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*Singing*
Come little girl come carry me banana
Here I comeback me wanna go home
Dey, Misedey, Misedey, Misedey O!, *stops singing*
Calculating the empiricism of Chief Odiaero 1's lies. Finds it to be troubling. Also sounds like a Lamorde's patient coupled with the fact that his grammatical 'tagbons' can make a baby hiss.

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Government have started sending out their agents of mass deceivers around. People claiming that recurrent expenditure is lower than capital expenditure. I'm getting tired O

deor03:
This is NOT simple !

Guy the fuel government claims to subsidize is about to be removed. Nothing is simple we should all know the truth

I just bolded a few lines in the article. It is clear we're being lied too. Now they are deceiving people that the recurrent expenditure is more that capital expenditure. There is nothing these looters won't do to continue stealing. Una cup don dey full O!

The Simple Arithmetic of Oil Subsidy

Posted at Dec 18, 2011|Posted in  Nation Building| By Babatunde Bakare|No comments
Being text of a speech delivered by Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, at the church auditorium on Sunday, the 18th day of December, 2011

Fellow citizens of a potentially great country being daily dehumanised by leaders who hate us, I am here this morning in the normal course of duty, the duty of a shepherd, as stipulated in the book of Jeremiah the Prophet: (Jeremiah 23:3 & 4, NKJV)
God’s desire for His flock is fruitfulness and increase, but such flock require a different kind of ‘feed’ that will guarantee that they are not afraid, dismayed, or lacking anything. This special feed is “knowledge and understanding” as stated in Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
My objective in this presentation is to confute the confusion created by a government that is hell-bent on the removal of oil subsidy without due regard for the feelings/sufferings of a people being pushed to the wall.

Let me start this presentation from a definitive standpoint and move on to other issues that will bring light and illumination to this manufactured foggy issue. To subsidise is to sell a product below cost of production. Up until this time, neither the federal government nor the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has told us the cost of producing a litre of oil in our Warri, Port Harcourt or Kaduna refineries, so the nation is not in a position to take an informed stand on whether or not oil is being subsidized.

However, according to statistics from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPRA) and National Bureau of Statistics, getting petrol to Nigerian ports costs N117.74 per litre. And because of deliberated gross inefficiency at the Nigerian ports, an additional cost of N6.25 per litre is incurred. The petrol is usually stored at the ports. It is not transferred directly from the ships to the trucks and so the ports charge N3.00 for storage and an administrative cost of N15.00. Other costs include a bridging fund of N3.95 and then the dealers add their margin of N1.75 per litre. The transporters add their own margin of N2.70, while filling stations add a margin of N4.60. So the cost of fuel at petrol stations comes to N138.19 per litre, or approximately N140.00 per litre. And because it is sold for N65 per litre, the federal government pays the shortfall of N75.00 or thereabout on every litre of petrol. This extra N75.00 called subsidy, is what the government says will bankrupt the nation if it is not stopped forthwith.

If you have followed me so far, it will be clear to you that the federal government is not subsidising the cost of production of refined oil in our nation. What the government is subsidising is the alternative cost of importation. This shows clearly that our leaders have allowed their laziness to envelope the entire nation so that we have corporately become a lazy nation according to the biblical definition. In Proverbs 12:24, the Bible states that

The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession.
Simply put, due to laziness and lack of diligence, our leaders cannot refine enough crude oil for our consumption.

Furthermore, in addition to its exploration activities, NNPC was given powers and operational interests by enabling legislation in refining petrochemicals, transporting products and marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barell Shell refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965 and expanded it to become a two-tier refinery.

Today, the four refineries in Nigeria currently operate at 21% capacity providing 93,450 litres daily, while, on average, Nigerians use 294,000 litres of fuel per day which means that an additional 200,550 litres is imported to meet the domestic need. If you multiply that figure of 200,550 litres by the N75.00 absurdity called subsidy, Nigeria spends N15 million daily to pay for our leadership failure and pathological laziness.

