₦airaland Forum

muami:
If NLC wants us to believe that they have all the answers to Nigeria's problems, then I think the best example they can provide is to show us the wonders that Adams Oshiomole has performed in Edo state. Otherwise, they should keep quiet!
By the way, all the so called protests are in ACN controlled states so we know it is political and would not last

Go ask people who live in Edo State, they are witness a new dawn, it is not all high heaven for them yet, but they know they now have a governor that they can trust with the huge amount He is collecting in taxes from them, go see schools, hospital, road, pensions being paid on time, and the political freedom that now exist in the state, unlike what was happening before He became governor! Can you compare Oshiomole's budget and achievements to that of Uduaghan in Delta State with twice budget and people are flocking to Benin from Warri to have social fun and purchase common BB! I saw this with my own eyes!

I said it before , GEJ sold his soul for the Presidency! When people like Otedola now have more access to the President while some state governor are placed on queue,  then you know why we spend extra N1tn since He took over the reigns in Aso Rock.

[quote author=lucida_ng link=topic=837675.msg9886923#msg9886923 date=1325597245]what's the rationale for burning tires? thought the idea was to use placards?

i just pray this protest will still remain peaceful, hope we are not creating room for area boys to begin looting?[/quote]Lets put fear aside, area boys are in this with us all, they wont loot, no body is burning shops or looting, all cities responding to protest so far have not resorted to violent protest except for the Police using tear gas on innocent Nigerians, if this continues, then IBB days maybe here with us!

[quote author=Anti-scam link=topic=837710.msg9886844#msg9886844 date=1325596452]Only those who thinks can support GEJ at dis period!
Definately, not d majority!
But remember that fuel can sell for #20 if there is 10 functioning refineries in Nigeria!
Also,remember that no body will come and build this refineries if govt keep controlling the prize!
Also,remember that d govt will not build this refinery with her money because of YOU & ME,we are
too corrupt & greedy, we ran down all govt owned companies!,not even a single one is making profit
but loss![/quote]The truth is this: If our current four refinaries are revamped to 60% capacity utilization, local consuption will be fully met,  at 80%, we export 15% of refined products,  so why have the refinaries be left to rot despite the HUGE TAM GEJ has approved ? GEJ has been throwing money at everything since He became President, but He does not understand that you spend and MONITOR,  not SPEND SPEND SPEND,   Obasanjo, despit His ego,  went round Nigeria monitoring government projects,  have you ever seen GEJ monitor any since He became president? Yet every wednesday, He sits at FEC at approve Nbillions for projects!

How about Him asking a Minister without notice to take Him down to go see a Project He approved money for

muami:
If NLC wants us to believe that they have all the answers to Nigeria's problems, then I think the best example they can provide is to show us the wonders that Adams Oshiomole has performed in Edo state. Otherwise, they should keep quiet!
By the way, all the so called protests are in ACN controlled states so we know it is political and would not last

Do not be a COWARD, I personally went to Edo State during my stay in Nigeria before I returned here and He is doing his best despite the very tiny budget at His disposal compared to some state e.g Delta State.

I saw Schools Oshiomole has revamped, saw the new Hospital (250beds + ) on full speed construction in Sapele Road, learnt the project was less than 7months as at the time I visited. I do not want to mention the roads.

I was informed, PENSIONERS in the state got their Pensions on the 28th of Every month, this one was from an Uncle who worked and retired from the Edo State Civil Service,  tears almost fell from my eyes when He told me the struggle they used to go through getting their pensions.  

Get real, this is not about ACN or any Political parties, Nigerians know their true leaders. NOT THE COWARD IN ASO ROCK

Update, Now Four including a Police Officer

Confirmation: Fuel Subsidy Protest at Nigeria High Commision in London ?

