If telecom blanks them they will know the importance of communication. Go and ask Maiduguri how far.All activities will be totally grounded.imagine no ATM is working hummmm.

If this useless country get head are these not the function if the federal govt. Telecom is dead now see where we dey .

rusher14:


Shut up.

No where in the post does it suggest double taxation.

The average IQ of a Buharist is 45 ,Your IQ is to low to detect double taxation in the post na ... even if I give you brain microscope you won't find it..Ohboy stick to activities your brain grade let those who think do the thinking

That's a threat to the economy, security and social well being of the country

If you owe tax pay it

And Kogi should stop using arm twisting techniques to raise money after stealing everything. Elections are here and you want to impress voters with money you don't have, it's too late.

SarkinYarki:
The Federal govt taxes them heavily at the centre and share the revenue with the states but yet the states want to illegally double tax them at state level which only increases the cost of doing business . We must reject criminal double taxation

Sadly, if you want the states to be financially viable, taxes and taxation is a short and long term instrument of survival.

Especially in this era of low oil prices

SarkinYarki:
The Federal govt taxes them heavily at the centre and share the revenue with the states but yet the states want to illegally double tax them at state level which only increases the cost of doing business . We must reject criminal double taxation

There are channels for seeking redress with the Internal Revenue and even seek refund, if you think you are being over-charged

......but if these telecoms company think they can BLACKMAIL the nation with such threats that they will disconnect the states, then the Govt should not only close them down, if should promptly arrest their Executives, and charge them under many relevant violations of the law, regarding their acts, some of which will include but not limited to:

- Tax default
- Anti trust laws
- Anti Competition (ganging up)
- Economic Sabotage, e.t.c

If a Child decides to keep faking death, the Parent would also device means of fake burial

Let them go to the US and claim that because the are paying federal tax, they wont pay state tax and see if their jail terms will not be so long..

Alexk2:
What is Kogi state government thinking now....is it too much to just weigh the adverse effect of such Blackout on average kogite?

kai u too like english are u a teacher

That Kogi chairman board of internal revenue is a big thief , always looking for how to steal. Since he became the chairman of board of internal revenue he has looted several millions of naira . Useless Government.

Ttipsy:
Geographically Delta is also supposed to be affected hence Edo and Anambra are listed

should I say its a fake info?
wtf?

Lolz. Which states share boundaries wif Kogi?

Ttipsy:
Geographically Delta is also supposed to be affected hence Edo and Anambra are listed

should I say its a fake info?
wtf?

U dont kne ur geography well. Delta doesnt share boundary wiyh Kogi

Kogi state is ready for the next level...

Good very good


The level which these guys are going with this Jubril story....Kanu needs a Nobel prize for his ingenuity to brainwash

PROF. OSINBAJO and JUBRIN AL-SUDANI CONNECTION

It's with a heavy heart but a great sense of responsibility and patriotism that I give this brief account of what I know as an insider about the very catastrophic events that have seized our dear country Nigeria currently.
Every man must account for their actions and inactions before our maker sooner or later.
Our highly cerebral brother Prof. Yemi OSINBAJO is a highly learned attorney and Pentecostal Pastor who likes to put up a facade of a wiseman and a pius Christian.
Therefore it was not a surprise that many a Nigerian was shocked at the news-break a couple days back that he has been indicted by the National House of Representatives with regards to his misappropriation of a whopping N5.8B being monies meant for the most deprived, endangered and vulnerable fellow citizens of Nigeria.
The question on the lips of most Nigerians now is, Prof, where lies thy wisdom, thy piety, thy anti- corruption mantra and posturing?
This brings us to the major theme of this piece. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is a very important pawn on the chase board of a very rabid, ferocious and vicious power hungry cabal who currently exercise absolute hegemonic authority in our country today.
This cabal is made up of COS Abba Kyari, NSA Monguno, former DG DSS Lawal Daura, Buhari's relative Mamman Daura, COAS Buratai( keeping an eye on the military), El-Rufai( providing the intellectual fibre because of his pseudo-intellectual pretensions) and a few others. This cabal has an inexhaustible war chest and unfettered access to the national till.
That is why it will not be wrong to add the GMD NNPC Maikanti Baru, the Controller-Gen of Customs Rt.Col Hameed Ali and the DG of NPA Hadiza Bala Usman as members of this cabal. They bring the cash as and when needed, any amount. Hadiza is represented by El-Rufai and some other proxies.