The federal government has been dangling the carrot of what enormous savings they stand to make and then invest in infrastructural development, mass food production, education, health services and minimum wage. These half truths and easy answers are weapons of mass deception as the government cannot save the entirety of the sum being touted for the simple reason that 40% of total fuel consumption is by the government itself.

Fellow citizens of Nigeria, by removing the subsidy – if we ever allow this to take place – Nigerians will be made to pay for the ineptitude of their leaders and the kleptomania of government functionaries. Like other nations, some less endowed, we have the opportunity to set up our own refineries, refine our products, sell and export refined products, and make money. Instead of doing that, both NNPC and the government “explore sleaze, refine roguery and market sharp practices.” They cannot complain that they import at a high price. It is their idiotic choice and Nigerians should not be made scapegoats for their poor choices.

I have other reasons why Nigerians at home and abroad, young and old, must stand against the removal of this absurdity called subsidy, so that the government can be compelled to look inward and stop fleecing the poor people of this nation.

Successive governments have failed to explain why the refineries have remained incapacitated despite humongous investments over the years on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM);
At present, the four (4) refineries in Nigeria operate at 21% of their total capacity and produce 93,450 litres per day. We have not been told the cost per litre as earlier mentioned and the reason is not farfetched – the disparity between local cost of production and cost of importation will glaringly show the cost of our leaders’ negligence and incompetence. To show the lack of foresight and unpardonable haemorrhaging of our national economy, if the refineries are made to run at only 66% capacity, they would produce more than the 294,000 litres needed domestically everyday;
Nigeria under irresponsible leadership prides itself as the sixth (6th) largest producer of oil while wearing the shameful badge of being one of the highest importers of petroleum products, paying as much as N1.3 trillion to sacred fat cats that are untouchable because of compromises at the highest level of government in our nation. Whereas nations more or less endowed as we are, like Libya and Venezuela, refine their own crude oil. Venezuela does not even export a drop of crude. Why does our country continue to export crude oil to countries that then refine and sell it back to us at higher prices?
Why does NNPC leave its own storage facilities unused and proceed to incur additional costs from leasing third party storage facilities? The DPK tanks with a storage capacity of 18,000 cubic metres at the PPMC depots within the Mosimi area have not been used for three years, though they are in good condition. The cost of leasing third party facilities is passed to the government and entered as subsidy in the books. The owners of these third party facilities are not faceless people, they are part of the cartel siphoning the resources of our nation. They cannot do it without the collaboration of those in the corridors of power;
The federal government of Nigeria does not tell the whole truth each time it trumpets and blows its propaganda machinery that the present N65.00 per litre we pay for petrol is the lowest in the world. Put side by side with the cost per litre of petrol in other oil producing nations, ours is one of the highest:
[size=14pt]Iran sells for N58.40 per litre
Kuwait: N30.66 per litre
Qatar: N32.12 per litre
Saudi Arabia: N17.52 per litre
United Arab Emirates: N54.02 per litre
Libya: N15.95 per litre[/size]
This oil subsidy saga to me is the proverbial handwriting on the wall and this government has taken the toga of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, to further concretise the suffering of our people in the midst of plenty. Rehoboam thought he could continue the profligacy of his father, but the people that were pushed to the wall kicked back because they could not comprehend why their nation had everything but the citizens paradoxically lacked everything.

A cursory look at this scandalous precedent in the Bible and the attendant consequence that ensued will show to the wise and discerning the end-product of taking the people you are meant to serve for granted.

The abundance the land of Israel experienced in the days of Solomon can be likened to the period of our oil boom when one of our military leaders exclaimed that Nigeria’s problem is not money, but how to spend it.
Let’s check the Scriptures for indicators of King Solomon’s stupendous wealth:

a. 1 Kings 10:14-29 (especially vs. 27)


The response of King Rehoboam is not different from that of President Jonathan who recently told us that rather than lightening the burdensome service of our people, he is ready for mass revolt. And, by the grace of God, mass revolt is what he will get. What brought him to power is powerful enough to flush him out of power. The power brokers pushing him to talk tough will back off and sell out when they are face-to-face with the rage of the poor and the resentment of those excluded, deprived, and robbed. Nothing calls for the barking of a leader at the people, except he has, in the words of King Solomon, become a wicked ruler over poor people whose demeanour is likened to a roaring lion and a charging bear (Proverbs 28:15).

