₦airaland Forum

ariesbull:
What figure of speech is that ?

Antiphrasis

BALLOSKI:
Reno has some points same as Egbon Dele.

The thing is, I hate to hear IMF, world bank S&P, Moody's ,etc, being quoted. They're killing us.


Wait ooo... Did I see capital inflow from 18B to 89B? We're really struggling.

What are the points Reno has?

Fearurcreeator:
Na today Nigeria spoil ... Na 2 or three or four years

That's not what I asked you.

how is waiting after 4years to judge tinubu progressive in your thinking?

livinbygrace:
What is happening to this OLoriburku Tinubu government?He wan kill the masses or what?
Its high time millitaru sould do the needful abeg.
This is getting out of hand abeg,Millitary pls do the needful.

Tinubus supporters are exempted from this tax

Tayorshd87:
What is wrong in this country that the poor cannot use escape route to make transactions all because u knew people are not using normal banks anymore due to their enormous charges now the OPAY people ran too yet u place fee on it again 🤔

So if people migrate to palmpay meaning in due time u Wil still tag 50 tax again 🤔

Nigeria my country 😏

I actually voted this man all in the name of he should replicate how he built Lagos not knowing Lagos is a room but NIGERIA is a big compound 🙁☹️☹️🙁☹️

So u are part of the reason Nigeria is presently going thru hardship.

How did tinubu build lagos?

Was it a desert before 1999?

hopexter:
A bitter bigot like you will never see anything positive. So you’re not part of the we and will never be. Your kinds never see anything good in others except yourselves which is why if you’re not blaming and fight North, you are blaming west and fighting south south. We know your types😌😌

You are yet to answer these questions.

1. who are the 'we'?

2. what are the steps that need to be embraced?

3. how will tinubu achieve this his goal of replicating china's infrastructure in nigeria?

4. what has tinubu done so far that suggests that he knows what he is talking about?

hopexter:
Be positive minded for once. China didn’t get there by having such mindset of yours. It’s something we need to embrace step by step even if it takes years to actualise or don’t you think so?

who are the 'we'?

so what are the steps that need to be embraced?

how will tinubu achieve this his goal of replicating china's infrastructure in nigeria?

what has tinubu done so far that suggests that he knows what he is talking about?

SunCafe:
The entry of Dangote into the oil market is indeed a game changer.

There is no solution that can be merely evaluated as a wrong or a bad idea except tried or properly evaluated.

Government policies must first be enforced with the law to strengthen its adherence and there after, implemented to solve critical problems in the country such as the fuel problem.

Schools of thought believe the Government should handle government affairs and leave business of government to the private sector. This isn't a bad idea. Obasanjo probably saw a solution in this idea and encouraged Dangote and Otedola to buy up the refinery.

The government is an institution with limitations and the citizens must acknowledge it. Businesses, technocrats and passionate citizens should work with the government to help it.

what is the game that dangote refinery has changed and how has it changed the game?

what are the limitations of government as an institution that citizens must acknowledge?

what help should Businesses, technocrats and passionate citizens give to government?

where is it in the constitution that government supposed to get help from Businesses, technocrats and passionate citizens?

is government helping Businesses, technocrats and passionate citizens?

is it Businesses, technocrats and passionate citizens that is supposed to be helping government or the other way around?

tunjijones:
Btw 900 to 1000.

What does this your useless question have to do with my post?

the topic is about dangote refinery.

how has dangote refinery helped the fuel situation in lagos?

will the price of fuel selling at 900 to 1000 improve living standards or will make life worse for the people of lagos?

if standard of living are not going to improve as a result of the hike in fuel price, what "rapid development" are you referring to?

Lithiumite:
Well done bot!!

well done prof. kindly assist in answering the following:

1. how are state police and LG autonomy the game changers that would steer us towards wholistic development?

2. if you say governors are inept, is it state police and LG autonomy that will now make competent?

3. what makes nigeria defective? is it lack of state police and LG autonomy?

