₦airaland Forum

franchasng:
Tinubu should rather learn from leaders that used anti people policies to push the citizens to the edge.


Maybe Tinubu's inhumane tax law and other of his wicked policies in the name of increasing government revenue away from crude oil will be the final straw that will break the camel's back and boom, Baba Sope the Lagos landlord will get that people's revolt he has been asking for, just maybe, time will tell.



So Seyi Law abi Seyi Court, don't worry, don't advice Tinubu to reverse his anti people policies, be there trying to gaslight and scare Nigerians with references, e go shock una

Tinubu is implementing robust policies that are already reshaping the economy of Nigeria.

It is true,that these policies cause inconveniences and hardship at the infancy stages but they also offer opportunities. Unfortunately, most of the Youths on Social Media are the educated youths, who are programmed for salaries-job and not in good capacity to adequately increase their incomes to adjust for the effects of inflation.

Racoon:
These supporters of oppressors would rather want suffering citizens to continue to suffer that revolt or fight for what is legally theirs from the hands of their oppressors.

People can protest against certain policies they don't like but killing political office holders ,burning public buildings and insurrection will only cause more havoc without producing any solutions

This is similar to the usual excuses of failed siblings, blaming their most successful siblings that 'all the money that our parents had were used to educate Broda Yemi/ Aunty Aminat' now, he forgets us.

The real reason why other States witnessed slower growth: collapses of over 300 manufacturing companies scattered accross Nigeria between 1986-2007 and replacement, with culture of massive importation. This led to great rural-urban migration.

Kingpele:
Everything about this administration is focused on either frustrating citizens or centred on frivolities...this could be the reason a company representative had the guts to walk out of a meeting with a minister of the federal Republic (a representative of the president)in attendance.....this is the anyhowness we keep seeing in this country...

NUPENG is a meddlesome interloper.

Dangote only has a contract with the new drivers, NOT with NUPENG.


Imagine that you just open a new restaurant and want ti hire ten sales girls to work for you ,then some old women in the neighbourhood come into the restaurant, claiming to be the union of food sellers and insisting that you can't operate unless these new 10 sales girls join their association otherwise, they would cripple all food businesses in the town

Lamasta:
Let him join the union his workers are under labour laws in the land

Coca-Cola and Nigerian Breweries are able to engage drivers to transport their products from the manufacturing plants to their distributors without Trade Unionists causing problems but Dangote can't be left alone to employ drivers to transport his products from his plants (Refinery) to the distributors (petrol stations) because it by-pass NUPENG middlemen

Ojiofor:
Davido said he is Igbo too so what's the big deal?
Awww the Adelekes are Igbos like Vivour from the ruling house of Osun state,😅

Davido can claim to be anything, that is own cup of tea but the Senator Raji Ayoola Adeleke ,the father of the incumbent Governor of Osun State and the late Balogun of Ede was an aristocratic Yoruba man.

Buccalcavity2:
His people ain't close-minded or tribalistic (esp comparatively). He fell for the political gimmick of his opponents. He caught the bait coz he is simple.
Not diff from "Christian take back your country" "Muslim Muslim rhetoric"... it's what politicians do. The job of a politician is to ensure none sticks to him/her.

No ,he strongly believed that the votes of the Igbos and other non-indigenes plus anti -Tinubu Yorubas would give him victory.

On a deeper level, one can see that he has veiled contempt for the Yoruba people, going by nany of his posts on Social Media.

IgOga:
Ok. Omo eko plenty for here. So what should we do about that?

ADC will not downgrade itself in Lagos by choosing Gbadebo. Funso Doherty is our man in Lagos

Though they now claim Lagosians, but the Doherty family is originally from Ilaro Town which is in today's Ogun State

Vision101:
Rubbish...... I have my company and it's my right to give you condition of employment. If you like it you sign and take up employment. If you don't want you try somewhere else and another person will take your position.

Have you not noticed over the years that banks don't have unions. Where is NUBIFE? Have you ever heard of strikes in the banking sector for so many years?

NUPENG is scared that they can't hold the nation to ransom anymore with what Dangote wants to do. Their leaders want to feed fat on check-off dues from Dangote drivers. Other Dangote truck drivers do they belong to unions?

Dangote has fought the oil cabal and won them is it the small fry like NUPENG that he cannot? The days of threats by oil workers are coming to an end.

In Lagos NUPENG members will park anyhow. If Lagos State government tow their vehicles they will go on strike.

I remember during Obasanjo's tenure.

A soldier flogged a tanker driver ,who obstructed the road at Oshodi-Apapa express Road, causing traffic grid lock.
Immediately, NUPENG declared strike and held the country to ransome

owagbeba:
It is important we (Nigerians) really sit down and decide what kind of society we want.

The same way NURTW is forcing motorists to pay up at every bus stop regardless of membership or not. Same thing NUPENG wants here. Dangote and Dantata are private entities, and they can freely decide not to join this association called NUPENG. What’s wrong with that? NUPENG is an association, isn’t it? It is not a regulatory body for drivers in the oil and gas sector. It is just an association!

NUPENG is the equivalent of NURTW in the Oil & Gas Industry.

