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Vifx:Even the USA imports from other countries, both crude oil and petrol They also produce locally. The day Nigeria gives their energy supply to a monopoly the country is finished. |
In the United States, no private refiner can impose a levy or structurally push fuel prices higher through policy capture. Pricing is constrained by antitrust law (Sherman & Clayton Acts), independent regulators, and multiple competing refiners/importers. Any attempt by a dominant player to engineer price hikes would trigger FTC/DOJ scrutiny, class actions, and political backlash. Regulators are insulated from corporate pressure, and taxes/fees must pass Congress, not back-channel negotiations. In Nigeria, our system is still transitioning post-subsidy, with fewer large players and fragile logistics. That concentration makes regulatory independence crucial. Blocking a 15% levy that would spike prices protects consumers from inflation shocks, transport cost cascades, and monopoly-style pricing, exactly the role U.S. regulators play by default. The U.S. protects citizens through competition law + institutional firewalls. Nigeria’s rejection of the levy mirrors that logic: regulation over commercial power to prevent price abuse during a vulnerable transition. Nigerian senate needs to give petroleum regulators such as NMDPRA CEO. 100% immunity. Energy regulation should not be toyed with. Its affects the whole country, every single person depends on energy in one form or the other.They should not be railroaded or bamboozled |
maasoap:America makes Ford and Chevrolet It still imports Japanese cars like toyota It imports British cars like rolls royce It imports Swedish cars like volvo Thats whats called a free market, when all these people compete, the price is lower for the consumer. Thats what we need to happen in our petrol sector. |
Sheuns:If you were smart, you would know 5 million dollars is not an employee...... |
reddingtonblack:They have weaponized poverty in Nigeria, Farouk is a civil servant. I dont work for anyone, and i am not looking for a job. I will still pay the $5 million at once. |
wis3:You are online arguing with me, and you know you need money. Arguing with someone who can help your life ? You think Dangote is the only rich man in Nigeria ? |
reddingtonblack:Lol....I can pay the whole school fees for all of Farouk Ahmed's children. Not in 6 years....I can pay it today, all at once. |
Is this man aware that he did not commit the crime ? |
SamuelLoch:Aliko Dangote did business in Nigeria for 35 years plus. But yesterday night while sleeping he found his first corruption case as a vision in his sleep. He woke up this morning and decided to go public, printing the names of Farouk Ahmeds innocent children in the media. He woke up and turned to Sowore this morning. This is the first time he is seeing corruption in Nigeria. When he was receiving subsidized dollars from Emefiele, his judgment told him Emefiele was a saint. When Emefiele's children went to school abroad he didnt see ? When Emefiele imported Toni Braxton to Nigeria to sing and entertain them, and paid her millions in dollars, Dangote did not see it. When Emefiele acquired a 750-Unit Estate in Abuja with stolen government funds. Dangote did not see it. But all of a sudden, Farouk Ahmed is the most corrupt person in Nigeria in less than 24 hours. With Evidence provided by detective Dangote......Hmmmmmmm You have your personal battle with Farouk Ahmed, Dangote is not an anti-corruption czar If he insists that Farouk should be investigated going back 6 years. Dangote too has to be investigated going back 6 years. Both of them, equal treatment. |
zoghys:Aliko Dangote did business in Nigeria for 35 years plus. But yesterday night while sleeping he found his first corruption case as a vision in his sleep. He woke up this morning and decided to go public, printing the names of Farouk Ahmeds innocent children in the media. He woke up and turned to Sowore this morning. This is the first time he is seeing corruption in Nigeria. When he was receiving subsidized dollars from Emefiele, his judgment told him Emefiele was a saint. When Emefiele's children went to school abroad he didnt see ? When Emefiele imported Toni Braxton to Nigeria to sing and entertain them, and paid her millions in dollars, Dangote did not see it. When Emefiele acquired a 750-Unit Estate in Abuja with stolen government funds. Dangote did not see it. But all of a sudden, Farouk Ahmed is the most corrupt person in Nigeria in less than 24 hours. With Evidence provided by detective Dangote......Hmmmmmmm You have your personal battle with Farouk Ahmed, Dangote is not an anti-corruption czar If he insists that Farouk should be investigated going back 6 years. Dangote too has to be investigated going back 6 years. Both of them, equal treatment. |
Aliko Dangote did business in Nigeria for 35 years plus. But yesterday night while sleeping he found his first corruption case as a vision in his sleep. He woke up this morning and decided to go public, printing the names of Farouk Ahmeds innocent children in the media. He woke up and turned to Sowore this morning. This is the first time he is seeing corruption in Nigeria. When he was receiving subsidized dollars from Emefiele, his judgment told him Emefiele was a saint. When Emefiele's children went to school abroad he didnt see ? When Emefiele imported Toni Braxton to Nigeria to sing and entertain them, and paid her millions in dollars, Dangote did not see it. When Emefiele acquired a 750-Unit Estate in Abuja with stolen government funds. Dangote did not see it. But all of a sudden, Farouk Ahmed is the most corrupt person in Nigeria in less than 24 hours. With Evidence provided by detective Dangote......Hmmmmmmm You have your personal battle with Farouk Ahmed, Dangote is not an anti-corruption czar If he insists that Farouk should be investigated going back 6 years. Dangote too has to be investigated going back 6 years. Both of them, equal treatment. |
