₦airaland Forum

ahaika23:
Yep, I know of a certain place in Kogi State they call Irayapana during my NYSC days. Guess what, they have a lot of gold in that community but more than half of their houses they have burnt them up due to clashes. I want to believe that is not where you are bragging about so stop that holy crap attitude.

Kogi!?

ahaika23:
It's very silly to you because of your barren go for nothing land. Imagine there was oil in that land of yours, I guess you would have torn this op apart. #prayforoilinyourland

We have gold in my backyard. We just don't let it define our existence and essence in life. Crude that is now cheaper than palm oil and pure water. Lolz

Dumbo

Secrets11:
I am not yoruba..and tribe has got nothing to do with this. And for your info: Nobody deposited any natural resorces inside the ground and I hate it when people say " our oil ". You carry oil come this world?

Thank you for that statement. Our oyel is the most stupid statement ever created.

Dem find the oyel for centuries they've been there?

I smell a crack in NDA's shell. This sounded personal and vulnerable. NA should keep at it.

Thank God she escaped your horrible English.

33xtr66r:
You lots should cease spreading lies everywhere as if Yoruba survival solely depends on it.
If Yorubaland is the safest place for habitation or business why then are Yorubas notoriously known for breeding street urchins and area boys who go about disrupting businesses, harrassing and disturbing the peace of law-abiding citizens?

And just recently why was the SW region not favorably rated by the UN - https://www.nairaland.com/3103641/south-east-safest-place-live-un?

Why do keep stalking every "Yoruba thread" (real, implied or imagined) with your various monikers?

manbuchai:
So the crude oil they have been lifting in Abia/Imo/Anambra state did not benefit the north and southwest? On another note,why are you pained when se/ss are mentioned?If the north and southwest can form ally against the people se/ss during election to bring down Jonathans regime other regions can form allies too.

Combined it's not up to a fraction of Ondo. Yet you don't hear them doing attache by force. Go resuscitate oil palm industry. A barrel of palm oil cost more than crude and stop attachingto SS.

989900B:
By the time the people start collecting less than 30% of their salaries i.e. the person earning N18,000 being paid N6,000, you won't need the military to chase out any militant, the people will do it by themselves.

As it is now, State governments get roughly 20% if not less, of what they were getting in 2014.

Let the fools keep egging the arsonists on.

When businesses starts closing and companies begin to layoff due to low patronage. The fools can enter the creeks and go interview with Tompolo.

I haven't seen such a dumb generation of people in my life. They are dangerously ignorant.

DullardBuhari:
painment.

Type that to your relatives and immediate family when they lose their jobs or don't get paid.

This is an ignorant thread.

Debt is sn instrument for development if used appropriately. Being number 8 is not bad considering how big our GDP is.

maxzzo1:
You must be a confirmed daft?

You are very slow and sarcasm flies over your head.

Ikwerreboy:
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Where is Anambra, Imo, Abia, Ebonyi and Enugu on that map?

VulgarVulvas:
Want to save money? Then get rid of that useless state governor whose monthly upkeep is subsidised from public funds.

The amount he spends on both security votes and travel expenses will do a long way in improving the state's balance

The man is useless but the effects of a ruinous educational system are more devastating.

Sophisticated business people, Northerners, Black Jews and SS people. Nothing to see here.

Good move. Let government only run few schools they can afford.

nwanna89:
I think Dangote opened a new tomato paste factory in the north and told farmers he will pay cash to them if they bring their harvests to his factory. Its cheaper to supply to him than sell elsewhere. My theory though

He just closed operations due to the aforementioned tomato disease.

lunaticfringe:
Who is talking about being factual here I said the op is posting heresays...

Take the burden of proof and post facts.

lunaticfringe:
I hope these blow your pea sized brains to oranges...

https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=https://www.nairaland.com/2904974/irritating-niger-deltans-lay-claim/1&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiJrYvK8uDMAhUjC8AKHcZ7CNoQFggYMAQ&usg=AFQjCNE0vZy2kDui1rrEFB_cFubxCz0R7w

https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://saharareporters.com/2013/03/06/senator-enang-reveals-northerners-own-80-nigerian-oil-blocks-nation-newspaper&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiJrYvK8uDMAhUjC8AKHcZ7CNoQFggkMAg&usg=AFQjCNFs5ck2RrECWe6G6A2PPrxhV7DQ3w

https://www.google.com.ng/url?q=http://m.thenigerianvoice.com/lifestyle/110787/50/human-rights-report-hausa-fulani-own-80-of-oil-blo.html&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiJrYvK8uDMAhUjC8AKHcZ7CNoQFggnMAk&usg=AFQjCNG-i7Tz3DxJ6XmjLQKA1QGxToDUcw

Do you know the meaning of factual? Let me give you a clue. It isn't hearsay or insinuations.

9japride:
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Sorry I won't give u proof. You know was up but choose to be mischievous

You have no proof and nothing upstairs.

9japride:
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Abooki, there is nothing to prove it's like saying someone should prove that the sun usually rise from the east and set in the west?

