STATE POLICE is coming to life, little by little.

A fundamental change to the police can only be via constitutional amendment. This endeavor is merely cosmetic

SolutionMee:
Good job from NEC

However you decentralize the NPC

Always allow them to discipline Nigerians

I see most Nigerians happy because they engage in one illegal act or the other

I see them happy because they love indiscipline

Please add cane to their ammunition

Most Nigerians deserve serious beating

They are not above flogging

Don't even mind their age

Serious beating was what makes Steve Job to Cofounded Apple

Serious beating can make most Nigerians to Cofound a very big farm

Just as their great grandfathers did

And eventually lead them to journey of the 50's

The century they deserve

don't worry... you will be a victim of these police harassment in a way you will never believe.

I am pretty sure that the aluu 4 thought same too when innocent lives were killed as they watch from their TV screens and mobile phones, little did they know that one day, it will be their turn.

This is beautiful, if goes and continues like then there is hope in Nigeria. My VP, it you can stand on this, you should equally monitor this that is happening as the evil politician are Distorting the employment that is going on in DPR by fielding their fail or pass children against merit list. VP, this is an acid test that you have to pass today.

Corrinthians:
Yes, it is Osinbajo and he is clueless, wise, belongs to APC, and doing great deeds. It is unfortunate Jonathan couldn't accomplish one tenth of what Osinbajo and APC have accomplished under TEN DAYS in his SEVEN YEARS AS VICE PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.

Thank God even PDP supporters are now testifying to the goodness of Osinbajo. The man they love to hate because Fani Kayode told them to do so, saying he's an agent of the devil.

Baba, take it easy with these daft IPIGs & extremely dumb Jonathan sycophants na!


They want to do divide & rule by claiming Osinbaba is better than Buhari, & when you tell them that at least the APC can boast of such a wonderful man & that in 1 week Osinbaba has done way better than what the useless weak daft buffoon from Otuoke did in 6 years, they begin to get angry!
Do you have any idea what their problem is?

omowolewa:
If we have State police, other restructuring program must follow.

If every state police start dumping their criminals in prisons based on local laws example alcohol prohibition the Federal Prison can't support that. - NEED FOR STATE PRISON.

Most state currently cannot pay their wages bill conveniently talkless of funding police with power if guns - THERE IS NEED TO CHANGE THE REVENUE SHARING FORMULA

Nice analysis for once, someone said something different from partisan words..

Ever8054:
when will they be ready..?...now that something good is about to happen Una don. carry Una witch come abi!!?...

I have never been in doubt that Osinbajo, being of the ACN extraction which is the bastion of restructuring within the APC, will not let any splinter opportunity to restructure any sector slip by. The man's role in the Lagos State's Government quest to clarify LGA creation powers was the first hint to his dogged commitment to restructuring. The modular refineries idea which was almost entirely his is another evidence. This latest one about decentralization of the police further lends credence to his commitment to it despite the CPC wing of the APC's aversion.
Unfortunately the man from Otuoke whose region is hardest hit by this unproductive structure spent all his six years in power arguing that Nigeria's problem had nothing to do with structure but only corruption.

capatainrambo:
clueless buhari knows nothing.


this is osibanjo. Not buhari that loves seeing Nigerians die while he keeps quiet.

Lolzzzz.. I thought you peeps said PYO is a mere commissioner? Now you are saying something different

You guys sha

SolutionMee:
Good job from NEC

However you decentralize the NPC

Always allow them to discipline Nigerians

I see most Nigerians happy because they engage in one illegal act or the other

I see them happy because they love indiscipline

Please add cane to their ammunition

Most Nigerians deserve serious beating

They are not above flogging

Don't even mind their age

Serious beating was what makes Steve Job to Cofounded Apple

Serious beating can make most Nigerians to Cofound a very big farm

Just as their great grandfathers did

And eventually lead them to journey of the 50's

The century they deserve

Damn, I love this sarcasm

capatainrambo:
clueless buhari knows nothing.


this is osibanjo. Not buhari that loves seeing Nigerians die while he keeps quiet.

Buhari had before now lent his voice to the decentralization of the police.

iammo:
Hurry up Mr osinbade, before one general shows up, just like atiku and elrufai privatized what they could while obasanjo was junketing around the world, osinbande can effect some real changes and while at it he should make sure he gets the governors and their deputy to commit at least 50% percent of their security votes, and 50% of NASS members constituency allowance to the decentralized police

Buhari has never been against the decentralization of police. He recently reiterated his belief in it some few months back.

