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PoliticsRe: Buhari Meets With Joseph Yobo And Ogoni Leaders - Photos by obailala(m): 5:09pm On Aug 12, 2016
Clinton9000:
LoveMachine: Niger Deltans are always sharp. Their clothes are niiiiice!
Nothing like Niger Deltans dressing ok...you yoruba and division. Joseph Yobo is from Igbo heritage part of Ogoni, he speaks Igbo dialect understood by Igbos and her wife Adaeze. Of course Easterners people dressing are gorgeous even the colonial whites talked about it, particularly Igbo combination of red hat and red necklace and band. ****Dress like uncivilized people. For your information, Ijaws, Abiriba people in Abia and Ibibios also dress like that with the hat. We are One Eastern people before the division. ****
Jesus is Lord!

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"Many are mad but few are roaming," nothing more confirms this saying more that what I just quoted above. I'm sure even LoveMachine would be wondering what he did wrong here. Lawd av merci! grin grin cheesy cheesy
BusinessRe: 5 Reasons Why Nigeria Lost Its Place As Africa’s Largest Economy by obailala(m): 4:53pm On Aug 12, 2016
Emyogalanya:
Thanks alto now i know better . But the ugu aspect is it not anambra igr does fg have anything with it? And i think its more of individual thing all govt did was to provide enabling environment
The Ugu exports might be individual efforts like you said, but it all adds up; it's all about foreign exchange (forex) coming into Nigeria. The money mustn't go to government, as long as forex comes into Nigeria from outside, it helps our economy. Even Nigerians living overseas who just send dollars to their family back home, those dollars they send helps the Nigerian economy cos it counts as forex coming into Nigeria and it helps reduce the scarcity of forex in the country.

The mother of all the problems Nigeria is facing presently is that oil is the biggest source of forex inflow, and now oil prices have crashed, meaning that we have much less forex flowing into the nation. If every other state can tap into the Ugu initiative, export Ugu or any other thing that can be exported to increase the sources of forex, then the present problems in Nigeria will be over; that's the diversification we talk about.
PoliticsRe: A Look At Venezuela And Why Our Government Deserves Commendation. by obailala(m): 12:13pm On Aug 12, 2016
PaulIdu:
MyBro No insults meant please but your brain needs to apologise to you for letting you down if you really think that low oil price is responsible for the really bad state of the Nigerian economy.. the fact is that low oil prices a country from 25 percent of the problem the rest 75 can be attributed to poor vision , lack of wisdom of Buhari himself ..make no mistake Buhari doesnt have what it takes ..shei we will all be here in 2019 . . Regards Sir
A country loses almost 70% of its income but someone who prides in the effectiveness of his own brain thinks oil price isn't a problem but rather Buhari is.

Mr Brain, we have gone past the political season where we link everything to political sentiments and betray common sense. Anybody with a bit of intelligence knows what the biggest problem in Nigeria is today. But then, I don't have the strength to go back and forth with emotional folks or unintelligent people, so YOU WIN! Buhari is the one responsible for Nigeria's present economic downturn, we should have voted Jonathan to come and transform our lives, a man who couldn't transform anything when there was excess, maybe his goodluck could have miraculously transformed things now we are in lack.
HealthRe: FG Confirms 2 Fresh Polio Cases In Borno by obailala(m): 12:02pm On Aug 12, 2016
emmatony:
By Sola Ogundipe, Chioma. Obinna & Gabriel Olawale LAGOS—

The Minister of Health, Prof.Isaac Adewole, yesterday, confirmed an outbreak of wild polio virus, WPV, in Borno State. This is coming after Nigeria celebrated two years without a case of polio.

Meanwhile, the Federal Government has directed the deployment of a national emergency response team, comprising government and partners to Borno State for immediate and robust polio vaccination campaign targeting vulnerable children to prevent the spread of the virus.

According to the minister, the outbreak affected two children from Gwoza and Jere Local Government areas of the state. He attributed the discovery and confirmation of the outbreak to the country’s strengthened surveillance due to improved accessibility made possible by the recent military action in liberating more communities in the North-Eastern part of the country.

