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I really pity Buhari followers. Its like being blind when you have the gift of sight on a platter of gold.

Buhari headed NNPC and the petroleum sector almost continuously through his career, yet today it is easy to see the foundations of sand and corruption on which that sector was built. Who should we blame?

The man tried to become president by preaching violence and practicing one-eyed politics (campaigning only in the North and dreaming of votes in the South and Middle Belt). It is only in Nigeria that ethnic and religious bigotries can ensure a counterfeit leader can garner 12million votes while running under an untested party.
Disgraceful.

The mans organisational abilities have been put to test in CPC's query of the election results at the tribunal. A pack of trained monkeys would have done much better in presenting his case; what we see and hear from CPC at the tribunal (whether it is their leaders signing the wrong statements or their disowning of their own publicity secretary) is shockingly embarrassing.

Nigeria can do better in future, than reach out to cranks and bigots with tall dreams.

arsenefc:
Really, there should not be four refineries in Nigeria. There should be 14 or more refineries in Nigeria. We have four now that are not working. They are not going to work as long as we continue to import because the importers will not allow it to work. The government itself doesn’t want the refineries to work. Before Babangida came, the NNPC engineers and staff maintained the refineries adequately and perfectly. When Babangida came and introduced SAP and said he wanted to deregulate the economy, he wanted private sector to take over the economy, he took the maintenance of the refineries from the NNPC and started awarding contract to fake people-politicians, army people who have no skill to maintain the refineries. Those people will take the contract, award the contract to some other people until the final man will not have enough money to repair the refinery. That was when the refineries went into liquidation. If only Babangida did not take the management of the repairs and the turn-around of maintenance of the refineries from the NNPC, they will not only have been maintaining the four refineries very well, they would have built four, five, 10 or more refineries by now.

[size=14pt]At that time, Babangida introduced a system whereby he will compel the NNPC to give potential refinery builders to export the crude oil, make profit and invest their profit in building refineries. They would export two ships, make their money and disappear into thin air. That is what has been happening since Babangida time till today.[/size]

The only way to get rid of these vultures is to remove the subsidy. All the ex-generals are involved in ra'ping Nigeria in broad daylight, from IBB to Buhari. These people also have strong and active cliques in the armed forces, so they are a dangerous lot indeed. But they have their filthy paws squeezing us by the jugular and reinforcing corruption.

Enough is enough. They need to be taken down by every available measure.

Gbawe:
When some of us speak about how the clearing house of corruption (NNPC) is a glorified wallet for the PDP and the President of the day, some clowns come here to tout "reforms" being "carried" out by GEJ even as it is crystal clear to all that affairs are exactly as they have always been. Anyway, GEJ the "reformer", rather than vigorously pursue privatisation,  has directed that the disgraced NNPC "turn around" our refineries with 24 months . Abeg , Nigerians should enjoy "fresh air" . All that is written below is enough to make aware Nigerians weep.

http://www.sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2011/oct/07/national-07-10-2011-002.html

Dunce. You just try very hard to hate on GEJ and talk nonsense. The Senator makes it very clear that his questions were in the [size=14pt]6th senate[/size], which was Yar Adua's tenure, only a fool or serpent would allude to GEJ's "reforms" during Yar Adua's tenure. One day, you will get tired of lying sha.

Most tellingly, the man put the blame for the NNPC Act squarely on the military. But for you, GEJ created NNPC and all manner of fuckery you are suddenly alive to in your crusade of deception. Rubbish.

Here is your own quote again, in case you diddn't read it before posting it.

Gbawe:
Oil subsidy: Nigerians shouldn’t pay for govt’s inefficiency -Senators
• Demand scrutiny of NNPC accounts, budget
From ADETUTU FOLASADE-KOYI, Abuja
Friday October 07, 2011
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Senate Minority Whip, Ganiyu Solomon and Chairman of the Senate Services, Senator Suleiman Adokwe said yesterday that Nigerians must not be made to pay for government’s inefficiency in managing subsidy on petroleum products.

Speaking against the backdrop of the Presidency’s proposal to remove oil subsidy in 2012, the senators said the Presidency should tender a breakdown of the oil subsidy to Nigerians. The duo faulted the secrecy attached to the annual budget of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) as well as how it managed the oil subsidy.


Speaking in separate interviews, the lawmakers faulted the NNPC Act, which made the nation’s indigenous oil agency accountable only to the President and demanded that its accounts be made public through the National Assembly. Senator Adokwe noted that the Senate Petroleum Resources Committee was deliberately frustrated when it asked questions on NNPC and its accounts. “[size=14pt]In the sixth Senate[/size], I served on the Downstream Petroleum Committee and I had a position, which was that the major issues were how to manage the subsidy.

