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How poo happens

In the Beginning was the plan.

And then came the assumptions.

And the assumptions were without form.

And the plan was completely without substance.

And the darkness was upon the face of the workers. And they spoke among themselves saying: "It is a crock of sh_t, and it stinketh." 

And the workers went unto their supervisors, and sayeth: "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide the odor Thereof"

And the supervisors went unto their managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, Such that none can abide it."

And the managers went unto the directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none can abide its strength."

And the directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another: "It contains that which aids plant growth, and is very strong."

And the directors went unto the vice presidents and sayeth to them, "It promotes growth, and is very powerful."

And the vice presidents went unto the president, and sayeth unto him, "This new plan will actively promote growth and efficiency of this company, and certain areas in particular."

And the president looked upon the plan, and saw that it was good.

And the plan became policy.

And this is how poo happens.

Beaf:
Maybe thats why pregnant women in rural areas from Ekiti to Potiskum are now going to be paid on giving birth.
That might just make them poorer!

There is a whole raft of radidal new policies to reach Nigerias poorest and lift them out of poverty, from education to transportation to energy supply etc.

Haters gon' hate.

Beaf:
No, but they can be persuaded to to assuage the situation. Especially as no one has threatened them.
It doesn't speak well of the state of security.

Beaf:
You are so stup!d, I wonder why you have to bring GEJ into everything? Are you possessed or mad?
In times of crisis such as we have, you do not allow people mass migrate. It is commonsense, but I have concluded that you are either stup!d or mad.

Beaf:
Now, I am beginning to gain more respect for Fashola. We've had it neck deep with the rank hypocrisy from his colleagues.
I have always said it that Fashola is the only senior oficial with some degree of integrity that ACN can boast of.

Beaf:
They must not be allowed to leave for numerous reasons.

Beaf:
I don't need to convince anyone. Our part of the country has born the brunt of all sorts of abuse from the the rest. All we get are threats and demeaning words; just a few days ago, a member of the Supreme Court made a public apology for his threats. Don't you think at some point we will be tired of being threatened and demeaned?

That point passed long ago, but many have not noticed. Many have been making threats to wipe us out as soon as they can get GEJ; then this brainless "revolution"  to topple GEJ pops up. How do you think we are gonna react, with smiles and thank you's?

We have had pogroms, Asaba, Odi, Gbaramatu. We will have no more.

How shi_t happens

In the Beginning was the plan.

And then came the assumptions.

And the assumptions were without form.

And the plan was completely without substance.

And the darkness was upon the face of the workers. And they spoke among themselves saying: "It is a crock of sh_t, and it stinketh."

And the workers went unto their supervisors, and sayeth: "It is a pail of dung, and none can abide the odor Thereof"

And the supervisors went unto their managers and sayeth unto them, "It is a container of excrement, and it is very strong, Such that none can abide it."

And the managers went unto the directors and sayeth, "It is a vessel of fertilizer, and none can abide its strength." And the directors spoke amongst themselves, saying one to another: "It contains that which aids plant growth, and is very strong."

And the directors went unto the vice presidents and sayeth to them, "It promotes growth, and is very powerful."

And the vice presidents went unto the president, and sayeth unto him, "This new plan will actively promote growth and efficiency of this company, and certain areas in particular."

And the president looked upon the plan, and saw that it was good.

And the plan became policy.

And this is how shi_t happens.

Lasinoh:
Jona boy will reverse the subsidy soon. . .
After Nigerians have been ripped off.
Within six months. . . you wanno bet?

Good campaign strategy.



Haba!!!

'Ow many pipo dey write this small letter?
Na so 'subsidy' pain them reach?
WAZOBIA group of editors kwa nu?

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/01/sultan-cautions-islamic-preachers/
On January 5, 2012 · In News
By Abdallah el-Kurebe

Sokoto — Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has cautioned Islamic preachers against preaching in the way and manner that could confuse their followers on their relationship with the Christian brothers in order not to jeopardise peace in the country.

