Islie:
https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-fowler-replies-kyari-says-recession-oil-price-affected-tax-revenue

sapele914:
Rubbish assumption,it is just due process,Babatunde Fowler is coming back unopposed,if they don't do it,people like your type will still complain,"Wailing Wailers".

DeLaRue:
Good. I've been trying to explain to a PDP friend of mine.

He texted me this morning telling me how, APC has underperformed GEJ PDP in tax collections, upon all the noise. He seemed very happy about the 'bad news'.

Some Nigerians wish for & celebrate bad news about their country, purely for party political reasons

agabusta:


Fowler is coming back. That was the same way some people came up with a 500 million fraud when Emefiele was about to be reappointed for another term to discourage PMB from reappointing him but they failed.

Buhari is a conservative. He would rather stick with an old hand who has not totally messed up than experiment with a new hand.

Back2Daura:
Former president Goodluck Jonathan we are so sorry...

Shoodboi:
A major feature of dictatorships and weak democracies like Nigeria is their weak institutions.

Is Abba Kyari, a Chief of Staff to the President, allowed to query the head of a federal agency like FIRS?

The answer is definitely a no. But he does it anyway because of the absence of strong institutions and checks and balances in the system.

VillagePipu:


Akuri
See your life?

chinedu234:
Mr Fowler may think himself too smart. By the time US dollar is brought into the mix,the half smart man will realize how stupid his answer as per non oil tax revenue is. For those that may not understand,the non oil tax revenue of Fowler is less than 50% of same nominal value under Jonathan era.

AK481:
Another southerner !!!

So GEJ collected more tax than this man? How come they lied to us?

Awoo88:

something dey do you for head!!! you never type before with a glass of Orinin Bitters in one hand?

higgs:
Some FIRS offices e.g Awka are asking newly registered companies to pay 250K for tax clearance. Excessive taxation can actually slow down the economy and ultimately lead to low tax revenues.A more reasonable approach is to tax moderately but ensure that more people/companies pay taxes.

higgs:
Some FIRS offices e.g Awka are asking newly registered companies to pay 250K for tax clearance. Excessive taxation can actually slow down the economy and ultimately lead to low tax revenues. A more reasonable approach is to tax moderately but ensure that more people/companies pay taxes.

VillagePipu:


See your life again?

Winning123:
Olodo, read Fowler's response again

agabusta:


Fowler is coming back. That was the same way some people came up with a 500 million fraud when Emefiele was about to be reappointed for another term to discourage PMB from reappointing him but they failed.

Buhari is a conservative. He would rather stick with an old hand who has not totally messed up than experiment with a new hand.

olayinka63:
The reply was explicit enough

Bluntemperor:
I am not a politician neither do I wish to be one in future.But the way and manner Politics is played in Nigeria is ridiculous to say the least.Is Mr Fowler not competent to be appointed to the post of FIRS as boss?Yes.,So why the fuss?.was it because he was recommended by Tinubu,so we expect the man to fall?.Why I we so devilish? why do we wish evil to befalls people once we are not in the same political arena?. Could someone else have apointed Mr Fowler, everything will be okay then.Mr Kyari could have raised issues on Accounting just to get the true knowledge and pictures of the situation before the Presidency,but does that meant Fraud,afterall,that area is not Mr Kyari's Specialisation.Believed Bloggers at you own peril!!! .

FarahAideed:


That's not issue here , the issue is the same govt earlier claimed to have broken all records in revenue collection but this query is saying something else

BOAR:


Show me where they claimed they’ve broken ALL records under ALL Tax heads

Most of you Ipob miscreants are illiterates ..and that is not an insult by any stretch of the imagination

FarahAideed:


You were even among those here celebrating lies then but today you want to shift gear and claim tax heads ..just yesterday you even claimed the query was fake

BOAR:


It’s too early in the morning to be foaming uncontrollably from the mouth.

Quote anywhere I claimed the letter was fake or I “celebrated”

FarahAideed:


Give me minute

BOAR:


I’m even ready to give you a whole year to scrutinize my post history

FarahAideed:


Okay I mistook you for another Nairalander

hawwal84:


Can kindly explain this point in details?

Thanks as you create time to expatiate on this view.

chinedu234:

Mr Fowler stated that his FIRS made about #1.1trn through Vat in 2018 and claims that it surpasses the 2012 record of #800bn made under the Jonathan administration. What everyone should simply do is divide both sums by the prevailing USD rates at the different periods. For instance in 2012 Usd was at about #150. In 2018 it became #360(min). When you do the arithmetic the figures that may emerge are $5,333m for 2012 and $3,055m for 2018. If you use the usd value of 2012 to seek the naira value of Fowler's collections for 2018, you will have a sum of about #458.33bn. Whereas the present Usd rate on the 2012 collections would be about #3.96trn. This is how economics thought us.

Mariory:


Why are you converting the Naira amount into Dollars without taking into account the price of oil during both periods? I'm intrigued what sort of economics thaught you that.