₦airaland Forum

Ibime:
E follow for South East too

Wetin be Una culture before marriage? Tiger marks and branding of property?

We don’t have any special ritual you do as a woman before proceeding to ur husband’s house .

Once u don see man wey wan marry u, let him come with his family to see ur parent and then they discuss about the union of the two families by marriage .

Straight and simple .

Ibime:
Is there any culture in Southern Nigeria that doesn't do fattening room before marriage?

When u say south u mean south-south abi? Cos I don’t know of any culture like that in the South-West o

swiz123:
Girls wey don sign up for numerous mentorship programs still follow dey collect lecture on how to be a woman

😂😂

To fulfill all righteousness na

Omoh, I never hear this one before… culture plenty for Naija no be small🤐 pic.twitter.com/ymSdxAYkeT

— Oyindamola🙄 (@dammiedammie35) January 10, 2025

Ibime do u know about this culture is Okirika land ?

KingTom:
Like Do you get!! I see one for X the werey say 'continue buying blended rubbish and spoiling your engine, me I'm buying from Dangote in AP and MRS only' I just dey look my screen dey laugh so if I see Total dey sell fuel 930 I go hisss mtcheeww go buy 980 for AP

Na money plenty for him hand na , as if no be the so called blended rubbish Dangote sef Dey use fuel all him vehicles before his refinery started producing this year .

IfnobeGod20:
This is why I say most of the problems we have are caused by the supporters and not even the leaders.
See the leader has not asked the senator the rationale for asking that question but see some citizens questioning him for asking that. Someone even said it was a stupid question, another person said it was an unintelligent question that he suppose not ask it.
Let us just forget it, this country can never grow because as some people are pulling the string to the right, another set are pulling it to the left

Their own is just to stan their fave and chastise anybody that dares to hold their faves to accountability.

We still have a long way to go in this country . They all claim to love democracy and don’t want military rule , but when people ask questions like it’s done in democratic societies all over the world they get upset and start attacking the people asking the questions like military government would do.

KingTom:
It is actually LP propaganda if we're being real majority of the people egging this narrative are LP members who feel Dangote have been hard done by the 'evil' APC govt.

I don’t even think it has anything to do with whether APC , PDP , LP or any other party .

The thing is both Dangote and NNPC have engaged in so much propaganda to the extent that people just picked a side and chose to defend whichever side of the divide they picked .

There are people who bought the narrative that Dangote’s colorless PMS in the best in the world and it must be what everyone use in the country . These set of people believe NNPC and importers are Dangote’s mortal enemy who want his investment to go to dust .

Then there are people who welcome the NNPC’s PMS as an alternative to Dangote’s which they believe will checkmate Dangote’s penchant for monopoly and premium pricing . These set of people don’t care if ma urine and ogogoro NNPC mix together to produce its PMS

The funny thing is these two categories of people abound in all the political parties and even among apolitical people .

As for me, myself and I ; na to buy fuel at a price cheaper than what it presently is be my own . I no get anybody wey Dey work for either Dangote or NNPC

Danabu:
How do you explain puplic finance privately as a public officer? Me think there is nothing to discuss privately as a public officer. The questions were asked in a public forum and should be answered there publicly.
On the flip side it is a clear display of the ministers ineptitude and no more!

You get !

Yet some people here are trying to explain away the minister’s actions . This our country ehn, it appears as though even when public officials want to do the right thing some citizens will encourage them to do otherwise with their actions and inactions

ObaIgwe1:
I repeat that meeting was not a press briefing, most times press are allowed to cover senate committee meetings, but if in the wisdom of the committee or the person called upon to give information, they think sensitive or classified information will need to be shared, then it is expected they have that discussion off camera. This is not strange or new anywhere. Except you believe there should be no classified information in government, that will be a different debate altogether. The laws allowed classification of information everywhere at the moment in almost all countries of the world.

The bold question you also asked also showed you and Ningi have little knowledge of public finance. The fact that Wale Edun said over $20bn was saved from removing subsidy does not mean the money was saved into an account to be given account of.

