₦airaland Forum

OnionBandit:
Nothing wey you go do wey these people no go talk. If one of their own was in power, I swear to God, they will praise him to high heavens for doing exactly everything Tinubu has done.

Tueh

Forget about these people
You hehn, are you enjoying this moment?
Do you think people around you are enjoying it?
Are you feeding well?
Do you think people around you are feeding well?
Can you afford little things?
Do you think your neighbor can afford little things?

It's not about us its about everyone bro

Several people on this platform appear to be sponsored, so I’m not surprised by some of their comments. This platform, like much of social media, has already been infiltrated.

bluefilm:
There's a very big difference between executing a policy and wrongly executing a policy

I don't know if you can see it

Abeg I don't want to see anything Pandora is seeing.

smtx:
Did you agree to this prior Buhari's regime?

Take your argument to Pandora. He is the one arguing that subsidy must go


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LOq27DpCI

Oby should shut up and stop talking nonsense. Everyone looking at the economy of Nigeria in the last 30 years have consistently said that subsidy must go. Every presidential candidate in 2023 agreed that subsidy must go. Even the 2023 budget provided for subsidy to end on 30th June. So, what other better way is there to remove subsidy?

musicwriter:
There's no other better way to remove the subsidy than what the president did.

Let me tell you a little story about my inability to take drastic decision some time ago.

When our mother died, my junior brothers and sisters all lived with me here in Lagos. In about 2004, my two sisters who were aged around 19 years old got admission to study at UNN in Enugu but I didn't allow them to go there because I was scared how they'll live all alone. Money wasn't an issue at all. I was using 3 cars then and lived comfortably. But I cancelled the whole travel preparation and insisted that they should get the admission in UNILAG instead.

They tried and tried but couldn't get admission to UNILAG. They only got the admission after things went sour for me and I left the country. That's the only reason they didn't go to university.

I regret that decision of mine till today. I was naive and scared about how they'll survive on their own at that age. But now I know better. I should have allowed them to move to Enugu immediately.

The president has made the right decision, he knows it's a drastic decision, in fact, he knows exactly what he's doing.

The reason for the current economic situation is that we don't have a science and technology driven economy. If we had 20 working refineries, fuel would be selling for like N200/litre now.

The president has set the Nigerian economy free. This immediate impact is expected, it's part of the process of healing just like someone healing from a sickness. The person would eventually be well and fine.

Eeyah. You did nothing wrong. Had a similar experience with my niece who happens to be in my care. I was never going to let her go to some university upstate. So what I did was to put her through the unilag A level. Jupeb. It was super expensive, but she was able to gain admission to Unilag 200 level after a year. I guess you just didn't know about it then. So sorry about your sisters, but it was your love and protection for them that guided your decision.

QuantAnalyst:
Eeyah. You did nothing wrong. Had a similar experience with my niece who happens to be in my care. I was never going to let her go to some university upstate. So what I did was to put her through the unilag A level. Jupeb. It was super expensive, but she was able to get admission to Unilag 200 level after a year. I guess you just didn't know about it then. So sorry about your sisters, but it was your love and protection for them that guided your decision.

The same suggestion was made them but they refused. I remember that a friend who now teaches chemistry there came to our house and begged them to do something like that but they refused.

orazx:
Forget about these people
You hehn, are you enjoying this moment?
Do you think people around you are enjoying it?
Are you feeding well?
Do you think people around you are feeding well?
Can you afford little things?
Do you think your neighbor can afford little things?

It's not about us its about everyone bro

okay

musicwriter:
Past governments have been doing all that by way of fuel price increase every now and then. Have you all forgotten too soon that it also used to throw the country into hardship whenever fuel price increased? Have you all forgotten too soon that it also used to throw the country into mass protests every now and then?

But the president has solved that.

Given that past administrations have failed using similar methods, it's clear the current government needs to adopt a different strategy. It's crucial to remember that this same political group, when in the opposition, actively encouraged protests against the Jonathan administration over this very policy, using it as a tool to undermine the government.

I maintain that a drastic approach is never the best way to implement policies that impact the general public. While anyone can propose policies, a government's true success is measured by its ability to implement them effectively and achieve positive results for its citizens.

smtx:
Given that past administrations have failed using similar methods, it's clear the current government needs to adopt a different strategy. It's crucial to remember that this same political group, when in the opposition, actively encouraged protests against the Jonathan administration over this very policy, using it as a tool to undermine the government.

