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Properties / Re: 'Banana Island Belonged To My Father But The Government Stole It' - Remi Adeleke by MrPristine: 1:24pm On Jul 06, 2023 |
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Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 9:49am On Jul 03, 2023 |
Demosdewi: Thanks so much for the inquiry, I guess you are the same person that chatted with me this morning. |
Politics / Re: Subsidy Palliative Could End Up As Greatest Robbery In Nigeriaβs History by MrPristine: 6:31pm On Jul 02, 2023 |
It will definitely be another massive looting spree, you can trust Tinubu for that. 3 Likes |
Food / Re: Which Of These Can You Eat? (picture) by MrPristine: 7:49pm On Jun 24, 2023 |
I eat all of them, they are actually tastier than the meatier parts of chicken that are more popular. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Politics / Re: Tinubu Off To Private London Visit After Paris Summit by MrPristine: 1:47pm On Jun 24, 2023 |
He has obviously gone to recharge his failing batteries, staying back in France where he normally recharges would have been too obvious so he arranged to get it done in London. |
Politics / Economic Reforms Versus Economic Rascality by MrPristine: 11:13am On Jun 23, 2023 |
There is no doubt that the Nigerian economy is in dire straits and in desperate need of reforms especially after eight years of cluelessness and retrogression under the immediate past administration whose extremely poor handling of the economy made it seem as if they were on a mission to completely obliterate the Nigerian economy. Under the administration, our National debt moved from about N12 trillion in 2015 to about N77 trillion by the time Nigerians heaved a sigh of relief at the end of their maladministration last month. Not only was there very little to show for the massive debt accumulated in terms of infrastructure and capital expenditure, most of the debts had gone into financing the excesses of an over bloated civil service and political class, private pockets and funding unsustainable subsidies that were detrimental to the economy. As a result of this extremely poor management of our economic resources, Nigeria found itself in a position in which over 97% of government revenues were being used to service unproductive debts while the country was moving rapidly towards an economic crisis as the administration didnβt care about the financial health of the country neither did they seem to understand the grave implications of their fiscal irresponsibility on the economy of the country. The reality is that they had plunged the country into a situation that the country was not only borrowing money to pay salaries, we were also borrowing money to pay subsidies, repay other loans, pay for the limited capital expenditure being executed and every other expenditure needed to run government since virtually everything that the government was making was being used to service debts to prevent the country from being declared insolvent which will trigger off an even worse economic crisis for the country. It was thus a no brainer for any incoming administration to understand that the cost of governance must be brought down significantly while all efforts are made to increase government revenue generation if the country is to stay afloat. In the last three weeks of the current administration (which incidentally is still struggling for legitimacy), the government has made three major policy decisions which are aimed at improving the finances of the federal government. The first being the fuel subsidy removal which will save the federal government about N4.8 trillion per annum, the next being the unification of the exchange rate of the Naira which means that at least N6 trillion in additional Naira revenue will accrue to the government per annum, and thirdly the removal of the subsidy on power supply the figures of which are more opaque than the other two mentioned above. While the logic of these policy decisions cannot be faulted given the precarious state in which the previous APC administration had left the economy, we have to understand that the ultimate aim of economic policies are to improve the welfare of the people and as such they must come with a human face. Effectively speaking, the policies should have been implemented in such a way that the negative impact on the generality of the masses will be minimized. Talking of policy decisions, a more responsible and people orientated government would have looked inwards and the first thing that should have been done to address the economic problem would have been to cut down on the over bloated cost of running the government. An analytical review of our 2023 budget reveals that government can easily save at least N2 trillion by cutting down on the over bloated costs in the budget along with other unnecessary items that were padded into the budget. Government can also increase revenue accruing to it through the Customs and Federal Inland Revenues Services(FIRS) by at least N3 trillion by blocking the leakages in the system that causes the government to lose trillions of Naira in revenue every year while also making efforts to stop crude oil theft through which the government loses billions of dollars every year. It is only when these house cleaning exercises have been done that the government will have the moral authority to ask already impoverished Nigerians to sacrifice more through the removal of various subsidies as they have been quick