Ever8054:
if this happens, osibanjo will out class buhari outrightly... if the UK government has the interest of Nigeria as a car country they colonies, they should just inject a sleeping drugs that would last till December 2019 on buhari so that he will remain in London until a new president is elected...

but these european countries are actually benefiting much from the incompetence of african leaders.

[s]

SolutionMee:
Good job from NEC

However you decentralize the NPC

Always allow them to discipline Nigerians

I see most Nigerians happy because they engage in one illegal act or the other

I see them happy because they love indiscipline

Please add cane to their ammunition

Most Nigerians deserve serious beating

They are not above flogging

Don't even mind their age

Serious beating was what makes Steve Job to Cofounded Apple

Serious beating can make most Nigerians to Cofound a very big farm

Just as their great grandfathers did

And eventually lead them to journey of the 50's

The century they deserve

[/s] trash! how old are you even? i guess you still take feeding bottle

capatainrambo:
I support good governance unlike stupid zombies that queue behind senile old terrorists

I don't care who you support.

Sai Osinbobo!

Pepper them.

Deadlytruth:



Buhari has never been against the decentralization of police. He recently reiterated his belief in it some few months back.

.we want actions matching beliefs

This is good for our country.God bless Nigeria

I hope that now that the presidency has finally agreed to "state policing"
States will actually be able to pay these extra recurrent expenditure that will be added to their budget.
States like Lagos will be able to cope as they've had a similar structure before now.

Ebullience:
Short of constitutional amendment, the federal government and state governors have resolved to explore how the operations of the Nigeria police can be decentralised in order to improve the level of policing and security in the country.


This is one of the highlights of the National Economic Council (NEC) meeting today where a committee of state governors and the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) has been set up to ensure the decentralisation.

Members of the Committee include the Governors of Zamfara, Ondo, Plateau, Ebonyi, Katsina, Edo and Borno states, who will work with the IGP, Ibrahim Idris.

At the NEC meeting, the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, assured that the intelligence community and security agencies will continue to sustain current efforts to mitigate the security challenges across the country.


Mr Monguno had earlier briefed the council on security matters.

Briefing State House correspondents, the Deputy Governor of Benue State, Benson Abounu, commended the efforts of the security agencies at mitigating the spate of insecurity in the state.

He especially thanked the security agencies for the thoroughness of Operation Whirl-Stroke, mounted by the Nigerian Army, in Benue State for their decisive operation which, according to him, has brought relative peace to the state.

Mr Abounu, who spoke to reporters, said, “The security situation in Benue State has improved significantly. Now many Internally Displaced Persons have returned home, the State is relatively calm”.

At the NEC meeting also, presentations were made on Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax by States and MDAs by the Executive Chairman, Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Babatunde Fowler.

Mr Fowler informed council that the audit of the state MDAs has commenced with respective governors and finance commissioners duly notified. He added that the total outstanding VAT and Withholding debt of states’ MDAs stands at N41 billion for the period 2008 to 2016.

Below are highlights of NEC deliberations:

NEC (8TH IN 2018) 91ST NEC MEETING – THURSDAY, 16TH AUGUST, 2018


A.


SECURITY BRIEFING BY THE NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER (NSA)

· The National Security Adviser (NSA), on behalf of the Security Chiefs in the country, briefed Council on the current security challenges across the country, particularly in the North West, North East, Middle Belt, South East and South-South.

· He informed Council on efforts being made by the Federal Government and urged the State Governments to support Federal Government’s efforts in dealing with the challenges in their respective States, particularly those with local perspectives.


· The NSA assured that the Intelligence Community and Security Agencies will continue to sustain current efforts to mitigate the security challenges across the country.

Council Decision

Cases of bandits should be prosecuted and adequately publicised by the states and Attorney-General encouraged to personally lead the prosecution.

Council recommended that a Committee of NEC with representatives from the geopolitical zones, including Zamfara, Ondo, Plateau, Ebonyi, Katsina, Edo and Borno States be set up to meet with the IG of Police, to determined how to ensure the decentralization of the police operations as quickly as possible.

Council also thanked the NSA and the Service Chiefs for their efforts

B.

PRESENTATION ON STRATEGIES FOR OPTIMISING THE CONTRIBUTION OF MSMES TO THE COUNTRY’S TAX REVENUE PROFILE BY THE EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN OF THE FEDERAL INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (FIRS)

Highlights of the presentation, among others, are:

· The presentation centred on the contribution of MSMEs to GDP, National Export and to Tax collection for 2015 – 2018.

