₦airaland Forum

Yeske!:
I think you woke up from the wrong side of the bed this morning.

Who is that you? Hope not me?

If you don't know, just forget it; less you become another GEJ - President without direction.

I think it is better not to be born than to sit in Ado Rock while thousands perish as a result of your clueless-ness and indecision.

babaowo:
Charity begins @ home every1 should start stop been corrupt from his/her household.

studyineu:
Bottom to top, we need to deal with the corruption in the low man so that we can have one mind to attack the top otherwise the low man will betray us on the long run

I am sorry to say this, but the truth is that those who say from Bottom to up has never given this a thought.

Corruption was enshrined in Nigeria from Top down. There is unmanageable corruption because those at the very top, abuses our law and render them ineffective. Now tell me how we can get all the families in Nigeria to abandon corruption when our laws are very flawed in its implementation?

Whereas a single determined President can pick out very few hands among the Nigerian lots and work with them to make our laws effective and with that, corruption will be reduced. People are generally born to be selfish and like cutting corners. It is only because of the law that people from other clime seem to be better than us.

So our problem is not necessarily corruption so to say, but a leadership that refused to do its work. Our task is to have right thinking leaders. To use our best 11, as leaders and not common criminals in power

LEXYLOV:
12 GEJ 13 Patience aka umlera.14 All the senators. 15. All the reps. 16 most of the Governors. ETC.

You are right. I forgot them

$ugardaddy:
In summary, you mean almost every Nigerian is on the reserve list.

Almost all of us. All our leaders are guilty.

We need a total cleansing. Not necessarily by killing them, but somehow, we must force every Nigerian to act right.

Whoever refuse to change, deserve to died, because we cannot leave Nigeria this way

BEST ELEVEN.

1, IBB
2, ABDUSALAM
3, ATIKU
4, DANGOTE
5, FEMI OTEDOLA
6, OBJ
7, TINUBU
8, IBORI, ALAMS, Igbinedon, Peter Odili
9, Oji Kalu, Chimaroke Nnamani
10, Jim Ovia, Tonu Elumelu, etc
11, Nduka (thisday owner) and his media cohorts

Reserve.

1, ALL former Heads of NNPC
2, Most Former Ministers
3, Most Former permanent Secretaries
4, Most former Commisioners
5, Most former Local Government Executives
6, Majority of the Councilors with labour Officials

Gentlemen and Ladies,

Think. How can CNN and co cover the protest, when the principles the Protest is fighting against is fundamentally against Western interest.

Who benefits from the dearth of our refineries? Who have we created jobs for by refusing to run our economy well? Or you think Western intellectuals are as foolish as we are? You think they do not know that they need the foolishness our of leaders to nourish their own economy?

Is the Fuel subsidy we are protesting against not packaged by IMF - the third eye; just like the SAP of old.

Wake up guys, we are in an economic war and only dedicated nationalists who must be Nigerians (or Africans) can truly protect our interest. No one else can do it for us.

Don't mind them.

I support you and support you fully, if only you can tell me why that becomes you ambition. We want true politicians.

After God, politics comes next in things that have the potentials of changing our lives. Our country is bad because we have bad politicians. If you ambitions is to reverse this, and you can show me that you have enough attributes and commitment to change it, I will support you whole-heartedly.

So marshal you goals, and how you hope to achieve it. Convince me you have given enough serious thoughts to this and that you cannot be changed easily by the corrupt environment we are in.

EzeCanada:
The Torah and the Bible

Are you admitting that Torah and Bible are man-made and not handed down by , ? Also if we accept Torah and the Bible as the greatest work of man, what about others religious books like that of Muslims?

Sorry, I honestly see organised Religion as Man's Greatest evil on earth. I hold it responsible for most of the wars, man has fought. I hold it responsible from holding millions of people back from realizing their full potentials. I admit that Religion is the foundation of morality. But pure religion and true morality is not in tune in any way from organised Religion. By Organised Religion I should count from Catholic church, which I am a member of, originating from the Western Church of Emperor Constantine and most of the major Religion on earth.

