please any confirmation that the price of gas has been reverted?
reading from another forum or is it just another BB rumor

martyna4lf:

We are like the Israelite s and Moses leaving Egypt to the promised land. On their way towards
the promised land they were confronted with "The Red Sea in their front and The Egyptian Army
at their back" They Screamed Moses why did you bring us out to die like this. We told you to leave us
to serve the Egyptians and Live than to be drowned, we and our Children.

This is exactly the situation confronting us Nigerians. Is it better to feed a few Nigerians consistently
in the name of #65 Fuel subsidy and slow down our progress for eternity or to remove subsidy suffer
for a while and enjoy for life as long as Jesus Tarry through provision of AMENITIES as the Government
propose.

What did Moses answer the Israelite s, He said , "Move on for the Egyptians You see today, you shall see
them no more, " And what happened as they listened to Moses, their , they marched on ,crossed the
red sea on dry land and in their face, the Egyptian Army pursuing them all got drowned in their face.

What am I telling my fellow Nigerians, the hunger , the starvation, the high price we are facing today will
last for just a moment if we listen to our Dear President who stand as our Moses in this dispensation.
Let us not resort to this cursing because A curse without cause shall never have effect rather it will return to
the one who  evoke it. We have been praying asking for good governance for over 30 years and this year
2012 God Answered our prayers  and here we are thinking otherwise being distracted by little pain.

Suppose Mr president reverse to #65 and at the same time leaving his expenses untouched and relax , while
pushing the Economy in its slow pace as it has shown what do we gain from there? So we need really to be
objective in our assessment of this existing Government. Let us Get moving for that's what we need most now , having shown our grievances. Insisting on going back to #65 having known the implication and its down side is suicidal
as far as Nigeria as a Nation is concerned. Let us be Wise and  act Wisely,

WE ALL KNOW HOW THE SYSTEM WORKS THE GOVT CAN NOT BE TRUSTED WE LL ALL SUPPORT REMOVAL IF;
1  THEY CAN TELL US WHAT DEY HAVE DOME WITH THE MONEY SAVED FROM REMOVAL OF SUBSIDY ON DIESEL YEARS BACK
2  NIGERIA REFINERY OPERATES @ 30% CAPACITY WHERE DOES THAT GO I KNOW ITS A LIL LESS THAN WHAT WE NEED IN 9JA LET THEM SUPPY THAT TO US IN 9JA AND SUBSIDIZE THE LITTLE NEEDED TO MAKE UP THE CONSUMPTION AND DEY WONT NEED TO SPEND THAT MUCH ON SUBSIDY BUT THE ONE REFINED IN 9JA IS BEING EXPORTED AND SOLD AT HIGHER PRICE TO NEIGHBORING COUNTRY AND WE IMPORT 100%
3 WHY ARE DEY SPENDING SO MUCH ON "TAM" TAM MAINTAINS THE REFINERY YEARLY AT A COST THAT IS ENOUGH TO BUILD A REFINERY SO WE CANT TRUST THIS GOVT ON THEIR EMPTY LIES
AND MIND U ITS NOT ONLY ABOUT THE SUBSIDY REMOVAL IT ABOUT BAD GOVERNANCE NIGERIAN MASSES JUST GOT TO THE PEAK AND THERES ALWAYS SMTH THAT STARTS IT ALL UP

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last man standing NO RETREAT  NO SURRENDER
SAY NO TO DICTATORSHIP THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC RULE
EVEN BABANGIDA DEY LISTEN TO NLC
EVEN ABACHA LISTENED TO NLC
BUT GEJ BELIEVES HES TOO POWERFUL TYRANTS LIKE THAT DIE IN SHAME "GHADAFFI"
I REMEMBERED VIVIDLY WHEN WE ALL CAME OUT TO FIGHT AGAINST SICK YARADUA  UST TO GET HIM DERE NOW HE'S DERE AND THE GREAT NIGERIAN PEOPLE WILL DRAG HIM OUT

@ DARAPTURE dont be a slowpoke or can i say u are just the real definition of stupid or fool and MAY GOD PUNISH U FOR NOT BEING SINCERE early last year pple were complaining bout high price of gas here in the US tho there was no riot and there was never a time the price of gas was increased by 100% i dont know y u make some comparision without thinking is just like saying why is a bently sedan car more expensive than a kia sedan car even tho they have four doors common sense shld tell u they r both cars and they cant be the same one is a bently and the other is a kia how can u compare the little increase in price of gas in US to that of NIGERIA in the US U AND I know if you are underpaid u can still get moni from govt talkless being unemployed u can ride on light rail,CTA and the likes of that and stay independent of buying gas if u cant afford it do u have that in Nigeria you dont need to buy gas for electricity in ur house in US but in 9ja ur generator is running so always think before u talk dont just talk because u wanna say somthing ODE OPONU AYERADA OSHI I HOPE U ARE YORUBA SO U UNDERSTAND THAT