The Minister said: “The detection of children paralyzed by polio shows that surveillance has increased with more access but it is a reminder that the country needs to remain vigilant and immunize all eligible children with oral polio vaccine until polio is completely eradicated worldwide. “Our overriding priority right now is to rapidly boost immunity in the affected areas to ensure that no more children are affected by this terrible disease,” he added.

The Federal Ministry of Health through the National Primary Healthcare Development Agency (NPHCDA) with the support of partners including WHO and UNICEF are conducting detailed risk analysis to clearly ascertain the extent of circulation of the virus, and to assess overall levels of population immunity in order to guide the response. As an immediate response, about one million children are to be immunized in four local government areas in Borno State. Children in adjoining states of Yobe, Adamawa and Gombe will also be immunized bringing the number to about five million in the four states.

Adewole reiterated Federal Government’s commitment to achieving a polio-free Nigeria and assures the general public that this outbreak will be controlled as soon as possible, adding that government will provide the needed resources to contain it. He further called on other states and local governments to redouble their efforts by safeguarding their territories from importation of the virus by providing the required leadership and ensuring accountability among healthcare workers and other stakeholders.

It would be recalled that in 2012, Nigeria accounted for more than half of all polio cases worldwide, but the country has made significant strides in recent years, going two years without a single case. This progress has been as a result of concerted efforts by all level of government, civil society, traditional and religious leaders as well as dedicated health workers.

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/fg-confirms-2-fresh-polio-cases-borno/
So in effect we still haven't eradicated this disease?... Disadvantages of the north east being a war torn region, health workers couldn't get to these places.

@Op, try and paragraph your post appropriately to make it readable.
PoliticsRe: A Look At Venezuela And Why Our Government Deserves Commendation. by obailala(m): 11:51am On Aug 12, 2016
searchng4love:
Diversification in your words is not getting a job of 7 AM to. 8 PM to increase your income... It's only a fool who does more of same for diversification or change..... Hence Buhari is grossly incompetent in that aspect... More so building railway lines and roads with loans while still round tripping petroleum products is a sacrilege and a crime against the State.
So much for the wisdom of a person insulting others!

It's only a fool that will throw away his only source of income because he 'believes' he needs to get more income sources.

My point was very simple and commonsensical, diversification does not mean you should abandon your present source of income; diversification means seeking additional sources of income whilst you still maintain what you have.
PoliticsRe: A Look At Venezuela And Why Our Government Deserves Commendation. by obailala(m): 11:30am On Aug 12, 2016
It is pathetic how people keep making comparisons about how Nigeria's economy was wonderful under GEJ but now dead under Buhari; while these people claim to possess some intellects, one can't help but wonder why their intellects doesn't put the drastic fall in oil prices into consideration when drawing up their analysis about a country whose income is 90% from oil.
PoliticsRe: A Look At Venezuela And Why Our Government Deserves Commendation. by obailala(m): 11:23am On Aug 12, 2016
searchng4love:
How is the government being prudent financially?
A government that is committing $40 billion dollars to oil exploration in the Chad basin instead of diversifying the economy from oil?
A government that still subsidizes pilgrimages at the expense of taxpayers?
A government that only got an economic adviser in it's second year in office?
Maybe am missing something....
Diversifying the economy does not mean abandoning your only source of income; for example, I presently have a paid 9-5 job which meets my daily needs, but I still desire to open more sources of income by the side. My desire to create other sources of income to supplement my salary does not mean I should resign or stop working hard in my present job. Oil prices are down from what it used to be, but that does not mean oil is USELESS. There is nothing wrong in trying to expand earnings from oil by continuing with exploration activities.
PoliticsRe: What If PMB Apologizes And Resigns Now by obailala(m): 9:50am On Aug 12, 2016
lagdmark:
Just thinking, will Nigerians forgive buhari if he swallows his pride apologizes for been incompetent and immediately resign and return to his farm in Daura.
After all, to him he has achieved his life dreams of Aso rock landlord, that's all he wanted anyway.
If that happens, there would be wild jubilation in ipobland. But sorry, it ain't gonna happen, African politicians dont do that.
PoliticsRe: APC Won’t Sanction Dogara And Jibrin Over Budget Padding by obailala(m): 9:44am On Aug 12, 2016
Mboi:
Hahahahaha!!!!! Chairman! how far na, so u dey this thread and u never talk, nawaa o. I think say you never wake up sef...
What is my business with you lots and your thieving politicians?... Give me good roads, hospitals, light and security, that's all I care about right now.
BusinessRe: 5 Reasons Why Nigeria Lost Its Place As Africa’s Largest Economy by obailala(m): 8:57am On Aug 12, 2016
Emyogalanya:
I just ask to know not for insults
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2how come sa is able to overtake nigerian economy without oil can't we replicate sa while combining it with our oyel wealth if sa can overtake us without oil and Angola is still worse than us with more oil it means apc is lying to us about dwindling oil revenues that's bad enough
Nigeria is blessed with oil, but the oil turned out to be a curse as it made us as a nation to abandon every other means of income generation and relied only on oil.