To me, the committed and will continue to commit the offence, Christ condemned in the Bible when he said: Woe to you Pharisees and Sadducees ,

I think man's Greatest invention is "Division of labour". By this I mean the principle that derives, not just our currency (money), not just our factories, but is at the very foundation of all technological inventions. Without division of labour and its inherent ability to tie individual pieces of invention to make a whole, man's great technological inventions would not have been.

Call it cars, Airplanes, Internet, robotics, etc . None will be possible without the ability to interconnect different pieces of inventions to make a whole; and most importantly, none would have been possible without the ability for different people to excel in little things, and some to excel in coupling into whole.

So to me, man's greatest invention is the ability to cooperate and integrate into whole, which derives from that of "Division of Labour".

Beaf:
The very same souls were here yesterday, screaming that Fashola could not be summoned.
Abeg, be ready to resume work, cos it looks like it might not be so easy from now.

Will you ever have shame?

We are on the streets; we are winning; we are educating Nigerians.

Why don't you hide your head in shame?

efisher:
They will lose not gain because refineries WILL finally thrive in Nigeria. You know what that means.

If Refinery will finally thrive in Nigeria as you said, Why hasn't you been able to do anything in Nigeria. Even to process your rice, or to produce cement out of the so many available raw material.

You think it is by mouth, that refinery will thrive in Nigeria? Will Refinery thrive when you government will definitely not sell crude cheaper to local refinery? Will it thrive when they will still keep the licences to themselves and their cronies?

Will local refined products be cheaper than imported ones given the lack of electricity and other infrastructure in our country?

All factors of production favours companies outside Nigeria, and unless this is reversed; no refinery will thrive in Nigeria even after deregulation. Local refined products will never be cheaper than foreign products because the factors that drive down the cost of production are lacking in our land.

For instance, Power, Road, cheap funding (our cost of funds is just too high), law and order, etc. Tell me how local refined products will be cheaper in Nigeria?

Keep day dreaming or deceiving people. The only solution is to reform our government.

Corruption but be checked. Our politicians but earn reasonable salaries as in other climes.

dr stone:
From the Mahdist Islamic movements of Sudan in the 1890's, which the British helped Squash after the brutal massacre in Khartoum of a British Army officer, to the Revolution of the Sheik fodio of the then Hausa rulers of Gobir, to the present days revolution in places like Egypt, Tunisia et al.

One thing is common. These fundamentalist organise their disciples into a ragtag army crying against INJUSTICE and seem to be fighting for injustice only to consolidate their Strict rule of Religious dominance in those Societies (ala Afghanistan). Back then in Omdurman, Sudan; the British were not fooled.

They dealt a death blow to the Mahdist movement. NOBODY, and i repeat, NOBODY should come here and tell us that they are robbers causing the killings in the North. WE are not FOOLED by these same rhetoric with which the SULTAN exonerated the Bombings caused by BOKO HAram as a mere handiwork of political agitations.

Hear Winston Churchil on the River War, written about 110 yrs ago.

“How dreadful are the curses which Mohammedanism lays on its votaries!
Besides the fanatical frenzy, which is as dangerous in a man as hydrophobia in a dog, there is this fearful fatalistic apathy. The effects are apparent in many countries. Improvident habits, slovenly systems of agriculture, sluggish methods of commerce, and insecurity of property exist wherever the followers of the creed rule or live, Individual Moslems may show splendid qualities. , all know how to die; but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. (SEE what has happened to Northern Nigeria Over the years, precipitate their dominant rule in the last 50years) No stronger retrograde force exists in the world. Far from being moribund, Mohammedanism is a militant and proselytizing faith. It has already spread throughout Central Africa, raising FEARLESS WARRIORS at every step; and were it not that Christian Europe is sheltered in the strong arms of science (the science against which it had vainly struggled) the civilisation of modern Europe might fall, as fell the civilisation of ancient Rome.
end of quote.

by the way, i have not heard of Sharia banking 4sometime now after accusing, shaming and denouncing some people of grave injustice in managing the banks!!!!

