₦airaland Forum

CriminalTinubu:
Struggling to pay N6m but their social media followers say their bags are worth $100k and shoes of $50k.

The average social media user has an IQ lower than 20.

You are vastly in the spirit

santaclaws:
Are you saying you didn't make the claim?

santaclaws:
In what way wasn't he being objective?

can you show me where I made the above claim?

santaclaws:
I believe he has always been objective

in what way was he being objective?

Omonigeriarere:
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You are just talking as if criticism is an offence in a democratic setting. My point is clear, the same Soyinka that led a protest demanding for the recognition of Jonathan as President was the same Soyinka that criticised his maladministration.

Considering the fact that OBJ left about $50b in excess crude oil account coupled with the fact that Nigeria recorded the highest price and production of crude oil under Jonathan too, why should subsidy be removed then if I may ask?

This was exactly what I was telling someone yesterday; instead of savings, things got worst to the extent that FG was borrowing money to pay salaries under the same Jonathan.

When the likes of Iweala was telling Nigerian to prepare for hard times - https://www.premiumtimesng.com/business/171145-brace-tougher-times-ahead-okonjo-iweala-tells-nigerians.html you think she was daft?

Our problem is accumulated one and all the blame game would not solve it.

off point. that is not what I asked you.

1. did I make a point or did I ask a question?

2. can you show me where you answered the question I asked?

3. thats interesting but when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

santaclaws:
In what way wasn't he being objective?

can you show me where I made the above claim?

santaclaws:
I believe he has always been objective

in what way was he being objective?

spiSeyi:
Just tell me that you don't understand the content of this post, please read the post carefully again. Because the post itself highlighted how Tinubu speech was empty and condemned PBAT gov lack of proactive steps to end the hunger protest. Please read again and carefully this time

off point. that is not what I asked you.

1. can you show me where Soyinka constructively criticised tinubus address?

2. can you show me the tribal/political sentiment that you say is beclouding my sense of reasoning?

3. you failed to answer the question? do you have any idea why I asked the question?

4. when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

Omonigeriarere:
Castigation of Jonathan which you have been carrying on your head like gala accounted for why I replied you. Soyinka has been an activist for so long. He supports and criticises leaders at will. If Soyinka Wole Soyinka, Mr. Femi Fanala, and Pastor Tunde Bakare of the Latter Rain Assembly can lead mass protest to the National assembly in Abuja all the way from South West demanding for the immediate recognition of Goodluck Jonathan as acting president, then who is he that he cannot be criticised?

This is how activists operate and not blindly supporting a government just because of the affliation from the onset.

that is not what I asked you.

1. did I make a point or did I ask a question?

2. can you show me where you answered the question I asked?

3. thats interesting but when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

Omonigeriarere:
The same Soyinka protested for the recognition of Jonathan as the President during Yaradua's illness. So, what exactly is your point?

did I make a point or did I ask a question?

can you show me where you answered the question I asked?

wow...thats interesting but when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

santaclaws:
I believe he has always been objective, but most of you don't calm down enough and you try to link people's silence or statement to tribe.

Wole Soyinka is not anyone's a$$licker, he doesn't need Tinubu's money or political position, he is way beyond that and also too advanced in age.

in what way was he being objective?

spiSeyi:
Soyinka never condemn GEJ from the onset of his government (2009-2011) and here his condemning PBAT his friend within a few months of his government. Don't allow tribal/political sentiment becloud your sense of reasoning, ICMI Soyinka and the likes of Aketi stood behind GEJ when Yaradua's cabal refused the transition of power. And somebody like Soyinka can't just be following online emotions to establish his criticism. He is only waiting for how PBAT will be a good problem solved and PBAT has just failed with his empty speech, and this is why Soyinka can constructively criticize him just like how GEJ speech was empty during his address to end the 2012 subsidy saga.
High value men are always the last to speak in the room

can you show me where Soyinka constructively criticised tinubus address?

can you show me the tribal/political sentiment that you say is beclouding my sense of reasoning?

you failed to answer the question? do you have any idea why I asked the question?

when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

BigTableShaker:
Oga, calm down.
Investigation is ongoing.
Axel don waka with Moslems.

if you say "Investigation is ongoing. ", how then did you conclude that "Axel don waka with Moslems"?

Mace0lane:
He was never dead he was just bidding his time to see if Tinubu know exactly what he was doing , if Tinubu meant well for the populace even with this message I believe he being a lot cautious not speaking directly to the failing of the Tinubu administration because no one knows what economic impact recovery or any possible verb is action my lead.

The long the evidence of Tinubu takes to materialize the more those supporting him will voice out concerns on such action this negates the extremely foolishness of the average Igbo obidient that want Tinubu condemned simply because they lost the election not minding is his action will have a y positive or negative action on the economy n the populace at large.

kindly explain the highlighted

wow...thats interesting but when he was castigating jonathan, why didnt he think of the economic impact of his criticism?