Let me give you an instance, my office invested heavily in solar 2 years ago and one of my managers said said the solar we installed has saved us millions of naira meant for PHCN and diesel. Imagine me asking him to come and give account how the money saved from using solar was spent. That is a stupid question to ask because the there is no longer a budget or account for such expenses. While it is true is that using solar has saved us millions of naira, that money is not existing somewhere to give account of. It simply means the company by not spending money on PHCN and diesel, now have more profit or have more money to invest on other projects or company expenses.

So removing subsidy only saved the Government billions of money that they would have budgeted and spent on it. Mr Edun can estimate it because we know how much was spent the year before under subsidy. But after removing subsidy , the government is not putting the money saved in a special account to be given account of. they simply stopped budgeting and spending money for subsidy. That only give them more money to share between the different arm of Government to budget and spend on other things.

You can ask question about government spending on palliatives and other projects and how it affect the people, but the money for such thing is a different budget not from a dedicated subsidy account. mixing it up and asking the way you and Ningi is asking shows a level of ignorance in public finance.

At this point I can see u are just waffling and playing around semantics while trying to make an unreasonable and untenable excuse for the minister .

Nothing concerns me whatever you spent money on in ur office because ur office is not Nigeria ; a country whose finance all citizens have a right to demand an explanation for .

The finance of Nigeria is not a classified information ; at least there’s a reason why the country’s budget gets published .

You people that have chosen to defend government , its agencies and officials will come up with anything just to excuse them from being accountable to the people when they demand same of them .

It is really bold of u to be throwing the word “ignorance” around when u are talking about finance with me . lol . You are no different from all this current government’s spokesperson whose MO is to go combative anytime citizens demand clarifications/accountability from the executive arm of the government .

ObaIgwe1:
That does not overrule the fact that the question from the senator is silly or stupidly asked. I was only suggesting reasons Mr. Edun could have chosen to answer the question in private. The more absurd thing are those suggesting he is hiding or manipulating subsidy figures. How do you hide or manipulate what is no longer existing?

The minister didn't run from his job of providing clarification to the senators, he only asked to address them off camera. The meeting was not a press briefing. It is not every information shared between different government arms that are for public consumption or debate. Applicable in advanced countries and even public business organizations like your bank too, they don't invite press for every discussion or release every detail of their finances to the public. That is why we elect representatives that look after our interests. If Senator Ningi (an opposition Senator) is not satisfied with the answers the Minister gave off public cameras, he should say so.

We elect representatives to represent us because we all can't be speaking at the same time but our reps can echo our common thoughts and ask the public officers to provide clarifications to those asking point to the public and in public.

If they wanted to learn about that information behind closed doors don't u think they would've invited him to a closed door meeting, take down his explanation/talking points and bid him bye?

Nobody said he is manipulating figures that does not exist, rather they are asking him to explain to the public how the over $20bn he claimed the government has saved have been spent. Nobody forced the government when they made promises that money saved from removal of subsidy will be utilized for palliatives, infrastructures and other projects that will enhance economic growth.

Now he's being asked to explain how far well they have kept that promise and we are being told it's something that cameras must be off before it is explained. Haba!

There's no justification for him to have refused to give answers to the question in public gaskiya!

Emaprince:
He say na spy police what a twist.

Police men are assigned to regular individuals that can pay the money, how much more big wigs and influential guys.

I travelled for xmas...and there are some men patrolling with police orderlies. Abi na spy police them carry?

There are several real police officers attached to VIPs and any other person that has money to pay for their services.

Someone like Abu Abel (a frat guy) that holds no political post or office goes about with a hilux full of policemen attached to him. Just look at the video in the link below and see the Mopol with gun


https://www.tiktok.com/video/7323642123163553030

In fact sometime around 2023 before subsidy was removed and fuel price jumped up ; I learnt there are companies who do car rentals whose cars come with police escort. For as low as 100k, 150k (back then), u can rent a Landcruiser Prado for a whole day and the car will come with a MOPOL that will follow u everywhere u go throughout that day. So, the regular policemen on the road will not stop you for normal stop and search/extortion. Some boys use them for going on dates to impress girls while other use them when going clubbing.

All those their oga go just dey release press statement online and be forming like they are oblivious of all these things.

