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All these politicians are mad!
If they want to offer Nigerians they should pay for it. There is no need to "urge" when you can pay.

I can't understand how Keyamo and Pantami reason!
If companies should render certain services free they (government) should pay for such services in a bid to boost productivity.

As a government their mismanagement of the economy has affected all these companies. Those companies are struggling to remain afloat and all these men can think of is ways to further worsen their financial situation.

UrVillageGuys:
Las las our own don finish be that

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/03/31/covid-19-developing-countries-oil-revenue-to-decline-by-85/

This is a great development! 97 percent loss in revenue will be ideal for Nigeria! I pray that happens. Let Nigeria also lose gas revenues. Welcome development.

Eriggs:
Good one from the church . This is what churches are built for, helping the people physically and for the salivation of their souls. God bless the man of God more and more.

That is the reason you have a government, sadly your government has failed in its responsibility. Others have to do what is naturally their responsibility.

thatigboman:
sharap village man. When u fall sick during the lockdown, stay at home and say no transport.
When hunger wants to finish after 2 or 3 days, dont go and look for food and say markets are closed.

Efulefu! How many shoprite do you have in the whole of Nigeria? What mode of transportation will be required to those locations?

I think you are just as senseless as the man who made that lifeless speech.

After "covic 1-9 birus" tell me how market?

thatigboman:
38. This order does not apply to hospitals and all related medical establishments as well as organizations in health care-related manufacturing and distribution.

39. Furthermore, commercial establishments such as;
a. food processing, distribution and retail companies;
b. petroleum distribution and retail entities,
c. power generation, transmission and distribution companies; and
d. private security companies are also exempted.

Illiteracy is a disease

On the contrary it is people like you who have a problem!
Markets are not on the list. How many people shop in places other than the market?

Supply and distribution in Nigeria is in shambles.

Our markets were closed in Rivers. Many people only have access to weekly markets. Transportation has been shut down. How do people access supplies?

Some of you can't reason for yourselves. You take any trash people in power throw at you.

thatigboman:
did u listen to the president's speech at all? Food, water, pharmacy, healthcare providers ie hospitals are exempted.

Na speech pesin dey buy for market? Markets are closed my friend!

vezycash:
Shops are exempted but ignorant tax force will overstep their boundary.

There should be clarity. That's what the government should do. The inspector general should send signals to his various commands across the country. The last day people were allowed to purchase things at the market in Rivers state was Friday.

thatigboman:
what do u mean? Food, water pharmacy and other essential services will be opened. Are u going to buy them on credit when u get there?
All the money that have been donated, how will they be withdrawn and used for the purpose they are meant for if banks dont open?

Where do you buy that when stores are closed?

GamalNasser:
Someone had to remind Dullard he didn't know what he was doing causing a stampede on banking deposit which can collapse the banking sector if care is not taken ..I hate dull people with low IQ

Coupled with that, what do people need cash for if they can't shop?

Austine1212:
Main factor to that was that

Brent crude was $120 per barrel

Also wrong!
If oil is $120 and you produce 600k or 800k less than your capacity you would get less. Production was down due to insurgency. Jonathan was only able to increase production after winning the trust of insurgent groups. Coupled with that, your subsidy payments will be much higher and if you have to avoid scarcity it has to be paid timely. To a great extent Jonathan's 5 years was scarcity free.

jaxxy:
I will try to address u accordingly even though I’m not ready to break down this discussion I’m more details like I would bt 1stly I think Ure checking the wrong indicies and scenarios.

2ndly I’m not a bigot bt u probably are. Why I voted Buhari 2015 cos I saw a lack of performance in Jonathan and when Buhari failed to leave up to expectations I immediately voted against him. I didn’t need to be given money or have any ethnoreligous sentiments to do that. U can only call me a bigot perhaps if I yet In 2019 voted for Buhari like sm others did.

