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1stCitizen:dude, before you continue I BEG YOU speak some Ijaw or something so they would not think you are me or Yoruba or hausa . Thanks After which pls leave this thread |
One Question [size=19pt]HOW IS THIS MOVING THE COUNTRY FORWARD ? I mean What is the productivity of this thread ?[/size] |
noiseless:How is Olukumi studies = Igbo studies we really have ideeiots on NL keep shaking ur head till it comes off. MUMU |
9JAGENIUS:are u alj harem ? |
adamaw2tuf:LOL I must have really gotten to u igbos oh. chai i no go lie, it is bad ![]() Some of una just they get head ache for nothing. The funny thing is that I have LOTS OF IGBO friends and heck I might even be closer than u think ![]() |
Olodostein:as for you, Every action deserves a reaction. All I did was react to what you of ur brother/sisters did. Teah it is silly and childish but again every action has a reaction. If you equate that to dislike for u or ur people, heck there is nothing I can do about it. My hands are tied u see. It hurts people like u when others open topic about ur people but when ur people open topics about others, it is ok abi !! heck, every action has a reaction |
Relax101:Yes I would insult her if in 2 months time, she says rubbish. In tomorrow she says GEJ is right with the fuel subsidy removal, I WOULD INSULT HER. Make no mistake about that. How does that make me a demon ? lol iska ![]() |
chikeuz:so because of this, yoruba and hausa people should not rest again. LOL na wa o |
grafikii:Thank you, at this rate, Nigeria will not survive. the level of crime would jump up |
Olodostein:come to this thread, I opened up here and here are my stance. Read Ybutterfly discussion with me. please do not derail this thread as it would affect u and even ur extended family as well https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-775562.256.html |
frustrated citizen open letter to Mr president Dear Mr President, It is me again, I have been quiet on this issue of fuel subsidy until I actually understood fully how this would affect my life in the present climate within the country. Having anaylsed the effect the removal of fuel subsidy would have on my life I am forced to speak out. I want you to just take a minute to visualise the plight of an average Nigerian through my eyes. I wake up most mornings and when I flick my light switch on, there is no electricity, so I am forced to put on my small generator, to be able to iron my shirt to go to work, believe it or not my generator runs on fuel and at present I am barely able to afford running it at the present price of fuel. Then on my way to work, I have to get on a bike, popularly known as 'Okada', which runs on fuel and is the only quick and cheap transportation I can afford. The fact that I pray fervently just to get to my destination in one piece is neither here nor there. Then when I get into my office, my boss is looking miserable again because he has to run the office on generator power every day which is costing him hundreds of thousands every month at the present cost of fuel. I keep praying that the next day I still have a job because at the rate we are going it is not sustainable for any business at these costs. During my lunch break, I go to my local food joint and ask for my customary eba and egusi soup and every day I notice that that the portions are getting smaller, when I ask the owner why, she just responds that it is due to the cost of getting her items, which includes transportation costs. In the evening, just to chill out I go to my drinking joint and the noise of a generator can be heard over the music being played, yes you guessed it, the owner of the joint is forced to run her small business on generator power, which uses fuel. When I get home, there is still no electricity, so I am forced to put on my generator set just to do little chores before I go to bed. That is my life on a daily basis, and if you were observant Mr president you'd notice the common theme in my daily life is fuel. On my minimum wage I am barely able to exist at the present price of fuel. Now just imagine what would happen if that subsidy was removed, what impact it would have on my life. I have heard your reasons for why you want to remove the subsidy but to be frank those reasons are weak under the present dispensation, if there is a cartel that is siphoning the subsidy then it is down to you to fish them out and punish them, but to punish the majority for the selfish actions of a few is diabolical. I have always been a passive Nigerian, always living by the slogan 'it go better', but enough is enough and there is a limit to human endurance. Right now I am at the breaking point, and the removal of the subsidy would be my last straw. If you remove the subsidy I know that I wont have a job, neither would I be able to put a single meal on my table, so I would be left no other choice. So Mr President, take a good look around you and see what is happening around the world, people pushed to the edge are fighting back which has led to drastic changes in the political and economic landscape in North Africa, the middle East and even in Europe and America, Nigeria is not an island and is not immune. I will be first on the revolt line if you go ahead with your plan to remove fuel subsidy so keep an eye out for me, I will be the one with the very large placard saying 'Enough is Enough, step down Mr Jonathan, you are not fit to be my President'. Enough is Enough. Yours Sincerely Frustrated Citizen http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/subsidy-removal-the-thickening-conspiracy/ |