“There were speculations here and there that the subsidy was getting into the wrong hands that it wasn’t getting to the real people, who actually needed the subsidy. “We tried to ask so many questions, to find out why and what was happening. My biggest grouse then was that NNPC account was shrouded in so much secrecy and nobody knew what was going on there. It’s a fundamental error that a major organization like that, which is responsible for our wealth, its activities are shrouded in secrecy, its budget is not subjected to scrutiny by the National Assembly.

“[size=14pt]The military made the NNPC Act in such a way that they are[/size] answerable only to Mr President. Its budget needs to be properly scrutinized so that we would know how they are managing the subsidy.“In spite of the fact that we are paying trillions of naira for oil subsidy, the pump price is still very high in the North; particularly in the North-east and the North- west. There’s still continued shortage of petroleum products in that part of the country and we wonder really who is being subsidized.“We really need to know how the subsidy is being managed. If we know how it’s being managed, probably there may be no need to take it off.

“So, it’s not a straightforward answer I can give. I cannot give a straightforward answer until I get the facts concerning the subsidy.”
On his part, Senator Solomon urged government to have a re-think on removal of the subsidy, as doing so would simply be punishing Nigerians.“Government should seriously have a rethink on this matter. That we are where we are now is quite sad.

Isn't it a no-brainer why Nigerians ain't winning Nobel prizes? See how many have swung the topic to whether Ibadan is phucked up or not.

Nigerians don't get the Nobel prize because we foolishly tear each other down. A Nigerians worst enemy is another Nigerian; you can also add the other Nigerians ethnic group and their religion. Nigerian society has been phucked by years of neglect and most are so frustrated that they will instinctively strike and drag down their helpers the same way a drowning person would.

Nigerian society is too phucked to produce a Nobel Laureate, and if it did by some miracle, the same society will "kill them before they grow."

"Every time I plant the seed, he seh, kill dem before they grow!" - Bob Marley (I shot the Sheriff)

The man is a fool.

To sum up, by every indication, they are the same or worse (with a strong bias to "worse").

kodewrita:
where there's smoke there's fire? for so many people to respond with insults suggests there's some truth to this.

Damn right.

talknafree:
Its so amazing seeing Moo-rons like beaf still hanging in here when they should have hidden their faggo-tted faces in shame.

The Gej they were are clamoring and vowing for with their lives has only succeeded in taking Nigeria 5 years backwards.

God will judge you all. 'cus rather than coming out to speak the truth you have only decided to let meaningless sentiments play with your minds.


by 2015 Gej will take Nigeria 20 years behind time because things would have so much deteriorated.

I guess there's a solid reason why your use name is talknafree.
As they say, na you get you maut, if you like leave for Ikorodu Road, molue go jam am pass!

Gripe all you like, lie all you like, call black white and white black. . . How will that change a thing? The ordinary Nigerian is happilly reporting much improved electricity supply, but we have incurable liars like yourself and Gbawe trying to claim that the situation is fake. Who are you actually fooling? Dude, it is just yourselves. Every passing day, the likes of yourself and Gbawe, expose yourselves for the people hating, Nigeria hating hypocrites, liars, hyena's, vultures and vampires that you are.

You fellows can continue living in your strange cuckoo land where your everyday realities are so defined by various hatreds and bigotries that when you open your mouths its like a madmans jambory. Lol
I expect aliens like yourself and Gbawe to pack back to Ghana and leave our 9ja for us. We are slowly but surely making the super-human efforts needed to rearrange and refocus the tectonic plates that had hitherto been grinding a an epic path to a destiny of doom. We don't need you dishonest lazy louts that scream like hysterical six year old girls and go into mourning each time the country takes another progressive step.

Dude, it isn't clever to keep spouting foolishness in the face of stark evidence. Electricity supply keeps improving with each passing week, because for the first time, we have a civilised govt that cares; not your "strong", "goliath", "military general" type that ra'ped your women and frog-jumped you in the presence of your kids before stealing the milk from your babies.

Cry all you like, creature of the night. Nigerians are in the new and welcome era of [size=14pt]Fresh Air![/size]

coogar:
is that why you are in church? to be the judge of who dresses decently and who doesn't?
how does that affect me? if you see something you feel is indecent in church, close your eyes or look the other way!

You're not serious! That is when I actually start looking. Going to church should be a pleasant and uplifting experience.

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Another clown. Dude, face the topic or scram. This is why so many people fail JAMB, you ask them A, they answer C. . . Grown men for that matter! Na wa!
[size=21pt]Why does Aregbesola live in Lagos and disturb Fashola?[/size]

Instead of Gbawe to be here to defend his mentor, he is running around NL threatening to use his thin k-legs legs to beat JohnDoe!
Please someone tell us how Osun is justified with a character like Aregbesola? Why does he live in Lagos? There are even allegations that he slapped Fashola!

