All that the APC fought then we see them going back to their vomit. So what are you saying new Mr spoke man?

Even if APC like make dem auction tinubu Nigerians no go buy, put am for black market we still no go buy, sale am as okrika we say o we no go buy. No matter how u try to repackage chocolate wey don melt u no fit package am to it's original shape.



Tinubu my leg, my hand,my head, my brain dey shake but e wan nack...e wan nack

Kasssandra:


Because they can't see how subsides are damaging the economy.

Which is one reason why I don;t support APC or PDP or even any of the parties...none of them wants to remove subsides. But the thing is, whatever Labour says, we have to.

Your tinubu better support subsidy removal. So should atiku and obi. Forget labour. They are not always right.

You can't say forget labour.

ASUU for instace is a branch of Labour and no matter how ASUU might be, the public would always support them over government.

tk4radi:
When Buhari talked about removing the same Subsidy, did the Organised Labour and the NLC complain about it? Did they protest?
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Why is this confused Buffon bringing them into the subsidy topic now?

Labour did...but at the end, when they were shown how keeping petrol at N87 was threatening their salaries....they then accepted the compromise of partial subsidy removal.

Even under GEJ, despite all the protests, fuel went up from N65 to N97, then N87.

At the end, subsidy costs too much. Even NLC knows that. It is because they think that removing subsidy means high prices, and government won't increase their saalries, that they agitate for it all the time.

Also, finally, Labour is not complaining because Buhari as I said, is doing partial removal. If Bubu did full removal of subsidy....then they would have complained well well.

Oga Kayemo I think tackling Oga Obi over fuel subsidy should not be your concern, if I was in your shoe , I would pick Oga Atiku and Oga Obi 's thoughts on how to solve the lingering ASUU problem, because it is obvious Oga Bola has refuse to give President Buhari expose on what to do.... It is like your party forgets young people are a sizeable block in the elections.... Yet you do want to ride on President Buhari's scorecard to the Presidency.

rusher14:


You can't say forget labour.

ASUU for instace is a branch of Labour and no matter how ASUU might be, the public would always support them over government.

You really don't support subsidy removal.

rusher14:


Are you reading for the sake of understanding or simply to oppose?

Can you tell me where I promoted subsidies?

I simply responded to the issue of subsidising of luxuries which should never happen.

If anything should be subsidized, it can only be essentials.

And I am telling you subsides on essentials without appropriate revenue raised from taxation cannot work.

Kasssandra:


Labour did...but at the end, when they were shown how keeping petrol at N87 was threatening their salaries....they then accepted the compromise of partial subsidy removal.

Even under GEJ, despite all the protests, fuel went up from N65 to N97, then N87.

At the end, subsidy costs too much. Even NLC knows that. It is because they think that removing subsidy means high prices, and government won't increase their saalries, that they agitate for it all the time.

Also, finally, Labour is not complaining because Buhari as I said, is doing partial removal. If Bubu did full removal of subsidy....then they would have complained well well.

So, since they are no more complaining, why is Keyamo calling them?
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Is Keyamo already pre-empting that Peter Will do an abrupt subsidy removal?

rusher14:


You cannot repair our refineries.

By now this should have been clear to all.

The solution is to sell them off to private investors but I'm sure Labour would oppose the sale.

If they cannot repair why is the minister for state Sylva saying the PH refinery will be in operation by the end of the year?
If this was possible,why was the repair not carried out right from the inception of this administration?
Lets even admit without conceding that our moribund refineries are beyond repair,what stopped the FG from building new refineries instead of denying that there was anything called subsidy?
A state in america Texas has 47 operational refineries yet we are trying to revive a refinery when we have the resources to build new ones!
I stand to be corrected....Nigeria is the only OPEC country that still imports petroleum products!
What a disgrace!

tk4radi:
So, since they are no more complaining, why is Keyamo calling them?
..
Is Keyamo already pre-empting that Peter Will do an abrupt subsidy removal?

The problem with APC is that they know what to do about subsides, they should be removed. It makes economic sense.