U wanted Jonathan to stay at all costs even after seeing his performance which to u seems like the best thing after fried rice. I don’t understand how that is possible, also I have nothing personal against his wife bt her meddling in politics even when we didn’t vote for her bt her husband earned her the reputation she got. If Aisha Buhari does same I and many will stand and speak against her also bt too u mama peace was perfect. Ok

In retrospect I agree with u on a few things and that is because I am not no BIGOT... and that is that Buhari Met no challenges bt created his challenges which I also have stated my displeasure on and with him about it on this platform. I have also said I think in 2016 that Buhari is creating many problems for himself and it wud have been worse if not for Osinbajo.

Also I agree Jonathan faced sm huge challenges or rather distractions with bokoharam at the time Bt if u look at how the scenario was handled it seems he didn’t do as much as was expected in handling it even if there where people working against him he shud have ran his affairs better and keep his corrupt aides from also adding to the sabotage his detractors where already doing.

I still state if here categorically that obasanjo was not Jonathan’s enemy at any time, even when voting for Buhari I’m sure he did it with tears in his eyes. Diezani and the Jonathan’s wife insulted obasanjo severally and with such distaste u could only further see their stupidity. Jonathan being weak and I state it her I was weak on leadership especially with women did nothing bt kept quiet or agreed secretly.

Despite all this I have never said Buhari is better than Jonathan. I only said obasanjo and yaradua are much better than him looking at the full picture and scenarios.

Obasanjo faces his own challenges when he became president. Jonathan didn’t face any until later his 1st or do I say 2nd tenure and that was majorly bokoharam and Sm detractors many of them created by his wife and the petroleum minister.

Don’t be a Bigot!!!!

I only discussed indices or scenarios that are factual.

I gave you two examples. One, in the educational sector, another in the petroleum industry. You have not proven how his predecessors outperformed him in those sectors neither were there indicators that Buhari performed better than him during his stint as military dictator and as such you can't tell that as of 2015 Buhari was the better choice because of Jonathan's supposed underperformance.

The Ijaws did not want Jonathan in power at all cost, if they did, they would have acted differently.
Yes, he is the best thing before fried rice! We didn't push for him because Nigeria doesn't deserve him. He was too futuristic for a feudal country. If you claim Obasanjo or late Yar'Adua were better you should be able to substantiate your claim. I showed how he outperformed his predecessors in the energy and education sector and you couldn't counter it with facts except repeating that Obasanjo is better. If you can substantiate your stance then it means your motivation is based bigotry and a sense of entitlement. It is like a racist who believes he is more competent for a particular job because of his race.

Aisha Buhari has even meddled more often. The issue people like you had with mrs Jonathan was that she had the temerity to correct a false statement a Male politician made in her name. Aisha has caused security lapses because of her battle for power. There was an attempt by Aisha Buhari to impose her brother on the people of Adamawa as governor, Patience Jonathan never did such yet was vilified, blackmailed, disrespected and mocked. Yet nobody is pulling Aisha's name through the mud.

It is only weaklings that fight or exchange words with women. The same Jonathan the press called a "clueless drunkard " and he didn't throw them in prisons is the same Jonathan you expect to mistreat women around him, including his wife for the sake of Obasanjo or anyone else.
When Turai was reigning supreme in Aso Rock did you dare to remove her husband even when he was brought back to the country on a stretcher with breathing aid?

When Jonathan took over most of Nigeria's oil installations had been destroyed, he was also facing insurgency on multiple fronts yet he was able to increase production, manage the conflicts to a point Nigeria became Africa's number 1 investment destination, had one of the top 10 economic growth rates in the world. Managed to maintain a single digit inflation rate, under him Nigeria's economy overtook South Africa's as the continent's largest economy. Power generation tripled. Several airports were remodeled or new ones built. The rail networks were being built across country. Almajiri education was introduced in the North. There was increased local participation in the oil industry due to policies they promoted.

Jonathan started facing challenges even before he became president! It is false to claim otherwise.

