What the six geopolitical zones contributed to the VAT pool and received in 2024
1. SOUTH WEST
Contributed: N3.11trn
Received: N849.71bn (27.4%)
2. SOUTH SOUTH
Contributed: N1.08trn
Received: N543.49bn (50.3%)
3. NORTH WEST
Contributed: N211.27bn
Received: N574.32bn (271.8%)
4. NORTH EAST
Contributed: N174.50bn
Received: N411.84bn (236%)
5. NORTH CENTRAL
Contributed: N154.54bn
Received: N408.66bn (264.4%)
6. SOUTH EAST
Contributed: N101.09bn
Received: N341.46bn (337.8%)
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Why The Yoruba Are Always on Top Without Gragra
Stop thinking that Yorubas are sycophantic because they value respect, and they use it to great effect. That type of mentality is why you are going nowhere fast. Let go of your ego, or you will not go far. Observe. Learn. There is a method in the madness.
God Who created you also loves to be respected and praised. It is in the Jewish Tanakh, the Christian Bible and the Islamic al-Quran. Psalm 22:3 says God inhabits the praises of His people. And Psalm 138:1 says those who reverence God are blessed. Man is made in God's Image. If God loves it, His creatures would also love it.
Are you also going to fault God for desiring to be respected and praised?
If you like, let pride make you continue in 'I bow to no one' and 'I call nobody sir'. If an arrow cannot bend backwards, it will not also fly forward. Try jumping up without first bending down. If you can do it with video evidence, I will bow to you.
The reason why the Yoruba dominate in corporate Nigeria is not because they are smarter than you. You are probably as intelligent as they are. No. It is because they understand the principle of honouring authority.
An authority figure will warm to someone who honours them before considering a person who does not rate their position.
Joseph and Daniel are strangers who ruled Egypt and Babylon. What was their secret? Daniel bowed to Nebuchadnezzar, and Joseph bowed to Pharaoh. After bowing, they started blowing.
As you resume work tomorrow, put this ancient secret of the Yorubas to work. Start treating your boss with the highest respect. Forget about the fact that you are more intelligent than him.
Use sir, please, and thank you to finish him. Bow slightly to greet him. Laugh at his useless jokes. Make him feel like an alpha, even if he is a beta.
You say you can't do it? Look at your President. A man of immense wealth and considerable political sagacity. He met Alhaji Dantata before he became President and bowed to him. Then, he met him again AFTER becoming President and still bowed to him.
Take a cue from the master of the game, President Tinubu, and stoop to conquer.
Reno Omokri
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