An Enugu-based female hairdresser, Ifeoma Obike, who allegedly combined her business with the illicit trade of baby factory, has been arrested by operatives of Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the Criminal Investigation Department of Enugu State Police Command.
Ifeoma, who claimed to be a native of Oguta in Imo State and a popular hairstylist in New Haven, Enugu, according to the police, allegedly tried to augment her earnings from her legitimate business by engaging in the “baby for sale” trade which had been thriving in many parts of the South-East for some time.
Ujunwa (middle), Ifeoma (2nd right) with the baby and suspected members of the syndicate
Ujunwa (middle), Ifeoma (2nd right) with the baby and suspected members of the syndicate
Ifeoma who claimed to have five children out of wedlock, however, denied being involved in child trafficking but she was found with a baby, which she claimed belonged to her sister in Lagos.
The police said she would be taken to Lagos to confirm her claim though the operatives doubted her because the baby was too tender to be cared for by any person other than her mother.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, who announced the arrest of Ifeoma and three members of the syndicate, weekend, said the long arm of the law caught up with them last Thursday when men of the Anti Human Trafficking squad, acting on a tip off, swooped on them.
He said: “On September 5, 2013, the long arm of the law visited Ifeoma as the operatives of the Anti Human Trafficking Unit of the state Criminal and Investigation Department of the Enugu State police command, acting on information received that Ifeoma combines the newly discovered lucrative business of baby factory with the saloon business, arrested her and someone whom she identified as a would-be husband.
“The alleged fiancé, a patent medicine dealer and self-acclaimed doctor and the pregnant girl, who was on the verge of delivery, Ujunwa, were apprehended and are now being interrogated.”
He said Ifeoma had taken Ujunwa into custody to enable her deliver her baby from an unwanted pregnancy with the intention of taking the baby, adding that they had agreed that Ujunwa would upon delivery be settled with N100,000 to forfeit her baby.
My ordeal, by Ujunwa
Ujunwa, who narrated her ordeal to the police, said she was impregnated by someone and had wanted to abort the pregnancy.
Confused about what to do with the pregnancy, Ujunwa who hails from Ituku in Awgu Local Government Area of the state, went to a patent medicine dealer identified as Obinna of Obofia Awkunanaw but resides in New Haven Extension, Enugu, to abort it but was advised to keep the baby.
Before then, she had made attempts to get rid of the baby to no avail.
“Obinna, however, linked Ujunwa with Ifeoma who would take care of her pregnancy and later be given N100,000 after delivery to forfeit the baby which Ifeoma will at the appropriate time, sell to couples desirous of baby,” the police spokesman said.
According to him, Ujunwa further disclosed that while she was with Ifeoma, “the woman insisted that if her financial condition dwindles, that the initial agreed amount of N100,000 could be reduced to an amount that she can afford.
“One of the accomplices, a native of Ezeagu, who was also apprehended, denied being part of the syndicate. But he revealed that there was a certain time a pregnant girl was brought to him to be delivered of a baby, which he carried out and later the baby was released to someone identified as a sister to the girl and that he also issued a receipt for the hospital expenses incurred.”
On his part, Obike from Isiukwuato, Abia State, whom Ifeoma described as her fiancé, revealed that he was yet to marry Ifeoma even though they have five children, whose whereabouts could not be explained.
Obike, who claimed to be a businessman dealing on wears, however, declined to give further details about the baby found in possession of his alleged fiancée.
Amaraizu said that full investigations into the matter had already commenced with a view to ascertaining further details of the illicit activities of the syndicate.

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He claim to be an American atheist. He said **millions of people are good without God**

I replied him, yes you are not absolutely wrong. yes many are good without God,
likewise many are good with God.
Atheism is a religion. For the fact
of acknowledgn that there is no
God, means that there is sth call
God. Whn u die u can tell better.
Who verify d verifier? Human
reason can't even concieve God
because it's limited.
faith(guided with reason) is a
sinequanon and vademecum for
human living. You can never
explain everything that happen in
this life with reason alone. Even
the science has failed us by their
inability in explaining boundary
stop(end) of the cosmos(universe
), which is the material world. If
there exists material world, it
could mean that there is
immaterial world. Even in Science,
things exist in ideal world
(immaterial), in which theories,
hypothesis exist in mind before
the real and material existence.
Religion is not believing in God
but acknowledgement of
supernatural(things more than
you), that is faith(guided with
reason). Humans are religious
beings, because there exist
somethings more than you. if not
why hasn't science explain
everything that happen with
reason alone.An atheist is a
religious being because he is a
human being, who believes in
something extra, something more
than you can explain, that is
supernatural. Have you ever
asked yourself where do
everything exist from? and that
which they exist from, where do
it exist from? and that which it
exist from, where do it exist
from? ad infinitum.