Religion of peace!
Una try well, well.......

jaxxy:
Is Jonathan the 1st to build universities? Is building university which are mostly substandard and poorly runned a great thing?

I have not said Jonathan didn’t do sm things bt I’m comparison to the advantages he had it’s quite sad.

Who brought Jonathan to power if not obasanjo via yaradua? So why are u attacking obasanjo for going against Jonathan’s incompetence and mismanagement? Do u know the atrocities of diezani alone? Why can’t she defend her self in uk even if she thinks Nigerian government now is biased against her?

One thing I know is the whole world cannot be against u and u tell me ur not doing Smtn wrong.

Obasanjo came in to power and met more challenges than goodluck or yaradua. Buhari met also more challenges. Goodluck has no reason to have had so many incomplete projects and poor service to the people and to make matters worse the arrogance of his wife and female ministers.

If anybody shud respect obasanjo it shud be goodluck.

You are bigot!
When Jonathan took oil production was down. Jonathan had to deal with violence on two fronts during his administration.
Jonathan was never petroleum minister. Obasanjo and Buhari have been their own petroleum ministers. You don't blame them for shortages or high pump prices. You have not occupied Lagos like you did under Jonathan. Under Obasanjo, petroleum price was increased at least 5 times under Obasanjo yet there was scarcity and no one complained or protested.

Jonathan said there leakages in the subsidy payment system. He set up a monitoring system and immediately they came up with reports on how bulk importers round tripped the products, claiming subsidy several times on the same cargoes. Following the reports he informed the public there be shortages as NNPC tried to increase her capacity to supply the market.

The same corrupt individuals were the ones who financed your occupy Lagos movement.

Even when they were caught for trying to bribe their way out, they used kinfolk in the media to turn the tide in their favour.

Buhari NEVER met more challenges, Buhari created his own challenges in his arrogance, ignorance, cockiness and bigotry.

When they asked on his vision country he[Buhari] said his plan was to punish those who gave him 5 percent of their vote by using their resources for those who gave 97 percent of their votes.

After that he expected the world to trust him for business!

The fact that you come a parochial society doesn't mean every society in Nigeria must disrespect women. That a man values his wife made you to fight against him. Is it him or his wife that was elected?
Just because you didn't his wife you choose to ignore reality. It was obvious anyone with commonsense that Buhari was not in any way a better solution. In his first pre election interview Buhari said he will "stabilise global oil prices", In another statement he promised to make "1 Naira equals to 1 dollar". After those statements the likes of Tinubu and Amaechi stopped from granting further interviews.
If you or others like you who voted him after all these signs. The only excuse to support Buhari in 2015 apart from ethnic and religious bigotry, will be outright stupidity.


"Stupid presidents are voted by stupid people"- Imam of peace

jaxxy:
I think Ure the one with ethnoreligous sentiments ironically. Probably u don’t like notherners, Muslims or Yoruba? Am I right?

Jonathan was not better that anyone b4 him. Not obasanjo and not yaradua. Jonathan was a good man personally perhaps bt in terms of leadership he wasn’t great, he didn’t perform well with all the advantages b4 him and this infuriated a lot of people and even his former allies.


If it was ethnoreligous why have Atiku and many of Buhari’s supporters left Apc and Buhari’s side even his close friend buba galadima. It shows these men and people have other benchmarks beyond being from the north or Muslim.

In 2015 I voted Buhari like many other people because I thought he cud clear grand corruption which has plagued this country ever since and getting worse under Jonathan. In 2019 I voted Atiku cos Buhari’s performed way below expectation generally.

Stop propagating ur ethnoreligous sentiments or hate with Jonathan’s defeat cos like I said b4 and didn’t deny only 30/40% of people used such sentiments to vote out Jonathan. I didn’t and so did many others even sm notherners aswell.

You've not stated any reason why late Yar'Adua or Obasanjo was better. If you did, I will take you on that.

