGBOSON1:


^^^It boggles the mind walahi!

Can't wait for the 2015 figures to be released! Abia will definitely get the sharp end of my tongue if they're not in the top 10 at least!

Pavore9:
From the statistics it shows the North relies so heavily on the monthly allocation because what they are generating internally is so very abysmal as what the entire north generates is no where near what Lagos alone generates and the entire North is about 220 times the size of Lagos! This is a call for deep conversation!

menabadoo:
Lagos is not yorubaland

DropShot:
It's a big shame that most governors are not thinking with their brain. I wonder how many states will survive without monthly allocation from the center. Only Lagos, Rivers and Delta can realistically stand on their own without the money from Abuja.

OP, abundance of natural resources and/or heavy allocations from the center should make many of these states paradise on earth already. Just that most of the administrators have been wicked, lazy and generally unfit to be leaders.

menabadoo:
My mother is a blind bat

shogz89:
thief want to remove lagos from the he map to the Atlantic ocean,,, Lagos is not only in western Nigeria,, it's in the western part of the western side of Nigeria.. Success is painful to rivals

IlekeHD:


This is correct.

I think we need to change our mentally from regional competition to international competition. How can we make Ogun compete with Kenya's tech hub?

SW governors should be competing with Ambode. SW states, collectively, should be competing with growing African countries.

At this point, it's an insult to be comparing the SW with SE, when the SE is dragging medal with the North.

IlekeHD:
Abeg, where is lagos?


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shogz89:

I know it will lead to this,, where is glo, forte oil, oando, nicon insurance, doyin groups, oak nirom, bi-courtney , elizade.. Too many to mention of you wanna compete,, the reachest black woman is not yet included.. Yimu, Lagos is strategically located, even if you leave you will come back begging.

menabadoo:
Lagos is not yorubaland

kettykin:


You can as well mention companies that has filed for bankruptcy like Odua telecom, Dunlop, HITV, AIR NIGERIA. I am talking about viable companies that still pay their staff salaries and PAYE . Is bicourtney a company? Or nicon insurance still existing, elizade has too few staff to count,.

Flyoruboy:


Onyeara . Lagos ain't no 'igweocha' o . Una don begin claim PH coz Lagosians don put you all in your place. Go talk that shyt in PH not Lasgidi. Lagoon things.

agalamanyi:
State IGR contest today data and presentation from nbs, I have always been of the opinion that Enugu is one of the most developed city in the South East and South South Region,if not the most developed,this again proves that the abundance of natural resource or heavy allocations from the federal government is not enough to kick start the ground,states like Akwa Ibom get 3times more than what Enugu gets get federal Gov,but take a visit to both states and see which looks richer,comparing adult literacy,access to basic amenities,hospitable and general workabilty of the city. Enugu bu Obodo Oyibo!

Goodboiyy:


I did rather join the west and Edo, Those are the people I have things in common with.. Just stop insulting Edos... They don't deserve the hatred you guys keep pouring on them on this forum..

inlandtaipan:
Remove the seaport tax from Igbo importation in Lagos and Lagos will be as good as Oyo state. The airport in lagos also help.

Flyoruboy:


Onyeara . Lagos ain't no 'igweocha' o . Una don begin claim PH coz Lagosians don put you all in your place. Go talk that shyt in PH not Lasgidi. Lagoon things.

kettykin:


You can as well mention companies that has filed for bankruptcy like Odua telecom, Dunlop, HITV, AIR NIGERIA. I am talking about viable companies that still pay their staff salaries and PAYE . Is bicourtney a company? Or nicon insurance still existing, elizade has too few staff to count,.

menabadoo:
what's the Yoruba name for lagos? please don't say eko. Eko is a Benin name.

shogz89:
its now how many staff they have,, you need personal coaching

menabadoo:
oga, lagos is no man's land. Even ghanians know that

Werey

scholes0:


Yes It is Bini, but will NEVER EVER be Igbo
We are at peace with our Edo/Delta siblings.