I love tall girl

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just  to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

*JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF
FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE
FOR THE POOR MASSES.*
If I may say, our past
governments and Jonathan
have not shown much love to
the poor masses but a
camouflage, unlike in some
countries were the
government is trying to make
the rich and the poor alike. Some
years ago,
CNN correspondents went to
China to hear from the poor but
opinion of those
thought to be poor are not
because they said that
government cares for them.
According to Finance Minister,
Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel
subsidy is
actually benefited by a wealthy
few. The actual amount for PMS
is about *N*139
and then the government pays
up *N*74 to let the price fall to
*N*65. The *N
*74 is the amount paid by the
government as subsidy. Now, if
the subsidy is
removed, will the wealthy few
still enjoy this money? Yes of
course. They
will still sell their products at
*N*139, but this time, the
masses will
pay the money. Even if the PMS
rise to *N*160 or down to
*N*110, the
wealthy few will still make the
money and have their way.
The government, in an attempt
to have a win on its decision to
remove the
fuel subsidy has gone as far as
spending a whopping sum on
those who are
seen as a threat to its decision.
But there are many others who
are ready
to give their lives than allow this
removal of fuel subsidy.
*DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM
THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL
SUBSIDY*
*1. Fixed Income Recipients like
Civil Servants and Others will be
Hurt.*
Because while the price inflation
increases, their income doesn’t
increase,
therefore their income will have
less value. Because the price of
fuel has
increased, invariably the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and
services will increase too. Then
who will suffer this? The civil
servants
and some others in private
sectors suffer it because their
salaries remain
the same. Unless the President,
Governors, Private Sector will
promise
increment in the salaries of civil
servants and other workers in
private
sector. But if that is done, there
may be risk of monetary
inflation (i.e.
when there is a rise in the
quantity of money in an
economy).
*2. Risk of Inflation.*
Inflation hurts economy,
individuals and companies alike.
The pin-point
here is basically the price
inflation(i.e. when there is a rise
in the
general level of prices of goods
and services). Because the price
of fuel
has increased the cost of
transportation, the prices of
goods and services
will increase too. If the cost of
transportations, prices of goods
and
services increase, my fellow
Nigerians who will suffer this, if
not the
poor masses. It is time to bridge
the gap between the rich and
the poor in
this our noble country.
*3. Fear of Embezzlement,
Dishonesty, Mismanagement,
and Instability in
Government.*
The poor masses cannot trust
the government any longer
because the past
governments have raped their
trust. The people see the
government and the
politicians as embezzlers and
empirically I think this is true.
How can we
trust you now my President if
you will not follow their
footsteps? You have
to prove otherwise to the poor
masses before they can trust
the government
and politicians again. You might
be honest but what about other
government
officials, politicians who will
manage the proceeds from this?
*4. Eruption of Autocratic
Government*
The government is inviting the
spirit of Arab Springs with its
dogmatic
decision. In Nigeria, we practice
democracy, which was defined
by Abraham
Lincoln as the government of
the people, by the people and
for the people.
If the majority of the masses are
against this removal of fuel
subsidy why
should the government go on to
uphold it. Mr. President, the
masses employ
you to be there and work for
them. You are a ‘servant’ and
the masses are
the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed
out by late President Yar’adua.
We
elected you for our own
benefits. Do not alone decide for
us but we all
decide for ourselves for
common good. Our government
shouldn’t be
autocratic in policy but seek the
opinion of the masses in its
decision
making. This is clear evidence
that autocratic government is
cropping up in
Nigeria to rape our democratic
government. My fellow
Nigerians, let us say
no to this eruption.
*5. The Mind of the Initiators*
My president, what do you think
were in the mind of these noble
fuel
subsidy initiators? Don’t you
think it may be a way of helping
& showing
good care & love to the poor &
less privileged? Don’t you think
it’s a way
for the Nigerians to enjoy this
God’s gift of crude oil & other
natural
resources in our noble country,
which are not only to be
enjoyed by the
cartels & cabals. This is a country
where we have great
unemployment .A
person you went to school with
is been paid in millions because
he or she
has his or her way to the
government, while his or her
mates who are out
there unemployed even with
better results have nothing
doing. There is need
to revisit the past & know the