These times call for ETERNAL VIGILANCE. The Coptics in Egypt after fighting for "INJUSTICE" alongside their fantical brethren. Even, we had people here who showed us pictures of how they were protecting their "brethren" from other faiths from the POLICE while praying on this Nairaland. They Were visited with the real aims of fundamental Islamist, BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS, BOMBINGS, Asasinations and DEATHS in their Churches. After Sufficiently intimidating and harassing these gullible comrades they have now tried to enforce the religious dominance in that country!!!

Make no mistake about this. There is a RELIGIOUS JIHAD being WAGED by a section of HOLY WARRIORS in accordance with the interpretation of their Creed. it is all summed up in this statement by Sheik Othman Dan Fodio,

"In his book Tanbih al-ikhwan ’ala ahwal al-Sudan (“Concerning the Government of Our Country and Neighboring Countries in the Sudan”) Usman writes: “The government of a country is the government of its king without question. If the king is a Muslim, his land is Muslim; if he is an Unbeliever, his land is a land of Unbelievers. In these circumstances it is obligatory for anyone to leave it for another country”. [1]. In fact, Usman did exactly this when he left Gobir in 1802. After that Yunfa turned for aid to the other leaders of the Hausa states, warning them that dan Fodio could trigger a widespread Jihad. [4]. Eventually, he did and it was the first major Jihad for the series of Jihads which were surging during the 18th and 19th century across Sudan and the neighboring states. It was called the Sokoto Jihad and it took place in Hausaland.

Hmmmmmm!!!!, the SPIRIT OF SUDAN- that has gripped that country for years causing intolerant oppressive rule of the SOuth,,,,,,THe supporter of APC mercenaries that operate BOKO HARAM Style b4 the Indepenence of SOuth Sudan is seeking Solace here in Nigeria. We Bind and Cast OUT of our land that PRINCIPALITY DEMON in the name of Jesus. Go and read abt the predictions of NOSTRADAMUS abt what the Major 3rd world War shall consist of.
Watchout, Be Alert!! THE ALARM IS SOUNDING VERY CLEAR. Say not, i never knew this is what it shall come to. BEWARE!!!!!!!!BEWARE!!!!!!!!!

You are a fanatic and a tribalist without brain.

All we are fighting for is good government;

Who cares for your religious wars.

The last time I checked, even your GEJ is not a Christian. He is an Olumba Olumba man that invited 500 witches on his swearing in ceremony as my President. See where the witches are taking him.

The policy will squeeze out more money from us.

This money will be invested as part of the Sovereign Wealth fund helping to save distressed European Banks and economy. The way they did with the so called payment of foreign debt.

Also the ones that our politicians will steal will still end up in their banks while the masses suffers.

Don't forget they will be the one to refine, ship out the crude, ship in the fuel, even do all the insurance involved. Of course the LC (banking terminologies for financing import/export), is controlled solely by their banks. So more businesses for them.

And I bet you, once we can import fuel freely, our refineries will never be fixed. The market forces will make it impossible for refinery to work in our land. Economic slavery

You think it is by coincidence that Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria etc are all towing the same path, the same time. This is another SAP.

Chyz*:
Thank you.

My Igbo brothers, neither Jonathan nor those that killed MASSOB member protects your interest. Your interest lies in fighting with the masses of this country to push out this criminals. The masses of this country are one. We shaere one enemy. We have one dream.

Jonathan, Obj, Atiku, IBB, Ekwueme, Jim, Sambo, Tinubu etc, are all criminals.

get it let face the truth

LeoMax:
2 down, many more to go !

God knows if I can lay my hands on you, I will commit my first and only murder by lynching you to a painful death. Bastard

Let us adopt this as a strategy, any policeman that kills a protester, leyt mark him out and lynch him to death.

