tomakint:
@ op, be sincere it was not this bad under Jonathan, mind you the shortage of fuel towards the end of Jonathan's tenure was a grand manipulations from the detractors of his government just to whip up sentiments from the already angry electorates who are hell bent to get him out. Jonathan's government had the singular honour of stopping our seasonal December 24th-28th shortage of fuel we witnessed for 6 years under Obj's eight years.... This is the noble truth.

I don't even understand how some people reason...

I am so surprised that this was elevated to front page. When I saw the topic, I wanted to see reasons...
Well whatever gives them relief is good for front page..


Should we be comparing or dealing with the situation? A lazy guy who always looks for someone to blame for his failure will never progress. Own up to your incomptence guys.

Deziani can actually tell you.. a thing or two

The fact that they trying to compare with past admin is inadvertently admitting they have failed....

Pidggin:


Where are you? No filling station is selling at that price except NNPC.

Madam, u lied! It is sold at N86.50 in every fuel station in Ilupeju, V.I, Mobil and Con oil along Airport road. Maybe u live in a remote area where there are no task force to monitor them.

bloodyBLOGGER:
One of the major problems wrong with Nigerians is that we forget easily. This is the reason why hardened criminals and looters in the past can easily come back and contest for public office to the extent of winning. It is so sad that some people, mostly youths who are the leaders of tomorrow are going about with the slogan "#BringBackOurCorruption". They say they want the last administration presided by Good luck Ebele Jonathan back in power cos they can't stand the current fuel scarcity amidst other challenges that I believe the Nation will breeze through in due time.

This brainwashed blind bats who love to view things ethnically are quick to forget that the fuel scarcity experienced towards the end of the last administration's tenure was really unbearable compared to what we are currently facing now. Then, major sectors were shutting down, from telecommunications to the media, from aviation to banking. Nigerians were literally cut off from the rest of the world during that period. A period in which getting a bus to the bank to withdraw money was difficult cos buses had no fuel. When you manage to get to the bank, you are told you arrived late cos they close early due to shortage of diesel. Was the power sector any different?

Take a look at the pictures of fuel scarcity events that took place in the last administration below and tell me that Nigerians didn't make a good choice in voting them out.

OP, you're utterly sick. Famished brains like you are the reasons Nigeria will find it difficult to move forward. How can you use an event that took place few weeks to the end of Jonathan's govt to judge his 5-year tenure?

tomakint:
@ op, be sincere it was not this bad under Jonathan, mind you the shortage of fuel towards the end of Jonathan's tenure was a grand manipulations from the detractors of his government just to whip up sentiments from the already angry electorates who are hell bent to get him out. Jonathan's government had the singular honour of stopping our seasonal December 24th-28th shortage of fuel we witnessed for 6 years under Obj's eight years.... This is the noble truth.

No offence but this is a very unsmart conclusion. Tell me why abyone would want to sabotage a GEJ that had already been voted out and was about to handover?

Another Jonathanian also made this unsmart allegation which holds no single water for the power situation. Exactly in the same May last year, just a week to handover, power generation dropped to 1327mw and he claimed it was APC sabotaging power infrastructure. How could GEJ's detractors sabotage power infrastructure after they had already won GEJ and just a week to handover?.... The lameness of this allegation/excuse is legendary.

Stelvin101:
I have faith in PMB, don't know about you.

Brother, my faith in him remains as firmly rooted as a baobab tree!

One man once snapped at Nigerians when they complained about the rot in his government and his reluctance to declare his assets, and I quote: I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!

Na their "hero" be that.

Funny yoots.

NgeneUkwenu:
I don't take Wailers seriously...

guy better start taking them seriously cos come 2019 they will wail buhari and his goons out of power and also wail down the wall of aso villa. never u understimate the powers of the wailers

joseph1832:
Nicely put OP. Indeed many nigerians have short memory. What I find annoying is that all those who shout "bring back our corruption" are the type of people Ayo Fayose use stomach infrastructure to cajole and sway them, thereby putting them in penury for 4 years.

Never fail to also know that these type of people will be the ones who will even say, "at least I chop something" from them.

