zakkyboy: Now that the marketers have down tools, Nigerians are suffering the consequences. Isn't it better to search for an amicable resolution to this crisis? Me think the minister of finance has done well in opening door of negotiation to the marketers.

kj_hova: @D-Explorer & his mates, I figure you guys mean well. But you are simply deluded. The fact that FGN is negotiating with the so called cabal says much for the govts weakness in fighting corruption. There are sound business men who can take the place of the cabal in handling fuel imports if the govt can guarantee level playing field.

To stretch it, if this administration could clean up NNPC, she alone could even import all our fuel requirements for the next 3yrs pending when we shore up our local production.

But why am I wasting time, the cabal is the FGN is the cabal!!

Gbawe:

This is the simple truth and any back-and-forth with the Nairaland apologists of this Government is a waste of time. The Government is indeed the cabal. GEJ, Allison-Madueke et al are the biggest culprits in the subsidy scam. The biggest open secret in the world is the source of the massive funds that 'poured' in to buy the desperate 2011 ambition of team GEJ. They all knew how much they will loot once they have gained substantive power. To that end, they were willing to loot all coffers (ECA et al) and and carry out any scam at all to 'win' the Presidency. I.e the ultimate tool of wanton looting and partisan disbursal of Nigeria's wealth. Anyone who thinks this Government is not inextricably linked with the subsidy scam simply needs to go around with the words "world's biggest fool" on their forehead for the next two years.

Bukkyade:
Mr. GBAWE, how can you ever say that GEJ and Allison Madueke are the cabal. The identity of the cabal are not hidden since the subsidy reports broke out. They are common knowledge. Mention any one out of these companies that can be linked directly or indirectly to Jonathan or Diezani.1.

1. Petroleum Ltd 2. MRS Oil and Gas Co. Ltd 3. Aiteco Energy Ltd 4. Eterna Plc 5. Forte Oil Plc 6. Rahamaniya 7. Sahara Energy Ltd 8. Oando Plc 9. Folawiyo Energy Ltd 10. Geacon Energy Ltd 11. Northwest Petroleum and Gas Ltd 12. Venro Energy Ltd 13. Brittania-U Nigeria Ltd 14. Lloyds Energy Ltd 15. Majope Investment Ltd 16. African Petroleum Plc 17. Masters Energy Oil and Gas Ltd 18. Pvn Capital Ltd 19. Sirius Taglient Ltd

20. Tempo Energy Ltd 21. Bodej Investment Ltd 22. Practoil Ltd 23. Avidor Oil and Gas Company Ltd 24. Colbert Energy Ltd 25. July Seventh Oil and Gas Ltd 26. Mecuria Global Energy 27. Moats Oil and Gas Ltd 28. Rainoil Ltd 29. Xalon Petroleum Ltd 30. Xavier Energy Nig Ltd 31. KMCL 32. First Independent Nig Ltd 33. Tahill and Tahill Nig Ltd 34. Aquitane Oil and Gass 35. Quagga Oils Ltd 36. Reliance Petroleum Ltd 37. Crustream Nig Ltd 38. Dan Oil and Petrochemical Ltd 39. Midas Oil and Gas Ltd

40. Nupeng Venturers Ltd 41. Vita Cam Services 42. Viva Energy Ltd 43. Tamil and Tamil Nig Ltd 44. Fargo Int. Ltd 45. Mezcor Sa 46. Absaf Petroleum and Company Ltd 47. Delmar Petroleum Company Ltd 48. Tamzila Petroleum Company Ltd 49. A.A Rano Nig Ltd 50. Fatgems Pet Co. Ltd

2goodbobo: We need change in this country and the only way we can attain that change is through violent revolution. A revolution that will do away with all the corrupt elites of this country.

bigmaut: To be frank i regret been a nigerian,my heart bleed when i heard this kind of preposterous happening evryday?God!why my country

Pukkah: Some things here are as clear as daylight:

1. The marketers were indicted.
2. The marketers had 'little' infractions.
3. The Minister did not state what the infractions were.
4. The infractions are not favourable to Nigeria.
5. The marketers have not been punished for the infractions.
6. From available information, subsidy payments went up from N300b to about N1.3trillion in 2011 . No one in government has been able to incontrovertibly and clearly explain this obvious anomaly. It is safe to assume that it is in the custody of the indicted marketers. We are not sure if they were fronting for the government or for themselves. But with the shoddy way the subsidy investigations have been handled, your guess is as good as mine.

7. The marketers are not friends of Nigeria. Thus, they are enemies of Nigeria.
8. The statement below which was credited to the Minister is demeaning and insulting to Nigerians:



9. The government can get other marketers to import fuel.



So what is there to defend in this? O ye members of the 'I-must-defend-government-at-all-costs group. Does being a government minion turn you into a m.oron?

