₦airaland Forum

duro4chang:
Perhaps you don't know that what you do or say today will be remembered one day. People will make reference to your past actions. So you forget what people say about equity? You people only cry when things are not going the way you expect. What you have done to people, you would not want to take it
Please leave the forum so that we will know those that remain.
Bye bye o.

Some of you seem to assume that everyone was raised with the same dysfunctional values and mentality. Let me make one thing clear: I was raised properly. I was taught to take full responsibility for my actions, inactions, words, and deeds.

I DO NOT REGRET MY WORDS OR ACTIONS. Given the same circumstances and having made the same judgment, I would stand by my decisions and do the same things again. Nothing I said or did was without thought or consideration. I knew what I was saying, understood the implications, and was prepared to stand by my position. I have absolutely no regrets about my past actions or words.

Unlike those who deny their own conduct, rewrite history, and desperately try to portray themselves as saints, I have the courage to own my decisions. When I make a mistake, I acknowledge it and accept responsibility. But taking responsibility does not mean I must regret every decision I have made simply because it offends someone or goes against popular opinion.

I OWN MY WORDS. I OWN MY ACTIONS. AND I STAND BY MY CONVICTIONS.

As for Nairaland, I have already left. I am simply waiting for my request for the deletion of my account and personal data to be addressed. I have said what I needed to say, and I have no intention of revisiting my decision.

To those who remain, enjoy whatever is left of the platform. As for me, I have moved on. Goodbye!

duro4chang:
I checked your profile and I saw your past posts. You have never be objective in all your posts. Since you don't have your way , you are now bitter. Good bye and never come back here again. But we know you are still going to use your other username to login and start what you have been doing

Calling something “not objective” simply because it does not fit your narrative or align with your personal views is a display of intellectual laziness. Neither you nor any of your keyboard warriors has been able to debunk a single one of the points you dismissed as “not objective.” That alone speaks volumes about your level of comprehension and reasoning. I have no interest in engaging with people who substitute baseless dismissals for logical arguments. I prefer discussions with people capable of critical thinking, sound reasoning, and intellectual honesty.

I DO NOT make empty threats or issue idle warnings. When I say I’m done, I mean it! You and your fellow defenders can keep the platform. I have no interest in remaining where I am neither valued nor respected. This platform is simply not where someone like me belongs, and I have made up my mind to move on.

I no longer care if you continue deleting my comments. That is the kind of moderation Nairaland has become known for, and I am done with this platform.

My request is simple: permanently delete my account or clearly explain the procedure for doing so. I should not have to keep asking for something as straightforward as account deletion.

I sincerely hope this matter will not require legal intervention before my request is taken seriously. Let me make my position absolutely clear: I have made up my mind, I no longer wish to remain on Nairaland, and I want my account deleted.

@Seun @Moderators, please treat this as my formal and final request. I expect a clear response on how to proceed.

kpankpangolo:
You people make this noise every week yet remain. Highest you will deactivate this username then continue with your ten other alternates. Noise.

1,236 comments since 2013. Nobody will miss you. You weren’t valuable to the forum.

I don’t fight with a pig. Fulfillment isn’t measured by the number of comments.

I have been on this forum for a while, but I must confess that I am increasingly disappointed by what Nairaland has become. What was once a platform where people could exchange ideas, debate issues, and learn from one another is gradually becoming, in my opinion, a breeding ground for religious bigotry, tribalism, selective censorship, and double standards.

One of my biggest concerns is the apparent imbalance in how religious discussions are handled. It is particularly disturbing that, from my experience, participating in discussions concerning Islam appears to come with restrictions or conditions, while discussions about Christianity, especially the Catholic Church, can be hijacked by people who make sweeping allegations, spread unverified claims, and promote religious prejudice with little apparent restraint.

How can a platform claim to encourage open discussion when the rules appear to be applied differently depending on the religion being discussed? If restrictions are necessary to prevent religious provocation, they should apply equally to everyone. If people are allowed to question, criticise, or debate the beliefs and practices of one religion, the same standard should apply to every other religion. Fairness cannot be selective.