cause of things. The beginners
have
something in mind when
initiating this noble fuel subsidy.
Until we
transcend that stage, I don’t
think it is just to remove it now.
*6. Discouragement of the
Investors and Savings*
Many investors may be scared
to invest in Nigeria. Many
companies will have
to go out of business because
of the losses they may incur
during this
inflation and its effects. There
might be investors in area like
refinery
but what about other areas.
When many companies go out
of business,
unemployment will increase.
This is incomparable with
employment of the
prospective refineries by
investors. If it will work because
there are
insecurity, power failure, less
infrastructures etc. to welcome
and
accommodate these investors.
Saving money in the banks or
anywhere is
negatively effected and
discouraged because saving
money would mean
watching your cash decrease in
value day after day, so people
may tend to
spend the cash on something
else. The central bank and other
banks will
loss likewise.
*7. Our Value of Money in
Danger*
The increase in the price of fuel
brings increase in the prices of
goods
and services. This brings price
inflation thereby low value of
money is one
its negative effects.
*8. Currency Debasement and
Rising Prices of Imports*
When there is low value of
money and other negative
effects from this
inflation, it lowers the value of
our currency. If the currency is
debased,
then naira purchasing power in
the international market is
lower.
*POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.*
Why subsidy removal? Because
the government is trying to
liberalized the
market fire. I believe a
reasonable government will try
work on the system
before putting the load on the
innocent masses that are
already drowning in
poverty as a result of bad
government. I think the possible
thing to do is
to build refinery in 6 geo-
political zones. Think about
repairing our
refineries and stopping
importation of fuels since we
have these natural
resources in our country. Then
the poor masses may not feel
the pains of
fuel subsidy removal. The most
of what Jonathan was
promising to do with
the extra oil revenue were
already accommodated in the
budget even without
subsidy.
The government should engage
themselves in cutting down the
salaries,
allowances and other running
expenses of the top
government officials
especially the lawmakers from
the federal to the local
government. Imagine
a lawmaker going home with
more than *N*255,000,000 and
*N*224,000,000
yearly. Then you can calculate
this for a tenure(4yrs) or two
tenures(8yrs)
and multiply it with their
numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306
house of
representatives) and see our
country’s trillions of naira in the
cartel’s
pockets while the poor masses
continue to suffer. The
government has no
plan or future for the poor
masses. Governor of Central
Bank, Sanusi Lamido
had last year said that
lawmakers consume 25 percent
of Nigeria overhead
budget.
According to Olusegun Mimiko,
the Governor of Ondo State,
Nigeria spends
about *N*24.5 trillion yearly
which is about $160 billions in
importation
of food. We have land
resources, human resources but
the government does
not care to utilize these to help
the poor masses. They only
inflict pains
on the masses by trying to
remove fuel subsidy. The
president should ask
himself this question “what if
there is no crude oil in Nigeria?”
The
biggest problem of our country
is not subsidy but corruption. If
the
president can deal with this
corruption especially among
politicians,
cartels, cabals and individuals,
he will surely have a lot of fund
to move
this noble country to a greater
height.
There is insecurity in the
country. Does this not occur to
the president
that it is effects of
unemployment of these
promising youths in the
country? Blessed are those who
know the cause of things
because cause has
effects. Instead of our
lawmakers debating on the
causes of the present
situation in our country and see
solution to it. They sat and
discussed
about the same-sex marriage
(gay) issue which has nothing
to do with African
Culture. The lawmakers should
have known that this cannot
work in Nigeria
because African moral values
and culture has no place for it. It
is a
deadly virus from the Western
World. My President and the
lawmakers, please
there are other issues to discuss
that is brutally effecting the
nation
like insecurity, unemployment,
corruption, electricity etc.
Finally, there are many ways to
better our economy and the
lives of the
people. The money to set-up
infrastructures, companies,
refineries etc must
not come from the proceeds of
fuel subsidy but can come
through other
means. Yes the removal of fuel
subsidy has its positives effects
but I
think it is not yet time to
remove it my president. Think
about the fate of
the poor people of Nigeria, think
about us the unemployed
youths. Where do
we get the money to buy goods
and services especially fuel if
the subsidy
is removed. Thanks
*OKAFOR KENNETH*
*Kenitho27@gmail.com*
<Kenitho27@gmail.com>
*08063457763*
*20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA,
P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA,
ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA*

