There's more to that list.

jmaine:


This is the time of delivery, the period of election campaign and victory is long gone.

Well some historian and many of us would like to know it went down in pictures. Many of us still likes and celebrates the success PDP fraudulently denied our able President in 2003, 2007 and 2011. A good student in the school of history would value this and while you keep hating, our university students studying Political science now have references. Don't let your hating do the thinking for you my brother.

Kulas:


#YouAreStu:pid

#KudosToFayoseMyMan

Unfortunately, those of you hailing Fayose are not from his state. No wonder your thoughts are shallow.

jmaine:


Indeed . Tell me more.

@ Topic . . .This is just a sheer waste of time. Bunch of clowns . . . .

Bunch of clowns indeed. I guess you should tell me more.

princeofpeace22:
APC should stop fighting PDP in the name of corruption

You're wrong! Very wrong.

vicdom:
Fayose, the greatest Yoruba politician of all time.....
The destroyer of APC
The Buhari's Nightmare
The Slayer of Tinubu and his minions
The incubus and succubus of zombies
I kowtow!!!!!! carry go for presidency 2019!!!

I think you should shut up!

Rubbish! Who has Ekiti people offended to deserve this nuisance as Governor...

I think competency should be devoid of tribal sentiments.

Good initiative.

I sincerely cannot point out just ONE thing Fayose has done in Ekiti. It's really unfortunate having him as Governor.

Penisinpenisout:
The people that used to bash this girl on her previous thread are now here today celebrating her without even knowing it
God is good.

LOL...their case will make a good prayer point.
Something like... Father! Let those mocking me today celebrate with me tomorrow.

mesoprogress:
Fayose my man. The lion of Yoruba land.

I guess you're indeed ignorant.

Hahaha! The days of Fayose's relevance is gone. He was using his mouth more than his head. Politics isn't about noise making.

Lalasticlala, kindly unban this moniker. Antispambot just locked me out unnecessarily while replying a mention this morning. Thank you!

@Sumptylism, i guess you understand the logic of how the government came about increment. I hope Nigerians would be sincere with themselves for once and accept the situation on ground.

To assuage the anger of Nigerians over the increase in the price of premium motor spirit to N145 a litre, the Muhammadu Buhari administration has rolled out palliative measures running into half a trillion naira.

Over eight million Nigerians will benefit from the programmes scheduled to begin in a matter of weeks.

Highlights of the palliatives are:

*5.5 million school children to be fed for 200 school days in first phase of homegrown school feeding programme
*Over 1.6 million Nigerian traders, market women, men, artisans to receive loans.
*1 million extremely poor and vulnerable Nigerians to receive N60,000 this year in 12 months payments of N5000 each.

All together the federal government would be directly impacting the lives of more than 8 million Nigerians in different social investment 2016 budget spending that would provide succor and be a ready-made palliative to ordinary Nigerians.

This disclosure was made last night by the Senior Special Assistant for Media & Publicity to the President, Mr. Laolu Akande, in an interaction with the press in Abuja.

He gave new details and a breakdown of the interventions and palliatives, some of which he said would be starting in a matter of weeks thus:

1.*the direct payment of N5000 monthly to one million extremely poor Nigerians for 12 months as provided for in the 2016 budget for which N$68.7B has been appropriated.
2*the direct provision of very soft loan -cash for market women, men and traders, including artisans and Agric workers. This would be for a total of 1.76m Nigerians, without the requirement for conventional collateral. Some of the traders will likely get about N60,000. A total sum of N140.3B has already been appropriated for this in the budget,
3*payment of between N23,000 to N30,000 per month to 500,000 unemployed graduates who would be trained, paid and deployed to work as volunteer teachers, public health officers and extension service workers among other responsibilities.
-They would also be given electronic devices to empower them technologically both for their assignments and beyond
-similarly 100,000 artisans would also be trained and paid
N191.5B has been set aside for this in the passed budget.
4. At least 5.5 million Nigerian primary school children -ie starting first in 18 states-three per geopolitical zones-would be fed for 200 school days under the free Homegrown School Feeding Programme. N93.1B has been appropriated for this in the 2016 budget.
5. 100,000 tertiary students in Science Technology Engineering & Maths-STEM, plus Education will partake in the N5.8B already provided for this education grant in the budget. This payment would also be paid directly to the students.

When added together this year alone, more than 8 million Nigerians would be benefiting from the Social Investment budget.

Akande who works from the Office of the Vice President said the N500B social investement programmes of the Buhari administration is a ready made palliative to lift Nigerians from poverty and economic hardship.

“Long before now the Presidency has made adequate arrangements in the 2016 budget to ensure that Nigerians are lifted from poverty and hardship,” the spokesperson stated.

This will not only assuage the current pains arising from the new fuel pricing regime, but will provide ongoing social safety nets for over 8 million Nigerians this year alone, according to Akande.

