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This fool always crying. Kenneth is looking for position that he will never get.

emkz:
While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parallel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

Fair enough, then he shouldn't fly. Or he borrows a plane from neighbouring countries. He should show that the austerity is also affecting them at the top. That is what the insensitivity Kenneth was talking about means.
Are you going to go and buy a car cos your old one is unsafe to drive when your business is showing serious signs of trouble and you can't feed yourself?
Food for thought

emkz:
If anyone else was elected, he'd have faced the same challenge. Buhari tried to remove subsidy in phases, but he failed woefully. So he took the drastic action of not providing for it in the budget and kept quiet. Fuel price never increased. Tinubu probably excitedly announced it and sent shock waves across board. Do you wonder why fuel price did not increase despite Buhari removing the subsidy and only spiked when Tinubu announced it?

The power of communication. What if he had kept quiet about it as his aides advised him to?

The indication is that we are dealing with a complex country and many fat cats who want the status quo. The biggest issue here is NNPC. The subsidy claims by NNPC is opaque and NNPC keeps paying subsidy...to whom? The same organization that imports fuel? NNPC could not tell us how much fuel was consumed daily. When they came up with a number, no one believed it, including NNPC. To fix Nigeria, NNPC needs to be made a truly Nigerian-owned company. The way NNPC collects loans, what have they done with them? How can 4 refineries collapse at once and cannot be fixed? Who is sabotaging Dangote's own?

This same problems extend to the power sector and all other sectors.

As for communication, the president did talk to the nation, but how many people are ready to listen? Remember when he spoke during the August riots, it didn't stop the riots. I think himself, the 36 state governors and all elected officials must roll up their sleeves and get to work. Let the work do the talking. Imagine the statement that can be made if people see 1,000 buses to ease transportation. Imagine the statement that would be made if cooking gas is so cheap. Imagine the statement that would be made when water supply is addressed in states.

When we were young, we used to carry seats from our houses with our names inscribed on them to sit in school. Imagine our joy when lorries brought desks to our school and we carried our chairs on our heads back home.

Just to sum up; there was never a time Nigeria was an eldorado. Pick up newspapers from the 80s. The problems then have not left us. During the Abacha years, before many of the young ones were born, there was Abacha stove. There was a time people prepared meals with saw dust. There was a time people used charcoal iron. Many of us studied without electricity as generator was a luxury.

I'd say nothing has changed except that the present generation are complaining and rightfully so. What we, the semi-OG, are trying to do is refocus the narrative so they hold everybody to account.

No time to read this trash.

You are not worth responding to.

Mercenary123:
. Why pauparize the citizens and empower the governors in the first place?

Does it make sense to you? You reduced the purchasing power of the citizens and increase the financial war chest of the state governors

Admit it, his policies has failed. He hasn't gotten anything right since he assumed office. Admit it oga

I always said it that Tinubu would have created a Trust Fund account for all the windfall derived from subsidy removal.
That's if at all he had to remove it, especially on his first day.

If all those money being saved had entered one account, it would have been monitored by the entire country on how it is being spent by all levels of leadership.

But then again, how would she have opened a Trust Fund account when he hadn't even assembled his cabinet when he announced "subsidy is gone".

Now he has been coming up with all sorts of post-surgical repairs to make up for his ineptitude.

emkz, first admit Tinubu failed.
Even the failures of the governors to give appropriate account should be partly blamed on Tinubu.

Alexis11:
Pure legendary responses. 🔥

Man, you are a legend, Sir!

See them.

Zombie praising Zombie

emkz:
Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie?

Charlie boy may not have lied.
And perhaps your Internet search was tooo simple.
The armoured version of this car is close to 1Billion naira.

nairamaniac:
I always said it that Tinubu would have created a Trust Fund account for all the windfall derived from subsidy removal.
That's if at all he had to remove it, especially on his first day.

If all those money being saved had entered one account, it would have been monitored by the entire country on how it is being spent by all levels of leadership.

But then again, how would she have opened a Trust Fund account when he hadn't even assembled his cabinet when he announced "subsidy is gone".

Now he has been coming up with all sorts of post-surgical repairs to make up for his ineptitude.

emkz, first admit Tinubu failed.
Even the failures of the governors to give appropriate account should be partly blamed on Tinubu.

. Kudos buddy

His failure is so glaring

emkz:
How come nothing changed despite the more funds they received?

Like I asked: is it the president's job to cultivate lands held by state governors and handle intra-state transportation?

Is it his job to provide water for states? I mean, how hard is it to sink boreholes in states?

You can criticize the president on many things, but many of you forget you have state governors.

You are lax in your criticism. That is why you are being taken for a ride.

I just want to jump into this ur submission.
I will tell u that what u have put in there doesn't add up.

There is a say that goes, when the head is bad the whole body is bad.

