Ben Bruce, Others, On Subsidy - the big shame of a country

Something to think about!

For a long time Nigerians have really been taken for granted and treated like 'MUMUs'.

About time this deplorable situation is brought to a speedy and well -deserved end !!!







WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW ? Let us remind ourselves the reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy.

I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our government big, wasteful and ineffective:



Big and overblown governments at all levels 70 Ministers

Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)

Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants

Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly



His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly

Senators take home 14 Million naira monthly

It takes 1.4 Billion naira to maintain the NASS annually (Remember what Sanusi said about 25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday - Thursday)



Our Governors exhibit such level of opulence shunned by the richest nations in the world.

Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it.

We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.



NASS will be paid from that!

Aso Rock will use 1 Billion of it to eat!

Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.



The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers

The office of Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad English to you.



We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 as security votes MONTHLY



They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!

Your hospitals will have no drugs.

Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar.

Your roads will still be death traps You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and social security!



You will still pay more for petroleum products.

You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.



If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!



The American President has only 2 aircraft, our president has 9 in his fleet and voted money recently to buy 1 more! #

The British prime Minister has only 2 official cars, our president has 23 in his pool and only recently voted 300m naira to buy 2 more bullet/bomb proof ones! #



Senators in the US earn about $6,000 dollars monthly and that's about what a university professor, or a director in a state dept, or a doctor with 20yrs experience, or a teacher wt 25 years experience earn too,



But in Nigeria a senator earns 245 million Naira per annum! that's d salary of 25 vice chancellors, or 50 medical doctors, or 60 directors, or 500 school teachers! #



The US, almost d size of Africa with about 500million people have 24 ministers, and 32 govt parastatals and commissions, Nigeria has 42 cabinet ministers, and over 50 government parastatals! #



America with about 500 million people and more mileage to drive consumes 39 million litres of petrol daily, Nigeria with 150 million people 60% out of which live in remote areas, yet our govt tells us we consume about 35 million litres of petrol daily!



IS SUBSIDY REALLY THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA?

And a last one!!! President Jonathan last bought fuel with his own money in 1996 shortly before coming on board the NDDC! So also is a whole lot of them in government!



It is time to re-think and re-define. We have to remove money from politics. Political office holders should earn what civil servants earn. That's what they are: CIVIL SERVANTS!



Now, for some jokes ,

This I have to share; cracked me up. New Yoruba greeting: E ku subsidy! If any Muslim gets a baby around this period these are possible names: Male: Subsideen; Female: Subsidat,