The reasons and how our learned brother, SAN and Pastor got himself into this big mess in which he currently finds himself speak very loudly to his unbridled greed and inordinate ambition. It's a well known fact amongst the Aso Rock cabal that our brother the VP is very corrupt and has his locker full of financial skeletons.
Right from the inception of the current government when PMB put him in charge of NEMA, OSINBAJO has been neck deep in unsavoury financial malfeasance and the cabal has been taking note. This rendered him vulnerable and subject to blackmail in the hands of the cabal who didn't want to bother him as it's well known that the matter of anti-corruption is not something that ranks high in their lists of priorities.

So when in January 2017 Buhari passed on in a U.K. hospital, our learned brother, SAN, Pastor and VP was expected to take over as per our constitution. However the cabal told him that he could not as they would not allow a Yar'Adua-Jonathan scenario to replay. One would have expected him to resist the cabal at that stage with the full support snd weight of the famed Lagos press and the the formidable Lagos based Civil Society Orgs. But alas our man had lost his voice and chickened out and surprisingly agreed to serve as VP to a body double, a half educated, low profile, local actor and ex jail bird from Sudan. OSINBAJO could not stand up to the cabal because his hands were soiled in corruption at NEMA. N5.8B was traced directly to him amongst many other financial infractions. The cabal opened book for him and ordered him to keep quiet. One of them confided in a close aide that "he can never open his mouth because he'll end up in prison, that he's too greedy and corrupt"

The cabal proceeded to viciously humiliate and undermine him in every material way on daily basis, sidelining him in major decisions, preventing him from having direct dealings and interactions with his principal, Jubrin Al-Sudani and assigning very menial and sometimes dirty jobs to him to do.
Like always justifying the murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen and asking Nigerian Christians to pray for the herdsmen while declaring that his unarmed IPOB Southern brothers should be destroyed by the Nigerian military. Even telling blatant lies and using his legal skills to defend the indefensible failures of the the Govt of the cabal.
A source very close to him and one of his security details once came to tears while narrating the ordeals of his Oga in the hands of this vicious and merciless cabal that has no conscience but blamed him for making himself vulnerable because of greed for money and political office.

Now, last week the cabal decided that it was time to "shake him a little" because of the new NNAMDI KANU's revelations about Jubrin Al-Sudani. Following the very precise and mind blowing revelations by NNAMDI KANU, the cabal quickly met and reviewed their strategies for survival. They reasoned that under pressure that Osinbajo cannot be trusted being Yoruba and an outsider in the power caucus of Aso-Rock. So they asked their point men at the National Assembly to open his case in order to remind him to remain loyal and remember that "we are all in this together"

Osinbajo's immediate crisis of confidence started on the eve of Prince Charles' visit to Nigeria. The cabal tried to make overtures and offers to Aisha Buhari to come to Abuja to play the role of First Lady to President Jubrin but she refused.
Prof. Osinbajo was expected to put the wife forward to play the role but he wasn't forthcoming but instead was " speaking grammar" according to insiders. That singular behaviour raised some suspicions about his continued loyalty and commitment to the oat of secrecy regarding Jubrin. They therefore asked their men at NASS to 'beat him into line' by opening the 'book of sins'

Now that the NASS has done their work, Osinbajo has gone to the Cabal on his four limbs to renew his pledge of absolute allegiance and oat of secrecy and the matter of N5.8B public fund embezzled by him will be swept under the carpet for now. Nothing will come out of it as long as he cooperates with regards to Jubrin Al-Sudani project.

They say Osinbajo is not a man of honour or piety as he would want the world to believe. His major character flaw is greed.