How come SA was able to overtake Nigeria even without oil?
Ans: There are very very many sources of income for nations besides oil, SA relies on several other sources for its income. If only Nigeria diversified its economy to other sources of income e.g. solid minerals, agriculture, etc., we wouldn't have been in the present mess we find ourselves today.

How did SA overtake Nigeria?
Ans: Nigeria's economy is tied to oil, as soon as oil prices began to drop, so did Nigeria's economy, our GDP and the value of the naira.

As at January 2016 when the official Naira rate was N200 to $1, if you had N100,000, it means you were worth $500. But as soon as the Naira was devalued by almost 50% in June to N300 to $1, it means you are now worth only $333 instead of %500. Nigeria's GDP was worth over $500bn, the devaluation instantly reduced it to ~$296bn, making it less than the $301bn of SA.

Why is Angola worse off than Nigeria even though they sell more oil?
Ans: Oil is worthless almost presently; Angola makes almost 97% of its income from oil; Nigeria makes roughly about just 90% from oil. We also have other little sources, e.g. cocoa, Ugu exports etc. We can't also rule out the bad leadership of Angola.
PoliticsRe: APC Won’t Sanction Dogara And Jibrin Over Budget Padding by obailala(m): 8:44am On Aug 12, 2016
Mboi:
APC disappointing Zombies everyday. Where are those who said PDP is corrupt, where are those who said Saraki is corrupt, where are those who said Buhari is fighting corruption.
Zombies; obailala, Omenka, antiwailer etc una never receive money to defend this?

Shame to all APC Supporters!
Shame to APC Members!!
Shame to people that voted APC!!!
Shame to PMB!!!!
Shame to Nigeria!!!!!
who is this hungry soul mentioning my name this early morning?
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 8:08am On Aug 12, 2016
ajepako:
But you didnt condemn gas pipeline vandalisation during the previous administration..

BRF castigated the former administration for its inability to provide stable electricity despite APC sponsored pipeline vandalism... yet he left almost 5000 megawatt...

Now you blame vandals for thesame fashola ineptitude...

Excellent....
Fashola is not the one blowing up pipelines. If you and your ilk like, you can keep blowing up or applauding those blowing up gas pipes so you can have a shot at Fashola; but that will not be used to judge his performance.

And enough of this "GEJ left 5000mw yap", the last time I checked, the capacity has even risen above that now to 5074mw. What matters most is not what we are capable of producing, but rather, what we are producing. As at the time of handover in May 2015, Nigeria was generating a measly 1327mw, that is even lower the 2500 we have today. I'm sure you had no idea of that but that is exactly what your Gej handed over to pmb. So quit this baseless "Gej left 5000mw talk".
PoliticsRe: Why Nigeria, Its People, Are Suffering — Buhari by obailala(m): 1:39am On Aug 12, 2016
wowmenow:
How come Saudi Arabia is not in recession
Very good question.

