Beaf:

People would always have resisted. Many of us argued stridently that the removal of the subsidy would clear away massive levels of corruption in the system. That is excactly what we are witnessing now.

We stand vindicated. By the time this is all through, every man and his dog would regret ever paying N65 only to be so enslaved.

Your response shows that you lack understanding of where I am coming from.
Your stance was a NO to the resistance. If you knew the people will resist by taking to the streets, why did you drag those actions through the gutters of tribal sentiments? You instead tried to make a section of the country look better than another by mocking protesters' choice to resist and now turn back to say you knew they would and you stand vindicated?

If everyone took your stance, no one would have protested and all this would not have been revealed. There's no moral ground for you to claim vindication of decision on the back of the the comments you've posted in the past few weeks.


If the people did not protest, none of this would have been revealed and hence the protesters are vindicated . . Not you.

she still believes that diesel is what is used to run hiace buses

I wonder o, not to mention diesel bus owners & drivers pay rents, their kids go2sch. in okadas&buses dat run on pms, buy food stuffs from inflated mkt.

And fuel their generators.

[size=15pt]Foooolish people can't account for who's authorising payment from the federal bank account[/size]

"PSF account is a virtual account, it does not really exist"

Accountant General don dey scramble o. .  .virtual account

Now virtual accounts do exist, but you need enough substantial documents and figures to substantiate your claims

nateevs:

Your response shows that you lack understanding of where I am coming from.
Your stance was a NO to the resistance. If you knew the people will resist by taking to the streets, why did you drag those actions through the gutters of tribal sentiments? You instead tried to make a section of the country look better than another by mocking protesters' choice to resist and now turn back to say you knew they would and you stand vindicated?

If everyone took your stance, no one would have protested and all this would not have been revealed. There's no moral ground for you to claim vindication of decision on the back of the the comments you've posted in the past few weeks.


If the people did not protest, none of this would have been revealed and hence the protesters are vindicated . . Not you.

Leave the guy, him wan blend now when yawa don gas for people head.

all his rantings about how peeps would get tired of  the occupy protest and that it would lead to nothing

funded . . .underfunded. . .not underfunded which one now?

Why is it that they aren't able to provide information on where funds are sourced from?

LadyT:

Her answers are very very poor she should be sacked she has NO control over her department.

Mr Man, are you watching a different programme?

This intelligent woman is providing brilliant answers to questions.

By the way, why heap the blame of Nigeria's woes on a woman
that resumed as minister only in September, 2011- just four months ago?

coded guy:

Leave the guy, him wan blend now when yawa don gas for people head.

all his rantings about how peeps would get tired of  the occupy protest and that it would lead to nothing

They led to nothing. They only ended up the smokescreen for what nateevs is pretending not to understand.

coded guy:

Chei With where u stood during the bruhaha am surprised you are saying this.

Where did I stand? I said those protesting where lazy phuckers who were unwilling to apply their minds or educate themselves about Nigerian realities. Does it seem like my stand is different today?

My arguments against the subsidy hinged around three things:

[list]
[li]It would deal a mortal blow to the corrupt oil industry and move us another step toward true federalism.[/li]
[li]That people aught to be taking a lot more interest in what their LG chairmen and governors roles are in a federal system.[/li]
[li]The money saved could be channelled into productive areas of the economy like research and development, agriculture, education etc.[/li]
[li]It would create a level playing field that would allow the influx of private refinery builders.[/li]
[/list]

Our anti-subsidy arguments were far superior to those of the comical #Occupy brigade. In fact, all they had was sentiment; all tears, abuse and curses.
Indeed, all of us who withstood their torrents of insults and abuse stand vindicated today; every Nigerian is getting bombarded with tales of mind-fogging corruption, all in just a few short days. We should be prepared to be drunk with many more of such exposures even though the wagon has hardly left the courtyard.

Dem don start again oo . . . . now we are debating how much the government gets of the proceeds from the 2.4 million-barrels-a-day oil produced oo

WOMAn . . . . answer the question ooo and stop dabbling!!! He asked you a good question. No perspective or comparisons needed . . . . just answer

Must they always compare us with US ?
Accountant general does not know whats virtual account ?

Btw,why is Ngozi fiddling with her lips?harmattan?

ifyalways:

Must they always compare us with US ?
Accountant general does not know whats virtual account ?

Btw,why is Ngozi fiddling with her lips?harmattan?