If we do it to 1, 2, and 3, they will all be too scared to shoot. I know their mentality.

Please let us take a cue from here

anonimi:
@ Godman,

It seems you missed this part of my post:

Btw, Buhari is also a criminal just like the rest of them except that he knows how to disguise as a clean man just like other religious hypocrites.

Whether Government has a business doing business or not is a function of ideology which we are far from. Our concern today should be transparent and accountable government. My problem with them is that they share no ideology. They are just criminals in power.

Yes, they should be monitoring qualities but they lack any capacity to do this, because they are criminals. Take for instance what they have done with the privitisation programmes, sharing all our prime companies for nothing. What about our courts, our policing? Are they working.

Let understand that these people are pure criminals that cannot be given the slightest of chance. How can we trust GEJ that shared out dollars during PDP primaries to safeguard our niara?

It is better to flush all of them. The answer is only revolution.

As for Buhari, I honestly disagree with u. I think he is clean. He may not be smart and intelligent as a modern leader; he may be pro-Muslims, but he is honest.

But that's not even the issue; let us hold this ones that are there accountable

talknafree:
If na Hausa man dey power now and na ibo dem dey kill, the whole indigbos in the house will come out and start ranting how it is their own people the police men are intentionally targetting.

Now jonah dey killl Muslims in Kwara and Zamfara, NOBODY talk oh!

Jonathan is killing Nigerians and he must pay for it. No Hausa, no Igbo, no Yoruba.

We must be united to defeat this criminals.

If I am the next to die, let it come fast. All I care is for our aim to be achieved. For Africa to be free; not only Nigeria. All I care is to die in peace and as a hero. May God (Allah), take away the pains of death from me; whenever and wherever it comes.

May the soul of the martyr rest in peace. He will rest a saint in heaven

anonimi:
Did you post your reply from the street?
Which street?? In which town
Btw, how many Nigerians abroad are in countries where fuel is partly paid for by the government
Fuel is deregulated in the UK, USA, Europe etc where most Nigerians pray and fast just to get their visa and stay put.
Jonathan has made a bold, courageous yet unpopular move in the best niterest of the general masses who should rather ensure that political office holders do not SOLELY enjoy the benefits. Prices will go up now but once genuine fuel importers start bringing in products pending when refineries will work MORE the pump price will start going down. This can be done by re-examining the pay disparity/gap/differentials between ordinary civil servants in Nigeria on one hand and  political office holders- legislators, president, governors, LG Chairmen and their Aides, Special Assts, etc on the other.

For you information; I have been on the streets even before this. I was on the streets to stop GEJ. I wrote so many articles and was threatened by GEJ inner clique, when I tried to expose him for what he (with his PDP criminals) gangs are. I was forced to go underground 3 days to the election. I nominated myself CPC agent in Enugu just to stop GEJ. Of course I saw firsthand the rigging they perpetuated during the election in the east. They sent soldiers after me. So I am not a new man when it comes to fighting these criminals.

The Fuels strike is good so long as it brings the facts of our struggle clearer to the masses. I have always known that GEJ (PDP, ACN, CPC minus Buhari) are bunch of criminals.

So I am on the streets and will remain on the streets until good governance is restored not only in Nigeria, but in Africa.

I call myself an authority in this struggle because I have all the facts. I know GEJ is a criminal. I know most Nigeria politicians are criminal. I want all of them to be exposed. I want the masses to stand up and claim our rightful power.

As for your idiotic comparison of Nigeria with developed western Economies, you should know that I spent over 5 of my working years in Britain. I did not live there as an uninformed children. I lived there as a working adult, and made serious efforts to understudy the difference between their country and ours.

You should tell me why Ministers in Britain should resign for over-shooting their allowance by 4,000pounds (1mm equivalent), whereas ours embezzle billions and nothing happens. Tell me why Godon Brown should live in a flat while even councilors here own palaces. Tell me why a Councillor here will drive in convoy while Obama's vice went to work as a senator for years using public transport systems. Tell me why minsters in Britain use trains to work while ours use convoy of jeeps.

