₦airaland Forum

SangoOlukosoOba:
Russia has more defence than the USA

Pull out your statistics from anywhere. I am 100% you will retract that statement.

As for the bears, I was only joking. 🤣🤣🤣

obainojazz:
This is bad mate… common

Amoto94:
THE FATTEST AND MOST DANGEROUS LIE EVER TOLD IN NIGERIA
By Dr. Aliyu U. Tilde. 11 June 2023

“Subsidy serves the rich”—meaning that the poor do not enjoy subsidy—has been the fattest lie I have ever heard in the past six decades of my life in Nigeria.

It is told by a group of elites who will never suffer deprivation due to the privileges accorded them by decades of corruption. The most annoying thing is that they have told this lie time and again without blinking an eye whenever the Nigerian government, at the behest of our masters—the IMF, World Bank and international banking institutions—wants to withdraw a service it offers the generality of its citizens.

What will they lose by telling this lie? Nothing. They have homes in world capitals, billions in their accounts, families living overseas and spending holidays there. Their perception of reality and sense of danger is completely different from those of 99% of our citizens who are always living on the brink of poverty and insecurity.

Incapable of good governance and afraid of what it will deprive them of their privileges, they advise every leader to take a short cut: remove the subsidy. Then they hurriedly coverup their treachery with another fat lie: because it is impossible to fight corruption. How can they allow any leader fight corruption since they are its direct beneficiaries?

In the end, the subsidy will be removed and the leeches are all happy because they are allowed the opportunity to further suck the blood of our citizens through the criminal profits they will be making on essential commodities. The resultant voice of suffering does not move them one bit.

Two examples here would suffice. Fertilizer and fuel.

Fertilizer

The last administration was the first to adamantly remove every subsidy on fertilizer in 2016 under the pretext that it benefits the middlemen. Many of us argued then that it was the responsibility of government to protect its citizens from the activities of such middlemen, be they civil servants or businessmen. Abdicating that responsibility and punishing the citizens instead by removing the subsidy completely negates the trust given the government by the electorate.

The tragic side of it was that the people were clapping for the government, which they gave a blank cheque to do as it liked. 2016 became a year of hunger. Today, the high cost of fertilizer has crippled the productivity of most farmers and if it were not for the ban on importation of rice and some other items, nothing would have been left.

The price of food is unbearable to most families and consumers are crying “open the borders”, as I can see from a survey on my Facebook page. When I asked if the ban on importation of food can be lifted regardless of whether farmers and agriculture would be killed, the majority rhetorically asked, “How many times have we died in the hands of the farmers?”

Fuel

I know the new government which I side with on other matters has taken a final decision on the matter of fuel subsidy. Unfortunately, the enchanting leadership style of the President has blinded the common man from seeing the evidently unbearable difficulties associated with the decision, as usual. But the evidence is here. Each of us can see it, touch it.

Movement—the conveyor of life and the economy—has been impeded so severely that crucial activities like education have for the first time been threatened. States are reducing working days, including schooling days, to just three a week, in a country where e-learning is yet to pick up in majority of families that patronize public schools. Streets and highways are half empty. It is like another pandemic.

If it is true that the poor do not benefit from subsidy, why would they be so constrained by the new price of petrol which is now one of the highest in the world despite our low per capita income? And very soon prices of food and other essential commodities will respond and life for even the civil servant that may be lucky to negotiate a 25% increase on his present miserable salary will become unbearable.

Economists consistently promise that with time things will get better for the citizens if we just allow government to remove one subsidy or another. But nothing ever got better. Prices have never dropped in the long run. Diesel, we were told, had no subsidy at N260 per litre. What made it reach N880 for over a year and now sells N685? The Dollar? Then how are we sure that the Naira will not lose its value further in the near future when a common dollar exchange rate of say N635/dollar is fixed and what will the price of petrol be then—N800/litre? I am tired of these lies that have been ramming my ears since 1986.

To sum up the effects of these fat lies is the increasing number of the poor among us: 130million Nigerians now live below the poverty line if we are to believe our last President. How can this group of elites continue to be so apathetic?

Solution

I do not believe that there is anyone stronger than government. I still believe that every government has the primary responsibility of protecting its citizens from leeches and subsidizing life for them. We form governments and submit to them precisely for this reason. Continuous abdication of this responsibility is not an argument I can buy.

I, therefore, suggest that our new President tightens his belt and ride rough with those who have been stealing our commonwealth in various sectors. This is what we hoped and missed in every President since 1999. Our indefatigable Femi Falana has recently published a list of 22 cogent areas where billions of Dollars are bunkered into the pockets of thieves.