He stated this, yesterday, in a message at the closing ceremony of the 26th Sokoto State Qur’anic recitation competition, at the auditorium of the Sultan Muhammadu Maccido Institute for Qur’an and General Studies in Sokoto.

He said: “I will like to appeal to Islamic preachers to conduct their preachings in such a way as not to confuse their followers in matters of their relationship with their neighbours, thereby throwing the nation into crisis.”

Represented by the Emir of Gwandu, Alhaji Mohammad Ilyasu Bashar, the Sultan, however, admonished Muslims to unite as one indivisible entity by embracing the teachings of the traditions of Prophet Mohammad (SAW).

He also charged them to pray pervently for the continued peace, stability and tranquility in the state in particular and the country in general.

The Sultan commended Gov. Aliyu Wamakko administration for its penchant in placing the physically challenged persons in the state on a N6,500 monthly allowance as a way of doing away with the Almajiri culture among the indigenes of the state.

Speaking at the occasion also, Gov. Aliyu Wamakko  expressed the commitment of his administration to sponsor state indigenes to attend international Qur’anic recitation competition.

He said in order to achieve this objective, he had directed 23 local government councils in the state to organise similar competitions at wards and local government levels with a view to selecting contingents that would contest the next year’s recitation competition.

efisher:
GEJ just got himself a liver transplant! HAHAHA

is well:
he is not a weak man before and now, he is not. he is a wise man

http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=248306618574358&id=209148572490163

Why, oh why does it appear that everyone who has any chance of affecting the outcome of this subsidy imbrogilio seems to be either attempting to make water flow up mount everest or have their heads in the clouds.

1. The government is implementing the right policy in the most pernicious and almost wicked way possible - there is no other way to describe an increase in the price of an essential commodity on an already down-trodden citizenry by 100% to 200%. It breaks my heart that a government that promises transformation can be so unfeeling and cruel.

2. On the other hand, the NLC, etc simply want to pretend that spending 25% of a nation's budget, whether fraudulently or genuinely, on one commodity is acceptable. People like Buhari are propagating the "false" economics that comes up with the conclusion that there is no subsidy on petrol in Nigeria.  Because you produce a commodity doesn't mean there is no subsidy on it. Fluidly traded goods, like crude oil, are to be priced at their international price if the nation does not want to turn out to be a loser in the global market - particularly when you are not a powerful producer in the market. It is as simple as that.

3. Having said that, the so-called palliative measures are nothing but a parody. These hodgpodge of programs have no bearing on the consequences of the subsidy removal on the welfare of Nigerians either in substance and in time. To insist this sorry excuse for palliatives is in my opinion to make fun of fun of Nigerians. It is a fallacy and the mere dreams of control freaks, who hired by Nigerians to do the simple job of directing their affairs, think they have become omnipotent.

4. Under a responsible government the issues being addressed by this shoddy and wushy-washy approach would have been foreseen and a 1-2 years program to adequately address all the issues employed. Delibrative, all encompassing, and most importantly based on the FIRST DO NO HARM PRINCIPLE the people would actually have praises for their leader by the time everything is said and done.

5. I believe we can still save the day by pulling Nigeria back from the abyss towards which we are headed here. I would make recommendations, but this cannot be done without adequate data, and implementation under such conditions can do more harm than good - just like with the current measures.

All in all, it might be true that "Reversing subsidy policy is suicidal for the economy" (see https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-839151.0.html), but the way GEJ is going about it it souns more like "Reversing subsidy policy is suicidal for the economy, I'll rather kill it myself". At the end of the day it leads to the same outcome - the economy will grow by 4% instead of 7% at the end of this year & GEJ would have lost the little amount of credibility his government has managed to retain after the bumbling and fumbling of the last few months. By the time the NLC & TUC, etc are on strike for 3 months and GEJ finally capitulates economic productivity in the first quarter would be null, and the rest of the year severely damaged.