Flyoruboy:


Igbo contribution to Lagos IGR is inconsequential. #FACT. The same compaines in Lagos can be found in the East so why e no reflect for una IGR for that cursed/forsaken wasteland? If una get levels why Anambra IGR less pass Ebonyi? Guy, you people are a bunch of fools. Una no shame to claim credit for 'developing' other people's land while yours remains a no-go area and keeps experiencing more migration than any other in the country. Lagos ain't "Igweocha" o.

omonnakoda:
not true Fashola did not do much to influence IGR the credit belongs to Tinubu who met 600 million a year in 1999 and by the time he left office was running a budget of 240 billion. Tinubu re-engineered the finances and What he left continued to grow

The Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) of Lagos State, for the first quarter of the year 2008 (January to March), has been put at a whooping sum of N31.5 billion with a monthly average revenue of N10.5 billion accruing to the state treasury for the period.

This disclosure was made the Lagos State Internal revenue generation Executive Chairman, Mr. Tunde Fowler at the one-day meeting organised by the Lagos State government with professional association in Lagos at the weekend.

According to Fowler, the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS), being the major funding arm of the government has taken on the challenge of increasing the IGR of the state through the adoption and implementation of various strategies, which have impacted positively on revenue generation and collection, with the IGR moving from N30.1 billion in 2003 to N94.6 billion in 2007, which happens to be a percentage increase of about 315 per cent.

Furthermore, he gave a background to the state's IGR from a period of 2003 to the first quarter of 2008. He said the sum of N34.5 billion was sourced as IGR in 2004, with a monthly average of N2.8 billion and represents an increase of 114.75 per cent from the N30.1 billion figure recorded in 2008.
For the year 2005, the sum of N48.1billion was raked in with monthly average sum of N4 billion representing an increase of 139.4 per cent from that of 2004.

Fowler added that for year 2006, the sum of N66.8 billion was generated by the state with a monthly average of N5.6 billion and a percentage increase of 138.9 per cent from the previous year.
There was a phenomenal increase maintained by the state in year 2007, where the yearly IGR rose to N94.9 billion, showing a monthly average income of N7.9 billion and a percentage increase of 141.8 from that of 2006 figure.

Meanwhile, the governor of Lagos State, who was the chief host at the meeting used the occasion to hammer on the need why Lagosians must pay their taxes.
Governor Fashola said for there to be an efficient and effective mechanism that would ensure that people were really getting the dividends of democracy as it should be, there is need to have and put in place a system to generate the revenue.
Fashola said the state would do everything possible to enforce all laws that would ensure that the people comply with the directive, both those already living in the state and those coming in.

" Now there are two sides to the process of building an efficient tax system. Government has a role to play, no doubt; but the citizens have an even greater one," stated the state governor. http://www.thenigeriabusiness.com/eco119.html

Flyoruboy:


Boy, the only stake you have in Lagos is below inside Lagoon, and we go still collect rent on it. Mora focka omo nna

superstar1:


What are you saying?

Ojikutu mentioned 4 viable airports, that are clearly gateways to the different regions. What is the revenue generated from Enugu airport, in comparison with MMA.

You must be high on fake drugs.

kettykin:


I listed companies with the largest employees whose PAYE tax pay as you earn swell the revenue of lagos state
Connoil has very few employees to make any meaningful impact, while Glo is partly owned by the north , loss making oando pays it's down stream staff peanuts and because of the 2014 loss were omitted , conoil has just 100 employees whose PAYE doesn't make much impact

menabadoo:
what's the Yoruba name for lagos? please don't say eko. Eko is a Benin name.

menabadoo:
that's what I want to hear. Lagos is no man's land. Yoruba can never lay claim on lagos.

Oya go drink garri ijebu without sugar.

kettykin:


Go through the trail posts, all of the banks, oil and gas industry, telecommunications have their head quarters in lagos and contribute the PAYE in lagos