Maybe the Yoruba and muslims hated us. In the past we've given support to the likes of Shagari, Obasanjo and Yar'Adua. If they were not bigots they should have given Jonathan support.

People had to put pressure before he was even allowed to take over from late Yar'Adua. Even at that they promised to make the "country ungovernable ".

For Galadima I can say his motivations were sincere. The same cannot be said about Atiku or Obasanjo.

Jonathan built 12 government owned universities within the space of 5 years. The universities Atiku and Obasanjo are known for are the private universities they built as vice president and president.

The noise South Western elite made was that; " they will show Jonathan for not giving them lucrative positions ". What are public offices meant for? To serve others or to serve yourself?

As Ijaw people we've known Nigeria for what it is, a fraud.
They are interested in Ijaw people's land, waterways and resources but not Ijaw people.

How many people have registered their displeasure since Buhari failed? Barely anyone! Instead they rigged the election for him in 2019.

jaxxy:
U guys keep thinking Gej was kicked out for ethonoreligous sentiments bt this can not be more further from the truth.

Probably on 30/40% of Buhari supporters had such extreme mindset. 70/60% where tired of his poor leadership and his misguided dictatorial wife.

The only sad situation is we/they didn’t read the Buhari option accurately based on his age and other concerning factors bt then there was no way anyone wanted a continuation of Jonathan’s government at the time and it had nothing much to do with those sentiments. Sambo the vp as a Muslim northerner and many others in his government.

Atiku, saraki, obasanjo and many others didn’t nurse ethnoreligous sentiments yet were against Jonathan.

Yes, it was primarily for ethnic and religious reasons!
Despite all his flaws none of them in the last 24 years was better than him. I challenge you to list out reasons you think otherwise if you have any.

If Jonathan wasn't a man of peace, Ijaw militants would have kept him there at any cost and there was nothing ANYONE in Nigeria could have done.

You Nigerians took a good man for a ride. You will keep on reaping the rewards of the unjust way you treated Jonathan.

If Jonathan was Fulani, Yoruba or some other favoured ethnic group he wouldn't have treated in that manner.

Let's call a spade a spade! Ethnicity and religion was the primary motivation of those who opposed GEJ in 2014/2015.

KyleXYZ:
Keep believing that fake line.
The 'little' this government got, what have they done with it?
This is a Government that doesn't even give hope for a future.

The annoying thing is that they've embarked on an unprecedented borrowing spree with nothing to show for it. Anybody who still supports Buhari till date has no conscience or is just stupid.

Originalsly:
True.... but whoever he had managing the economy then.... did a good job. If it's the person.... it would he much more difficult. If it is not.... then we need to be prepared for the worse. I know he has some decision makers that are ehmmm....... daft. I really wish he allows his wife to make decisions for him..... he has not crossed over to this century..

Who did he have 'managing the economy ' and from when?

To the best of my knowledge Buhari mismanaged Nigeria's economy. Under 3 years he doubled Nigeria's debt with nothing to show for that surge in debt. He encouraged multiple exchange rates, that ended up in the devaluation he was avoiding without the positive benefits other economies gained when they were in charge of their process.
Please, the economy was destroyed by Buhari. That can be proven, anyone who tells you otherwise is a sycophant.

Originalsly:
Buhari took over in 2015..... with oil price slumping and continuing to slump until it got to below production cost. Didn't you expect a recession to follow? The same is happening now.... and even worse because it is world wide..... regardless of who is running the country... a recession is coming. A recession doesn't happen overnight.... neither a recovery. How was Saudi Arabia doing in 2016?....with all their reserves? ...how was Venezuela doing then? ... both went thru recessions. Countries that depended on oil suffered recession in 2016. Nigeria was no different... nor was the worse hit.

The recession was Buhari's fault! Recessions could be averted. Who would you blame for a weak growth of 2 percent?
The problem with Buhari is that he doesn't understand geopolitics, diplomacy, international trade or how economies function. With such people in charge progress is an illusion.

