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Hmmm well I still dnt support fuel subsidy removal

I expect to even buy fuel a lot cheaper than 87naira in d coming days

Shebi Buhari said he will give us fuel at 40naira per litre we r counting days to his tenure nw

P square lacks brains, he is only concerned abt celeb as if he came into this world a celeb. D last part of his comment fuel scarcity no even get respect is at best insulting to d sensibility of ordinary nigerians n d hardship this fuel scarcity ve caused them.

ZeezaRapture:
I dont mean any harm with this post. I mean well. Please.





Instead of us to concentrate on moving this country forward, some group of people blinded by ethnicity are pushing for Biafran sovereign state.

1. What will happen with some Yorubas that have married the Igbos as either husband or wives?

2. What will happen to the investments of many southeasterners or south-south people if we divide? Will they uproot the buildings of their factories and transfer it down south? I dont get it.

3. What will happen to the Igbo man in the far North that have a very good relationship with d people there??

4. Wount the businesses of the south-southerners\easterners collapse if we divide??

5. The main reason behind this Biafra stuff is marginalisation....didnt GEJ marginalise the Yorubas? Did they push for Oduduwa?(no offence meant). I think the Yorubas were patient and waited for the right time.

6. This Biafran sovereign state being pushed for is NOT in the insterest of the Igbos or Ijaws or Itshekiri or the Idomas. And i think it's high time we forget this Biafra stuff and concentrate on being a united nation. Or what do you think will happen to the Igbos that own houses in the South-western states??

Fellow Southerners, its high time we put Biafra far behind us and fight for our rights instead of being scared of getting "marginalised" by a particular government.


-ZeezaRapture

Cc: Seun, Lalasticlala, Ishilove.

Over 3million igbos killed for this cause during nigeria - biafra war can't b in vain. Its biafra or nothing. U can't force nigeria on us for too long

Betterment:
The All Progressives Congress has said President Goodluck Jonathan is handing over a nation in deep crisis, even as his administration continues to contrive more crises without making any effort to solve any of them.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, the party, , appealed to Nigerians not to lose hope, despite the daunting challenges they are currently facing in this atmosphere of contrived chaos.

It said help is on the way.

“In a few days’ time, President Jonathan will hand over to President-elect Muhammadu Buhari,” the APC said. Never in the history of our country has any government handed over to another a more distressed country: No electricity, no fuel, workers are on strike, billions are owed to state and federal workers, 60 billion dollars are owed in national debt and the economy is virtually grounded.

“Today, Nigerians are roaming the streets, jerry cans in hand, searching for everything from kerosene to fuel to diesel to power their homes, keep their vehicles on the road and keep their businesses going. They are paying as much as 300 Naira per litre for fuel, if at all they can get it. Yet their government is not saying a word about the situation.”

APC said while the Jonathan Administration has “arrogantly” told Nigerians that it remains in office and in power till May 29th, all it has been doing is sacking people and making new appointments as if it had been deprived of the opportunity to do so in the past six years.

“They are not interested in how to end the fuel scarcity that has paralysed the socio-economic lives of Nigerians,” the APC said. “They are not interested in how to raise electricity production from its unprecedentedly-low level of 1,327 megawatts. They are not doing anything to end the strike by blue and white collar oil workers, or to stop the impending one.

“They say they are in office till May 29th, but they do not care how workers in 18 states, who are owed a total of 300 billion Naira in salaries under their watch, or federal workers who are owed N400 billion, will be paid. Yet they are running a budget of N1trillion deficit.

“They have deliberately stopped meeting their obligations to oil marketers, which is now around 200 billion Naira, hence no one is lifting petroleum products anymore. If the current energy crisis is not solved soonest, the telecommunications sector could even be grounded in a matter of days as service providers will have neither electricity nor fuel to power their base stations. Of course the aviation sector has already been left comatose by the fuel crisis. The whole scenario reeks of sabotage.”

APC said before PDP and Jonathan Administration’s spin doctors distort its message, it is important to let Nigerians know that the party (APC) is not engaging in lamentations but simply keeping the citizenry informed of the situation on the ground, with just five days to handover date.

‘If we thought the nation was being well managed and there was no problem, we would not have embarked on a campaign of change,” the party said. “While we are ready, willing and able to begin to address the mammoth challenges facing us as a nation as soon as we assume office at the centre in a few days’ time, we will not hesitate for a second to keep Nigerians informed of how we have been brought to this sorry pass, with a view to avoiding such a tragic turn in the future.”