JONATHAN AND REMOVAL OF FUEL SUBSIDY- NO GOOD CARE FOR THE POOR MASSES.

If I may say, our past governments and Jonathan have not shown much love to the poor masses but a camouflage, unlike in some countries were the government is trying to make the rich and the poor alike. Some years ago, CNN correspondents went to China to hear from the poor but opinion of those thought to be poor are not because they said that government cares for them.

According to Finance Minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the fuel subsidy is actually benefited by a wealthy few. The actual amount for PMS is about N139 and then the government pays up N74 to let the price fall to N65. The N74 is the amount paid by the government as subsidy. Now, if the subsidy is removed, will the wealthy few still enjoy this money? Yes of course. They will still sell their products at N139, but this time, the masses will pay the money. Even if the PMS rise to N160 or down to N110, the wealthy few will still make the money and have their way.

The government, in an attempt to have a win on its decision to remove the fuel subsidy has gone as far as spending a whopping sum on those who are seen as a threat to its decision. But there are many others who are ready to give their lives than allow this removal of fuel subsidy.

DANGERS THAT CAN ERUPT FROM THIS REMOVAL OF FUELL SUBSIDY

1. Fixed Income Recipients like Civil Servants and Others will be Hurt.
Because while the price inflation increases, their income doesn’t increase, therefore their income will have less value. Because the price of fuel has increased, invariably the cost of transportation, the prices of goods and services will increase too. Then who will suffer this? The civil servants and some others in private sectors suffer it because their salaries remain the same. Unless the President, Governors, Private Sector will promise increment in the salaries of civil servants and other workers in private sector. But if that is done, there may be risk of monetary inflation (i.e. when there is a rise in the quantity of money in an economy).

2. Risk of Inflation.
Inflation hurts economy, individuals and companies alike. The pin-point here is basically the price inflation(i.e. when there is a rise in the general level of prices of goods and services). Because the price of fuel has increased the cost of transportation, the prices of goods and services will increase too. If the cost of transportations, prices of goods and services increase, my fellow Nigerians who will suffer this, if not the poor masses. It is time to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor in this our noble country.

3. Fear of Embezzlement, Dishonesty, Mismanagement, and Instability in Government.
The poor masses cannot trust the government any longer because the past governments have raped their trust. The people see the government and the politicians as embezzlers and empirically I think this is true. How can we trust you now my President if you will not follow their footsteps? You have to prove otherwise to the poor masses before they can trust the government and politicians again. You might be honest but what about other government officials, politicians who will manage the proceeds from this?



4. Eruption of Autocratic Government
The government is inviting the spirit of Arab Springs with its dogmatic decision. In Nigeria, we practice democracy, which was defined by Abraham Lincoln as the government of the people, by the people and for the people. If the majority of the masses are against this removal of fuel subsidy why should the government go on to uphold it. Mr. President, the masses employ you to be there and work for them. You are a ‘servant’ and the masses are the ‘employer’ as rightly pointed out by late President Yar’adua. We elected you for our own benefits. Do not alone decide for us but we all decide for ourselves for common good. Our government shouldn’t be autocratic in policy but seek the opinion of the masses in its decision making. This is clear evidence that autocratic government is cropping up in Nigeria to rape our democratic government. My fellow Nigerians, let us say no to this eruption.