Its a shame the way we've fallen to this state. Stupidity is now the order of the day couple with gross senselessness along with tribal and religious sentiment.

empty head... The scarcity was at the Twilight of GEJ's tenure due to okonjo 's refusal to pay subsidy that very month as it was clear that the figures were over bloated as the oil marketers wanted to cash out before the exit of the regime. When u would be reading PA jimoh magazine how will u be informed

A million likes!

olusd:

Madam, u lied! It is sold at N86.50 in every fuel station in Ilupeju, V.I, Mobil and Con oil along Airport road. Maybe u live in a remote area where there are no task force to monitor them.

You better hold yourself and stop calling me a liar, i know what i am saying and if i lived in a remote area i should not be getting signals to be online.

pussyphilia:
Only a zombie will make excuses for a colossal failure called buhari.

Op is a zombie!!!!

The OP backed his explanation with facts. Where is urs pls? With these breeds of youths, I am just smh 4 this con3.

tomakint:
@ op, be sincere it was not this bad under Jonathan, mind you the shortage of fuel towards the end of Jonathan's tenure was a grand manipulations from the detractors of his government just to whip up sentiments from the already angry electorates who are hell bent to get him out. Jonathan's government had the singular honour of stopping our seasonal December 24th-28th shortage of fuel we witnessed for 6 years under Obj's eight years.... This is the noble truth.

that's the lame excuse we heard ALL through his tenure..a grand manipulation/a ploy/cabal..etc..provide evidence of the grand manipulation...
Nigerians are synonymous to the Israelites of old..we have short memory about facts..

Hagm0nd:
All wailers and their tweeter mentor ben bruce have something in common and that is their uncommon foolishness and dementia

chai eziokwu

No be lie oo op....I remember I trekked during that period from national theatre to balogun market,idumota......same period I trekked from alaba suru to maza-maza...the tankers on the road ehhh, the tankers made life hell for us!

We know all these things But APC promised us change What do change mean according to APC dictionary? Doesn't it meant righting the wrongs of PDP? Or was it repeating the wrongs of PDP in another scale they meant ?

people ve 4gotten dt protesters were killed during d fuel increase crisis in d last admin. na wa o.

Nbote:
@OP, we have not forgotten but let me ask u in all sincerity how long did dat scarcity last?? D mere fact dat u still use d failings of the last govt to kip justifying d failings of d present administration is enof to show deep down u see d failure but simply want to live in a fools paradise. There is supposed to b a change from the norm which is why and what Nigerians voted so using a so-called failure as a benchmark shows jus how low u really rate d govt even if u want to kip denying it.

U voted for change and u want that change overnight?

Islamicpope:
father mbaka has said it all. it will be tough initially but in due time it will be rousy. this statement alone is killing all d wailers in d house. Wailers who sent u people? who is your postmaster? who gave u people access to be posting nonsense in dis forum? be warned WAILING WAILERS.

you are as ignorant as ur comment. Even ur write-up is so so childish. When people complain about the hardship they are currently experiencing u idiots call em wailer. Isn't it supposed to be a society of free speech and expression. Do u expect people to keep quiet while suffering?. Same criticism was visited on the last govt wn there was scarcity, so this govt and zoombies like you should keep shut and take the bashing as it comes. You are and will continue being ignorant if u start criticizing people for expressing them self

omenka:
Brother, my faith in him remains as firmly rooted as a baobab tree!

One man once snapped at Nigerians when they complained about the rot in his government and his reluctance to declare his assets, and I quote: I DON'T GIVE A DAMN!

Na their "hero" be that.

Funny yoots.

Onwu ga-egbu nwankita anaghi ekwe ya nu isi nsi

Nebuchadnezar:
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Nonsense trash
Buhari is a useless monkey

What are ur reasons? Or is it just ethnic and religious bigotry?

Op,see U hv one of those excuses we could easily forget but I want to remind op also that all his reasons happened towards d end of GEJ's adminisration and it was caused by saboteurs and as a matter of fact I did not but PMS @ 220# in osogbo @ that tym

this op you sound like you also hate past administration.. I remember during the fuel scarcity under GEJ administration.. the APC lead government used that against him and of which GEJ wanted to remove subsidy...
now tell me? are APC not following the same trend in removing subsidy.. the most unfortunate part is that APC and media make it worse by condemning the past administration..
my point is this...APC government are bunch liers and fools. they do t ave any plan. .. if you condemn past govt on issues like fuel and light and you also follow the same trend.. then am left without option to tell them they are the biggest mistake that has happen to us.. is this the change we yearn for?

precious1967:
people ve 4gotten dt protesters were killed during d fuel increase crisis in d last admin. na wa o.