4. what are the things that need to be changed for our own good?

numericalguy:
Hahahaha... Even Edo thinks he can throw insults in Nigeria.
Our S L A V E S thinks they have been liberated or what.

As for your ST00PEED questions, you may ask ur MODA and SISTA doing ASHAWO in Italy.

No wonder Amaka used P I G head to replace una OBA and she also promised to poison all of una.

what are the insults you are referring to?

you sound really really hurt. lets take it again. remember there are 2 questions.

numericalguy:
there is absolutely nothing wrong in being a Taylor

1. which one is "Taylor"?

2. Did Asue Ighodalo say that there is something wrong with being a tailor?

Pls read the interview so you can know how to respond better

Olaide1295:
This is correct.
The foundation of the fuel problem of today was laid by President Yar'adua when he reversed the sale of the refineries in 2007. If private investors had been allowed to run those refineries, they'd be working now.
It's a problem of many years, not just this government.
However, this suffering must not go to waste. People must see more judicious use of govt. money else, another protest will surface.

SOCIALISM IS NIGERIA'S PROBLEM!!.
Petrol is subsidized,
Education is subsidized
Rail transportation is subsidized,
Healthcare is subsidized
Importation has been subsidized by cheap dollars for many years until recently.
Even our economy is subsidized by Oil.

Subsidy distorts markets, thats why subsidized sectors won't function properly.

Tinubu, shettima, akpabio, the ministers, members of the national assembly, top military brass, governors, spouses and children all enjoy free food, free transportation, free accommodation, free security, free fuel, free medical care, free internet and calls, free clothing all at home and abroad.

how come you are ok with these people enjoying freebies but you are not ok with nigerians enjoying subsidy for fuel or any type of subsidy?

how come you see nothing with tinubu buying a presidential jet for $150m without legislative approval while telling nigerians to make sacrifices but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying fuel subsidy?

how come you dont see anything wrong with building a house for N21b for shettima but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying subsidy?

how come you see nothing wrong with tinubu and the national assembly stealing billions of naira with budget padding but you see everything wrong with nigerians benefitting from subsidy?

https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/05/budgit-accuses-nass-of-inserting-n80m-into-nsrda-budget-for-pregnancy-sensitization/

how come you dont see anything wrong with each federal legislator getting a new car worth N160m, tinubu spending N90b on hajj but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying fuel subsidy?

how come you dont see anything wrong with tinubu blowing N1billion just for a week he spent in Addis Ababa and using N1.5b to buy new cars for his wife and N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion to replace operational vehicles for the presidency but you see everything wrong with nigerian citizens enjoying fuel subsidy?

tunjijones:
Lagos is the heartbeat of Nigeria and the pride of Yoruba.

We are pleased with the rapid development going on In Lagos state

how much are people in lagos buying fuel?

Chetas81:
The enemy of Nigeria wont allowed dangote refinery to work

which enemy is that again?

Ijaya123:
I will tell you how to make fuel price come down.

Apply for license to import petrol and then start selling at N200 per litre. Dangote will not have a choice than to reduce his price too.

You will become a multi millionaire overnight and so legally.

who fixed the price of petrol that dangote is refining?

is it dangote that is selling the fuel he produced?

grandstar:
What is reduce subsidy by 50%? How do you reduce subsidy by half in an economy like Nigeria that suffers from inflation. Most importantly, the price of petrol is set internationally. The price is never stable. Just look at the price of crude oil. It could sell for $50/barrel today, and $70/barrel in a years time. How then can you reduce 50% of the subsidy.

Rather, the right thing is to completely remove the subsidy by deregulating its price as done with AGO and dual purpose kerosene.

Tinubu wants to deregulate the price but he is facing backlash. He is trying to reduce the subsidy in increments, something that Obi would have to do.

It is best it deregulates the price once and for all.

what has reducing the cost of subsidy by 50% got to do with inflation?

who set the price of petrol internationally?

pls what do you understand by subsidy?

which backlash is tinubu facing?

who fixed the price of petrol at N897?

is fixing the price of petrol at N897 the same thing as deregulation?

how NNPC being the sole buyer of dangote petrol the same things as deregulation?

what is the percentage of subsidy that the government is paying on every litre of fuel?

how much from that percentage has the government reduced?

what percentage of subsidy is left on every litre of fuel?

how many economists endorsed tinubus plans?

what are tinubus plans and what is the impact of his plans?