Originalsly:
Let's keep it real.... if you can. Why not Jonathan? Let's reason. Nigeria depends almost entirely on oil. Jonathan came in office with oil price at $75 and the Naira at 150. Except for the last few months of his presidency.... the price of oil was more than 90% of his time above $75... with long runs in the 90s and stretches above $100. The last few months in office..... oil price was on the decline... down to $59.... that's when he left office...oil at $59 and the naira at 199.
Buhari took office with the price of oil slumping..... down to $22. Under him.... oil price maybe just for a few days.... never went up to $75. Today or is running at $22. Second time oil price is under production cost under Buhari. He did very well in managing the Naira when he first took office... and it has been pretty much stable. Do you really think if Jonathan had remained in office the Naira would have this value? Today it is low oil prices and the world economies are in trouble.... double wahala for Nigeria. This devaluation is just the beginning. What measures would you suggest he follow?

What I hate about Nigerians like you is that you tell half truths. To start with, oil production when Jonathan took over was significantly down, he increased minimum wage to 18,000. That had an effect of government finances, high oil prices also meant higher subsidy payments. Under Jonathan we tripled electricity generation.

If Naira was 150 when he took over and after 5 years it was 199. It shows inflationary pressures are stronger in Buhari's 5 years in charge.

The slide in oil price started in 2014. The question any discerning mind should ask is why did recession start in 2016?

The answer is simple, Buhari mismanaged Nigeria both economically and politically since he took office. His utterances and actions scared investors and potential investors, emboldened groups like the Niger Delta Avengers and created room for cronies to round trip on the Naira/USD.

The reason Russia is not vulnerable now is that they used the last glut to reform and build their reserves.

Even Saudi Arabia has embarked on modest reforms. What reforms has the Buhari government embarked on? To the best of my knowledge, none.

Stop misleading people! All you posted are half truths that will not help Nigerians learn the lessons they need to learn in a bid to push for a better society.

liljboy:
you don't know there's virtually VAT on eveything you purchase

On yam, tomato or egg? Which one?

Czartega:
That's why your brain is full of Garri!

Garri with plenty sand, sand!!
Don't mind him

Horus:
Inside Nigeria's First Coronavirus Hospital

This is the horror they are forced to face because barely any country will accept them.

helinues:
And what's the purpose/usefulness of our reserves?

Imports/maintaining the Naira's value

Jeferious:
And some here are lauding the shutting down of state borders . As for me, I rather get infected a virus that has not yet proven to be a death sentence than to suffer lack, boredom and hunger

Before the shutdown they should have paid money into every active account so people can shop before shutdown. That is how responsible governments behave. They've constituted themselves into a terror group over here.

I don't support VAT. Paying money into the accounts of Nigerians make more sense. I support Atiku on that. How many poor people buy things they pay VAT?

VAT removal will benefit rich people like BAT.

Jeferious:
As in I'm so tired of some opinions I get to see here. Why would various Nigerian cities be on lockdown? Is it merely because China and Italy used that measure? Would the various state government provide three-square meals as well as other essential needs for its citizens if a shutdown is applied and enforced?

On a lighter note, na now people go sabi the real size of their head, especially when hunger don deal with them finish. Dem no dey tell person at all

Most Nigerians are employed on a daily basis or rely on sales or contracts for their upkeep. It is hard to imagine ! Hunger may end up having more victims than the corona virus.

All these poor people talking about other people's tithe! That is why things have remained tight with you! With this attitude most of you will remain sickly and poor.

Ayoefa:
Stupid Governor, why release the name of the positive test. That's a medical record that only the patient can make public. The woman will be stigmatized from now on.

Not a good enough excuse.

In Nigeria it is difficult to avoid naming her. Not doing that may put a lot more people at risk.

hakeemhakeem:
A country can be referred as a state

Doesn't it have a name? Which state?

Melezenawii:
Shame on the enemies of the state spreading fake news

Enemies of which state?