Donalds N:

Dudes,callin GEJ names is an evidence of paucity of information.If we can sincerely shed off dis inborn hatred, criticism, ignorance and uninformed,cynical & superficial analysis of d policies of dis present administration, den we'll know dis is d saviour we've been clamoring 4.Lets take an all round look at his policies. He has done so much dan we think. If we take a walk down d memory lane, GEJ during his campaign said d transformation he was bringing won't come quickly as we expect. Lets not talk like he's d one dat brought dis prob to nigeria. We've been complaining of unstable power supply,poor roads,congested ports,electoral frauds, and so on b4 he arrived, so y talk as if he brot dis probs.To drive dis country 4rm its derailed state to d right track, it will require policies which dont materialise immediately. Talking about d increasing foreign debts, b4 doing our comparisons, do we consider d variable factors which causes increase in borrowing?we've been enjoying fuel at a constant price without scarcity since he came 2power, just cos dia is enormous increase in importation and thus increase in d amount of money used 4subsidization.talking about increase in d price of crude oil over d last one year or so, have we lost touch wit d fact dat increase in price of crude oil wil cause an equal or even higher increase in d price of d refined products?if we meticulously checkout d activities of his admin, we'll knw he's workin.b4 he came,it takes minimum of 3months 2clear a container 4rm d ports,but now it takes only 10days& he's workin 2reduce it to 48hrs.do we knw hw many abandoned power projects he's taken on 2complete?Do we knw it cost approx. N1trillion 2generate 1megawatt of electricity?wia would d money come 4rm if we kip subsidizing fuel at abt 1.3trillion if not borowing?he's working on merging many govt parastatals by next yr.do we knw he has ordered zero import duties on agric&power equipment?dia's so much more.Pls lets be well in4md b4 we conclud&convict

most of ur claims i find highly questionable but this one below is beyond this physical world:

1 megawatt cost N1 trillion, so after 4 years of saving 5.2trillion max there will be additional 6 megawatt max added . . . Pls check those figures properly especially the 1mw - N1tr part, if valid then Gej Govt is a demonic one and no one shld argue for him ever . . . . .