In closing, let me give a cautionary word to those who think they can continue afflicting the people at whose expense they maintain past and present profligacy. I am talking about those at the different tiers of government who impose unnecessary tax burdens on poor people. Those who don’t learn from history either repeat the blunders of the past or they become history themselves. King Rehoboam assumed that it was business as usual, so he sent his revenue collector Adoniram to impose punitive taxes on economically deprived people. They responded to him with stones and he died – 1 Kings 12:8 –


Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

Let those relying on their ill-equipped, underpaid, and underfed police officers and political thugs remember the words of President J.F. Kennedy:


A society that cannot help the many who are poor, cannot save the few that are rich.

Until this government downsizes, cuts down on its profligacy, and leads by example in modesty and moderation, the poor people of this country will not subsidise the excesses of the oil sector fat cats and the immorality of the self-centred and indulgent lifestyles of those in government. No leader can survive for long in power without peace. And let no one dream of peace without justice and equity.

The words of President Dwight Eisenhower are very apt and I finally close with them:


Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and co-operation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

[size=14pt]May the soul of oil subsidy and those who desire to inflict us with further injury rest in perfect peace. Amen and Amen.[/size]

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The Simple Arithmetic of Oil Subsidy

Posted at Dec 18, 2011|Posted in  Nation Building| By Babatunde Bakare|No comments
Being text of a speech delivered by Pastor ‘Tunde Bakare, Serving Overseer of The Latter Rain Assembly, at the church auditorium on Sunday, the 18th day of December, 2011

Fellow citizens of a potentially great country being daily dehumanised by leaders who hate us, I am here this morning in the normal course of duty, the duty of a shepherd, as stipulated in the book of Jeremiah the Prophet:

3. But I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all countries where I have driven them, and bring them back to their folds; and they shall be fruitful and increase.
4. I will set up shepherds over them who will feed them; and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, nor shall they be lacking,” says the Lord. (Jeremiah 23:3 & 4, NKJV)
God’s desire for His flock is fruitfulness and increase, but such flock require a different kind of ‘feed’ that will guarantee that they are not afraid, dismayed, or lacking anything. This special feed is “knowledge and understanding” as stated in Jeremiah 3:15

And I will give you shepherds according to My heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.
My objective in this presentation is to confute the confusion created by a government that is hell-bent on the removal of oil subsidy without due regard for the feelings/sufferings of a people being pushed to the wall.

Let me start this presentation from a definitive standpoint and move on to other issues that will bring light and illumination to this manufactured foggy issue. To subsidise is to sell a product below cost of production. Up until this time, neither the federal government nor the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has told us the cost of producing a litre of oil in our Warri, Port Harcourt or Kaduna refineries, so the nation is not in a position to take an informed stand on whether or not oil is being subsidized.

However, according to statistics from the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPRA) and National Bureau of Statistics, getting petrol to Nigerian ports costs N117.74 per litre. And because of deliberated gross inefficiency at the Nigerian ports, an additional cost of N6.25 per litre is incurred. The petrol is usually stored at the ports. It is not transferred directly from the ships to the trucks and so the ports charge N3.00 for storage and an administrative cost of N15.00. Other costs include a bridging fund of N3.95 and then the dealers add their margin of N1.75 per litre. The transporters add their own margin of N2.70, while filling stations add a margin of N4.60. So the cost of fuel at petrol stations comes to N138.19 per litre, or approximately N140.00 per litre. And because it is sold for N65 per litre, the federal government pays the shortfall of N75.00 or thereabout on every litre of petrol. This extra N75.00 called subsidy, is what the government says will bankrupt the nation if it is not stopped forthwith.