Go after them Mr. President. It is not that difficult today as it was in 1984 when we had no institutions on ground to do the job and no computers or Internet applications to track records and retrieve them from databases with the speed of light. Those billions of Dollars to be recovered and saved from the exercise are enough to permit a downward review of the current fuel price and fund infrastructural development as well. I am 100% with Femi Falana on this.

Fighting corruption is an inescapable duty of any responsible government. Corruption is the clog in the wheel of good governance, not subsidy—the purpose of governance. The new government must reject the fattest and the most dangerous lie often told in this country. Fighting corruption is possible. Fuel subsidy in a regime of a responsible government is also possible.

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Bizzyman:
DM me

eniolorunfe:
Chaiiiii

Person get mind deduct 12k from 45k monthly salary..

Still expected to resume 7.30 am to close 10pm…

how does a person survive or endure this kind of harsh working conditions

Even if na to dey drive keke napep on hire purchase, e better pass this kind job. At least you’re your own boss and you would make more than this at the end of the month. You can also start YouTube channel or any other online thing along side.

Oga OP, deliver yourself from this bondage that you’re in. Don’t let fear hold you down!!!

MechanicMike:

...CORRRRRRECTION...

...AMERICA WILL TURN IRAN INTO DUST ANYDAY..not to talk of Isreal..

....and if Iran tries anything stewwwwpid $HIT like this muslims countries normaly do..bragggin......truss me.... someone else will raise there children!!!! (((((REAL TALK))))

maintenant:
You should not be disgracing yourself, ogbeni...

I am expecting you to be a man and lead the vanguard of Yorubas coming over to Abia State to join in the development of the state.

I am very sure that should they be economically visible in Abia State and in deed any other part of the South East, no-one will discriminate against them in political appointments.

It is intellectual laziness for you to imagine that positions can be mailed to hesitant fellows who apparently enjoy their comfort zones so much that venturesomeness make them cringe...

We need you in the South East...Muster the cojones to make that leap...

Amigoss:
After fighting obasanjo for years for increasing fuel price as an NLC president,I really wanna know this kaaki wearing fraud's view about subsidy with no palliatives on a meagre 30k minimum wage when he is now close to power

Breaking: Federal government fails to find an agreement in their first meeting over fuel subsidy.

Remi Tinubu Liz Benson Godwin Emefiele Auxiliary Soludo Oyetola First Lady Renewed shege Bolt NYSC Dele Alakepic.twitter.com/2JEklaLehK

— Alive Nigeria (@AlivengTV) May 31, 2023

So Meffy has not been jailed yet ,E even dey carry file dey join them for close door meeting,wonderment!!

Itsrm:
And if you have a heavy foot. You'll practically see the guage moving everytime you pedal to the metal

FBS:
Beside the obvious ones, wouldn't it be fair to have a pre-season before selling everyone?

Itsrm:
I doubt. When was he executed? The last governor to sign off on the death penalty was Adams Oshiomhole.

Infact, only two governors have signed it since 1999.

Amoto94:
Mauricio Pochettino has already communicated that he does not want Joao Felix in his squad next season.

{Marca}
Ibime will be relieved

patrickmuf:
The problem isn't about removal of subsidy but the fact that Nigerians don't trust the government to re-channel the fund elsewhere that will be of benefit to us all.

Ordinary Nigerians did not complain about the subsidy because it's just about the only thing they benefitted from the government.

obainojazz:
I suggest everyone should be calm and hope for the best…
This is also an opportunity for Tinubu to prove he’s the mastermind behind the success enjoyed in Lagos and hopefully, replicate it on a federal level.

obainojazz:
I suggest everyone should be calm and hope for the best…
This is also an opportunity for Tinubu to prove he’s the mastermind behind the success enjoyed in Lagos and hopefully, replicate it on a federal level.

TrebleChamp:
I just tire ooh. I wanted to reply the dudes quote but seeing his other quotes and post, i realise he wasn't here for civil discuss, he came to fight so i just ignored. Anybody is free to Love or Hate Tinubu, but wishing his Govt to fail is a very foolish thing to do.

olril17:
Eeya first class citizen.
Clap for your self as the money in your account has increased by being a tinubu supporter and for this incredible expose.
Hailing hailer that I’m sure is poor church rat with low iq like most tinubu supporters that can’t afford even 2 square meals in a day.
I have never hidden my disgust for anything Tinubu for how much his useless party has destroyed sw.

timbros:
If I hear anybody say Chelsea go trophy less this season

Back to back to back to back League
Back to back to back FA Cup

Chelsea on the double with the best coach in the world

If you no gree, go to court...