Tweets feed : Four confirmed dead at Fuel Subsidy protest at illorin

doctokwus:
Yeah,by then pockets of those who av bn going to work& buying diesel for their gen& paying inflated prices for items wud av dried up& nobody will nid beg anyone to come out,those who wudnt join d protest wud definitely not b able to afford to go to work,particularly when d banks too start feeling d effect

NLC and civil society will join the fray in the next coming days, shutting out many of the service facilities in the country then it will dawn on people that this is not a 'political' protest ! NIGERIANS ARE ANGRY WITH A DAFT PRESIDENT,

Demdem:
am also here in PH. nothing is going on but the people are complaining heavily.

My South-South and Rivers people have nevered featured in struggle for the existence of Nigeria except when it concerns RESOURCE CONTROL and really it is no surprise knowing they are complaining yet are doing nothing about it!

If Ken S. was from South West, His fight and struggle against injustice and corruption would not have been in vain!

Where are the Asari Dokubo?, Where are they ,

Zi:
Nigerians Pls if we want to protest, lets be very very serious abt it or else lets retract, rest & think of ways to adapt to d situation. Pls let d initiators of dis subsidy thing not be making mockery of "FOOLISH NIGERIANS" frm their bedroom.

My 2 cents.

Watch in the next coming days,

dmainboss:
Unemployed youths? Gbam! They are in the yahoo business! And busines is booming bro!

Just like your daft President keep calling His fellow croonies in PDP that are causing insecurity in Nigeria names?, ight,,, ride on boy until it hits you hard that this is no joke, people are angry!!

Henry120:
i live in port-harcourt. Mgbouba- rumuokwuta, a less than 4km drive, which used 2 be 30 naira is now 100 naira. A walkable distance. This is just madness. Port-harcourt - benin, which used 2 be 1,350 naira is now 3,550.

This is madness, pure MADNESS , It is obvious the hypothetical terrain and relm of assumption of SLS and IW are as far from reality as the Stars are from the Earth!

rolchi:
While I have the deepest respect for President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, he is a fine gentleman and Nigeria will forever miss him.

But:
for the bolded: see http://www.indorama.com/companies/eleme/profile.htm

oh were you fast asleep then, the decision was already reached to get it handed over to Dangote as part of His drive to form a conglomerate of companies in Nigeria!

ogugua88:
Seun Kuti just joined the protest in Lagos!

Abia and Benue are confirmed so far. Abia's started at 9am. Benue @ 10am.

She has Rambo face.

First photo from Occupy Lagos:

https://saharareporters.com/sites/default/files/page_images/news/2012/u3tn.jpg?1325577222

Thank you for keeping the world abreast! History will remember people like you. We are strongly behind you and we are also monitoring and braodcasting. The whole world is watching.

How do you know a coward? He ignores reality, and this is what you have in the weakling called Jonathan the Fisherman,

Nadanbata:
Yaraduas problem was he was a sick man.

Allah jikan sa Ameen.

Even in His sick body, knowing He may not live long, He never inflicted Nigerians with pains, remember the reversal of the sale of PH Refinary and Eleme Petrochemicals to Dangote and His croonies

[quote author=9ja_I_hail link=topic=837586.msg9884789#msg9884789 date=1325577124]IBB should shut his mouth up, the worst GEJ is the best Ibb.[/quote]No body is an admirer of IBB, but why don't we look at the message and leave the messenger out of it for now! Any sense in His message at all ?

Oh! How death never let him be, President Musa Yar'dua. A gentleman extra ordinary. The genuine leader Nigeria never truly had.

The only President in the History of Nigeria that truly saw the Nigerian masses in their true plight, made effort to lift them out of poverty, lo and behold,  death never allowed Him to complete the journey he began.

The only President that reduced the Price of Fuel to N65, a legacy Nigerians will forever remember.

Even in His hay days,  He never gave up on the Nigeria masses. The electoral reform He began today never saw the light of the day!

Yar'dua,  oh how cold are the hands of death! 

And so goes the song, " When I remember Yar'Dua, water runaway from my eyes,  aye, aye,  water runaway from my eye, "

Least We disturb your rest,  Adieu a true leader and gentleman extra ordinary,  continue to rest in peace, and forever Never be troubled!

