₦airaland Forum

rolchi:
May God bless you Sir! Deregulation is the right way. The truth is that the NLC or labour Unions know this but they are just afraid to loose their jobs! Again, like I said earlier somewhere, it is impossible for any level of Government (including the FG) to build an run a refinery under the current arrangement in Nigeria.

Indorama bought the Eleme Petrochemicals in 2006 and as of today, they have stabilized the Plant and are beginning to expand their operations. Notore bought NAFCON and they are still in business today.

The way forward is complete deregulation but the gains far outweigh the seemingly season of pains. If we want to enjoy our "oyel" from upstream, midstream, downstream and backstream we must deregulate now.

Lets' forget all these cries of no road, power, health. This is the way to go. Believe you me. If Nigeria has waited to fix NITEL, we will still be at 500,000 Lines for 160 Mln Nigerians for 51 Years! Where is Mtel that had an automatic license?

Deregulation all the way and may God help GEJ and help us too!

kalokalo:
[b]The OP's original article is full of misconceptions. The are a lot of fundamental questions that the article's author failed to ask and answer. [/b]The questions and attendant answrs will point to why fuel scarcity/shortages, adulteration, subsidy consistently plague Nigeria while our surrounding West African neighbors do not have the same issues namely:

1) Why is it that only government owned refineries exist in Nigeria? Why have the IOCs/private investors refused to invest in refineries if there is indeed no 'subsidy' and it made business / economic sense to invest in refineries in Nigeria?

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deotelan:
Sheyguy if yhu are really sure of the errors bro why not atleast highlight them let's see and subsequently give us the correct informationz!

Midas02:
PART 1: NIGERIAN OIL INDUSTRY AND FUEL SUBSIDY: THE FACTS, THE MYTHS AND THE HIDDEN TRUTH!

Written by Olumide Iluyomade
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SUMMATION & VERDICT:


In conclusion, one must wonder what has been done to mitigate and resolve this cyclical problem of ‘fuel subsidy’ that seems to have been a bone of contention for every administration for the past 26 years! It is also interesting to note that the beginning of this perennial problem was set at the onset of the devaluation of Naira in 1986 when the Babangida administration adopted and implemented the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP). It was apparently not so long after this moment that the nation’s refineries started experiencing operational and maintenance issues!  It goes without saying that the nation’s journey from that moment on, especially with regards to Energy and Power, became a quick downward spiral!

In more recent years however, there was a glimmer of hope – not because of improvement in the leadership profile or improvement in management skill of the government, but rather because of a fortunate and fantastic global phenomenon that inordinately increased and multiplied the nation’s earnings through a steady and consistent stream of high crude oil prices! A Bloomberg report revealed that Nigeria has earned $196 billion in the past 4 years alone (2006 – 2010)! As a matter of fact, it is important to point out that Nigeria’s earnings in the last 10 years has exceeded the total earnings of the nation for a period of 29 years dating from 1970 – 1999!!

alex406:
This is ridiculous. Nigerians are entitled to free education especially the poor masses that cant afford such bills. Poor masses cry everyday yet all they do is sit in their offices and think of how to enrich themselves.

jamace:
Know the truth by reading here:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-806581.0.html

odiaero:
What a shame to Nigeria, after US used and dump the ship, they now donate it to dustbin nigeria, and una dey happy

Beaf:
I am slowly coming round to believing that the oil subsidy should go. It is quite clear from the names mentioned and the . . .

poweredcom:
silly thought, is it not man no man Oyedepo and his rew made it to the US Embassy, when they have washed these americans with lies, the embassy will think that the best student are in the private universities

Let me tell you, I dont support private uni, This our leaders have stolen money used to repair the federal and state ones to standard and make it cheaper -subsidise- for the citizen to attend, to build their own business empires, so what would made me to like it when i know, this,

Atiku owns a uni, Almost all of them owns a Uni, either being fronted by a strange person, I hail NIGERIA, a failed state,

dayokanu:
This is one of the private school some people were comparing to federal Universities?

Madonna University ko, Beyonce University ni

Imanuelle:
dude u niid to wake up, even if these schools collect money from the government, dats betta off than scamming the poor masses!!!

wake up bro!!

according to the pictures we just saw>>> and our info abt d school, then that reverend father is more concerned about money than the discipline he pretends to care about,

fashi jwor!