To begin with, the idea that the
Nigerian government is subsidizing
fuel for the masses is a willfully
double-tongued twaddle. Only
four kinds of people believe that:
the hopelessly ignorant, the
mentally subnormal, masochists
with a perverse thirst for self-
abasement, and beneficiaries of
real government subsidies such as
our indolent, unproductive, and
ruthlessly acquisitive government
officials and their equally
debauched cronies in the private
sector. Many informed
commentators have conclusively
proved that.
But there is an even more
treacherous scandal in this “oil
subsidy” scam that the Nigerian
national media is either not aware
of or has chosen to ignore.
Two weeks ago, when I compared
fuel prices among oil-producing
nations of the world and showed
that Nigerians pay the highest
price for petrol even though they
receive the lowest minimum wage
among their peers, I actually did a
gross disservice to my argument.
The situation is a lot worse than
that. I will come back to this point
shortly.
I pointed out that the petrol I use
for my car in America burns A
LOT SLOWER than the one I use
when I visit Nigeria, meaning that,
at the current rate, Nigerians
(with a miserable minimum wage
of N7,000 per month or about
$45 per month— against
America’s over N180,000
minimum wage per month)
actually pay more than or about
equal to Americans for petrol. It
takes aremarkably heartless
person to ignore this
heartrending fact. But that’s an
issue for another day.
A Nigerian online citizen
investigator who goes by the
handle “Viscount” revealed on a
Nigerian Internet discussion forum
recently that Nigerians not only
pay the highest price for fuel
inOPEC; they also consume the
worst imaginable grade of petrol
among oil-producing countries.
That means comparing fuel prices
between Nigeria and other oil-
producing countries—or even
countries in Europe and North
America— is actually like
comparing apples and oranges.
These countries not only pay
considerably lower prices than us
for high-quality petrol, Nigerians
have been paying unconscionably
high prices for toxic fuel for the
past 12 years, as you will see
shortly. And they will pay even
more for it next year. If this is not
sufficient reason to give up
everything and “occupy” Nigeria
until the oppressors are brought
to a standstill, I don’t know what
is.
At the center of the tragic
importation of toxic petroleum
products into Nigeria—and other
West African nations— is an
Amsterdam-based multinational
company called Trafigura.
Keepthat name in mind as you
read this.
Many Nigerians know that the
fuel they consume domestically
isn’t derived from the crude oil
their country exports. They also
know that they have one of the
world’s best and finest quality of
crude oil. What many of them
don’t know is that the cabal of
rapacious oil importers that the
Jonathan administration— and
the administrations that preceded
him—mollycoddle with
“subsidies” actually import toxic,
low-quality oil that is not fit for
consumption in Europe or North
America—or in any society that
cares for the welfare of its
citizens.
In 2010, a group of journalists
from the UK, Norway, and the
Netherlands won a prestigious
international journalism award for
a series of investigative reports
they did on Trafigura’s barbarous
dumping of toxic petroleum waste
on Cote d’Ivoire. The waste killed
scores of people and sickened
thousands more.In July 2010, an
Amsterdam court found the
company guilty andfined it 1
million euros. (The caustic
petroleum residues were dumped
on Cote d’Ivoire on July 2, 2006).
On June 24 this year, Afrol News,
an Africa-centered news agency,
reported that it had been “given
documentation” that shows that
the same Trafigura that was fined
for dumping deleterious waste on
Ivoirians had offloaded
“dangerous and poor gasoline
[i.e., petrol]” in the “Nigerian port
of Lagos.” This toxic petrol, which
Nigerians have been consuming
for years and which our
governments “subsidize,”
according to the Afrol News
report, “is highly unstable, not
enduring sunlight exposure, and
will cause damage to vehicles. It
will also cause environmental
damages due to high sulphur
values, and can therefore cause
human health damages. The
product is strictly illegal in Europe
and the US, but may in some
cases be within legal quality and
environment standards in some
West African countries.”
But this wasn't a one-off
occurrence. It's been happening
for over a decade. So, ordinary
Nigerians are being forced to use
their hard-earned money to buy
inordinately overpriced and
demonstrably harmful petroleum
products. Yet the Nigerian
government says this isn’t bad
enough; it wants to increase
fuelprices again next year. And
the government has no plans to
repair our refineries so that we
can refine our own crude
domestically and bring down the
cost of petrol.
But the bigger scandal is that in
January this year, the Jonathan
administration signed a multi-
billion-d ollar annual contract
with the same Trafigura of toxic
fuel dumping infamy. And there
was no due process in the award
of the contract. According to
Business Day of January 4, 2011,
“Under the agreement with the
Nigerian government, Trafigura is
expected to pick up Nigerian
crude oil and in return, supply
herwith refined products; but it is
unclear why the firm, which has
supplied refined products to
Nigeria in the last 12 years, was
favoured for the deal.
“Trafigura agreed to an annual
contract with the Nigerian
National Petroleum Corporation
(NNPC) on the basis of taking
60,000 barrels of crude oil per
day in exchange for refined
products such as gasoline and gas
oil of equivalent value estimated
at around $3 billion a year.”
An oil industry expert who spoke
to Business Day said just “$1
billion of the amount would have
put the four refineries in proper
shape.” When I wrote two weeks
ago that Nigerians were faced
with a choice between death and
life, I didn’t even know about all
these.
I am going to leave the reader
with “Viscount”’s parting
thoughts:
“Nigeria will give Trafigura
(confirmed supplier of bad
petrol), 60, 000 barrels of oil per
day in exchange for their mega
tonnesof DEADLY-sulphuro us
petrol! Yep, Jonathan's
government is paying a foreign
company to systematically KILL
Nigerians. And poor Nigerians are
being asked to be happy jare!
“So, Nigerians, when your brand
new Tokunbo engine knocks -
just like that, thank Trafigura!
When your I-better-pass-m y-
neighbour generator's fume
smells funny and leaves a film like
Casper the Ghost - just like that,
thank Trafigura! When you are
walking in Lagos, or any other
Nigerian [city], and you are
experiencing a choking sensation
from the mundane act of
breathing in - just like that, thank
Trafigura! Nigeria!”

To put a stop to the likes of trafigura and co please join hands with me and let's brainstorm on the idea of small scale refineries here:
https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-832026.0.html#msg9829636

many people are being paid to write stuff on NL, so unfortunately, ANOVA will simple collapse and same is what is going on at the top.

No economy policy is going to work if it's just designed to destroy some few guys business out there.

GEJ continue your business, loot as much as possible now! I say now!!

this goes to show that nigerians are not smarf and clever people. how can nigerians vote for joe-na-thief. his appearance and the way he ckunt words wen talking shows he is really dull and not only that he has no good record in govt from deputy to acting president. after 12 years pdp ruin dis nation, nigerians sre say they voted jonatan and not pdp even if pope rule pdp he will not succeed and nigerians fail to acknowledge that.

Nigerians should stop complaining and smell the fresh fart!

Anyone have any idea how we can obtain a transcript of the media chat?

I hope those of you advocating for making Nigeria better and keeping it together will first go and take lessons in patriotism. Learn the rituals of nationalism first before you preach nationalism. I am happy this country is headed to its dissolution. While Jonathan is talking thesis to media, Boko is preaching governance in his backyard. I hope the brim of his hat is not creating blindsights for the President.

who get email address of channelstv?