When Osinbajo was invited to the UK hospital to meet with Jubrin, after the passing of Buhari, the cabal said they expected him to show some surprise or to raise some objections but instead he was grinning from ear to ear saying it was a 'perfect job and we'll push it through, no problems, God will help us'

On the other hand Mrs KEMI ADEOSUN is an honourable woman. From the outset she worried that the Jubrin project was terrible, perfidious and will attract consequences at the end of the day.
She confided in close aides that she couldn't wait to exit 'a deceitful, desperate and ethnocentric Govt'

ROCHAS OKOROCHA who was in the habit of speaking only Hausa to Buhari when he was alive, after his first encounter with Jubrin in the Uk hospital expressed mixed feelings that 'this project might not fly for too long. This man's Hausa is not very "done" and might give him
away. Again I know my Igbo brothers they will scrutinise and scrutinise until they find out our trick'

TINUBU from the outset was for the Jubrin project, although he was informed very late, but he felt he had IOU with the Govt and would not mind if Lucifer himself would come to Aso Rock to honour it.
He's an unconscionable political entrepreneur who has always boasted that he can deal politically even with the devil himself. That's Jagaban. He's a co-conspirator in this project and that explains why his TV station TVC and Newspaper The Nation are silent.
He's not a patriot but an opportunist.

ATIKU ABUBAKAR is very much aware although he was a late convert to the idea after the deed had been perfected. They couldn't trust him at the inception but had to carry him along later.

OBJ got to find out much later and was furious but confided in close aides that in the interest of national security and peace the best thing was to vote Jubrin out into "oblivion or grave in 2019"
This is also IBB's position.

TY DANJUMA was mad when he found out but was overwhelmed by the fact that he hasn't the means to fight the cabal.

NNAMDI KANU has a formidable international intelligence network that enables him to do what he's doing and stay a step ahead of us. The Govt knows this very well and should have employed a different initiative in dealing with him and his group. The Govt aroused the beast in him in the botched attempt to assassinate him and his parents. That was a regrettable error.

AISHA BUHARI is a very humane and enlightened activist widow.
She hates the cabal who are using a foreign body double to impersonate the late husband. She complains that whenever she sets sight on Jubrin Al-Sudani even on the television, that she experiences nightmares as she feels like she's seen the ghost of her late husband.
She complains to her children and relatives that her husband is not resting in peace and that what the cabal has done is against the teachings of Islam.
The cabal has now bought her silence with money, Billions in US Dollars, the type she had never dreamt of.

This ruling cabal excises rulership and authority over a country of about 180 million citizens with over 300 ethnic nationalities through a collegiate group made up of only three tribes- the Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri. They are in power for only three reasons:
(1) Money
(2) Supremacist ethnic agenda
(3) Islamisation of the social, public,military and paramilitary spaces in Nigeria.

Nigerians should take note that in this evil project the entire APC leadership including State governors and ministers are stakeholders and also many privileged Nigerian elites. They are all benefiting from it through corrupt financial deals.

Written by a concerned Nigerian

Ttipsy:
Geographically Delta is also supposed to be affected hence Edo and Anambra are listed

should I say its a fake info?
wtf?

read the post again, this time slowly

Kenekingisback:
Buhari sef

Wetin Buhari, Jonathan and Obasanjo do you

Yeye bello the drunkard at work.. �

Daboomb:


There are channels for seeking redress with the Internal Revenue and even seek refund, if you think you are being over-charged

......but if these telecoms company think they can BLACKMAIL the nation with such threats that they will disconnect the states, then the Govt should not only close them down, if should promptly arrest their Executives, and charge them under many relevant violations of the law, regarding their acts, some of which will include but not limited to:

- Tax default
- Anti trust laws
- Anti Competition (ganging up)
- Economic Sabotage, e.t.c

If a Child decides to keep faking death, the Parent would also device means of fake burial

Let them go to the US and claim that because the are paying federal tax, they wont pay state tax and see if their jail terms will not be so long..

