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A. There is no doubt about the fact that President Tinubu mean well for Nigeria and Nigerians. B. He is one Politician on Nigeria's soil that has found help from the throne of Grace and that is why he won both primary and the Presidential election. C. There is also no doubt that he has been preparing for this position from the day he resigned from MOBIL. D. The actions he took immediately he assumed office actually proved that he was prepared for the job.  E. Removal of Fuel Subsidy, CBN Governor and the unification of Foreign Exchange policies are clear indications of a prepared man. However, in recent times, I have been disturbed by the plan of the government to give N8,000 cash palliative to 12m poor Nigerians for six months. Below are the reasons why Cash palliative should be AVOIDED.  1.N8,000 to 12m Nigerians will result in N96 Billion a month and N576 Billion in six months. 2. Cash palliative does not befit a country that has not reach OPTIMAL  PRODUCTI...

One of the leading opposition figures in Nigeria and the Peoples Democratic Party Governorship aspirant in the just concluded election in Ogun state, Chief Segun Showunmi has sent another petition to the newly appointed Inspector General of Police Egbetokun to investigate Governor Dapo Abiodun's men that assaulted him. While congratulating the new Police Boss, Showunmi described him as the longstanding and highly experiemced officer of the law, he therefore said that Police Boss will succeed.  Chief Showunmi in the same vein had written an open petition to the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu last week immediately he was announced in the news. In another open petition made available to newsmen in Abeokuta, the Peoples Democratic Party stalwart gave a robust account of how some hoodlums who claimed to be the instruments of the All Progressive Congress assulted him at the election petition tribunal hearing in Abeokuta. The ugly incident which happened on June 5, with men...

The Peoples Democratic Party Governorship Candidate in the 2023 election, who is also the Otunba Fiwagboye of Idoani, Otunba Segun Showunmi has appealled to the newly appointed National Security Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu to help tame the Governor of Ogun state and his marauding beasts who assaulted him some weeks ago at the premises of the Election Petition Tribunal seating in Abeokuta. Segun Showunmi made this call in his congratulatory message to Mallam Nuhu Ribadu through his media office in Abeokuta. In the statement made available to newsmen, the social commentator who has contributed greatly to peaceful coexistence in Nigeria said that it is an embarrassing event that hoodlums will come out in a public space and unleash mayhem on any law abiding citizen chanting that the Governor sent them and such Governor will fail to clear his name. Showunmi applauded Mallam Nuhu Riibadu for his landmark achievements in the past and expressed his optimism that ...

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...