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Forgiven! However, never disrespect the People's General ever again - EVER!

#TeamGMB2015

BokoHaramm:
what is more clueless than a man that can't produce his WASC certificate when asked to?

Who asked him to — PDP? Is INEC complaining?

RevDesmondJuju:
The issue at hand is a matter of both integrity and competence.

Just listen to yourself! Does your clueless boss have any modicum of both?

Adamu Mu'azu, call your boys to order. We can't be intimidated though.

#TeamGMB2015

Forgiven. Just make sure you never disrespect the People's General ever again - EVER!

#TeamGMB2015

Forgiven. Just make sure you never disrespect the People's General ever again - EVER!

#TeamGMB2015

Never! #TeamGMB all the way.

I do think it would make more sense for the PDP to approach the Law Court - If they believe they have a case (which obviously they dont) , rather than hope to convict Buhari in the court of Public Opinion. # TeamGMB seem to have their mind made up already, so they can't sway us.

Every authoritative source I have read (including Wikipedia) says that after Shehu Shagari was overthrown through a coup by some mid level officers, GMB was invited (as the most senior military officer) to lead the military government.

Never is it said that Buhari plotted any coup or overthrew any government.

Vicotex:
Buhari and em APC hope una dey see wetin GEJ dey do?


Thunder fire all these anti-Gej.
Gej till 2K19

How convenient a time to attempt (or appear) to fight corruption. Hoping to neutralize the ANTI-CORRUPTION toga of GMB.

Too little too late Boss.

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PerfumeRepublik:
Women need to be part of nation building.its not negotiable

At the time, GMB was a military head of state. Most of the cabinet members were high ranking military officers - of which very few were female, so the then disproportion is understandable.

MadCow1:
[b]First of all, my heritage isn't questionable.. Your beliefs or lack thereof are of absolutely zero consequence. You can choose to believe any darn thing you choose.. Beliefs have been around longer than you and would continue to exist long after you..

Secondly... I am NIGERIAN, not Biafran.

Thirdly.. Killing 3.5 million Igbos in a war... I don't see you talking about the how many million non Igbos killed by Ndi Igbos in that same war o!

ANYWAYS... let me give you my stance on this subject matter... First of all, RIP to the dead.. They fought and died for their belief in a cause. That said, the Biafran cause is dead. We have since moved past that bridge. A new struggle has emerged. Buhari participated in that war as a soldier of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He fought against the Igbos as a matter of duty, nothing personal. We all took losses in that war.. My father lost 4 brothers to Nigerian Airforce bombs in Aba in one day.. My Grandfather was Ojukwus ADC and fought on the frontlines of Biafra and still carries some shrapnel as a reminder of his participation in that war.. We all paid our price and we have moved on..

This is now 2014... I can't live my life today based on the events of 1967.. Between 1967 and now, Nigeria has gone from sending letters via Telegram to doing it via email.. .

You can't choose to dwell in the past or come to terms with reality..


Jonathan is not an Igbo man either but an Ijaw man.. And you may also want to remember that the Ijaws were also anti-Biafra.

Nigeria isn't breaking up anytime soon... But when we the electorates start exercising our freedoms a little more and changing these corrupt politicians, then we would slowly walk towards the confederation you seek.[/b]

Very dispassionate! Couldn't agree more.

duni04:
Maybe the importers have conspired to keep the prices high. The major motivation for subsidy removal is to encourage investment in local Refining with new refineries, not to encourage competition amongst importers. Only a few people are allowed to import (Otedola & friends) so its very easy for them to sit around a table and fix prices. Let's see how the government or cartels will control prices in a fully liberalised downstream sector with both local and foreign participants.

'only a few people are allowed to import...'
Why is the government allowing only a few people to import?

'...in a fully liberalised downstream sector'
The government seems to think that subsidy removal and full liberalization are synonymous. If the govt was genuinely interested in fully liberalizing the sector, passing the PIB would be a significant first step., as price deregulation is only a small component of full liberalization.

duni04:
They're dealing with volatility from two ends, the price per dollar of crude, and the value of the naira against the dollar. It actually makes more sense to maintain the status quo till we enter a more stable regime of both price of crude and naira value. We could have prevented this if we'd accepted the subsidy removal in 2012. We'd probably be enjoying N60-N80 petrol now, or even lower. Instead we're waiting for the government to reduce the price for us.

I completely agree with you on the stability issue as it concerns PMS. However, if your point regarding enjoying N60-N80 petrol was valid, then why am I not enjoying such price differential in AGO which you and I know it's not subsidized.

If the price of AGO does not reflect market realities even after complete removal of subsidy, what is the guarantee that the price of PMS will do so upon full deregulation.

The government seems to still FIX prices even after deregulation. Just curious.

duni04:
Maybe the devaluation of the naira has just about evened out any gains importers would have made from the fall in the price of crude?

I've considered that view. However, naira has devalued less than 15% while crude oil price has dropped more than 50%. So it doesn't even out.

You may also wish to note that according to PPPRA website, the landing cost (including all logistics) of petrol is less than N98. So at this time, the FG is not spending a dime in petrol subsidy, apart from all the extra margin they make from AGO.

vanunu:
I know that u are one of those who objected to subsidy removal. At times I wonder the kind of school u people went to.

Diesel (AGO) has no subsidy. Why has the pump price not adjusted to reflect the current realities in the crude oil market just like every other sane country is experiencing. Pump price stays the same even after crude oil price has gone down by more than 50%. An economic explanation from your government will help, cos I'm lost.

You should be more worried about corruption and not subsidy removal.

Just so u know, as an economist I am not a fan of subsidy.