Olodostein:smdh look i don't really care about u and htza now. all i care about is the living condition in nigeria. |
[size=14pt]Why government will not keep its promises, by Akinlaja (Ex-NUPENG Sec. Gen)[/size] *Explains why subsidy is a fraud *Says Mimiko’s second term is assured Hon. (Comrade) Joseph Iranola Akinlaja is a member of Federal House of Representatives, representing Ondo East/West Federal Constituency. Before he delved into active politics he was a labour leader of note. He rose to the position of deputy national president of Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and Secretary General of Nigerian Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG. After that, the Petroleum Tanker Drivers (PTD an affiliate of NUPENG) made him their Grand Patron/Technical Consultant. He is currently national deputy chairman of Labour Party and deputy chairman House Committee on Women Affairs, and member of other key committees. In this interview with Sunday Vanguard, Akinlaja pooh poohed the federal government’s proposed oil subsidy removal as a death wish, talked about challenges in the oil & gas sector, his style of representation at the assembly and about his constituency projects. About his State, Ondo, he expressed confidence in Governor Mimiko’s re_election bid, and gave insights concerning the state of the nation among other things. Excerpts: As ex-Deputy National President of NLC would you throw your weight behind the FG’s proposed oil subsidy removal? Well judging from my experience it is not worth my while ordinarily to throw my weight behind government’s plans to expunge oil subsidy. Out of the three major white products which means PMS (Petrol) AGO (diesel) DPK (kerosene), two of them had been deregulated. That is, diesel and kerosene, yet all the promises the government made have not been redeemed, promise of Eldorado that once the products are deregulated prices will fall and commodity prices will stabilise all these promises had become a mirage, contrary to their postulations that market forces will drive down price, market price are skyrocketing by the day. The on_going price of diesel had made transportation, industry and domestic use of the products to attract severe hardship, factory and industry closure and reduction in the purchasing power of the ordinary Nigerians, because now the masses have to pay more for fuel, pay more for transportation, you have to pay more for food because once prices of transportation go up food prices will also be hiked correspondingly. So, if you look at this situation, which is real, one will never think of supporting government in their argument that removal of fuel subsidy will lead to infrastructural development. They have said these times without number over and over again it has not happened. Nevertheless I am in a different setting now, what I have said is my personal opinion on the matter but I am sure that the National Executive Council of Labour Party which is my party will take a position on it and whatever decision my party takes as a democrat I will comply accordingly. During your days as a labour activist, how do you normally approach the issue of deregulation of the upstream and downstream sectors and local content Whenever the issue of deregulation or removal of oil subsidy comes up usually we call a meeting either of central working committee or national executive council of the Nigeria Labour Congress in collaboration with our trade union congress counterpart, we sit, debate and take a position. And most of the time our decision was to disagree with the government and take decisive decision to dialogue, and eventually confront if dialogue fails to persuade the government to drop the idea. That’s how we have always handled deregulation. On local content we usually engage the authorities especially manpower development and manpower utilisation, we insisted in the industry on the use of manpower from the catchment area where such industry or companies are located, we insisted on the enforcement of the law on local content. In the oil industry where I practised unionism for about thirty-five years, we were able to achieve some commendable results of local content, especially in the upstream and downstream sector. Would you agree with the government that all its promised palliatives for the removal of oil subsidy would be effected? In your own view can the government be trusted? Well I will not agree that the promised palliatives after the removal of oil subsidy would be effected. And my reasons are these; at the wake of the introduction of government policy on deregulation and removal of oil subsidy they promised so many things including the fact that the refineries will work, energy will improve, the money saved from wastage, (they call oil subsidy wastage) which we call opportunity cost they said if they can mop up this money they will use it in providing infrastructures that refineries would work, more employment would be