eac e
Happy
Buffday
The
desert;
Angola
is
busy
lending
money
to
its
colonisers,
and
then
ther e
is
us…
Let's
just
say
we
ar e
not
making
the
most
of
this
boom.
Billings
Galore
The
pr esidency
has
been
very
active
in
r ecent
times;
at
some
point,
Pr esident
Buhari
was
in
the
US ,
while
Uncle
Y emi
was
in
the
UK.
However ,
something
important
happened
However in
this
Nigeria,
ther
is
always
gist.
It's
why
the
most
popular
accounts
social
media
gossip
platforms.
All
hail
Nigeria,
agba
c
independence
celebration, tuale for
the
birthday
boy!
62
looking
22!
W e
celebrate
our
fr eedom
fr om
the
queen;
long
live
the
king.
Birthdays
ar e
a
good
time
to reminisce
lik e
alaga
and
spray
pure
water on
the
celebrant
(tr enches
mode).
A
nation's
independence
is
always
a
good
thing
to
commemorate,
and
this
one
is
no
ex ception.
Our
positive
GDP
r eport
of
3 .54%
shows
our
r esilience
in
the
middle
of
a
global
r ecession.
For
the
first
time
in
over
five
years,
we
also
exported
mor e
than
we
imported
(even
if
it's
just
oil).
And
the
best
news
of
all;
Ololade
Mr
Money
has
continued
to
give
us bangers. At
least
even
in
our
sapa‑dominated
society we
would
still
dance Joha.
Stop
the
Count
D e s p i t e o u r l i t t l e v i c t o r i e s , i n fl a t i o n c o n t i n u e s t o d e f e a t u s Remember
when
we
complained
that
it
was
too
high
at
11%,
the
last
figur e
by
the
NBS
was
20 .5%,
with
food
prices
rising
by
23 .1%.
The
last
time
inflation
was
this
high
was
in
2005 ,
so
it's
really
a
big
deal. But bad
as
e
bad, we
ar e
not
even
in
the
top
10
countries
with
the
highest
inflation
rates
–
this
one
is gbogbo
ero
in flation
(e
touch
While
the
UK
is
fully
in
billing
season,
the
federal
government
of
Nigeria
is
avoiding
its
own
with
all
ferocity
as
regards
ASUU At
some
point,
we
need
to
have
a
conversation
of
who
strik es
better;
Thor ,
Sango
or
ASUU .
E ver ywhere
R
The
truth
is
that
some
things
are
not
good
but
at
rock
bottom,
how
werser
can
it
get?
3 62
e
on
ar e
o n t e n t c r e a t o r T h e b i g g e s t g i s t t o d a y h o w e v e r i s o u r
everybody). Do
Y ou
Have
a
Hoil? Oil
prices
have
since
cr ossed
the
$100
per
barr el
mark,
whether
we'r e
making
the
most
fr om
it
is
a
question
for
the
gods.
Despite
the
oil
boom,
our
pr oduction
has
dr opped
significantly ,
falling
below
Angola
and
Libya,
all
thanks
to
theft
and
bunk ering;
mor e
than
300 , 000
b a r r e l s h a v e b e e n s t o l e n d a i l y I m e a n , t h e r e i s h o p e ; w i t h
government
T ompolo,
a
former
militant,
getting
the
contract
to
safeguard
our
pipelines,
what
could
go
wr ong?
I
C
In
P
‑
A G
painful
thing
is
that
with
this
oil
boom,
Saudi
is
busy
building
a
sustainable
city
in
the
middle
of
the
that
pr obably
went
under
the
curtains.
Just
in
August,
Pr esident
Buhari
signed
eight
bills
passed
by
the
national
assembly These
bills
cover
policy
changes
for
pr ofessions
lik e
counselling,
aviation,
social
works.
It's
not
only
Mr
Pr esident
who
dealt
with
bills.