Quelme:
Useless world bank. Aside corruption, the IMF and world bank are the reason why developing nations are in a mess.

Tinubu will get it right. He is on the right track!!!

how is tinubu on the right track?

what has he done so far that suggests that he is?

how will tinubu get it right?

Throwback:
Is September 2022 more recent than January 2023 when it was just 1month to the election he lost to Tinubu, and he made the below vow to remove subsidy immediately?

The day Nigerians decide that they cannot live without fuel subsidy, Peter Obi who believes in subsidy removal on the 1st day in office would not be their choice, so stop trying to force it.

No consumer would deliberately purchase an expired product that Peter Obi represents.

which consumers purchased tinubu?

or is tinubu not worse than an expired product?

grandstar:
What Peter Peter Obi is saying is complete utter nonsense.

No sound economist would endorse this shit!

how is what obi said "complete utter nonsense"?

how many economists endorsed tinubus plans?

what are tinubus plans and what is the impact of his plans?

illicit:
Delegate it to Shettima...

how well has he secured nigerians?

illicit:
Economy

how is the state of economy under tinubus management?

numericalguy:
For your MUMU mind now, you sabi book be that?

That was an error from phone dictionary that can happen to anyone and I even corrected it before you brought it up. So what exactly are you hitting your head against the wall for?

you sound really really hurt. lets take it again. remember there are 2 questions.

numericalguy:
there is absolutely nothing wrong in being a Taylor

1. which one is "Taylor"?

2. Did Asue Ighodalo say that there is something wrong with being a tailor?

Pls read the interview so you can know how to respond better

numericalguy:
See as you dey disgrace yourself on social media.

A textile mill senior staff is a tailor to you?

FYI, don't think I belong in all those your dirty and gutter banter because I am a northerner living in the north with absolutely no interest in Edo politics. I am only stating a fact that a textile mill worker is not a tailor but if that is too much for Edo people to understand, they are still living in primitive ways.

No wonder Amaka dep plan to poison all of una

numericalguy:
there is absolutely nothing wrong in being a Taylor

which one is "Taylor"?

Did Asue Ighodalo say that there is something wrong with being a tailor?

Pls read the interview so you can know how to respond better

badoh:
Instead of you to counter his submission and observations, you're saying rubbish that cannot contribute to a body of knowledge. If you were the president, will you continue to pay subsidy so the economy can crumble? Is defending the naira sustainable in the long-run?

how come the economy has not crumbled after tinubu bought a plane for $150m even without legislative approval?

how come the economy has not crumbled after tinubu used N21b to build a new house for shettima?

how come the economy has not crumbled after the presidency used N24million to buy new tyres?

how come the economy has not crumbled with all the loans tinubu has borrowed so far with nothing to show for it?

how come the economy has not crumbled with the all the corruption going on budget padding by the presidency and the national assembly?

https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/05/budgit-accuses-nass-of-inserting-n80m-into-nsrda-budget-for-pregnancy-sensitization/

how come the economy has not crumbled after each federal legislator got a new car worth N160m?

how come the economy has not crumbled after tinubu spent N90b on hajj?

how come the economy has not crumbled after tinubu blew N1billion just for a week he spent in Addis Ababa?

how come the economy has not crumbled after tinubu used N1.5b to buy new cars for his wife and N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion to replace operational vehicles for the presidency?

why is it that its only when nigerian citizens are to enjoy subsidy that that the economy will crumble?

chopnaira:
Free meal is finally over.

