₦airaland Forum

You don talk finish? So what do u have to tell the masses that are suffering from the hike in everything. Those who can't afford the fuel price, those who will loose their job cos firms are reducing staffs due to high cost in powering there generating set, those who earn 18k when a bag of rice is 16k, those who's children pays a lot for to and fro frm school home everyday and earns little. What d u have to say about all since u can only support FG.

Diversion story again. Another topic to change the story.

Montaque:
Am i missing out something here? Why are people saying they support the removal of subsidy even when the damn thing hasnt been removed. The VP said that the recent hike is because of forex issues and not subsidy removal. Now people are supportng the policy for a different reason altogether.
Has subsidy been removed?

That is the exact definition of zombie... saying yes to the beginning of suffering just because someone said that's d best choice.

So na labour go do all these u listed abi? And university board go stay for house with student union while labour do that? Interesting. Labour go fight for gender equality sef.

If una like, make una build IDP for the whole nigeria and be asking us ppl to bring plate to come collect food. It's not una fault, na fault of ppl praising the FG madness toward it's citizen.
If we talk cos of high in prices they will call us Ipod just for complaining.

Abeg it is better make the olds still retain the leaders of tomorrow.

lwise:
I wonder why some Nigerians were not supporting the NLC

Simply because they think it's anti government. Not knowing the hardship will also hit them like a bullet.

Nigerians can never live with one idea laye laye. How the country one take better? Abeg make everyone dey bear hin papa name. Even if na 1000k per litre those wey go buy go buy.

Good move but same idea shld be applied to some other places this this.

ERockson:
We have seen protest from almost all states of the SW but not yet much from the SE. Hypocrisy or cowardice?

Why would they? If they r ok with the situation why bother.

I think say dem say na only ipob no like buhari. Shey fowl dem chop fowl intestine ni.?

Una matter be like business man wey close store to go viewing center to shout barca over Madrid, when month finish na u go pay ur bills not madrid.

It may be like 1- 0 bte team zombies and wailer but the FG has the trophy while zombies and wailer suffers the consequences. A lot of zombie dey waka far distance go work every morning and same applies to wailers and we wey no dey any of both teams but better welfare for all.

OdaNobunaga:
I can relate, they now ask me every day: how far ur sai baba...

Guy sai baba no far anything. Spending 500 naira for tfare daily or spending 1450 for fuel daily. One gas to be economical in making decisions now.
The question don too much as in wey ur car na question.

SonofDevil:
Shut up..!!!

Tell me which private firm that has bought fuel below 145 since the beginning of this year..?

If u don't knw how to read or interprete what u read just ask ur father or elders.
What I simply said is - if cost of generating fuel is too much at the rate of 145 for them, they will lay off staff and all these rejoicing over FG action will gradually feel the repercussion of this happiness. I never said they gotting it lesser.

Tonnierichy:
NLC must go to appeal court

NLC shld just chill. Na all of us go suffer ham. All those ppl rejoicing over the matter are collecting sch fee frm dem parent. They will all understand as time goes on when private firm realizes they spends a lot on fuel and can't maintain there staffs.

The truth is we ve been really victimised in this country and there is nothing we can do about it.
Whatever they like make dem do with us but I sha knw I go pass through without falling. The real journey just beginning, if u borrow person money now,believe me ur money don go.

APC don take ojoro deal us oh. Shey we never enter one chance now?
And I campeigned for this guys sote I lost my voice at my place of work.

From some people's comment, you can easily know those are who are shouldering responsibility and those eating from dem mama pot. This isn't a matter of anti any party. It's a matter of common sense and the current pains.

Am not wishing for stirke to reverse the issue but I wish for strike so I can rest small for house.
Whatever apc gives to us, it's everyone that will share out of it.
Even they like make them start to dey cut salary, I know God will always smile down on me by God's grace.

Pidggin:
NLC is truly unserious, if they had any guts the strike should have started today instead they fixed it on Wednesday, hehehehe

They gave room for negotiation

repogirl:
E never reach o. This is still not enough to buy tomatoes and fuel our cars in a month.

You wan cause inflation ma. Private sector won't pay such and states,

Jesusloveyou:
correct wages should be 25,000 naira, and increase workforce

Still very reasonable.

Three days to the threatened mass action against government’s increase in the price of petrol, indications emerged yesterday that the Federal Government would meet organised labour today in Abuja over the issue, dangling a carrot before labour leaders.

The Guardian learnt that at the meeting slated for 3:00 p.m. at the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, the Federal Government will be coming to the parley with the proposal for a new minimum wage that is fixed at N45, 000.But the increase comes with some provisos including reduction in the number of civil servants and merging ministries and agencies.

Indeed, the President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ayuba Wabba confirmed the scheduled meeting saying he got a text message inviting him and other labour leaders to the meeting.

A source in the Presidency told The Guardian that ministers had been told to lead the initiative on the downsizing.Also, the Efficiency Unit in the Federal Ministry of Finance, which is saddled with coming up with cost reduction strategies is working on the template for the reduction.

The Federal Government would also be relying on the report of the Steve Oronsaiye’s panel on the rationalisation of the civil service in the streamlining process.

It was also learnt that though government said it would not devalue the naira, it would indeed embark on what it termed ‘appropriate’ value of the national currency, which may be in the region of N283 to the dollar.

Meanwhile, fuel scarcity persisted in most of the major cities of the country yesterday despite hopes that petrol would be available since government at the last Federal Executive Council meeting raised the pump price of petrol to N145 per litre.Yet, some outlets are retailing for as high as between N150 and N175 per litre.

A visit to some areas in Lagos showed that most petrol stations were under lock and key, with only one or two selling the product for N145 per litre.