Gbawe:
Thanks my brother for your advise. I am just extremely pissed off after getting back from a 12 day tour of Ghana, Togo and Benin to now face zero electricity for 24 hours and extreme noise and air population. It was the same before I left.  It is just too much to read how these animals are defending nonsense because their afiliation , first and foremost, is to their kinsman rather than to what is right and just. We all know what needs to be done !!!  It is sickening GEJ can be carrying out the usual deception (" we will privatise" only to do a U-turn once in power) that ensures the FG remains in the "juicy" power sector only for idiots like Jonhdoe to have the nerve to label patriotic and decent Nigerians "aliens". [size=21pt]If I see him now I would probably beat the crap out of him !!!![/size]

kweke! Awon Tinubu trained boxers wit thin thin k-legs don full town! Make una run o!

--hint read the below with a Warri accent---
Gbawe wan beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaat una!

www.nairaland.com/attachments/180447_ROTFLMAO_gif3d0c775232c7f27cf80592785b9635b6

Some people are a waste.

Gbawe:
F.ack off !!!! Effing tool !!! You are nothing but a cheap wh.ore. Now, run off to the mods and report me. Unlike a teachers pet like you , totally in awe of authority, I don't care what anyone will do if I speak my mind in calling out 419 sycophants like you. Nigeria , currently , is a disgrace because of the likes of weak and compromised leaders like GEJ who lead on behalf of the "owners of Nigeria" . The gradualist policy drives of your hero abets only the prosperity of those who seek to keep Nigeria as it is.  Something will give. Bank on that !!!! Boko Haram  has shown Nigerians how to cower the FG. Keep up your deceptive talk. That is what we expect from a reprobate like you !!! You are waste of space.

Dis dude sef! You're so entertaining, just like a toy! You just pull di rope small and Gbawe begins madness!
My back wan broke wit laf o!

Gbawe knows how to form NL Jesus. . . Until someone pulls out Tinubu's sins, then the devil begins to shine through his lil red eyes!!!
O critical gan!

All hail voltron!

Gbawe:
You are a total  and an annoying layabout . A jobless sycophant like you , probably posting from a squalid room abroad, would not know what Nigerians face . That is what I wrote to your silly "brother" (Johndoe) below. You people are disgraceful with how you would rather defend the incompetence of your kinsman instead of joining the agitation to ask, unanimously and without equivocation, that the right thing be done . You are a clown with no conscience and zero appreciation of what Nigerians are going through because we have gained another defender of the status quo as President .

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-776265.0.html

So Gbawe, the evil Tinubu's number 1 defender has suddenly metamorphosed into a voltron defender of the Nigerian masses!!!
Life wan hend! Hidiot!

Who do you think you are fooling, yourself or your fools parade (all na di same )

Abeg, carry your crocodile tears to the parade ground. Pesin go wound o! Its vulture day! Weak vulture, strong vulture all unu come out! Winshes are welcome.
Make una come dance gidigba dance e!

Hey! Make we shout eee! Somebody has been misquoted so its vulture day!!! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
Big vulture, small vulture. . . ALL vultures, come out to dance!

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Lolzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Thanks bro!

dustydee:
Devaluation means harder times for Nigerians. Our economy is import dependent which means prices of food like rice and other products will go up. Remove subsidy and more people will be thrown into poverty. Beaf must be feeding fat from this to be in total support.

Where did you pluck that from, oga? You guys always take an emotional viewpoint, rather than sit back and take a cold logical look at the issues confronting us. I think you need to read the article quite closely; oil prices are falling, therefore an economy that is 100% dependent on oil would have its currency value drop. . . Has nothing to do with overspending, so I have no regrets about bouncing evil brains brain like an Indian rubber ball.

If we want to avoid such economic swings in future, then we need to diversify our economy away from oil and embrace true federalism, but it seems ALL governors are seeking more oil money from Abuja instead of less, so the widening spiral to nowhere will continue.
Its a great opportunity the country has the for the first time our President believes in true federalism, but how is that ever going to be possible when no single state is imaginative or courageous enough to go it alone? You can't eat your cake and have it, depend solely on oil and our currency will swing with the oil price.

Everything has a consequence.

lagcity:
^^^^^^

u abokis get time ooo. i swear. anyway, enjoy Aregbesola. the bobo no send una one bit. Beaf, i hope u understand Yoruba and watch the video. you'll see SW rascality in action


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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4H-ti6RY8s[/flash]

What a clown the man is! Something must be done to banish area boys from politics.

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You haven't really said how the economy would be affected. There are few poor people that run generators for any reason or who own cars for pleasure.

Lets wait to hear the full details, cos its like we are jumping the gun in a way. Its also possible that the removal will be phased over months or that the welfare package will be too juicy to be ignored. So lets wait and see and put our feet down to ensure that the implementation is spot on.