· It also highlighted the challenges impeding the optimization of MSMEs contribution to Tax Revenue.

· MSMEs are classified into: Micro Enterprises, Small Enterprises and Medium Enterprises.

· National Bureau of Statistics, in partnership with the MSMEs, gave the number of MSMEs in Nigeria as 37,067,419.

· When adequately harnessed, MSMEs can have much impact on the profile tax revenue for the country – especially considering their direct correlation with personal Income Tax, VAT and Withholding Taxes.

Challenges Impeding Optimization of MSMEs Contribution to Tax Revenue: among others

· Poor record-keeping and information management.

· Inability to distinguish personal capital from business money.

· Low awareness of Nigerian Tax Laws.

· Little or no business research leading to close of business.

FIRS Strategies and Rates – among others

Actions

Adequate man-power has been deployed to promptly attend to all tax related challenges by MSMEs.

Respective organs of Government saddled with disbursement and utilization of tax revenue should endeavour to be transparent and accountability in order to motivate Voluntary Tax Compliance by the MSMEs.

Government at all levels should endeavour to provide infrastructural facilities and enabling business environment to allow MSMEs Business to thrive.

C.

REPORT ON VALUE ADDED TAX (VAT) AND WITHHOLDING TAX (WHT) BY STATES OF THE FEDERATION, MDAS OF GOVERNMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN, FIRS

Highlights of the report among others are;

It is a report to Council on critical issues on the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Withholding Tax (WHT), status report on States Tax Audit exercise, total remittances by the States’ MDAs and contribution to non-import VAT.

Council is informed that the total outstanding debt of States’ MDAs stands at N41,047,661,213.66 for the period 2008 to 2016.

Process of bringing up-to-date status of VAT and WHT remittances by all States and MDAs by the FIRS is on.

For ease of VAT/WHT collection and automatic remittances of deductions to TSA, FIRS has deployed a Software Payment Platform (SPP) to facilitate States, MDAs computerisation and remittances.

The report informed Council that remittances from States (January to July 2018) stands at N40,299,839,092.79.

FIRS has duly notified the Governors and Finance Commissioners of the ongoing audit exercise and requests the cooperation and collaboration of the States for the success and timely conduct and completion of the exercise.

The report noted that the Honourable Minister of Finance has directed the Federal MDAs and States to verify the authenticity of Tax Clearance Certificates (TCC) online as presented by contractors before awarding contracts.

Federal and States MDAs are enjoined to send copies of Manual TCCs issues before August 22, 207 to FIRS for verification before awarding and making payments.

Action Points

All States MDAs are encouraged to adopt the use of the Payment platform or a comparative alternative – Governors to ensure compliance.

Action Points

· All States MDAs are encouraged to adopt the use of the Payment platform or a comparative alternative – Governors to ensure compliance.

· States Governors should direct their MDAs to cooperate with FIRS Auditors for timely completion of the States Audit exercise.

D.

FAAC UPDATE:

REPORT ON EXCESS CRUDE ACCOUNT (ECA)

Minister of Finance also reported to the Council that the balance in the Excess Crude Account (ECA) as at August 14, 2018 stands at $2,250,434,918.00.

UPDATE ON STABILIZATION FUND ACCOUNT:

Minister of Finance reported to the Council that the current balance in the Stabilization Account as at August 14, 2018 stands at N21,591,091,564.37.

UPDATE ON NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT FUND

Minister of Finance equally reported to the Council that the current balance in the Natural Resources Development Fund as at August 14, 2018 stands at N143,479,688,711.25.

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This is why one Nigeria will never work. indigenous. people are demanding state.police to manage their State security problem , the Fec want to zonal police. what Nigeria want is state police because there operating zonal police since almost two decades. no achievement. zoo republic

Nice one

Thank God. The killings that took place have been silenced by the efforts of PMB and the security forces. Soon this phase of killings shall be a thing of the past, infact it has past. Thanks to the relentless prayers of Nigerians, the efforts of the security forces and the commitment of PMB to deal with insecurity at all cost.

Corrinthians:
I don't care who you support.
Sai Osinbobo!
Pepper them.

I'm not surprised.

zombies don't care anything other than grunt sis boribo

Corrinthians:
I don't care who you support.
Sai Osinbobo!
Pepper them.

I'm not surprised.

zombies don't care anything other than grunt sis boribo

As much as we may all laud this move, yet I have my reservation on this. This will turn the governors to some sort of gods in their respective territories. Needless to say that they are already living like emperors right now. These governors will become something else.