Tell me why Education should be free in Britain while it is un-affordable in Nigeria. Tell me why hospitals should be free in Britain while ours is not. Tell me why police can investigate a sitting Prime Minister in Britain to the extent of reading his private email, while our even governors should be untouchables here.

Tell me why these criminals do not all deserve to die.

anonimi:
Thank you. I am sure the steady light is not also paid for partly by the government to the [size=14pt]marketers[/size]- or is it
Government has no business of doing business. Its role should stop at monitoring quality and other criteria to ensure fair [size=14pt]competition[/size] and then tax the profits adequately. Anything else is an invitation to corruption as is evident in economies that are government-led.
Btw, this [size=14pt]deregulation[/size] of the petroleum downstream sector coupled with active deregulation of the power sector SHOULD allow real investors come in for efficient production, distribution and pricing for the people's benefit leading to IMPROVED supply rather than the RENT SEEKERS who are milking us dry in the pretext of non-existent subsidy.

Convoluted logic. I am sure it is also not the government that funds those schools I mentioned. I am sure the hospitals are not paid for by government. I am sure all the good roads in Britain are privatized. I am sure the judiciary was privatized and that is why they can deliver sound judgement. I am sure their banking regulator was privatized and their credit reporting system introduced by private body. I am certain their police was privatized and that is why government manipulation could not affect them.

I am also sure that during the privatization as happened in Nigerian that the politicians sold all the prime companies to themselves for nothing. I am sure that you there are so many Dangotes in Britain that dumps all stupid goods on us without paying any duty to government; making them effective monopolies.

I am sure that was how Britain or any other western nation got developed

All we can do is to neglect Beaf and do our work. At the right time, he will be ashamed of his past.

Lagos protest details:

Date: Sat 7-Jan-2012
Time: 10 am
Venue: National Population Commision, Babs Animashaun Street, off Bode Thomas road, Surulere, Lagos.
Join us if you're in Lagos!

Our route will be NPC to National Stadium to NTA 10, Tejuosho
Its a peaceful march. No violent intentions please. Violent protesters will not have legal representation of our lawyer if arrested.
For more info, call or text me on 08054914760 or 08033299898.

There will certainly be so many other groups. Let all of us do our best; orgainse as we can.

This is our chance to make a statement.

To the pessimist, we have crossed the Rubicon and Nigerian is changing quickly.

Follow up at: https://www./occupy.naija/?ref=notif&notif_t=group_activity

Come rain come sunshine, the time for the people to take over our government for the good of our people have come.

Who is not on the street yet?

Don't mind the animal. Let him come meet people at the streets


The bush man is yet to come the understanding of what government and governance is; he will soon realize the power of the people's will

alj_harem:
Got this from a friend in Kaduna.

Muslims in all northern states have sworn with their lives to protect Christians during this hour of protest. Every southerner or Christian going home after the protest should be well assured that we Northern muslims rather die than allow him to be hurt by anyone.

The best news of the century. Let us learn from them. By this singular move, we can checkmate those that want to incite religious war in our land.

Our problem is not religion, our problem is good governance.

bombay:
see this aboki who u wan deceive so that people will come out and you bomb them lol  nice try  

Calling one an Aboki marks you an uneducated idiot. Why don't you grow up. Do you prefer religion over good life? Are you ready to go out there fighting a useless religious war for no reason? Are u ready to be a tool in the hands of external manipulative interest?

adegeorge:
THE KANO COVENANT
In Kano a covenant has just been announced by the protest leaders that the Muslim protesters shall protect all non-Muslims and escort them to their places of worship and vice-versa. They vowed to resist any attempt to use religion to divide them. A register has just been opened. The police are behaving well. (Courtesy Shuaibu Hassan). PLEASE SHARE!!!