With
the
queen's
death,
we
hear
that
burial
arrangements
cost
the
UK
at
least
$9
million;
with
the
cost
of
living
and
inflation
alr eady
up,
they
ar e
r eally
going
thr ough
it.
ed E ver ything
don
cost; it's
the
story
of
the
world
today;
the
cost
of
living
has
basically
shot
up
by
mor e
than
200%,
according
to
the
Consumer
W atch
Index.
E ven
the
richest
man
in
the
world,
Elon
Musk,
is
feeling
it.
After
agr eeing
to
buy
T witter man
is
having
a
r ethink.
W orse
still,
T witter
is
witnessing
its
worst
security
br each
in
years,
we
dey
obsa f Sapa
has
hit
everybody;
even
Ferrari,
which
used
to
only
mak e
two‑door
cars,
is
now
doing
four ‑door;
they
must
sha
appeal
to
the
mass
mark et.
As
things
ar e
r ed,
Russian
men
ar e
running
away
fr om
the
country
because
of
mobilization;
things
ar e
r eally
r ed. Naija
R ocks I n t h i s l i fe , t h re e t h i n g s a re c o n s t a n t : O n e B a n k b e i n g re l i a b l e ,
Bar celona
losing
to
Bayern
Munich
and
people japaing. Y ou
people
ar e
taking
this japa seriously;
the
Ministry
of
Interior
says
passport
issuance
has
risen
by
38%
since
the
start
of
the
year They
also
say
mor e
than
5 000
Nigerians
have
r elocated
since
the
beginning
of
the
year;
you
people
should
be
calming
down. For
those
that
ar e
still
her e
or
have
had
their
visa
applications
r ejected,
ther e
is
hope
that
Nigeria
will
be
better ,
especially
as
the
r eason
most
young
Nigerians
have
not
been
passionate
about
the
country
Big
Br other
–
is
finally
coming
to
an
end.
Lik e
the
famous
writer
says,
east
to
west;
Nigeria
is
the
best.
W e
have
struggled
but
with
the
election,
ther e
seems
to
be
a
new
light
at
the
end
of
the
tunnel;
a
new
beginning
and
an
opportunity
to
mak e
a
change. Lets
mak e
use
of
our
PVC
for
that
change.
The
world
is
an
intriguing
place
to
be
oh.
On
some
days,
a
year's
worth
of
events
can
happen
in
a
day ,
and
on
other
days,
nothing
happens
at
all 01 F rom
the
US ,
UK
to
the
rest
of
Europe,
nobody
is
ex cluded
from
the
cold
hands
of
increased
prices.
As
we
approach
the
ember
months
and
winter ,
e n e r g y p r i c e s c o u l d s o a r e v e n m o r e a c r o s s
Europe;
maybe
they
should
start
looking
at
coal?
E ver y
countr y's
economic
journey
begins
from
somewhere,
you
know ,
started
from
the
bottom
now
they
are
here.
Think
about
it,
befor
the
and
The
Alternative
W ay
So,
if
this
sector
is
this
big
and
this
important;
why
then
ar e
is
the
government
not
making
the
most
of
it.
In
any
society ,
the
two
hardest
things
to
do
for
the
informal
sector
is
regulate
and
tax.
It's
lik e
looking
for
an
honest
politician.
Its
why
despite
been
worth
mor e
than
$1.2
trn,
the
tax
caption
is
bar ely
5%.
Y es,
Nigeria
has
a
bad
tax
cultur e
sha;
even
the
organiz ed
formal
sector
is
only
about
9%
tax ed.
But
why
is
taxing
the
informal
sector
even
important
for
the
government
considering
that
it
has
continued
to
flourish
without
their
interfer ence?
we
had
smaller
that
formed
the
of
our
society
T o
improve
our
common
welfare,
it
is
paramount
for
us
as
citiz ens
to
do
our
duties
as
people
with
government
doing
their
own
too.