to do. With government having taken steps to cut down on expenditure while blocking leakages in the system, they must bear in mind that economic reforms are about improving the welfare of the people and not just for government to have more money to spend. As such, in my opinion the subsidy removal should have come with at least 100% increment in salaries of civil servants while the financial system is energized to provide more credit to the productive sector of the economy to stimulate economic activities and recalibrate the economy for growth in the private sector. Sadly it is only the over fed political office holders that we are hearing that their remuneration has been reviewed upwards by a whopping 114% while the people that really need the wage increase to survive are being ignored. It is not enough for a government to implement economic policies that are supposedly right without considering the negative effect that it will have on the overwhelming majority of the people that it will impact and taking steps to mitigate against it. Our government must be made to understand that governance is firstly about the welfare of the people before their own personal aggrandisement and a situation in which the masses are being made to bear the brunt of poorly implemented economic reforms while political office holders are rewarded with undeserved huge salary increases is nothing short of economic rascality. Kunle Oshobi A development economist writes from Lagos |
Politics / Re: Watch Out! Tinubu Will Be Nigeria's Best President Ever, Says Matawalle by MrPristine: 11:09am On Jun 17, 2023 |
BleedingPen: Some lunatics said the same thing about Buhari, he ended up being by far the worst president in the history of the country. That said, nothing good can come out of the presidency of a notoriously corrupt drug baron who is using a stolen mandate and failed woefully as governor of Lagos state. |
Career / Re: How Much Are You Making As A Copywriter? by MrPristine: 1:22pm On Jun 12, 2023 |
HeRulesMen: Who are target clients for copy writers? 1 Like |
Religion / Re: My Experience With Church Service In Russia (Photos, Videos) by MrPristine: 3:49pm On Jun 04, 2023 |
mushroomFarm: This is how the church should be unlike Nigerian churches that have now been turned into a money making venture. |
Politics / Re: EFCC Grills Pauline Tallen by MrPristine: 9:02am On Jun 03, 2023 |
nairalandkachy1: Nothing will come out of the case, EFCC just want a cut out of her loot. Corruption is now the order of the day under this current useless administration. |
Politics / Re: What Is Your Take On The Fuel Subsidy Removal? by MrPristine: 2:07pm On Jun 01, 2023 |
I have always been an advocate for the removal of fuel subsidy and the deregulation of the downstream sector of our petroleum industry so I will not because of politics now condemn the policy the same way the hypocrites that are implementing it now did during the PDP years. However given the direct impact that fuel prices has on all facets of our economy, a responsible government will address the human factor before going ahead to implement such a policy that will shake the very foundation of our economy and it is in thoughtless implementation that this new administration has failed Nigerians. For instance the PDP manifesto also planned to remove petroleum subsidy but to give a soft landing to the people, a drastic upwards review of the wage structure would have been implemented alongside the subsidy removal while $10 billion in soft loans would have been made available to SMEs to boost their businesses and cushion the effect of the removal of subsidy on the populace. This will effectively recalibrate the economy from one focused on consumption to become one focused on productivity. This is also more far reaching than palliatives that are just temporary reliefs that are normally used to get the people to buy into draconian government policies. Our government must learn to understand that governance is about the welfare of the people and not just making more money available in government coffers to spend as they please. 2 Likes |
Politics / Re: With Today's Ruling, Is There Any Hope For Peter Obi At Supreme Court? by MrPristine: 4:29pm On May 26, 2023 |
hisexcellency34: Obi is just a meddlesome interloper and is irrelevant in the scheme of things. If the stolen mandate is retrieved from Tinubu, it will rightly be given to Atiku who is the real winner of the election. 1 Like |
Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 6:23pm On May 18, 2023 |
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Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 6:23pm On May 18, 2023 |
afariogunone1: Thanks so much for the inquiry, it will cost 90k to get it done. |
Politics / Re: Iβll Go All Ways To Get Back My Mandate β Peter Obi by MrPristine: 6:06pm On May 01, 2023 |
Antimandatethie: This clown should stop constituting himself into a nuisance, even though we all know that Tinubu rigged the elections, the real victim of the rigging was Atiku and not Peter Obi that was just a regional candidate. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 6:01pm On May 01, 2023 |
hello66: It's the minimum for good quality paint, some brands of paint are even far more expensive to use. |
Politics / Re: 2023 Elections Proudest Achievement Of My Govt β Buhari by MrPristine: 9:51am On Apr 21, 2023 |
adenigga: This dunce is a real specialist in failure. |
Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 1:45pm On Mar 28, 2023 |