Unfortunately, this concern is not limited to religious discussions. Over the years, Nairaland users have repeatedly raised complaints about alleged moderator bias, unjustified bans, deleted posts, inconsistent enforcement of forum rules, and the promotion of inflammatory topics over constructive discussions. Others have complained about tribal attacks, political partisanship, provocative headlines, and the apparent failure to hold certain users accountable for the same behaviour that gets others sanctioned. These are recurring complaints that deserve serious attention, not simply dismissal.

There are also concerns about the quality of discussions on the platform. Too often, sensationalism, personal attacks, tribal rivalry, and religious antagonism seem to attract more attention than meaningful contributions. Rather than encouraging informed debate, some discussions degenerate into competitions over which ethnic group, religion, or political camp can insult the other most aggressively.

What makes the situation even more disturbing is that an unscrupulous individual who appears to know very little about the Catholic faith was not only allowed to publish a post attacking the Church but also had the audacity to present numerous unverified claims about a religion he seemingly does not understand. (https://www.nairaland.com/8763705/why-onyaikens-suspension-governor-alia)

There is a difference between genuine criticism based on facts and deliberately spreading allegations about a faith without sufficient knowledge or evidence. Yet, when such posts are allowed to circulate without adequate scrutiny, while discussions concerning other religious interests appear to face restrictions, it raises serious questions about the fairness and consistency of Nairaland’s moderation.

If this is the standard Nairaland has chosen to subject itself to, then I must honestly admit that I no longer fit into the kind of community this platform appears to be becoming. I refuse to spend my time in an environment where religious prejudice can masquerade as informed discussion and where the rules of engagement seem to depend on whose faith is being discussed.

I understand that no online forum can be completely free of bias, disagreement, or controversial opinions. Moderators are human, and mistakes can happen. However, the responsibility of those managing a platform is to ensure that rules are applied consistently, complaints are handled transparently, and no group feels that it enjoys special privileges while another is treated as a convenient target.

I am not demanding that anyone agree with my opinions or that Christianity, Catholicism, or any other religion be shielded from legitimate criticism. Criticism is part of free expression. What I object to is the apparent double standard that allows legitimate criticism to become religious hostility, unverified allegations to be presented as facts, and discussions to become platforms for prejudice.

A forum that accommodates criticism of every religion, ethnicity, and political group under the same rules can encourage understanding. A forum that appears to protect some interests while leaving others exposed to unchecked hostility risks losing the trust of its members.

I have reached a point where I no longer find the experience worthwhile. I would rather spend my time in spaces where meaningful conversations, mutual respect, and fairness are valued than continue participating in an environment that increasingly leaves me frustrated and disappointed.

Perhaps the management will reflect on these concerns and take them seriously. Nairaland has built a significant community over the years, but its long-term value depends not merely on the number of registered members or daily discussions, but also on the quality of conversations, the fairness of its moderation, and the trust it inspires among its users.

@Seun and any moderator, please let me know how I can permanently delete my account. If account deletion is not available, kindly explain the procedure for deactivating it or having it removed.

I have made my decision. I am done here.

I wish everyone who genuinely seeks knowledge, meaningful discussion, and mutual respect all the best. I hope Nairaland can one day become the platform many of us believed it could be.

seunmsg:
There is absolutely nothing inconsistent in the policy. It is price modulation and not reintroduction of subsidy. FG will not pay a kobo to any marketer as subsidy.

Basically, NNPC has agreed to a price ceiling of N1350 per liter. If the landing cost goes higher than 1350, they will sell at 1350 and bear the additional cost. When price then falls below N1350 to let's say N1200 they will recover their cost by still selling at 1350 till full recovery. If price is still low, they can then reduce the price after full recovery.

Not so bad on paper but implementation is key. Apart from NNPC, I am not sure if Dangote and other private sector players in the downstream sector have agreed to this arrangement. It will require serious regulatory monitoring so that Nigerians don't get shortchanged when the prices finally come down.

Anyway, I am hopeful that the outcome of the US election will bring an end or at least a peace agreement to the US-Iran war in the next 30 days.

It’s amazing how you shamelessly defend this government.

So, Atiku’s promise to restore fuel subsidy has suddenly thrown you people into panic mode? The same subsidy you defended its removal over and over again is now becoming a problem because an opposition figure has proposed an alternative?