It expressed sadness that the nation has been on auto pilot for the past several weeks, as the outgoing administration has shown neither the capacity nor the willingness to resolve any of the crises it has contrived and foisted on the nation.

”This is the most vivid manifestation of the old saying that literally translates to a departing office holder defecating on the chair he is vacating,” APC said.



Source: http://newsrescue.com/jonathan-destroying-nigeria-before-handover-apc/#ixzz3b40ESGV1

Jonathan dey vex say una no vote for him. Well jst lik dt statement promised its a matter of days for Buhari to take over n redeem d situation hopefully

Lol
boo hari this guy is waiting for u

Ask if she has always been lik dt wit d other guys if yes go n get tested ASAP

makzeze:
My heart thumped from anxiety and my eyes turned in a cursory survey of the environment as our vehicle came to a halt for security checks at the Daura residence of President-elect Muhammadu Buhari. The fresh white coat of paint on some two hundred metre-long fence gave an inkling of an uncommon excitement in the atmosphere. Close to the assorted security operatives at the security post was a motley crowd of peasants.

They defied Daura’s hot and hurting afternoon sun which tore through the pores of the skin, forced out excess sweat and soaked their clothes. In contrast to the discomforting atmosphere, the peasants’ pleasant faces spoke of the good news in Daura - a homeboy had won the big prize of president of Nigeria. As our vehicle drove into the premises, the instant attractions were the tall trees, long branches and blossoming leaves. They provided the rare comfort that soothes the body from the harsh sun outside. Below the trees were the well-kept grasses.
The president-elect’s bungalow is caught in this array of trees, shrubs and a beautiful spread of flowers. A bungalow? It was the loud rhetorical question that protested in my head. A former Head of State of an oil-rich country, a former Minister of oil-soaked Ministry of Petroleum, a former Governor of a rich State, and former Chairman of oil-whet Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF), only boasting of a humble bungalow? Nothing prepared me for this unspeakable shock. A simple bungalow - porch, waiting room, living room, dining, and another adjoining structure that looked like bedrooms. We were ushered into the living room to meet the president-elect reading the day’s dailies and sipping green tea in a light and relaxed mood. I had expected to meet a worried president-elect, but alas, Buhari intermittently laughed, smiled, cracked jokes, told historical tales in a lively and exciting manner. He wouldn’t allow the impending task to weigh down his spirit. Even when my Editor-in-Chief, Malam Mannir Dan-Ali, attempted to sympathise with him by saying not many would envy him as a result of the myriad of problems in the country, the president-elect quickly responded thus, “I think you’re wrong. Many people envy me…” We rolled on our cushion chairs in loud laughter. From this kind of simplicity and confidence, we’re set to be led by a president who is not wealth-crazy.

At the end of the two-day encounter with Buhari, one impression trailed us from Daura to Abuja on the 7-hour journey - the fact that the 72-year-old famous son of Daura is mentally and emotionally ready for the top and tough job of running Nigeria. An appendage to that impression is that as from May 29, things will be done differently. There’s certainly going to be a shocking paradigm shift. And a shaking shift might begin at the tick of the clock that would announce Buhari’s takeover of the high chair. This interview provides an insight into his thoughts and values.
. I’ll give my ministers targets
. I’ll ensure separation of power

Daily Trust: I[b]f we take what President Jonathan said recently, it’s like you are going into another detention. He said he was living in a ‘cage’ for 15 years, and here you are elected to be in the ‘cage’, in his words, for the next four years. Do you look forward to it or are you like approaching it with trepidation, with concern, especially with the expectations from Nigerians? [/b]

Buhari: I asked for it, so whatever I meet there I cannot
complain. I came out and went through the election processes with the party and so on, and I know, of course, that there is a lot of work to be done. The important thing is to make sure that the structures on ground are made to function and people are made to do their work and develop the capacity to supervise. I think that is all I can do because, on the question of efficiency, I don’t think there will be any compromise on that. If you reflect on the 16 years of the PDP, I think, it was 16 years of disaster, especially economically and security wise. Economically, if you find out how much the country earned and the state of the infrastructure at the beginning and the state of infrastructure now, then it becomes unfortunate that we found ourselves under the rule of the PDP in this country. So whoever becomes part of the cabinet should be prepared to work. Deliberately we will look for competent people, dedicated and experienced persons to head ministries. Of course, there will be schedules for ministers and we will expect them to fill them.
Economically, we will try and stop a lot of wastages and encourage austerity so that we can fund the ministries. Education and healthcare will get more attention. Of course, security is Number One. Certainly, there is a lot to do but we are hoping that we will get good people to be in charge of ministries who can apply themselves to their responsibilities so that before long Nigerians will begin the see the difference.