Aliko Dangote did business in Nigeria for 35 years plus. But yesterday night while sleeping he found his first corruption case as a vision in his sleep. He woke up this morning and decided to go public, printing the names of Farouk Ahmeds innocent children in the media. He woke up and turned to Sowore this morning. This is the first time he is seeing corruption in Nigeria. When he was receiving subsidized dollars from Emefiele, his judgment told him Emefiele was a saint. When Emefiele's children went to school abroad he didnt see ? When Emefiele imported Toni Braxton to Nigeria to sing and entertain them, and paid her millions in dollars, Dangote did not see it. When Emefiele acquired a 750-Unit Estate in Abuja with stolen government funds. Dangote did not see it. But all of a sudden, Farouk Ahmed is the most corrupt person in Nigeria in less than 24 hours. With Evidence provided by detective Dangote......Hmmmmmmm You have your personal battle with Farouk Ahmed, Dangote is not an anti-corruption czar If he insists that Farouk should be investigated going back 6 years. Dangote too has to be investigated going back 6 years. Both of them, equal treatment. |
The food looks like sacrifice for the gods. |
reddingtonblack:You assume, i dont have money....Let me tell you God has blessed me. I need nothing from Dangote or Farouk. 5 million dollars is chicken change, to me. Dangote should fight his battles alone, dont use Nigerians to fight for him. He just woke up last night to see that Farouk is corrupt ? Then he turned to Sowore this morning.....LMAO You think Nigerians are Dumb. |
Sheuns:Dont let poverty affect your intelligence. If the world has over 3000 billionaires, then definitely we have more millionaires than the 50-60 you mentioned. 5 million dollars is not a lot of money. I would have showed you. But you dont even know the difference between million and billion You said the world has 50-60 millionaires......LOL Even Lagos has more than 50-60 millionaires |
So in Dangote's 35 years of doing business in Nigeria. Its yesterday he woke up and realized the first corrupt public servant in Nigeria And within 24 hours he has turned to a corruption czar !! When he was getting subsidized dollars from Emefiele Did he look at Emefiele with the same scrutiny he is doing to Farouk Ahmed Did he ask Emefiele where his children went to school ? Did he ask Emefiele where he had money to bring Toni Braxton to Nigeria ? Did he ask Emefiele, where he got the money to build 750-Unit Estate in Abuja ? So all of a sudden because he is at loggerheads with NMDPRA CEO Farouk Ahmed Everybody should leave what they are doing and arrest Farouk Ahmed ? The minute Dangote involved his children and published their names, he has lost in the court of public opinion. Farouk Ahmed's wife and children are civilians. Dangote can fight Farouk Ahmed, Man to Man....No need to mention his children Tinubu should extend the Tenure of Farouk Ahmed, I don't know him but he must be doing something right. |
Aristo3146:Lets put it this way. Dangote prioritized his refinery, which is a "private" refinery Farouk prioritized his children. The minute dangote published his Farouk children's names......He has lost the battle in the court of public opinion. If you want to fight me....fight me directly. But my children and my wife are civilians. Never fight a mans wife or children to get at him. |
reddingtonblack: 35 Years of doing business in Nigeria, Dangote just woke up last night to see that Farouk is corrupt ? When Emefiele was giving him subsidized dollars from CBN,he didnt see Emefiele as corrupt ? |
tenpipsperday:EFCC doesnt operate on malicious allegations. 35 Years of doing business in Nigeria, Dangote just woke up last night to see that Farouk is corrupt ? When Emefiele was giving him subsidized dollars from CBN,he didnt see Emefiele as corrupt ? |
Ilefoaye:The money was spend 6 years ago calm down 1$ was 350 naira when the children went to school. |
zoghys: They all got their dollars from Emefiele. Dangote has been in Nigeria for 35 years. He just started seeing corruption last night ? ![]() He should fight his battles alone.......Nigerians are not naive and will not be manipulated. |
Sheuns:3,028 billionaires worldwide as of April 2025 |
Dangote used his Emefiele windfall to build a refinery. Farouk used his own Emefiele windfall to send his children to good schools. |
akpumping7720: Dont mind dangote, he wants to use Nigerians to fight his battles Both of them got Emefiele's dollars subsidized from federal government Dangote used his own to build refinery Farouk used his own to send his children to schools abroad Now Dangote wants to call him corrupt. |
wis3:They both got Emefiele dollars Dangote used his own largess to build a refinery Farouk used his to send his children to school. Case closed. |