At the start of the drop in oil prices, Saudi Arabia had about $739 billion in foreign exchange reserves compared to the less than $40 billion which Nigeria had. Also, Saudi Arabia has a population of just about 30 million people compared to Nigeria's 170million. Permit me to also add the mega bucks Saudi Arabia earns from religious tourists who troop into the kingdom regularly from all parts of the world for pilgrimage.

I hope the above answers your question.
PoliticsRe: Buhari Ban Importation Of Rice But Allows Importation Of Grasses Into The Countr by obailala(m): 10:43pm On Aug 11, 2016
mrvitalis:
Are really this unintelligent or u just refused to see the truth??

We banned importation of rice to improve our local production and to reduce dollar demand (this in turn will help naira stabilise and create employment)

As for the importation of grass they are ment to be planted, for cows to eat and this would bost meat production, it's more like importing improved seeds for farming, u can buy cow n train if u wish

Nigerians are really unintelligent really.... If u still can see that our economy is being diversified then u are dull
The unintelligence is actually intentional, most of these guys opening these threads aren't actually dumb in reality. Most times they just feign ignorance for argument's sake; although we can't rule out the fact that sometimes, the trauma of their election loss actually gets on the way of their objective reasoning.
BusinessRe: 5 Reasons Why Nigeria Lost Its Place As Africa’s Largest Economy by obailala(m): 8:18pm On Aug 11, 2016
Emyogalanya:
1 What's goodluck doing there is he part our economic team or an economic indices?
2 ok south a that we lost out to is there economy oil/and or mono economy like ours.?
3 how about Angola that is Africa number one oil producer why is there economy not yet down/up don't know their position is it also mono economy?
Nb: if u observe na questions i ask i no get A1 for maths not to talk of being an economist i just want
1. If Mr A picks up a knife and pierce Mr B's heart today, then Mr B gives up the ghost after doctors battled to save him for a week, does it make any logical sense to you to say the doctors are solely responsible for his death?... Saying Jonathan is not in the economic team is as illogical as claiming Mr A has no question to answer.

2. South Africa doesn't have oil as their source of income, so this question about SA and oil is strange

3. Ignorance is the only reason why anyone would be asking why the economy of Angola is not upside down. A little google search would reveal how bastardised Angola's economy is presently; of all the countries having oil as their main source of income, Nigeria seems to even be doing best in the present oil price crisis.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 8:17pm On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
another bogus assertion detected. I formerly averred that the repercussions of APC's premeditation escalated when they won the election, which maintains a discrepancy with your ludicrous statement above.

enough of your mendacious annotations, you assume that you are shrewd with mutating and manipulating the foremost focus our altercation, of which was incipiently on your attempted confutation on my averment that fuel scarcity prevailed in march 2015, due to APC's insidious gimmick, albeit, it wasn't as severe as one that occurred after the election.

omèka made a point indicating fuel scarcity existed before the handover, of which I repudiated by factually attributing the cause to APC(with corroborations) and also signifying that scarcity started before the elections(even teenagers with political apathy can attest to this).

The point is you were trying to accentuate that “the hard biting fuel scarcity which Nigerians experienced before handover was in May 2015, long after APC had already won the election” in order to prevaricate the altercation and make it disquisitional, by failing to acknowledge that the scarcity that prevailed in May have its primordial from months before the election of which was complotted and and executed by APC. http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177824-apc-behind-fuel-scarcity-plotting-sabotage-of-power-supply-jonathans-campaign.html
Mr English speaker, go tell your baseless tales to your ilk...

According to your infinite wisdom,
1. APC engineered the fuel scarcity before election even though PDP was in power
2. Fuel scarcity after election and before handover was also engineered by APC
3. After handover, the fuel scarcities Nigerians suffered were also engineered by APC

WHen asked to substantiate your amusing allegations, you keep presenting links to a statement made by FFK, the PDP campaign manager at the time. WOnderful reasoning!... I think you should be clapping for yourself!...