Typical shallow chest beating Buharist nonsense rhetorics ...who told you the US system is the same as Nigeria , in the US is it not each state that grants telecom licences ? Don't compare the Federal state structure in the US to Nigeria because it's not the same thing at all.... On what basis will Yahaya bello be collecting the tax , is it on their profit or per call initiated from his state or per subscriber resident in his state or per cell site in his state ? Tell me ? And what enabling environment is he cheating for the Telcos in his State? If you are one inch smart you will know that it's not Telcos that bear the cost of taxes but the subscribers if you don't know

rusher14:
Negotiate your tax obligations and stop disturbing your paying customers.

What exactly is d tax obligation?

Enemyofpeace:
Good very good


The level which these guys are going with this Jubril story....Kanu needs a Nobel prize for his ingenuity to brainwash

PROF. OSINBAJO and JUBRIN AL-SUDANI CONNECTION

It's with a heavy heart but a great sense of responsibility and patriotism that I give this brief account of what I know as an insider about the very catastrophic events that have seized our dear country Nigeria currently.
Every man must account for their actions and inactions before our maker sooner or later.
Our highly cerebral brother Prof. Yemi OSINBAJO is a highly learned attorney and Pentecostal Pastor who likes to put up a facade of a wiseman and a pius Christian.
Therefore it was not a surprise that many a Nigerian was shocked at the news-break a couple days back that he has been indicted by the National House of Representatives with regards to his misappropriation of a whopping N5.8B being monies meant for the most deprived, endangered and vulnerable fellow citizens of Nigeria.
The question on the lips of most Nigerians now is, Prof, where lies thy wisdom, thy piety, thy anti- corruption mantra and posturing?
This brings us to the major theme of this piece. Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is a very important pawn on the chase board of a very rabid, ferocious and vicious power hungry cabal who currently exercise absolute hegemonic authority in our country today.
This cabal is made up of COS Abba Kyari, NSA Monguno, former DG DSS Lawal Daura, Buhari's relative Mamman Daura, COAS Buratai( keeping an eye on the military), El-Rufai( providing the intellectual fibre because of his pseudo-intellectual pretensions) and a few others. This cabal has an inexhaustible war chest and unfettered access to the national till.
That is why it will not be wrong to add the GMD NNPC Maikanti Baru, the Controller-Gen of Customs Rt.Col Hameed Ali and the DG of NPA Hadiza Bala Usman as members of this cabal. They bring the cash as and when needed, any amount. Hadiza is represented by El-Rufai and some other proxies.

The reasons and how our learned brother, SAN and Pastor got himself into this big mess in which he currently finds himself speak very loudly to his unbridled greed and inordinate ambition. It's a well known fact amongst the Aso Rock cabal that our brother the VP is very corrupt and has his locker full of financial skeletons.
Right from the inception of the current government when PMB put him in charge of NEMA, OSINBAJO has been neck deep in unsavoury financial malfeasance and the cabal has been taking note. This rendered him vulnerable and subject to blackmail in the hands of the cabal who didn't want to bother him as it's well known that the matter of anti-corruption is not something that ranks high in their lists of priorities.

So when in January 2017 Buhari passed on in a U.K. hospital, our learned brother, SAN, Pastor and VP was expected to take over as per our constitution. However the cabal told him that he could not as they would not allow a Yar'Adua-Jonathan scenario to replay. One would have expected him to resist the cabal at that stage with the full support snd weight of the famed Lagos press and the the formidable Lagos based Civil Society Orgs. But alas our man had lost his voice and chickened out and surprisingly agreed to serve as VP to a body double, a half educated, low profile, local actor and ex jail bird from Sudan. OSINBAJO could not stand up to the cabal because his hands were soiled in corruption at NEMA. N5.8B was traced directly to him amongst many other financial infractions. The cabal opened book for him and ordered him to keep quiet. One of them confided in a close aide that "he can never open his mouth because he'll end up in prison, that he's too greedy and corrupt"