Enough word for the wise - I hope for the oppressed people of our nation that GEJ listens to reason.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/33882-reversing-subsidy-policy-suicidal-for-economy-fg-insists-announces-palliative-measures-revert-to-n65-per-litre-or-face-strike-from-monday-nlc
•Announces palliative measures
•Revert to N65 per litre or face strike from Monday - NLC

Written by Leon Usigbe, Soji-Eze Fagbemi and Chris Agbambu, Abuja Thursday, 05 January 2012

AN emergency session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) convened by President Goodluck Jonathan, on Wednesday, resolved to expedite action on the implementation of palliative measures to cushion the harsh effects of petrol subsidy removal, with government maintaining, however, that reinstating the subsidy would  have grave consequences on the economy.

Among the measures to provide immediate succour is the procurement of 1,600 diesel-powered 50 passengers and above capacity buses through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) N10 billion revolving loan deal attracting five per cent interest and repayable within five years.

The initiative, which is coming under Urban Mass Transit Programme, would see the buses distributed to credible transporters, including the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Trade Union Congress (NLC), National Association of Road Transport Owners (NARTO), among others, as government hopes to reduce the cost of transportation.

The Minister of Information, Labaran Maku, who was joined by his Trade and Investment and Transport counterparts, Dr Olusegun Aganga and Senator Umar Idris, told State House correspondents, during a post-FEC briefing, that the president had directed ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) to pay January salary by the 20th of this month to alleviate suffering.

Towards this end, he has ordered the Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) to fast-track its January meeting to the 15th to enable the salary to be paid by this date.

Maku, who stressed that the present harsh effects of the subsidy removal would be temporary, noted that the failure to completely deregulate the downstream sector of the petroleum industry by past leaders had brought the economy to near collapse as government had continued to borrow to service debts.



As an indication of the resolve of the administration to implement the total deregulation in the face of pressure from labour and the general public, Maku pointed out that "having taken this plunge, to go back will be to cripple the economy. That is why we are calling on our citizens to bear with us.

"In no time, the prices of (goods and services) will come down. Unlike in the past, when marketers used to hoard fuel because the government was subsidising, that would no longer be the case. The customer will be king now because if they don't sell, they won't recover their money."

The minister explained that the country was going through a difficult situation and appealed to citizens to show understanding, as the government would not deliberately punish them, saying, "with measures  we have taken, we are confident that we will correct the imbalance in the economy."

According to him, "there is no way a country can survive with N5 trillion debt and uses N500 billion to service the debt. The entire capital budget is completely borrowed and if it continues, the economy will collapse and companies will be forced to cut workforce."

Also speaking on the declaration of strike by NLC, the Information Minister warned that strike would do greater harm than good, because "it will further compound the suffering of the people."

Th Minister of Trade and Investments  appealed to Nigerians to understand that they had given the present government the mandate to fix the country, saying that even though the decision to deregulate was painful, it had to be taken, but that the government, which he emphasised would not inflict punishment on the people, had the obligation to cushion the effects.

In his contribution, the Minister of Transport spoke of efforts to revive the railway and water transportation sectors in the county to provide services for commuters, noting that rail transportation had re-commenced in parts of the country, while efforts were ongoing to extend it to other parts.

Meanwhile, the organised labour declared, on Wednesday, that there would be “no retreat, no surrender.”

http://www.punchng.com/news/groups-vow-to-disregard-police-warning/

January 4, 2012 by Chukwudi Akasike, Port Harcourt Leave a Comment

Civil society groups in Rivers State have said they will mobilise the people of the state for a protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, despite the warning by the State Police Command against such move.

The State Police Commissioner, Mr. Suleiman Abba, had on Monday, told labour unions to desist from any form of demonstration or procession over the controversial removal of fuel subsidy.

Abba had warned labour leaders to control their members in order to avoid a breakdown of law and order.

But the civil society groups, comprising the United Action for Democracy, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development and the Ogoni Solidarity Forum, said at a joint news conference on Tuesday that they would not be deterred by the police warning.