5. The Mind of the Initiators
My president, what do you think were in the mind of these noble fuel subsidy initiators? Don’t you think it may be a way of helping & showing good care & love to the poor & less privileged? Don’t you think it’s a way for the Nigerians to enjoy this God’s gift of crude oil & other natural resources in our noble country, which are not only to be enjoyed by the cartels & cabals. This is a country where we have great unemployment .A person you went to school with is been paid in millions because he or she has his or her way to the government, while his or her mates who are out there unemployed even with better results have nothing doing. There is need to revisit the past & know the cause of things. The beginners have something in mind when initiating this noble fuel subsidy. Until we transcend that stage, I don’t think it is just to remove it now.

6. Discouragement of the Investors and Savings
Many investors may be scared to invest in Nigeria. Many companies will have to go out of business because of the losses they may incur during this inflation and its effects. There might be investors in area like refinery but what about other areas. When many companies go out of business, unemployment will increase. This is incomparable with employment of the prospective refineries by investors. If it will work because there are insecurity, power failure, less infrastructures etc. to welcome and accommodate these investors. Saving money in the banks or anywhere is negatively effected and discouraged because saving money would mean watching your cash decrease in value day after day, so people may tend to spend the cash on something else. The central bank and other banks will loss likewise.

7. Our Value of Money in Danger
The increase in the price of fuel brings increase in the prices of goods and services. This brings price inflation thereby low value of money is one its negative effects.

8. Currency Debasement and Rising Prices of Imports
When there is low value of money and other negative effects from this inflation, it lowers the value of our currency. If the currency is debased, then naira purchasing power in the international market is lower.


POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES.

Why subsidy removal? Because the government is trying to liberalized the market fire. I believe a reasonable government will try work on the system before putting the load on the innocent masses that are already drowning in poverty as a result of bad government. I think the possible thing to do is to build refinery in 6 geo-political zones. Think about repairing our refineries and stopping importation of fuels since we have these natural resources in our country. Then the poor masses may not feel the pains of fuel subsidy removal. The most of what Jonathan was promising to do with the extra oil revenue were already accommodated in the budget even without subsidy.

The government should engage themselves in cutting down the salaries, allowances and other running expenses of the top government officials especially the lawmakers from the federal to the local government. Imagine a lawmaker going home with more than N255,000,000 and N224,000,000 yearly. Then you can calculate this for a tenure(4yrs) or two tenures(8yrs) and multiply it with their numbers(i.e. 109 senators& 306 house of representatives) and see our country’s trillions of naira in the cartel’s pockets while the poor masses continue to suffer. The government has no plan or future for the poor masses. Governor of Central Bank, Sanusi Lamido had last year said that lawmakers consume 25 percent of Nigeria overhead budget.

According to Olusegun Mimiko, the Governor of Ondo State, Nigeria spends about N24.5 trillion yearly which is about $160 billions in importation of food. We have land resources, human resources but the government does not care to utilize these to help the poor masses. They only inflict pains on the masses by trying to remove fuel subsidy. The president should ask himself this question “what if there is no crude oil in Nigeria?” The biggest problem of our country is not subsidy but corruption. If the president can deal with this corruption especially among politicians, cartels, cabals and individuals, he will surely have a lot of fund to move this noble country to a greater height.

There is insecurity in the country. Does this not occur to the president that it is effects of unemployment of these promising youths in the country? Blessed are those who know the cause of things because cause has effects. Instead of our lawmakers debating on the causes of the present situation in our country and see solution to it. They sat and discussed about the same-sex marriage(gay) issue which has nothing to do with African Culture. The lawmakers should have known that this cannot work in Nigeria because African moral values and culture has no place for it. It is a deadly virus from the Western World. My President and the lawmakers, please there are other issues to discuss that is brutally effecting the nation like insecurity, unemployment, corruption, electricity etc.


Finally, there are many ways to better our economy and the lives of the people. The money to set-up infrastructures, companies, refineries etc must not come from the proceeds of fuel subsidy but can come through other means. Yes the removal of fuel subsidy has its positives effects but I think it is not yet time to remove it my president. Think about the fate of the poor people of Nigeria, think about us the unemployed youths. Where do we get the money to buy goods and services especially fuel if the subsidy is removed. Thanks



OKAFOR KENNETH
Kenitho27@gmail.com
08063457763
20 ST MICHEAL STR. ABAGANA, P.O. BOX 243 ABAGANA, ANAMBRA STATE, NIGERIA

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