created and as at that time they set up Petroleum Product Pricing Regulatory Committee (PPPRC). It was later changed to Petroleum Products Price Regulatory Agency (PPPRA). The second major attempt again they said there would be palliatives. That was when labour agreed they should deregulate the price of diesel, they said they were going to buy buses for mass transit as one of the palliatives. The question today is where are those vehicles? Are they bought or not or they ended up with the same people that made promises who cannot fulfill it? Now when they say refineries will work and it never worked, when they say employment would be generated and it was never so, unemployment is rising. Also when they said that energy will improve and energy is almost nonexistent now. How can there be employment when factories and industries are closing due to high cost of energy? With all these ugly antecedent of deception and insincerity, how can they now convince Nigerians again that when you deregulate the final one which is petrol (PMS) that the money will be used for those palliatives they have promised? It’s like a broken record, a motion without movement, that is what the situation looks like to me; worn out promises, they have said it one time too many, no difference, no confidence, people don’t have confidence in them anymore. This is the same government that negotiated with ASUU and signed agreements years after they fail to implement it. And it is not only ASUU, most agreements that government entered into voluntarily, they renege at the point of implementation, that is their culture. They have made the people to lose trust in them in their ability to deliver on their promises. So I don’t believe and don’t trust them. I want the government to point at something that will convince the members of the public that yes they made promise on x project or programme and they delivered. Even the annual budget, how much of the budget they voluntarily presented to the national assembly for approval and approved has been implemented before the end of every fiscal year? Provisions for Ministries, Departments, and Agencies are usually not adequate yet at the end of the year they would still find it convenient to say we refund unspent budget. Look at the irony, the money is usually inadequate. Besides they still have the pleasure to return it as unspent funds. It is being said that it won’t be easy for Governor Mimiko to win the guber race in Ondo State come 2012 going by the attendant distractions, harsh and vituperative criticisms coming from the opposition camps particularly ACN? Let me assure you that His Excellency Governor Olusegun Mimiko will record landslide victory in the coming guber election, because the people are strongly behind him _ the elites, the artisans, students, sports men and women, people at the grassroots, market women etc. This is evident because Mimiko has touched many lives through creation of enabling environment capable of adding value to their private personal lives, businesses and investments. The current administration in Ondo State has embarked on urban renewal programmes and it has recorded huge successes, the master plan of that will help to absorb the renewal of six major urban centres of Akure, Ondo, Ikare, Owo, Okitipupa, and Ore to start with. These six urban centres have been redesigned, upgraded, and urban renewal would be perfectly implemented _ that is the new spirit in our state for new paradigm shift. Also to his credit is the provision of world class diagnostic and health centre in the country. The projects include the Gani Fawehinmi Diagnostic Centre, the ‘Abiye’ health programme, and the ‘Mother and Child Hospital’ with free medical services. Apart from this, the world class neighbourhood markets which have removed trading from the streets were also built; market women now experience pleasure and not pain in doing their business; they no longer wear rain booths to market. The market is now solar powered and things are functioning in their maximum capacity in the interest of all. Another milestone is the road construction through the use of competent construction contractors and they have been delivering on time. For the avoidance of doubt the Oba Adesida, Owo, Ondo dualisation and so many others are the proofs of these facts and when completed will be the best thing to happen to road networking in the history of the state. There is no community in Ondo State that has not felt the presence of Governor Mimiko within his two_year stay in office in terms of people oriented developments. I only told you few things he had achieved within that short period. So tell me why wont he win? With the support of the people through the grace of God Mimiko’s second term bid is already a done deal. Mimiko cannot be distracted; he is unrepentant in concentrating on delivering on his promises to the good people of Ondo State that is his mandate and that is our philosophy as a party, politics is not run on the pages of newspapers by way of propaganda or mudslinging; politics is run on the field through the support of the people at the grassroots especially when the people feel the dividends of democracy through genuine means. What is the single most disturbing factor in all of these? There are many now. Because the ripple