No, the last administration wanted to take care of fuel scarcity forever and you refused. It was subsidy removal protest. Now your messiah socialist government wants to let it go too.

Zombies.keep.accusing GEJ of everything wrong with Nigeria since Lord Lugard

Yet they make him the yardstick of their failure or achievement...

Then where is the CHANGE?

Granted we had a FEW scarcity during GEJ adminsistration but it was never this long and protracted..

Even if it was for the sake of argument, didnt you people prmise chanji?

When a guy measures himself with another guy, it shows inadequacy or insecurity..

chikena...

Naijacitizen:


Good evening Madam, pls take a tour in this Thread. Thank you.

The Unscientific Defence for Buhari

Soon after Buhari administration took off, debate about whether it’s going in the right direction begun in earnest. There were mainly two camps in this debate then: those mainly APC supporters who so much believed in Buhari administration, I also believed in it, and PDP sympathisers who Femi Adèsina, the president’s media aide, called, unapologetically, WAILING WAILERS. This group would go to any length to convince us that Buhari is failing even whereas he is doing his best. For this group, Ayo Fayose, the Ekiti State Governor, is their chairman.

Lately however, the polity swings into serious crisis: There is acute shortage of fuel supply; electricity has gone from being epileptic to obsolete; there is forex issue; delay in signing the terribly padded budget into law. The economy is to say the least stagnant. There is no clear direction so to say as to where the administration is heading and people on the street are feeling it hard. They begin to complain and demand that Buhari should sit up and address these challenges for which he was elected. For this simple and civil demand, those whose approach of defending anything Buhari whether wrong or right the ace columnist Segun Adeniyi dubbed in his last Thursday column as BUHARIDEEN reacted angrily and issued an order; that Nigerians especially the northern recalcitrant should either shut up and wait for things to begin working or be just patient because Buhari cannot fix 16 years of PDP sabotage. Instead they open a door for discussion, they shut it up with these two unscientific premises.

When Buhari came to power either of the two should have happened ideally. What he had met on ground be maintained or improved. If there is need for dismantling all the previous legacies then we should be told what the administration will do to construct new ones, which could in turn have explained why we are in this so difficult a situation. Thus the need for us to exercise more patient. Neither of these is forthcoming. Earlier last year we witnessed improved, some would even say relatively stable, electricity supply, availability of petroleum at filling stations and naira appreciating against the dollar. Rather than we employ a scientific reasoning to analyse the developments to see if they are sustainable, we simply attributed them to Buhari’s body language and integrity– two critically important, of course, ingredients of leadership’s ability to deliver, but perhaps archaic without clear policy direction.

The stability of the electricity supply for example could be because we were in rainy season and when the dry season begins we may go back to where we were. We posed this but nobody wanted to listen. We wanted then a further interrogation into the possible cause, but no one seemed to want to think beyond the belief that things will naturally work because Buhari is the president. The quality of these services today we have seen have so much deteriorated and begun to have far-reaching impacts on the lives of the common man and it’s therefore only natural for the common man to react. Body language and integrity alone cannot fix a system. They are only a contributory factor. It’s unscientific to rely on just these two therefore to deliver result.

Is a nature of man to complain. Man will never ever be satisfied. Yes, man is never patient ever since and will never be, on anything. His creature described him as being in haste and impatient in achieving an end. He would ask his creature for a thing and will be haste to see it fruition. He just can’t wait. He expects it at a certain time and if the time comes to pass without that which he asked for being granted, he starts to complain that his creature has abandoned him. God would grant man many, many of his desires however, but when HE put him once in a trial, may be even meant to prepare him for a near future challenge that will see him soaring into prosperity, he groans, ‘oh! My creature has put me in a difficult condition despite I being an obedient servant’.

If man can be this impatient and to some extent ingrate toward his creature’s benevolence, I wonder why or how he will ever be different toward president Buhari. To ask him to be patient with Buhari in this situation is to ask him to act outside his normal human nature, which isn’t possible. Of course patient is a virtue, but we should understand that virtue is never conventional. It’s given to a very few privileged ones regardless of their social status. Man’s rationality of virtue or even need of it flees in the face of severe condition. That’s why he is allowed to, to an extent, transgress in such condition.