Wasn’t this the same Tinubu whose government’s response to Nigerians’ suffering was essentially that there was little or nothing he could do? The statement commonly attributed to him was along the lines of, “How I wish there was something I could do, but there is nothing I can do.”

But here is the real question: if the government now has options to intervene and cushion the impact of rising petrol prices, why did it take an opposition proposal to bring those options to the forefront?

For millions of Nigerians, the consequences of subsidy removal have been devastating. Families have struggled with rising transport fares, food prices and the general cost of living. Yet, the government has repeatedly asked them to endure the hardship in the name of economic reforms.

Now that a proposal to ease that hardship has emerged from the opposition, the government is suddenly explaining what can and cannot be done.

So, was there genuinely no alternative, or were Nigerians simply expected to bear the pain while the government stood by?

And if these interventions were possible all along, why did ordinary Nigerians have to endure so much hardship before the government began discussing them?

The question is not whether Atiku’s proposal is perfect. The question is why affordable living conditions suddenly become a political priority only when an opposition figure proposes a solution.

What a shame!

Of course, I knew it was fake news. The real question is: how many more of these are we going to see before this man finally leaves office?

At this point, this government has turned us all into part-time fact-checkers.

Anytime we hear “the government says…” our first response is no longer “Really?” but “Let me verify that first.”

We now have to fact-check the government before we can believe the government. Imagine the irony.

Nigeria is a country of remarkable diversity. We have hundreds of ethnic groups, hundreds of languages, different traditions, religions, cuisines, music, and ways of life. Our diversity is one of the things that makes Nigeria unique.

Sadly, we can also boast of another kind of diversity, diversity in crime.

From corruption and embezzlement to kidnapping, banditry, fraud, cybercrime, electoral violence, oil theft, armed robbery, abuse of public office and fake products, Nigerians have witnessed an alarming variety of ways in which the law and the people can be violated.

The painful irony is that while our cultural differences sometimes divide us, crime and bad governance have no tribe. They affect us all.

Perhaps the Nigeria we should be building is one where our diversity is celebrated in our culture, creativity, innovation and humanity, not in the different ways we exploit one another.

Independence should mean more than remembering when the British left. It should also mean asking ourselves whether we are truly building the kind of country our independence was meant to create.

Happy Independence Day, Nigeria.
May the Nigeria of our dreams become the Nigeria we collectively build.

mycar:
There are many ways to do that without going back to the old order, atleast bring down the exchange rate and the price of the crude will come down in naira. if country is moved from consumption to production, there will be more to export, prices will crash. I am ready to go into farming if the insecurity is curbed.

I agree with you 100%. I have said this repeatedly: the massive increase in fuel prices is not solely a consequence of subsidy removal; the sharp depreciation and floating of the naira have played a major role.

If the dollar had remained around ₦500, I find it difficult to see how petrol would be selling for anything close to today’s price, certainly not the current levels.

But here is the irony: Tinubu would apparently rather risk losing the election than allow the naira to strengthen significantly, because the weak naira creates the illusion that state allocations have increased dramatically in nominal naira terms. That is the narrative being sold to the state governors.

zenburster:
Who do we blame now?

Society/culture?
Prosperity gospel?
Social media/Nollywood movies?
Prebendalism and blatant corruption that has become institutionalized?
Illiteracy?
Superstition?
Parental failure/destruction of the family unit?


Nigerians don't care how you made money, just have it

If you don't , you "didn't see life come"

According to Gandhi, one of the sins that destroys a nation is "wealth without work"

Nigeria is already destroyed. There is no hope.

Let’s stop pretending this kind of wickedness comes from nowhere. The family has to take a hard look at itself, especially the parents. A child who grows up seeing wickedness, cruelty and the deliberate destruction of other people’s lives treated as normal can easily grow into an adult who sees nothing wrong with doing the same.

My children CANNOT and will NEVER be this wicked, because I know the values I am teaching them and the kind of people I am raising them to become.

Charity begins at home and unfortunately, so does wickedness. If parents are the kind of people who can destroy another person’s life without remorse, manipulate others for their own benefit, or take pleasure in someone else’s suffering, they should not be surprised when their children begin to exhibit those same ugly behaviours.

