Beaf: Those for the total removal of the subsidy and slashing of NASS salaries say, aye!

Lol!

JAMILO2020: FELLOW NIGERIANS,

ELECTING PEOPLE INTO A PRIVILAGED POSITION IS A CHOICE WE ARE SUPPOSED TO MAKE AS OUR RIGHT TO CHOOSE.

WE NIGERIANS HAVE MADE EXTREMELY BAD CHOICES IN THE PEOPLE WE HAVE ELECTED OR ALLOWED TO BE CRIMINALLY SELECTED.

CONSTITUTION OR NOT, WE HAVE NOW GONE PAST THE TIME WE SHOULD ALL WAKE UP COLLECTIVELY AND KICK THESE CROOKS OUT.

NIGERIA IS BETTER-OFF WITH MILITARY MEN WHO WILL FORCE US TO DO AS THEY WISH, THAN ALLOWING PEOPLE THAT ARE ELECTED TO REPRESENT US, DOING WORSE THAN WE WOULD HAVE EXPECTED FROM THE ARMED FORCES.

IMAGINE THE DIFFERENCE IN SALARY BETWEEN THE POLITICIANS AND THE ARMED FORCES ? YET THESE POLITICIANS WHO AWARDED THEMSELVES HUGE SALARIES AS WELL AS BENEFITS, CONTINUED TO ROB US SO SHAMELESSLY.

I BLAME THE 'GROUNDNUT & GARRI' ARMED FORCES OFFICERS WHO CAN NOT EVEN FIND THE COURAGE TO DEFEND US BY STANDING UP AND KICKING THESE CROOKS OUT.

I NOW OPENLY CALL ON THE ARMED FORCES TO TAKE OVER THE GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA, BECAUSE OUR CRIMINAL POLITICIANS ARE HELP BENT ON DESTROYING NIGERIA.

EVERY MEMBER OF THE ARMED FORCES OF NIGERIA SWORE TO "PROTECT NIGERIA AGAINST BOTH INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ENEMIES".

IT IS NOW VERY CLEAR THAT THE NIGERIAN POLITICIANS ARE UNREPENTANT ENEMIES OF THE STATE OF NIGERIA.

MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES SHOULD MOVE IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE NIGERIA RIGHT NOW!

SHAME ON THE ARMED FORCES IF THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW THIS CRIMINALITY IN NIGERIA!!

Sky Blue: UBELIEVABLE. That was THE WEAKEST attempt at an argument for removing the names from the list. People please, listen to that argument very carefuly by Lawan.

Effectively: 'I suggest we remove names 5 and 6 from the list because we want to focus on companies that were part of the PS scheme'

SO IF THEY WERE NOT ON THE SCHEME, WHY WERE THEY ON THE LIST TO BEGIN WITH??

Shocking!! And what is even more shocking was how we were all going to take the results of the research with some measure of gravitas simply based on the excuse that committees have information we are not privvy to. How on earth did a company that now allegedly was not even on the subsidy scheme make it to the list to begin with, talk less of this weak argument for having to remove it?

Committees need to be more scrutinised and documents used for references crosschecked. Imagine if the report was released, that is what we would have based recommendations on?

The validity of that report has just been rubbished and a new one must be done. Who knows who else should or should not be on the list? Perhaps the press needs to be a bit more investigative and part of the process. I mean, how didn't the press catch this?

webdezzi:
#MyQuestion

how did you expose someone whom you requested to be removed? this guy should be strapped to a drum and shot at close range
he must be made an example, if not, corruption has come to stay in Nigeria.

jimblaze: Why is everyone saying that Femi Otedola does not import fuel? Fellow nairalanders correct me if am wrong, but doesnt he own AP? and doesn't AP sell fuel?

pdozie: IF subsidy is removed, it will have economic impact to every Nigerian. If it is not removed, humongous theft, corruption and riddle to Nigerian entity will continue. It therefore means that Nigerians will have to sacrifice and bear the impact of the removal should they want to see this avennue of corruption removed.
Definitly GEJ does not have what it takes to confront the cabal. Should I blame him? OBJ who we know is fearless was not able to tame them. He rather tactifully concealed their actions so no one knew what was going on.
GEJ will to an extent be commended for opening up. Yes he didnt have the balls to take them on but he had a plan to ensure they dont steal again.
If you ask me - Yes lets remove the subsidy. We can always adjust.

For those calling for the military - its an option of course. I used to toy with that option but not until I read most of the history books from 1966 Nzeogwu led coup to the Reprisal coup that threw up Gowon and so on, up until the civil war. Those were dark days occasioned by mistrust and same corruption that is ravaging us now.
Yes mistrust is the key word. From the North to East to West to South there is total mistrust right from the days of Saraudana. that seed of mistrust is the basis for bad governance we have today.
So instead of military intervention, I will rather call for re-structuring of Nigeria to regional provinces and have he center weakened. This is what Nigeria needed just before the civil war started and that need is yet to disappear.

scribble:

your argument is hogwash. Please be guided appropriately. Femi Otedola apart from owning synopsis and zenon also owns African Petroleum/forte oil which was also indicted.

besides just cause they did not benefit from PSF does not mean hhe didnt used the forex to finance oga jonah's campaign

faithin9ja: How many governors have done well for the their regions? how many local government chairmen have done well for their local regions? how will dividing Nigeria into stronger regions make things better?