Pain:
Who is the Most Unpopular President in Nigerian History?

Please submit your nominations. As for me I have never seen any president that has come under a salvo of swear words and public mistrust in the history of Nigeria like Good-luck Jonathan. He is indeed the epitome of incompetent leadership.

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-837574.0.html
http://www.facebook.com/AJStream

It ws no fluke when Nairalanders inducted GEJ into the "Nairaland Hall of Shame"

See how IBB dey lecture Jonathan the Fisherman oh, chei

Former military president, General Ibrahim Babangida has condemned removal of the erstwhile fuel subsidy regime by President Goodluck Jonathan, stating it was ill-timed.

He also strongly indicted the country’s leaders for failing in their responsibilities at meeting the peoples’ expectations.
Babangida returned to the country on December 7, last year, from a medical trip to Germany and he is expected to return there soon.

Reacting to the fuel subsidy removal announced over the weekend, he stated that, “It is ill-timed. The issue of subsidy should be seen more as politics and not economics, because the sole purpose of government is for the good of the people and not to create hardship. It is better to seek political solution to the subsidy discourse than invoking the sentiments of economics.”

Alleging exclusion of the National Assembly in the decision-making process leading to the removal of the fuel subsidy Babangida noted that this breached the  principles of participatory and all-inclusive democracy.

“The National Assembly should have been made to be part of the decision-making process since the 2012 budget is yet to be discussed and passed by the Legislature. Every government should ordinarily take the interest of her people at heart so that the reason for its existence would be justified.

“I will insist that a political solution be sought in resolving the issue so that a mutually agreeable position can be reached between the leaders and the people. This exclusive decision of the Executive arm of government does not speak well of the tenets and principles of participatory and all-inclusive democracy,” he stated.
Taking a long view of the mix of crises besetting the polity, the retired amoured corps General observed in a statement appraising the state of the nation, that, “There is a potential breakdown of social contract between the leaders at all levels and the led. Leaders have failed in their responsibilities at meeting the expectations of the people.”

The former military president who expressed these positions through Prince Kassim Afegbua, his media spokesman, further noted that, “Events happening in the country in recent times have once again call for serious concern by all in view of our peculiar history, political orientation, and the dynamics of our federation.

“The spate of bombings and other untoward acts in the country have thrown up the greater need for all of us to be more retrospective, introspective and proactive on issues of our common interest and nationality. It is a collective responsibility and all well-meaning people must be in agreement as to the urgent need to arrest this drift in our national psyche to keep our federation streaming.”

Counseling political pragmatism, he noted that Nigerians must agree that problems do exist and the leadership must scale-up the level of sophistication of intervention efforts.

His words: “We must agree that we do have problems on our hands. We also must be prepared to confront the problems head-on without brewing sentiments and emotions that may tend to becloud the real issues. Some of these problems, as disturbing as they appear to be, have lived with us for some time now without going away even when concerted efforts have been made to proffer solutions to them.

“We must therefore invent new ways to suit the sophistication of crimes and violence. We have also survived several challenges as a nation under construction and expectedly one should appreciate the delicate balance that we find ourselves as a result of these rebuilding processes.

Source:http://www.leadership.ng/nga/articles/12295/2012/01/03/subsidy_removal_ill-timed_%E2%80%93_ibb.html

@OP, How about this to 'wet' your mouth abit:

Fares within, to and from different parts of Kano have soared to a disturbing level.
It was also learnt that many families who had traveled to the East for the Christmas might be stranded due to the new fare as they had provided for their return fare based on the old rates.
Daily Sun noted that movement from Kano to Lagos which as at Sunday was N5, 550 is now N8, 500, from Kano to Ibadan which was N4, 450 is now N7, 550, from Kano to Bayelsa which used to be N8, 000 is now N17, 000, while from Kano to any part of the Eastern states is now N13, 000 from the rate of[b] N3, 500[/b]. Madness, right 

Different filling stations in the city also showed different in the pump prices. For instance, at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station, the product sells for N138 per litre, while major marketers sell theirs for N141 per litre.
At the various posts of black market sellers in the state, a jerry can of fuel was selling for as far as N1000 from its previous rate, even as some of the roadside sellers maintained that the prices are yet to stabilize.

