₦airaland Forum

Huthad:
I was at d scene. Point of corectn it is grandnut oil

in dat case make I go cook yam carry go for dem to chop

I see some people calling this poverty,but i tell you,it's all about greedness,because hw can you think of reaping from such a dire situation jst cos "man must wak", if this thg explodes now,ppl will blame the govt,but i tell you,we need to blame ourselves for most of our predicaments. I dont envy these greedy ppl one bit. SMH

Even you snapping the pictures is at risk if fire breaks out while you are there. Motorists plying that root at moment are not safe as well.

They have not been electric power in that area for like 18years now

Also check: https://www.nairaland.com/2705281/people-scooping-fuel-fallen-tanker

No poverty in Nigeria?!

Buhari you get work o!

benedictnsi:

When the economy improves and the standards of living become better, when our government creates more jobs for young Nigerians, when it is no longer "PERSONAL GOVERNANMENT OF NIGERIA" but federal, when there is serious improvement in the health sector, when the prayers for good leaders get answered, when we seriously fight crime and corruption..... Etc

Respect!!!!!!!!

DMerciful:
So they are taking fatal risk cos of the ineptitude of government? What nonsense? Can't they survive without government? Abi dem born you with government? So if there is a spark and they turn to suya will they hold government responsible? Yeye dey smell

So how many times have you seen a fallen tanker resulting from bad Road network in countries like USA, Germany or Switzerland Don't you think poor Road maintenance and directions can facilitate this falls and accident Ok, what if the tanker exploded and killed people Do you think people would have been there to sip or tap it's fuel remains

youngberry001:
Respect!!!!!!!!

Same here nigga!!

Death is inevitable, undoubtedly we gonna die someday buh why expedite it Some people ehn, smh. Maybe them plan use am in the after-life as them dey expedite them death so.

Good one there, but you sure made no sense at all.

benedictnsi:

When the economy improves and the standards of living become better, when our government creates more jobs for young Nigerians, when it is no longer "PERSONAL GOVERNANMENT OF NIGERIA" but federal, when there is serious improvement in the health sector, when the prayers for good leaders get answered, when we seriously fight crime and corruption..... Etc

let fire catch those fools

I will never agree that this is caused by poverty... something like this happen in Lagos and so many life were lost.... are u saying all that are there now don't have three meals a day? lastly this can't happen in other poor country except Nigeria... will Afghanistan, Philippians and others do this? this is not poverty...it is stupidity.

comradeodunze:
Good one there, but you sure made no sense at all.

Hahahahahaha u d madt

Suffer dabaru sense. Fela said it and it very true. An average everyday Nigerian that lives through that hell is more like a toddler in the way he/she thinks. And that compounds the problem,because if you can't think constructively like am adult,you can't solve mundane problems. You will be helpless and vulnerable like a baby.

dhardline:
How did we get here?
This is poverty walking and talking live.

If some Nigerians can risk their lives like this just to scoop fuel i wonder what's stopping them to protest against bad governance from the local government,state and then the federal government.

Because we are largely cowards, a people without genuine passion for improved standard of living, have a limitless tolerance for bad governance.

Point of correction op....I passed through that route when it happnened, they wernt scooping petrol rather its groundnut oil..all thesame this is a sign of a failed country

The level of 'poorverty' in this country is alarming.

IYANGBALI:
will you shut the fok up?who the hell are you to bring my mother into this discussion? I am proud to tell you that my mother is very very poor,but she will never,I repeat never take what does not belong to her like that criminal you were defending. Her action has nothing to do with poverty

And who the hell are you to call another person's mother a criminal? Do you care to know why the tanker fell to warrant such show from the less-privileged. I reiterate tha the the leaders/politicians should cover their kleptomaniac faces in shame

benedictnsi:

When the economy improves and the standards of living become better, when our government creates more jobs for young Nigerians, when it is no longer "PERSONAL GOVERNANMENT OF NIGERIA" but federal, when there is serious improvement in the health sector, when the prayers for good leaders get answered, when we seriously fight crime and corruption..... Etc

Don't be silly. Always passing responsibility even for life and death issues. Are we this ignorant and stupid. Are these not the people responsible for instaling and maintaining government. How will they make right electoral choices when they cannot make right personal choices. What right do they have to demand good government. Is what they are doing good. Where does the law of sowing and reaping, of Karma (if you are an atheist) come in. We create the kind of society we live and and have no one to blame but ourselves. If they die they killed themselves. If they steal it will be stolen from them, period.

