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Jeezuzpick:
Pele ooo, omo oko.....

Se Yoruba si niwo omode yii?

O daa, ko buru.

PassingShot:
Buhari has always maintained that whatever decisions he will take will first be informed to major stakeholders and seek their understanding.

Given this approach, I doubt if your protest will have any effect thereafter.

SporaD8:
I want an opposition to APC to finally clinch the Senate president seat; this will keep Buhari on his toes. My two cents.

SUBWAY101:
Dumbo, anyone that stand on his own is always a judas to you kids. Must he queue behind gej? Must everyone think same way or support GEJ.

dunkem21:
..I remember begging people to take this your stand two years ago ..we would've been better today.

This is one reason I detest the APC. ..I might join the protests if they remove this subsidy ..Its a painful stand.

PDPwayoo:
Kashamu is best for the job as he is the best for business.

sonOfLucifer:
I pity you.

dearpreye:
Revolution? Nigerians? Bro, I know these folks; they lack the heart for a revolution!

dunkem21:
My brother, I disagree here. Sensitive and classified information like subsidy removal needs to be done without the public knowledge and explain later.

1. If you tell me that subsidy is going to be removed, I will stock up fuel @N67 and sell at whatever price. Remember, these marketers are smart and always waiting for an information to strike.

2. A lot of heated debate ensued and Nigerians got to know the implications of subsidy removal but the propaganda machinery of the APC swung into action with all manner of protests. The FG was forced to introduce partial subsidy amidst curses from masses.


My point is that some sensitive info from govt should be kept secret. An example: The legislators have divulged to us that subsidy have been removed from the 2015 budget while the executive kept it away from the masses ..chaps like me already know that the price of PMS will be higher than N87 before the year runs out.

dearpreye:
Nigerians will never come to the point they can protest and attack their oppressors. You obviously underrated our capacity to endure sufferings!

atlwireles:
Nigeria belongs to some, not us.

sonOfLucifer:
There was partial subisdy removal. How were the funds generated from that ultilized?

Truth be told, even if subsidy was removed, we would still be in the same situation.

dearpreye:
By now we would have been enjoying regular supply of PMS , but the gullible scuttled the process, and thereby postponed the sufferings!

atlwireles:
God left Nigeria a long time ago, this is the devil's kingdom.

idu1:
think with your brain...


And stop being stupi.d....


How can this whole situation be a propaganda?


Must u link everything to APC?

atlwireles:
Firefire, Nigerians deserve a full douse of suffering Is not going to get any better. We refuse to make decision in our best interest, that's why we are where we are.

ITbomb:
You got it all wrong.
Lot of Nigerians are poor but subsidy staying only make the rich cabal richer and the poor masses poorer.

Subsidy must go.

megacity:
even if he had tried to discuss it first, these same people would have said NO

noblezone:
Reason is very simple.
We dont depend on government to survive.
We are more concernd about the availability of fuel than the cost of it.
Marketers being fuel to the East because they are assured of their money.

We drive inn, buy and drive out.

Did you see any "Silly Subsidy Protests" in the East?
No, we have more important things to do.

Subsidy removal would have been the best for Nigeria, but the cabal who benefit from it, deceived the gullible.

Firefire:
When Jonathan decided to remove the fuel subsidy in 2012, what was the deceived people reaction? "OCCUPY LAGOS"

Jonathan said only the total removal of subsidy on petroleum products would attract investors to the oil sector and put an end to the importation of petroleum products as it is currently being done.

Extract from his 2012 address to Nigerians:

- This evening, I address you, again, with much concern over an issue that borders on the national economy, the oil industry and national progress. As part of our efforts to transform the economy and guarantee prosperity for all Nigerians, Government, a few days ago, announced further deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector. The immediate effect of this has been the removal of the subsidy on petrol.

- Since the announcement, there have been mixed reactions to the policy. Let me seize this opportunity to assure all Nigerians that I feel the pain that you all feel. I personally feel pained to see the sharp increase in transport fares and the prices of goods and services. I share the anguish of all persons who had travelled out of their stations, who had to pay more on the return leg of their journeys.

Posterity shall judge Jonathan for his good plans for Nigeria.

Ijaya123:
Why is Buhari's fire burning you like this?

An attempt by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to elect a consensus candidate for the leadership of the Senate at a retreat organised for Senators-elect in Abuja was frustrated on Saturday as two factions emerged from the camp, endorsing two separate candidates.

The party leadership had planned to conduct a primary election for the 59 senators elected on the ticket of the party in order to produce a consensus candidate that would emerge as the next Senate President during the inauguration of the eighth National Assembly in June.

However, few hours into the retreat, a group, which identified itself as Senate Unity Forum, walked out of the event and addressed a news conference where they declared that they had resolved to support the joint ticket of Senators Ahmad Lawan and George Akume for the Senate top posts.

They circulated a resolution signed by Lawan (Yobe North), Akume (Benue North West) and the group’s spokesperson, Senator Barnabas Gemade, (Benue North East) wherein the senators-elect explained that their decision was in the best interest of the party and Nigeria.

The group, which did not disclose its membership strength said, “We, the Senate Unity Forum comprising senators-elect from various states and various zones of Nigeria, have met, held extensive discussions and resolved to support Senator Ahmad Lawan as Senate President and Senator George Akume, as the Deputy Senate President of the eighth Senate.”

But some hours later, no fewer than 24 senators-elect, under the aegis of, “The Like-minds,” filed out of the retreat and announced that 35 members of the group had adopted Saraki (Kwara Central) as their next Senate President.

They also said each of the 35 members of the group, had signed a document which indicated their commitment to Saraki and had followed it up by jointly signing a letter, which they would present to the National Chairman of the party, Mr. John Odigie-Oyegun.

The Senators, in their resolution, read by Dino Melaye (Kogi West) noted: “Senators of ‘The Like-minds’ are here today at the retreat organised by our dear party, All Progressive Congress, which is meant to equip and empower senators-elect of the eighth Assembly to prepare them for the challenges ahead.

“We commend the leadership of our party for this timely and well-focused exercise. The issue of National Assembly leadership is about integrity, competence, discipline and leadership skills and not about fixing of candidates just for mere horse-trading.

“Our stand is about electing a senator who eventually becomes the chairman of National Assembly and relates with the executive on behalf of Nigerians, fellow senators and the National Assembly as an institution.

“Furthermore, the leadership of National Assembly is about the senator that has the wherewithal to stabilise the legislative institution, working with the executive and judicial arm of government to be effective and perform to their optimal capacity.

“In addition, we are aware of the fact that all senators from the North Central zone have taken a firm position that they are only interested in the office of the Senate President which has been earlier zoned by the National Working Committee of our party to the zone.

“We are also aware that North Central senators have resolved to abide by the resolution of the zone on a single candidate and anything short of this is an attempt to jeopardise the collective interest of the zone.

“Of the 59 senators of the APC, 35 of us present here today hereby reaffirm our collective commitment and resolution to ensure that the candidature of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki as the Senate President of eighth Assembly.


We have also resolved that the office of the Deputy Senate President be zoned to the North East.”

Our correspondent observed that the South-West APC senators-elect, except Tayo Alasoadura, were conspicuously absent at the briefing, while members of the Like-minds senators who were present, cut across the North-Central, North-West, and the North-East geopolitical zones.

The latest development has therefore pruned down the numbers of aspirants contesting the senate presidency from four to two because while Akume had accepted to be Lawan’s deputy, Ali Ndume (Borno South), was among the senators that endorsed Saraki on Saturday.