LeoMax:

Welcome to the planet of Conspiracy theories. People like you still think Osama Bin Laden and Tupac are living in Cuba with Fidel Castro. No disrespect meant  [/b][/size][/color]

I wonder have u ever tot about how the government runs do u know as a top govt official u dont buy gas in your tank u have allocation y cant they be prudent tell me what other benefit do the people of 9ja get from the govt i am in the US i met few nigerians that got quality education from europe free of charge but there noting like that in 9ja saudi arabians when dey study abroad they pay their tuition and give them stipend as long as they keep good gpa what we see from 9ja are politicians kid coming here to show off stolen wealth how sad govt officials go around with huge motorcade they can cut all dose what do u wanna say about 1B NAIRA FEEDING BUDGET FOR ASO ROCK cant they feed from their pay check what of $50Million allocated to first ladys office one thats not recognized by constitution LEOMAX face reality except u are a sadist or beneficiary of the policy which i dont think it ll benefit the common nigerian there are so many wrong things

On a recent trip to West Africa, the newly appointed managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde ordered the governments of Nigeria, Guinea, Cameroon, Ghana and Chad to relinquish vital fuel subsidies. Much to the dismay of the population of these nations, the prices of fuel and transport have near tripled over night without notice, causing widespread violence on the streets of the Nigerian capital of Abuja and its economic center, Lagos. Much like the IMF induced riots in Indonesia during the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, public discontent in Nigeria is channelled towards an incompetent and self-serving domestic elite, compliant to the interests of fraudulent foreign institutions.

Although Nigeria holds the most proven oil reserves in Africa behind Libya, it’s people are now expected to pay a fee closer to what the average American pays for the cost of fuel, an exorbitant sum in contrast to its regional neighbours. Alternatively, other oil producing nations such as Venezuela, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia offer their populations fuel for as little as $0.12 USD per gallon. While Lagos has one of Africa’s highest concentration of billionaires, the vast majority of the population struggle daily on less than $2.00 USD. Amid a staggering 47% youth unemployment rate and thousands of annual deaths related to preventable diseases, the IMF has pulled the rug out from under a nation where safe drinking water is a luxury to around 80% of it’s populace.

Although Nigeria produces 2.4 million barrels of crude oil a day intended for export use, the country struggles with generating sufficient electrical power and maintaining its infrastructure. Ironically enough, less than 6% of bank depositors own 88% of all bank deposits in Nigeria. Goldman Sachs employees line its domestic government, in addition to the former Vice President of the World Bank, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who is widely considered by many to be the de facto Prime Minister. Even after decades of producing lucrative oil exports, Nigeria has failed to maintain it’s own refineries, forcing it to illogically purchase oil imports from other nations. Society at large has not benefited from Nigeria’s natural riches, so it comes as no surprise that a severe level of distrust is held towards the government, who claims the fuel subsidy needs to be lifted in order to divert funds towards improving the quality of life within the country.

Like so many other nations, Nigerian people have suffered from a systematically reduced living standard after being subjected to the IMF’s Structural Adjustment Policies (SAP). Before a loan can be taken from the World Bank or IMF, a country must first follow strict economic policies, which include currency devaluation, lifting of trade tariffs, the removal of subsidies and detrimental budget cuts to critical public sector health and education services.

SAPs encourage borrower countries to focus on the production and export of domestic commodities and resources to increase foreign exchange, which can often be subject to dramatic fluctuations in value. Without the protection of price controls and an authentic currency rate, extreme inflation and poverty subsist to the point of civil unrest, as seen in a wide array of countries around the world (usually in former colonial protectorates). The people of Nigeria have been one of the world’s most vocal against IMF-induced austerity measures, student protests have been met with heavy handed repression since 1986 and several times since then, resulting in hundreds of civilian deaths. As a testament to the success of the loan, the average laborer in Nigeria earned 35% more in the 1970’s than he would of in 2012.