But most Nigerians regardless of party support subsides. So, instead of Keyamo to say that yes, Obi is right...he labells Obi evil....

If Keyamo agreed with Obi on subsides removal, PDP will then claim that LP and APC want to make Nigerians suffer by removing subsidy....which means victory for Atiku next year...

Politics is like a game of chess.

openmine:

If they cannot repair why is the minister for state Sylva saying the PH refinery will be in operation by the end of the year?
If this was possible,why was the repair not carried out right from the inception of this administration?
Lets even admit without conceding that our moribund refineries are beyond repair,what stopped the FG from building new refineries instead of denying that there was anything called subsidy?
A state in america Texas has 47 operational refineries yet we are trying to revive a refinery when we have the resources to build new ones!
I stand to be corrected....Nigeria is the only OPEC country that still imports petroleum products!
What a disgrace!

Government has no business in business.

Government should not be building more refineries.

Instead they should support private investors in any shape or form to get them to produce locally.

I support keyamo on this, the useless zombiedients that stood against the social media law are the same people complaining about fake news,
The same zombiedients organized to protest against Buhari if he removed subsidy now their foolish ipob patron is saying he will remove subsidy.
I just pray this fool win so that zombiedients will know that leadership is not a child play.

openmine:

If they cannot repair why is the minister for state Sylva saying the PH refinery will be in operation by the end of the year?
If this was possible,why was the repair not carried out right from the inception of this administration?
Lets even admit without conceding that our moribund refineries are beyond repair,what stopped the FG from building new refineries instead of denying that there was anything called subsidy?
A state in america Texas has 47 operational refineries yet we are trying to revive a refinery when we have the resources to build new ones!
I stand to be corrected....Nigeria is the only OPEC country that still imports petroleum products!
What a disgrace!

The only way refineries can be repaired is that subsidy has to go first.

That way there would be

1.Enough income comming in to incentivise domestic refining...which means NNPC would repair refineries quickly to take advantage of the profits.

2. Investors would be willing to invest...since subsidy removal means enough profit

3.No more free government money, which means that the refineries better work, or NNPC Ltd loses money. Under such a circumstance, sabotage, crude oil theft, etc would reduce. A refinery worker sabotaging the refinery means lost money, which hits his pocket first. (There is one reason why MTN works better than Nitel ever did....they get no government money.).

And anyway, two refineries are being repaired now...because NNPC wants to take advantage of the proposed June 2023 removal of subsidy date.

slivertongue:
APC has nothing to offer NIGERIANS but deception

don't mind them,see d promise apc deceive not all Nigerian but many,u can check d list but yet dey produce d worst economy and policies in d history of nigeria since democracy 1999.

FILE: Campaign promises of Buhari (and APC)
FILE: Campaign promises of Buhari (and APC)
AUTHOR:
Mayowa Tijani
MAY 29, 2015 5:45 PM
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The All Progressives Congress (APC) and its flag bearer, Muhammadu Buhari, have finally taken a hold of Nigeria’s federal power after what was for them the longest eight weeks in the nation’s history (March 28 – May 29, 2015).

During the electioneering campaign, the people’s general, who shall forthwith be addressed as President Muhammadu Buhari; his vice president, Yemi Osinbajo; and other top members of the party, made lots of promises to Nigerians, upon which they rode gallantly to power.

Would the APC, Buhari and Osinbajo keep their promises to Nigerians? Or would their administration end up like the quote of Greek author, Aesop, who said: “When all is said and done, more is said than done”?

Just in the spirit of accountability’s sake, TheCable has compiled a list of Buhari’s and APC’s promises to Nigerians, as these will undoubtedly form the stake against which the APC government would be assessed when this new tenure ends in 2019.

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1. Public declaration of assets and liabilities

2. State and community policing

3. Ban on all government officials from seeking medical care abroad

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4. Implementation of the National Gender Policy, including 35% of appointive positions for women

5. Revival of Ajaokuta steel company

6. Generation, transmission and distribution of at least 20,000 MW of electricity within four years and increasing to 50,000 MW with a view to achieving 24/7 uninterrupted power supply within 10 years.