This is the same man that you are defending that rubbish Jonathan government with all manner of worthless criticism.

I thought that he has solution to Nigeria problem. I will not blame him. He said it openly that it is his turn to rule Nigeria.

Now they have handle mantle of leadership to him let him perform he has become clueless.

Withen a space of how many money the economy of the country has crumble and yet u are here defending what is not obtainable.

I just feel you should agree that the president is insensitive with acquisition of Jet despite the prevailing hardship in the country.
Whether you're paid to defend him or not, be patriotic and support truth when you see one.
Tinibu has not done well as a President and coming here to dent the governors for reckless and underperformance shows that you're insensitive too.
Are you saying he's doing well with the Jet acquisition and bad/poor implementation of the subsidy that has caused untold hardship on the citizens of this nation?

Stop the blame game and judge the performance of your mentor president.
No one should defend evil cos its benefiting him/her.

emkz:
I am not Bayo Onanuga, neither do I work in the presidency. I don't know anyone in the presidency either.

I am sorry you feel the country is messed up. I also do not gloss over the pain everyone is going through.

It is also painful to see that the leaders are living la Vida loca while the led are suffering.

My submission is that everyone must do their bit and everyone must he held accountable. That we put all the blame on one person while ignoring the other subheads diverts attention from those who have responsibilities to cater for their states. Remember the Oyo State governor said FG cannot dictate to him on the issue of LG autonomy. That is acceptable when money is involved, but not acceptable when other matters like taking care of the electorate is involved.

You are not BAYO ONANUGA yet you are upfront to put up a defence for him? I wonder how you think, you live a life of Zombie such that even when you are told to jump & die you go ahead. Sorry for your life.

Terrible
.

Osu self dey talk..

flokii:
The jet is not PBAT's personal property, he'll leave it for the next president after 8yrs when he completes his tenure.. wailers should shut da fvck ip.

DEY PLAY

What kind of insensitive talk is that?

tell him

joseph1832:
Ask those pointing him out to prove what they say, and you'll know why they say "fools congregate".

Only a fool will defend the indefensible inspite of obvious reasons otherwise.

emkz:
While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parallel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

You know, when I saw this post, you can imagine my anger and disgust that anyone could be so low to write this poor piece in defence of a politician.

I was ready to punch back in the most vitriolic manner I could muster. But after reading through the comments, guy, my anger turned to laughter and right now I'm even feeling pity.

It must really suck to be you and do the things you have to do to survive.

Just look at how you turned yourself to an object of mockery and derision on this thread. Everyone passing had harsh words for you and some even totally spat on you.

Your job is tough man. I give you that.
Sorry

Kukutenla:

You know, when I saw this post, you can imagine my anger and disgust that anyone could be so low to write this poor piece in defence of a politician.

I was ready to punch back in the most vitriolic manner I could muster. But after reading through the comments, guy, my anger turned to laughter and right now I'm even feeling pity.

It must really suck to be you and do the things you have to do to survive.

Just look at how you turned yourself to an object of mockery and derision on this thread. Everyone passing had harsh words for you and some even totally spat on you.

Your job is tough man. I give you that.
Sorry

I left the following message for you, and I reproduce it here because it is clear to me that you have a fundamental cognitive problem:

emkz:
I must be so powerful to have infiltrated your subconscious to the point that you feel hollow when you don't read from me and respond to what is not directed to you.

I recall one day when I used to waste my time reading your intellectual malarkey when I thought you had sense and you said you were always moved to respond to me because you did not want me to leave with the impression that I was smarter than you. The problem was that I did not even consider you smart in the first place to regard you beyond someone desperate for my attention.

From the way you follow me all over nairaland to insult me to convince yourself that you are not insignificant, there is only one explanation for your case: you are obsessed with emkz. Even when emkz was banned after tearing you to pieces for trying to provoke him, you were still looking for him to notice you. This is obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD).

Like I advised you in one of your lame attacks I did not read, find something to do with yourself. You think anyone that speaks favourably for the government is paid. That is because you are probably a hack for hire. Some of us used our personal funds to campaign for candidates we believed and believe in. Some of us are competing at the global stage, but Nairaland is a leveller where we have to tolerate nuisances who can't lace our discarded shoes.

The only help I can give you is to ask you to seek professional help because your obsession with emkz is harming you and exposing your personal limitations. You can't afford to be obsessed with me. I am too big for you to ever comprehend. Stop hurting yourself by trying.

Bye!

emkz:
I left the following message for you, and I reproduce it here because it is clear to me that you have a fundamental cognitive problem:

See zombie 🧟‍♂️

Godszilla:
If your children and family are suffering from hunger and malnutrition, the most basic thing you should provide for them. we are not talking about security here - food!!!. Is it ok (morally at the least) for you to go out and purchase a Mercede G-wagon?

Nice comment,it must have given you a hard one