Segedinho: But it head-scratching to remove subsidy when things are at it worst....and expect the masses to believe in your manifesto..
Batches removal or giving crudes to Dangote at a discounted price is ideal until the masses starts to believe in you....
Wait o... how much does crude fetches us yearly..cos I saw we produce 2.12m barrel per day.....Multiply dat by 365 days and Multiply it by d amount for 1 barrel....
Does that mean we will not exist to peradventure there was no crude??how does other country with no crude flourishes...
Nigeria is making $40B on crude oil sales and spending $12B on fuel subsidy from it annually.
izzou: [color=royalblue]The government can begin to give companies and industries some percentage of tax waivers, and that percentage must reflect in the salaries of their workers
The government can subsidise major food items from the wholesaling phase, so that people will have some relief as the reality of no subsidy progresses.
Even Power, they can give some tax waivers so that the consumers can see lesser charges of their bills. If i will pay 600 for petrol, I'll be glad to see that my NEPA bill isn't high, or i can now buy more units with my urgent 2k
These can be done for 3 months, or even 6, depending on the nation's coffers.
And probably there are other sectors they can help reduce the burden for a while[/color]
.....I think PBAT shares same view as you on tax waivers. He said it many times during campaign and I strongly believe he is gonna work on it.
On Foodstuff, he also has it in his manifesto, setting up commodity board, I guess they'll be responsible for price control via subsidy [though I hope not].
I agree with your submission on power as well. In a nutshell, what you are asking for is cushioning effects of subsidy removal through tax waivers at critical sectors, I agree with you 100%.
Segedinho: How many public worker do we have in Nigeria?how much increment would really reflect the plight they would be passing thru as a result of the abrupt display of insensitivity?
Does other private organisation free from paying tax...does a graduate who is making ends meet with bolt less of a Nigerian?
Does the salonist,barber,welders and many other hustlers deserve so less due to no light?
If food items are relegated to diesels..why are food items and other commodities flon d high in the absence of fuel...?
The poor people trekking deserved it since they are too inferior to pay for high transportation.....
Anyway,it is as it is....This doesn't affects you and your famz doesn't give you d right tobl disparage others...
......back to same question I asked izzou. What are measures you think will help?
izzou: [color=royalblue]So everybody in the villages have trucks that run on diesel to transport their goods to the Market, where buyers use trucks to bring it it Lagos?
The woman who buys it at Mile 12, will go and look for Diesel truck to carry it from there to the street where she sells the tomatoes? Listen to yourself, brah.
And out of 200 million, how many are civil servants? So the rest should go and die because OasisX doesn't want any form of palliatives?
I strongly believe you are abroad. You cannot be here, seeing the groanings of people, and come back here to type "fûcking palliatives"[/color]
.......and can you suggest palliative measures that you think will help?
izzou: [color=royalblue]Nobody is out of place of they demand palliatives to cushion the effect.
I support the removal, but then i try to be sympathetic to the plight of people. Because you can afford 600/litre and its effects does not mean millions can.
How can you say Tinubu should not provide any pallative? Are you in everybody's pocket and household?
I sincerely meant my prayer for him, because it is easier to be insensitive from a position of abundance.
When Oshiomole told that woman to Go and die, it was easy to say it because he was a governor.
If he was a Mai Ruwa or he was pushing wheelbarrow, he would not be insensitive[/color]
.....seem you missed the part where I called for salary increment for civil servants? Palliatives seem to me another version of subsidy?
Palliatives in what sense by the way? Subsidizing Transportation? I do not expect prices of Foodstuff to be affected because trucks run on diesel.
It may sound insensitive but assuming I am not empathetic to plight of average Nigerians is wrong. Any form of subsidy should be crushed. We shouldn't move from one subsidy to another, that's the main reason I do not buy palliatives stuff.
Palliatives will beget corruption as it was evident during EndSars. Thank you once again for the prayer, I do not doubt the sincerity.
“Effectively, He (Tinubu) has taken two mad bulls by the horns. Petrol subsidies and multiple naira exchange rates have long tormented the fatherland. All that remains is how he guides the bulls through to the abattoir with minimal collateral disruptions”
patrickmuf: I still think we can have some semblance of sanity here.
.....Sanity? It ain't gonna work on this board. Dem never stay committed to their belief just even for once.
These folks called Buhari hero of Democracy ffs! They celebrated Buhari when Naira was damn scarce as well as fuel before Election.
They saw nothing wrong in it and appealing to rest of us that its for the greater good. They can bear the pains for Obi to emerge but can't bear it for Nigeria to succeed?!
“Your swearing-in as the 16th President of this great country was a result of the fulfilment of destiny, the people’s will and, the wish of God Almighty who made it possible (for you) to assume the mantle of leadership.
“From your antecedent, we have no doubt that you will excel in this position and fulfil your mandate to Nigerians. We, however, plead with Your Excellency to give more priority to youth development in this country,” the monarch said.
Emaprince: Come to think of it.... this subsidy thing have been an extreme criminal exercise.
It needed to go. Just that the timing isn't favorable for Naija now.
Looking at how subsidized fuels are being smuggled out to neighboring countries. SMH
I see Benin people complaining over removal of our own subsidy o. Imagine that.
The problem is just that even our law makers and the man that removed subsidy are all criminals. Removing subsidy is a good move, but we can't trust them to use whatever proceeds recovered(if there is any) for the good of the nation.
.....nice submissions dear brother. I agree its a challenging moment for most Nigerians, but we need to make the sacrifice for greater good.
I hope and pray Tinubu doesn’t let us down, especially some of us that believe in him so much that he can do it.