7. Empowerment scheme to employ 740,000 graduates across the 36 states and the Federal Capital Territory.

8. Establishment of a free-tuition and scholarship scheme for pupils who have shown exceptional aptitude in science subjects at O/Levels to study ICT-related courses

9. 720,000 jobs by the 36 states in the federation per annum (20,000 per state)

10. Three million Jobs per year

11. [In another policy document by the APC] We will embark on vocational training, entrepreneurial and skills acquisition schemes for graduates along with the creation of a Small Business Loan Guarantee Scheme to create at least 5 million new jobs by 2019.

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12. Churches and Mosques would not pay taxes under national laws, but if they engage in businesses, the businesses would pay tax.

13. Provision of allowances to the discharged but unemployed Youth Corps members for Twelve (12) months while in the skills and entrepreneurial development programme

14. Making our economy one of the fastest-growing emerging economies in the world with a real GDP growth averaging 10% annually. [In another instance, the APC promised 10-12% annual GDP growth]

15. Creation of a Social Welfare Programme of at least Five Thousand Naira (N5000) that will cater for the 25 million poorest and most vulnerable citizens upon the demonstration of children’s enrollment in school and evidence of immunisation to help promote family stability

16. Recruitment and training of at least 100,000 officers into the Nigerian police force and establish a Federal anti-terrorism agency.

17. One free meal (to include fruits) daily, for public primary school pupils

18. Building an airport in Ekiti state

19. Eradication of state of origin, replacing that with state of residence to ensure Nigerians are Nigerians first, before anything else.

20. Establishment of Crime Squad to combat terrorism, kidnapping, armed robbery, militants, ethno-religious and communal clashes nationwide

21. Working with the National Assembly towards the immediate enactment of a Whistle Blower Act

22. Economic stability for the ECOWAS nations and maintaining a strong, close and frank relationship with West Africa, South Africa, UK, USA, Canada, and other African countries

23. Establishing a conflict resolution commission to help prevent, mitigate and resolve civil conflicts within the polity.

24. All political officer holders earn only the salaries and emoluments determined and approved by the Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission RMFAC.

25. Permanent peace in the Niger Delta and other conflict prone areas such as Plateau, Taraba, Bauchi, Borno and Abia.

26. As against fears in some quarters, Buhari while speaking with catholic bishops in Abuja back in February, promised not to Islamise Nigeria.

27. Nationwide sanitation plans to keep Nigeria clean

28. Preserving the independence of the Central Bank

29. Simplifying immigration process to foster faster visa processing at points of entry.

30. Special incentives to facilitate the education of the girl child

31. Full implementation of the National Identification Scheme to generate the relevant data.

32. Making Information Technology, Manufacturing, Agriculture and Entertainment key drivers of our economy

33. Balancing the economy across regions by the creation of 6 new Regional Economic Development Agencies (REDAs) to act as champions of sub-regional competitiveness

34. Putting in place a N300bn regional growth fund (average of N50bn in each geo-political region) to be managed by the REDAs.

35. Amending the Constitution and the Land Use Act to create freehold/leasehold interests in land along with matching grants for states to create a nationwide electronic land title register on a state by state basis

36. Reviving and reactivating our minimally performing Refineries to optimum capacity

37. Creating additional middle-class of at least 2 million new home owners in our first year in government and 1 million annually thereafter.

38. [In another policy document] Creating an additional middle class of at least 4 million new home owners by 2019 by enacting national mortgage single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses as well as reviewing the collateral qualification to make funding for home ownership easier, with 15 to 30 year mortgage terms.

39. Enacting a national mortgage system that will lend at single digit interest rates for purchase of owner occupier houses.

40. Injecting extra N30bn to the Agricultural sector to create more agro-allied jobs by way of loans at nominal interest rates for capital investment on medium and commercial scale cash crops.

41. You farm, government buys, guaranteeing a minimum price for selected crops and facilitate storage of agricultural products as and when necessary.

42. Creating a national infrastructural development bank to provide loans at nominal interest rates exclusively for this sector.