The cabal proceeded to viciously humiliate and undermine him in every material way on daily basis, sidelining him in major decisions, preventing him from having direct dealings and interactions with his principal, Jubrin Al-Sudani and assigning very menial and sometimes dirty jobs to him to do.
Like always justifying the murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen and asking Nigerian Christians to pray for the herdsmen while declaring that his unarmed IPOB Southern brothers should be destroyed by the Nigerian military. Even telling blatant lies and using his legal skills to defend the indefensible failures of the the Govt of the cabal.
A source very close to him and one of his security details once came to tears while narrating the ordeals of his Oga in the hands of this vicious and merciless cabal that has no conscience but blamed him for making himself vulnerable because of greed for money and political office.

Now, last week the cabal decided that it was time to "shake him a little" because of the new NNAMDI KANU's revelations about Jubrin Al-Sudani. Following the very precise and mind blowing revelations by NNAMDI KANU, the cabal quickly met and reviewed their strategies for survival. They reasoned that under pressure that Osinbajo cannot be trusted being Yoruba and an outsider in the power caucus of Aso-Rock. So they asked their point men at the National Assembly to open his case in order to remind him to remain loyal and remember that "we are all in this together"

Osinbajo's immediate crisis of confidence started on the eve of Prince Charles' visit to Nigeria. The cabal tried to make overtures and offers to Aisha Buhari to come to Abuja to play the role of First Lady to President Jubrin but she refused.
Prof. Osinbajo was expected to put the wife forward to play the role but he wasn't forthcoming but instead was " speaking grammar" according to insiders. That singular behaviour raised some suspicions about his continued loyalty and commitment to the oat of secrecy regarding Jubrin. They therefore asked their men at NASS to 'beat him into line' by opening the 'book of sins'

Now that the NASS has done their work, Osinbajo has gone to the Cabal on his four limbs to renew his pledge of absolute allegiance and oat of secrecy and the matter of N5.8B public fund embezzled by him will be swept under the carpet for now. Nothing will come out of it as long as he cooperates with regards to Jubrin Al-Sudani project.

They say Osinbajo is not a man of honour or piety as he would want the world to believe. His major character flaw is greed.

When Osinbajo was invited to the UK hospital to meet with Jubrin, after the passing of Buhari, the cabal said they expected him to show some surprise or to raise some objections but instead he was grinning from ear to ear saying it was a 'perfect job and we'll push it through, no problems, God will help us'

On the other hand Mrs KEMI ADEOSUN is an honourable woman. From the outset she worried that the Jubrin project was terrible, perfidious and will attract consequences at the end of the day.
She confided in close aides that she couldn't wait to exit 'a deceitful, desperate and ethnocentric Govt'

ROCHAS OKOROCHA who was in the habit of speaking only Hausa to Buhari when he was alive, after his first encounter with Jubrin in the Uk hospital expressed mixed feelings that 'this project might not fly for too long. This man's Hausa is not very "done" and might give him
away. Again I know my Igbo brothers they will scrutinise and scrutinise until they find out our trick'

TINUBU from the outset was for the Jubrin project, although he was informed very late, but he felt he had IOU with the Govt and would not mind if Lucifer himself would come to Aso Rock to honour it.
He's an unconscionable political entrepreneur who has always boasted that he can deal politically even with the devil himself. That's Jagaban. He's a co-conspirator in this project and that explains why his TV station TVC and Newspaper The Nation are silent.
He's not a patriot but an opportunist.

ATIKU ABUBAKAR is very much aware although he was a late convert to the idea after the deed had been perfected. They couldn't trust him at the inception but had to carry him along later.

OBJ got to find out much later and was furious but confided in close aides that in the interest of national security and peace the best thing was to vote Jubrin out into "oblivion or grave in 2019"
This is also IBB's position.

TY DANJUMA was mad when he found out but was overwhelmed by the fact that he hasn't the means to fight the cabal.