Working through the direct representation of Western Financial Institutions and the IMF in Nigeria’s Government, a new IMF conditionality calls for the creation of a Sovereign Wealth Fund. Olusegun Aganga, the former Nigerian Minister of Finance commented on how the SWF was hastily pushed through and enacted prior to the countries national elections. If huge savings are amassed from oil exports and austerity measures, one cannot realistically expect that these funds will be invested towards infrastructure development based on the current track record of the Nigerian Government. Further more, it is increasingly more likely that any proceeds from a SWF would be beneficial to Western institutions and markets, which initially demanded its creation. Nigerian philanthropist Bukar Usman prophetically writes “I have genuine fears that the SWF would serve us no better than other foreign-recommended "remedies" which we had implemented to our own detriment in the past or are being pushed to implement today.”

The abrupt simultaneous removal of fuel subsidies in several West African nations is a clear indication of who is really in charge of things in post-colonial Africa. The timing of its cushion-less implementation could not be any worse, Nigeria’s president Goodluck Jonathan recently declared a state of emergency after forty people were killed in a church bombing on Christmas day, an act allegedly committed by the Islamist separatist group, Boko Haram. The group advocates dividing the predominately Muslim northern states from the Christian southern states, a similar predicament to the recent division of Sudan.

As the United States African Command (AFRICOM) begins to gain a foothold into the continent with its troops officially present in Eritrea and Uganda in an effort to maintain security and remove other theocratic religious groups such as the Lord’s Resistance Army, the sectarian violence in Nigeria provides a convenient pretext for military intervention in the continuing resource war. For further insight into this theory, it is interesting to note that United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania conducted a series of African war game scenarios in preparation for the Pentagon’s expansion of AFRICOM under the Obama Administration.

In the presence of US State Department Officials, employees from The Rand Corporation and Israeli military personnel, a military exercise was undertaken which tested how AFRICOM would respond to a disintegrating Nigeria on the verge of collapse amidst civil war. The scenario envisioned rebel factions vying for control of the Niger Delta oil fields (the source of one of America’s top oil imports), which would potentially be secured by some 20,000 U.S. troops if a US-friendly coup failed to take place At a press conference at the House Armed Services Committee on March 13, 2008, AFRICOM Commander, General William Ward then went on to brazenly state the priority issue of America’s growing dependence on African oil would be furthered by AFRICOM operating under the principle theatre-goal of “combating terrorism”.

At an AFRICOM Conference held at Fort McNair on February 18, 2008, Vice Admiral Robert T. Moeller openly declared the guiding principle of AFRICOM was to protect “the free flow of natural resources from Africa to the global market”, before citing China’s increasing presence in the region as challenging to American interests. After the unwarranted snatch-and-grab regime change conducted in Libya, nurturing economic destabilization, civil unrest and sectarian conflict in Nigeria is an ultimately tangible effort to secure Africa’s second largest oil reserves. During the pillage of Libya, its SFW accounts worth over 1.2 billion USD were frozen and essentially absorbed by Franco-Anglo-American powers; it would realistic to assume that much the same would occur if Nigeria failed to comply with Western interests. While agents of foreign capital have already infiltrated its government, there is little doubt that Nigeria will become a new front in the War on Terror.

Nile Bowie is a freelance writer and photojournalist; he's regularly contributed to Tony Cartalucci's Land Destroyer Report and Alex Jones' Infowars.

Global Research Articles by Nile Bowie

Initially i was unperturbed bout the subsidy thingy but I went on a quest bout it all and from my findings i discovered THE GOVERNMENT IS BROKE NEEDED MONEY FROM IMF AND THEY HAVE NEW RULES BOUT BORROWING (WHICH AFFECTS SOCIAL WELFARE PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT) AND SUBSIDY REMOVAL IS THE ONLY ONE OUR GEJ LEAD GOVT. PROVIDES due to this present administrations they have overspent and now running to the FAMOUS IMF they were shocked with what dey got
''Like so many other nations, Nigerian people have suffered from a systematically reduced living standard after being subjected to the IMF’s Structural Adjustment Policies (SAP). Before a loan can be taken from the World Bank or IMF, a country must first follow strict economic policies, which include currency devaluation, lifting of trade tariffs, the removal of subsidies and detrimental budget cuts to critical public sector health and education services.'' if our so claimed economics guru OKONJO IWEALA is really serious bout saving
the economy i think the first thing shld be about corruption let feeding ASO ROCK WITH 1B naira to me is too much, funding office of the first lady thats not even constitutional with $50million thats how dey waste moni and now they wanna get moni from world bank those ones cant give em until they meet the IMF requirement more than 50% of the budget goes into governance let em be prudent and save up the fact is that they WANT TO GET MONEY TO STEAL AND THEY CANT its just another IMF policy that NIGERIANS MUST FIGHT AGAINST