He added that this is beside the jobs that would be created by the infrastructural projects that would be restored and the new ones that would soon be taking off.

Said he: “the Buhari presidency is keen to ensure that Nigerians are lifted and that if necessary on an ongoing basis palliatives measures would always been considered to address the conditions of the people.”

http://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2016/05/15/1-million-nigerians-to-receive-n5000-monthly/

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Nigerians should put their ears to the ground as these programmes are executed. We are under a more sincere government than ever.

saltoftheearth:
Every area of government services is worse than Buhari's government met it. They have given false hope and lied to Nigerians at every turn. They have shown us they cannot be trusted. Which is why i suggest they should fulfill at least one of their campaign promises to Nigerians before embarking on this gamble. Power generation is worst ever. They said refineries are working at full capacity, yet there is no fuel. The free meal for schools is nowhere to be seen. They even denied it. Kachikwu said fuel will be surplus in May. Instead he shifted the goal post by increasing pump price. Nigerians don't trust Buhari and his government again. We cannot gamble at this level with a leadership we do not trust. Why can't they focus on power for the next 6 months using money recovered by EFCC, provide a certain level of power generation and stability then proceed with pump price increase. If they are saying Fed government cannot afford to pay for import of fuel, the solution is simple. STOP IMPORTING FUEL!. Make the existing refineries work and build more. Abacha made this fuel importing the norm. Buhari can decide to stop it. We can achieve local production and refining of our crude. All payments are made in naira. But like i said, our politicians are so lazy and always seeking a quick fix that may backfire later.

I agree things are hard, even Kachickwu agreed. But also, if we check widely, it's a global problem. Most African oil producing nation are affected but it's not reflecting because they're NOT subsidizing. Again, the clampdown on corruption and sudden adjustment by involved individuals, companies can shake any economy since these people run the economy before now. Campaign promises are gradually kept, i can tick 4 visible promises kept already within the one-year of Buhari's Administration. I don't agree if you say there is no fuel, there are more supplies now. The Kaduna, Warri and Portharcourt refineries are working at full capacity and i've not seen queue anywhere in the last few weeks.

When Kachikwu said May on National TV, i was listening and i heard him right. The goal post was not shifted. He said there would be relief from May and that queue will disappear from fuel stations. My brother, he was right!

Lastly, talking about money recovered by the EFCC, i had wait till May 29 for the president to inform us articulately on how the money has been spent. But if you ask me, putting a dead refinery to work is million in dollars. Also, we can't stop importing fuel until we get all refineries working at full capacity. Nigeria is the highest consumption of petroleum products, considering our population and not importing is total break-down and so far, from what Kachikwu said, we have 3 companies we dealing with and it's in naira exchange price basis not in dollars. There's no quick fix to Nigeria's problems, this administration met them on ground and is working to fix them.

ochukwuma15:


Thanks for your answers.
I was against the removal of fuel subsidy in 2012 by the Jonathan's administration because he didn't consult Nigerians before the removal.

Now Buhari’s administration has done the same mistake. Surely, subsidy has to go but you have to prepare our minds for the hardship ahead before you remove it.

Jonathan wake up from sleep on new year day and as early as 5:30 in the morning he was already at Radio Nigeria announcing the removal of fuel subsidy and increase in fuel pump price. How he got to radio Nigeria by 5:30am is still a mystery to me.

4 years after, Buhari called Kachukwu and said, "Bros I'm going to Britain, remove the fuel subsidy immediately I leave. You know that I have already told them that there's nothing like fuel subsidy".

Why are they behaving like maffians.
Can't we all discuss about this for at least one month, prepare our minds for the hard times ahead, put in some pariative measures and remove the subsidy.

DExplorer , my question is :
kachukwu didn't call a spade, a spade. I mean that he didn't call it subsidy removal, what happens when another government comes in and start telling us that there are still subsidy?

I think we shouldn't get these things twisted. Whether it's subsidy removal or sector deregulation, it all lay claim to the fact that extra payment for oil products to marketers by the federal government has been stopped. Which in common word we can say it's subsidy removal, no one can deny that.

I also protested in 2012, April. Infact, i was part of the SNG team at the Gani Fawehinmi Freedom Park. You see, the difference is that, in 2012, removal of fuel subsidy was a fraud. The government on ground was not sincere on how the returns from the action would be distributed. The structures were not on ground and we were seeing corruption face-to-face. But now, it's more of a project and of course the government is very sincere via the anti-corruption campaign and also there are structures on ground. I can say we have a working government. I believe in the next few months, Nigerians will see the benefits.

saltoftheearth:
Must states rely on allocation from federal government to pay salaries? This rep, Gbajabiamila is a joker. So their argument is to push the weight States are dreading on Nigerians instead? They better carry their burdens? State governments should wake up and seek ways of generating revenue internally with new ideas and strategies. APC should stop all this propaganda. Reverse back to 86:50 and lets see what happens in 2 months. Nigeria will not collapse. Laziness is what is killing our senators, state governors and politicians. They should stop depending on the center and crude oil for survival. They keep given examples of countries that have successfully deregulated. HOW MANY OF THESE COUNTRIES HAVE THE POOR POWER SITUATION WE HAVE IN NIGERIA. This government should get one thing right first before considering the next.