If you have followed me so far, it will be clear to you that the federal government is not subsidising the cost of production of refined oil in our nation. What the government is subsidising is the alternative cost of importation. This shows clearly that our leaders have allowed their laziness to envelope the entire nation so that we have corporately become a lazy nation according to the biblical definition. In Proverbs 12:24, the Bible states that

The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, But diligence is man’s precious possession.
Simply put, due to laziness and lack of diligence, our leaders cannot refine enough crude oil for our consumption.

Furthermore, in addition to its exploration activities, NNPC was given powers and operational interests by enabling legislation in refining petrochemicals, transporting products and marketing. Between 1978 and 1989, NNPC constructed refineries in Warri, Kaduna and Port Harcourt and took over the 35,000-barell Shell refinery established in Port Harcourt in 1965 and expanded it to become a two-tier refinery.

Today, the four refineries in Nigeria currently operate at 21% capacity providing 93,450 litres daily, while, on average, Nigerians use 294,000 litres of fuel per day which means that an additional 200,550 litres is imported to meet the domestic need. If you multiply that figure of 200,550 litres by the N75.00 absurdity called subsidy, Nigeria spends N15 million daily to pay for our leadership failure and pathological laziness.

The federal government has been dangling the carrot of what enormous savings they stand to make and then invest in infrastructural development, mass food production, education, health services and minimum wage. These half truths and easy answers are weapons of mass deception as the government cannot save the entirety of the sum being touted for the simple reason that 40% of total fuel consumption is by the government itself.

Fellow citizens of Nigeria, by removing the subsidy – if we ever allow this to take place – Nigerians will be made to pay for the ineptitude of their leaders and the kleptomania of government functionaries. Like other nations, some less endowed, we have the opportunity to set up our own refineries, refine our products, sell and export refined products, and make money. Instead of doing that, both NNPC and the government “explore sleaze, refine roguery and market sharp practices.” They cannot complain that they import at a high price. It is their idiotic choice and Nigerians should not be made scapegoats for their poor choices.

I have other reasons why Nigerians at home and abroad, young and old, must stand against the removal of this absurdity called subsidy, so that the government can be compelled to look inward and stop fleecing the poor people of this nation.

Successive governments have failed to explain why the refineries have remained incapacitated despite humongous investments over the years on Turn Around Maintenance (TAM);
At present, the four (4) refineries in Nigeria operate at 21% of their total capacity and produce 93,450 litres per day. We have not been told the cost per litre as earlier mentioned and the reason is not farfetched – the disparity between local cost of production and cost of importation will glaringly show the cost of our leaders’ negligence and incompetence. To show the lack of foresight and unpardonable haemorrhaging of our national economy, if the refineries are made to run at only 66% capacity, they would produce more than the 294,000 litres needed domestically everyday;
Nigeria under irresponsible leadership prides itself as the sixth (6th) largest producer of oil while wearing the shameful badge of being one of the highest importers of petroleum products, paying as much as N1.3 trillion to sacred fat cats that are untouchable because of compromises at the highest level of government in our nation. Whereas nations more or less endowed as we are, like Libya and Venezuela, refine their own crude oil. Venezuela does not even export a drop of crude. Why does our country continue to export crude oil to countries that then refine and sell it back to us at higher prices?
Why does NNPC leave its own storage facilities unused and proceed to incur additional costs from leasing third party storage facilities? The DPK tanks with a storage capacity of 18,000 cubic metres at the PPMC depots within the Mosimi area have not been used for three years, though they are in good condition. The cost of leasing third party facilities is passed to the government and entered as subsidy in the books. The owners of these third party facilities are not faceless people, they are part of the cartel siphoning the resources of our nation. They cannot do it without the collaboration of those in the corridors of power;
The federal government of Nigeria does not tell the whole truth each time it trumpets and blows its propaganda machinery that the present N65.00 per litre we pay for petrol is the lowest in the world. Put side by side with the cost per litre of petrol in other oil producing nations, ours is one of the highest:
Iran sells for N58.40 per litre
Kuwait: N30.66 per litre
Qatar: N32.12 per litre
Saudi Arabia: N17.52 per litre
United Arab Emirates: N54.02 per litre
Libya: N15.95 per litre
This oil subsidy saga to me is the proverbial handwriting on the wall and this government has taken the toga of Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, to further concretise the suffering of our people in the midst of plenty. Rehoboam thought he could continue the profligacy of his father, but the people that were pushed to the wall kicked back because they could not comprehend why their nation had everything but the citizens paradoxically lacked everything.

