inforesource:

I knew that I would be quoted and I knew that it would be for Ghana, unfortunately Ghana size and resources are not the same as Nigeria. Leaders do not shift responsibilities. With all the increments imposed by our so call leaders, where are the results?

We are a poor nation, and no, I am not saying this to defend any government.

We also do not pay enough to get the kind of quality educaiton we need. It is the truth, and it does not mean I back APC, or think that Tinubu is the answer. It was said when PDP was in power, and when the army was in power.

At the end of the day, if we want quality, we have to pay for quality.

ebukajay184:
Following the recent rise in cost of Tuition fees of Nigerian public universities, former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has compared Nigerian universities' cost of tuition with cost of tuition of other countries' universities, IGBERETV reports.

Taking to his Twitter page, Reno wrote;



https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1682764711039844354?t=0IgblwoUFTp0ec_0Jp5VZA&s=19

What Reno refuse to say is that primary and secondary education in public schools in those countries are free except for Ghana which I am not sure of. This gives room for parents to plan ahead for tertiary education. Here in Nigeria, public education has been so bastardized that those who still have options have decided to result to private school options. Furthermore, parents struggle to pay from nursery to secondary such that by the time it's tertiary, they already exhausted and can't keep up especially the undisciplined ones ( Not capping on anyone).

inforesource:
Lopsided comparison. How many of these countries are struggling with erratic power supply and security, unbalanced infrastructural and poor/development as well as unemployment?

As long as we keep getting cheap education and power these sector can't be strong FG wanted to remove subsidy for power In July you guys were already salivating like Rottweilers all over . Maybe if these sectos isn't subsidized it would've been better.

The only industry that's run privately which is entertainment industry is booming because there's nothing like subsidy if you want quality there you pay. How can you complain of poor education system when you're paying 10k per session is that madness or what? Only those in europe can complain of poor education system in their countries because they pay for it.

hush15:



What Reno refuse to say is that primary and secondary education in public schools in those countries are free except for Ghana which I am not sure of. This gives room for parents to plan ahead for tertiary education. Here in Nigeria, public education has been so bastardized that those who still have options have decided to result to private school options. Furthermore, parents struggle to pay from nursery to secondary such that by the time it's tertiary, they already exhausted and can't keep up especially the undisciplined ones ( Not capping on anyone).

And at the same time the parents pay high tax rates, sometimes approaching half their income. to pay for free primary and secondary education.

They may also pay fees in some parts.

ebukajay184:
Following the recent rise in cost of Tuition fees of Nigerian public universities, former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has compared Nigerian universities' cost of tuition with cost of tuition of other countries' universities, IGBERETV reports.

Taking to his Twitter page, Reno wrote;



https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1682764711039844354?t=0IgblwoUFTp0ec_0Jp5VZA&s=19

Reno is an irredeemable fool. He should have compared the minimum wages in those countries with nigeria before writting those rubbish. What an idiot

nairalanda1:


Well, a lot of people in developed countries too pay back loans they get to go to school.

2.We provide our water and electricity because we do not want to pay the market price for water and electricity utilites...meaning that the companies do not have enough cash to pay for these things...and to pay for improvements in the supporting infrastructure for these things. So ironically we have to spend money to provide those things because...poverty.(And even then, in many parts of Nigeria people get water from the water supply, so let's not lie.).

3.A lot more people have survived malaria because malarial drugs are heavily subsidized here (mostly by NGO's, and people like Bill Gates...yes him). Try buying malaria drugs overseas...you will scream.

4.Again we provide our own security because the NPF gets one tenth of what the NYPD gets to police one city in the US...TO police one nation. And to raise that money, we would have to tax the 70% of poor Nigerians who do not pay taxes to state or FG....yet we can't do that because poverty.

5.We have bad roads because, again, tax, and also because we stopped paying tolls in 2002...great idea...not. Overseas, tolls are what keep roads well fixed.

6. And abroad, they probably spend more to fix cars....because your car has to pass strict roadworthiness...more than Naija own.