The best news of the century. Let us learn from them. By this singular move, we can checkmate those that want to incite religious war in our land.

Our problem is not religion, our problem is good governance.

bombay:
screw u abokis we know your dirty tricks no way all man for himself

Why don't you grow up. Do you prefer religion over good life? Are you ready to go out there fighting a useless religious war for no reason? Are u ready to be a tool in the hands of external manipulative interest?

All we can do on that day is to go out enmasse and shut down this country. We have to do this for our nation.

For those that work always hold back from participating, there will not be work that day.

Let make a good statement that day, guys

Akwasi:
How can you guys insult your leader like that? This is a disgrace to all who took part in it, You can air your disagreement with the man without all those nasty words you are using for him on the INTERNET. It is not only Nigerians who are reading

How can you insult us by calling a clueless idiot our leader. That one was manipulated into Aso Rock; that one used national resources to buy people's vote during an election does not make one a leader.

Leaders are known by their antecedents. Leaders are upright.

GEJ is a thief; a common criminal, a liar and unworthy of being called my leader.

ibes4ever:
I think they should remove subsidy. The problem we are having is lack of trust for our leaders, if we have the trust for our leaders this can never be a case to argue on. Nigerians find it difficult to accept new thing. We lose more in paying subsidy than gaining. Mr. president has promised Nigerians that he will never inflict poverty on them.

I strongle suggest that He should sign an agreement with Nigerians that he is going must the money we get from subsidy is going to be used properly or for the benefit of the poor masses.

please I did not watch the video and i need to, can someone help with the link to enable me get the real fact. Thanks

How can it be our fault when we refuse to trust criminals? Who in our government for the past 12 years have not stolen from public funds? Is that the way it should be?

Tell me one reason we should trust common criminals? A man that steal 100k and one that steal a billion who is a bigger criminal? How much is IBB, Obasanjo, Abdusalam, Atiku, etc even common councilors worth? How much is their entitlement.

Are you aware that the President of the biggest economy in the world does not have a house of his own, simply because his income as a President cannot afford it. Why should common politicians and civil servants be mini-gods and you want me to trust them?

I guess you do not even understand the country you are in. You do not know how rotten these idiots are. You do not know what it means to be a public officer. That is the only reason you can have to gut to claim we do not respect criminals that are worth for the gallows.

lanre_front:
It's amazing how easily educated Nigerians can be easily fooled by cheap eloquence and sophistry of speech. Funny how people kept on clapping when Sanusi was talking; thank God Falana came to displace some of the things he said.

The fact is that, Sanusi's speech is a mixture of truth and flasehood. Ask CIA spymasters & masters of misinfromation of foremost intelligence bodies all over the world, one of the 1st step of effective misinformation is to present a kernel of truth, then weave falsehood round it. Sanusi can be honest, but when he wants to, he's a master at deception.

I'll pick on only one thing he said: subsidy removal will bring about only a 2.5% inflation per year. I may not be a big time economist like Sanusi, but I'm knowlegable enough to know that is a big lie. I don't care what statistics he reels out. It's simply mot true. Sanusi so much groosly understated the serously serious inflation incraese of fuel from N65 to N120 - N150 will bring about. The import of that one falsehood is so great that it's enough to conclude he's only trying to use eloquence of speech, and the assumption that as the CBN governor, he should be in the know and the rest of us know nothing at all.

Secondly , and I'm really tired of saying it, the subsidy removal goverment is proposing will not stop the pupported CABAL from making billions off the nation; instead of collecting the money from goverment, they will simply now be collecting it directly from the masses when they begin to pay more than twice for every litre of fual they buy. So when goverment say subsidy is benefiting only a certain Cabal and their proposal will put a stop to it, it's total falshood. For all we know' it's quite possible they may even start amking more money.

I'm astounded when educated people say goverment cannot build and maintain refineries, and I wonder why? These people like a mindless robot are just spewing arguements they've heard from goverment officials or some other people saying.