Busayo58:
Police can never arrive 30 minutes after the incident, must be 1hr or 2hrs later

GloriousGbola:
What opportunities? Is Nigeria a major travel destination? Is Nigeria a travel hub?

Image? Setting up an airline will somehow improve Nigerias standing and reputation? And this perceived image boosting will lead to what? Cancelling of our debt? Foreign investment?That Moner something na aboki, what do u expect people that reason with their ass.

We already have multiple local private airlines in our aviation sector. So maybe you can explain what the addition of a poorly run airline will achieve.

For a country struggling with debt, reduced revenue, and an unbalanced budget this is nothing but an act of hubris and foolishness. Incidentally it is what African leaders have been lambasted for in the past. Meaningless vanity projects.

HornyTave1:
😂

you're probably in your late 40's, maybe 47, 48 or even 50 but you sound like an over spoilt kid.

reason they say fools grow old

you should bother more about you Intelligence Quotient, you mistake it with degrees you've got.

in 10 yrs you might be 60, I wonder if this is the kinda Grandpa any reasonable kid would want to have

the idiot deh screenshot wallet balance 😂, at 50 almost same age with Cubana. man you need to grow up.

make I reach your age before we start deh measure preeq, for now I'm 26, I'm happy with what I've achieved.

At 26 I hope you had built your personal house and own your personal car if not all you're saying is rubbish 😂😂

Creeper:
More reason why you need to study it because it’s a near-peer war that’s indirectly a peer because a lot of NATO regular forces and Special Forces are actually in Ukraine - unlike the Giant vs Ant war the world has been subjected to in the last 4 decades.

This war provides an insight into what will likely happen when super powers collide (since neither side would’ve air superiority), how they will shape battlefield in real time, how they adapt tactics in real time, how useful drones are for reconnaissance, the importance of artillery, intelligence gathering, modern EW, battle of special forces, etc.

You can’t weaken a military when it’s not depleted. Conversely, since last year, Russian forces are actually more experienced and hardened than NATO forces because they have first hand experience in a real war - not the shenanigans against cow herders.

EyenIbibio1:
Please can someone summarize the cause of this war for me, I mean why they fighting? I used to support Ukraine, but it's like people are not supporting them, they say something like Nazi, I supported Ukraine because I thought Russia was just looking for where to test their missiles, but it's like there's more to that.


And please, those houses in rubbles, I believe civilians were evacuated before bringing excavator to pull them down

Shegzdave:
I’d have wanted Nelson to stay and for Sambi, I wish him goodluck.

Why are we signing Mount abeg

iamoyindamola:
I am sorry for you, so because I wish for 1million along the way I got 10 million I should exhaust the 9 million because my initial plan is 1 million

idongesit88:
Sorry bro that money is gone. U have made more noise without taking action and revealing every posible move to d guy, and as a fraudster he will use it to guide his way. The only way now is for you to involve his family members, look 4 members of his family he values most, arrest one or two of them, if he does not come out then the family will source n pay u ur money, sorry to say this but it has gone to this stage n whatsoever happen to that family is on him. That's if u have what they call HARDENED MIND. making 500k is nt easy from alabi n someone had d guts to use what is not he's. Tracking and getting him may not work n police will not help u.

GideonG:
If you are in Lagos and close to ikoyi, I can teach, tutor and train you on Python programming, machine learning, data science and Artificial intelligence on a one and one training. It's time to skillup now!!

asshuaiby:
Let's catch some cruise

Eniolakiite:
To my story

I started the process in 2018. I wanted to pursue my masters in Computer Science and I targeted fall 2019.

I made use of LinkedIn well. Connected with many Nigerians studying in the USA especially in my field. I had conversations with many of them and they were helpful. Then I prepared for GRE and TOEFL, used 3 months to study for both. I drafted statement of purposes for all the schools. This took months. Sent them to senior colleagues and those that had gone before me to read through and give feedback.

I did WES evaluation of my BSc transcript.Then I searched for schools online using https://www.4icu.org/us/, http://www.msinus.com/content/, https://www.usnews.com/education and others. Then I listed schools where I met requirements according to my profile. I applied to 12 schools in all. I got offer from 4 schools and one gave me full funding. Was rejected by 6. Didn't hear back from 2. The rejections were first to come and honestly it can weigh you down, but you have to be strong and focused on your goal and keep pressing. The day I got the email of the full funding, I wept tears of joy because all my effort eventually paid off.

The whole process is stressful honestly. It is not very easy but you have to keep going.
Heaven helps those who help themselves.