₦airaland Forum

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? -By Ben Bruce

Let us remind ourselves the reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy, I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our government big, wasteful and ineffective:

Big and overblown governments at all levels

70 Ministers

Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)

Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants.

Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly.

His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly.

Senators take home 14 Million Naira monthly.

It takes 1.4 Billion naira to maintain the NASS annually (Remember what Sanusi said about 25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday – Thursday).

Our Governors exhibit such level of opulence shunned by the richest nations in the world

Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it. We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.

NASS will be paid from that! Aso Rock will use 1 Billion of it to eat! Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.

The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers.

The office of Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad English to you.

We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels.

In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 Million as security votes MONTHLY.

They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!

Your hospitals will have no drugs.

Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar

Your roads will still be death traps.

You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and social security!

You will still pay more for petroleum products.

You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.

If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? -By Ben Bruce

Let us remind ourselves the reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy, I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our government big, wasteful and ineffective:

Big and overblown governments at all levels

70 Ministers

Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)

Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants.

Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly.

His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly.

Senators take home 14 Million Naira monthly.

It takes 1.4 Billion naira to maintain the NASS annually (Remember what Sanusi said about 25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday – Thursday).

Our Governors exhibit such level of opulence shunned by the richest nations in the world

Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it. We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.

NASS will be paid from that! Aso Rock will use 1 Billion of it to eat! Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.

The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers.

The office of Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad English to you.

We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels.

In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 Million as security votes MONTHLY.

They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!

Your hospitals will have no drugs.

Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar

Your roads will still be death traps.

You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and social security!

You will still pay more for petroleum products.

You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.

If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? -By Ben Bruce

Let us remind ourselves the reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy, I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our government big, wasteful and ineffective:

Big and overblown governments at all levels

70 Ministers

Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)

Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants.

Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly.

His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly.

Senators take home 14 Million Naira monthly.

It takes 1.4 Billion naira to maintain the NASS annually (Remember what Sanusi said about 25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday – Thursday).

Our Governors exhibit such level of opulence shunned by the richest nations in the world

Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it. We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.

NASS will be paid from that! Aso Rock will use 1 Billion of it to eat! Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.

The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers.

The office of Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad English to you.

We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels.

In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 Million as security votes MONTHLY.

They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!

Your hospitals will have no drugs.

Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar

Your roads will still be death traps.

You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and social security!

You will still pay more for petroleum products.

You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.

If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW? -By Ben Bruce

Let us remind ourselves the reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy, I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our government big, wasteful and ineffective:

Big and overblown governments at all levels

70 Ministers

Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)

Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants.

Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly.

His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly.

Senators take home 14 Million Naira monthly.

It takes 1.4 Billion naira to maintain the NASS annually (Remember what Sanusi said about 25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday – Thursday).

Our Governors exhibit such level of opulence shunned by the richest nations in the world

Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it. We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.

NASS will be paid from that! Aso Rock will use 1 Billion of it to eat! Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.

The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers.

The office of Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad English to you.

We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels.

In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 Million as security votes MONTHLY.

They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!

Your hospitals will have no drugs.

Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar

Your roads will still be death traps.

You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and social security!

You will still pay more for petroleum products.

You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.

If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!

lol, salary earners straight from the pockets of the president and his cabals

[quote author=One_Naira link=topic=843074.msg9946623#msg9946623 date=1326336134]LMFAO. To support people fantasy, the people residing in Warri whom do not believe the article are lying

I love Nairaland. It so comical[/quote]help yourself out, the latest pictures are from warri.


https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-837675.0.html

[quote author=phuck_NL link=topic=844077.msg9946404#msg9946404 date=1326330555]my own response to your questions. P.S i do not support anyone so please no bashing.
a) Demand has risen drastically in recent times. Even at 100% capacity, our 3 refineries can not satisfy our demand.

b) Since locally refined fuel can not meet demand, they have to sell at a rate that will not hinder people from importing. If they sale way lower than international rates, marketers will not import. By the time we are able to build enough refineries to meet demand, marketers will not need to import, they will simply buy from our local refineries. This is why NNPC has to "fix" prices in order not to hinder importation and thus return us to long queues.

Please oo, i do not support anyone. This is just my understanding of the situation. No need for unnecessary abuses.[/quote]a) demand by who? from where? did you buy 10 cars or what? i don't get it, where did the demand come from? a 500% increase in less than 10 months?

b) relate back to the answer in a.

so please your response is not it at all, better just jump over and let those who think they have answers to these questions answer it.

Odunnu:
Is that not the idea?

Oh well, thank God ayam in the east

where have u been hiding? too ashamed to speak on this matter? follow the popular line just like don jazzy and dbanj, just say you're also surprise, that's all!.

Beaf:
So Delta people are striking at this time of the day? LOLLLLLLLLZZZZZZZZ!!!
Your "friend" na wa!

You guys give it up, first a fake photo and now "friends!"

who get time for you? don't you know you're an outcast both online and offline?

Did anyone get burnt by GU and EU yesterday?

wetu:

2Ti 2:4 No man that warreth entangleth himself with the affairs of this life; that he may please him who hath chosen him to be a soldier.

abeg interpret o.

The Seun Kuti man asked some good questions

a) At what rate are our local refineries really working? I heard some days ago from Jonathan Goodlucks own mouth that all 3 are running at ~90%. However,Nigeria is still importing about the same amount, even more, as it did back when the reports had the refining rate at 30%?

b) Also, Why is locally refined fuel selling at the same rate as imported fuel?
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some people should be ignored!

