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Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by TITOPE(op): 4:15pm On Mar 26
Anybody supporting this government is a wicked person

Back when petrol sold for ₦97 during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, the atmosphere felt tense. People spoke up loudly. Protests filled the streets. Social media, even in its earlier days, was full of frustration. The general mood was simple, this is too much, something has to change.

Fast forward to today, with petrol hovering around ₦1350 under President Bola Tinubu, the reaction feels different. Not entirely silent, no, but more divided. Some still complain openly, others defend the situation, often with phrases like “on your mandate we shall stand.

It raises an uncomfortable question. Is it really about the price of fuel, or the person in charge?

Maybe it’s politics. Maybe loyalty. Maybe fatigue. Or maybe people have just adjusted their expectations over time.

But one thing is hard to ignore, the contrast is loud. Almost too loud to pretend it doesn’t exist.




https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/03/fuel-was-97-under-jonathan-why-are.html?m=1

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Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by helinues: 4:19pm On Mar 26
Hit the street and stop nagging. That's what the then opposition did
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Racoon(m): 4:28pm On Mar 26
They are all very wicked souls. So so wicked and heartless fellas brimming with tribal and parochial sentiments. People whose conscience have been seared with hot iron. Posterity will never be kind to them.
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Racoon(m): 4:34pm On Mar 26
helinues:
Hit the street and stop nagging. That's what the then opposition did
"Former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi admitted that the 2012 "Occupy Nigeria" fuel subsidy protests were driven by political interests and opposition politics rather than genuine conviction, stating that he and his colleagues in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) knew the subsidy was unsustainable but used it to target President Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayemi described the 2012 protests against Jonathan’s administration as a political maneuver, acknowledging that the APC opposition at the time played politics with the truth about the necessity of subsidy removal.

Despite the 2012 resistance, Fayemi maintained that removing the subsidy was necessary for the country's economic health. He contrasted Jonathan's hesitation to remove the subsidy with President Bola Tinubu’s swift action, describing the latter as an act of courageous leadership, though he urged better management of the aftermath.

Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by DatNiggaDaz:
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The names you listed are all Spot on. I will like to add some cheesy
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Racoon(m): 4:41pm On Mar 26
Former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi admitted that the 2012 "Occupy Nigeria" fuel subsidy protests were driven by political interests and opposition politics rather than genuine conviction, stating that he and his colleagues in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) knew the subsidy was unsustainable but used it to target President Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayemi described the 2012 protests against Jonathan’s administration as a political maneuver, acknowledging that the APC opposition at the time played politics with the truth about the necessity of subsidy removal. Despite the 2012 resistance, Fayemi maintained that removing the subsidy was necessary for the country's economic health.

Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Parachoko: 4:42pm On Mar 26
TITOPE:
Anybody supporting this government is a wicked person

Back when petrol sold for ₦97 during the administration of Goodluck Jonathan, the atmosphere felt tense. People spoke up loudly. Protests filled the streets. Social media, even in its earlier days, was full of frustration. The general mood was simple, this is too much, something has to change.

Fast forward to today, with petrol hovering around ₦1350 under President Bola Tinubu, the reaction feels different. Not entirely silent, no, but more divided. Some still complain openly, others defend the situation, often with phrases like “on your mandate we shall stand.

It raises an uncomfortable question. Is it really about the price of fuel, or the person in charge?

Maybe it’s politics. Maybe loyalty. Maybe fatigue. Or maybe people have just adjusted their expectations over time.

But one thing is hard to ignore, the contrast is loud. Almost too loud to pretend it doesn’t exist.




https://www.titopeblog.com/2026/03/fuel-was-97-under-jonathan-why-are.html?m=1

Lukuluku69
SlavaUkraini
Mynd44
Seun
Nlfpmod
Lalasticlala
there was a time fuel cost #1/litre in this country
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by PulaPower: 4:46pm On Mar 26
Delulu..

Asking nonsense after supporting trump to attack Iran..

Nah FG increase global price of crude?
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by SadiqBabaSani: 4:48pm On Mar 26
Nigeria and Nigerians are currently under a spell cast by the High occult me in that place that start with Aso....

Voodoo men are fully the ones in power, whole and whole voodoo to the core, Indian voodoo
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by gidgiddy: 4:51pm On Mar 26
All goes to show you the hypocrisy in Nigeria
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by owobokiri(m): 4:52pm On Mar 26
Blame the corrupt Nigerian press that are headquartered in Tinubus Lagos. They have been bought.
That's the issue..
They're busy juggling facts to dance to the whims and caprices of their masters at Abuja..

