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Ogun is losing it. Period!!! Lagos, Oyo and Ogun States are the only ones of the 6 states of the southwest completing the first term in a few days.  Lagos is commissioning projects to round off! I have lost count of both private-sector projects and government-inspired ones.  Oyo has done an investment summit in London and has commissioned an ultra-modern Lodge in Abuja.  Pray what is my beloved Ogun doing to round off the first term, nothing absolutely nothing.  Time was when the story was different, I have no recollection of any time in this democracy where Ogun was so uninspiring.  It is sobering and required all true-born, indigenes, residents, friends and lovers of Ogun State to not slip into indolence, to do so is to be guilty of aiding and supporting what will make the present handlers fall asleep on duty, I hate leaders who play to the gallery, and it seems that is what has become of us, there is no point crying over spilt milk, what we must p...

A governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State during the just concluded 2023 elections, Otunba Segun Showunmi has sent his heartwarming congratulations to the billionaire entrepreneur, Alhaji Aliko Dangote over the successful completion and commissioning of the $18bn Dangote Refineries at Ibeju Lekki on Monday. Otunba Segun Showunmi in a statement made available to journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun State capital on Monday, disclosed that Aliko Dangote has just demonstrated another 'can do spirit, courage' and resilience of Nigerians which is worthy of emulation to birth a country that is taking its place in industrial revolution to provide jobs for its teeming citizens. Showunmi was however not happy that the $18bn investment which was originally designed to be sited at Olokola Free Trade Zone in Ogun Waterside Local Government area of the state was in controversial manner lost to Lagos State. This reportedly happened under the administrati...

A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ogun State, Otunba Segun Showunmi has joined millions across the globe to celebrate the Awujale and Paramount ruler of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona on the auspicious occasion of his 89 birthday Otunba Segun Showunmi, while rejoicing with Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona on the occasion of his 89th birthday, described the highly revered royal father as an epitome of class, candour and rare gift of leadership and administration that has distinguished his 63 years reign not only in Ogun State but across the nation. The Egba born politician saluted the Awujale for his love for humanity and selflessness which drives his various philanthropic gestures such as the construction of Institute for Governance Studies Building Complex at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye built and commissioned to commemorate the royal father's 89th birthday on Wednesday, May 10. Showunmi said "You are the monarch that has the respect o...

Let me start with three proverbs, if they don't want you in a city, do not raise song. If you do, nobody will join you to sing it. Tax is not something people enjoy to pay especially when they cannot see corresponding benefits; Hence,  making it difficult is like someone not wanted in a city raising songs.(Yoruba Proverb) The second proverb is that a man they want to roast as suya that rub palm oil on his body and then stand beside fire thereby making the work of those who want to roast him easy. When people are looking for how to avoid tax, do not compound the problem by making payment difficult for them. The last proverb is that palm oil and white clothes are not friends.Tax payers and difficult payment systems are not compatible. 1. Any student of Taxation knows that one Major principle of tax administration is that it must be easy to pay. 2. This is hinged on the Canon of Convenience among others by Adam Smith. 3. Recently acceptance certificate for asset worth N500...