On this one, the government lapdogs and unthinking sycophants should simply shut up or abandon this thread and not insult our intelligence.

don't understand;[b]can't the government license new marketers who are willing to play by the rules;[/b]revoke the licences of existing ones who're blackmailing the govt and if they go to court, govt can adduce evidence(at least we keep on hearing about an audit carried out and the indictments made by the "committee"set up to investigate the subsidy payments) to prove breach of contract on the part of the marketers. I believe the foregoing should be done rather than let a few selfish individuals hold a nation to ransom,because the danger is that, if this so called negotiation is done, then anybody or institution with a bit of leverage on the govt will just hold the nation to ransom everytime.

Gbawe:


My guy, I am not interested in any back-and-forth with you or any other fan of those who cause the problems and yet pretend to be part of the solution. Repeat the nonsense above as many times as you want to. That changes nothing for bright Nigerians who know that it is the saboteurs and enemies of Nigeria , because of the bastardized joke our nation now is, who are empowered , by a very evil system, to deceive the entire world that they are seeking solutions.

Open your eyes. The enemies of the common man are winning with their weak, corrupt, clueless, simpleton-like and hedonistic impositions. You just saw your Country display its worst Olympic performance in recent history. You think that is not a sign of the times and undoubted proof of how we don't have solutions providers leading us? Real leaders conquer and defeat cabals/blackmailers/extortionists et al.

Look around you. Monumental insecurity, toxic ethnic division, nauseating corruption and imminent civil strife all show that things are very bad yet folks like you keep writing the sort of self-deluding garbage that leaves me convinced Nigeria is doomed.

Pukkah: Some things here are as clear as daylight:

1. The marketers were indicted.
2. The marketers had 'little' infractions.
3. The Minister did not state what the infractions were.
4. The infractions are not favourable to Nigeria.
5. The marketers have not been punished for the infractions.
6. From available information, subsidy payments went up from N300b to about N1.3trillion in 2011 . No one in government has been able to incontrovertibly and clearly explain this obvious anomaly. It is safe to assume that it is in the custody of the indicted marketers. We are not sure if they were fronting for the government or for themselves. But with the shoddy way the subsidy investigations have been handled, your guess is as good as mine.

7. The marketers are not friends of Nigeria. Thus, they are enemies of Nigeria.
8. The statement below which was credited to the Minister is demeaning and insulting to Nigerians:



9. The government can get other marketers to import fuel.

So what is there to defend in this? O ye members of the 'I-must-defend-government-at-all-costs group. Does being a government minion turn you into a m.oron?

On this one, the government lapdogs and unthinking sycophants should simply shut up or abandon this thread and not insult our intelligence.

Zutchy: They should license other marketers to import fuel,do you know how long a process it is to for them to submit their bids,then their capacity and ability to deliver is verified,then they are given the license to import,they then go overseas and buy the fuel then transport it down to Nigeria,offload then distribute,do you know how long all this takes,in the meantime Nigerians will be here and suffering or passing through the hardship induced by fuel scarcity and yet the products will be in tankers just off shore idling away and we will be waiting for the ones coming all the way from France and Uk and netherlands,you check it and you will understand why the minister has taken the alternative option,which is to bargain with the marketers who have as little infractions as possible,in order to stave off panic,you seem to have forgotten so quickly what fuel scarcity is like especially when it is induced and well manipulated.

Zutchy: PLEASE I WANT TO ASK A QUESTION,THE FACT THAT NIGERIA IS AT THE MERCY OF A CABAL THAT CAN CAUSE FUEL SCARCITY IN THE COUNTRY AS A WHOLE AT WILL,PLS IS THAT THE FAULT OF THIS MINISTER OR GOVT. OR IS IT THE FAULT OF PAST GOVERNMENTS THAT REFUSED TO UPGRADE AND REPAIR OUR REFINERIES,OR BUILD NEW ONES,SO THAT NIGERIA DOES NOT HAVE TO DEPEND ON IMPORTED FUEL.IF THE GOVT SHOULD IGNORE THESE MARKETERS AND TELL THEM TO DO THEIR WORST THEY ARE CAPABLE OF PUTTING THIS COUNTRY IN LOCKDOWN,THEY JUST MADE A WARNING MOVE AND LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN ABUJA.ANYBODY THAT SAYS THE MINISTER IS WRONG TO DIOLOGUE WITH THEM DID NOT SEE OR EXPERIENCE WHAT PEOPLE ARE PASSING THROUGH IN THE FCT.THE RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVT IS TO TRY AND FIND A BALANCE,MAKE SURE THERE IS FUEL AND AT THE SAME TIME MAKE SURE THESE CRIMINALS DON'T GO FREE.THANK GOD THAT THIS GOVT IS FINALLY PUSHING OUR REFINERIES TO 100% CAPACITY AND THEY HAVE ALREADY CONCLUDED PLANS FOR NEW REFINERIES,THESE MARKETERS THER DAYZ ARE NUMBERED,I CANT WAIT TO SAY GOOD RIDDIANCE TO BAD RUBBISH.

kliverpool: fG should remove the subsidy completely

manmade: Here cometh the Daniel of our time !. Many were called but only few were given the brain to solve problems, u are one of the few.