Daytonbale:
where i stay light is 24/7

where u stay does not have a name right?

@topic

yesterday was like hell, phone battery dead, laptop batteries dead, chai, i felt i was also dead!

one of the best jokes ever

aways running away from the criminals

whitehawk:
Anyway as was mentioned at the protest rally on Monday, the 3 tiers of government MIGHT have already shared the subsidy which makes a reversal tough as state governments will have to re-work their budgets.

sorry to ask, [size=18pt]but how can the subsidy fund that is yet to be passed into law be shared among the 3 ties of government?[/size] by the way, i thought the three ties of government are the executives, legislators and the judiciaries? which tiers are you talking about?

[size=18pt]lastly, we still operate the 2011 budget not until march 2012, so which money are they sharing? subsidy was in the 2011 budget so how come they removed it now even though we are still running the 2011 budget?[/size]

[quote author=overkill® link=topic=843465.msg9939329#msg9939329 date=1326261938]Stray bullet na rain?[/quote]tell that to a guy who just survived a stray bullet almost hitting him while reading in his sitting room around Surulere.

[quote author=overkill® link=topic=842990.msg9939301#msg9939301 date=1326261407]Which youth? N35? In your dreams! Wait until the Federal Government negotiates with TUC/NLC. the president isn't reverting back to 65. Please get ready to occupy your homes and workplace![/quote]do you want to bet on this? 10 slaps? this we must do in person?

my friend is currently stuck in delta state right now, he said the strike is fully on ground, yet some people said nothing of such? lol

^^^

Oh because a stray bullet is yet to find its way into the hall they are using right? wait until that happens before you know it's not safe out there.

insignificant match. na dem sabi sha.

@zed

  1.5550 was for GU and not EU, sorry for not stating that.

^^ go back to what i wrote, read again and then respond. who said they should be on the street sleeping on the ground? i said speak out not the silence we have seen so far from most of them!

i am typing right now without light, total power we had today is less than 2 hours. i had to buy fuel at 160 naira per liter to fuel my gen. been angry all through today, even my brothers are afraid to talk to me.

i give him 14 days to rescind his decision, it's just a matter of time before he falls back like he's known to be.

there's nothing he can do about this one because the masses want this to be returned to what we know and he has nothing to do about it but to return what we want. after that we shall all sit down and talk about what to do later if truly we need to remove the "invisible" subsidy or not.

right now, people are not just about the subsidy alone, other things are on the table:
bring the cabal to books,
tell us why we buy the locally refined oil same price with what we import.
how many imported refined oil do the citizens actually consume.

all these questions must be answered by him. we are no longer docile, most of us are now very interested in how our money is being spent by these crooks (gej included)

CarlosVent:
Beef said the truth . it was mass failure yesterday and today the failure was just rounding up and packing its bags. in Imo state today 4 banks worked. abia state today called their workers to work. PH has meet with oil marketers and by tomorrow will be resuming work.
Abuja also called their workers to report this afternoon.

In Anambra state and Enugu there was nothing like street protest. filling stations and markets are going about their business. UNIZIK had lectures and Quiz today.

NLC and TUC heads are leading people astray. if they will come to any protest let them come with their legs and waterbottle of water and not in fleet of cars. let them come with their mats and wrapper so they can stage a protest that will ring a bell and people will see their seriousness and join in MASS.

had it been that LAGOS is PDP state or that the president is AC you wont see anyone coming out to waste his or her life in the name of protest.

Our people pls be wise if you must protest be in the middle and never be in front or at the back if not sit down and observe the strike. Labor/TUC are in money right now deceiving you and doing the work of the money they have picked.
God Bless You.

who cares about the east? we know they are politically dead there so who cares? even in delta state, there was protest so who cares what happens in that part of nigeria? is kaduna not a pdp state? is gombe also not a pdp state? what about the fct? what about benue?

you can keep typing shitz, it's a free world but you can't hide the truth!

enitan2002:
cant seem to get yur yahoo mail ooooo

i use msn. my id at hotmail.com

uhmm 1.2860, is this possible? 1.5550 possible too this week?

enitan2002:
can u give me your system specifications pls?

320GB Hard-drive.

http://www.punchng.com/news/arrest-fraudsters-in-oil-industry-okonkwo-tells-jonathan/

Arrest fraudsters in oil industry, Okonkwo tells Jonathan

January 7, 2012 3 Comments
The Presiding Bishop, The Redeemed Evangelical Mission, Dr. Mike Okonkwo, has urged the Federal Government to arrest the people who are instrumental to or culpable in the alleged rot in the petroleum industry.

Okonkwo, in a statement on Thursday, said the government should make the culprits refund their loot.

He stated that the FG should use the proceeds to rehabilitate refineries and provide other infrastructure, rather than burdening Nigerians through subsidy removal.

He urged Jonathan to provide infrastructure and make the refineries functional.

According to him, it will be difficult for Nigerians to agree with Jonathan when the necessary amenities that will cushion the hard effects of the subsidy removal have not been provided.

He said, “Whether fuel subsidy removal is good or not is not the issue now. With the position the country is, we should not add more problems to Nigerians because its (subsidy) removal has made fuel price to go up and other commodities have sky-rocketed and nothing goes up in Nigerian and comes down.

“The government should first of all clean the oil sector, if need be, arrest those that have stolen our money and make them pay for it. Then use the money to repair our roads, put infrastructure in place and cushion the hard effects of fuel subsidy withdrawal.

“We will then begin to talk of fuel subsidy. But as long as those things are not put in place and one is making promises, Nigerians will not listen.”