The National General Secretary of UAD, Mr. Ken Henshaw, explained that the groups were yet to inform the police about protest that would hold on Monday.

“We have not communicated with the Commissioner of Police in the state, but we have contacted our partners outside the country. The police cannot stop us from marching to the streets and it is left for the police commissioner to carry out his threats,” he said.

According to Henshaw, the groups will not hesitate to ensure the prosecution of any security agent who kills any Nigerian that joins in the protest.

Henshaw said, “We do not need anybody’s consent to air our views on issues that affect us. We are going on with our protest on January 9, 2012, despite the threat by the police.

“There is no place called police market as we all buy from the same market where prices of goods have increased astronomically. So why would police shoot peaceful protesters?

“Our interest is that the Federal Government should revert to the N65 per litre of petrol or less. We will not even accept N66 per litre.’

He pointed out that a situation where government officials use public funds to cover their expenses was unacceptable.

Henshaw described the increase of the price of petrol from N65 to N141 as the height of insensitivity.

He said, “We consider this policy as not only insensitive, ill thought out and absolutely unnecessary, but also provocative and inhumane.

“Given the fact that 70 per cent of Nigerians live below $2 a day; the increase in the price of petrol from N65 to N141 will spell social and economic doom to the vast majority of Nigerians.

“The citizens of this country are already overburdened by unemployment, poor infrastructure, high cost of living, unaffordable basic social services and dwindling livelihoods.”

Johndoe100:
It is likely that the protests will spread to the SS and even the SE.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/news/33789-fuel-subsidy-removal-residents-of-awka-lament-policy
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Written by Wednesday, 04 January 2012

The removal of the much debated fuel subsidy by the Federal Government has attracted wide condemnation by residents of Awka and environs.

Those who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday, in the Anambra State capital, described the policy as one that would bite harder on the already poor population.

Checks at some filling stations revealed that the new policy had already been effected with prices ranging from N140 to N150 per litre of petrol.

At the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), mega filling station on Enugu-Onitsha road which sold pedtrol at N138 per litre early on Monday, long queues prevailed while the station later shut its doors and informed its customers that it had run short of the product.

“The station stopped dispensing fuel claiming that it had run out of the product,” Mr Emeka Ilika, a consumer, said.

The manager of an independent petrol station in Awka, who craved for anonymity, retorted “You have seen that the president himself made the announcement, so what do you want us to do?”

NAN also reported that intra-city transport fares had skyrocketed two -old as motorcycles that used to charge N40 for some distance had increased it to N80.

Similarly, the fare from Unizik junction, Awka to Enugu and Abakaliki that previously cost N250 and N700 had risen to N700 and N1,700 respectively.

A passenger on board Eastern Gateway Mass Transit to Enugu, Mr Evans Igwe, decried the situation, saying: “I feel sad about the sudden development.

“The Federal Government ought to have taken steps like gradually removing the subsidy or better still ensure that new refineries were constructed before embarking on such policy.

“This will only encourage more corruption and crime for those who cannot meet up with this economic reality.”

A barber, Mr Ikechukwu Aghayan, whose shop is on Zik Avenue, Awka, marked up the price for adult hair cut from N100 to N200 as he started work for the day.

Aghayan said the new price was commensurate with the increase in petroleum price which he said was more than 100 per cent.

He regretted the development, but added that “we were forced by the new fuel price which will affect our business. We will even consider increasing our prices more.”

“This is what I believe the government wanted to achieve. The prices of things will now go up and I wonder what those who cannot afford two square meals will now do,” he said.

http://tribune.com.ng/index.php/front-page-news/33801-oil-subsidy-removal-protesters-shut-down-lokoja-bridge-warripharcourt-highwayparalyse-activities-in-lagos-kano-others-1-killed-in-ilorin-scores-injured-
Paralyse activities in Lagos, Kano, others •1 killed in Ilorin, scores injured
Written by Our Reporters Wednesday, 04 January 2012

THE wave of countrywide protests against the removal of the fuel subsidy entered its second day on Tuesday, with protesters blocking

the Niger Bridge, Lokoja, Kogi State, preventing vehicles from the southern part of the country from travelling northwards and also disallowing vehicular traffic from the North to the South.