Am sure you would call me a government supporter, and I assure you I am not...but we don't have good things because we do not pay enough into the system. And yes, before you start...corruption is a bad problem, and it makes our bad situation worse. Plus oyel is not enough for a country our size....it would be if we are ten million , not the 220 million we are.



Do I like saying the above? No, but it is what it is.

I don't know who had done this to us in this country? Were you not in this country when civil servant embezzled billions and trillions of naira, so we should pay more tax for them to eat, have you not heard that our national assembly members monthly salary is around 30million naira a month, have you not heard that we have about 11 aeroplanes in presidential flight. All the nations you cited above how many of them do you see that their leaders live an affluent life like Nigeria. For your information, many Nigerians are paying heavy tax, infant, there is what we even called multiply tax in Nigeria tax system, so don't deceive yourself that we don't pay tax, it is the rich like Dangote and others who government gives tax exception in trillions of naira which is part of what makes him the richest man in Africa. So if you don't know what to say keep short your mouth, Nigeria masses have made enough sacrifice it is our politicians now that needed make their own sacrifice by reducing their affluent life style.

Zxcvbnmghtr:
You can't appreciate Nigeria until you are privileged to have travelled far and wide around the world. It is mainly in Nigeria that house rent is paid yearly. In almost all of the countries I have travelled to. Rent is either monthly or weekly and quite expensive when you compare to Nigeria. Just making and example as to how the basic needs of life is very affordable here. Very, very affordable.

Do you also consider the purchasing power of the citizens in these countries you traveled to?

Most people in this country don't even have disposable income at the end of the month.

nairalanda1:


Because we pay too low a tax and too low utility bills for the government and utility companies to do those things for us themselves.

But anytime it is suggested you pay cost reflective power or water bills...you will shout poverty...yet you waste money for borehole., and generator and fuel for the gen at a higher rate than you pay for power, even with estimated billing!

Why will someone pay for a service he did not enjoy....?
What have they done with the low tax they collected ?
Is it not the same leaders that are sharing dollars during election?
Is it not the inefficiency of govt in service delivery that caused people to seek for alternatives in the first place...
For 62yrs .
Nigerian leaders could not put a system to refine crude oil for our usage...
Nor have a clear rail network to connect the six regions in the Nation....
And you expect the same leaders to be fair to its citizens to pay a cost reflective bill...
How do you think they will be able to fund their exotic lifestyle if they dont push it back to the masses?
We still have a long way to go...

Why do reno omokri keep behaving stupidly. The point here is how many people can afford such amount in Nigeria? A country where more than 70% of its citizens are poor..
U are comparing a useless naira to dollar

nairalanda1:


Finland gdp per capita...53 ,000 dollars

Estonia gdp per capita....27,900 dollars

Nigeria gdp per capita...2100 dollars.


Finland tax to gdp 31.6%

Estonia tax to gdp 33.5%

Nigeria tax to gdp 10.6%


E get why they can afford free education, and why we can't...lol.

In other words there is no basis for comparison since every country has a different tax to GDP ratio ..then how come your reno omokri did not consider that before making comparison ?

Hahaha


You can as well give me the tax to GDP ratio of all those countries omokri mentioned.. thank you

Is Ghana or American having unemployment statistics and index like Nigeria......do you ask people to pay that much while not providing jobs to custion the new realities

marenkurz:
Germany is tuition free. Semester contribution in University of Cologne was recently increased to 320€. That covers transportation and cheap food at canteen.
If your income is low, you could also get exempted from the fee. Plus the federal government gave 270 euros last semester to help every students, including international students.
Reno should be lying to you guys.

Out of how many schools? Nigerian govt has done that before when the population of students wasn't much like what we have this days. No govt would survive or sustained funding of schools the way Nigeria govt is doing

nairalanda1:


Germans pay 40-50% of their income in taxes for free education

You sure you want that in Nigeria?

do Nigerians even have income? And you think Nigerians don't pay tax? You guys are made to blv dis higwash Nigerians don't pay tax. Is there any Nigerian that works in a corporate environment dat doesn't pay tax?

