The former Governor of Lagos State and National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has called for the review of the nation’s revenue sharing formula, adding that Amotekun security outfit of the South West will be a pet if everyone is engaged.
Tinubu, speaking in Akure during the inauguration of the Ondo Revenue House constructed by Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, said the country’s present revenue sharing formula is cumbersome.
Tinubu, who was commenting on the efforts of Akeredolu at improving the Internally Generated Revenue profile of Ondo State, said the potential of each state in the southwest must be harnessed in order to solve many other problems.
In his statement, “You can equally use the synergy with the Odua investment to collaborate, not only on Amotekun Corps. Amotekun is a creation of necessity to curtail activities of hoodlums caused by unemployment, frustration, and hunger.
“If everybody is engaged, Amotekun will be a pet. If you work with Odua Investment, look at the area of collaboration. I know Ondo has great potential for gas, energy and tourism to feed this country.
“If the fiscal element of our Nigerian economy is strictly well supervised, we can turn our population into prosperity, instead of our liability.”
Tinubu further called on the governors in the southwest geopolitical zones, as three of them have finance related background, to apply the synergy used in founding Oodua Investment to address the problems of unemployment and other challenges confronting the region.
He said Ondo State has a great potential for energy, economy and agriculture, adding that when the potentials were fully harnessed and youths were engaged, social unrest in the region would become a history.
He further encouraged the state residents to see prompt payment of their taxes as an obligation, adding that no nation could develop without the contribution from citizens.
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