5
e
big
scr eens
on
W all
Str eet
Br oad
Str eet;
unstructur ed
businesses
backbone
It
is
why
unstructur ed
businesses
continue
to
be
a
significant
driver
of
employment
and
development
even
in
the
most
developed
economies.
For
Nigeria
and
other
developing
countries,
they
ar e
even
mor e
m a s s i v e a n d n e c e s s a r y. A c c o r d i n g t o t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l L a b o u r
Organization, 85 8%
of
employment
is
informal,
and
we
have
heard
that
the
sector
mak es
up
about
50%
of
our
GDP the
highest
in
Africa. Started
F rom
The
Bottom E v e r y m e m b e r of t h e i nfo r m a l s e c t o r p a y s s o m e fo r m of t a x Association
oh,
local
government
and
the
lik es.
So,
it
is
not
that
they
ar e
tax ‑fr ee.
However most
of
that
money
is
lost
with
the
babas
and
mamas
of
middle
management.
Y o u r t a x i s s u p p o s e d t o h e l p i m p r o v e a n d m a i n t a i n p u b l i c
infrastructur e
and
even
security The
poor er
the
government
the
poor er
the
maintenance
of
those
structur es.
In
Nigeria's
case,
oil
was
always
enough
but
these
days ; na
sapa
dey
reign. Its
why
we
ar e
pr oud
to
talk
about
,
we
hear
that
it
is
specifically
TBH made
for
informal
and
small
businesses.
Y ou
see
it's
not
just
talks,
we
gat
you. Already
Billed
It's
not
that
nobody
has
thought
about
this,
but
it's
not
so
easy
to
do.
The
truth
is
that
businesses
in
the
informal
sector
lack
support
fr om
the
government,
so
you
can't
exactly
r eap
wher e
you
did
not
sow It's
also
very
difficult
to
sufficiently
know
the
amount
of
businesses
ther e
sef
Let's
not
begin
to
talk
about
the
lack
of
transpar ency underG money
and
multiple
tax es
monitor ed
by
association; underG money
that
doesn't
get
to
the
government
but
is
only
spent
by
territorial
landlords
who
enfor ce
the
fees
thr ough
for ce
and
fear
out
the
best
way
to
tax
the
informal
sector
and
mak
W e
then
need
to
that
whatever
tax
is
paid
of
In
Ghana,
for
example,
with
compar
fr
them.
Brazil,
on
the
other
document
few
eturns
to
mak
the
sector
better
rather
than
in
the
pock
beat
them,
Simples
initiative,
technology
operation
and
understand
the
sector
chance
to
There
is
also
the
good
part
of
ensuring
that
small
businesses
are
not
overtax ed.
Outside
of
the
gains
for
government,
taxation
helps
to
develop
the
informal
sector
and
improve
one
of
Nigeria's
most
important
spaces.
6
figur e
e
sur e
r
e
ets
a
88%
informal
employment;
tax es
ar e
collected
thr ough
associations
and
gr oups.
Its
tax ‑to‑ GDP
is
9 .2%
ed
to
6 .3%
for
Nigeria.
At
least
if
you
can't
learn
om
hand
thr ough
its
issues
one
covering
all
the
tax es
per
household;
a
copy
is
shar ed
acr oss
all
levels
of
government.
With
,
ther e
is
even
a
first
understand
the
mode
of
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digital banking
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finance,
a
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live
on
your
terms
and
you
are
anyone
free
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want
to
be. Follow
us
Earn.
Learn.
Fun Introducing TrybeOne
If
o
A
New
Dispensation
Despite
how
popular japa
has
become;
people
don't
r eally
talk
about
the
inher ent
cost
of
japa.
Japa
in
itself
is
not
for
the
faint‑hearted!
Apart
fr om
the
cost
of
losing
skilled
r esour ces
for
the
economy nobody
talks
about
the
division
that
happens
among
families
and
friends.
abr oad
the
eally
call
yourself
true
Nigerian?
Think
about
it.