In a related development, the Arewa Defence League (ADL) has called on Nigerians to stand by the current administration over the recent increase in pump price of petrol, saying the increase is not meant to worsen the sufferings of the masses but aimed at ensuring availability and sustainability of the product.

But the NLC President, Ayuba Wabba, berated the government that promised to create jobs but was now tinkering with the idea of embarking on one of the most massive job losses Nigeria has every witnessed.

He added: “We cannot be talking about creating jobs and at the same time be talking about mass sacking of workers. This is a government that promised jobs and now, it wants to embark on mass sacking of workers. It is difficult to reconcile the two extreme ends. We will not accept any proposal for job cuts if put across to us.”

Wabba pointed out that the challenge of retrenching workers has always been that government at all levels has failed to make provision for payment of entitlements.

He explained: “Well, every employment has terms of agreement. Nobody can force any worker on an employer and no employer can insist a worker works for him. But very importantly is the fact that exit strategies must be in place for painless exit. The problem over the years has been that government disengages people without preparing for the payment of their gratuities and pension. I believe there are many employees that will be happy to leave today if all their entitlements are ready.”

While hinting that while the labour centre and their civil society allies are ready to come to the negotiation table, he explained that the issue at stake is far more germane than price increase.

He said: “I must say that the issues are beyond the price increase and dollar exchange rate. The issues are about the totality of the corruption that has characterised the downstream sector for many decades. Simply pegging the exchange at some N285 or so will not address the problem. It is a simple matter that if the demand outstrips the supply end, the price of the dollar will increase and Nigerians will continually pay for petrol. So, there would be no to price increments if the fundamentals are not discussed.”

Wabba said while labour is open-minded about all the issues, it will push for solving the challenges with timelines that would be respected.
“Just increasing the price is taking the easy way out. This is because, as the President and Dr. Kachikwu have observed in the past, what has held the downstream sector down is corruption especially as it concerns the landing costs. What government is trying to do now is transferring the burden to the Nigerian people. What government needs to do is to find the right mix to put an end to the quagmire.”

Long queues have remained at filling stations, including at the popular NNPC mega stations which offered Nigerians some respite before the increase.Black marketers were also in active business, with some selling at N350 per litre.

Besides, with the upward review of the Price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), otherwise known as petrol from N86.50 to maximum of N145 per litre (about $0.73), the cost of petrol in Nigeria is about the lowest in Africa and among some oil producing countries.

Data obtained from GlobalPetrolPrices, which was updated at the weekend, showed petrol in Chad costs $0.78 per litre; Togo, $0.80 per litre;  Kenya, $0.81 per litre; South Africa, $0.84 a litre; $0.85 a litre; Niger, $0,90; Ghana, $0.92; Sierra Leone, $0.94; Uganda, $0.97 and Angola, $1.00 per litre.

Also, in Rwanda, Mali, Malawi, Guinea, a litre of petrol sells for $1.15, $1.15; $1.17; $1.17 respectively, which are far higher than the price in Nigeria.

Long queues have remained at filling stations, particularly at the popular NNPC mega stations which offered Nigerians some respite before the increase.Black marketers were also in active business, with some selling at N350 per litre.

Attendants at one of the filling stations along Oshodi -Apapa Expressway, Lagos told The Guardian yesterday the retail station had already run out of the commodity before the announcement of the new price regime.

Experts believed that the recent hike in the price of fuel would lead to hardship and have therefore urged government to initiate measures to ameliorate the effects on the economy.

A Head of the Department of Petroleum Engineering and the Deputy Director, Centre for Petroleum, Energy Economics & Law. Dr. Olugbenga Falode, told The Guardian that this is because whatever happens in the oil sector affects all other sectors of the economy and by implication, it affects the macro-economic policies of the country.

Also, a Professor of Technology Management, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Francis Eniterai Ogbimi, said that mere adoption of deregulation and privatisation cannot build refineries and increase refining crude petroleum. Increased production is the solution to low supply, not the adoption of ideologies like capitalism deregulation, privatisation, liberalisation, socialism or communism, he said.

According to him, only seven per cent of the nations in the world practise full deregulation of the sale of petrol, adding that the United States does not practise full deregulation as the American government controls the price of petrol.

http://m.guardian.ng/news/govt-to-propose-n45000-wage-meets-labour-today/

Imaginary recovery, let's wait till May 29 and see how much and name of those who stole but can't be jailed.

NOETHNICITY:
Govt ve decided! Take ur complaint Buhari not me!

U mentioned me buhari didnt.

To believe this is genuine then the 1m ppl must be a division by the 36 states or else this is a means to feed the beggers of the north.

This is not a good news for the citizens of Niger delta region

americanigga:
Let us pray it is not a plan work. They might deliberately stop production, Just to pay us back. They don't care if they suffer too

No one is holding anyone. If they like they shld even stop planting sef. Everyone one go still answer him papa name.

NOETHNICITY:
I do not give a fvck about the gazing reserves! But we shud stop criticising govt for trying to establish it in States that want it! We can't be criticising evr action of govt, especially when they re good!

Why wld a reasonable person criticise what a state wants from the federal? Have u ever seen herdmen paying tax, ever seen herdsmen causing a mess someone and paying for it? Ever seen herdsmen contributing to govt purse? So why using the state fund for such purchase? There are grasses in nigeria they shld go harvest them and transport to wherever there ranch is located.

Other tribes is acceptable but hausa? God forbid.

NOETHNICITY:
Jus imagine ursef! U call these things u alighted nonsense! Meanwhile they re important tools govt should provided for its pple! Pathetic of u sha!

If u don't understand the last statement that carried the 'nonsense' word then u ask someone. If the grazing bill isn't nonsense then enjoy it while it last.