Tinubu, shettima, akpabio, the ministers, members of the national assembly, top military brass, governors, spouses and children all enjoy free food, free transportation, free accommodation, free security, free fuel, free medical care, free internet and calls, free clothing all at home and abroad.

how come you are ok with these people enjoying freebies but you are not ok with nigerians enjoying subsidy for fuel?

how come you see nothing with tinubu buying a presidential jet for $150m without legislative approval while telling nigerians to make sacrifices but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying fuel subsidy?

how come you dont see anything wrong with building a house for N21b for shettima but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying subsidy?

how come you see nothing wrong with tinubu and the national assembly stealing billions of naira with budget padding but you see everything wrong with nigerians benefitting from subsidy?

https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/05/budgit-accuses-nass-of-inserting-n80m-into-nsrda-budget-for-pregnancy-sensitization/

how come you dont see anything wrong with each federal legislator getting a new car worth N160m, tinubu spending N90b on hajj but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying fuel subsidy?

how come you dont see anything wrong with tinubu blowing N1billion just for a week he spent in Addis Ababa and using N1.5b to buy new cars for his wife and N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion to replace operational vehicles for the presidency but you see everything wrong with nigerian citizens enjoying fuel subsidy?

miracleedwards:
(And under this situation, we cannot afford to artificially reduce the price of fuel by paying subsidy. We will go bankrupt. Therefore, much as this annoys you, the only options are to allow market forces to control the price of fuel, just as it does other commodities, or we must be prepared to pay higher taxes.)
What will happen to Nigeria if all her refineries are working? Please honest answer.

who fixed the price of fuel at N897?

is it market forces?

how come the country has not gone bankrupt when tinubu bought a plane for $150m even without legislative approval?

how come the country has not gone bankrupt when tinubu used N21b to build a new house for shettima?

how come nigeria has not gone bankrupt when the presidency used N24million to buy new tyres?

how come nigeria has not gone bankrupt with all the loans tinubu has borrowed so far with nothing to show for it?

how is it that nigeria has not gone bankrupt with the all the corruption going on budget padding by the presidency and the national assembly?

https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/05/budgit-accuses-nass-of-inserting-n80m-into-nsrda-budget-for-pregnancy-sensitization/

how come that nigeria has not gone bankrupt when each federal legislator got a new car worth N160m?

how come that nigeria has not gone bankrupt when tinubu spent N90b on hajj?

how come nigeria did not go bankrupt when tinubu blew N1billion just for a week he spent in Addis Ababa?

how come that nigeria did not go bankrupt when tinubu used N1.5b to buy new cars for his wife and N2.9 billion on Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV) for the Presidential Villa, and another N2.9 billion to replace operational vehicles for the presidency?

why is it that its only when nigerian citizens are to enjoy subsidy that nigeria will go bankrupt?

DeLaRue:
Finally an intelligent thesis that mirrors what I have been saying all this while on Nairaland.

Any Presidential candidate that promises you things will be honky dory under him and petrol will be cheap, electricity will be constant, prices of goods will suddenly be cheap is living in cloud coockoo land.

You can not keep borrowing to live a middle class lifestyle when you are on minimum wage. Eventually your debts will catch up with you and you will go bankrupt and lose everything.

Over the past decades, Nigerian governments spent more than the country was earning, subsidising this and that, in order to keep the people happy. Those past Presidents feared being unpopular and so gave people what they wanted knowing fully well it was financial poison that future generations will pay for dearly.

Nigerians have got used to things being artificially cheap due to subsidy (education, petrol, electricity etc) that when a new President comes in and say the country will head for the rocks unless we change things now, Nigerians say he is the worst President ever.

Niger Republic, Ghana, and other neighbouring countries buy petrol at around N1300 per litre. But Nigerians want it at N300 or less

Given that both Ghana and Niger Republic also produce crude oil, what is so unique about Nigerians that makes Nigerians feel so entitled to super cheap petrol?