He did not compare . . .  he sited an example of how other governments who have been faced with similar issue, have instead handled their case and still come out tops. And then he proceeded to ask her if that case could apply to us here in Nigeria . . . could we not have pursued a similar solution. That is how you arrive at good solutions. You look around for good cases, no matter where and then you consider if those methods will work for your case. Also note: Ohio is not an oil producing state so the example works even more.


Woman . .  stop with the babbling and answer the question!

NOI just dissed Femi [size=16pt]Foul[/size]ana erroneous calculation of the amount the country earns

Toothless [size=16pt]Bark[/size]are should also take dressing

Taking down eejits with facts is NOI strong points

Ride on madam

Subsidy is ALSO for the use of the Country . . .

repetition, repetition, repetition
woman just answer the question and stop giving speeches

I am trying, really trying to understand what she is trying to justify with these rants. The dude asked a simple question. What level of sunsidy can Nigeria sustain without increasing just like it is done somewhere else? Just quote figures lady and stop the merry-go-round.

If we cannot afford it, let's just say so. I don't care how much oil Suadi, Quate and the US have got. How have we channelled ours?

Who is that man behind MInister Okonjo Iweala in sky blue tie that keeps on throwning groundnuts into his mouth, the mouth nevers stops, may be to prevent dozing off, 

She ended up not answering the question. All that rambling and no answer. . . . . aaarrrggghhhhhh!!!

but can't government just explore other form of revenue e.g. solid minerals, bitumen iron ore etc

NOi

is doing a fine job for me -  Hopefully you blockhead Nigerians will see i mean well.

Good Question : Who approved the extra-budgetary withdrawal?

Using oil reserves per person is a dumb comparison. The practical comparison is oil production per day, per  person.

In between our yet discovered oil reserves would still go for over 40 years.

Compare us with Malaysia.

Compare us with Algeria.

Are we really 167million?

Is our population properly harnessed?

How can the ministry of Finance pay without knowing how much we refine locally in relation to how much we import?

Is she actually chewing gum?

nateevs:

I am trying, really trying to understand what she is trying to justify with these rants. The dude asked a simple question. What level of sunsidy can Nigeria sustain without increasing just like it is done somewhere else? Just quote figures lady and stop the merry-go-round.

If we cannot afford it, let's just say so. I don't care how much oil Suadi, Quate and the US have got. How have we channelled ours?

She has no clue what is going on!!! A total disgrace

nnpc is the supplier , is the contractor, is the payer , is the payee

Beaf:

People would always have resisted. Many of us argued stridently that the removal of the subsidy would clear away massive levels of corruption in the system. That is excactly what we are witnessing now.

We stand vindicated. By the time this is all through, every man and his dog would regret ever paying N65 only to be so enslaved.

So you are still talking about a non-existent subsidy?

Are you just daft or do you make an effort tobe clueless  

Incase you are really just daft, the subsidy removal is NOT what is bringing about these revelations . .  the investigation is.

One would have thought that your President would have embarked on this 'investigation' before plunging millions of Nigerians into such dire hardship in the name of subsidy removal  . . .

Waste of time and money.
It'll end the usual Nigerian way.
Abi the question & answer go reduce petrol money?

nateevs:

Another campaign for GEJ. Have you asked, if subsidy had been removed and people did not resist, said YES IT'S FINE and went about their business, would we ever know these things?

I just cannot stand you. You have a stark penchant for skewing every fact in favour of someone. These things are being revealed 'primarily' because the people resisted not 'only' because subsidy was removed as you make it seem.

Indeed. Trying to give GEJ credit here is effectively a non-starter argument in so far as he chased blanket subsidy removal passionately instead of instigating a thorough probe of the oil sector in the first place. If Nigerians had accepted the N141/L price then misssion accomplished  for all of them.

I dont care shes only been there 4 or so months she herself stated that she spent 3 months on the disgusting and disgraceful budget where the president eats 1billion naira worth of food amongst other outrageous expenditure.

The budget is an awful piece of work

Oil marketers . . . . the same ones this government has conveniently labeled "CABALS".

The people saying she's only been there for a few months are just talking from bothe sides of their mouth. This whole subsidy removal thingy was her idea. If she was that convinced about it, she should at least show some level of knowledge!

This is just a wild goose chase anyways . . . .  everything will be swept under the carpet soon!