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Not necessarily. A soakaway pit by definition and proper operation is supposed to be dry and odourless. If it is the septic tank the OP refers to then yes, it will contain hydrogen-sulfide and other associated gases and very little oxygen most living things require to exist. But another reason why it is almost impossible for vertebrates to make their way to the bathroom is an ingenious barrier called a water trap present in all water closets and other sanitary wares which primarily acts at a gas barrier which snakes except the aquatic species will avoid.

Because that is the Sabbath day in Christianity.

maestro299:
Lol. A whole Arsenal's most expensive player?

Na...that was a piece of bad business. The kind the EFCC should look into.

prodigyhenry:
Martinelli is a better player to pepe, pepe is too undeceive. All dribbles little output

Wow... forgotten Pepe is still a Gunner. The man should be serving tea and crumpets in the club house.

Good goal from Marty. The kids teaching daddy Auba how to strike.

Auba's reflexes gone with the wind of age.

Anything Arsenal achieves this season will be all down to Ramsdale.
He has been the most qualitative signing I have seen Arsenal make since Robben Van Persie.

Newcastle comfortable so far.

thinkmoney:
Nigeria army are terrorists no doubt. But where they here before Kanu started is crusade? That's my question. Kanu gave them excuse and reason.
Maybe nigeria army had long wanted to burn us, but Kanu doused us with oil and made it easy for them

Mister, what is this you are posting.
What is the over riding mission of the army to the south east. Is it not to bring peace

How will the killing of civilians bring peace or any other thing but drive them into the hands of extremists.
Government is supposed to be civil, more intelligent, more circumspect, more focused and more determined to end hostilities not fuel them and should do everything including making sacrifices to bring about that peace.

This is the exact thing that has made a benign fundamentalist movement of the late 2010's into a rampaging insurgent terrorist movement costing trillions of naira and hundreds of thousands of lives close to a decade and a half now and has spawned both local and international affiliates and franchises.

All because security agents do not act intelligently but out of juvenile emotions in retaliation for loses in the course of duty.

The government via its unruly agents will continue to struggle to contain discontent and administer peace in Nigeria when they cannot act professionally.

Violence begets violence and it is incumbent on government to break the cycle and administer justice. When will they see the citizens as their responsibilities. Why can't the government ever act 'bigger' than the people it claims to lead, but rather behaving in a crude, lawless manner.

What a sad loss.

KingEverest:
Just dismissed? Wont they prosecute him?

That is the big question.
The police should realise that if they are to remove the big targets on their backs they should ensure justice begins at home.
Ordinarily if this was a 'civilian' who did this, capital punishment is a certainty.
What do we call the intentional killing of 5 people.... a massacre....??

If Nigeria does not follow suit and do so vociferously then it will get here and we will be shut out sooner than later.
So sorry for those whose business takes them around the world.

mediainc:
There are ways they can get the subsidy right, we voted them into power to think.

Transportation is very important to Nigerians, if you increase fuel, you increase transportation, and reduce the residual income of the people, the flow of economic activity in the society is stagnated because the majority of the people have less to spend on basic items. The goal should be to put the money in the hands of the greatest number to be able to afford basic things, this circulates currency and economic flow across the nation. The role of government is to keep economic activities flowing to ensure continuous tax flows into government pockets.

There is no guaranty that the state governors will use the funds judiciously.

I have a bright idea on how government can eradicate corruption in the fuel or any other subsidy arrangements...the government can work with banks and create fuel cards, direct via BVN, every citizen will be given quotas/discounts when they buy fuel with the card, that will be issued by their bank. CBN and banks can do the plus and minus. This will eradicate subsidy fuel stealing or movement to other countries. Use the banks. Government should think smart...the people deserve subsidy/welfare or whatever you want to call it.

Fuel is very important, every small business owner has a small generator that uses fuel, government should encourage these businesses...if cost of production is too high, prices for goods and services will increase, and this will reduce demand, discouraging business owners from going into start ups and entrepreneurship.

The economic advisers must think this through.

Quick one.
I rather think we vote them in to 'lead'. Knowledge is not the sole preserve of government and there are far more think tanks outsides of government than there are in it. Government only needs to be skilled in listening and aggregating and assimilating ideas to be successful.

Your argument is valid.
Energy and Petroleum costs/prices are critical to any nation on earth but the struggle has always been between national economies and the economies of individual citizens. Someone must pay and so far in the history of Nigeria the people have allowed the government take all the hard decisions.

But step back and realise this. Government is US. We pay for this one way or the other and this subsidy thing has taken value out of our pockets silently and assuredly. We are getting poorer as a people year on year. What the removal of subsidies will bring is order to this chaos. We will be hit by massive inflation no doubt but we will succeed in removing the last excuse any government (present and future) has not to develop this country properly.

