Opinion

Many Nigerians hold the notion and presume wrongfully that every money invested in various development projects by the three tiers of government came from one loan or the other. The fact is that most of the money deployed to finance national development in this country was generated internally through the efforts of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS). The rejuvenated FIRS is now turbocharged in its revenue drive to ensure that the country continues to finance the provision of transportation infrastructure, expansion in power generation, transmission and distribution and giving greater access to tertiary education to develop the necessary skilled…

Revenue generation is very critical to the survival of a country or otherwise all over the world. It is non-debatable that most poor countries of the world are poor because they have a problem of revenue. To fix the problem of revenue generation in most developing and emerging markets, the national and sub-national governments of such countries pay more than a passing interest in the operations and management of the countries' internal or inland revenue bureaus/services/boards which supervise revenue collection, aside from placing other programmes and policies to shore up their revenue base. In Nigeria, the Federal Inland Revenue Service(FIRS)…

The Federal Inland Revenue Service as we know it is the federal government agency charged with mobilizing revenues through tax collections across the length and breadth of Nigeria for the development of the country. At a time when the country is witnessing a significant reduction in oil revenues (Nigeria’s major revenue earner) as a result of several factors, such as low levels of oil production, oil theft and the global oil glut, the Buhari administration has had to devise creative ways of generating revenues for the execution of numerous government projects. With this policy direction and initiative, the Federal Inland…

APC Presidential Rally In Jalingo, Taraba State Might End In Chaos By Ezekiel Meshach The All Progressive Congress, APC has fixed Friday 20th January for it presidential rally but with the current realities, it is crystal clear that the event might end up bloody and disastrous. The height of internal wrangling within the state level of the party is a big threat to the success of the event. Trouble started when the embattled governorship candidate of Taraba, Emmanuel Bwacha was said to have gone behind the minister of Transportation who’s also the state coordinator for the Tinubu/Shettima campaign council to…

Last week, Mr Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), showed his electoral strength with visits to Delta, Anambra, and Enugu states, where he held hugely successful campaign rallies. By now, His Excellency Peter Obi has solidified his reputation as an ethical candidate who has rejected the politics of corruption, inducement, and crowd-buying. By doing so, he has set himself apart from his main rivals. The crowds at the Labour Party rallies in Delta, Anambra, and Enugu were genuine passionate believers in Obi’s candidacy and the Obidient Movement. They have decided to entrust Nigeria to prudent hands…

Just like his name implies, ‘Uzor’, meaning ‘Road’, and braced with the numerous roads attracted to Abia North Senatorial District, by Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, which he also extended to other areas outside his constitutional jurisdiction, one would be quick to say, Orji Uzor Kalu, is only concerned about road constructions. It would be ridiculous however, to peg Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, to just building roads. Orji Kalu, is a polished and updated leader, who knows the importance of roads as a step towards developing Abia North communities. He is also systematically touching Abia North, by giving the District, the…

By Kelechi Okoronkwo A major take-away from the just concluded Seventh General Assembly of the African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) which held in Lagos, Nigeria, from October 31 to November 4, 2022 is that tax money must be put into good use if more tax revenue is to be generated. Heads of tax agencies from 42 African countries and more than 500 other participants, comprising of 380 registered participants who attended physically, 100 registered participants who participated virtually and about 65 participants who were members of dignitaries’ entourage, were welcomed in Lagos with that simple statement of fact; and that…

"A politician thinks of the next election, a statesman the next generation" ~Mark Twain. When I read in the news that Sen. Ben Ayade the Executive Governor of Cross River State and the Candidate of the APC for the northern Senatorial District in 2023 had in his characteristic humour revealed that he was not just a professor but a prophet it made sense to me. I Could recall that in 2020 at the peak of the Covid '19 outbreak, while the world was still running helter-skelter in search of measures, preventive or proactive Sen. Ayade declared that movement should continue…

For a man, who barely sleep three (3) hrs out of the 24 hrs given by nature in a day, it is of good detailing to enable us appreciate, what the over 21hrs of his daily activities represents, as expressed in the successes of the most Distinguish Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, for the proper guide and understanding of our younger voters ahead of the 2023 elections . Gleaned from good parental upbringings, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, was quick to understand the relative issues bordering the society. In his early stage, his relationship with people and his humane consciousness gave him…