Ten Kobo:
He said Rice and that could be Susan Rice or Condoleza Rice, he cannot mean agricultural rice because even in his utmost stupidity, Retardinho knows that we cannot produce enough to feed the population, any attempt to do so will only increase hardship for the people and thirdly any attempt at a ban on import will only create another source of revenue for the government in Benin republic.

Olalekan 0:
Now,I see why CU is so grossly overated,It's'apparently because a vast majority of nairalanders are christians and/or have relatives studying in the school,coupled with the fact that there are more CU peeps on here than i anticipated.

I suggest y'all wake up from your illusions and take a tour of other private universities in the northern and southwestern part of the country before errorneously adjudging CU to be the best.

Parents are hoodwinked into having the impression that the school's''the best solely due to the moral standards the school's known for and not necessarily their academic proweress.

I know too much about CU and her products and i can authoritatively tell you their morals are on the decline,Trust me,Anything i write about CU is first hand,my sweetheart and many of my friends graduated from there and i visited them at least twice every semester from 2007 to 2011.

Someone said UI's not condusive,I'm amused,the same UI where power is supplied for the entire 24hours of the day,where you don't need your own personal modem to acess the internet and the number of cleaners nearly outweighs that of students? Ask CU peeps why they all own MTN Fast Link Modem and if they have 24hour power supply.

I advice anyone who's not been to both schools to desist from posting on this thread.

aged:
CU, no doubt is the best private uni in Nigeria.Ui and some other fed uni admited the best brain is not questionable.But one thing i want to add is that CU admission is not just for all comer as it used to be.My son applied to CU as 1st choice,scored 247 in jamb,passed pume with 8 disctictions in waec,yet not taken for accounting cos pume cut off for acct is very high as a result of large number of applicant that choose it as their 1st choice in jamb.He have to wait for next yr and retake their pume exam with better preparation.Therefore, those who claimed that CU admited only those that failed jamb is far frm the truth.Cu, in the next few yrs will be far better than any fed uni because even with their better funding , the fund will still not be utilised rather it will go to some private individual(corruption).For your information,the ammount spent on UI by fed govt is far more than what winner spent on CU annually,but you hardly feel the impact in fed uni.We have a long way to go.

Cool83:
Kudos to anyone that came out with first class in any school,i knew what i went through before having 2.1 in TASUED,but i believe that most first class graduate of private university will never make 2.1 in public univ

Cool83:
Kudos to anyone that came out with first class in any school,i knew what i went through before having 2.1 in TASUED,but i believe that most first class graduate of private university will never make 2.1 in public univ

Acidosis:
Its easier to get a 1st class in a school like UNIBEN compared to DELSU where your G.P every section is of the same ratio. You write essays and theories in the exams as against the too many MCQs written in UNIBEN. In DELSU, you hardly see 1 or 2 first class students out of 2000 graduating students. The lecturers are strict just because some of them made 3rd class while in school, so they believe its not possible for anyone to make higher scores. Some lecturers even vow that no one will make a C in their course. Now you understand why private schools are prefferable to any of these states and Federal schools. .

otokx:
Authorities in Nigerian universities have now joined the charade and think it is by the number of first class that signifies which university is the best. Imagine the UNIBEN authorities listing relevant institutions for treatment of gully erosion as NDDC and Niger Delta ministry; goes to show you unusually low IQ in that place.

Jarus:
Whether private or Federal or state, I personally believe First class is earned and will not condemn any school for producing many First Class. From my observation, I think First Class corresponds to the conduciveness of learning environment. This is why Private universities tend to produce more, followed by Federal and then State in that order. This is the same reason why Top schools even in the West produce in high numbers equivalents of First Class.

In private unis, they are programmed to just read, eat, go to church/mosque, water/electricity taken care of, what to eat not something to worry about. An average brilliant student will excel under this circumstance.

Federal Unis(esp First Generation ones) may be free, but most lecturers, having seen it all, are usually liberal. In my uni(federal, 1st generation) for example, though very free, we hardly worried about water/electricity and other distractions, so the serious ones have all what it takes to excel. Add stiff competition among the brightests to that, and you will see why First Class may not be impossible.

Jarus:
First Class is never dashed out anywhere, you make it.

jmaine:
You gave him a very good response . . .