Another dumb comment.

Act like you have your thinking faculties intact. Show some proof rather than spilling regurgitated vomit.

dubemnaija:
So its no longer willie is willingly working, its now willie is willingly taxing

I don die o!

*dead*

Willie is taxing!!!

Southern Nigeria continues to chart a distinct course of its own. Great strides from the SW, SS and SE in that order.

NwaEzefuNaMba:
Proudly Igbo!!
In good and bad I can never hid my identity unlike one "certain tribe" that have to speak other languages just to be safe in their own soil.

They are my igbo brothers and I will never reject them!

Are you proud of their actions and representation of our Hebrew brothers in the SE?

dollyjoy:
It all for their selfish interest,they don't care about the common man.

Can you read and do you prepare a budget for your household even if you don't understand economics?

They need to revert the 10% host communities allowance back into the bill. Similar structure exists in Alaska and many developed countries.

Give back to the communities and let the country know peace and prosperity.

omaguibu:
And that is why we need to gi our separate ways. So as to reduce the population

Are you shackled? Who is stopping you?

Subsidizing consumption is like one of the dumbest decisions by any government and they seem to have finally realized.

KUWAIT: As Oman yesterday became the latest Gulf state to announce the lifting of subsidies on fuel and other services after Saudi Arabia, UAE and Bahrain, the government inched closer to hiking the price of petrol and some other services and now it appears the decision is only a matter of time. The ministry of finance yesterday began what looks like an organized campaign, posting messages on its Twitter account to explain that the goal of any financial measure is to ensure the durability and sustainability of “honorable living” standards for the people.

The ministry said that the planned measures would have positive results in the medium and long term and categorically denied that it will meet the budget deficit through measures that will hurt the people. “The government plans to re-direct subsidies to ensure that they reach people who need it,” the ministry said in a tweet.

The ministry did not illustrate the steps it plans to undertake but ministry undersecretary Khalifa Hamada said in press statements that the ministry will probably submit today recommendations for increases in fuel prices and other services to the Cabinet’s economic committee. After approving them, they will be sent to the Cabinet for approval. It was not immediately known when the Cabinet will study the recommendations.

In the past few days, Saudi Arabia and Oman joined UAE in hiking fuel prices, while Bahrain raised prices of diesel and kerosene and said it is studying a similar measure for petrol. The actions come as oil prices continued their retreat and have shed more than 60 percent since mid-2014. All GCC states have already announced or projected budget deficits this year.

Kuwaiti lawmakers have however warned the government they will not approve any increases in the cost of public services or fuel or any other measure that may overburden citizens long accustomed to heavily-subsidized services. MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji called on the government yesterday to stop what he called its “agitated” push for hiking the prices of fuel and services and not to forget that the victims of such measures will be simple citizens.

Turaiji said that the government has been talking about options to tackle the budget deficit without knowing that in all the scenarios, people will be hurt. He said that although a majority of MPs have opposed any steps to raise prices, the government is pushing hard to impose such measures in contradiction with statements by ministers that the planned measures will not affect low income people.

Turaiji called for the government to slow the process of taking decisions to tackle low oil revenues in order to consult the National Assembly either through a special session or through the Assembly bureau to find the best way to deal with the drop in revenues. He said that MPs are aware of international reports predicting that oil prices will continue its decline, but they differ with the government that any measures must not include any harm to citizens, especially low income people.

The lawmaker said that Assembly committees have reports which indicate unrestrained squandering of public funds by government institutions and bureaucrats, adding that controlling government spending must precede any other measures. Turaiji said a correct implementation of the privatization plan will provide additional revenues to help face the sharp drop in oil income.

MP Faisal Al-Kandari meanwhile sent a series of questions to Finance Minister Anas Al-Saleh about the issue. He asked about the truth in media reports about a government plan to raise the price of fuel and electricity. He also asked for the cost of subsidies and other benefits for the people in the budget.

Oman’s official ONA agency reported yesterday that the government will hike fuel prices, charges for public services and corporate taxes in the face of falling oil prices. “The council of ministers has approved a number of measures to face the consequences from the drop in oil prices and to ensure fiscal sustainability,” ONA cited a cabinet statement as saying. “These measures include reducing government spending and boosting non-oil revenues through raising taxes on corporate profits, increasing charges on some public services and amending fuel prices to be in line with international levels as from mid-January,” the statement said.

The cabinet also approved a 2016-2020 development plan and the 2016 budget but provided no details. Omani oil revenues have dropped by more than 60 percent as oil prices have plunged from about $100 a barrel to below $40 since mid-2014. It has projected a budget deficit of $6.5 billion for 2015, but the International Monetary Fund has warned the shortfall may be much bigger.

By B Izzak and Agencies


http://news.kuwaittimes.net/website/kuwait-set-to-follow-as-oman-hikes-fuel-prices-mp-slams-govts-agitated-push-to-cut-subsidies/

Allocations to states keeps dropping as a result of the brainless assault on public property. It's about damned time all the politicians that funded the mess to curb the mess.