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i really have more important things to do (like watching Dora the Explorer with my little daughter) than listen to that man.
Those who watched or are still watching,has he or did he say anything about cutting the huge cost of governance and those silly projects listed in the budget for Aso rock?

pro01:
Let her shut up already. Is it not people like her that sleep with the political fat-cats (e.g. Rotimi Amaechi) in the night and get juicy hand outs and contracts. . .only to later pretend to be an activist in the day time? Abeg make I hear word joor.

what has who she sleeps with got to do with the matter at hand?
If Deizani was not married and she made a pss at you and you found her attractive, would you refuse to date her because she works for GEJ?
More importantly, do you have a proof of her sleeping with Amaechi or is it one of those beer parlour gists devoid of truth that gain momentum across the country

@OP, because they are not 'area boy' pastors like Tunde Bakare.
They are too refined for such.

lastpage:
@bayoooooo:

Are you remotely aware that there is a phrase called "PERSONAL INTEGRITY"?

For example, if l know that l cannot sleep with my friends wife, would l not do everything within my power to avoid being in a "compromising position" (like being left alone with her at night) with her?
Can l honestly excuse myself by saying "its not my fault, my friend should not have left his salacious wife with me all alone?"

Gani had it, Fela had it and a few other Nigerians.

Why must some people like Abatti always be "Men of the Belly"?
If you think the job will compromise your stand and rubbish your reputation (which he built over years as a public critic!), why dont you just SAY NO or will Segun Adeniyi be dead by now if he has not taken that job that made him a perpetual LIAR under Umaru Yar Ardua?

These are guys who are already comfortable with a job and a reputation, not some unemployed suffer-suffer youth who is very desperate for money?

Greed they say "Does not know ENOUGH of anything"!

Lastpage!

when you find an answer to these salient questions,pls share.

all4naija:
After reading the original post only help to bring back views why I quite don't understand the reason the Nigeria is looked down on as a backward nation. It is frustrating trying to explain same thing over and over again to people who refused to understand what you are trying to pass across to them. I wish to say the writer knows how this subsidy has been misused by few people as the economy expand and the way the subsidy increases exponentially thereby eating deep into the national income which is the 95% of foreign revenue for the govt. Not only that, those who are willing to construct the refineries to meet demands would do so until this discrepancy in that sector is checked. I don't understand why people are resorting to simplistic arguments just to get across something irrelevant in whatever manner and regard. The writer forget to comprehend that this sector have a lot to do with great change in those areas he's reflected on. There can only be a functioning private sector for those infrastructure to be in place and work effectively. Our development should not be rested upon the govt. alone - that is the point we are throwing out concerning this removal to the development of the Nation. Without a functional private sector this country will not see better development in those areas you highlighted, that is a fact.

see my earlier post in page 1 of this thread.
the issue is not economic,it is a moral question.
A govt that spends 75 million extending 3 gates at the villa and spends 7 + 9 billion naira for the VP residence lacks the moral authority to discuss removal of fuel subsidy.
besides if fuel subsidy is being looted,why not investigate and arrest the cabal stealing from it?
until these are addressed, this fuel subsidy debate is ungodly and dead on arrival.

this same sermon was preached in 2011 yet we saddled ourselves with an unprecedented level of mediocrity. I see no reason to believe that 2015 will be any different,if we make it that far.
We as a people chose this mess often referred to as fresh air.
I have said it before and i say it again, this govt does not have the moral right to even consider removal of fuel subsidy.
the cost of governanace and legislative looting rampant in govt is enough to sink any nation.
If there is a cabal looting from fuel subsidy, go after it,address the cost of governance, then come talk about removal of fuel subsidy and some of us will even campaign for it.
until that is done, all these spread sheets Okonjo Iweala and Sanusi are displaying on Power point slides are dead on arrival.

how these guys sleep at night is a wonder i am yet to comprehend.
do they have consciences?
look at how swift Segun Adeniyi's rehabilitation took?
He has now resumed with his sermon on the mount.
you just wonder if these guys are human?

A govt that is not interested in addressing the cost of governance that is crippling this country has no moral right to remove the subsidy that directly impacts in the lives of the poor masses.
No amount of power point slides by Sanusi and Iweala can win the argument.
If there is a cabal feeding fat on the subsidy, go after them.
you spend millions and billions buying food in the presidency and stationery in Sambo's office and you try to justify increasing fuel price by over 100 percent? It is immoral and no amount of petro-economic lecture can justify it.
As long as the masses see a 'come and chop' govt in action, the subsidy debate would always be lost by the govt.
If they claim that fuel subsidy is what will crash the economy, let it be. the salaries of all the SSA, SA and PAs in Aso rock and the clowns in NASS will not crash the economy,abi?
these liars have no conscience.

* Without wishing to bang on about this, the midfield mismatch was a consequence of United's dealings in the transfer market over the summer. This deficiency in the middle wasn't because of United's admittedly lengthy injury list, as the pairing of Giggs and Carrick was one that you could easily imagine Ferguson picking even with a full-strength squad at his disposal. To repeat the point - in the summer, United needed at least one top-class specialist central midfielder before they required a promising centre-back or a winger they didn't really need. They didn't buy one, and they are suffering for it now.

doctokwus:
d most annoying tin is that nigerians are not asking questions

We are asking but no one is answering.
they are not interested in answering.

by the time that rail project is complete,say in 2013, the Orile road will be due for rehabilitation.
infact, it is already due despite not being completed at present.
Meanwhile, half of the road has been turned to a refuse dump.
Eko o ni baje!!

the same kind of tears that Diezani-Madueke wept at Benin-Ore Road?
These clowns need to invent new tricks.