It is quite clear that the headline is in the usual tabloid style of the Nigerian press. Any clever person can read between the lines and see that David Mark was advising the power and steel committee in the strongest of words to sit up and make 2020 a reality, to which end he would love not to hear about generating 3000MW, but rather see it. The news is told quite differently in other more responsible news papers and on other news websites.

[quote author=alj_harem link=topic=775113.msg9290771#msg9290771 date=1317952621]Are those custom officials ? Daily people from benin republic and Niger enter and leave Nigeria like it is part of their country.

No visa, no protocol. That is why I said the appropriate custom officials, I mean well train no nonsense officials.[/quote]It will take too many years to train new customs officers if the FG is looking at January. This is basically about kicking the last set of leaches into into the tall grass. Most poor people only buy kerosene for everyday use, kerosene is not subsidised, so govt only has to cover transportation costs in a reasonable way.

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Close the borders with who? The current customs men or are we going to import new ones from the Moon?

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I support the new President of the Court of Appeal, Musdafa in his suggestion that corruption should be punished with execution. We can adopt the Chinese model where the family of the criminal buys the bullet.

Gaddem!
These are eye-popping sums indeed! A lot of these folk need to roast in jail forever.

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Carry go, sir! You are very entertaining!
Any new "inventions" for us? LOLZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!

Oya, give yourself one Tyson punch! Gbooom!

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None of the two articles you posted mentions overspending even once. . . So, hurray!!! You just declared yourself an "inventor!!!!"
Now, jump up and slap yourself! Twai!

Take this foolishness elsewhere and stop spamming the forum.

Evil Brain:
Every time the naira goes down, it means your salary and the value of the money in your bank account goes down as well. And the root cause is government overspending. When the government spends more than it earns, the difference gets taken out of every Nigerian's pocket.

Someone should please tell GEJ to stop spending so much money. The rate at which this government burns cash is just ridiculous. And its not like they are pending it on anything sensible, there are no new roads or railways or teaching hospitals or schools. Between salaries, allowances, bribes and corruption; all the money  disappears with nothing to show.

Plus Jonathan wasted all the excess cash from the last oil boom on his s.tupid election campaign so that now that oil prices are falling, all of us must now become poorer. The guy deserves to be slapped hard.

You posted an article that points out the root cause to be the massive drop in oil prices, yet you immediately begin to invent a story about over spending. Na wa for you, sir!

First law of creating a thread:
Understand what you post before commenting.

. . .Now slap yourself!

[size=14pt]Offensive publication: CPC disowns Fasakin as tribunal decides his fate Oct 13 [/size]
Written by Tunde Oyesina, Abuja
Friday, 07 October 2011


The Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), on Thursday, said it could not defend its controversial National Publicity Secretary, Mr Rotimi Fasakin, over the offensive press statement he issued, maligning the integrity of members of the Presidential Election Tribunal.

The tribunal, however, fixed October 13 for Fasakin to come and confirm or deny the authorship of the said publication.

Fasakin had obeyed the tribunal’s summon by appearing before it on Thursday but refused to deny or confirm his authorship of the said offensive publication published in about five national dailies on September 29, 2011.

The said controversial press statement led to the tribunal summoning Nigerian Tribune’s Editor, Mr Edward Dickson and reporter, Christian Okeke, who were later discharged  and acquitted after giving evidence that it was issued by Fasakin.

During Thursday’s proceeding, counsel for the CPC, Dipo Okpeseyi (SAN), told the five-man tribunal that he had no mandate of the party to defend Fasakin on the offensive publication, adding that he was primarily before the panel to argue the petition brought by the party against the election of President Goodluck Jonathan.

”This issue is not a matter that concerns the petition,” he told the Justice K.B Akaahs-led panel.

He also stated that he was not minded in his personal capacity to defend Fasakin, because the offensive publication concerned his primary constituency as a lawyer.

When Fasakin discovered that he was completely on his own, he prayed the tribunal for a week’s grace to check his documents in order to ascertain if he issued the said statement or not.

Earlier, he had denied receiving the summons issued on him by the tribunal adding that he got to know about the invitation through his friends, A fresh summon was promptly issued on him inside the court room with Fasakin asking for a week’s grace to determine its authorship.

Counsel for Jonathan, Chief Wole Olanipekun (SAN), had objected to Fasakin’s request while urging the tribunal to give him 48 hours.

Counsel for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Duro Adeyele (SAN), also toed the same line of 48 hours grace for Fasakin. But the tribunal acceded to Fasakin’s request of one week.

Meanwhile, President  Jonathan and his deputy, Namadi Sambo, on Thursday, closed their defence after they had called several witnesses to testify in their favour.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/29324-offensive-publication-cpc-disowns-fasakin-as-tribunal-decides-his-fate-oct-13