What then do you think? If Nigeria becomes like Beijing by the expiration of Buhari administration Nigerians will still be satisfied? They will never. Don’t even deceive yourself. Man anywhere on earth is complaining; from Washington to Johannesburg, all the way to Iceland. But being man an impatient rational animal has its advantages. If man is that patient he won’t have been conquering nature to arrive at all these grand technological discoveries we today enjoy. Lest we forget, himself Buhari, was a beneficiary of Nigerians’ impatient impulses. They couldn’t just any longer tolerate Jonathan’s ineptitude. They therefore booted him out and brought in Buhari to address all their sufferings. When they are not seeing the result. It’s only ideal to expect reaction.

Faruk Danmadami poses a serious scientific challenge. It could sound rhetorical but is at the same time very scientific. He says those who ask us to be patient should have the decency to tell us ‘for how long’. He adds when I speak with him that; if we are convinced with cogent reasons that by a so time things will work, he laughingly concludes, “Baba-Bala we will go back and lock ourselves away in the room and wait. No matter the difficulties we will not talk until at the expiration of the time given”. He means that, if the time comes and there are still issues unaddressed, the Buharideens could give space for intellectual discussions on the administration’s policies. Without a proper plan in a certain sector to be achieved at a stipulated time even if you address a challenge now it will only be cosmetic, which will collapse in due course. And I agree with him.

Human being by nature as social animal has his demands changing according to how satisfied he is with his preceding demands. His priority may be at first security, but once he got that, he will begin to demand for food. When food becomes available and has enough in store, he will cry out shelter. He should be given shelter or he goes to war over it. This is a natural human behaviour. To know that human demands are according to his satisfaction, we can see how our demands vary from one place to another and from one social status to another. What Americans demand from their government is different from what we demand here. But the moment we are given that which we want for now and are satisfied, we will, like Americans, begin to demand for LUXURIES. Just look at the beginning of man to date to understand this theory. We can see how his priorities keep on changing and in accordance to his satisfaction. It was food first, then shelter, then leadership, then recognition and then this and then that, and even to the level of making smart phone part of his basic needs. For this I know Tijjani Ahmed will refer us all to Abraham Maslow law of HIERARCHY of NEED.

Francis Fukuyama in his roundly countered book The End of History and Last Man, predicts that, at the end of history the last man in the part of the world he describes as POST – HISTORY will be tired of peace and therefore goes to war, which will hence cause him to return to his old order of daring violent death for recognition. Some would give example of world war to rationalise this point; that despite all the conventional causes being given both remote and immediate such as nationalism, armament, balance of power, assassination of Prince Ferdinand and name them, there is the tendency that man had lived in peace and prosperity occasioned by Industrial Revolution for about a century in Europe and then decided to go for war.

You need to put yourself in place of that who’s genuinely complaining to understand his feelings. Many lost their jobs because of this economic crunch. Someone observed that the rate at which people are losing jobs in private sector, you will be forgiven to think that at the time this administration creates 1000 jobs, some 700 may be lost somewhere within the economy. For someone whose work solely depends on electricity supply, his family will have to go to bed with empty stomach because whereas there is no electricity for about two or three days, he couldn’t get fuel to power his generator for same number of days in order to work to meet his family’s end. If this man complains. Comfort him or give him hope with explanation of what the administration is doing to fix the problem not insulting him for daring to protest.

If for nothing but for two Buhari’s recent retraction and denial of his action and speech about sacking Universities Councils and 5000 naira stipend to unemployed youth will make us adjust that “Buhari is always right” propensity. We should understand that we are making Buhari lose supporters every blessed day with this attitude, and this kind of support is only a recipe for failure. What common man wants is result not shouting match and the earlier we open our minds for critical discussions on the national policies, the better for our collective growth. MAY BUHARI SUCCEED.

I think this OP is on crack comparing the previous fuel scarcity to this one. This has been the worst fuel scarcity in a hot min. As of 15mins ago I bought petrol in Ibadan at N260 per ltr and even at that they only sold a maximum of 30ltrs per car. the roads are so empty its unreal. Please wake and smell what's cooking PMB and his guys came into this government with all the mouth in the world. and they have actually not delivered on any promises so far. no prosecutions just adjournments, etc they never did their research just a bunch of noise makers still making noise. I am not saying GEJ should come back but I really need people to take notice that PMB as the actual minister for petroleum has actually not come out with any concrete strategies of how to end this scarcity and prevent it from reoccurring. I haven't seen any change yet and its almost been a year. Let's hope he wakes up from his current slumber. But so far this APC government like many others ie Osun state is a shambles and has to improve greatly. lucky for them they still have time to improve and prove their many doubters wrong.

eph12:
I think what happened was that there was fear among the marketers that money owed by the government won't be paid by the incoming administration. This made them hoard the fuel as they needed to secure their own future going forward post-Jonathan.