Source:http://sunnewsonline.com/webpages/news/national/2012/jan/03/national-03-01-2012-0012.html

Fuel Subsidy Protests: Government To Shut Down Blackberry Services

****Going by the news source, so air of credibility might be in this news report, so if you'r in Nigeria or Travelling to or Transit Nigeria, be Warned***

These are uncertain times for out beloved country Nigeria. A shadow has been cast over its soverignty, , fellow forumite.
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Posted: January 3, 2012 - 03:02

Police attack Abuja protester

By SaharaReporters, New York

Wary of the gathering storm of public resentment of its fuel subsidy removal, the Nigeria government might have prevailed on telecommunication service providers to shut down Blackberry Services (BIS) nationwide in order to prevent people from being able to organize protests against it.

Information reaching SaharaReporters said that those services will be disrupted by the companies tomorrow, January 3, following directives and threats from some people close to President Goodluck Jonathan.                       

It was gathered that the presidency has grown increasingly worried about the influence that social media has had in coordinating public opinion on the fuel subsidy issue.  We also gathered that the police have been directed to prevail and use force on any protesters.  Insiders say the plan protest has sent jitters down the spine of the government, and that it is ready to use everything available at its disposal to nip it in bud.

This afternoon in Abuja, police arrested a former member of the House of Representatives, Dino Melaye and two other youth activists. Dino led protesters who had gathered to collect signatures in protest against the fuel subsidy removal withdrawal.

Source:http://saharareporters.com/news-page/fuel-subsidy-protests-government-shut-down-blackberry-services

afam4eva:
Nairaland may be a threat too.

FYI, Nairaland has being monitored since 31st of December 2011.Should Nairaland become a rallying point, sure We will do all it takes to get it going, especially those of us in the diaspora!

The era where a dictator can stiffle information flow is now history,  GEJ and His cabinets of COWARDs must realize that when the people say NO, then you have to listen,consult and adjust,  you do not dictate in a democracy!

efisher:
Take a look at the members of the board and tell me labor is not part of the game plan. I dey laff o.

You think ALL Nigerians can be fooled? Labour was never a party to the formation of this committee, and this is a ploy, a late one if I may say by the COWARD LEADER, Jonathan to give credit to his anti-people policy and I am sorry, it may be too late.

The protest are continuing, just as the prices are sky rocketing, Nigerians will not yield to anymore deceit, GEJ's government is not a rocking boat in a sea od mistrust!

afam4eva:
The end of Nigeria is near. Who gave Jonathan such insensitive advise? He should also shut facebook and twitter. .

Maybe Jonathan should also shut the "aproko" channels aka "madam sisi tori blind spots" and "Papa Okoro drinking joint" dotted all over the country,

Someone should tell Reuben Abati to inform Jonathan that more protest are in the offering in the next coming days and the Nigerian Economy is about to witness a lock down like never before in her history and no amount of BB services disruption will stop it!

It is now becoming to clear to Nigerians that the FG is the REAL BOKO HARAM we have. This piece of information is no surprising because the loosed mouth, earth forsaken Minister of Information Mr. Labaran Maku, has being giving the signal for over three months now. I guess this was what they were taking home from their so TOWN HALL meetings with stakeholders right?

I have said it and I repeat, Jonathan is a coward. Oh is He now scared of the pockets of protest that has already began? Haha, no wonder they horriedly went and brought out Kayode and co to mediate and I am sorry this will not work this time around!  

news is fake,

^^^source please

**signing out**** thanks peeps, Gunner4life, we still rule London, North, West, East, or Central, We are the KING  

Chei, which one kon worse pass, Naija fuel wahala, abi nay Arsenal flippy flopp this season ??