ObaIgwe1:
He shouldn't have asked that question that way in the 1st place. The better and intelligent question is to ask for value added to the government finances and the lives of ordinary Nigerians with the removal of subsidy. His question made it look like there is a special account/budget dedicated to subsidy, someone in his level of government should know better. The question is silly already to intelligent minds, there is no way Wale Edun will answer him directly that will not make him look more stupid.

And should the minister decide to answer the question by paraphrasing the question to sound more logical, he might need to talk about sensitive findings around the subsidy still under investigation, like possible findings of cabals benefiting from the subsidy that are under investigation, and other sensitive issues that should not be discuss in public yet for security investigation reasons.... We actually have no full clue what Wale Edun didn't intend to put in the public yet. But to think it's about hiding figures makes no sense because, there was no budget figure or amount for subsidy to manipulate and in the senate committee he was addressing, there were members of opposition parties there too.

You know u have no clue why he didn't answer the question in public, but u've been alleging all day that he didn't answer because the question was a stupid one ?

Na wa o.

When citizens keep defending public servants and politicians in this manner, they will always continue to shy away from accountability.

Wale Edun's job involves him providing clarifications to such questions raised in the hallowed chambers. In case you forget, the senator is a representative of the hundreds of thousand people of his constituency and Wale Edun owes them an answer to whatever question they have about the finance of the country. Except u are saying whatever Wale Edun tells them behind closed doors the senator will then go back to his people to relay same; and this doesn't even make sense.

GloriousGbola:
these guys are not actual policemen

they are spy police. supernumerary policemen. anyone can become spy police.

i am sue in your office some drivers have been turned to spy p[police

however if i recall they are no longer supposed tom be wearing uniforms - but of course that will defeat their purpose, which is ogboju intimidation.

The guy in the video is an actual policeman; he's a MOPOL that is attached to the Okoya boys and not a SPY police. The truth is there are several VIPs that still have real police attached to them despite the order by IGP to withdraw their services. In fact, it is some sort of ritual that once a new IGP is appointed the first thing they do is order withdrawal of policemen attached to VIPs ; an order that is never obeyed.

Like u rightly said we have SPY policemen who drive some of the Expatriates in my work place, so I know SPY police when I see one.

If u notice, the Police press statement also confirmed the policeman in the video is their officer and not a SPY police

larride:
The police should've just form unlooking because almost everyone knows they are not going to arrest Okoya son when Tinubu is the President for abusing the naira.

Them just throw one of their own under the bus unnecessarily to save face.

Exactly ! They should just have form say dem no see the video cos everybody knows those boys will never be arrested based on who Chief Okoya is .

ObaIgwe1:
Because he no wan embarrass the senator say he dey ask mumu question in the public na.

This excuse holds no water at all.

What is embarrassing about telling him that the money that ought to be budgeted for subsidy payment has been channeled to so so and so poject ?

Did the senator not ask the question in public? Why give the answer in private if it is that simple?

chrisooblog:
Seems to have that Kelvin guy on a permanent retainer hasn't stopped declaring how pure Dangote petrol is while constantly rubbishing NNPC about how crap their fuel is

Will personally try MRS to see what the fuss is about.

That Kelvin guy is on PR overdrive for Dangote; only God knows how much Alhaji press enter the guy aza

Theflint1:
The statement is ridiculous but when the criteria for who becomes PR in most government orgs is the person that has the loudest mouth and cracks the most obscene jokes when hanging out over Gulder, this is what you get.

The police man looks out of order and probably not as professional as he ought to be, why not just charge him for something along those lines instead of the ridiculous naira abuse law that's now making them look like hypocrites?

And what constitutes Naira abuse in that video sef...carrying money in bundles or putting it close to the ear?

Which professional do u want the policeman to be? Like what do u expect him to do right there when those boys decide to play with their father's money?

As a policeman that was posted by his ogas to be orderly to billionaires what do u think he should do? Is it not for him to be following them around, speak when he's spoken to, close his mouth when he's not asked any question and even dance when he's asked to dance?

I think the major issue here which nobody is willing to address is why was a policeman posted to be the orderly of those boys? We've heard severally how the IGP and even the president at different times ordered the withdrawal of policemen from VIPs , yet we still see policemen attached to these people. Is that not an indictment on the entire police force?

daveP:
Since Xhaka left, everything he's did for us, he is still doing. And he's aged like fine wine with improvement as well. I miss his out of the blues shots. His replacement can't even shot to save himself.