Children learn what they live. You cannot spend years feeding a child with wickedness, selfishness and a lack of empathy and then suddenly act shocked when the same poison comes out of them.

This is why parenting matters. The character of a child is not built on social media or in school alone; it is built first and foremost at home.

And honestly, looking at the kind of behaviour we see around us every day, I sometimes wonder whether Nigeria can ever truly get better when some homes are still producing people who have no regard for the lives, pain or dignity of others.

$500,000 bribe? If this is all APC could traced to Atiku after 8yrs in office despite all the noise that is very corrupt, then Atiku is a saint. Can we see Tinubu’s book in Lagos from 1999 to 2007?

MaziObinnaokija:
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT should please,urgently do something about this

And you expect this government to respond to “your” please? The same government that makes over 40% on every bag of cement sold?

Richtaiwo:
Sounds nice and logical, pretty sure this makes a lot of sense to you.

But how come this same logic cannot make sense in calculating Nigeria’s debt? Where it suits you, the Dollar is used, otherwise, the Naira quickly makes more sense.

Funny enough, efforts to explain apparent increase in debt as it relates to Dollar equivalent, you and your ilk don't hesitate to ask, na Dollar we dey spend?

More succinctly, why do you prefer to view Nigeria's debt in Naira but allocation to states in Dollar? Simple: It suits the preferred narrative.

I don't usually respond to senseless mentions, so consider this as a privilege and don't quote me again.

On the contrary, I find it rather insulting to waste my time responding to someone who sounds like a keyboard warrior whose only qualification is the ability to type confidently without understanding what he is typing.

It is a complete waste of my valuable time.

The Book of Proverbs, which is one of my favorite actually anticipated people like you. It says there are times when you should not answer a fuul, lest you descend to his level. But it also says there are times when you should answer him, lest his foolishness be mistaken for wisdom. I am responding to you for the latter reason.

If you have a contrary opinion, make the argument. It is really not that difficult.

You dragged up a completely different opinion I previously expressed about borrowing and somehow thought that was a rebuttal to this post about the government’s so-called revenue increase. That is not an argument. That is intellectual laziness.

If you disagree with what I said about borrowing, address the borrowing argument. If you disagree with my position on revenue, address the revenue argument. If you think my figures are wrong, bring your own figures. Nobody is stopping you.

And if your point is that you are questioning why a government is asking to borrow over $25 billion within three years after removing or substantially altering subsidies and imposing additional burdens across fuel, education, healthcare and virtually every sector Nigerians interact with, then by all means, make that argument.

I will gladly respond.

But don’t come under my post, pick an unrelated argument from something I wrote previously, throw it into the conversation and pretend you have dismantled anything. You haven’t. You have merely demonstrated that you don’t understand the difference between an argument and a distraction.

This particular post is about the illusion being packaged and celebrated as an increase in revenue.

If you disagree, tell us precisely what is wrong with the argument.

Not vibes.
Not insults.
Not recycled talking points.
Facts. Figures. Analysis.

Otherwise, kindly spare me the keyboard gymnastics. I have better things to do with my time than give free remedial lessons in basic reasoning to someone who came to the conversation without an argument in the first place.

showboy2301:
You hate everything about yourself as a Nigerian, that’s why nothing is working for you or will work for you. Yet you said in one of your posts that you are a journalist, please go and retrieve your school fees.

I agree with you on one point: at least you got that part right. As for the rest, you seem to have confused encountering someone on social media with knowing their circumstances, background, achievements, or intellectual capacity.

You said, “I hate being a Nigerian.” Of course you’re right. I hate being a Nigerian because of people like you.” Sharing the same country with people who reason at this level can indeed be frustrating. I may have had no choice in being born in this country you seem so proud of, but I certainly have a choice about the kind of people and mentality I want my next generations to associate with. I have no intention of leaving them to share the same space with people like you.

As for the second part, you who told you that I don’t have things working for me? That assumption is precisely the kind of shallow thinking I have no interest in associating with. The fact that you encountered someone on social media does not mean you know their circumstances, achievements, social standing, intellectual capacity, or anything else about their life. Access to someone’s comment section does not put you in the same social circle, social position, or intellectual league as that person. That is one distinction you people repeatedly fail to understand.