All civil servants pay tax, private sector workers pay tax even before they get their salary. Traders also pay tax. They pay annual rent to govt and other monthly or bi-annual levies to govt. Public transport workers buy one ticket or the other from govt daily, that's tax. Everything u buy in Nigeria, there's one VAT or the other added to it. So whr are you guys getting this notion Nigerians don't pay tax from?

Àbí you want the average worker to give all his salary or income to govt before you know they are being taxed?

The Germans pay 40-50% of their earnings as tax because everything has been made available to them hence the tax. What facilities do we have in Nigeria that will warrant additional impoverishment in the name of tax? The Germans you mentioned can comfortably save 40% of their earnings after expenditure. How many Nigerian homes can save 30% of their monthly earning?

helinues:


The money we dey waste on Aso Ebi, partying, where are they coming from?

My friend shut up, you idiot !! Before you compare schools fees, you should be able to tell us the minimum wages in those countries first. Your useless apc government crashed naira from #180 to #850 against the usa dollar, and you have the guts to type this rubbish. May thunder strike thar hand you used to type this rubbish

Mumu economist, what is the minimum wage of those countries mentioned in comparism to Nigeria.?
US $7.25 per hour equivalent to about N5,629.62 per hour.
UK £10.42 equivalent to N10,403.16.
Whereas Nigeria's minimum wage per hour is $0.24 (N187.5)
So wherein lies the comparison?

nairalanda1:


Nothing like free education...someone is paying in loans, taxes, etc.

Ghana GDP is higher than Nigeria...by 200 dollars...some 2300 compared to our 2100 dollars. That is not much...and their fees are 25 times higher than ours.

Any country with free education in Europe pays for it with tax rates that approach half a taxpayer's income. You want that here?

Ghana GDP is higher than Nigeria’s?

Education is for development,therefore making it less accessible via fees is counter productive.

Total school fees by all students in public schools is not up to N150b when much more is wasted or stolen by politicians.

Nigeria can afford free education if we reduce corruption and cost of governance.

Eg what are we doing with Two houses of assembly,when our poor children would have to pay school fees?

Throwback:
OK.

We know things are cheap here.

Truth is we have become used to paying next to nothing for everything.

From house maids and other domestic servants, to fees we pay artisans doing plumbing or carpentary work etc.

We should improve the standard of our education, so that Nigerians who are ready to pay thousands of dollars abroad can come back to pay similar amount within the Nigerian education system.

The only thing I would plead for is that firstly, loans should be available for those who want a university education but cannot afford it. And I believe that has already been signed into law.

Why would you give loans to ppl who cannot afford it
How will they pay back

Secondly, their should be enough local scholarships to aid very brilliant students who cannot afford it. All the Nigerian entities should stop all foreign scholarships and focus on local scholarships within the soon to be costly tertiary education in Nigeria.

Why should they stop foreign schools. It's their money
Nobody is stopping u from doing your own naija only scholarship
It's not costly
The free education that has not solved any problem is the costly one

Enough of cheap but worthless education.

Enough of subsidizing education for Nigerians who want to go work abroad with colleagues who themselves are using their salary to repay loans they took to have an education.

We should stop subsidizing the work force of developed countries.

I concur

nairalanda1:


Finland gdp per capita...53 ,000 dollars

Estonia gdp per capita....27,900 dollars

Nigeria gdp per capita...2100 dollars.


Finland tax to gdp 31.6%

Estonia tax to gdp 33.5%

Nigeria tax to gdp 10.6%


E get why they can afford free education, and why we can't...lol.

I noticed you ran out of data when I responded to your quote... Is that how you intend to defend your master...?

Below was my response and you suddenly rant out of data.





In other words there is no basis for comparison since every country has a different tax to GDP ratio ..then how come your reno omokri did not consider that before making comparison ?

Hahaha


You can as well give me the tax to GDP ratio of all those countries omokri mentioned.. thank you

ebukajay184:
Following the recent rise in cost of Tuition fees of Nigerian public universities, former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has compared Nigerian universities' cost of tuition with cost of tuition of other countries' universities, IGBERETV reports.