Xhaka only did something for us for one full season(His last season with us). The earlier seasons he used at Arsenal he was more of a liability than an asset. He scores a handful of shots and then goes on to collect red cards by dishing out malicious tackles .

The other times he's not copping red cards, he's going too soft in midfield allowing opposition players free entry and free exit. Let's just thank God for the addition of Partey to our midfield and Arteta doing a good job to help Xhaka become a better player after the misery he has caused us in the past.

sulaak:
It is not a reasonable question because Nigeria borrowed to fund fuel subsidies and FX control. The savings are that the country is not increasing debt to finance fuel subsidies, but Nigeria is now using debt to pay old debt.

The better question is why there isn't any fiscal reform, cut in government spending, or cut in wastage such as funds wasted on travelling, private jets, bloated government, budget padding and housing.

Nigeria need better opposition politicians.

It is a reasonable question because just November 2024 here Wale Edun was quoted as saying the government has saved as much as $20bn on subsidy removal and floating of naira . It is ideal for the senator to ask how that fund has been spent thus far.

When the minister gives an update on that then we can start looking at whether the funds saved was equitably spent or whether it was spent on frivolities as usual. There is nothing stopping anybody to tackle the government heads-on over its bloated cabinet, unnecessary foreign travelling expenses , etc., but we also demand to know how the money not spent on subsidy was spent.

At least we all know whether they pay subsidy or not, the government will still spend money on those aforementioned frivolities.

ObaIgwe1:
I am not a fan of Tinubu government, but Wale Edun just saved the senator from educating him in the public.

If you know how budget and Govt. financial figures work, there is no specific figure/amount that is saved from subsidy removal because there was no budget for it in the 1st place and there is no money generating account for subsidy. The minister can only project what could have been budgeted and spent on subsidy, but since it has been removed, it means money that could have been budgeted and spent on subsidy was budgeted and spent on other government expenditures.

So the question the senator asked is a little dumb in the way he asked it.

If it's this simple as u have mentioned here, why can't Wale Edun repeat same in the presence of everyone seated?

Do u honestly this is something he needs to say behind closed doors? Couldn't he have just said this is the amount we projected for this year's subsidy and that same amount has been added to the budget?

U sef reason am.

iamoyindamola:
They should now implement sharia law join this disjoint law
Dead body and handicap go surplus

Aswear!

We go just dey pick amputated hands and legs of poor people on the streets on a daily basis.

izzou:


[color=royalblue]This one na to reduce the noise

The same Okoya family go out a call through,and they go release the policeman.[/color]

Before nko?

But the police should not have issued any statement sef because this statement just reeks of hypocrisy. E just be like say the policeman is suffering the consequence of being poor and nothing else. We all know there's no way the policeman would've arrested or cautioned the boys even if he wanted to, so why dem come arrest am knowing they won't arrest the boys wey commit the offence gan gan?

Unlimited22:
I no get your energy.

Go away.

I just wan know wetin dey ur church mind ni now.

This thing is just somehow and I don’t know why Nigeria Police don’t see how ridiculous this their statement reads .

Few days ago there was a video of Chief Razaq Okoya’s Kids ( Eleganza ) abusing the Naira and their police orderly was showing in the video . People criticized the video online and pointed out how the boys abused Naira in the presence of a law enforcement agent without them getting arrested like dem Cubana Chief priest and Bobrisky .

Today the police is saying they have arrested and detained the police orderly attached to the boys who was in the video but somehow they are silent about the main culprits ; the billionaire’s sons who actually abused the Naira.

If dem explain Nigeria give u and u understand , then the person no explain well enough .

Unlimited22:
From Arsenal or another one?

You go need carry gun.

Plus he's another lightskin nigga defender.

What does this mean? That he's soft or what?

I believe Tokunbo Wahab will do something about this, the commissioner has been doing a whole lot of tremendous work ridding the state of environmental hazards

The senator asked very reasonable questions which I believe most citizens would like to know the answers to, but look at the Minister requesting for them to discuss the questions in private. Can you just imagine?