I actually find it amusing that you chose to attack my intelligence while I am the one trained and experienced in the very profession that requires critical thinking, research, analysis and the ability to interrogate information. Being a journalist is a noble profession. But if your level of understanding and intelligence is this abysmally low, I guess you would need a refund from your school, if at all you went.

Next time, address my comment with substance. Bring facts, evidence and a coherent argument. If you cannot do that, then spare me the personal assumptions and performative outrage. Learn how to address comment with substance not just barking like a dog.

SamuelLoch:
So, the only source of revenue to pay salaries is through the removal of fuel subsidy?

Were states owing salaries because of the lack of capacity to pay or the governors were diverting and mismanaging funds?



All these dumb people that lack creative intelligence in position of power is holding Nigeria at hostage .

I agree with you 100%.

The issue was never simply whether the money was available. It was about priorities and how each government chose to deploy the resources available to it.

Take Osun State as a case study. Under the previous APC administrations, workers experienced situations where salaries were delayed and, at some point, the government resorted to paying half salaries. Yet when the political leadership changed, the approach to workers’ welfare changed as well.

When Adeleke came into office, his administration prioritized clearing inherited salary-related obligations and addressing outstanding promotions that had accumulated under the previous administrations.

That alone should teach us an important lesson: the amount of money available to a government is only part of the story. What the government chooses to prioritize is equally important.

What genuinely worries me, however, is how some people defend obvious failures simply because the person involved shares their tribe, religion, or political identity.

At what point do we put competence and accountability above identity?

Nigeria will not move forward if our loyalty to tribe and religion becomes stronger than our commitment to truth, good governance and results.

Honestly, when I read some of these arguments, I just tire for this country.

geoworldedu:
State were owing workers who were only 1% of the population of Nigeria salary, but the 99% others were able to afford feeding 3 times daily and still have enough for transport fare. Now states are no more owing the 1% of population of Nigeria salary anymore, but the 99% are not able to afford up to 2 meals daily. No be abracadabra be that?

The percentage of government workers in Nigeria is like 1 to 5%. That's the percentage they were owing and Nigeria was better then. Then they decided to divert funds to governors to be easily paying those 1 to 5% government workers by squeezing the throats of the 95 to 99% of the population. How did they squeeze this throats. Simple, they made all benefits they are enjoying before to disappear under the guise of removing fuel subsidy etc.

I agree with you 100%.

The issue was never simply whether the money was available. It was about priorities and how each government chose to deploy the resources available to it.

Take Osun State as a case study. Under the previous APC administrations, workers experienced situations where salaries were delayed and, at some point, the government resorted to paying half salaries. Yet when the political leadership changed, the approach to workers’ welfare changed as well.

When Adeleke came into office, his administration prioritized clearing inherited salary-related obligations and addressing outstanding promotions that had accumulated under the previous administrations.

That alone should teach us an important lesson: the amount of money available to a government is only part of the story. What the government chooses to prioritize is equally important.

What genuinely worries me, however, is how some people defend obvious failures simply because the person involved shares their tribe, religion, or political identity.

At what point do we put competence and accountability above identity?

Nigeria will not move forward if our loyalty to tribe and religion becomes stronger than our commitment to truth, good governance and results.

Honestly, when I read some of these arguments, I just tire for this country.

showboy2301:
Which part of Nigeria are you from? I need to know before I give a response to your comment

I’m also waiting for your comment before I will respond to the comment

eazzzy1:
The funniest thing is the rich benefit more from subsidy, yet the poor are the ones fighting for the return.

It would have baffled me if not that a similar scenario is recorded in the bible. The children of Israel begged to return to Egypt as slaves even when they saw all the mighty works God did through Moses.

People love the ‘comfort zone’, people are always opposed to change. A mentor always told me ‘’ There is no comfort in the growth zone, there is no growth in the comfort zone’’.

The truth is, the government benefits from the removal of fuel subsidy and the people suffer. The politicians benefit from the floating of Naira and the workers are suffering from the policy.