They have enjoyed monopoly and holding Nigeria to ransome for over 40yrs and are now scared of private sector participation in the industry.

This is like ASUU ,insisting that all lecturers in Private Universities join their union.

SeeWahala:
Helinues, run come see something ooo

That lack of fuel scarcity and ques wey you dey use make point for your Tilumbu's good governance is about to be cancelled

Wetin you go come use dey make mouth for us here if e eventually turn out to be true? 🤔

The matter is between Dangote Refinery and NUPENG , nothing concern Tinubu about this case.

Dangote and Dantata have rights to run their companies in any ways they deem fit in as much as they don't breech any laws. NUPENG is a meddlesome interloper, that want to maintain their monopoly in the downstream sector of the petroleum industry by insisting, that Dangote drivers must join their Trade Union

surgical:
Tinubu did not do any magic, it is because he is able to put petrol prices at a rate that both the government and the dealers makes abnormal profits
The scarcity that occur before is usually for price negotiation, when government wants to jack up prices,since everyone involved is now smiling to the bank except the masses, the oppressors are delighted, what will they withdraw supply for

The MAGIC, Tinubu did was to return Petrol to the pre-1965 era, when Petrol was like bread, newspapers, palm oil or beer, whose prices were determined by demand and supply,rather than by the President

AMINDA:
This green snake won't cease pandering to the Southwest in a bid to be considered for the VP role. He's celebrating Gani Fawehinmi but opposition figures are being hounded in Kaduna state. The ADC office just got shut down by the police. Was that what Gani Fawehinmi stood for?

How old were you during the Abacha days, when Comrade Uba Sani(now Governor of Kaduna State), Comrade Chima Ubani ,Comrade Femi Aribisala and Gani Fawahenmi were organising protests against the Military Junta?

Comrade Sheu Sani (Now Senator Sheu Sani) and Dr Beko Ransome-Kuti were incarcerated alongside Comfort Obi, Lam Adesina and Bola Ige by the Abacha Junta.

ERockson:
Isese has gained more ground in the last few years. What are they actually doing right recently

Many of their children are now well educated. I know an Associate Professor in Medicine who is also a practicing Babalawo. Some are now lawyers ,Judges ,Police officers etc.

Age of enlightenment; Many youths are now questioning the assumed superiority of imported religions over Traditional Religion.

AntiChristian:
Isese day?

Wetin be all these sef?

Abeg, i get work tomorrow jawe!

It is a Public Holiday for African Traditional Religion called Isese in Yoruba language.

aribisala0:
Not everything is politics
I really do not know what you mean by subsidized dollar
Maybe you can define that and also state clearly the extent or percentage subsidy

My understanding is that the The Forex market is one of the most efficient with price discovery governed by demand and supply
By Forex market I am referring to what Nigerians call black market i.e Aboki/ BDC


The main discrepancy is the spread between the official rate i.e what the CBN sold at and what was happening on the street

A large spread is more indicative of what you might be referring to as SUBSIDY though Subsidy is not an accurate description

That spread widened under Buhari

Now at the time when it was 1 to 150 Emefiele was not in office
He came into office in June 2014 by which time the cracks had started to appear it was about 165 and on the the street it was approaching 200

Your claim that WE WERE BORROWING to sustain exchange rate is ridiculous.

What does that mean in practice ? That we were borrowing dollars and then underselling?

FIrst of all who was the WE that was doing that? The Federal Government or the CBN. That is a fundamental question you need to answer to demonstrate you have a clue what you are talking about

For the record this business of "FLOATING" the Naira is not new
The dollar was very stable at 80 Naira under Abacha it was the REAL rate

The reason is simple He was able to Stifle DEMAND for imports

The exchange rate ultimately depends on the balance between imports and exports

Again between 1999 and 2014 . The exchange rate was very stable at close to 150

This was based on very healthy Foreign reserves, higher oil prices

And the fact that Obasanjo had been able to clear debt



Much of the borrowing that happened after that purportedly for rail and other infrastructure projects,as well as for balancing the budget put pressure on the exchange rate because the ability to repay and service debt as well as consume imports at the same rate became more difficult when oil prices crashed in 2014

After Buhari came in it was clear the Naira needed to be devalued and this happened but it did not go far enough, was not transparent and then corruption set in at the CBN leading to a widening of the spread between street and official rate

This is not new we have seen this several times before in the late 80s and 90s


SO Whilst I agree with the decision to let the Naira find its value. It is not new we have done that before also your understanding and analysis is wrong.

There never was any borrowing to support the Naira . That is silly honestly

The use of the word subsidy is wrong.

The CBN is not the only player in the the Forex market. Over $20 billion of diasporan remittance enter the market each year and that money is traded VERY EFFICIENTLY . There is nothing like subsidy there. There is genuine price discovery

If the CBN start that exchanging 20 Naira for one dollar , knowing fully well that this is below market value, then the exchange rate HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED.

However, if the CBN sell dollars to anyone based on auction, it is market value.