Life will always present you a minimum of two options. It is up to you to decide.

dhardline:
How did we get here?
This is poverty walking and talking live.

If some Nigerians can risk their lives like this just to scoop fuel i wonder what's stopping them to protest against bad governance from the local government,state and then the federal government.

Ask me. Lazy, greedy things. Just like those they put to rule them. They think America is like it is out of the blues. Men shed sweat, blood and tears to make it that way. They had it tough. America a superpower today was made by the second world war. A time of great expense, sacrifice and loss. Our own suffering makes us worse, more inhuman.

Is this thing am seeing river or fuel??


I don't understand. A boi is even swimming inside it


Someone explain

Reference:
Don't be silly. Always passing responsibility even for life and death issues. Are we this ignorant and stupid. Are these not the people responsible for instaling and maintaining government. How will they make right electoral choices when they cannot make right personal choices. What right do they have to demand good government. Is what they are doing good. Where does the law of sowing and reaping, of Karma (if you are an atheist) come in. We create the kind of society we live and and have no one to blame but ourselves. If they did they killed themselves. If they steal it will be stolen from them, period.

Life will always present you a minimum of two options. It is up to you to decide.

Reference are always brief and conceitful. How come you are blabbing without making sense

Day169:
Pathetic! Simply heart rending.
Despite previous mishaps with the attendant casualties, people are ready to sacrifice their lives and that of some dependants. Just take a look at the pics of lady with a baby on her back.
It shows the level of grinding poverty our people live in and the extent they are willing to go just to survive. .. Lord help us.

Oga. Let us start to preach the anti-corruption message down to the grassroots. There are other genuine, safe and dignifying ways of earning a living other than this. Nigeria lacks about everything. There is more than enough for the wise, hardworking and patient man and woman but not the lazy, greedy one. Poverty is not caused by government stealing alone. Poverty is also a state of mind that can only be defeated by a superior ideology.

Mutuwa:


BTW

Mystery;-‎

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.

John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.

John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both their wives lost a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents were shot in the head.‎

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.

Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.

Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.

Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.

Both names are composed of fifteen letters.‎

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.‎

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.‎

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...

Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theatre...

You see. People make money in all sorts of ways. You don't have to steal greedily or die senselessly to 'survive'.

dearpreye:
Because we are largely cowards, a people without genuine passion for improved standard of living, have a limitless tolerance for bad governance.

Close enough reason..we need to wake up.

You are making it seems like these people are zombies! OK so becos road is bad and a tanker fell that justifies playing with explosive petrol? Even in US, there may be act of God that may cause a tanker to fall, will they now rush to play with the petrol cos a tanker fell? Don't these Nigerians here value their life? How much is a gallon of petrol to die for?

benedictnsi:
So how many times have you seen a fallen tanker resulting from bad Road network in countries like USA, Germany or Switzerland Don't you think poor Road maintenance and directions can facilitate this falls and accident Ok, what if the tanker exploded and killed people Do you think people would have been there to sip or tap it's fuel remains

Oluwatobex:
And who the hell are you to call another person's mother a criminal? Do you care to know why the tanker fell to warrant such show from the less-privileged. I reiterate tha the the leaders/politicians should cover their kleptomaniac faces in shame

fok off

That's all

dhardline:
How did we get here?
This is poverty walking and talking live.

If some Nigerians can risk their lives like this just to scoop fuel i wonder what's stopping them to protest against bad governance from the local government,state and then the federal government.

This is the most powerful statement i have heard for the past 10years, if they can risk thier to this extent, why cant they risk thier lives to cause an revolution against the " corrupt ruling class"
.

DMerciful:
You are making it seems like these people are zombies! OK so becos road is bad and a tanker fell that justifies playing with explosive petrol? Even in US, there may be act of God that may cause a tanker to fall, will they now rush to play with the petrol cos a tanker fell? Don't these Nigerians here value their life? How much is a gallon of petrol to die for?

My brother, I'm not disputing what you said..... But if 80 percent of those people you see there where working, do you think they will be there to sip fuel I indirectly meant they are jobless and poor.

If this woman didn't like her self, she should pity her Baby for God sake.

DMerciful:
So they are taking fatal risk cos of the ineptitude of government? What nonsense? Can't they survive without government? Abi dem born you with government? So if there is a spark and they turn to suya will they hold government responsible? Yeye dey smell

I don't just get this attachment of everything a man's life is about to government. So if government ceases to exist we should all go commit suicide. When have Nigerians become so useless and hopeless. It is the people that make and sustain government not the other way round.