I
can't
even
count
the
number
of
times
I
have
seen
Sola
Sobowale's
“W elcome
to
a
new
dispensation”
meme
on
people's
feeds
and
stories.
Las
las,
the
last
person
to
leave
Nigeria
should
turn
off
the
light
because o
por! As
popular
as japa has
become,
a
short
trip
down
memory
lane
will
show
you
that
ther e
is
nothing
new
about
the
concept
of japa, apart
fr om
the
slang
itself
T
e
a t
When
the
elders
say
that
20
childr en
don't
play
together
for
20
years
–
they
wer e
r eferring
to
the
effects
of japa. Inter estingly
this japa issue
is
not
a
Nigerian
thing
alone;
I
even
dar e
to
say
we
ar e
not
even
in
the
top
20
countries
with
migration wahala.
According
to
the
International
Organisation
of
Migration,
Egypt
is
even
the
only
African
country
in
the
top
20 in
terms
of
international
migrants
ar ound
the
world.
In
fact,
Africa
is
behind
Asia,
Eur ope
and
North
America.
This
is
because
unlik e
those
continents,
the
barrier
of
entry
is
higher
for
Africans;
and
for
Nigerians,
the
pr essur e
is
even werser!
gr own
by
over
since
2016
it's
a
case
of
ther e
is
nothing
new
under
the
sun
–
apart
fr om
this
new
edition
of
Serious
(*winks*).This
time
we
tell
the
story
of
japa
the
way
no
one
says
it.
W e
br eak
the
japa
myth.
Japa
No
Be
T
The
older
generation
(Millennials and
GenX) will
r emember
the
popular
T V
advert
on
NT A
(well
nobody
is
watching
that
one
again) wher e
a
man
named
Andr ew
pack ed
up
his
things
to
leave
because
he
was
tir ed
of
the
country His
people
begged
him
not
to
go,
saying
that
Nigeria
would
be
gr eat
again.
In
those
days,
even
though
leaving
Nigeria
was
easier
than
it
is
today
(just
go
to
the
US
embassy),
it
was
easier
to
convince
fictional
Andr ew
not
to
leave
with
pr omises
of
a
better
Nigeria.
It
was
a
matter
of
gr eat
concern
to
the
government
that
young
skilled
work ers
wer e
leaving,
so
much
so
that
the
government
started
putting
out
campaigns
to
encourage
people
to
stay
It
is
even
on
r ecord
that
federal
government
delegates
went
on
tours
of
the
US
and
the
UK
to
Most
people
who
encourage
Nigerians
to
tak e
the
bold
step
forget
how
expensive
japa
is,
so
in
our
habit
of
not
minding
our
business,
we
have
tried
to
calculate
what
it
will
cost
using
the
most
popular
r oute
today
Again
we
ar e
just
thinking
out
loud (not
pro‑japa
but
T oronto
is
sweet
at
this
time
of
the
year).
F r om
the
time
you
thInk
about japaing to
the
day
you
settle
in
a
new
country;
one
thing
that
will
be
constant
is
billing.
Whether
its
school;
billing,
work;
billing, gbogbotigbo; billing.
While
many
Nigerians
desir e
to
move
abr oad,
a
huge
per centage
of
the
population
can't
aff or d
to
pay
the
costs
associated
with
this
journey So,
yeah,
many
people
will japa, but
even
mor e
will
r emain.
W elcome
T
oday!
at
this
point
you
don't
have
at
least
one
r elative
or
friend
in
the
or
planning
to
go
befor e
end
of
the
year ,
can
you
r
a
convince
Nigerians
to
come
back
home
–
nowadays?
God
abeg! “ The
biggest
driver
of
japa
is
sapa” ‑
Unknown
Nigerian
h
r
e o f s k i l l e d a n d s t u d e n t m i g r a t i o n h a s
400%
,
02 Br eaking
the My th
o f
Japa ‑
A G 8 Nigerians
Are
Not
Japaing
As
Much
As
Y ou
Think! Japa
Is
Not
For
The
Poor