In all these you did not for once even give an iota of regard to the fact that petroleum importers were being owed the bulk of their subsidies since 2014, this was the exact reason the marketers gave for suspending their imports. But NO, Mr Wise Guy SPeaking English has a better theory, according to him, FFK says it was APC. You should try and listen to yourself.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 3:41pm On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
Mr prevaricator, when will you jettison anomalous and distorted delineations? You failed to ascertain a major phenomenon of fuel scarcity due to incognizance(maybe deliberately), or maybe your cognitive skills needs some psychiatric overhauling, because it is conspicuous that a person that failed to learn of the fuel scarcity before May 2015 suffered from aphasia.

here is news from Channels that indicated a fuel scarcity on march 2, 2015 http://www.channelstv.com/2015/03/02/fuel-scarcity-spreads-across-lagos/
The major fuel scarcity last year which enveloped the entire nation happened in May, even a primary school pupil in a rural area without access to the internet can attest to that. It's pathetic that a person who prides in your level of English is incapable of comprehending this simple message. Even upon the number of news web links I offered to buttress this point, you are still fixated on your baseless 'blame game' argument that "APC caused scarcity before election and the scarcity cleared after election."

You are free to keep teaching us new vocabulary even whilst you sustain your pointless argument.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 2:51pm On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
no circumlocutions, you must be a sophist.

The news that indicated the emergence of fuel scarcity was published on 2nd of march, and presidential election was conducted on march 28th so did the scarcity prevail after APC had won?
http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/lagos/nigeria-hit-by-fuel-shortage-as-marketers-cut-26027400 .
Several things which could possibly be your problem; it's either you were ignorant of happenings in Nigeria, or you are suffering from chronic amnesia (probably intentionally).

The real hard biting fuel scarcity suffered by Nigerians last year was in May 2015, a month after elections were already over. The reasons behind the scarcity are well known, importers were being owed and they feared the incoming regime may default in payment. You asked if the fuel scarcity persisted after APC won, and I am telling you I know of NO major fuel scarcity which happened before election; if that was the case, it would have been a major campaign argument by the APC at the time.

The fuel scarcity at the period was well after the elections, and it was the most crippling scarcity in Nigeria's history with even several banks closing by 12pm for lack of generator fuel and airlines suspending operations; only a non-Nigerian or a person with amnesia would argue over this fact. Here are links for your consumption below highlighting the bite of the scarcity in the month of May:

http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/182978-fuel-scarcity-may-persist-beyond-may-29-major-marketers.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32873349
http://allafrica.com/view/group/main/main/id/00037030.html
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/05/fuel-scarcity-capital-oil-breaks-ranks-to-release-70m-litres/
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 2:05pm On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
More lies detected. 50% of the arrears was reimbursed in April

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/lagos/nigerian-fuel-marketers-say-still-owed-315-mil-26067047

So that was how APC found the loophole and surreptitiously capitalised on it using their proponents amongst the importers to halt importation and induced artificial scarcity, because the government's intervention would have at least averted or abated the scarcity. in addition, they also marred some pipelines.

Thus, a prompt scarcity emerged, but it further escalated after the elections, leaving APC to bear the full repercussion of their pernicious blueprint.
undecided undecided
You just repeated what I said about 'importers being owed' and then you go ahead to say 'LIES'?... Are you oblivious of the meaning of the word 'LIES'? undecided

By the way, your desperate attempt to put blame on the new government is very very lame and pointless... As at the time of the scarcity, campaigns had already ended, APC had already won the election, so what logical sense does it make for APC to start bombing their own pipelines or sabotaging fuel supply?... Wake up man!
PoliticsRe: We’ve Paid N700bn For Road Projects – FG by obailala(m): 1:39pm On Aug 11, 2016
engrhorla:
I pass the road well well

I don't even knw there is a plan to dualise

Just that in Auchi, you see some slight demarcation..signs of abandoned road

Verdict: going to Abuja from Benin, u won't see dualised road till you get to Lokoja

