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Tax invasion is part of Nigeria's myriads of problems why the system is dysfunctional. I think the miss-morphogenesis of Nigerian tax system stem back to the colonial era that did nothing to leave us with a good structure. Even though at those times when people run from paying their taxes, I doubt the colonial master did a good job of training them to know why they need to pay taxes. This eventually trickled down to the Nigerian leadership who saw to it that even their closest friends will fraudulently be able evade paying taxes. They will produce fake copies when they want to make a point that they paid taxes.

If you were to ask even Mr. Abati, the writer of this essay to show you his detailed tax payment for the past five or six years would he be able to produce authentic accurate copies from his office or Nigerian Internal Revenue service?

We know that in America many of the road projects, bridges and so on are done through taxpayer’s fund. But in a dysfunctional Nigerian system the rich get richer without tax obligations and our decayed infrastructure continue to take a leaking. It’s usually all talk and no action; in a few years time when it’s time for re-election they will pay some reporter to bring it to the forefront again.