The protesters, who were over 100, carried placards which bore inscriptions, such as “We need military intervention”; “Jonathan, you are not a good leader”; “Resign now”; “The nation is heading for anarchy.”

One of the protesters in Ilorin the Kwara State capital was shot dead allegedly by the police at the Post-Office Junction.

However, the Police Public Relations Officer of the state command, Dabo Ezekiel, who confirmed the death of one of the protesters, said the deceased did not die from police stray bullet as alleged.

The state government said it regretted the incident and ordered a full-scale investigation into the matter, adding that it would do everything under the constitution to protect the citizens and residents of the state.

Similarly, angry gun-wielding militants and protesters, numbering about 300, shut the ever-busy Warri-Port-Harcourt highway to traffic and engaged the operatives of the Joint Task Force (JTF) in a gun battle that lasted more than an hour.

But the JTF, in a reaction, said there was no gun duel between them and the militants.

The mass action, which began a few minutes after 7.00 a.m., saw people running for dear life, while workers, traders, banks and commercial vehicle operators wound up operations, even as the mobile police deployed to quell the demonstration fired teargas to disperse the protesters.

It took the JTF some time to dislodge the protesting militants, who condemned the suddenness of the subsidy removal by President Goodluck Jonathan without consultations with relevant stakeholders and Nigerians.

JTF spokesperson, Lieutenant-Colonel Timothy Antigha, while confirming the incident, said the youth were not really protesting against removal of subsidy but were clamouring for their inclusion in the third phase of the amnesty programme.

Meanwhile, the protests in Ibadan, Oyo State, Lagos and Bauchi states were peaceful as more Nigerians decried the increase in the pump price of petrol due to the removed subsidy.

A youths coalition group which spearheaded the Ibadan protest gave President Jonathan a seven-day ultimatum, which began on Monday, to reverse the decision or the youth would take over his government and constitute their own National Assembly.

Governor Abiola Ajimobi, who commended the peaceful conduct of the protest in Ibadan, assured them that their grouse would be communicated to the president. He described the action as an exercise of the right of the citizens of the country in a democracy.

The Lagos protest was led by rights activist, Femi Falana and had members of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), civil society groups, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and concerned Nigerians in attendance.

They marched from Yaba through major streets before terminating the demonstration at the Gani Fawehinmi Garden at Ojota.

More than 1,000 people in the Lagos protest march, sang, chanted and waved placards reading: “No to fuel price hikes” and “We demand living wages”. A group of demonstrators set up a roadblock of burning tyres on a major Lagos highway. Police in riot gear kept watch, but the protest was largely peaceful.

"The prices of everything will increase, transport, housing, school fees, food, etc. The common man will not be able to survive. We will say no and oppose bad government policies. We will say no and oppose IMF [International Monetary Fund] policies," said Ganiat Fawehinmi, widow of the late human rights lawyer, Gani Fawehinmi.

There were barricades of bonfires on the roads, while commercial activities were brought to a halt.

Also, a group of Bauchi people, under the auspices of Bauchi Citizens Patriotic Front (BCPF), on Tuesday, protested against the removal in Bauchi.

The group, which protested on major roads in the capital city, took its protest to the palace of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Rilwanu Suleimam Adamu, to raise the objection to the subsidy removal, which its spokesmen said was “grossly ill-timed, deceptive and hypocritical.”

Addressing journalists at the emir’s palace, having waited without seeing him, the coordinator of the group, Usman Adamu and its secretary, Mr Said Jibrin Said, said that the removal at a time the standard of living of the average Nigerian was far below the minimum was ill-timed, adding that the decision was anti-people.