Rexwalters1:
Nonsense go back & study economics 101 again, in simple & plain English Fuel Subsidy must be removed. Everything that has a beginning, must also have an end.

Let those our corrupt siblings NANS shut down the nation, aren’t they the ones that will suffer the consequences?

Yes, this fuel subsidy as is presently constituted must be removed if we desire to survive as a national economic entity. I totally agree with that as a principle and as a way to break the chicken an egg cycle the challenges of which no government in the future no matter how endowed can surmount.

However, WHEN the industry gets going and our economy refines itself, factors such as inflation will come under the microscope as real threats to economic stability and the price of PP's viz crude oil fluctuations WILL NEED to be addressed. This is where advanced nations are and they have discovered that 'supporting' industry is supporting the economy. That some form of subsidies targeted at keeping prices in check are necessary from time to time.

The key word here I repeat again is: PRODUCTION SUBSIDY.
Just like is being done is a way in the energy sector. Government has been intervening to keep a lot of power plants generating. What they should not be doing is buying power on our behalf and selling to us lower than the cost of generation and distribution. That is a recipe for bankruptcy.

Rexwalters1:
Fixing the refineries will not end anything, Nigeria cannot keep paying below market price, then expect government to pay the subsidy, Government has said they have had enough, they can’t continue with this system that has gotten them no where in the last 40 years.

Dangote also gave them a hint, that when his refineries come back on stream late 2022, he will charge @ the international priced rate of refined crude.

You are still mentally stuck with production and consumption subsidies mix up.
The price at which we presently import refined products for instance includes a lot of offshore taxes and levies which can be offset with onshore production.

What the poster (I was replying to) was alluding to is that governments of advanced nations do pay subsidies and I said those subsidies were largely onto industry, not consumption.

The international price of crude is a large determinant but not the only determinant of the landing cost of PP's and government can work with Dangote for instance to support production and stabilise the price of the crude he buys from them. The United States does this very well by its huge crude reserves which it tops up when prices are low and releases them to its local refineries when prices go high (high enough to threaten the economy via inflation). That is a form of production subsidy but via hedging and onto production alone.

spacechuks:
Fuel subsidy or not,

Why should we pay through our nose for what we have in our soil,

Especially, the Niger Deltans , why should we pay high amount for what is deposited free in our soil,

It's a pity , useless leaders since independence,

When the oil dries up, you people will buy PMS at N5,000 per litre,

Useless country

If you are not willing to pay a fair price for petroleum products then it will remain scarce because no one will invest in it.
I always use this example:

If you plant yams for a living, the only benefits your profession will accrue to you is access and availability to yams constantly.
Anytime you take one out of the yam barn to eat you incure a cost that MUST BE RECOVERED if not down the line you will run out of yams.
Nigeria's oil reserves only gives us access and availability. It does not not give us the latitude to consume it at any cost because it requires production at the least.

The fact that we have been consuming it for decades while not paying a fair price to keep production going is the main reason why three decades ago all the refineries collapsed. It is the reason why only Dangote is venturing albeit with so much difficulty.

I usually ask folks.
How do you define water, a social commodity?, an essential commodity?, an industrial commodity?. a commercial commodity.....
Afterall it is God given, it is found almost everywhere on earth but there is no one on earth who will not invest in water one way or the other to have and use it, so it is not free and i will be damned if people go round giving free water anywhere from rural villages to urban mega cities.

Nigerians should wake up to the realities of what makes societies work, develop and prosper and learn to build their country in the knowledge that nothing of value comes cheap or free.

mediainc:
The people deserve subsidy, is the only thing we gain as citizens. Subsidy is done for citizens in all countries of the world...UK and America, food and basic necessities are subsidized, most Arab countries bread is subsidized.

Reduce cost of governance not subsides, I have not seen one house of representatives member, governor, or member of the executive, push for reduction of cost of governance, but they are quick to enact policies that will suffer the people.

Nigerians what type of people are you voting into positions of authority?

Those subsidies you speak about in other climes are mainly production subsidies where government supports industries with cash, credit, waivers, patronage, etc.

What you are asking to be sustained in Nigeria is consumption subsidies which is inherently problematic as it directly confronts government revenues, they require instant and constant resource deployment and can only be sustained by cash (scarce foreign exchange) in our case which puts massive pressure on the naira.

That is why most who sit on the fence about this subsidy debacle say, repair the refineries first so that the subsidies go to the refinery operators to 'incentify' them to keep prices low. And because production subsidies are not necessarily cash driven the fear of products driven across the borders will abate.