DT: Do you have an outline of the cabinet you spoke about, these competent people? Have you identified the actual people who will man these different places because the expectation is that you will hit the ground running?
Buhari: I am not just speaking about it, I have not put anything on paper, so nobody has seen it and I haven’t discussed it with anybody. I am just keeping it close to my chest.

DT: But do you have an outline?
Buhari: have been around long enough to know people that I can approach for things like that.
But it will be like in the first week of the proclamation of the new legislature you will have this cabinet presented?
I will not make that known before you.
Previously ministers were appointed from the political class, especially during the PDP era the governors would say this is my favourite candidate, he is representing my state and when he is in the cabinet he is the eye of the governor representing the opinions of the governor. Are we going to have that or are we going to see a system that will focus on only those who are going to work?

DT: Already, there are speculations about this post is zoned to that part of the country and all of that. I don’t know what is your take on this?
Yes, thank you very much for calling it speculation because that is what it is. What I know is that there was an issue of APC National Working Committee meeting and I think they zoned positions in that meeting. The first time I heard about it was from the chairman of the party who is the chairman of the national working committee. He just came to greet me as the president-elect when somebody leaked it to the press. So I kept my mouth shut and allowed them to continue with the speculation.
DT: Probably, because you have been saying the supremacy of the party should be respected?
That doesn’t mean that the supremacy of the party should tamper with courtesy to whoever is the elected president of the country. There is nothing wrong with the exercise they have done. They haven’t named who are to be in the offices they have been zoned. It is a matter of courtesy for us to discuss it before you allow it to leak to the press. But if you allowed it to leak to the press then it becomes a matter of speculation.
Is that why you came out to say you didn’t want to determine who becomes the Senate President or Speaker?
No, the party has been meeting and I don’t want to interfere with what the party is doing. The National Assembly has its own standard of picking its leadership and it is not for me, the president-elect, to come and pretend that whatever happens it is I, the president-elect, who should determine it. I don’t want to start on the wrong footing with the National Assembly.
Constitutionally, we are three separate arms of government - the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. For example, I cannot say that once I am sworn-in I will change the set of the Supreme Court judges. It is not possible. Neither is it possible for me to come out and I say I want this person for Senate President or I want that person to lead the House of Representatives. I think it is wrong and I cannot come out to support anybody for the leadership of the legislature because they have their ranking, as they call it.
DT: What was the reaction of party leaders when you said that?

Buhari: Well, how can they react to what is a proper way of doing things? I can have my individual opinion about the people who will occupy the offices. I know that some people imposed the leadership of the National Assembly and it didn’t work well for them, so I shouldn’t be making the same mistake.

DT: One burning issue is fuel subsidy. I believe you are aware of the queues in major cities like Lagos and Abuja. The fuel importers say they are unsure of the direction of the new government in this area. Have you considered maintaining or withdrawing this subsidy or are you questioning whether it didn’t exist at all?