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samdigo:

she is a smart woman,  i know about her and her family here in the wash dc area, i dont think she is out to steal money or anything of that sort,  i think she has good intentions and only time will tell if she infact the fuel subsidy was a good thing,  i do however feel that cost should have been cut in other aspects of the economy, to fund this her road, train, and job program she is talking about,  then when all these things had been established, the fuel subsidy should have been cut,  would have made an easier transition,

yeah nobody cares about her honesty they are all thieves OLE but in any policy u do the pple u govern shld be the priority IF SHES HONEST AS U CLAIM HOW CAN SHE SUPPORT ASO ROCK FEEDING AT 1B naira A YEAR $70MILLION FOR VP OFFICE RENOVATION (NOT BUILDING A NEW ONE O) $50MILION FOR FIRST LADYS OFFICE (office thats not recognized by constitution) AND SHES HONEST SHES AN ECONOMICS GURU WORLD BANK MY FLAT BLACK ASS they all THIEVES

I just lost all my respect for this bitch WOMAN WTF

she said they have discussed with transport workers because buses use diesel whats of those that run on petrol they should start running it on diesel SEE HOW DAFT OUR FINANCE MINISTER IS what is the evidence they had a meeting with NURTW at least NTA there propaganda voice will show it ''please if taju my favorite danfo driver is buying gas at a doubled price now how can Taju reduce cost of transportation because oooh aunty iweala said so and bro Jonathan it still boils down to em reducing cost of governance as an economist as she claims even tho i am not one but my common sense for that field pass her experience SHE LIVES TOO FAR TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN AVERAGE FAMILY LIVES IN NIGERIA its not her fault
they are talking about BH security measure shes talking about creating jobs in north eastern part of 9ja that by common sense everybody shld know is a long term measure but security is an immediate thing
MAY GOD THAT SAVED US FROM SANI ABACHA SAVE US FROM OKONJO EBELE IWEALA JONATHAN
ALL THOSE BRINGING PAINS TO LIVES OF NIGERIANS TOO MAT THEY NOT KNOW PEACE

@ henry get ur facts right what support can we give to the hatted fool that said "NIGERIANS SHOULD LIVE WITH THE BURDEN OF SUICIDE BOMBERS" what support does he need the mofo is the the president for Christ sake and he cant handle this even if he s not smart enough he shld consult people and not spend 1b on food i need when they start calling for his resignation he ll realize those fooling him dont want him as the president in the first place he came out sometimes in his stupidity that he knows the bokoharam the guy is just confused he ghat no clue and its annoying that BH in their stupidity are attacking innocent nigerians y cant dey attack those senators and top govt pple then these morons stealing our moni ll know what a common man feels

please how do u say happy new year in hausa?

The hatted fool once told Nigerians to live with the burden on suicide bombers  
Now state of emergency in selected LGAs  
I believe he should consult with people even if its to get expatriate he should and get advise from the necessary ends
and people caught should be really prosecuted there was a boko haram guy n sponsor caught and the sponsor was released and the guy was given 3yrs are u kidding me seriously he should be a tool to get in this people and there should intelligence unit infiltrating there cells and strict border rules with the muslim countries
But that Hatted FOOL called GEJ in his stupidity wont do that he ll only come to promote cassava bread as if its new and the old fools called senator are there legislating on gay matter  [b]I BET MOST PEOPLE LL PREFER TO VISIT A GAY FRIEND THAN A BOKO HARAM FRIEND  

@ careytomi u dont have to be an expert here but wat can we do wen the pple the experts refuse to do dere work my brother i tire o

what has he done and stop being a surface minded person hes declaring state of emergency in LGAs thats just another foul move by the hatted fool we all know how terrorist group operates they do in cells and if u block off areas where they have previously attacked other cells take this off and now i see other LGAs in some state being exposed. This is a suicide attack and u are using face to face combat these group of people are ready to die and take as many casualty with em and we all know how stupid the police ll be at check point causing a heck of traffic with too many cars which can be a place for a suicide bomber to detonate. Let that hatted fool called ebele go after the sponsors of boko haram and stop fooling himself and end this crisis we know state of emergency aint gonna stop this act it ll just encourage it to spread
this is where the intelligence unit of our country should come to play but no I WEEP FOR OUR DEAR COUNTRY

mine is B Sc ENGINEERING PHYSICS from the gr8 ife

pls help i dont av discharge nysc letter can i attend shell selection test

just about to go 4 service but i was invited 4 d selection test and asked to come wit nysc discharge cert. pls house aw i go do now

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pls is dere any coopers forum on nairaland if there is pls aw do i get dere