43. Construction of 3,000km of Superhighway including service trunks

44. Building of up to 4,800km of modern railway lines – one third to be completed by 2019

45. At least one functioning airport is available in each of the 36 states.

46. Ending gas flaring and ensuring sales of at least half of gas produce, within Nigeria

47. Speedily passing the much-delayed Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) and ensuring that local content issues are fully addressed.

48. Establishing at least six new universities of science and technology with satellite campuses in various states.

49. Establishing six centres of excellence to address the needs of special education

50. Prioritizing the reduction of the infant mortality rate by 2019 to 3%

51. Reducing maternal mortality by more than 70%

52. Reducing HIV/AIDs infection rate by 50% and other infectious diseases by 75%

53. Improving life expectancy by additional 10 years on average.

54. Increasing the number of physicians from 19 per 1000 population to 50 per 1000

55. Increasing national health expenditure per person per annum to about N50,000 (from less than N10,000 currently)

56. Increasing the quality of all federal government-owned hospitals to world class standard within five years

57. Ensuring timely payment of retirement benefits for all pensioned senior citizens and creating a poverty safety net for all aged citizens above the age of 65.

58. Amending the Constitution to require Local Governments to publish their meeting minutes, service performance data, and items of spending over N10M.

59. Requiring full disclosure in media outlets, of all government contracts over N100m prior to award and during implementation at regular interval

60. Amending the Constitution to remove immunity from prosecution for elected officers in criminal case

61. Initiating action to amend the Nigerian Constitution with a view to devolving powers, duties, and responsibilities to states in order to entrench true Federalism and the Federal spirit

62. Reforming and Strengthening the Justice System for efficient administration and dispensation of justice with the creation of special courts for accelerated hearing of corruption, drug trafficking, terrorism and similar cases of national importance

63. Establishing world-class sports academy and training institutes and ensure that Nigeria occupies a place of pride in global sports and athletics

64. Reviving the Nigerian football league and putting incentives in place to make it as competitive as other national leagues.

65. Putting in place measures to identify talents early and ensuring their participation in local and international games to enable them become professionals

66. Assisting Nollywood to fully develop into world class movie industry that can compete effectively with Hollywood and Bollywood in due course.

67. Ensuring the rights of women are protected as enshrined in our Constitution

68. Guaranteeing that women are adequately represented in government appointments and providing greater opportunities in education, job creation and economic empowerment

69. Promoting the concept of reserving a minimum number of seats in the National Assembly for women.

70. Free maternal and children healthcare services

71. Stabilizing the naira

72. Targeting up to 20% of our annual budget for this critical sector whilst making substantial investments in training quality teachers at all levels of the educational system (Some other APC policy documents had 15%)

73. Ensuring compliance with policies and measures to halt the pollution of rivers and waterways in the Niger Delta and other parts of the country

74. Adopting a holistic approach to erosion and shoreline protection across the country

75. ECOWAS currency by 2020 under Nigeria’s guidance and leadership

76. Maintaining strong, close and frank relationships within the Gulf of Guinea, the Commonwealth, South Africa and the rest of the world

77. Establishing a new special relationship with the leading emerging markets like Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) and other strategic partners around the world.

78. [On Boko Haram] Government intends to commission a sociological study to determine its origins, remote and immediate causes of the movement, its sponsors, the international connexions to ensure that measures are taken to prevent a recurrence of this evil.

79. Strengthening INEC to reduce, if possible, eliminate electoral malpractices in Nigerian’s political life

80. Improving operational and legal mechanisms so that disciplinary steps are taken against proven human rights violations by the Armed Forces.

81. Free Education at primary, secondary and tertiary institutions for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) and Education.

Editors’s Note: These promises were collated from the APC policy document and manifesto, Buhari’s 100 days covenant, speeches at campaign rallies and town hall meetings nationwide.
with all diz promise they still got 20% out of hundred

Kasssandra:


The only way refineries can be repaired is that subsidy has to go first.



That way there would be

1.Enough income comming in to incentivise domestic refining...which means NNPC would repair refineries quickly to take advantage of the profits.