I have seen the damning allegations made by Aliko Dangote accusing Farouk Ahmed CEO NMDPRA of being corrupt as a public civil servant. Documenting his exorbitant schools fees in Switzerland boarding schools. First of all, I do not know any of them. I am just making comments based off what has been published. First of all this is the annual cost of each school • Montreux School (Switzerland) — ~$60,000–$75,000 / year (Smaller private school; boarding options vary.) • Aiglon College (Villars-sur-Ollon) — ~$105,000–$115,000 / year (Elite boarding; alpine campus.) • Institut Le Rosey (Rolle & Gstaad) — ~$110,000–$135,000 / year (Most expensive; dual-campus winter migration.) • La Garenne International School (Villars-sur-Ollon) — ~$75,000–$95,000 / year (Primary/early secondary; boarding available.) If the kids paid the higher amount for 6 years the total is 2.5 million dollars Dollar rates in CBN for the last 7 years (Assuming Farouk Ahmed got his dollars from CBN subsidized just like Dangote did for his refinery) • 2019: ~₦360–380  • 2020: ~₦380 ⁺  • 2021: ~₦410 ⁺  • 2022: ~₦450 ⁺  • 2023: ~₦750 ⁺  • 2024: ~₦1,200–1,500 ⁺  • 2025: ~₦1,440–1,450 ⁺  Lets use an average of 450naira....Thats a total of 1.1 billion naira Lets even round it up to 3 billion (To include airfare the MBA child at todays rate, since Emefiele is gone) I am not defending Farouk Ahmed. When President Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs, he made a blanket announcement: all police attached to VIPs were to return to duty immediately. He did not single out Peter Obi or Atiku. That is how rules are supposed to work in a serious country, general, neutral, and universal. My point is simple: when you make a rule, it must apply to everyone, not only to your rival or antagonist. If Dangote truly wants to fight corruption, let him sponsor a bill in the Nigerian Senate mandating that all public officials educate their children in Nigerian schools. That would be a structural, systemic reform, and I would support him without hesitation. But using corruption allegations selectively to win a personal or commercial battle with Farouk Ahmed is not reform. Nigerians are not naïve. We know corruption exists. What we are looking for is a credible, principled anti-corruption fight, not a weaponized narrative deployed when business interests collide. Real reform targets systems, not just enemies.
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I am not defending Farouk Ahmed. When President Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs, he made a blanket announcement: all police attached to VIPs were to return to duty immediately. He did not single out Peter Obi or Atiku. That is how rules are supposed to work in a serious country, general, neutral, and universal. My point is simple: when you make a rule, it must apply to everyone, not only to your rival or antagonist. If Dangote truly wants to fight corruption, let him sponsor a bill in the Nigerian Senate mandating that all public officials educate their children in Nigerian schools. That would be a structural, systemic reform, and I would support him without hesitation. But using corruption allegations selectively to win a personal or commercial battle with Farouk Ahmed is not reform. Nigerians are not naïve. We know corruption exists. What we are looking for is a credible, principled anti-corruption fight, not a weaponized narrative deployed when business interests collide. Real reform targets systems, not just enemies. |
wis3:I am not defending Farouk Ahmed. When President Tinubu ordered the withdrawal of police escorts from VIPs, he made a blanket announcement: all police attached to VIPs were to return to duty immediately. He did not single out Peter Obi or Atiku. That is how rules are supposed to work in a serious country, general, neutral, and universal. My point is simple: when you make a rule, it must apply to everyone, not only to your rival or antagonist. If Dangote truly wants to fight corruption, let him sponsor a bill in the Nigerian Senate mandating that all public officials educate their children in Nigerian schools. That would be a structural, systemic reform, and I would support him without hesitation. But using corruption allegations selectively to win a personal or commercial battle with Farouk Ahmed is not reform. Nigerians are not naïve. We know corruption exists. What we are looking for is a credible, principled anti-corruption fight, not a weaponized narrative deployed when business interests collide. Real reform targets systems, not just enemies. |
wis3: Do you know if he is inherently wealthy. Inheritance, commodity trader,stocks,real estate etc I am wealthier than my salary too. My kids also go to schools more expensive than my salary. Thats not proof. Where funds embezzled in NMDPRA ? Or are you basing corruption on his children school fees ? |
keemsleek:Thanks, i get emotional sometimes, like this case. Dangote has many friends that dont take their bath daily (are corrupt). But he gets in a fight with Farouk Ahmed. Then he rushes to the media houses,and starts shouting that Farouk is smelling and has body odor. That sanitary inspectors should go to Farouks house, He has not showered in days.....LOL Dangote fully well knows most of his friends don't shower (are corrupt) Why is he picking on Farouk Ahmed ? Knowing fully well over 50 of his public servant friends don't shower (are corrupt) |
tonyashburton:Surprise, surprise He is not the only public civil servant with children in Le Rosey I know more people with salaries even lower than Farouk Ahmed. If we really want to fight corruption, lets out all of them and flush them out. |