Buhari: One of the problems I have, other than the military, is the petroleum industry where I served for three and a half years under General Obasanjo. When people start talking about this subsidy I honestly get confused. I will tell you this, and I hope it will answer what you want to know. Back then we had a refinery in Port Harcourt, which was refining 30,000 barrels a day of Nigerian crude.
Later, it was upgraded to refine 100,000 barrels a day. Another refinery was built in Port Harcourt to refine 150,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude. So, Port Harcourt alone had the capacity to refine 250,000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude.
But when I found myself as the Minister of Petroleum I set up another refinery in Warri for 100, 000 barrels per day of Nigerian crude and the Kaduna refinery a 100, 000 barrels per day. So Nigeria built capacity to refine 450,000 a day.
Four Hundred thousands of which is purely Nigerian crude, but 50,000 was imported. The type of crude could be Venezuelan, which could be a bit heavier. But the lighter ones - kerosene, aviation fuel, diesel, PMS of different grades could be produced from our crude because Nigerian crude is about the best in the world.
If you could recall, after finishing as Minister of Petroleum, I subsequently became Head of State. You remember, I appointed Professor Tam David West as the Minister of Petroleum. When we rounded up bunkers, collected their illegal jetties and allowed jetties for only big firms which were doing production and development in the country, we were shocked that we had too much fuel.
We had to begin to export 100,000 barrels per day. Don’t forget that we didn’t stop at building refineries, we built more than 20 depots during my time, from Port Harcourt to Ilorin, Makurdi, Suleija, Maiduguri and Kano. More than 3,000 pipelines were laid to connect them. A number of stations were also built to take the trailers off the road, save lives and the infrastructure on the road. It is more economical because each trailer uses fuel.
We did all that in this country and we didn’t borrow any money as far as I know. It’s Nigerian money. From each Nigerian crude, whether Akwa Ibom, Bonny Light or whatever it is, you can work out how much products it will give you; how much petrol it will give you; how much diesel it will give you if you want to produce diesel. We could tell how much Nigerian crude cost, the cost of transportation from there to the refinery, the cost of refining, the cost of transportation to the pump stations and maybe 5 per cent go for overhead.
I can understand if Nigerians pay for those costs. But somebody is saying he is subsidizing Nigerians. Who is subsidizing who?

DT: But they argue that the price should not be the same in Lagos and Daura, for example?

Buhari: It has to be the same because it is the Nigerian crude.
But they consider the cost of transportation?
Why didn’t it make any difference when we were around? Why did we build the network of pipelines? Why did we build the network of depots? What can Nigerians benefit from the God-given gift of petroleum? No refinery is built unless there is an in-depth research that there is enough reserve of up to six layers to be produced.
The argument I have heard is that refineries are aged. Mostly, they are performing at less than half of their capacity…?
You can’t defend these corrupt and incompetent people. You can’t defend them. There used to be what they call turn-around-maintenance. You close the refinery in order to overhaul and clean it. What we did: we asked our producers, we need various refined products of this type at this time when the refineries are being cleaned. Take this type of Nigerian crude and bring us the refined products.
What we don’t need, we will calculate and pay you as fees for refining and transportation. If it is more than what the crude can handle, then we take it from the treasury. But you are trying to justify all these frauds by saying the refineries are aged.
Of course, they are actually aged?
They said the refineries are aged. The pipelines are leaking. There is vandalisation. Who ordered the vandalisation?

DT: Does it suggest that you don’t believe in the subsidy? So, you are not going to agree to its continuation in anyway?

Buhari: I would like to be on ground and find out what really has been going wrong. Why is it that people are doing round-tripping with the Nigerian products and take money from the treasury? Some people are still in court. You know about it. So, I’m not taking anything for granted. But I will try and find out what went wrong.

Read full interview on other issues in the link below:

Source: http://dailytrust.com.ng/sunday/index.php/top-stories/20804-i-don-t-know-what-fuel-subsidy-means-buhari

Lol Buhari d capital olodo

D answer is obvious eastern Nigeria is d federal republic of biafra another country all together

They take pics inside countless cars n suv when their father no they sell cars

They ve usually too many pics uploaded in their profile 15 to 500pics haba for wetin

They take pics inside countless cars n suv when their father no they sell cars

Their offer looks too good to be real but not sayin its impossible. Ie to say they can give one 5percent of his investment monthly for 3months.

Check hw long they ve existed if less than 5yrs run
Check if d company is registered with CAC else run
Do they ve a physical office address then visit same to see things for urself

If its real n they pay u ur interests as claimed dnt fail to let me kw

Remarkable:
How many people that lost election agree they lost?

Don't cry me a river, the rescheduled elections that took place was counted before allof us, cameras and everything... all the lies you guys have been telling did not match the pattern of votes cast by Abians... we chose Ikpeazu, Oti lost. End of story. Good bye.

So u also believe TA orji won in his senatorial district, well if u believe this u can believe any thing

lalasticlala:
DAVID GODWIN (L), A MAN TREKKING FROM ABUJA TO ILORIN FOR REALISATION OF SEN. BUKOLA SARAKI’S SENATE PRESIDENT AMBITION, RECEIVING CHEERS FROM HIS ADMIRERS IN OMU-ARAN, IREPODUN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF KWARA ON FRIDAY


http://thenationonlineng.net/new/photo-another-man-treks-for-saraki/

Butch of idi0ts

Chisos Enugu Ezike d thief is in trouble oooo

Op wat u said up there is a load of trash n won't work here in africa esp with ur siblings or close relations esp if d loan will save a life.