Bukkyade:
Mr. GBAWE, how can you ever say that GEJ and Allison Madueke are the cabal. The identity of the cabal are not hidden since the subsidy reports broke out. They are common knowledge. Mention any one out of these companies that can be linked directly or indirectly to Jonathan or Diezani.1.

1. Petroleum Ltd 2. MRS Oil and Gas Co. Ltd 3. Aiteco Energy Ltd 4. Eterna Plc 5. Forte Oil Plc 6. Rahamaniya 7. Sahara Energy Ltd 8. Oando Plc 9. Folawiyo Energy Ltd 10. Geacon Energy Ltd 11. Northwest Petroleum and Gas Ltd 12. Venro Energy Ltd 13. Brittania-U Nigeria Ltd 14. Lloyds Energy Ltd 15. Majope Investment Ltd 16. African Petroleum Plc 17. Masters Energy Oil and Gas Ltd 18. Pvn Capital Ltd 19. Sirius Taglient Ltd

20. Tempo Energy Ltd 21. Bodej Investment Ltd 22. Practoil Ltd 23. Avidor Oil and Gas Company Ltd 24. Colbert Energy Ltd 25. July Seventh Oil and Gas Ltd 26. Mecuria Global Energy 27. Moats Oil and Gas Ltd 28. Rainoil Ltd 29. Xalon Petroleum Ltd 30. Xavier Energy Nig Ltd 31. KMCL 32. First Independent Nig Ltd 33. Tahill and Tahill Nig Ltd 34. Aquitane Oil and Gass 35. Quagga Oils Ltd 36. Reliance Petroleum Ltd 37. Crustream Nig Ltd 38. Dan Oil and Petrochemical Ltd 39. Midas Oil and Gas Ltd

40. Nupeng Venturers Ltd 41. Vita Cam Services 42. Viva Energy Ltd 43. Tamil and Tamil Nig Ltd 44. Fargo Int. Ltd 45. Mezcor Sa 46. Absaf Petroleum and Company Ltd 47. Delmar Petroleum Company Ltd 48. Tamzila Petroleum Company Ltd 49. A.A Rano Nig Ltd 50. Fatgems Pet Co. Ltd

jp philips:


can you tell us who gave the final approval for all these companies to be registered and to what end?

do you know that there was an embargo to the registration of such companies during the OBJ era?
why was there an embargo?

why did someone chose to remove the embargo to welcome unscrupulous institutions that committed the biggest fraud in Nigeria's history? does it mean we were not using fuel during the Embargo?

do you know the criteria for oil lifting in Nigeria?

do you know how many of those companies you mentioned above that meets such criteria?

why was 70% of those companies licensed less than 1yr to the elections?

if you can answer the above questions then you will understand where Gbawe is coming from, any attempt to defend what you don't understand will give you a brown teeth on the day of reckoning.

jp philips:


can you tell us who gave the final approval for all these companies to be registered and to what end?

do you know that there was an embargo to the registration of such companies during the OBJ era?
why was there an embargo?

why did someone chose to remove the embargo to welcome unscrupulous institutions that committed the biggest fraud in Nigeria's history? does it mean we were not using fuel during the Embargo?

do you know the criteria for oil lifting in Nigeria?

do you know how many of those companies you mentioned above that meets such criteria?

why was 70% of those companies licensed less than 1yr to the elections?

if you can answer the above questions then you will understand where Gbawe is coming from, any attempt to defend what you don't understand will give you a brown teeth on the day of reckoning.

all4naija: The truth is that average Nigerians on the street are audiences to the theatrical plays of the government.

jp philips:


can you tell us who gave the final approval for all these companies to be registered and to what end?

do you know that there was an embargo to the registration of such companies during the OBJ era?
why was there an embargo?

why did someone chose to remove the embargo to welcome unscrupulous institutions that committed the biggest fraud in Nigeria's history? does it mean we were not using fuel during the Embargo?

do you know the criteria for oil lifting in Nigeria?

do you know how many of those companies you mentioned above that meets such criteria?

why was 70% of those companies licensed less than 1yr to the elections?

if you can answer the above questions then you will understand where Gbawe is coming from, any attempt to defend what you don't understand will give you a brown teeth on the day of reckoning.