toyowo: It will cost 90k to get it done. |
Autos / Re: Respray / repaint And Oven Bake your Vehicles to look brand new[with pictures] by MrPristine: 9:38am On Mar 12, 2023 |
Depressed101: It will cost 30k to get it done, thanks. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: GRV And The Futility Of His Candidacy by MrPristine: 2:53pm On Mar 11, 2023 |
Raysleek: Is it the same Tinubu's stooge in Lagos that you are referring to? That charlatan that has failed to achieve anything in four years of licking Tinubu's filthy yansh. |
Politics / GRV And The Futility Of His Candidacy by MrPristine: 4:55pm On Mar 10, 2023 |
According to INEC guidelines and regulations for the 2023 general elections, only the names of candidates that emerged from the democratic primaries as provided by section 84 of the Electoral Act 2022 shall be submitted to the commission. The deadline for the submission of candidates for the presidential, senatorial and house of representative elections was also set at Friday 17 June, 2022 while the deadline for Governorship and House of Assembly elections was set at 6pm Friday 15th of July 2022. It was then very amusing when rumours started circulating that Mr Gbadebo Vivor-Rhodes (GRV) who didnβt participate in the official Labour Party democratic primaries for the gubernatorial candidate of Lagos state within the deadline stipulated by INEC guidelines was being alleged to be the Labour Party governorship candidate for the state three weeks after the INEC deadline had expired. Many informed observers initially dismissed it as a joke because GRV was not even a member of the Labour Party in the register of INEC which had given all parties a deadline of one month before their primaries to submit the list of their members that will be eligible to contest in their respective primaries. That asides, GRV was known to be an active card-carrying member of the PDP who participated and lost the PDP gubernatorial primaries just a month earlier. According to INEC register, GRV was a member of PDP in the stipulated time thus not eligible to contest for the Labour Party primaries. That asides another faction of the dysfunctional Labour Party in Lagos had conducted their primaries also under controversial circumstances and declared Prof. Ifagbemi Awamaridi who doubled as the factional state chairman as the gubernatorial candidate for Labour Party in Lagos state. Little did we know the capacity for mischief of the Labour Party as the other faction which GRV joined after his defeat in the PDP primaries hastily conducted a primaries on the 4th of August, 2022 almost three weeks after the deadline stipulated by INEC and GRV was declared winner in contravention of the clearly stipulated guidelines by INEC. They also somehow managed to smuggle his name into the INEC register of gubernatorial candidates leaving one to wonder how they accomplished this electoral heist without compromising the integrity of INEC officials that are in charge of the register. The question arises, if a political party can compromise INEC officials to smuggle in candidates after the stipulated deadline, what is the guarantee that they will not compromise the same officials to manipulate the results of the elections in their favour? Also coming from a political party that is promoting their presidential candidate on the strength of his alleged integrity, one begins to wonder what manner of integrity will endorse this glaring subversion of due process by the factional gubernatorial candidate (GRV) of Labour Party in Lagos state. What the Labour Party has done by smuggling GRV into the register of gubernatorial candidates for Lagos is the kind of impunity and subversion of due process that we routinely see being demonstrated by the ruling APC and this is one of the reasons why most Nigerians are tired of them and want to vote them out. It is really amusing that the same Labour Party that is promising to do things differently is now following the footsteps of APC in subverting the rule of law and compromising the system for their selfish objectives. Given the mess that Labour Party has made of itself in Lagos, it becomes inevitable that both their nominations for gubernatorial candidate for Lagos state will not be able to pass the scrutiny of the court system or Election Petition Tribunal as one factional candidate is not recognized by INEC and the other factional candidate is in breach of clearly stipulated INEC guidelines for the conduct of party primaries and submission of list of candidates. This means that if any Labour Party candidate emerges as the winner of the Lagos governorships elections, he will be easily removed by the Election Petition Tribunal. Bearing the above facts in mind, and given that most Lagosians are fed-up of the twenty-four years of tyrannical hegemony by the APC led government in the state, it becomes inevitable that the only viable choice of defeating the incumbent APC in the state is to vote for the PDP as any vote for the Labour Party will eventually be voided and would help the failed APC government hold on to power longer. The good news is that the PDP has the dynamic duo of Dr. Abdulazeez Olajide Adediran (JANDOR) and Funke Akindele who are best equipped and prepared to rescue Lagos and take the state to greater heights as governorship and deputy governorship candidates and we can be rest assured that with both of them at the helm of affairs, we will certainly breathe a breath of fresh air in Lagos state. Kunle Oshobi writes from Lagos.