SalamRushdie:
You have come to embarrass yourself self again on the altar of needless sycophancy, since dollars wasn't 150 in 2010 why do t you tell us what it was and and how much was being used to subsidized one dollar ? There is nothing like currency subsidy , Central banks have a mandate to manage the demand and supply of foreign currency, it's called currency defense , even the Tinubu govt is heavily doing it today if not the the price of the Naira should be 1950 as we speak ... if Jonathan was subsidizing the Naira was he also subsidizing the GDP per Capita which was 3400 dollars ? But today under Tinubu it's a miserable $800..Was Jonathan also subsidized FDI which was the highest is Africa through our his tenure but today Tinubu can't even attract 1.2 billion dollars..

If Tinubu had his policies right . the naira will be nowhere near 1600 it is now ..the man in a bid to rapidly enhance Oando made a huge miscalculation of moving Petro price to 590 not realizing that would trigger attendant inflation and also affect the demand for forex ...The man knows nothing about economics and even you will agree at the end of his tenure because he will have no result anywhere

Go back to Mama Nkechi beer parlour.


Economics is not your forte

KaLuCh:
Uhm? So the government should never subsidise commodities for its citizens? You do understand that's part of the government's reasonable duties?

To be cntd

.Until we learn in Nigeria, that the real role of the Government is to do what citizens can't or what citizens aren't suitable to do for themselves, we would continue to face disappointments from political office holders

It is not the responsibility of the Government to subsidise dollar for the citizens, to be able to import whatever catches their fancies, including human hairs or toothpicks

Jaylord12:
Leave him.....life will always give you what you sow in multiple fold

So, Karma is giving you the seeds you people sowed earlier?

Validated:
The seed of discord you are sowing for cheap political gains will come back to hunt you. It may take some years, but surely it will return ... it is called KARMA! and it returns in ruthless manner.

Keep quiet and channel your energy ,in developing Anambra State. Every State has the right to manage its local affairs .

Naming of Streets and B/stop are under the purview of LOCAL GOVERNMENTS and are registered, subject to renewal or non-renewal.

BlackViper:
Hahaha😂 Kemi has triggered millions of Nigerians once again into having their famous/infamous childish tantrums.

One would think that Nigerians would be grateful for having such a high profile critic of their corrupt government that has a habit of buying up opposition party members.

Kemi can't be bought because unlike Femi Fani Kayode, Reno O Mockery etc, she's not a typical "arowojobe" anywhere belle face Nigerian politician.

She is prepared to dispense with diplomatic niceties and speak the bitter chloroquine truth.

Kemi is NOT contesting election in Nigeria.


It seems both you and Kemi don't are confusing the roles of Opposition leader in UK and Opposition leader in Nigeria

Gbogboski:
The Igbos should double down on asset aquisition in Lagos.

He who owns the most property owns the city.

Lagos is ours for posterity

Why the fixation on Lagos? Why not make Onitsha or Lokoja the economic capital

Make Port Harcourt your economic capital and let Lagos be. Everyone is free to chose his or her city of economics

Because, most people need to go out during the day , to earn their living

With the ways Ohaneze release press release about Lagos every week, one would think that Ohaneze exists soley for Lagos affairs.

Ohaneze should focus on Alaigbo and learn to mind their business, once in a while

Beautifulday:
You are saying top companies have no business employing the best brains. They should employ people like Buhari who in your Opinion has masters in strategic studies not in economics?

You don't know anything about assessment of best brains.

The Nigerian educational system is so warped and give many Nigerians false sense of importance such,that many people strongly believe that spending four years to earn BA or Bsc in IMSU, DELSU,Abraka or UNILORIN is greater education than spending 22years in the Military to become a Major-General.

Beautifulday:
what was Buhari highest educational qualification in life?

which schools did he acquire them?

This author is not educated

The matter has nothing to do with schooling but ,for serious minded readers, Buhari has Masters in Strategic Studies

Why not, we have lands in Nigeria.


Nigeria should have accepted the offer and take in 3000 Venezuelans and house them in Sambisa Forests, to fight Boko Haram.


The offer should be conditional - The 300 Venezuelan Refugees must under Military Training in the US and be deployed against Boko Haram. If they flush our Boko Haram, they can live in Sambisa Forests for 30years

Naya25:
Gone are the days when men used to respect and also hold married women in high esteem. You barely see any man willing to get entangled with a married lady, because they know it's an ungodly act..

But these days, guys go after married ladies with reckless abandon. Some men even prefer dating married ladies. Even when they are told of a woman's marital status, some men no dey send. All they wanna do is just sleep with the woman. The fear of adultery is no longer there.

There are married ladies, who don't give a damn about their status as well. Some even initiate affairs with men, based on some foolish crazy excuses... Guys, sin na sin.

It's because the young and untrained generation are now married adults but don't have the discipline and morality needed to respect the sanctity of marriage.

Men and women who sleep with each other till their wedding nights (to different partners) would see nothing wrong In continuing after marriage.

Shaketable:
See u , n tribalistic sentiments , how many igbos live in isale eko , talkless of having buildings there ?

Where did I mention Igbo ? Why didn't you mention Ijaw, Efik or Nupe?

damilola4162:
It is well, why are building collapsing everywhere in Lagos!

Some people would still wail and play the victim card ,that the collapse is targeted against their tribe