Conclusion: d road has been totally forgotten
Once you branch off the Benin by-pass into the road, you would see signs of planned dualisation for the first at least 400m.
PoliticsRe: We’ve Paid N700bn For Road Projects – FG by obailala(m): 12:36pm On Aug 11, 2016
Jirate:
GEJ also started work on the Benin to Okene Dualisation, this road links Benin to Abuja and other Northern cities.
Honestly, I don't know the condition of the road now. Have'nt been to Abuja for over a year now. Any one who knows should please tell us. cool
The last time I passed the Benin-Auchi road was mid-2014, only about 400m of the road had been demarcated (not dualised). I hear the contract was since abandoned and the road (especially the Auch area) is in a horrible state every rainy season.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 12:23pm On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
more lies, can you substantiate such tentative assertion? the fact is, Importers were lobbied to halt importation by APC, and destroyed some major pipelines. Stop focusing on who is talking, rather than what is being said.
When you are not in the know, asking should be a virtue instead of accusing people of lying. Besides, the hard biting fuel scarcity which Nigerians experienced before handover was in May 2015, long after APC had already won the election. I don't know what planet or country you live in to not know this or to argue over something which happened just last year.

Nigeria hit by fuel shortage as marketers cut imports over unpaid subsidies
Lagos (Platts)--2 Mar 2015 519 am EST/1019 GMT

A fresh round of gasoline shortages has hit Nigeria as fuel importers drastically cut imports following the government's delay in settle over Naira 264 billion ($1.41 billion) on debts owed on subsidies for previous imports....

http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/lagos/nigeria-hit-by-fuel-shortage-as-marketers-cut-26027400
http://www.platts.com/latest-news/oil/lagos/nigerian-fuel-marketers-say-still-owed-315-mil-26067047

The owed money was eventually paid in Dec 2015.
http://www.reuters.com/article/nigeria-oil-subsidies-idUSL8N13Y47E20151209
http://thenewsnigeria.com.ng/2015/11/buhari-approves-n413b-subsidy-payment-to-oil-marketers/
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 12:10pm On Aug 11, 2016
madapcmod:
Neither was d former minister of power and GEJ the ones u lots accused of incompetence even they were complaining of sabotage. APC advised he police the pipelines, i wonder y samr apc is giving excuses now.

Do d damn work and stop complaining.
I never accused any minister under gej of being responsible for the darkness, or being responsible for the blowing up power station gas pipelines.
PoliticsRe: We’ve Paid N700bn For Road Projects – FG by obailala(m): 11:36am On Aug 11, 2016
Jirate:
O Boy no be only You, Me I no see the Roads O.

Na only the Ones wey Gej do I dey See……….., like the Benin Ore Road. Men that road is Good. (for those Portions that he did before leaving) Any time on my way to Lagos from Benin or returning, I always Pray Good Prayers for Jonathan inside me.
Too bad that he couldn't do many more portions, or even other roads. Nigerians don't really need so much from the government, just some little patches here and there and everything would be fine, but leaders keep patching only their pockets and the pockets of their friends.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 11:26am On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
Lies.

The election was held on march 28th and fuel scarcity was already on ground before then! check the date of this news: http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177824-apc-behind-fuel-scarcity-plotting-sabotage-of-power-supply-jonathans-campaign.html


And stop all these spurious and illogical postulations.

when will zombies stop being delusional?.
Fuel marketers/importers were being owed their subsidy entitlements by the FG for 9 months (since August 2014), they suspended importation, FFK the head of GEJ's campaign team at the time blamed APC for the importers stopping their importation, and here we are, someone thinks that talk by FFK was sensible?.. And you think your line of reasoning isn't 'spurious and illogical'?
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 10:55am On Aug 11, 2016
madapcmod:
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which fashola? the one messing up the power sector? he met over 4000MW and today we are hovering around 2000MW. forget about lagos, a non-entity can rule lagos well, when former minister of power was complaining of sabotage of pipeline affecting power generation, fashola opened his ewedu mouth to say power generation is not rocket science, today he is facing same problem but lost at solution.

fashola is overhypped arrogant loud mouth. wia is d change?
Fashola isn't the one blowing up gas pipelines.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 10:55am On Aug 11, 2016
HIGHESTPOPORI:
There was fuel scarcity because buhari said oil subsidy doesn't exist after he won d election,and oil marketers didn't want to bring in fuel when they are not sure if d new govt would pay them,that's simple logic.How was it GEJ faulth?
Buhari made the subsidy claim long before he even won the election.