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Politics / Re: GRV Is Not The Real LP Gubernatorial Ticket Holder by MrPristine: 11:53am On Mar 07, 2023 |
GRV doesn't have a genuine LP gubernatorial ticket, rather he was imposed on the party by undemocratic elements within the the party. Voting for him will be a waste because he will still be removed by the supreme court even if he wins. |
Politics / GRV Is Not The Real LP Gubernatorial Ticket Holder by MrPristine: 9:04am On Mar 07, 2023 |
ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ BELOW ARE THE HIGHLIGHTED KEY POINTS THAT IS GERMANE TO THIS VIVOUR CANDIDACY AND WE CAN USE TO TALK AND CANVASS, *CHECK ITEM WITH π₯π₯π₯* ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ππ½ Key Points In The Write Upππ½ *π"Itβs not just enough to blindly ride on the wave created by Mr Peter Obiβs Feb. 25th Election and waste this golden opportunity of rescuing Lagos."* *π"Letβs be wise and choose a better alternative with no constitutional land mines"* *π"it is my candid opinion that by the community reading of provisions of constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 as amended; the Electoral Act 2022 & INEC Guidelines and Party Constitution; votes for Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour of Labour Party in Lagos State would become wasted votes as he is not qualified to contest this election".* *π"This case is currently in court (Supreme court) and if we all know the principality called Lagos APC godfather, this is landmine that must be avoided. Donβt be shocked when Supreme Court will announce that Labour Party has no candidate in Lagos base on the aforementioned".* π₯π₯π₯π *Mr.Ifagbami Awamaridi emerged as its candidate. Having won the primaries, Mr. Awamaridiβs name and particulars were forwarded to the INEC by Labour Party. However, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour joined the party in July 2022 and on 10th August 2022 he was named LP candidate while Awamaridiβs name was wrongfully substituted.* *"*As at the time the register of members of Labour Party was submitted to the INEC, Mr. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, Labour Party candidate for Lagos State was not a member of the LP. Indeed, he was a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) where he obtained nomination form, attended screening to contest for PDP Gubernatorial ticket which was later won by Jandor"* *LET US AVOID SPLITTING VOTED & WASTED VOTES AGAIN!!!* |
Autos / Re: Respray/repaint Ur Car Making Use Of Oven Baking Technology. Pix Inside by MrPristine: 4:37pm On Feb 16, 2023 |
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Autos / Re: Respray/repaint Ur Car Making Use Of Oven Baking Technology. Pix Inside by MrPristine: 7:20pm On Feb 07, 2023 |
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Politics / Re: LASG Reacts To Shooting By Thugs In Surulere by MrPristine: 9:58pm On Jan 28, 2023 |
naptu2: Arrant nonsense, we all know that it was the same APC thugs sponsored by the Lagos state government that unleashed mayhem in surulere yesterday. Bunch of hypocritical criminals. 1 Like |
Politics / Re: UK Crime Agency Begins Investigation Of Tinubu by MrPristine: 9:05am On Jan 26, 2023 |
3ple9iner: He has been investigated several times locally and he always buys his way out but this is an investigation being done by the National Crime Agency in the UK, Tinubu won't be able to buy his way out this time around. |
Politics / Re: UK Crime Agency Begins Investigation Of Tinubu by MrPristine: 6:49pm On Jan 25, 2023 |
SLAP44: We were told more about Buhari but his government ended up being the most corrupt government in the history of the country. |
Politics / Re: UK Crime Agency Begins Investigation Of Tinubu by MrPristine: 2:49pm On Jan 25, 2023 |
christistruth01: What has this got to do with Nnamdi Kanu's case? |
Politics / Re: UK Crime Agency Begins Investigation Of Tinubu by MrPristine: 2:45pm On Jan 25, 2023 |
SLAP44: Likewise the source of the money that Obi laundered to tax havens when he was governor that was exposed by the pandora papers needs to be investigated. The man keeps pretending to be a saint but he is as crooked as they come. 1 Like |
Politics / UK Crime Agency Begins Investigation Of Tinubu by MrPristine: 4:45pm On Jan 24, 2023 |
Breaking News: More trouble for Tinubu as the UK National Crime Agency begins investigating a case of money laundering by Alpha Beta through British banks to suspected drug dealers in Columbia. 6 Likes 2 Shares
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