Taking to his Twitter page, Reno wrote;



https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1682764711039844354?t=0IgblwoUFTp0ec_0Jp5VZA&s=19

This comparison is bad

They all have different economies and governments support

Eg, the place I live in, it's easier to buy car ETC and houses than it is in other places
Na all these comparisons make leaders no dey dey accountable

Goodman2023:



I noticed you ran out of data when I responded to your quote... Is that how you intend to defend your master...?

Below was my response and you suddenly rant out of data.





In other words there is no basis for comparison since every country has a different tax to GDP ratio ..then how come your reno omokri did not consider that before making comparison ?

Hahaha


You can as well give me the tax to GDP ratio of all those countries omokri mentioned.. thank you

So, why do you demand free education in Nigeria, since we don't have up to the resources of the countries that do have free education?

Care to answer that?

Also, I don't like APC, and my views on the thing have been like that for nearly 2 decades.

JAMO84:
Most Nigerian Parents will complain of 100k in a year school fees, but when it's time for their children to get married, they will spend 2m on a one day wedding.


Most Nigerian students will enjoy cheap education, when they finally graduate and get a job outside Nigeria with the certificate, they will curse Nigeria on social media for contributing nothing to their development.


EVERYONE SHOULD PAY FOR THE REAL COST OF THEIR TERTIARY EDUCATION, ONLY BASIC EDUCATION SHOULD BE FREE

even that one should not be free
The children in abroad don't learn anything in the free basic education
You can see them believing a man is a woman
Say no to free govt education

nairalanda1:


We are a poor nation, and no, I am not saying this to defend any government.

We also do not pay enough to get the kind of quality educaiton we need. It is the truth, and it does not mean I back APC, or think that Tinubu is the answer. It was said when PDP was in power, and when the army was in power.

At the end of the day, if we want quality, we have to pay for quality.

But the citizens has zero trust for the kind of system we're running. Transparency goes a long way. We don't have that in Nigeria

GoodGovernance:


Ghana GDP is higher than Nigeria’s?

Education is for development,therefore making it less accessible via fees is counter productive.

Total school fees by all students in public schools is not up to N150b when much more is wasted or stolen by politicians.

Nigeria can afford free education if we reduce corruption and cost of governance.

Eg what are we doing with Two houses of assembly,when our poor children would have to pay school fees?

We can have free quality education when we pay the money for it.

We don't have the money? then we can still have free education, only it won't be quality.

And by the way, I believe that the National Assembly should reduce their budget by half.

jackcanfield:
This man don't encourage nonsense... I don't know about Ghana but other Universities offer scholarships and loans while depending on Nigerian love for foreign things especially foreign degrees to augment their cost ... Of course Nigeria Government have been generous to it's citizens, we must agree ... Biko don't mind those people that use to call us Zoo or other stupid name na Dem dey born ten pikins without planning, assuming we still maintain our 60 million population we would have been a very strong economy by now.

So North also call you zoo. Waoo! Because I know that have the highest population. If dem no dey born plenty how come thief population? Or is it an audio population?

Cromagnon:

Why would you give loans to ppl who cannot afford it
How will they pay back

Why should they stop foreign schools. It's their money
Nobody is stopping u from doing your own naija only scholarship
It's not costly
The free education that has not solved any problem is the costly one
I concur

How many British or US agencies or private organisations grant scholarships for their citizens to study in Nigeria?

We have Nigerian agencies with scholarships devoted to schools in the UK.

As for the loan, it is called a loan because you cannot afford to pay.

So take the loan as done abroad for those who also cannot afford to pay, and begin payback when you have secured a job after graduating.

inforesource:

But the citizens has zero trust for the kind of system we're running. Transparency goes a long way. We don't have that in Nigeria

Same thing as Ghana (I once interacted with a Ghanaian who said some of the same things we say about our govt about his government)....

Plus, it is not like Europeans trust their governments either...some of them think they are evil.

marenkurz:
Germany is tuition free. Semester contribution in University of Cologne was recently increased to 320€. That covers transportation and cheap food at canteen.
If your income is low, you could also get exempted from the fee. Plus the federal government gave 270 euros last semester to help every students, including international students.
Reno should be lying to you guys.

how much do they post as tax

Mandate1:
do Nigerians even have income? And you think Nigerians don't pay tax? You guys are made to blv dis higwash Nigerians don't pay tax. Is there any Nigerian that works in a corporate environment dat doesn't pay tax?