Kobojunkie: This issue has absolutely NOTHING to do with the existence, or none, of subsidy. Folks need to learn the art of NOT MIXING issues, especially UNRELATED issues such as these.

BabaOlowo: Cheap Thief, instead of holding up and resigning immediately, he is still lying. Anyway, he is among his fellow thieves, wont be surprised if this is swept under the carpet as usual and he keeps his seat in the House of Robbers! Bunch of Barawos, Oles, Onyiochis!!!

pdozie:
Depends on where you are looking at it from. Except if I'm in the wrong post, the issue here is brbery scandal that is related to the subsidy investigation and report of house of reps. If there is no subsidy then there wont be an investigation and then there wont be this bribery scandal. Of course there is corruption in other segments but just IF there was no subsidy this very act of corruption involving Farrouk & Otedola will not exist.
Therefore This issue has absolutely SOMETHING to do with the existence, or none, of subsidy (My take)

Kobojunkie: This issue has absolutely NOTHING to do with the existence, or none, of subsidy. Folks need to learn the art of NOT MIXING issues, especially UNRELATED issues such as these.

faithin9ja:

How many governors have done well for the their regions? how many local government chairmen have done well for their local regions? how will dividing Nigeria into stronger regions make things better?

chmod777:
is is rice importation probe we are talking about. Please think well. Some said there was no subsidy, eventually a probe revealed more than enough. unfortunately, the probe man is corrupt.

Could this have come into play if the govt did not attempt to remove subsidy ?

Beaf:
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When we told you #Occupy fools you were selling your damned souls to Lucifer and Baphomet, you thought it was a joke.
Your soul belongs to the cabal, bro. Because your ears are deaf, your eyes are blind and your mind is dead to the truth.

We warned you that you were fighting against the interests of your own future generations, but you responded with insults.
Hug your Farouk Lawan, bro. He is Satans spurn, designed for your exclusive taste.

Go and #Occupy stup!dly, as usual I'll be watching on TV.

The price of your soul? N65.00 per Litre.[/size]

DrugDoc: To think the Cabal would have been dead if the Nigerian people had allowed GEJ and NOI to kill it in January!!! Even if half of the subsidy savings is chopped by PDP, at least 500 billon naira will be invested into infrastructure as proposed by the economic team. Private refineries would take off within 2 years that would employ at least 50,000 to 100,000 Nigerians. Yes compare the amazing private giants GTB, Zenith, Diamond or Access to the govt. controlled banks of old. I don't support the PDP, but I know GEJ has done his best to steer Nigeria towards a better future but our own ignorance or wickedness is our greatest undoing.
[b]CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE, SNG AND NLC: YOU SAVED THE CABAL!!!

bayooooooo:

Tainted and partial as the probe is, it has at least exposed one fact that what government is subsidizing is corruption and not fuel. That alone has proved Nigerian masses who protested against the removal of fuel subsidy right. Besides, a reasonable explanation has not been offered for the jump in subsidy funds of 2011 relative to 2010. That jump was not caused by Rilwan or Yar'Adua. It was under GEJ, supervisor EBELE! Rather than castigate Nigerian masses who protested against the removal of subsidy, they should be commended for their foresight. You can not use corruption to fight corruption. If subsidy is removed another cronies of GEJ will loot the funds with reckless abandon. This same GEJ was forced few years back to publicly declared his assets. Why has he refused to do so now? Is he hiding something? This same GEJ has been facilitating business for other "cabals" as per Malabu OPL 245 saga! To me, GEJ is the father of corruption in present day Nigeria. He merely set up greedy representathief Lawan to discredit the now worthless subsidy probe report. The so called "fideo" has been in existence for weeks and it's of recent that the saga now turned to a fast moving event with accusations and counter accusations. Perhaps If not for desperation of Lawan to turn the table against them by planning to bring cash to the House, nobody perhaps would have known about it now. Let's be watching, it remains to be seen if anything significant beyond go and sin no more will happen to Lawan.

As per private refineries? You say it as if we need more than two good refineries! You say it as if we will be exporting refined products to other surrounding countries. Refinery business is not as viable as it used to be and the trend world wide has more to do with folding up than expansion. 100000 jobs? Forget it. Don't join Aganga in propagating falsehood. The voodoo economics of "ploughing" back such funds can not work here in Nigeria. The subsidy buses promised to cushion the effect of suffering masses are still running between Aso Rock and NASS. It's better to believe Lucifer pronounced as Lusiferi in Yoruba than to listen to GEJ. He can't keep his word. He won't build any refineries. He won't release any buses. He has no policy direction. He is not different from OBJ et al. None of his ever increasing vows has been redeemed. He doesn't have the capacity to deliver. His best is below our worst expectations.