effects of oil subsidy removal will definitely lead to joblessness, high cost of living, low purchasing power, run-away inflation, increase in crime rate and increase in prostitution, to mention but a few. Should Nigerians trust Jonathan of PDP? He is a member of the PDP and it is so disturbing that the people around President Jonathan may not allow him to offer the best he intended; they have entangled him with deceptive and suffocating structure. There is an adage in Yorubaland which says “Agbara ojo koni ohun onile wo, onile nio ni gba fun” the literary meaning of that is ”the force of the torrent is capable of destroying the building, it is the property owner that won’t give it the chance”. The same set of people that have been ruling Nigeria since the early 60s are still the same at the corridor of power; those that are dead succeeded in putting their children, they keep recycling themselves day in day out They only change the name of the political party from time to time. Today people are now toeing the line of making violent change inevitable in the polity since peaceful change had been truncated and that is really dangerous for us as a country. The reaction is now manifest in different forms, people now react through their ethnic militias or religious sect. We now have OPC, Bakassi, Egbesu, MEND, and now it is Boko Haram. Instead of thinking of how to curb the problem they are only addressing the effects and that cannot yield any positive result. As a legislator in the House of Reps, I have proposed social security scheme for unemployed Nigerians and the aged through local government. This can equally put a check on those who pride themselves in embezzling money because this scheme can help foster budget discipline as wells as accountability, people would want to know how their money would be spent and on what programme, scheme or budget. http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/why-government-will-not-keep-its-promises-by-akinlaja-ex-nupeng-sec-gen/ |
Nigerian you need to read this article and stop deluding urselves to think the government cares for you |
^^^^^^^^ [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQuLY7wqfSoPBlf9mqShCnaEnYYBT2KcgSW9oetV9U6P-59GT2ICw[/img] [img]http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSaKUWXiJ07u2hwwMqVPXEHR5Vz_4_8DRjhur62S9MUDhzoLw6Z[/img] The Ekpo(Soul) masquerade is widespread among eastern Nigerian groups of the Ibibio. It is used to present ethical examples essential to effective social functioning and interaction. One group of masks deals with socially negative qualities and with the spirits of persons who have either died in socially unacceptable ways or who have violated codes or laws. The Ekpo is represented with masks which embody ugliness, distortions, or violence as the Ibibio would characterize it visually. Contrasting masks present positive souls, which are represented by masks whose forms are considered beautiful, and therefore good. The Ibibio is not a single group but several networks of independent communities, with local unity represented by secret associations and their masquerades. The Ekpo society uses black masks, often of naturalistic appearance and with movable jaws, to maintain social order and propitiate the ancestors; some of these masks represent disease and deformity http://blackheritage.afreel.com/Ekpo%20Masquerade.htm |
htajz:are u living in Nigeria, and if so, where ? |
[quote author=Yeske! link=topic=788021.msg9403469#msg9403469 date=1319397651]Are you saying what the writer noted are false and we as Nigerians can't fight for our right? This is exactly what our politicians like- divide and rule, so that we can't come together to fight for a common goal. Stop tribalising and let's fight the common enemy[/quote]thank you ooooo!!! leaders use tribalism to hold us down while they steal. SMH @we common Nigerians the north = ciroma the west = Afenifere the east = Ohaneze the Ijaws = egbesu the Leaders = PDP Na wao |
htajz:stop derailing the thread, moreover what do u mean by investment ? why would anyone steal another man's investment ? SMH , na wa o. I think you have a big problem. |
odumchi:do u mean something like this [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRNugHm9YKgK9LHnR3OBFujC6oAbqDxNKgiVsKyN8-JB2JdkekoAw[/img] moreover is nwa ekpo man mask the same as what you are saying ? |
rhymz:LOL brother, how was ur sunday ? ![]() |
In all of this, perhaps the biggest scandal is that among oil-producing countries in the world, Nigerians pay about the most for petrol. While Nigerians currently pay about $1.64 for fuel per gallon, Venezuelans pay only 18 cents per gallon (meaning a bottle of water is cheaper than a gallon of petrol in the country!), Iranians pay just 37 cents per gallon, war-ravaged Libyans 54 cents, Saudi Arabians 48 cents, Qataris 72 cents, Bahrainis 78 cents, Turkmens (citizens of Turkmenistan) 72 cents, Kuwaitis 87 cents, Omanis $1.17, Yemenis $1.32, etc. Only citizens of the United Arab Emirates pay slightly higher than us for petrol at $1.78 per gallon.I would like silly people like PointB and co to read this part and learn |
DaLover:then you would give it to port harcourt, kano |
Great columnist Ifeoma. Love her to bits. Very objective and tackles the problem |