2. Investors would be willing to invest...since subsidy removal means enough profit

3.No more free government money, which means that the refineries better work, or NNPC Ltd loses money. Under such a circumstance, sabotage, crude oil theft, etc would reduce. A refinery worker sabotaging the refinery means lost money, which hits his pocket first. (There is one reason why MTN works better than Nitel ever did....they get no government money.).

And anyway, two refineries are being repaired now...because NNPC wants to take advantage of the proposed June 2023 removal of subsidy date.

So What happens when the FG repairs or build the refineries first?
When the subsidy is removed who pays for the actual price of the imported products?
How much is aviation fuel? How much is a single trip by air?
Diesel has been deregulated right? How much is diesel sold in your own state currently?

Kasssandra:


The problem with APC is that they know what to do about subsides, they should be removed. It makes economic sense.

But most Nigerians regardless of party support subsides. So, instead of Keyamo to say that yes, Obi is right...he labells Obi evil....

If Keyamo agreed with Obi on subsides removal, PDP will then claim that LP and APC want to make Nigerians suffer by removing subsidy....which means victory for Atiku next year...

Politics is like a game of chess.

Ok then..


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Game of Chess.
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instead of him to keep quiet.
He doesn’t know that a smart rebuttal of his dart would be a score against him

rusher14:


Government has no business in business.

Government should not be building more refineries.

Instead they should support private investors in any shape or form to get them to produce locally.

Let them build or repair the refineries first to alleviate the sufferings of the citizens!
Now that they are a private entity,they can also issue licences to companies who intend building refineries!
Despite having private owned refineries,the USA also have government owned refineries!
Seems the financial challenges and inflation rate in the country has not gotten to you!

Kasssandra:


Yes, because when Nigerians say subsidy is a scam, they mean that the government should 'cut the corruption in the subsidy' not remove it. APC played on that to get elected. Ultimately APC is made up of Nigerians, most of whom DO not suppot subsidy removal.




1.Yes, they protested. So also did most Nigerians. Even PDP, GEJ supporters were opposed to subsidy removal.

2.I am going to say it again. Most Nigerians don';t support subsidy removal. Even the one Buhari is doing...the partial subsidy removals he does....which reflect as an increase in prices...is used as evidence of how evil he is by most of his opponents.

3.The thing is, you guys use fuel price increases as a means to hit whichever government in power does it. Because you really don't want to buy fuel at market price, you want it subsidised. If your side does it, it is ok

4.I hate to defend Buhari...but the price increases is necessary. If he had kept fuel at N87 per liter...by now we would have been spending all our budget to pay for subsides, and have been in an even bigger debt than what we have. Just as if Jona had allowed kerosene and diesel subsidy to remain instead of removing them in 2013, we would have been spending all our budget money by now paying for subsides...

5.Ideally, what Bubu and GEJ and many Nigerian leaders past wanted to do is completely remove subsides. But Nigerians are opposed. Meanwhile subsidy costs keep on rising...so they have to do partial removals so as to ensure that there is still some kudi leftover to pay for things, and to keep us from having a deficit that becomes bigger than the actual budget.


Now, do you support subsidy removal?

Yes, I do. I know how much I buy gas in US each time. In Benin Republic, they sell fuel almost at double the pump price back home....Benin currency has overtaken ours, just to digress a little. Naira was far more valuable than cefa as of 2015 cos we always have projects there and i used to buy cefa each time. They have no oil, they are poorer than Nigeria as well yet, their currency is so strong now.

Subsidy payment is not transparently done even under this administration. There's nothing like partial subsidy payment as claimed by the apc. They clamoured for subsidy removal but what happend? They're still paying as much as they did in GEJ era. When they knew that pump price increase was inevitable, why lie about it and why stage the needless protest to make it look like GEJ's administration was punishing Nigerians?

The government of the day knows what to do but they don't want to do it. Give licences to companies to build local refineries, even if its modular, give enough licences to interested investors and see subsidy disappear. But you know...they feed fat from subsidy.

openmine:

Let them build or repair the refineries first to alleviate the sufferings of the citizens!
Now that they are a private entity,they can also issue licences to companies who intend building refineries!
Despite having private owned refineries,the USA also have government owned refineries!
Seems the financial challenges and inflation rate in the country has not gotten to you!