The oil marketers/importers were being owed entitlements for 9 months by GEJ (since August 2014). Just before GEJ handed over, he still refused to settle the marketers, and that was why they decided to halt importation since they were unsure of the plans of the incoming regime. Kindly tell me how owing importers for 9 months was Buhari and not GEJ's fault?.... By the way I'm sick and tired of these blame games even in 2016.
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 10:44am On Aug 11, 2016
PaulIdu:
You guys still don't get it nobody has lost faith in Buhari because the economy is bad we have lost faith because we have seen he lacks the wisdom and vision to lead any nation .. See an example below from my previous post


I stopped supporting Buhari not because the economy is bad or slow ..I did because I found out he lacks wisdom and vision required to steer any economy either one in boom or in a recession .. okay let me me give you an example if you are President of a Country that depends on oil from most of its revenue and Oil prices drop at a time when you haven't diversified the economy ..What would a wise president do ? 

Ans: A wise president will know that to meet up the revenue deficit from low oil price you will have to improve out put and try expand your agreed quota by any means. (Just yesterday Saudi Arabia hit is record out of 10,650,000 million barrels a day like any wise leader would)

What will a visionless president do?

Answer : He will tense up the fragile peace in the Niger delta by first revoking a proposed university of Niger delta, he would order the EFCC to start investigating ex militants for corruption, he would then order the EFCC to declare Tompolo wanted and infact give him a deadline to turn himself in (who does that) without remembering that till recently Tompolo was in charge of pipelines surveillance for year so had good upstanding of how they work.

Another instance is in a country that has an employment and productivity deficit and depend on small 4 stroke Petrol Generators to drive most of the small businesses because of poor power supply ..what does Buhari do ? He orders the minister of power to increase the electricity tarrif by 50 percent and then goes ahead to increase petrol price by almost double . A wise president would increase petrol and maintain the electricity tariff as it is till the economy improves because increase both at the same time will increase the cost production by over 100 percent thereby driving a rapid inflation..

Bro I can go on and on ..Buhari lacks good decision making abilities infact if you give him the Swedish economy today he will destroy it in a year.
The bolded part of your message above is where I totally believed Buhari goofed; you do not use a sledge hammer to kill a fly that perches on your scrotum, not especially if you intend to have kids soon. Going after Tompolo and co. was a very silly move by this administration, there were countless other corrupt people the government could have gone after, not this particular fly perching on the scrotum.

The other parts of your message I do not agree; the increase in tariff was part of the power sector privatisation roadmap, it wasn't Buhari's making. Secondly, the increase in fuel price occasioned by the removal of subsidy and withdrawal of subsidised forex to importers was an inevitable evil considering the state of the nation. Could you have suggested a better option?
PoliticsRe: I Have Lost Faith In This Government by obailala(m): 10:39am On Aug 11, 2016
blueto:
Stop trying to brainwash and delude the young man like you did before, we all know that APC colluded with some oil stateholders during that period to cause artificial fuel scarcity in order to discredit GEJ's govt and cause him to lose the election.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/177824-apc-behind-fuel-scarcity-plotting-sabotage-of-power-supply-jonathans-campaign.html

And stop altering the oil price at then in order to further delude him, the prices were lower then
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/30/oil-prices-fall-as-us-crude-stocks-hit-record-for-7th-successive-week.html
http://money.cnn.com/2015/04/15/investing/oil-price-high-2015/

And we all know that Governors, especially two APC governors pressured and threatened GEJ to disburse some funds from reserves, even while he tried to make a special fund called a sovereign wealth fund, so that it would not be easy for one to take from there.
http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/204809-pressured-squander-18bn-excess-crude-saving-jonathan.html

So stop all these baseless and beguiling assertions of yours. only the gullible will accede to your deceptive gambits.
You made 3 points, but they are all flawed

1. The fuel scarcity experienced before the handover of GEJ actually occurred AFTER Buhari/APC had already won the election. Does it make any sense that APC would sabotage fuel supply or power supply even after they had already won?