YouandiAllofus:
He will be humiliated at the polls next year in a resounding defeat and he will have no other option but to retire from active politics together with his imaginary shattered ambition of becoming president.

I have been reading some of the comments here, and honestly, I am beginning to question the level of reasoning and economic understanding among many Nigerians.

How can a country make progress when a significant number of its citizens are unwilling or unable to look beyond the surface of a headline figure?

Someone sees a bigger allocation and immediately concludes that Nigeria is now doing better.

But bigger numbers do not automatically mean greater wealth.

A country cannot build sustainable progress on misunderstanding, poor reasoning and the inability to question what we are being told.

We don’t have to agree politically. But at the very least, we should be able to ask basic economic questions before celebrating anything.

No country can truly progress when its citizens stop questioning the numbers and start celebrating the illusion created by them.

Richtaiwo:
These are the people making such promises

So this one believes that the removal of fuel subsidy is the reason their allocation has “increased”?

Honestly, some people are being deceived by bigger looking numbers.

Let’s ask the simple question: if the dollar returns to ₦500, do you think these allocations will remain at the same naira figures?

Of course not.

The Tinubu administration removed fuel subsidy, transferred a huge cost from government to ordinary Nigerians, and allowed the naira to depreciate significantly. Naturally, when government revenue is converted and shared in naira, the figures can become much larger.

But a bigger naira allocation does not automatically mean more wealth.

If you received ₦10 billion when the dollar was ₦500, and today you receive ₦20 billion when the dollar is ₦1,000, you haven’t necessarily become twice as rich. The real question is: what can that money buy?

That is the illusion people need to understand.

Fuel subsidy was removed. Petrol prices went up. Transport costs went up. Food prices went up. The purchasing power of Nigerians collapsed.

And now we are being told to celebrate larger allocation figures?

Please, don’t confuse inflation and currency depreciation with economic prosperity.

I’m sure some of you would not still understand my point. Not because you can’t, but because tribal bigotry and religious sentiments would not allow your sense of reasoning to process the truth.

helinues:
Tinubu is not the government of my current location yet I can't find things that have been more cheaper within the last 3 years.

is Tinubu also responsible for that?

You opposition supporters need to be creative

No wonder you are supporting this government. Come to Nigeria and experience the hardship firsthand, I bet you wouldn’t last one month before you would change your mind

AMINDA:
The so-called think-tank should shove its opinion where the sun doesn't shine. Atiku will bring back subsidy, and heaven will not fall. And if it falls, it falls!

"APC saying that if subsidy comes back there will be queues reminds me of how I met my wife during Buhari’s time. We were both queuing at a filling station, I saw her behind me & decided to give her my spot. We exchanged numbers & the rest is history. That’s the beauty of subsidy."

- Taofeek Subsideen

Don’t mind these people. If we do a survey and ask them: fuel at N200 with queue and fuel at N1300 with no queue? I’m sure everybody would prefer N200 with queue. Even at N500 with queue

Who told you I want to come back to this world again, especially Nigeria and Africa. Once I’m gone, nobody should pray that I should come back oh.

ogascomax:
Anyone that is against that should be giving the death sentence by a firing squad. I never supported the removal in the first place. It's only ignorant people that believe that the subsidy was a bad thing. Instead of addressing the corruption in the scheme they went to stop it. Carry your phone and google countries that have subsidies. Germany, Poland, France and many other countries have it. Let alone Nigeria that has the hydrocarbon from which energy is gotten from. Most of you are just being ignorant. If you aren't ignorant then you are just been tribal supporting your kin. All around the world their are subsidies on many things and this government has taken away all our subsidies and they keep borrowing more.

Make it make sense! Tinubu has spent about ₦20.64 trillion in three years under the energy security expense and yet Nigerians are still buying fuel at over N1,300? Changing a name from subsidy to ESE doesn’t mean subsidy was actually gone in the real sense of it. The only difference is that the beneficiaries was changed.

Are you even aware that this N20 trillion in 3yrs is far more than what Buhari government paid for subsidies in his entire tenure?

Penguin2:
As the campaign for 2027 presidential election kicked off, Atiku Abubakar, presidential candidate of the ADC, has ignited a very troubling conversation by suggesting he would return fuel subsidy if elected.

