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Budget 2010: Bumpy Road Ahead

Shareby Jerry Uwah

The scene of the world economy is changing rapidly. By this time last year, economic projectors were working on assumptions that the financial meltdown imposed on the globe by the reckless risk managers of America’s unruly mortgage industry would take oil prices to $30 per barrel from an all-time high of $147. [...]

December 1, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Jerry Uwah  Comments

Let’s Pray

Shareby Sam Nda-Isaiah
Let us pray for our president, but let us pray even more earnestly for the Federal Republic of Nigeria. It should be clear by now that there is a millstone around Nigeria’s neck that only fervent prayers can crack. Our situation is now so dire that our prayers must include that God give [...]

November 30, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Sam Nda-Isaiah  Comments

Governors And Taxes

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Last Wednesday in Abuja, governors of the 36 states agreed to pay more attention to the collection of taxes. That is a good move, but I only hope the governors know exactly what they are going into. Collection of taxes is a very serious business in virtually every other country of the world except [...]

November 29, 2009  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Sam Nda-Isaiah  Comments

States And Internally Generated Revenue

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Leadership Editorial
At the end of a three-day conference last week, state governors under the aegis of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum stressed the need to increase their states’ internally generated revenue (IGR). It was a wake-up call, albeit a belated one. The global economic meltdown, the fall of oil prices in the international market and [...]

November 29, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Leadership  Comments


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