Another person (Nairalander) said, restoring our refineries to capacity and even building additional ones does not mean price of PMS can become cheaper; he goes on to explain some principles why they will have to get the crude oil at international price. What rubbish. The crude oil is our national endowment. Does a father, the breadwinner of the family who has a big farm sells the about the 7% of his food-production needed for the upkeep of his wife children to them or exactly on the same terms. This not a strictly business term/principle thing. The oil belongs to the people and goverment is only a custodian. I get really irritated when people try to complictate simple things with compilacted grammar and analysis.

Then please explain why PMS sells for about N17 in Venuezela. And I'm sure almsost, if not all, the refineries are publicly owned. Some about few yrs ago or thereabout, the Venuzealan Ambassador embarrsed goverment officials at a public function when he told them some hometruths, using his country as an example. Are the people from his counrty from Mars, or they minning a different kind of crude-oil.

I said enough for now. Its not as if it will enter some people's head.

Good talk brother and comrade.

These things are simple. If you cannot ensure that our laws work; if you cannot stop corruption, stealing in government and irresponsibility in power go to your village and rest.

No one is born to rule us.

What GEJ and his team seek to do is to pass the bulk to Nigerians. They failed in arresting the activities of a cabal who are their friend, who sponsored most of them to public office. They also are all involved in  looting our country. Instead of saying enough is enough. Instead of cleaning up the mess that is killing Nigerians and emptying the government purse; GEJ seek to squeeze the Nigeria people while the cabal have its way.

The problem is that, what they are doing is like delaying the evil day. The subsidy removal will certainly squeeze our people and help free more money for government. But certainly, the money will disappear down the drains as have others before now. This is like one refusing to clean up a wound in order to apply appropriate treatment. They are seeking to patch up things and carry on in our evil ways.

The only solution that will be permanent is for a total overall of our government. Corruption must go. Bloated government expenditure must go. Our law must be made effective. To tolerate all this, punish the people for sins that were not theirs, as they seek to do by increasing the price of fuel, is unacceptable.

It is better for this government to collapse today, so that a permanent solution can be fashioned, than to patch up things and wait for tomorrow's headache. We must get out of this cycle; and the only way to do that is to force this government to do the right thing.

If refusing this subsidy will force them to look inside and clean up, that will be our greatest achievement. If it can bring down this government and bring about a people's oriented government, the better for us.

Which ever way, it is better to refuse this subsidy, because, that is the only way we can force them to understand that we also have a stake in this country.

An educated man is a rational man.

One that uses his senses and facts to derive conclusions; and who be learning, reading and exposure have accumulated much facts on significant areas of life.

One that has significantly overgrown allowing his emotions, prejudice and biases to drive his actions.

Okija_juju:
And so what?!

Once more, its the office of the Presidency, money is being spent. The Presidents office need constant light, and I'm also sure you dont expect them to travel public transport or use Chisco buses.

Why dont you spend time figuring out the real source of your problems rather than d'ick-riding Jonathan and Sambo. 

For your information, the American and British economies are thousands of time bigger than that of Nigeria. Their people are better off; yet their high ranking public officials take public transport. Minister go to work on train in Britain. One was even questioned for forgetting a file in a train.

Biden, Obama's vice president was transporting himself to and from the senate from his state when he was a senator (and he did that for years and was a senior senator at that).

So why won't political office holders take public transports? Are they Gods? Why will they steal enough money? Why can't political office holders be like ordinary civil servants as it is in advanced countries.

Find out how rich Obama is? I am not sure he owns a house anywhere in US. Yet he is much more powerful and sensible that your lunatics called leaders in Aso Rock

The problem we have is that most of our people like you, are yet to understand how things work. The colonialist gave us a very wrong system of government. What we have here is not government but bloody impostors that must be done away with. It is a creation of the colonialist: government that is run like 'god', which is not accountable to anybody

Una never see. Nigeria is rotten; Criminals are in charge!!!

Aso Rocks stinks and must be cleaned up before we can move forward