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—THE Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki, weekend said the proposed National Road Fund Bill recommendation by the Senate committee on Works, would not lead to any increase in the current pump price of fuel. This came as Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, condemned the Senate recommendation for a N5 levy on fuel price, saying it would make the price of a litre petrol to sell above N145.00.

Saraki, who made the clarification while speaking with newsmen in Ilorin, Kwara State after the breaking of fast, also said the Senate would this week discuss a motion on the interest rates being charged by commercial banks on loans to customers, particularly entrepreneurs who borrowed funds to stay afloat and contribute to the National Gross Domestic Product, GDP. According to him: “This is an opportunity to clarify the inaccurate reporting. There is a Bill call the National Road Funds Bill. Our roads across the country are not adequately funded. If we are banking on the appropriation, we will not be able to adequately fund and refurbish our roads. Anybody that read the full report would have known that after the public hearing, which involved stakeholders from the road and transport industry, it was recommended that N5 from each litre of petrol should be channeled towards our roads. However, this is not going to be additional naira, but N5 out of the present price of N145 that Nigerians are currently paying at the pump.”
But reacting to the controversial N5 recommendation, NUPENG in a statement through its President, Igwe Achese, contended that this would be one tax and levy too many, considering the recession, poverty and hunger in the land. NUPENG vowed to resist the move if passed into law, because it would further cause untold hardship on the citizens of this country. According to the statement: “NUPENG condemns in its entirety the imposition of 0.5 percent charges on passenger fares as part of the levy.
NUPENG notes that the levy will be used to fund road projects is not tenable as it will encourage corruption, since the whole process will not be transparent. We call on the Senate to stop the passage of the N5 levy on fuel price on innocent and hard working Nigerians who toil day and night to make ends meet. ”We advise the Senate and Federal Government to look at other ways to fund the roads, infrastructure with recovered monies from looters and through public private partnership schemes, instead of further impoverishing poor Nigerians that voted for them.”
“The recommendations came from the engagement with stakeholders at the public hearing on the bill. One of the conditions attached to the new charges by all stakeholders was that this five naira should not be an increase, but come from what already exists. It is believed that the existing charges in the present price regime would be reduced to accommodate the five naira Road Fund bill. “Nigerians should be reassured that although we have not even debated these recommendations, the committees report came with a clear proviso that the five naira should come from a restructuring of the existing template, which is reshuffling the taxes in the current N145 so that N5 out of this will always be pushed to develop existing roads and build new ones,” NUPENG believed the Senate moves is anti-people and should therefore be jettisoned. Meanwhile, The Senate president also said that this week, the Senate would discuss and take a decision on the interest rates being charged by commercial banks.





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ZarZar:
Was just giving an example why I'm not friends with some. The reason for the break ups were different but none were pleasant, hence I can never be friends with an ex. Even if he was "good", I still wouldn't be friends on the grounds of wanting to keep my baggage light & not really caring about them anymore.

wwhat if they wants to be freinds with you willu agree

I don't take pledges from u guys

fastgyal:
OP, these pictures hasn't made me decide to leave my school. what should I do to you?

report him

so some federal uni still dey learn

ZarZar:
Nope. When we break up, I don't know you. Break ups usually don't happen just because. The reason we break up, is the same reason why I will want nothing to do with you ever again. I'm not friends with any of my exes because of that. Why would I wanna have an untrustworthy liar as a friend? If he's not good enough as a BF, then he's not good enough as a friend in my book.

u mean all your exes are liars

Eazie351:
Its not advisable but its okay.

if it not advisable then y is it okay

ImaIma1:
I think I would avoid being friends with an ex to avoid relapse. It's not advisable. It might delay the process of moving on.

I think it also depends on how you guys break up

sexybbstar:
I'm still friends with all my ex ,they tell me things happening to them, they seek advice about their current girlfriends





but recently it's affectng.my relationship, my guy thinks when you call someone your ex, u have nothin to do with each other again. He believes the feelings might come back. I reasoned with him and I cut contacts with some not all cos they still wanna be my friend.

I knew it no matter how hard u try it affects relationship. Soon enough I'm sure the rest will still have effect.
So sis how do you cope with mingling with your ex

Is it possible to switch off every romantic feeling you have had towards someone, and instead have a platonic relationship? I would like you to think long and hard before you answer this question. If you were in a committed relationship for years and honestly thought it was going to lead to both of you spending the rest of your lives together, and then you break up for one reason or another… would you be able to stay friends with such a person, knowing the deep feelings you once had for each other? Would you hold on to a piece of them or let it go completely?





A recent conversation with a close friend of mine had me pondering over one question. Could I remain friends with an ex? This friend of mine, who I shall call Kay is one of the nicest and most humble people I have ever met. We went to the same secondary school in Nigeria and instantly struck up a good friendship. We were inseparable and anywhere you saw me, she was never far behind and vice versa.

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So Tell Me: “Can You Really Be friends With An Ex?”

So this guy will also queue befor he enters Into the premises..

IhateAfonjas:
We own Lagos

No be fake things wey u dey sell dey make u make all those money.. Wrath is coming..

He is just returning to ekiti now and he pass my house just now..

Angeleena:
couldn't find the name,of an afonja..

u got a problem with that

NwaAmaikpe:


Fake guys...

You all are next to be caught.


Yahoo Boy No Laptop indeed....and you tell me it was music that made them blow?

haters keep hating...
fire is coming

photoshoped.

alizma:
the rich parents were not complaining but the poor ones are here on nairalander to complain over something that has nothing to do with them.
the first question you should ask before complaining on their behalf is, what could be the reason behind the queue? it's​ probably, if not certain, has to do with security screening to ensure that no one with evil intention gain access into the venue to disrupt the activity. if this is true, which reasonable parent, considering the security situation in Nigeria will find it difficult to understand that what is being done is best in his/her interest? except the poor in brain and pocket.

your point

DjAndroid:
No reason why they cued up?

gbaguan..

seunny4lif:
Why you dey follow me Wetin I do you know

I no get your time oooo

NLProblemChild:
Op if I recheck my score and it doesn't change.. Na seun and lalasticlala go settle our fight oo

wetin be your score.

seunny4lif:
My I go back to sleep cos this one no concern me
Seun and the guy below me over to you

u mean me

seunny4lif:
Finish Brutality Knockout

abeg goan sleep.

because it has been written that men must have more than one wife.

warridis

oh my gosh

can't read this too long..

seunny4lif:
We have UI ,OAU and others

don't u know people will not choose them because nobody wants to stay at home so people choose average schools..