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I am going to try to provide a list of things that personally affect me.

Please also add things that affect you so that we have a complete and concise view of the consequence of this policy. Here we go,

1 it used to cost me N 4000 to fill my thank now it will cost me

2 b4 a haircut was N150 with NEPA and N200 with gen now it will be

3 5 months ago mr Biggs increased the price of their meals, when I asked the manager of my local outlet he said it's becoz govt was considering subsidy removal, I wonder what will happen now?,

4 in abj a normal taxi ride will be on average N 400 naira, now it will be how much

Omokidew, this thread is for GEJ promises to the masses and no fuel subsidy removal, so take ur analysis to the subsidy thread not here, if GEJ thought the Nigerian economy depended on this policy wasn't it worth alluding to even if it be vaguely during his campaign so that those that elected him know what they were electing?

I just think nigerians are inherently wicked to each other. Should a policy of this magnitude be shrouded in such secrecy as to when, how and why it is taking off on jan 1st?

If ask this question pple will start asking for link. Where did GEJ and the PDP get the thousands of dollars spent bribing delegate at the PDP primaries?

The millions of nairas shared at state and local govt to touts and the neighbour2neigbour movement during election. Then I workd in a bank at damaturu, see as busses were loading pple to our branch to open accounts just to get a share of the N2N loot. Even at remote yobe, there was enough PDP loot to reach there.

Then you guys wonder why the subsidy bill is over 1.2trillion in less than a year as compared to just a little above 200 billion in previous years.

I adapted this from another poster, lets cultivate the habbit of keeping our leaders accountable.

1. You Prmoised to rule for only one term (reference http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-12339017)
As a man of your words or rather as you want to make us believe, PLEASE stick to this plan and pledge.
I sincerly hope we will not have political jobbers, groups like Youths Earnestly Ask for Jona, Dbanj, Lagbaja, Sunny Ade all singing for your second term bid? I sincerly hope also, you will not come out and openly deny you didnt make such promise or statements as you did about the zoning saga.

2. You promised a consitutional role for Traditional Rulers!!! I am short of words but Nigerians are waiting

3. On March 17th 2011, in Dutse the Jigawa statte capital, you promised:"If I win the election, within my four years in office, I will establish domestic airports in all the states without airports, WE ARE WAITING.

4. In Nasarawa, at the flagoff of your campaign you promised at least a university in every state including building specialist almajiri schools to shore up education in the North so as to eradicate illiteracy. The Almajiris are waiting o!

5. On February 8th in Ibadan, the day you called some people "rascals", you promised to create jobs and improve the power sector. The OYO people and indeed all Nigerians are waiting!!!

6. On Feb 9th, you were in Bauchi and you promised to intensify oil and gas exploration in the North-East as part of efforts to harness resources for economic development. Also you pledged to boost agriculture, power and water supply for wealth creation and revenue generation. Then you assured that projects such as the Mambilla hydro-electricity, Jada irrigation project and Kafin Zaki dam in Taraba, Adamawa and Bauchi would be pursued to boost agriculture and industrial development. Then you promised that your administration would establish two universities in the region. The NORTH EAST PEOPLE ARE WAITING,

9. You landed in Portharcourt on Feb 12 where you made alot of promises, maybe to woo your Niger Delta people. Be that as it may, you announced that the NNPC, in partnership with the private sector, would establish a petrochemical plant in the Niger Delta (you didnt state where exactly). You promised the plant will create job opportunities for the Niger Delta youths. Then you went ahead to promise the implementation of Local Content Law and Petroleum Industry Bill. In case you cant remember when you made all these, cast your mind back to the stampede that claimed some lives (where your wife called them martyrs).

10. In Kaduna- You promised massive transformation of the agricultural sector through construction of large dams and distribution of one million metric tonnes of fertilisers for the 2011 farming season (The rains are here already, so fulfil your promises o)
You also pledged to establish Almajiri model schools to address the challenges of the Almajiris.

11. In Benue-You promised to revolutionise agriculture and establish industries in the country through a five-year plan (We need that Plan now so we can keep track, the five years have started counting already)
You also promised to complete the irrigation project in Otukpo. Then you promised that the second Niger Bridge and the Benue Bridge projects will be worked on in the next four years. I think its better to start now so by April 2015, we trust you would have completed it.