All civil servants pay tax, private sector workers pay tax even before they get their salary. Traders also pay tax. They pay annual rent to govt and other monthly or bi-annual levies to govt. Public transport workers buy one ticket or the other from govt daily, that's tax. Everything u buy in Nigeria, there's one VAT or the other added to it. So whr are you guys getting this notion Nigerians don't pay tax from?

Àbí you want the average worker to give all his salary or income to govt before you know they are being taxed?

The Germans pay 40-50% of their earnings as tax because everything has been made available to them hence the tax. What facilities do we have in Nigeria that will warrant additional impoverishment in the name of tax? The Germans you mentioned can comfortably save 40% of their earnings after expenditure. How many Nigerian homes can save 30% of their monthly earning?

Then stop complaining about bad education then. And stop complaining about half baked graduates

It's what we can afford , since 'we are poor' in your opinion.

ebukajay184:
Following the recent rise in cost of Tuition fees of Nigerian public universities, former presidential aide, Reno Omokri has compared Nigerian universities' cost of tuition with cost of tuition of other countries' universities, IGBERETV reports.

Taking to his Twitter page, Reno wrote;



https://twitter.com/renoomokri/status/1682764711039844354?t=0IgblwoUFTp0ec_0Jp5VZA&s=19

This fool still dey talk? Why not compare Nigeria universities to that of Germany that are totally free for everybody including Nigerians

Willie2015:


Why will someone pay for a service he did not enjoy....?
What have they done with the low tax they collected ?
Is it not the same leaders that are sharing dollars during election?
Is it not the inefficiency of govt in service delivery that caused people to seek for alternatives in the first place...
For 62yrs .
Nigerian leaders could not put a system to refine crude oil for our usage...
Nor have a clear rail network to connect the six regions in the Nation....
And you expect the same leaders to be fair to its citizens to pay a cost reflective bill...
How do you think they will be able to fund their exotic lifestyle if they dont push it back to the masses?
We still have a long way to go...

How can we enjoy anything when our tax to gdp is low, and 70% of the population does not pay tax?

You want us to spend imaginary money, old man?

benjaminlawson:


I don't know who had done this to us in this country? Were you not in this country when civil servant embezzled billions and trillions of naira, so we should pay more tax for them to eat, have you not heard that our national assembly members monthly salary is around 30million naira a month, have you not heard that we have about 11 aeroplanes in presidential flight. All the nations you cited above how many of them do you see that their leaders live an affluent life like Nigeria. For your information, many Nigerians are paying heavy tax, infant, there is what we even called multiply tax in Nigeria tax system, so don't deceive yourself that we don't pay tax, it is the rich like Dangote and others who government gives tax exception in trillions of naira which is part of what makes him the richest man in Africa. So if you don't know what to say keep short your mouth, Nigeria masses have made enough sacrifice it is our politicians now that needed make their own sacrifice by reducing their affluent life style.

So, I am now defending corrupt politicans?

Oga, please keep quiet and stop being emotional. I am not defending any corrupt politicans.

Infact the stealing makes things worse because we are a POOR COUNTRY.

No matter how much they steal, if we get the money back, it is not enough to give us quality education at all levels.

Better not accuse me of defending corruption. I'm getting angry with you.

NOC1:
Education is cheap in Nigeria, Housing is equally cheap in Nigeria, ask those living in the common Bennin Republic how much they pay monthly.
Health care is equally cheap, quality health care in Nigeria is scares but cheap when you get it compared with other Nations.

Nigerians lack the cohesion to change the dynamics of things, any day we see ourselves as one, the abnormality of governance and citizens will be normalized.

No politician can get it right in Nigeria until the mindset of its citizens is changed. We need a proper reorientation of the heart, and do away with tribalism, religious bigotry and a nepotic mindset. These three things are the major problem of the country

:
So what's una point now ?
So we should clap for them for inability to keep things as cheap as it was...?
All these fat lazy rich kids b eating their parent's money and talking rubbish. No feelings for d ppl below atall...