Save the sermon on NOI and Sanusi for another day. one, Sanusi is a square peg in a round hole. He's incompetent and still battling with plagiarism which is intellectual form of corruption or armed robbery. He does not have any credibility. I wont even mention the way he has been conducting himself which to say the least is unbecoming of a public servant. That apart, he does not have any cogent ideas that can drive the monetary policies of this government beyond devaluation. And NOI, don't make a general statement exonerating her of what is now GEJ administration of corruption. What will you say if suddenly another Dangodollar say there is "fideo" on her tomorrow? They are all the same. All mired in monumental corruption. They are presiding over the most corrupt regime in the history of this nation with stories of scandal springing up every minutes and all pointing at the presidency and its cronies.

Turbocharged:
The bolded is exactly what Otedola want to achieve. To rubbish the whole report. Smart guy.

thegoodjoehunt:

The demonstrations was †☺ fight against a scam called the subsidy And the case at hand shows that the subsidy figures may be a scam.

How does this incident make the demonstrations wrong?

Beaf:

No, the demo's and riots only showed people who were too selfish to even reason straight before rushing out unto the streets to shoot themselves in the foot. It is the foolishness of the people that empowered the likes of Lawan to drive the screw in even more.
There cannot be anything more tragic than a man desperately fighting to death to help his enemies overcome both himself and his family.

With #Occupy, which was masterminded by El-Rufai in coalition with two political parties and the oil cabal, we have seen how easy it is to fool the Nigerian populace; cos just like Farouk, they too have a price for their souls and those of their kids. In this case, the price is N65 per litre.

Unfortunate.

It is always better to rise above primal instict and apply cold logic to such matters. Today, we have seen the cold, hard, barren rock on which the absence of application of logic has placed us. Just a couple of months ago, the house of rep seemed like the knight in shining armour, riding in to save the beleaguered public... Yet, in the strangest of twists this afternoon, that same house spat on our collective sensibilities and rallied behind Farouk. They played a confidence trick on you, got your trust and then phucked you.
Tell me who has turned out the fool? Tell me who should have listened to wise words in the first place. Tell me who has been scammed.

...Some people even died.

Dude, we are better of using that subsidy money outside the petroleum sector. End the subsidy, then privatise the petroleum sector. Govt can do more with that money in agriculture, education, R & D, transport etc etc.
Wouldn't that have been a better bargain? Even if someone decides to play a smart one with such a system, the difference is stark; instead of the dark, opaque, mafia-like operations of the subsidy, we would have gotten a system that was open to scrutiny and accountable. Now, what do we have? Same old corruption fuckry, with the "saviour" reps now openly spitting on us.

Beaf:

No, the demo's and riots only showed people who were too selfish to even reason straight before rushing out unto the streets to shoot themselves in the foot. It is the foolishness of the people that empowered the likes of Lawan to drive the screw in even more.
There cannot be anything more tragic than a man desperately fighting to death to help his enemies overcome both himself and his family.

With #Occupy, which was masterminded by El-Rufai in coalition with two political parties and the oil cabal, we have seen how easy it is to fool the Nigerian populace; cos just like Farouk, they too have a price for their souls and those of their kids. In this case, the price is N65 per litre.

Unfortunate.

It is always better to rise above primal instict and apply cold logic to such matters. Today, we have seen the cold, hard, barren rock on which the absence of application of logic has placed us. Just a couple of months ago, the house of rep seemed like the knight in shining armour, riding in to save the beleaguered public... Yet, in the strangest of twists this afternoon, that same house spat on our collective sensibilities and rallied behind Farouk. They played a confidence trick on you, got your trust and then phucked you.
Tell me who has turned out the fool? Tell me who should have listened to wise words in the first place. Tell me who has been scammed.

...Some people even died.

Dude, we are better of using that subsidy money outside the petroleum sector. End the subsidy, then privatise the petroleum sector. Govt can do more with that money in agriculture, education, R & D, transport etc etc.
Wouldn't that have been a better bargain? Even if someone decides to play a smart one with such a system, the difference is stark; instead of the dark, opaque, mafia-like operations of the subsidy, we would have gotten a system that was open to scrutiny and accountable. Now, what do we have? Same old corruption fuckry, with the "saviour" reps now openly spitting on us.

faithin9ja: 3 months ago diesel was almost N168 per litre, no subsidy for diesel, now diesel is N150 per litre, no subsidy on diesel. All over Nigeria the are signs saying 'call this number for home diesel supply' . This is how a market works. When diesel and kerosine were deregulated almost 9 years ago we thought the country would die.

If there is no subsidy anyone can sell petrol at any price, we will not die. How many 'real Nigerians' benefit from petrol subsidy. Even those entering molue and luxury buses actually use diesel, small buses use petrol, so prices will go up by 20%, lorries that carry foodstuff use diesel, factories that use generators use diesel.

How many real Nigerians own cars, how many carpenters, washer men, farmers, primary school teachers, shoe makers, tailors, etc how many of these people own cars that benefit from the subsidy?