Gbajabiamila is right! All the states depend on allocation before they can do anything. I think the last time i saw a creative state project that can generate income was the building of the Tinapa Business Resort. To rely on allocation has been the circle and even if they come up with ideas and strategies, don't you think that will reduce state allocation? I guess they've been thinking like that.

Talking about the senators, i would have prefer the unrealistic protest of labour to be directed toward the salaries, cars and whotnot those people enjoy than destructing the on-going progressive process in the oil sector.

Also i think the government is on the right track. They got this right. I heard Kachikwu said over N1billion has been saved since the removal of fuel subsidy. I believe part of this money would be channeled toward the power project also, besides, there will be more money to power various federal projects and payment of civil servants' salaries.

ochukwuma15:


If #145 is maximum, that means #87 is minimum.
How come all of them including NNPC jumped to the maximum price?
Why can't they sell #90 or #95 ?

Why is it that when there was price reductions, the petrol stations will ask us to wait until they get fresh supplies but when there is price increase, their meters will be adjusted before it will be announced?

I really don't think anyone would want to sell at N90 or N95 considering the CBN exchange rate and the fact that marketers would want to exploit the situation. But the good part of it is the sales limit of N145. Maybe, just maybe, a strong competition would make fuel stations bring their prices down. A typical example is, if you sell at N135 and i sell at N145, i'm sure you will be taking most of my 'customers.'

To your 2nd question, there will be little or no queue at our petrol stations and the product will be very available. As concerning meters been adjusted, well, that's a Nigerian factor we're talking as i'm sure that many of them have fuel in their tanks before the pronouncement.

neocortex:

The bold comment is wrong, subsidy was a scam during GEJ's administration,
I don't expect Buhari to pay such fee, that is an absolute corruption.

Well, if subsidy was a scam there are marketers demanding their money now and some uneducated Nairalanders are blaming the government for removing subsidy when there's debt on ground. I accept it's scam but there are people behind this scam and they are people that praying the refinery project fails, they can't be overlooked in my opinion. You can call them the cabals but this move of subsidy removal has crippled them.

incomintop:


Buhari begging the militants by asking where the government default in the amnesty agreement with the Niger delta people
Why some children in Nairaland are saying soldiers should attack the villages they don't know the presidency is frustrated

I believe a sensible government would handle the Niger Delta situation with caution as most of our oil production emanates from that region. That's what Buhari has done.

LIVE UPDATE:

"Honourable minister, you can now take your leave"
House speaker, Dagora ask the Minister to take his leave.

Ibe Kachikwu walks out of NASS.

LIVE UPDATE:
When are we privatizing our refineries?

"We are at the moment putting them to a level where they would not be sold in scraps tomorrow"

LIVE UPDATE:
What are you doing in dealing with vandalization and problem at the Niger Delta

" We are looking at what has broken in the engagement of the Niger Delta contract and that's going on silently aside we taking certain securities measure."

LIVE UPDATES:

When will all our refineries starts working perfectly?

"we have asked for 18 months to produce over 90% of our maximum capacity. We have issued our 65 Refineries licences issued out and none has taken it for granted"

LIVE UPDATE:
Is this the best option to adopt?
"If there were other options we would have exploited it, there were no better other options.

Every single member of Opic has increased pump prices and eliminated subsidy, it's global problem and Nigerians can't sit back when we're now face with difficulties"

LIVE UPDATE: "We have 3 international companies on ground willing to exchange oil in naira basis"


How we arrived at N145 in price?

"It's obvious the exchange rate influenced our decision and prices could go down but at N145 Max"


How do we ensure the beneficiaries of the palliatives are right selected?

"the right federal agencies in charge are to oversee the process"


How did you come about fixing prices and not the PPPRA?
"The PPPRA structure is to create a price plan policy not fixing price"

What volume do we produce at the moment?
"Currently 9 million litres"

At what price is NNPC selling for?
"Currently it is at N135"

About what the Vice-President said addressing exchange rate and not deregulation?
"Deregulation will follow its own due course, we are just shying away from the present state of things"

LIVE UPDATE: Speech ended! Members questioning the facts stated in the Minister's speech

LIVE UPDATE: Members of the house now asking questions.

LIVE UPDATE: "The Buhari's government is not a pain seeking government, it is a solution seeking government to problems we met on ground"

LIVE UPDATE: ON PALLIATIVES

Firstly
"State will get money required. Labour force would be paid..."

Secondly
"social investments for over 8 million Nigerians"

Third among many others
"more workforce will be created as there's a lost of over 250,000 jobs in the off stream section...we are creating them back"