It should be of concern to every citizen of this country that part of the reason our naira continues to weaken is because we are essentially subsidising a good chunk of the economies of our west african neighbours via cheap gasoline.

ironheart:
Lets forget it. We don't want to be used to catch out. No body should protest. Let them remove the subsidy because sooner or later fuel prices will get to 340 and we will still be hearing subsidy.

The only protest i want is for them to remove the 5k for 40mil Nigerian. Its another conduit for corruption and laziness

Subsidy removal aka price deregulation in truth is not a destination but a journey.
It does not specify what the price eventually will become but the fact that government on behalf of the taxpayer will no longer pay to keep prices stable no matter what economic winds blow.
So it can go higher than that 340 or lower, just as the price of AGO swings.

benuejosh:
We are on the path to greatness already.

See them here.
Cannot say the truth and will not allow others demand for better governance.
Complicit in the wholesale destruction in the standards of life and living of the average Nigerian.

helinues:
We are hoping so.

Gob bless Nigeria

Hoping for six years going to seven years.....
I just laugh. That amount of time is more that enough to assess competence and capability of a government which are clearly lacking here in Nigeria

But the greater tragedy is that folks like you have rallied to give mixed signals to an under performing government by blunting the instrument of democratic coercion relentlessly, thereby robbing other citizens of true dividends.

I trust you are thoroughly enjoying the government you constantly hail.
Have a good day.

NwaNimo1:
Rented = Borrowed......

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Hahahaha..... is that a bird ....or a plane..... its the Nigeria government's misadventure.... .... we know where it will all end.

Silly people.
The last pristine place on earth, they carry their stupid tourism to in the worst possible manner.

Elections do have serious consequences....
When you empower people who add no value to your life whatsoever but actively depreciate your standard of living and erode your lifespan this is what you get.... graphically.
In other climes people mandate leadership at the polls to actively create opportunities for and prosper them.

CSTRR:
Those players having sex party before a major match should be suspended from the national team.

They should miss the nations cup, atleast.
No matter the consequences.

That is if we are actually serious about our football.

Indeed.
Rohr is responsible for the atmosphere that condones that kind of thing.
If he makes the team competitive enough no one will try such.
But quite a few of them are relaxed in their mediocrity.
The FIFA free week a holiday to them from the rigours of the club duties and serious coaches back in Europe who don't mind dropping a player for a single stick of cigarette.

adioolayi:
"If as a group we decide to be honest many will tell you Rohr isn’t the issue. He did his best to carry all along but some players have people in high places and what they can’t do at their clubsides is what they are comfortable doing in camp. Most times a day to game or even the morning before games”, he said.

Why is it difficult for Rohr to punish such players Why will he fold his hands till they affect his job...or he thinks Nigerians won't react

It was also alleged that some players organise a se.x party a night before the Cape Verde game....Why can't Rohr punish those players Why fielding one of the names that was reported, if true You punish the players..and if the media asked why you didn't field them..you tell the media they broke camp rules..As simple as that!

If the working conditions is not suitable for you...If you can't operate with free hands...Then quit NFF job before your professional image is soiled....That's what good coaches do!

Said it all and just as I stated a few days ago.

The 'House' is the responsibility of the father figure.
The living conditions and the effect on the children are entirely his responsibility.
He has the power to lay down the law or quit.

It is a Nigerian thing to manage mediocrity and if Rohr has started down this lane it is time to look for a 'real' foreign technical hand.
Because the very essence of a foreigner amongst other things is that he is immune to the 'Nigerian-ess' in us.

That team needs a disciplinarian, a vocalist.
It shows in their body language on the field.

Sorry oh and quick recovery.
Your commitment to the game will soon pay off big time.
you will be fine for the world cup.... if your country will get its ducks in line.

[quote author=studentwriter post=107937938]you must be very stupid and useless for this shit rubbish you just spewed.
idiot spewing rubbish on a faceless Forum and you think you can't be tracked? [/quot

What nonsense are you saying. He is telling you the simple truth every right thinking citizen of this country is saying openly so no one is hiding.

The Nigerian state as presently structured is clearly unsustainable and the only way out of this endless cycle of violence is sociopolitical settlement.

That is the way advanced nation states grow stronger. But if you feeling Nigeria is headed in the right direction good luck to you. It will reach everyone.

Kriss216:
Most difficult to rig, he meant.
Cancellation of the Sit at Home spoilt their game plan.
Smart Igbos.
God bless Ndigbo.

Hmmm......

Fido Dido....

Wow, what a loss.
A great general is gone.

onyenatruchi:
This is Lagos where my brother lives I am coming to visit my brother next week Lagos sweet oo

Gosh.... what is this.... kai....
And this man will happily stand under the sun and vote into governance his oppressors yet again....

..... The house must belong to an air steward....who has spent too much time up and down the aisle.... air sickness things...