I maintain that a drastic approach is never the best way to implement policies that impact the general public. While anyone can propose policies, a government's true success is measured by its ability to implement them effectively and achieve positive results for its citizens.

The only way it would have been done differently would have been to first pass a law to make it constitutional to remove certain percentage of subsidy every year or two, etc. Aside that, there's no other better way than what the president has done.

stuffs2002:
Take your argument to Pandora. He is the one arguing that subsidy must go


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2LOq27DpCI

Can't you see that the problem isn't about whether to remove the fuel subsidy, everyone agrees on that. The issue is how it's being implemented. Since no previous government has been able to manage this without negative consequences, it's obvious we need a president who is smarter, more empathetic, and truly accountable to make it work this time.

musicwriter:
The only way it would have been done differently would have been to first pass a law to make it constitutional to remove certain percentage of subsidy every year or two, etc. Aside that, there's no other better way than what the president has done.

The assertion that "there's no other better way" is a limited and often incorrect perspective. A more accurate view acknowledges that no single person possesses all the knowledge. To claim exclusive ownership of a solution is hubristic; it's like being the one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind. Effective problem-solving requires exploring multiple approaches, not just one

Subsidy is not a bad thing

Subsidy removal isn't a reform


If subsidy was removed why are some people ignoring dangote refinery and still import petrol

Oil subsidy is the only thing every nigeria
benefits

Reforms are;

State police, state RSC etc
States controlling their vat
States controlling their resources and paying royalties to the fg
Stop federal or state road demarcation, all roads in each state should belong to the states
All university must be state owned, government can give grants.
Driving licence, vehicle particular etc should be carried out by state

Etc

letstalk1:
Several people on this platform appear to be sponsored, so I’m not surprised by some of their comments. This platform, like much of social media, has already been infiltrated.

No they are not sponsored

That's the result of tribalism

It erodes the facility of thinking & reasoning

smtx:
Can't you see that the problem isn't about whether to remove the fuel subsidy, everyone agrees on that. The issue is how it's being implemented. Since no previous government has been able to manage this without negative consequences, it's obvious we need a president who is smarter, more empathetic, and truly accountable to make it work this time.

As long as the president is not from the south east I am OK with anyone Nigerians pick as president.

iwaeda:
Subsidy is gone destroyed the economy, when we told people, he had no plan. Today most youth are into content creation,many companies have been forced to close shops. Someone with low IQ, said, when last have you slept in petrol station. I want to ask them, when last have you filled your tank, how many days doest it take filling stations to sold off thirty thousand liters of PMS. Travel on the road, how many vehicles do you see, roads are deserted. Anyways, Tinubu is OTP.

This your 7.58 am ranting, quite obvious you haven’t had a good nights’s sleep properly?

smtx:
The assertion that "there's no other better way" is a limited and often incorrect perspective. A more accurate view acknowledges that no single person possesses all the knowledge. To claim exclusive ownership of a solution is hubristic; it's like being the one-eyed man in a kingdom of the blind. Effective problem-solving requires exploring multiple approaches, not just one

But I just gave you another option. I need your own alternatives.

What's your own alternative? If you were the president; how would you have removed subsidy?

I think you were once in government, why didn't your government remove the subsidy and implement it in right way?
Hypocrite!!!

So Tinubu's is being crucified for dating to do the right things every reasonable Nigerian knew was wrong.

musicwriter:
But I just gave you another option. I need your own alternatives.

What's your own alternative? If you were the president; how would you have removed subsidy?

I will explain the "Why": I will Clearly explain that the subsidies are a massive drain on the national budget and benefit smugglers and the wealthy more than the poor. Till now people don't see the need for its removal.

Staged Removal: Remove the subsidy in increments over a year or two, not all at once. This will effectively cushion the averse effects.

Palliatives: Use the savings from the subsidy removal to fund social welfare programs, improve public transport, or give direct cash transfers to the most vulnerable citizens. This is extremely delicate, hinging entirely on transparency and accountability. To date, the promised palliatives have not been delivered in a meaningful way, leaving the public without any sign of relief.