Meanwhile, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has accused the President Goodluck Jonathan-led administration of being liable for murder, following the death of one of the protesters against the hike in the price of petrol in Ilorin, Kwara State, who was shot dead by the police on Tuesday.

In a statement by its president, Abdulwaheed Omar, the NLC said it was Jonathan’s “inhuman policy” that caused the death of the victim and called on the president to fish out the perpetrators and bring them to justice.

The statement stated that the NLC and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) would today issue a directive on the date for coordinated general strike, mass rallies and street protest would commence and the modus operandi.

It denied ever sanctioning the removal of subsidy from petrol as claimed by the media aide to the  president, Dr Reuben Abati.

The labour organisation expressed dismay that brute force could be deployed against peaceful protesters despite having warned the Federal Government not to suppress demonstrations by unarmed innocent Nigerians against unfriendly government policy with arms.

“It is with a heavy heart that the NLC announces the murder of an anti-fuel price hike protester, who was shot dead by the police today, Tuesday,   January 3, 2012. The victim was shot dead around the Post Office area of Ilorin, Kwara State.

“The perpetrators of this crime were armed policemen from the Area A Division, close to UBA Ilorin and the state police command along Sulu Gambari Road, Ilorin. The NLC holds the Jonathan administration liable for this murder and advises it to fish out its agents who shot protesters in Ilorin and bring them to justice,” the statement said.

Olodostein:
From the meeting I attended. This is the agreement reached by our wise elders( Mazi's Ndigbo).

As long as Nigeria has always been concerned. We have been on our own. Nothing unite Nigeria than when Ndigbo take center stage.

To be forewarned is to forearmed.

http://www.thenationonlineng.net/2011/index.php/news/31991-belgore-leads-peace-talks.html
By Vincent Ikuomola, Abuja3 hours 55 minutes ago
Alfa Belgore & Christopher Kolade

The President raised two committees yesterday to push through his policy on subsidy withdrawal.

An 11-member committee headed by retired Chief Justice of the Federation Justice Alfa Belgore is to meet with organised Labour and Civil Society groups. They have kicked against the subsidy removal.

The second committee, described as “high-powered”, will oversee the use of the cash to be saved from the withdrawal of subsidy.

The subsidy reinvestment and empowerment programme board is headed by Dr. Christopher Kolade, Nigeria’s former High Commissioner to the United Kingdom.

Maj.-Gen. Mamman Kontagora, a former Minister of Works, is deputy chairman.

A statement yesterday by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said the board will ensure the effective and timely implementation of the projects that would be funded with savings made from the removal of fuel subsidy.

Other members of the Board are: two representatives of the National Assembly, two representatives of organized labour, one representative of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), one representative of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, one representative of Nigerian Women Groups, one representative of Nigerian youth, one representative of civil society organizations, the Coordinating Minister of the Economy/Minister of Finance, the Minister of National Planning, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, the Minister of State for Health, the Special Adviser to the President on Technical Matters,  and six other reputable individuals from the six geo-political zones in the country, three of whom will be women.”

On the mandate of the Board, Abati said:

“The mandate of the Board shall be to oversee the Fund in the petroleum subsidy savings account, and the programme specifically to improve the quality of life of Nigerians in line with the Transformation agenda of Mr. President.

The Board will have the following responsibilities:

•Determine in liaison with the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Petroleum Resources, the subsidy savings estimates for each preceding month and ensure that such funds are transferred to the Funds’ Special Account with the Central Bank of Nigeria

•Approve the annual work plans and cash budgets of the various Project Implementation Units (PIUs) within the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and ensure orderly disbursement of funds by the PIUs in order to certify and execute projects;

•Monitor and evaluate execution of the funded projects, including periodic Poverty and Social Impact Analyses (PSIA)

•Update the President regularly on the programme;

•Periodically brief the Executive Council of the Federation on the progress of the programme;

•Appoint consulting firms with international reputation to provide technical assistance to the Board in financial and project management;

•Appoint external auditors for the fund;

•Do such other things as are necessary or incidental to the objective of the Fund or as may be assigned by the Federal Government;

“Members of the committee to meet with organised labour, civil society groups and other stakeholders are: the Chairman of the Governors’ Forum, Governor Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State, Governor Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Governor Peter Obi (Anambra), Governor Adams Oshiomhole (Edo) and Governor Sule Lamido (Jigawa).