It is the press that sets the agenda.
They are the one that beams the light on these issues thereby making sure that such topics stay relevant on peoples mind.

But if you notice recently, the press only makes fleeting remarks about issues associated with bad governance, inflationary trends and high costs of basic essentials under Tinubu.
They are on sabbatical. They now see no evil and as such talk no evil..
They will resume when someone else takes o wr..
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by gidgiddy: 4:55pm On Mar 26
They shall be standing on that mandate until suffering reformats their brain

Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Karlovich: 5:04pm On Mar 26
He did it in Lagos

He tamed the Atlantic ocean

He reduced their purchasing power

He widened their tax net

Emperor Kee Dem Yung strikes again

Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Ofunaofu: 5:20pm On Mar 26
It's a tragedy

Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Seunpapa65: 5:23pm On Mar 26
There brother is finally the president
And his special formula for it is sharing rice
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by OlujobaSamuel: 5:29pm On Mar 26
Are you expecting the govt to protest against itself
There is a reason for opposition to any power, if the opposition is not rising against the ruling power, it's either they support what the ruling power is doing, or they are just not ready to sacrifice for the people
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by BlakKluKluxKlan(m): 5:29pm On Mar 26
Very silly and senseless post by a brainless element.
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by killsmith(f): 5:40pm On Mar 26
They have all prostrated to baba. All 40 million of them.
You dare not go against baba sope
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by esnbrutality: 7:40pm On Mar 26
All protests were sponsored by Tinubu. The only organic protest that was masses backed was the endsars protest.

Same Tinubu rallied databoyz to flood the internet with ethnic bigotry, claiming that IGBOs wanted to destroy lagos.

All protest against GEJ was an ethnic group propelled charade. People fell for it but wont anymore.

Southern unity is DEAD
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by esnbrutality: 7:41pm On Mar 26
See pains

You guys can't even take what you senselessly dish out. angry


BlakKluKluxKlan:
Very silly and senseless post by a brainless element.
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by cyril10(m): 8:02pm On Mar 26
They are silent because Jonathan is not from the South West or from the North
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Basic123: 8:08pm On Mar 26
People are silent because they are more enlightened than you!
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by BrickandLace(f): 8:08pm On Mar 26
The spell cast over Nigeria is a powerful one
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by SixSeven: 8:14pm On Mar 26
Racoon:
"Former Ekiti State Governor Kayode Fayemi admitted that the 2012 "Occupy Nigeria" fuel subsidy protests were driven by political interests and opposition politics rather than genuine conviction, stating that he and his colleagues in the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) knew the subsidy was unsustainable but used it to target President Goodluck Jonathan.

Fayemi described the 2012 protests against Jonathan’s administration as a political maneuver, acknowledging that the APC opposition at the time played politics with the truth about the necessity of subsidy removal.

Despite the 2012 resistance, Fayemi maintained that removing the subsidy was necessary for the country's economic health. He contrasted Jonathan's hesitation to remove the subsidy with President Bola Tinubu’s swift action, describing the latter as an act of courageous leadership, though he urged better management of the aftermath.
We Played Politics with Subsidy Removal Even though We Knew the Truth - Ex Governor Fayemi Confesses

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eukKEOSi-8
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by OneCandleAway(f): 8:17pm On Mar 26
They don't have energy to protest now. Back then there was enough to eat so enough energy to stand at ojota.

Now that they can't even afford meat, fish, eggs. Begging for the abandoned head of fish or using crayfish as substitute, where will they get the muscle to stand for hours protesting.
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by isan(m): 8:41pm On Mar 26
Tell atiku to shut down the North East , Amaechi South South and Obi should shut down the south east...until the government reversed the subsidy.....all protest shouldn't start from south West
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by ExudeLoveToAll: 8:45pm On Mar 26
87 not 97
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by Truvelisback(m): 9:20pm On Mar 26
There are two major reasons:

1. BAT is using security agencies like the Police and DSS to frighten and silent protestants and freedom of speech, just like Buhari did. If you speak against the cruel govt, you be arrested and detained.
2. Hypocrisy, tribalism and sentiments. Everyone wants the Truth but no one wants to be Honest.
Re: Fuel Was ₦97 Under Jonathan, Why Are Nigerians Silent At ₦1350 Today? by tito44: 10:54pm On Mar 26
PulaPower:
Delulu..

Asking nonsense after supporting trump to attack Iran..

Nah FG increase global price of crude?
You mean fuel was 2 naira before Trump attacked Iran?

You guys re just Soo shameless. You must always look for excuses to give
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