Massiveglory:
E bi like says the spirits of tbe land of Nigeria don slap pa soyinka to reset.

what he said is similar to tinubu's early morning address...plenty empty grammar

the heading is misleading. he didnt slam any address

DatoDatuk:
Life must continue to go on no matter what so therefore try make you no die carelessly o

did jnr pope and the other deceased make sure that they died carelessly?

We4all:
She was not even supposed to be banned at all.

why?

Chinkoalhaji34:
Na wah o!

Wetin these protesters wan achieve?

Governor don get better things to do than to come down for this kind wahala.

Dem no go allow the man rest, but when dem dey chop for government, dem no dey protest.

This kind action fit lead to unnecessary chaos.

but folks in the UK are presently protesting violently. what is it that they want to achieve?

Botragelad:
Sorry, it's kind of illegal to help you think! Lol

I dont remember asking you for help here...

what is the post about and what led to what the post is about?

Tjra:
Just like those who planned protests online only to declare sit-at-home and hide under their beds when the time came.

Very unstable people of bitterness

Green snakes under a green grass.

who are those that planned protests online?

can you pls name them?

Botragelad:
The stabbing sparked the incident. This is just one of many cases. Plus, this post is not ABOUT who did the STABBING!

what is the post about and what led to what the post is about?

BigTableShaker:
Like Hamas like Hezbollah..

That's why Trump is working so hard to expel the Mohammedans and other terrorists alike.
If they try this in US, the white supremacist will retaliate with a Purge.

UK is sleeping.

the suspect in the stabbing is Axel Muganwa Rudakubana. he was born in the UK to Rwandan parents. it has nothing t do with Islam

Bonapart:
Islamabad....islamaplague

the suspect in the stabbing is Axel Muganwa Rudakubana. he was born in the UK to Rwandan parents. it has nothing t do with Islam

Botragelad:
More. Victims!
You can't just come in the country and start breaking the law. Some of these individuals are clearly crooks masquerading as asylum seekers.

They've done a crime in their own country only to come and wreak havoc in the UK.
Random stabbing in the name of religion, grooming gangs, bloody extremists calling for Sharia in the UK, etc!

do you know the nationality of the person who did the stabbing?

Thrasher2024:
Bia Aturu Dem use Peter Obi swear for you?

since he cant own up that tinubu has failed in office, he needs to mention peter obi to ease the guilt he feels for supporting tinubu.

Believeintruth:
Bros you are defending a lost cause. Subsidy is normally practiced in developed societies in so many form. The issue here is Nigeria is organised stealing in the name of subsidy. Nothing stop Tinubu if he is sincere in auditing the subsidy regime and plugging loopholes, shebi he is a first class accounting graduate as you people touted. Also it is worthy to note that they have since reintroduced subsidy via the backdoor, but due to the double whammy of unification of exchange rate he is paying double what he should have paid before in subsidy.
When a policy is wrong there is no harm reversing it following civil unrest. There's nothing presidential in Tinubu's decision, it is just sheer arrogance and rhe fact that he doesn't regard the poor(yorubas inclusive).

this is very intelligent but it has always been the simple truth which I dont understand why many cant see it. you are blessed for this.

see the clown making noise some years ago advocating against subsidy removal.

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

phemray:
Tinubu did and stood by his actions and explained it's goodness. That is presidential.

Buhari so so weak, Jonathan so much weaker, yaradua weak only Obasanjo stubborn small. reverting policies severally created more problems. Yaradua cancelled & reverse the sales of NNPC refineries and yet refinery didn't work till now while paying turnaround and salaries to NNPC for doing nothing. Jonathan removed subsidy and reverted back after he has successfully used military to stop the protest, why the reversal if you actually know what you are doing. Same as buhari, worse as emefele just they go from and back on policies.
If this Tinubu reversed these policies, then Nigeria can never get it right. Do something different to get different results is d game.

what is the something different that tinubu has done and what are the results of the thing he has done differently?

does it include the following...

dollar from 700naira to 1600
bag of rice from 30,000 to 80,000
inflation from 22.79% to 40.7%
from june 2023 to december 2023, tinubu borrowed N3.8tr despite his imaginary savings he said he has made from removing fuel subsidy. the same subsidy he fought jonathan not to remove.

he has really turned things around. which turning around are you still expecting?

let us see below what he said about jonathan even though jonathan was doing much better than tinubu is presently doing:

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

Salewa97:
Abiola, you don talk am well!

The truth be say, na the same forces wey deny your papa his rightful place wey still dey try to disrupt Tinubu’s government.

People need to calm down and see the bigger picture.

Tinubu don already start to make moves wey go change things for better.

Na only when we give am time and support we go see the real impact of his leadership.

Na God get control of everything, and this na just part of the journey.

Make we no allow our emotions cloud our judgment.

Tinubu is here to stay, and he’s for the common man!

indeed he has made moves. lets see the "moves"...

dollar from 700naira to 1600
bag of rice from 30,000 to 80,000
inflation from 22.79% to 40.7%
from june 2023 to december 2023, tinubu borrowed N3.8tr despite his imaginary savings he said he has made from removing fuel subsidy. the same subsidy he fought jonathan not to remove.

so why did tinubu not give jonathan "time and support"? how has tinubu done better than jonathan so far?