They cannot build or repair them.

Hasn't history taught us anything?

Since Abacha's government, the Nigerian-owned refineries have been in perpetual state of (dis)repair.

I don't care about all these political game y'all playing but one thing I know is that anyone that wins the presidential election in 2023 must remove fuel subsidy or we are all doomed in this country.

I was compelled to edit what I initially wrote.

There's virtually no difference between the PDP or APC except for the regions in the country they either dominate.

I basically feel all parties in Nigeria stand for corruption.

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Racoon:


https://punchng.com/subsidy-removal-keyamo-tackles-lp-obi-over-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1663412008

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Foolish people.

Nobody has bothered to reach INEC and APC on allegations of their collusion to rig next yr's election.

It's only on labour party and Obi you become proactive.

Racoon:
Festus Keyamo shamelessly is not telling Nigerians how and why his principal-the current president cum minister of petroleum repeatedly called fuel subsidy a fraud.

Neither has he explained why the same government that he subserves have been fraudulently paying the same subsidy for the past 7 years despite lying repeatedly to have removed the same over the years.

If they remove subsidy and we have to start buying fuel at 461/ litre can you and every other Nigerian afford it?

Fuel subsidy is a scam

Realist12:
Thank God Obi and Labour party won't take over the government , this their own kind of clueless is a type we've never seen before,Fuel subsidy that the present government is gradually removing Obi wants to remove it in weeks or months and cause unnecessary hardship, same youths campaigning for him today will hit the streets to protest for Obi's impeachment in his first tenure .Obi/LP are not even updated on the workings of government, same Labour party sponsored by NLC his ideology is different from what NLC stands for.
Can't Obi think outside the box for ones ? All he's campaigning with are been done by APC already, he should have joined APC if he loves their manifestos.

APC party and their supporters need brain check every minute because they are going nut.
GEJ removed fuel subsidy and the price was #154 to #150 (after subsidy removal), but the evil APC fought against, with their evil protest with buhari saying he doesn't know what subsidy is.

Buhari came in to power and removed subsidy under One kachwuku as minister of state for petroleum, with the promise that price will drop after six months.
Here we are with this evil government enthroning hardship all over Nigeria.
Na God go judge APC as a party and their supporters.

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Racoon:


https://punchng.com/subsidy-removal-keyamo-tackles-lp-obi-over-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1663412008

Prior to 2015, APC said petroleum subsidy is a scam, that there was nothing like subsidy of petroleum products by Jonathan administration. I think APC owe Nigerians explanation on this.

I think he should direct those useless question to his boss that has been deceiving Nigerians about subsidy all along

Racoon:


https://punchng.com/subsidy-removal-keyamo-tackles-lp-obi-over-proposal/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1663412008

Mr "Mugu" and his team enjoyed oil subsidy for 7 years plus, then he didn't see anything wrong in subsidy. But just at the eve of his tenure ending, he's now noising about subsidy removal, what a double-faced Mugu. God will play his doubled tongued video for him one day.

My own question is for APC, what is the point keeping the subsidy if it saves interest free funds for us as against borrowing with crippling interests?
They knew they were going to remove it (tentatively albeit) but borrowed for eight years to send us into a crippling debt. APC deserves to go for that alone.

openmine:

So What happens when the FG repairs or build the refineries first?
When the subsidy is removed who pays for the actual price of the imported products?
How much is aviation fuel? How much is a single trip by air?
Diesel has been deregulated right? How much is diesel sold in your own state currently?

Only way for FG to repair refineries...remove subsidy first. Because the money that would have gone into repairing refineries is spent on subsidising fuel in the first place.....

Finally, you want fuel and diesel to be sold at cheap prices...from your last sentence. It does not work like that in real life. The people who bring and make the diesel you use want to be paid well. Same for fuel. And subsidy costs don't cover all their cost of living.