While the suggestion is populist, like most people have described it, and appealing to the ignorant masses who do not understand the dynamics of macroeconomics, there’s need to educate the electorate against such proposition.

First, returning fuel subsidy means returning to square one of what successive governments have been trying to solve before Tinubu eventually damned all consequences to remove it.

If you return subsidy today, agreed their might be some temporary relief for the masses as the price of fuel might drop drastically, and with it the price of transportation and basic commodities in the short term, in the medium and long term, Nigeria will simply return to the Egypt that it is currently trying to exit.


What I mean is this…. After about 6 months paying subsidy, government finances will begin to strain. The money going to State Governments will reduce from what it currently is, and with time, States will start finding it difficult to pay salaries again.

Then in the long term, government will, all over again, begin the campaign for fuel subsidy removal to free up funds.

After some years, another president that is not Atiku will come and decide that fuel subsidy is no longer sustainable, again, and we will hear that evil phrase again - “subsidy is gone.”

Do I need to tell you what will happen again?

Fuel prices will skyrocket again.

Cost of transportation will balloon again.

Prices of basic commodities will start flying again.

And then what? We return to this current situation that Atiku is proposing to save us from; all over again.

So, before you jump to support Atiku, think it through.

The mistake you are going to make in jumping to support Atiku because he’s promising to return fuel subsidy is the same mistake that some Nigerians made in 2012 by joining political jobbers to protest against Jonathan when he removed subsidy during his presidency.

What later happened? The same person that led that protest became president 12 years later and removed the same subsidy that he led ignorant people to protest against.

So, before you support Atiku, ask yourself if you want Nigeria to keep running round a circle or to move on from every stage and hurdle we have crossed?

The effect of fuel subsidy removal is biting hard, admitted, but the solution is not to return it, rather we should continue to bear it until we achieve equilibrium. That way, we are sure we and our children are never going to have to suffer the effects of subsidy removal again.

Penguin is a bird of reason.

Tinubu has spent about ₦20.64 trillion in three years under the energy security expense and yet Nigerians are still buying fuel at over N1,300? Changing a name from subsidy to "ESE" doesn’t mean subsidy was actually gone in the real sense of it. The only difference is that the beneficiaries was changed.

Are you even aware that this N20 trillion in 3yrs is far more than what Buhari government paid for subsidies in his entire tenure?

Thiefobi1:
Any one supporting return of fuel subsidy should be given life prison sentence.


Atiku does not mean well for the country.


A desperate man with nothing to lose.

Make it make sense - Buhari’s 8 years cost Nigeria roughly ₦9–₦11 trillion in petrol subsidy, yet Nigerians were buying fuel for less than ₦150/litre. Tinubu’s government without subsidy has spent over ₦20 trillion for “energy security” and Nigerians are now buying petrol at around ₦1,300 per litre.

casualobserver:
Only an ignoramus will believe Atiku will bring back fuel subsidy.

1: Where will he get the money from?
2: subsidy requires an act of parliament, which senate or house members will pass a subsidy bill knowing full well their governors need the money and those governors control their fate? Some of you don’t understand many of these things are legacies from the military era. They are things that were created by military fiat! But just like creation of states, re-introduction of subsidies is almost impossible in a civilian regime.
3: Atiku will tell you anything to get elected, if he doesn’t remove the subsidy nothing will happen. He is not interested in reelection, all he wants is for the records to reflect he was president of Nigeria.
4: You think Dangote will supply you petrol and be waiting 3 years to get paid when he can easily export his entire output?

Nobody will bring back fuel subsidy!

This is the reason I believe there needs to be a minimum level of enlightenment, education and awareness to qualify to vote.

The question is not where would Atiku fund the subsidy but how has Tinubu been able to spend about ₦20.64 trillion in three years under the energy security expense and yet Nigerians are still buying fuel at over N1,300? Changing a name from subsidy to ESE doesn’t mean subsidy was actually gone in the real sense of it. The only difference is that the beneficiaries was changed.

Are you even aware that this N20 trillion in 3yrs is far more than what Buhari government paid for subsidies in his entire tenure?