NNAMDI KANU has a formidable international intelligence network that enables him to do what he's doing and stay a step ahead of us. The Govt knows this very well and should have employed a different initiative in dealing with him and his group. The Govt aroused the beast in him in the botched attempt to assassinate him and his parents. That was a regrettable error.

AISHA BUHARI is a very humane and enlightened activist widow.
She hates the cabal who are using a foreign body double to impersonate the late husband. She complains that whenever she sets sight on Jubrin Al-Sudani even on the television, that she experiences nightmares as she feels like she's seen the ghost of her late husband.
She complains to her children and relatives that her husband is not resting in peace and that what the cabal has done is against the teachings of Islam.
The cabal has now bought her silence with money, Billions in US Dollars, the type she had never dreamt of.

This ruling cabal excises rulership and authority over a country of about 180 million citizens with over 300 ethnic nationalities through a collegiate group made up of only three tribes- the Fulani, Hausa and Kanuri. They are in power for only three reasons:
(1) Money
(2) Supremacist ethnic agenda
(3) Islamisation of the social, public,military and paramilitary spaces in Nigeria.

Nigerians should take note that in this evil project the entire APC leadership including State governors and ministers are stakeholders and also many privileged Nigerian elites. They are all benefiting from it through corrupt financial deals.

Written by a concerned Nigerian

Guys what is happening here?

Mynd44
Lalasticlala
Justwise
Seun


Modath

camobri:

U dont kne ur geography well. Delta doesnt share boundary wiyh Kogi

Mr geography, don't know the diff btw geography and Common boundary

They want to send us back to the Stone age

We the resident of the state are tired and frustrated by the ignorance of this guy..the guy just mumu finish looking for ways to raise fund for his father re-election come February, been his first son!

Pay salary e no fit!
Do project e no fit!

Half of lokoja the state capital is down without MTN and Airtel network

Was trying to find more info and then I saw this story which gives some info on the taxation and amounts being asked for by state revenue services and other parties
It's an interesting read

http://nigeriacommunicationsweek.com.ng/how-fg-states-local-councils-turn-telcos-to-cash-cows/


Declining income from the Federation Account due to the fall in oil prices; federal structure and the Constitution authorisation of certain items to be legislated across the three tiers of government, are among the causative factors why the telecoms in the country is over-regulated and multi-taxed.

This formed part of key message by Airtel Nigeria at the recent third quarterly seminar organised by IT reporters in Lagos, Shola Adeyemi, director, Legal & Regulatory Affairs/ Company Secretary, of the Company, noted that “drive to increase internally generated revenue particularly at the State and Local Government levels; and the notion that telecoms is a “cash cow” and should be the main target in raising revenue for state”, should be discouraged.

Adeyemi identified that mis-appreciation of the role of infrastructure in overall socio-economic development by taxation of infrastructure will constrain infrastructure deployment, whereas subsidizing deployment of same will facilitate broader tax revenues from the ensuing value chain of economic activity.

Although, the industry accounted for N640bn in license and spectrum fees & N220bn annually in taxes and regulatory fees; attracted significant Foreign Direct Investment; created over 3m jobs and contributed about N1.58trillion, accounting for 9.8% in GDP growth in second quarter 2016, based on National Bureau of Statistics report, the telecoms sector is heavily taxed.

How States Usurp Telcos On Right of Way
In the presentation, Airtel decried how Kogi, Kano, Delta, Rivers Abia, Oyo, amongst others charged huge fees on right of way, especially on Federal roads that pass through their States.

Although he didn’t state the year or period the fees were charged, but Adeyemi cited examples: “Kogi State Board of Internal Revenue demanded the total sum of N2, 295, 000, 000 as ground rent fees for fibre optic cables laid on Federal roads inspite of the fact that Airtel obtained Right of Way permit from the Federal Ministry of Works; Kano State Urban Planning & Development Authority (KNUPDA) demanded the sum of N196,250,000 as Right of Way fees for fibre optic cables laid along federal Highway. KNUPDA also demanded for the sum of N324, 250,000 as annual planning permit renewal fees inspite of the fact that planning permit is a one-off fee”.