D golden rule is to give wat u can afford to let go n move on if nt paid.

I will gladly safe a strangers life with my money if I can afford it nt to talk of my ppl

Buy keke n give to someone on hire purchase

Waaat

In addition to wat ezebinaugwu said

Slash salaries n allowances of all political office holders by 85percent so dt there will b money left to pay workers regularly.

All those dt stole our money shld return them 100percent or risk life jail

Put an end to boko haram

Put an end to corruption in Nigeria

Make a move to end wasteful bicarmel legislature

N many more its along list dt promises change

Buhari must deliver d miracle he promise in d word change

IGBOSON1:
^^^Abia state is a disgrace......both the leaders and the lead! How they could vote in Orjis' stooge after all they've been through is mind-boggling! Don't let anyone tell me PDP rigged because if the Abia electorate had overwhelmingly voted for Otti, Orji et al wouldn't have had the opportunity rig in the first place! See how they're all relaxed in that state with everyone going about their business as if nothing happened!......I've always known them to be too politically docile for my liking! By now i thought they would have been out on the streets protesting and demanding for justice!

U can't blame d lead much they voted massively for otti n rejected T A orji n his apostles but d votes were nt allowed to count which is quite unfortunate. D case is in d tribunal nw let's see hw it goes.

Buhari won d election bc weakling Jonathan allowed votes to count. If na OBJ Buhari would ve been silenced

There is very little u can do to d man who controls police, military, other forces, INEC n ve all d money in d world

Remarkable:
Yes, Abia state has a higher workforce than Enugu, and three-quarters of them are from other states; not to mention that Enugu state in the mid '90s sacked non-indigenes from Enugu state and Abia state absorbed them into its fold.

Finally, yes, Abia state has embarked on more projects than Enugu, especially in the medical department.

I have given you information that is available out there for you and me to access; you can either confirm all this by verifying all I've said, or just continue swearing for T.A. Orji while God keeps blessing him, from Governor to Senator.

(P.S. I am not saying it is right to owe workers for one day. But given the challenges state governments face, not to mention its > minimum wage it pays, picking out Abia to vilify is just getting old and boring).

T A orji sycophant n political apostle. Abia state governor is d worst in Nigeria except for relative security provided by military abia shld ve been a failed state by nw. Abia leadership has scored zero despite relatively higher allocation n IGR plus lower work force given d massive sack of non indigenes. Enugu is miles ahead of Abia n there is no basis for comparism for any sane mind

InyinyaAgbaOku:
Enugu state is up to date with payments, that's nice to hear.

Enugu have nt produced a better governor than sullivan

Waaat

T A orjii of PDP Abia state is owing teaching hospital 10 months, same for abiapoly lecturers n state civil service n rigged election for himself senator, his boy okezie for governor n his son ikuku house of assembly

sewentybaba:
7 months salary is just too much for some one without other means of living.

By 7 months d person is finished n owing a lot of ppl n will ve little or no self worth left in him. Living a life dependent solely on salary is too risk n dts hw over 70 percent of nigerian workers live.

D only thing dt could help is subsistence farming for poor workers with grown up children

baybeeboi:
I hope He later commits the suicide.
As foölish as he is, is He the only worker owed?

Ur post is grossly insensitive n lacks human face

Yeap
Golf 3
Benz 190
Audi 80 tiger face
Am nt sure u could get any toyota at dt price except u go for 1987 models

Dt amt can get naija used toyota camry, corolla etc 96 - 2001 depending on hw well d previous owner hv flogged d ride

Dnt expect ac at dt price for toks but u could b lucky wit naija used

Is ur CEL on
Wats ur engine configuration
If engine thermostat is removed n fan spinning non stop then dts d price u pay

This trekking nonsense is always making fp useless ppl wasting energy dt shld ve been used for more productive ventures

Yawns will they go to nysc wit their grey hair as most of them are over 30yrs

Op no reason for insulting this Governor well I think u r a complete idio.t

Silly jobless women

Op copy n paste without crediting d original author is a crime d4 put d source of d article nw or risk a ban. Lomomike u shld do wat u kw hw to do best ie ban d op for this crime