A cursory look at this scandalous precedent in the Bible and the attendant consequence that ensued will show to the wise and discerning the end-product of taking the people you are meant to serve for granted.

The abundance the land of Israel experienced in the days of Solomon can be likened to the period of our oil boom when one of our military leaders exclaimed that Nigeria’s problem is not money, but how to spend it.
Let’s check the Scriptures for indicators of King Solomon’s stupendous wealth:

a. 1 Kings 10:14-29 (especially vs. 27)


14 The weight of gold that came to Solomon yearly was six hundred and sixty-six talents of gold,


15 besides that from the travelling merchants, from the income of traders, from all the kings of Arabia, and from the governors of the country.


16 And King Solomon made two hundred large shields of hammered gold; six hundred shekels of gold went into each shield.


17 He also made three hundred shields of hammered gold; three minas of gold went into each shield. The king put them in the House of the Forest of Lebanon.


18 Moreover the king made a great throne of ivory, and overlaid it with pure gold.


19 The throne had six steps, and the top of the throne was round at the back; there were armrests on either side of the place of the seat, and two lions stood beside the armrests.


20 Twelve lions stood there, one on each side of the six steps; nothing like this had been made for any other kingdom.


21 All King Solomon’s drinking vessels were gold, and all the vessels of the House of the Forest of Lebanon were pure gold. Not one was silver, for this was accounted as nothing in the days of Solomon.


22 For the king had merchant ships at sea with the fleet of Hiram. Once every three years the merchant ships came bringing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and monkeys.


23 So King Solomon surpassed all the kings of the earth in riches and wisdom.


24 Now all the earth sought the presence of Solomon to hear his wisdom, which God had put in his heart.


25 Each man brought his present: articles of silver and gold, garments, armor, spices, horses, and mules, at a set rate year by year.


26 And Solomon gathered chariots and horsemen; he had one thousand four hundred chariots and twelve thousand horsemen, whom he stationed in the chariot cities and with the king at Jerusalem.


27 The king made silver as common in Jerusalem as stones, and he made cedar trees as abundant as the sycamores which are in the lowland.


28 Also Solomon had horses imported from Egypt and Keveh; the king’s merchants bought them in Keveh at the current price.


29 Now a chariot that was imported from Egypt cost six hundred shekels of silver, and a horse one hundred and fifty; and thus, through their agents, they exported them to all the kings of the Hittites and the kings of Syria.

B. King Solomon’s daily provision – 1 Kings 4:20-28



20 Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea in multitude, eating and drinking and rejoicing.


21 So Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. They brought tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.


22 Now Solomon’s provision for one day was thirty kors of fine flour, sixty kors of meal,


23 ten fatted oxen, twenty oxen from the pastures, and one hundred sheep, besides deer, gazelles, roebucks, and fatted fowl.


24 For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.


25 And Judah and Israel dwelt safely, each man under his vine and his fig tree, from Dan as far as Beersheba, all the days of Solomon.


26 Solomon had forty thousand stalls of horses for his chariots, and twelve thousand horsemen.


27 And these governors, each man in his month, provided food for King Solomon and for all who came to King Solomon’s table. There was no lack in their supply.


28 They also brought barley and straw to the proper place, for the horses and steeds, each man according to his charge.



C. The splendour of King Solomon’s cabinet – 2 Chronicles 9:1-8



1 Now when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to Jerusalem to test Solomon with hard questions, having a very great retinue, camels that bore spices, gold in abundance, and precious stones; and when she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.