can this get to the front page pls I want people to read this great article and be awarehttps://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-788021.0.html#msg9403369 |
Now, the Goodluck Jonathan administration is deploying the same old, hackneyed, duplicitous, and mind-numbingly familiar arguments to increase fuel prices. But I think this time around the government is pushing its luck a little too far—never mind that the name of the president is “good luck.” As the English say, even a worm will turn, meaning even the meekest and most docile person will fight back if you push him so hard that he has nowhere else to escape to. Goodluck Jonathan--may not be lucky this time The government is about to push the masses of Nigerians to a cul-de-sac. When that happens the masses would be faced with only two options: fight back fiercely and doggedly or submit to incremental but sure death. If it is true that self-preservation is the first law of nature, I expect a sustained, single-minded, and uncompromising battle in the coming months. The time may have finally come when the fault-lines of ethnicity and religion that have historically divided Nigerians will no longer matter. But the Nigerian people should never wait until next year when the government increases fuel prices before they strike. The “Occupy Nigeria” movement should start right away! And here is why. While over 80 percent of Nigerians live below the breadline, our legislators at both houses of the National Assembly earn more money than any elected official in the whole world, including Barack Obama, president of the world’s most prosperous nation. Our president and his numberless coterie of useless minions pillage the national treasury daily in the name of maintaining government. Our ministers are the most expensive public officials in the world. Now, because a numerically insignificant portion of the population that are “privileged” to work for government asked for a miserly 18,000 naira a month minimum wage, the government wants to push every Nigerian who falls outside the orbit of institutionalized stealing otherwise known as government to the brink, to the very edge of existence. The same government that is complaining of the unbearable burden of “subsidizing” fuel prizes for the masses of Nigeria has depleted our foreign reserve by $3.5 billion in 2011 alone to subsidize the unconscionably lavish opulence of its members. In all of this, perhaps the biggest scandal is that among oil-producing countries in the world, Nigerians pay about the most for petrol. While Nigerians currently pay about $1.64 for fuel per gallon, Venezuelans pay only 18 cents per gallon (meaning a bottle of water is cheaper than a gallon of petrol in the country!), Iranians pay just 37 cents per gallon, war-ravaged Libyans 54 cents, Saudi Arabians 48 cents, Qataris 72 cents, Bahrainis 78 cents, Turkmens (citizens of Turkmenistan) 72 cents, Kuwaitis 87 cents, Omanis $1.17, Yemenis $1.32, etc. Only citizens of the United Arab Emirates pay slightly higher than us for petrol at $1.78 per gallon. The standard of living in all of these countries is, of course, light-years higher than Nigeria’s. They have better social safety nets for their poor. I read that government wants to raise the fuel price to 141 naira per litter at the very minimum, which adds up $3.6 per gallon! That would mean that petrol would be cheaper in America and some European countries that don’t export oil than in Nigeria! (Nigerian importers always import the lowest possible quality of fuel to the country). Remember, too, that the federal minimum wage in the United States is $7.25 per hour. That adds up to $1,160 per month, which is equivalent to 184,000 naira per month. In the state of Washington, the minimum wage per hour is $8.67. So by next year, a low-grade clerk with an 18,000 naira monthly salary in Nigeria will be paying more for fuel than an American laborer who receives the equivalent of 184,000 per month. And the low-grade clerk is a citizen of the world’s 8th largest exporter of oil. Where is the justice in that? Why the heck should we have cream and our faces are dry? If Nigerians don’t wake up now and occupy Aso Rock, the National Assembly, the Federal Secretariat, the Central Bank, governor’s offices all over the federation, etc they will be “occupied.” And this “occupation” will be more suffocating than it has ever been. The choice before Nigerians is one between death and life. I hope Nigerians choose life! Written by Ifeoma Ojukwu. http://www.codewit.com/africa/3622-rise-up-nigerians-and-fight-this-corrupt-government |
^^^^^^^^^^ leave them alone. HABA They like Ojukwu then so be it, it has nothing to do with the yorubas or hausas |
odumchi:Yeap, [img]http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR9tSGKQiauUkC6UkVHfldW_R82BYGVn5TcAxq_1W4f7jpa2C6V[/img] Ibibio art |
Ybutterfly:Political section is the worst Nairaland has to offer. Nairaland cannot separate it site into different ethnic group. It would not be fun ![]() |
Johnpaul2k2:who are the people ? |
kcswat:LOL this alj harem is an enigma yet to be discovered o !!!alj harem can speak Igbo and ijaw now ![]() |
1stCitizen:for all u have written, you are either alj harem or a yoruba person there is no way you are ijaw |
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