The President had other avenues for a more effective implementation. A superior approach would have involved forming a diverse team of experts from various sectors of the economy to develop a comprehensive plan, instead of the abrupt and ill-timed announcement he made during his inauguration

Subsidy removal with nothing to cushion its aftermath.

helinues:
This one knows more than the experts. They have never been happy about the progress of Nigeria. The bad Belle dem.

Who are the experts she does not belong
See person with oluwale certificate they talk about experts. What positions has she not held that does not make her an expert

Many presidents tried to remove subsidy and failed
It seems like if anyone tried to remove it the " right way " that would give opponents time to regroup and sabotage it

Now it is done . It is hurting people what do we do about that
Mind you the issue of suffering is not just about subsidy

Subsidy cannot explain our ver low agricultural output

There is the issue of insecurity but be have too many advantages not to be able at least to produce food for ourselves

I refuse to accept that is subsidy

It is laziness that makes us dependent on imported rice

People are hoping oil prices improve so we can start importing rice again


There was a time in Nigeria we only ate rice on Sunday .

That is the curse of oil.

Look around West Africa they seem okay without subsidy

smtx:
I will explain the "Why": I will Clearly explain that the subsidies are a massive drain on the national budget and benefit smugglers and the wealthy more than the poor. Till now people don't see the need for its removal.

Staged Removal: Remove the subsidy in increments over a year or two, not all at once. This will effectively cushion the averse effects.

Palliatives: Use the savings from the subsidy removal to fund social welfare programs, improve public transport, or give direct cash transfers to the most vulnerable citizens. This is extremely delicate, hinging entirely on transparency and accountability. To date, the promised palliatives have not been delivered in a meaningful way, leaving the public without any sign of relief.

The President had other avenues for a more effective implementation. A superior approach would have involved forming a diverse team of experts from various sectors of the economy to develop a comprehensive plan, instead of the abrupt and ill-timed announcement he made during his inauguration

Thanks for your suggestion.

But I think the government is already doing all you said, including cash transfers to vulnerable Nigerians.

Subsidy removal cannot be done by a weak heart. Tinubu may look like a bicycle but he has the mind of a supersonic airplane engine. Only such a person can remove subsidy once and for all the way he did

smtx:
Did she run for office of the President? She has a plan close to her chest. If the President wanted good for all, he should have gone through the best way to implement it with a team before making the announcement.

Then she should keep her views equally close to her chest if all she knows how to do is complain and criticize subjectively without alternatives. No nation grows that way, and no patriotic citizen behaves that way.

Okoroawusa:
Explain in details how you will remove it in phases.
Are you aware that we have been removing fuel subsidy in phases since the time of Babangida?
What do you think gradual increase in pump price of fuel was since Babangida was? Small children sef....

You were on this platform when the frontline candidates promised to remove the fuel subsidy and alot of Nigerians agreed to it. I for one agreed it is more of a scam than of benefits to the people. But this administration introduced another scam by totally removing all the fuel subsidy but increased the cost of fuel by over 600 naira so as to raise revenue for transactional politics and we are all experiencing it now. I warned of the danger but APC folks like you kept mocking genuine concerns. There are no serious fuel subsidy to Nigerians, all they do is increase the cost of fuel anytime govt needs money and when there is a protest they reduce and increase it later.

"the saved funds can also be used to support massive mechanized agriculture, this would have made food cheaper. With cheaper education, electricity and food the effect of the subsidy removal would have no significant effect by the 1st year of implementation".

Well said!!!

smtx:
I agree with all your valid points. I just want to add that the saved funds can also be used to support massive mechanized agriculture, this would have made food cheaper. With cheaper education, electricity and food the effect of the subsidy removal would have no significant effect by the 1st year of implementation.

hahahaha

Softmirror:
They are gradually becoming humble. Very soon Ezekwesili will be singing " ON YOUR MANDATE WE STAND, BOLA".

no ne tinubu say make investors complain of corruption to am ?
why e still dey keep this tunji ojo and he remove betta edu?

INTEGRITYA1:
We are All feeling the heat of subsidy removal in term of price skyrocketing due to high transportation cost as a result of subsidy removal.

But we can all see that things are gradually taking shape and getting better gradually, not going to be sudden but bit by bit most especially with coming of Dangote refinery and most likely others to follow.

We will get there, some solution require drastic move.

Mention those things that are getting better.