12. February 17th, you were in Plateau where you made shocked the entire country with amazing promises. First of all, you pledged to refocus on the solid mineral development of the state and make it one of the key revenue sources in Nigeria. The Plateau people are banking on you.
Mr President, You promised to build more dams and complete ongoing ones, so as to boost agricultural growth.
In addtion you promised to complete the Vom-Manchok-Jos road to boost economic links between Plateau and Kaduna states. Yoy left the state and the Plateau people have been happy ever since and now that you have won, they are waiting

13. Mr President on Feb 21, you were in Kogi. You promised among other things promised that the dredging of the River Niger and Lokoja-Abuja road dualisation would be completed very soon. THE KOGI PEOPLE AND INDEED NIGERIANS ARE HOPING AND WAITING

14. In Kwara State on Feb22, you pledged that the irrigation project in Shonga would be completed soon to boost the commercial farming activities of the New Nigeria Farmers in the area. Mr president, remember you also said the Jebba-Mokwa road and Jebba bridge would be given adequate attention to ease transportation in the area. Kwarians are waiting!

15. On February 24, Mr. President, you pledged to rehabilitate ALL ailing industries in Aba. I believe all Abians are hoping on you to provide the enabling environment to do their businesses, you must keep your promises,

16. Mr.President, on Feb 25th in Anamabra you said there is a plan to build a power station in the state, assuring that within the next four years your administration would construct and rehabilitate ALL federal roads leading to Anambra as well as the South East. You equally to provide potable water to the densely populated Onitsha and Nnewi cities and tackle erosion in the South-East. To tell you the truth, Mr. President, Anambrians are banking on you!

17. In Ebonyi state, you promised to dualise the Enugu-Abakaliki federal highway in addition to establishing a secretariat for ALL Federal government's agencies and parastatals in Ebonyi. Mr. president, The people of Ebonyi has never had it so good since the creation of their state. Now, you have promised them the good life. Please keeep to your words!

18. In Niger state, you promised the more power generation. Perhaps the most important aspect of your promises is that your government would map out a five-year strategic plan for road projects. (Please we are waiting for the Plan NOW!!!!)

19. On Feb 27, you were in Asaba, the Delta state capital, which happens to be my state. On that fateful sunday, you revealed that “The NNPC is developing a new programme that will absorb about 5,000 youths, ”, Mr. President, Deltans are delighted at this REVELATIONS. While that number is a far cry from the number of unemployed youths in the state, at all at all na winch (as we say in Warri), so Deltans are waiting.

20. On March 2nd, you were in Ondo where you pronmised that roads and other basic infrastructure across the states will be developed in four years. In addition you also promised the exploitation of the vast bitumen deposits in the state for national economic development and employment generation. The Ondo people are waiting. Your Four years have started already. You must start now.

21. On the same day, March 2nd, your campaigbn train was in Ekiti state. While there, you promised that more than N50 billion federal intervention projects were ongoing in the state. You can be rest assured that the Fayemi and indeed the entire Ekiti kete are waiting for you.

22. On March 9th, in Sokoto, you promised to rehabilitate the abandoned Shagari irrigation project as well as reviving the nation’s rail system and figh the menace of desertification in the country. Sokoto people have sufffered for too long. This is your time to redeem your pledge, Mr President. The clock is ticking!!!

23.The date was March 12th 2011 and you were in Ogun state.
Remember, the day you rode to Abeokuta through rail?
Yes, That was the day you promised an improved power supply before the end of the year through the Integrated Power Project (IPP) initiative.
You also pledged to build more refineries, encourage downstream activities, resuscitate rail transportation and create jobs. In case you have forgotten, that was the day that Gbenga Daniel (your South West campaign coordinator was booed by the Ogun people).

24.On March 14th, your campaign trained moved to Kebbi where you promised to establish a federal university next year (2012). You also promised to create jobs through science and technology, tackle environmental challenges and boost health care delivery.

25.Katsina, was your port of call on March 15 where you promised to enhance the living standard of Nigerians through implementation of people-oriented programmes that would provide citizens the necessary opportunities to realise their potentials.
In my opinion, this was just mere rhetorics as you did not make any concrete promises. or did you have the premonition, you will lose in Katsina? I might just be right.

26.In Kano, you pledged to resuscitate the nation’s power sector and encourage the development of small and medium scale enterprises in the country while ensuring justice, equity and fair play in the polity.

Mr.President, Space will not allow me to list the deluge of promises in Lagos, Osun, Borno, Cross River, Akwa Ibom, Enugu, Imo, Taraba, Jigawa, Edo, Bayelsa and Zamfara states. If you can accomplish all your promises in the next four years, then you will go down memory lane as the best President ever.


I WISH U GOODLUCK MR PRESIDENT

Am not denying, but pple are reeling from subsidy removal and u are here posting linless story trying to incite pple. Wouldn't it suffice to say 3 pple cought with explosives if it were even true.