But someone just wrote it that the then scarcity was the handiwork of GEJ haters.

I see!!

Mmm
Fanatics calling others wailers hahahhaha!

And some callin areas remote?
Pls did those areas u call remote vote at all?

If they do pls accord them their right!
If this govt that is filled with lots of lip service cant deliver to this areas who voted them in?
What diff does it make with the past three regime?

The president had been ignorant to advice since he climbed that seat!

What ever faith u guys have in him i pray it doesnt end up like those of arsenal fans.
For him to sucxeed he must reshuffle his cabinet and bring in eligible brains and not sleepin heads!

And to u #bloodyblogger dont sit at home put on ur tv to channels and swallow all they say, if u are to broke to roam the streets of Nigeria i advise u stay back in that place u call home and STFU

bloodyBLOGGER:
One of the major problems wrong with Nigerians is that we forget easily. This is the reason why hardened criminals and looters in the past can easily come back and contest for public office to the extent of winning. It is so sad that some people, mostly youths who are the leaders of tomorrow are going about with the slogan "#BringBackOurCorruption". They say they want the last administration presided by Good luck Ebele Jonathan back in power cos they can't stand the current fuel scarcity amidst other challenges that I believe the Nation will breeze through in due time.

This brainwashed blind bats who love to view things ethnically are quick to forget that the fuel scarcity experienced towards the end of the last administration's tenure was really unbearable compared to what we are currently facing now. Then, major sectors were shutting down, from telecommunications to the media, from aviation to banking. Nigerians were literally cut off from the rest of the world during that period. A period in which getting a bus to the bank to withdraw money was difficult cos buses had no fuel. When you manage to get to the bank, you are told you arrived late cos they close early due to shortage of diesel. Was the power sector any different?

Take a look at the pictures of fuel scarcity events that took place in the last administration below and tell me that Nigerians didn't make a good choice in voting them out.

You are either very ignorant or refusing to be frank to yourself.
Throughout Jonathan's tenure up until February to April 2015, there was no fuel scarcity. It was when it became clear that Buhari was going to win, and ended up winning the election that independent marketers decided to ground petrol import. What was their reason? Buhari said he didn't know anything called petrol subsidy. For that singular reason, the marketers were afraid that their accrued benefits wouldn't be paid. That was the sole reason why they grounded petrol imports.

The situation was worsened by the then opposition (APC) who saw a good chance to stain the little reputation left of GEJ's administration. If not for the comments of Buhari, I'm nearly certain that that scarcity wouldn't have happened. It was clearly a manipulative move by the marketers and opposition.

shachris02:
zombies can be really pathetic.

So let's start clapping for buhari because jonathan also had fuel scarcity, even though it was once in his 6 year reign.

Since Jonathan was clueless is okay if bullhari is clueless too.

Since jonanthan and his cabinet are corrupt, it's okay if buhari is corrupt too.


Why the hell did people vote CHANGE then?

I think what the op is trying to say is that though things aren't going on well now but don't wish for Jonathan to come back because it's still the same thing.. Inother words Jonathan failed but buhari isn't living up to expectations right now

tomakint:
@ op, be sincere it was not this bad under Jonathan, mind you the shortage of fuel towards the end of Jonathan's tenure was a grand manipulations from the detractors of his government just to whip up sentiments from the already angry electorates who are hell bent to get him out. Jonathan's government had the singular honour of stopping our seasonal December 24th-28th shortage of fuel we witnessed for 6 years under Obj's eight years.... This is the noble truth.

Whenever you guys compare OBJ's govt with that of any of these guys I do wonder if you are jokers...
Obj was handed a country that was on the brink of state of emergency, taking over from a perenial rule by overtly destructive military govts.
Obj did a good job by transforming the country in his own way because he had to fix as many crooked situations as possible during his reign. Instead of GEJ to accelerate from that position, he chose to allow grand corruption of the highest order...security, oil n gas, infrastructure, aviation by his closest aids and others.