Unfortunately 99% of Nigerians, including the educated ones, just don't understand economics at the level of a currently poor country like Nigeria.

what is the economics that you say "99% of Nigerians, including the educated ones" dont understand?

how did you arrive at your 99%?

does this 99% include the political leaders of nigeria?

what is it that you have been saying all along?

tinubu, shettima, akpabion, the ministers, members of the national assembly, top military brass, governors, spouses and children all enjoy free food, free transportation, free accommodation, free security, free fuel, free medical care, free internet and calls, free clothing all at home and abroad.

how come you are ok with these people enjoying freebies but you are not ok with nigerians enjoying subsidy for fuel?

how come you see nothing with tinubu buying a presidential jet for $150m while telling nigerians to make sacrifices but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying fuel subsidy?

how come you dont see building a house for N21b for shettima but you see everything wrong with nigerians enjoying subsidy?

how come you see nothing wrong with tinubu and the national assembly stealing billions of naira with budget padding but you see everything wrong with nigerians benefitting from subsidy?

https://dailypost.ng/2024/09/05/budgit-accuses-nass-of-inserting-n80m-into-nsrda-budget-for-pregnancy-sensitization/

find below the oath of office tinubu and other public officers swore on may 29, 2023.

how well have they abided by this oath?

I, .............. do solemnly swear/affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will discharge my duties to the best of my ability, faithfully and in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law, and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-being and prosperity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will strive to preserve the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will not allow my personal interest to influence my official conduct or my official decisions; that I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will abide by the Code of Conduct contained in the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that in all circumstances, I will do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will; that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as President; and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Nigeria. So help me God.

Standing5:
The actual subsidy to the masses is so small, it makes the logic of Omokri here flawed. Our fuel consumption is artificially high because smuggling exists. The beneficiaries are the elite who pretend to want a solution but in reality love the problem because it benefits them. It makes no sense for subsidy to make way for wastage and corruption. Even China and USA subsidizes the lifestyle of their poor and their critical industries. In Nigeria we have no critical industries but untouchable industrialists and individuals.
Thats why steel plants are comatose. Cotton industry that can employ millions if well integrated into fashion and upholstery, is down and always waiting for govt intervention(industrial subsidy) because of the section of the country it favours while cocoa and chocolate that still alive and can earn us, in short or medium term, almost as much as oil if harnessed, is treated like a poison. The problem of Nigeria is well beyond taxes and unavailability of funds. A deep rooted division.

how is smuggling responsible for the high fuel consumption by nigerians?

is it like fuel supply and importation is done with smuggling in mind?

pls who are the people carrying out this smuggling?

which country do they reside?

how do they smuggle this fuel to other countries?

why has the custom services never arrested anyone smuggling fuel or are the smugglers ghosts?

Anither563:
Reno is making some profound points here. We should all be patriotic enough to pay our taxes. I pay my taxes and I am proud to do so.

what are the "profound points" Reno made?

is Reno patriotic? if he is, how he is paying taxes to the US and sending his kids to school in the US while he tells nigerians to use nigerian products?

are the leaders of nigeria patriotic?

this is the oath of office tinubu took on 29 May, 2023. how far has he done in abiding by the words he swore?

I, .............. do solemnly swear/affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, I will discharge my duties to the best of my ability, faithfully and in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the law, and always in the interest of the sovereignty, integrity, solidarity, well-being and prosperity of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will strive to preserve the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will not allow my personal interest to influence my official conduct or my official decisions; that I will to the best of my ability preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that I will abide by the Code of Conduct contained in the Fifth Schedule to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria; that in all circumstances, I will do right to all manner of people, according to law, without fear or favour, affection or ill-will; that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall become known to me as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as President; and that I will devote myself to the service and well-being of the people of Nigeria. So help me God.

EvilMerodack:


Those minnows in the comment section actually thought Reno was speaking against Tinubu, meanwhile Man was tryna give bigger reasons as to why we really have to tow the route

Those two guys above me actually thought same too

Education isnt really a scam in the end

what are the bigger reasons he gave "as to why we really have to tow the route"?

trutharena:
Reno, you make some valid points.

what are those "valid points"?

numericalguy:
Anyone referring to Oshiomhole as a Taylor is just DUMB because Oshiomhole worked as a senior staff of Arewa textiles in Kaduna.

Although Oshiomhole was not a Taylor, there is absolutely nothing wrong in being a Taylor

Pls read the interview so you can know how to respond better