“Delta State Ministry of Environment demanded for the sum of N733,000,000 as Ecology fees for the period 2007 -2015; Rivers State Internal Revenue Services demanded for the sum of N1,600,000 as Premises fitness fees;

“Abia State Ministry of Industry, Science & Technology demanded for the sum of N96,000, 000 as Business Premises permit. Base Stations are classified as Business Premises;

“(Oyo) State Board of Internal Revenue demanded for the sum of N3,000,000 as Business Premises fees.

“National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA) demanded for a total sum of N1,056,435,750.00 as right of way fees for fibre optic cables laid within the Federal Government’s Right of Way in Northern States inspite of the fact that similar fees had already been paid to Federal Ministry of Works.

Meanwhile, in May 2015, the office of Dr. (Mrs) Ngozi Okonjo-Iwuala, the erstwhile minister of Finance amended the Taxes and Levies (approved list for collection) Act Cap.T2, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004 (the Act).

By the foregoing, taxes for the Federal, State and Local Governments increased from 8 to 9, 11 to 25 and 20 to 21 items respectively; leading to new taxes such as Land use charge, Entertainment Tax, Environment (Ecology) fee, Infrastructure Maintenance Charge, Fire Service Charge, Property tax, Economic Development levy, Social Service Control levy. Caps placed on taxes such as business premises permit (N10,000) removed.

“The Amendment Order 2015,”Adeyemi said in his presentation, “legitimized multiple taxes & levies bedeviling telecoms industry and gave States unfettered powers to charge arbitrary fees”.

He also lamented that multiple taxation adversely impacts network costs, investment planning and business plan credibility; “Increased OPEX and lost revenue costs around N9bn each year depending on location and length of the shutdown. Adversely impacts other critical sectors (such as health, security, banking services, etc.) with attendant inevitable effect on the economy and affects emergency response and other related services which rely on communications services”.

Effects of Multiple Taxation
“Possible diversion of Foreign Direct Investments to other jurisdictions considered more investor-friendly; industry may not be able to adequately support Law Enforcement Agencies to investigate crimes at affected locations; probable barrier to broadband roll out with attendant adverse impact on internet penetration and services; unconventional tactics employed by the MDAs for the collection of the levies result in damage and injury to operators’ staff and property; and affects accurate business planning and forecasting which is critical for corporate growth”.

Adeyemi further called for political will, persuasive campaigns, cross‐sector and cross‐ministry coordination and executive power to implement and enforce the end of the multiple taxation regime.

“Airtel also aligns with industry stakeholders in canvassing for an implementation of a national strategy that will increase awareness of these issues and educate all about the impact of such acts, including the legal consequences; undertake critical review of current Taxes and Levies (Approved List for Collection); and expedited development and approval of a legal instrument to accord telecommunications networks the status and legal protection of Critical National Infrastructure”.

He said, “At 150m subscriber threshold and 107% penetration (June 16), telecoms plays a key role as an economic enabler and social overhead capital (SOC) with a 7% contribution to GDP.

“Stronger collaboration of relevant stakeholders required to address incidence of multiple taxation in order to ensure that the Quality of Service is improved upon for the ultimate benefit of the country”.

Let Kogi people go back Traditional means of Communication

Not will face telecommunication blackout, we are already facing telecommunication blackout since one week in kogi state no mtn network in all obajana. More especially all works working in dangote cement plant is out of mtn network.

Ttipsy:
Mr geography, don't know the diff btw geography and Common boundary

Jezz, why are u so dumb? Dont reply pls. Go back to secondary schl

We are already facing telecommunication blackout.

Foolish people pay your tax only fools/5% people will support you on this you can't be making money here and use it to sponsor South Africa league

Go and pay your levy

Ttipsy:
Geographically Delta is also supposed to be affected hence Edo and Anambra are listed

should I say its a fake info?
wtf?

The info is real, most telcom services are in black out. The sealing of those mast started over a week now. I am presently in lokoja.

This is the more reason why the new slogan. ATIKU PLEASE COME....