2. Price of oil as at May 2015 was actually about $65 (not $70); you are a bit right about oil price being lower, but 65/70 isn't a big difference.

3. The same people who accuse APC of blame game still turn around to say Amaechi and Fashola are the ones who forced GEJ to share ECA, such amusing hypocrisy. And one begins to wonder whether these same governors didnt also pressure OBJ and Yaradua (even with court cases) to share this same money. now let's assume GEJ yielded because he is a man of peace and due process, the fact remains that states only took their share of the money, they took what belonged to them while the FG still kept the bulk (over 52%) of the total ECA funds. Since we love these baseless blame games so much, kindly tell us, was it also these 2 APC governors that forced the FG to squander its own 52% share of the ECA funds?
PoliticsRe: Exploration Of Oil Begins In North East Nigeria (Photos) by obailala(m): 10:08am On Aug 11, 2016
hopilo:
The technology of today use seismic survey to identify the very place you have crude oil. The era of blind search for oil is long over decades ago. Why waste money today searching for oil in an area with no seismic prove of oil. Nigeria is a funny place
And who says there is no seismic prove of oil in the Chad basin?... Just to the north of the same basin (outside Nigeria's boundaries), Chad extracts commercial quantities of oil from the same basin but you really think there really isn't any seismic prove of a drop of oil (commercial or non-commercial quantity) in the Nigerian side?
PoliticsRe: The Real Identity Of Arepo Militants And Why APC Govt Approved Bombing Of Them. by obailala(m):
JimiOgunlola:
But they've always broken news that turned out to be true and landed on the pages of newspapers, even with all your efforts to discredit them for obvious reasons. grin

Remember the Buhari in london hospital news? they broke it first, you zombies lamented, the next day your darling punch and the nation newspaper confirmed it. As always they don't need your validation to tell their stories. grin cheesy
Lol... Please kindly point out one of their news 'which they broke first' which eventually turned out true and entered newspapers?

The example you gave buttresses the point I was making about Trent churning out only crappy primary school propaganda which appeals only to their selected low IQ gullible anti-buhari disgruntled audience; while other investigative media houses reported that Buhari had an ear infection, Trentonline churned out its own version claiming that London doctors diagnosed him with ear and brain cancer, an ailment which needed major surgery to fix. grin

Meanwhile wasn't it this same trentonline that claimed Aisha went to Qatar last week not US?... Earlier in the week they also claimed Aisha was spotted with N40m Hermes bag in the 'US.' Very desperate confused jonathanian plebs, a website created solely to 'avenge' GEJ's election defeat grin cheesy Of course they dont need anyone's validation to sell their cow poo propaganda cos only their clients 'mainly' from the east of the Niger takes them seriously anyway. Just for your info, they also have similar sister sites like breakingtimes, guardiannewsusa, igberetv, ipob. org, hopefornigeria etc. cheesy
PoliticsRe: Buhari Inaugurates His Economic Adviser, Dipeolu, Others Photo by obailala(m): 2:08pm On Aug 10, 2016
Esseite:
I think this is a big lesson to all Nigerians (all inclusive), Never again would we support a Presidential aspirant who would decline a debate detailing his economic road map, as well as other sector road maps prior to the election. even if you are WARREN BUFFETT or DANGOTE, your personal riches or xtics is your cup of tea.
I think you are right, we need to start doing things the right way in this country. In 2011, Jonathan declined a debate with other candidates and ended up attending a sole hoax debate with d'banj; he was voted in and he messed Nigeria up for a further 4 years. In 2015, it was Buhari's turn to evade the debate, he won lipsrsealed lipsrsealed

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