@rhino I feel you, and infact I voted Buhari not GEJ, but now dat we are stuck with him let's stop the acrimony and together map out a strategy going forward.
I just they sigh in disgust as things just keep getting worst and worst daily under bad luck Jonathan.

Yaradua came to office when pump price was made 70/ltr by obj, and he reduced it 65, and the new yr gift we get from bad luck is double the price

Omo_tier, u no leave beaf alone he is just trying to pull out red hairings at every argument u present instead of countering ur arguments with knowledge, and even at that he has failed woefully.

Some body asked me not to curse our leaders, coz it will only get worse for us the masses. Well I ask heavens to do as He wills with our leaders, for the reality is we are stuck with them for the next 3 years

Good luck ebele Jonathan that's what it will be called then, coz that's what it's called now

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why not leave your address and invite ur uncle and his wife to ur house, BH will take care of the rest,

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dude are u for real? Where has there ever been salary cut? Have u ever heard of the Greece Spain or even Italian austerity measures?
God, what have we become in this country that we are no more objective.

Let me tell the Leomax and beafs in here that yes SUBSIDY MUST GO, but definitely NOT NOW, we can't trust the govt which have depleted our foreign reserves in the face of rising oil prices with a trillion dollars of subsidy savings.

First and foremost fix the wastages lickages in govt which will provide more than half a trillion in savings b4 removing subsidy. Here is an analogy when u go to fetch water with a basket, u can't solve the problem of not filing the basket by getting a bigger bowl to pour water in the basket, u need to fix the lickages in the basket first. That's the similitude of the current system we r running, a basket which will never b full even if u add subsidy savings.

Finally GEJ attested that buhari is not corrupt that's why he handled PTF so splendidly, I will suggest he gets a person like buhari to head any group of trustee that will over see the subsidy money spending. Coz I know he will gladly resign if he senses any magu magu. But that is a wild call, coz buhari will never want anything to do with this magu magu government.

I think the truth is they have milked the nation dry and now want us to pay for it. No matter the economic sense behind subsidy, socially and morally now is not the time to remove it, especially having GEJ and his team of kleptomaniacs as ministers. They say fire no dey burn person twice for same day. Pple trusted luck and voted him, I wonder if they are still willing to trust luck to safeguard our subsidy money when removed.

Haba Leo max and beaf, you guys are smarter than this. Why are you guys defending such a clueless president.

And stop attacking the messengers attack the message. Unfortunately GEJ had non

Am done guys good nite.

hercules07:
He is worse than Dizeani who is really really dumb.

GBAM GBAM GBAM!!!

I was about to go out to buy suya, when I saw this on tv, what a waste of my suya time

juman:
He is just not a sweet mouth talker, but answering the questions well.

I challenge u to present any question he as answered squarely! I challenge u! Even if have to paraphrase!

Ur type is the problem of this country.

Buhari is not corrupt - GEJ

Kasala don burst

gas plant:
This guy cannot pass a job interview

He is just passing a presidential interview! That's Nigeria 4u. What an upside down country

ov:
UP GEJ!

The problem is not GEJ! the problem is the moderators! the questions de r asking lack depth and intelligence! Kai!

They should have brought Christianne Amanpour instead.

I sure say GEJ for no show up. LOL

I wonder how long he will last under Steven sakurs HARD TALK?

How long is this shameless display going to last. Can anyone with a conscience defend or justify this national blinder? Where is BEEF.?

I wonder how wikileak cables will describe this guy.

The guy just lost it! He is no more stopping even when the anchor is signalling

Ol boy, our own don finish, only luck will ensure that Nigeria still remains as this guy got it by 2015!

The pple that sell moi moi and ground nut make a living - GEJ

Yesterday the town hall started tilting me towards considering this idea of subsidy removal. But now listening to presido himself no way I am backing this idea, coz the guy doesn't have the slightest idea of what he is talking about.

So my question is who's idea is the subsidy? ( coz it certainly isn't his) and what is the motives of the real proponents of subsidy removal? And are the real proponents nigerians or IMF and WB? Seriously we need answers

How can we trust deregulation, when the deregulator in chief doesn't understand the concept of deregulation

Please stop saying our children and use future generation mr president   haba

I can't watch this no more, i will understand it better reading it in papers tomorrow than listening to GEJ himself, nigerians, nigerians, nigerians! I pity all of una

I feel like crying on this guys behalf, he hasn't clearly answered a single question! Even those defending him here sound smarter than him. We r doomed

The only thing I will take out of this is that GEJ lacks depth and analytical thinking. How pathetic

The fair lady won laugh at presido

Don't get me wrong he is our presido, and I hope he succeed,

But it is disappointing that the fate of 160 million people rest in the hands of a not-so-smart person.  

The guy looks uneasy