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/



so why did tinubu not give jonathan a chance instead of asking for revolution and jonathans resignation?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

TimeManager:
No man born of a woman can dethrone President Bola Ahmed Tinubu aka Jagaban.

-Kiss the truth!

how has tinubu being president made nigeria a better place to live in?

lailo:
Low IQ people who wake their father up I'm the morning with a leg kick.
Do u remember to add that the minimum wage in 2025 was paltry #18k but now #70,000?
Do u also remember that COVID 19 was after 2015 and that all countries not even one left behind are still struggling to ameliorate its effect. UK has had cause to change 4 different Prime minister since COVID, just within 4 years.
If I'm to follow your foolish analysis, since u can get a good room and parlour self contain in a good area in Nigeria at #250k, and u can never get same feature in UK with a less than #1.5m in UK, then Nigeria is better than UK .
But the indexes are not same and I won't follow that stupid analysis.
Continue in your fooly kid.

that 18k could buy 2 bags of rice and you will still have change.

how many bags of rice can you 70k buy today?

pls listen to your darling tinubu castigating jonathan. how has he done better today?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/

Acekidc4:
Those forces have failed already

what are those forces? can you name them?

see tinubu what tinubu said about jonathan. how has he done any better?

is it forces that are responsible for his failure?

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

Angelfrost:
Lol... Forget faith!

Even Tinubu himself knows this is way beyond him!


Without debt forgiveness and permanent end to insecurity, there can be no magic turnaround!


Obasanjo did the foundational and fundamental things within 6 months, and he achieved them by assembling the right brains, while partnering with the right people.

Tinubu has done the exact opposite! And it is showing in the disastrous results.


The old man is groping around in the dark!

"Emilokan" is his only agenda. he cant do more than that.

ejieddy:
One thing I agree is that it looks like Tinubu is alone and surrounded by fools who want to steal and loot. Clueless people. But the buck stops with Tinubu. He appointed them. He should start firing people. Enough is enough.

see tinubu


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8

11th January, 2012

Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) national leader and former governor of Lagos State, has accused the Jonathan presidency of betraying its social contract with the people by suddenly removing fuel subsidy.
He, however, provided a window out of the crisis: if subsidy must be removed at all, it must never be at one fell swoop. Rather it must be on calibrated phrases, on which the promised gains are measured and confirmed before moving to the next phase of removal.
“Government must modify the sudden and complete removal of the subsidy. Either we restore the subsidy or use the funds for other social purposes,” Asiwaju Tinubu counselled in a special release he captioned, ‘Removal of oil subsidy – President Jonathan breaks social contract with the people’ and which he personally signed.
“If we are to use the funds for other programmes, these programmes shall be placed on parallel track with the subsidy. As more of these programmes are ready to go on line, then the subsidy can be lifted in phases” he continued. “In this way, the public is assured government will not lower its total expenditure on their behalf, thus maintaining the spirit central to the social contract.”
But the former governor cautioned the federal government against economic policies that tend to balance the books at the detriment of the people’s welfare.
“As there is progressive politics, there is progressive economics. As there is elitist politics, there is elitist economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu explained. “It all depends on what and who in society government would rather favour. The Jonathan tax,” he declared, “represents a new standard in elitism.”
But the ACN national leader cautioned the president against being captive to economic orthodoxy and its local purveyors, who always look at the Nigerian economy as nothing until when tied to the apron strings of the conservative orthodoxy.
“Because he is slave to wrong-headed economics,” Asiwaju Tinubu said of President Goodluck Jonathan, “the people will become enslaved to greater misery. This crisis will bear his name and will be his legacy. The people now pay a steep tax for voting him into office. The removal of the subsidy is the ‘Jonathan tax’,” he insisted. “The situation shows that ideas count more than personalities. People may occupy office but how that person performs depends on the ideas that occupy his mind.”
Insisting that the subsidy removal was ill-timed, he said there must be some conditions precedent before such a step could be taken.
“First government needs to clean up and throw away the salad of corruption in the NNPC [Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation]. Then, proceed to lay the foundation for a mass transit system in the railways and road network with long term bonds and,” he added, “fully develop the energy sector towards revitalising Nigeria’s economy and easing the burden any subsidy removal may have on the people.”
The former governor however counselled protesters to go about the protests in a peaceful manner, and to eschew all forms of violence.

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2012/01/11/tinubu-jonathan-has-betrayed-the-people/

ordovicianonly:
Me and My family REJECT any hardship in the mighty Name of JESUS . It will be so easy to live a simple life for me & my family by the special grace of GOD

how much are you and your family buying fuel, rice and other necessities?

how much are you and your family buying yam?

the Bible is explicit,

Proverbs 29:2....When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked rule, the people mourn, groan and suffer.

you cant pray against hardship when the wicked are in power. if you dont want hardship, pray against the wicked to be removed from power

okoroemeka:
no need for a prophet to tell you that tinubu will not perform,only tribalism can blind you to that effect,the catastrophic failure of his very first policy of fuel subsidy removal is a sign that Nigeria is in a clear and present danger

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7CtaEudvx8