What are they hiding? Is the finance of a country not something that should be public knowledge? If the finance Minister is there and the minister for budget is also present, why can't they just provide answers to those questions on camera and let every member of the public have an idea of how the government has spent the money saved from the so called subsidy removal?

How can u be running the finance of a country as big as Nigeria without transparency?

izzou:
[color=royalblue]I can imagine the queues in MRS and Ardova stations because of this

When this strategy expire, dem go tell us how Dangote fuel is a good choice for Baby Oil and body creams

Or how you can use it to fry plantains and it will not burn.[/color]

😂😂😂😂

E no easy on Dangote at all. NNPC just Dey pressure am PR for PR , Advert for Advert .

Save big on fuel costs! Enjoy affordable prices and efficient energy solutions.

Fill up for less and drive further—your wallet will thank you!#mrsoilnigeriaplc #ThisIsMRS pic.twitter.com/cP3d4KsGlF

— MRS Oil Nigeria Plc (@MRSOilNigeria) December 21, 2024

PR for PR. Ads for Ads. NNPC Ltd no dey gree se.

I think this must be one of the hardest business competitions Dangote go don see for his life. You wan monopolize refinery, nibo?! Lmaoooooo pic.twitter.com/GVYb6UewuL

— Akin Akinwale (@mrlurvy) January 10, 2025

izzou:
[color=royalblue]Either Nigerians are jumping on the trend to stay relevant, or Dangote don spread lamba join the PR.

A lot of cars have consumption issues. Nigerians cannot even calculate their mpg themselves, or from the dashboard

But suddenly, everyone knows fuel that burns faster or doesn't.

When we lie finish, we go come back to where we stop

The 50 litres guy na cruise [/color]

Two possibilities:

1. Dangote has given PR gig out to some influencers to run PR for his product so as to have an edge over NNPC. You know Dangote reduced retail price of his PMS to N935/liter via MRS and Ardova Petroleum retail stations and NNPC in response reduced theirs to N925/liter via NNPC retail stations. So the next thing is to run PR that his fuel lasts longer than NNPC's

2. The people who are sympathetic to Dangote and who bought the narrative that Dangote's PMS is the purest out there are doing an unpaid PR work on the mere assumption that his fuel lasts more and burns slower than NNPC's. Like u rightly said, it is almost impossible to measure at what rate ur car consumes fuel due to mechanics messing with most of our Tokunbo vehicles.

I've bought fuel in both NNPC & MRS recently and I can't really say I saw any difference in how long the fuel lasts. All these people on twitter definitely have more to tell us. The whole thing just reeks of few months ago when FG gave out CNG PR gigs and everywhere u turn to on Twitter u see somebody hyping CNG. Today the whole noise has died a natural death, I guess the PR money don expire

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
When you dey run your own agenda against Iranian president who died in helicopter crash nobody talk say you loathe/hate Iran.. You no remember that the word "empathy" exist 👇👇

OkpaNsukkaisBae:
LA Fire Department need this water right now..

This beans wey u dey try cook no done ; gas don finish inside the cooker .

The posts u quoted clearly showed we were discussing about how backward Iran is technologically despite ur constant boasting of their superior technological advancement ahead of the west .

Try again later .

You are the only person who will rush to post here about the murder of ur kinsmen in Anambra because u don’t like their governor ; u are the same person that will make trolling posts about the death of ur fellow countrymen in the north because u don’t like them over there , and u are still the same person that get excited and can’t hide ur excitement when u see news about murder of traditional rulers in Ekiti.

Ur reputation precedes u Okpa .Try turn a new leave this new year na .🙏

Roland17:
I will equally educate you about those when you follow the natural sequence of learning by asking..

“If those are not women’s hand bags like I have been arguing, what are they called?

Ask that one fess and afterwards I will teach you about droughts restrictions, watering rules and the stages.

Ask the first question so we can follow the sequence of learning..

U Dey waste ur time on Okpa . He’s not ready to learn anything , he just wants to run agenda with any unfortunate incident that happens to people he loathes .

Nothing concern him with empathy

Shegzdave:
He said he’s Cubbuhalanallah

Content creators go to milk Burna and CCP saga

Na better food for content creators and they will chop to their fill