“The Committee which is expected to begin its work immediately also includes the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, the Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Emeka Wogu; the Special Adviser to the President on Inter Party Affairs, Senator Ben Obi and Mrs. Ngozi Olajemi.”

Beaf:
I'm a bit sad, cos we have only one hydro-electric power station slated for Delta State (Ogwashiukwu dam). And its just 1MW.
Mambilla though will come in at a whopping 2600MW initially.

aletheia:
^
Does it state any where in the document in the OP that the FG will make a cash payment to any pregnant woman when she delivers? I just downloaded the document and read through it but didn't find that written any where inside.

Bros, e be like say you dey lie O.

doncigalo:
@Nairalanders Heres the doc that was released 3 hours ago by Reno Omokri (the Special Assistant to GEJ on New Media) concerning why the subsidy has been implemented and what projects the funds saved through the subsidy removal will be used on :

https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B_VI3W_cAwMeNTljY2JmOWYtN2M4Yi00MGI0LWE2MTctYTUxMTM0ZDVkNDRm&hl=en_US&pli=1

emiye:
Don't you think you are assuming that the difference in price is simply due to taxes?

I am still not convinced that with the subsidy removal, smuggling will reduce substantially !

Katsumoto:
Demand will not disappear without the presence of a superior product or substitute. In this scenario, other west Africans may be priced out of petroleum products coming from Nigeria but will not stop demanding it. In the economic equilibrium of the demand/supply curve, supply will reduce with demand remaining constant resulting in lower quantity and higher prices in the countries relying on products from Nigeria.

With higher prices in other countries, Nigerian marketers will simply seize on the porous Nigerian borders and divert products to other countries causing shortages in Nigeria. This scenario is all too familiar.

VoodooDoll:
Total annual "savings"= N1,134bn


Beneficiaries are
FG: N478bn
States: N411bn
LGA: N203bn
Other: N42b
Total:N1,134bn

The reports lists out various projects, but I'm uncertain if these projects haven't already been accounted for and budgeted elsewhere.

Beaf:
Go and carry out your id!ots revolution. You will learn a thing or two.
You will be shocked to find out how badly some of us want Oduduwa and Arewa; more than anything, you will be shocked at how prepared and organised your foes are. We have been looking for any excuse to dump your rotting ship, so please give it to us, run wild and burn shiit down, twist Lagos and bend Zamfara with protests. Lolz!

Dude, go on the streets and freely express your "Egyptian" idiocy. Words are cheap (especially after the sepe has cleared from your eyes).

. . .By the way, "Ihejirika na our blood." Swine, let it kill you.

Beaf:
This is how your chaotically stup!d protest that is not backed by a single shred of philosophy or ideology will go:

It is especially enlightening to read the following unashamedly foolish statement:

There will be fewer or no protests in the SE/SS where the oil comes from (this is a point that cannot be overemphasised)

You people are begging for it so bad, that when it finally happens almost no one will lift a finger in your defense - as much as they may find it repugnant. Then we can split this fraud called Nigeria for good.

[list]
[li]There will be major protests in Lagos and the far-North[/li]
[li]All protests will be led by dissidents and opposition figures[/li]
[li]There will be fewer or no protests in the SE/SS where the oil comes from (this is a point that cannot be overemphasised)[/li]
[li]You people will be grouped as political desperados willing to tear Nigeria apart to suit your personal and ethnically centred goals[/li]
[li]Coupled with the threats from boko haram, you will be seen as a security threat and haters of progress[/li]
[/list]

Seen?

ogugua88:
Try searching for "Occupy Nigeria" on the facebook search. Tell me if you still have issues with it.