Happy New Year Nigerians.
Fresh Air is here.
Enjoy!!

Happy New Year, Anderson.

support the guy's hustle.
go to Jazzhole on Awolowo road, Ikoyi or try the Glendora outlet at MM2.

dmainboss:
And someone with this kind of mentality will now release an album and expect intelligent minds to buy it and listen to him abi? Tell me what someone like this has to say in an album? It is sad we Nigerians are to blame because we allow illiterates to lead us all the time.

next thing he is termed a role model and even Fashola's wife will attend his album launch.
when i see these clowns sagging their pants and speaking silly accents, i knew it.

dmainboss:
And someone with this kind of mentality will now release an album and expect intelligent minds to buy it and listen to him abi? Tell me what someone like this has to say in an album? It is sad we Nigerians are to blame because we allow illiterates to lead us all the time.

you are blessed.

Miss EZ:
I really don't understand how Rick Ross fits into cross river's celebration. We have naija artiste that can deliver, but i guess if it isnt foreign it isnt good enough.

don't mind the senseless idiots!!

AjanleKoko:
Not endorsing Johnnie Walker in any way, mind you.

Not much wrong in that.

wish i could go through all 14 pages of this discussion.
I am not interested in the debate as nothing said there will change the fundamental facts.
As long as GEJ and Sambo spend billions on food and newspapers, it will be difficult to convince any sane Nigerian that fuel subsidy will collapse the economy.
As long as the cost of governance and the size of the cabinet and added paraphernalia remain bloated,every sermon about the removal of fuel subsidy remains an exercise in futility.
As long as the common man distrusts the govt and sees no evidence of service delivery, not even angels will convince the uninitiated. Much less, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and her power point slides.
I see no reason to trust this govt,neither for its actions in the past nor its 'business as usual' posturings in the present.
If the billions that the presidency will spend on sweets, stationery will not crash the economy, then we can as well manage the subsidy.
if it crashes the economy,all good.

Big Meat:
this is getting ridiculous by the minute if the information is true.

how can N45m be spent on newspapers (that's 123k everyday) and how much does a daily newspaper cost?, N9m on magazines & periodicals.

i guess these people don't even read.

so sad that this level of waste is still going on in the government

if he and his staff spend all day reading these newspapers and magazines, when do they get to do real work?

Calamama:
This is embarrassing. I thought Nigeria would never be infested with this crutch showing madness. Besides, whats the point? I mean, if this uneasy looking Carnival in Nigeria was created to encourage tourism, can i ask why would a Carnival seeking tourist visit Nigeria instead of Carnival expert nations such as Brazil, Trinidad, Spain and many other Caribbean nations?

You'd have thought that Nigeria, so rich in culture, would find some other indigenous devise to lure tourists. Well, if folks back home lack imagination let me venture a few ideas.

you think they are interested in tourists and by extension your ideas?
this is just one of the several half baked ideas those who hang around the governors cook up to siphon public funds.
wait until you hear how many hundreds of millions were budgeted for this carnival.those of you complaining abou tthe costume, your BP will rise when you hear how much the contract was worth.
they should just do their carnival and not block road for other road users who have other things to do with teir time.

While Sanusi spends 700million in expanding the CBN governor's residence.
Ours is a lost cause.

Sanusi’s ‘Mansion’
I know that the seat of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is one of the hottest in the land, but Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi may soon need a coolant. Recently, a message was being circulated about him in the social media that he bought and paid N1 billion for a property beside his official residence in Abuja “to use for a garden”. He had started pulling down the house, it was alleged, even though the tenants still had their rents running. I was touched by the plight of the luckless tenants and angered by Sanusi’s “greed” when I read the message. Alas, it turned out that the owner put his two houses for sale; former CBN governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, approved that the apex bank should buy and develop them as part of the official residence of the governor; and CBN paid N700 million for both. The former owner promised that one house would be vacant in September and the other in December. And, guess what, CBN was not pulling down any house or ejecting any tenant. This thing called social media needs reform!

Sanusi’s ‘Mansion’
I know that the seat of the governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) is one of the hottest in the land, but Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi may soon need a coolant. Recently, a message was being circulated about him in the social media that he bought and paid N1 billion for a property beside his official residence in Abuja “to use for a garden”. He had started pulling down the house, it was alleged, even though the tenants still had their rents running. I was touched by the plight of the luckless tenants and angered by Sanusi’s “greed” when I read the message. Alas, it turned out that the owner put his two houses for sale; former CBN governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, approved that the apex bank should buy and develop them as part of the official residence of the governor; and CBN paid N700 million for both. The former owner promised that one house would be vacant in September and the other in December. And, guess what, CBN was not pulling down any house or ejecting any tenant. This thing called social media needs reform!

[quote author=aloy/emeka link=topic=828872.msg9800829#msg9800829 date=1324352799]Why?[/quote]for a lack of alternatives.
choosing between this ACN fraud and the nest of killers called PDP is akin to the devil and the deep blue sea.