Exploring PPP options for subnational IGR expansion
MARTIN Ike-Muonso
May 22, 2023
Many subnational governments in Nigeria cannot generate enough money to meet their demands for more taxable assets. Yet it is wholesome that they continuously create tax bases at a matching pace to sustain independent revenue growth at levels consistent with population growth and modern public goods demands. But delivering on this expected goal is fraught […]
Africa’s long walk to unity
Olukayode OyeleyeMay 15, 2023
SATURDAY, May 25, 1963, remains a memorable day in the history of the African continent. “This is indeed a momentous and historic day for Africa and for all Africans. We stand today on the stage of the world affairs before the audience of world opinion. We have come together to assert our role in the […]
Catalysing subnational IGR growth with the “One Kindred One Business” initiative
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoMay 8, 2023
Communal efforts dominated economic growth and development in Nigeria’s pre- and post-colonial periods. Town unions, religious groups, women’s associations, age grades and so on rallied to build community schools, worship houses, markets, and other social infrastructures and collectively owned enterprises benefiting virtually everybody. Apart from public infrastructure, some communities also offered scholarships to their academically […]
Facilitating in-country diasporic for subnational IGR growth
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoApril 24, 2023
Migration always takes centre stage when most ethnic groups trace their origin and why they are in their current location. Large-scale translocations still define the modern world. Historically, such a large-scale exodus of people resulted from social and economic factors such as war, famine, the search for water, land and other natural resources, etc. Transatlantic […]
Africa’s leadership bright spots, dark blots and fading stars (7)
Olukayode OyeleyeApril 18, 2023
TINY AND ISOLATED LIGHTS and cameras are insufficient to illuminate or view the continent of Africa in any meaningful attempt to highlight its challenges. But sadly, that is what is being done presently by leaders of African countries. On the contrary, countries outside Africa with profound interest in the continent have a barrage of information […]
IROs, illegal sticker tax collectors and heavy-duty commercial vehicles
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoApril 17, 2023
Beyond the fees from motor licensing, which is all-vehicle embracing, commercial vehicles stand out as a significant source of revenue for subnational governments. As of 2018, commercial vehicles constitute approximately 56 percent of Nigeria’s 11.8 million vehicle population, according to the Nigeria Bureau of Statistics. The sea of yellow-painted ‘Danfo’ buses adorning Lagos State road […]
Africa’s leadership bright spots, Dark blots and fading stars (6)
Olukayode OyeleyeApril 3, 2023
AFRICA, THE CONTINENT that was once described as “hopeless” by The Economist magazine in its May 13, 2000 edition, is now becoming a cynosure, a centre of attraction and diplomatic battleground for superpowers of the Western and Eastern power blocs. China, European Union bloc, Japan, Russia and the US are now increasingly making their presence […]
Deploying synergistic federalism for sustained subnational IGR growth
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoApril 3, 2023
As we gradually approach May 29, the expectations are running high on the most efficacious therapeutics to manage the country’s massive socio-economic catastrophe and successfully navigate out of its current morass. Over the past eight years, an unequalled dark cloud of insecurity and economic hopelessness prevailed nationwide. National indebtedness hit the rooftops in a dimension […]
Africa’s leadership bright spots, dark blots and fading stars (5)
Olukayode OyeleyeMarch 27, 2023
TWO PAULS are political celebrities and are currently very popular in Africa for about the same reasons. They have both been at the helm of affairs for so long in two nearly contiguous countries in practically the same region of Africa. The two countries are known to speak both English and French as official languages. […]
Local government and the challenges of IGR expansion
MARTIN Ike-MuonsoMarch 20, 2023
Independent revenue generation is central to the charge of local governments. The Nigerian three-tier federal structure specifies performance expectations from each level. Because it is the closest to the people, local governments are to champion grassroots development. It has some measure of constitutionally defined albeit nebulous fiscal autonomy to perform this role effectively. That autonomy […]