2 So Solomon answered all her questions; there was nothing so difficult for Solomon that he could not explain it to her.


3 And when the queen of Sheba had seen the wisdom of Solomon, the house that he had built,


4 the food on his table, the seating of his servants, the service of his waiters and their apparel, his cupbearers and their apparel, and his entryway by which he went up to the house of the LORD, there was no more spirit in her.


5 Then she said to the king: “It was a true report which I heard in my own land about your words and your wisdom.


6 However I did not believe their words until I came and saw with my own eyes; and indeed the half of the greatness of your wisdom was not told me. You exceed the fame of which I heard.


7 Happy are your men and happy are these your servants, who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!


8 Blessed be the LORD your God, who delighted in you, setting you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God! Because your God has loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore He made you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.



Let’s compare the life of the king and his officers in the palace and government with the life of the citizens in the streets of Jerusalem where silver was as common as stones.

1 Kings 12:1-16 (especially vs. 4)



1 And Rehoboam went to Shechem, for all Israel had gone to Shechem to make him king.


2 So it happened, when Jeroboam the son of Nebat heard it (he was still in Egypt, for he had fled from the presence of King Solomon and had been dwelling in Egypt),


3 that they sent and called him. Then Jeroboam and the whole assembly of Israel came and spoke to Rehoboam, saying,


4 “Your father made our yoke heavy; now therefore, lighten the burdensome service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, and we will serve you.”


5 So he said to them, “Depart for three days, then come back to me.” And the people departed.


6 Then King Rehoboam consulted the elders who stood before his father Solomon while he still lived, and he said, “How do you advise me to answer these people?”


7 And they spoke to him, saying, “If you will be a servant to these people today, and serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.”


8 But he rejected the advice which the elders had given him, and consulted the young men who had grown up with him, who stood before him.


9 And he said to them, “What advice do you give? How should we answer this people who have spoken to me, saying, ‘Lighten the yoke which your father put on us’?”


10 Then the young men who had grown up with him spoke to him, saying, “Thus you should speak to this people who have spoken to you, saying, ‘Your father made our yoke heavy, but you make it lighter on us’—thus you shall say to them: ‘My little finger shall be thicker than my father’s waist!


11 And now, whereas my father put a heavy yoke on you, I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!’”


12 So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king had directed, saying, “Come back to me the third day.”


13 Then the king answered the people roughly, and rejected the advice which the elders had given him;


14 and he spoke to them according to the advice of the young men, saying, “My father made your yoke heavy, but I will add to your yoke; my father chastised you with whips, but I will chastise you with scourges!”


15 So the king did not listen to the people; for the turn of events was from the LORD, that He might fulfill His word, which the LORD had spoken by Ahijah the Shilonite to Jeroboam the son of Nebat.


16 Now when all Israel saw that the king did not listen to them, the people answered the king, saying:
“What share have we in David?

We have no inheritance in the son of Jesse.

To your tents, O Israel!

Now, see to your own house, O David!”

So Israel departed to their tents.





The response of King Rehoboam is not different from that of President Jonathan who recently told us that rather than lightening the burdensome service of our people, he is ready for mass revolt. And, by the grace of God, mass revolt is what he will get. What brought him to power is powerful enough to flush him out of power. The power brokers pushing him to talk tough will back off and sell out when they are face-to-face with the rage of the poor and the resentment of those excluded, deprived, and robbed. Nothing calls for the barking of a leader at the people, except he has, in the words of King Solomon, become a wicked ruler over poor people whose demeanour is likened to a roaring lion and a charging bear (Proverbs 28:15).

In closing, let me give a cautionary word to those who think they can continue afflicting the people at whose expense they maintain past and present profligacy. I am talking about those at the different tiers of government who impose unnecessary tax burdens on poor people. Those who don’t learn from history either repeat the blunders of the past or they become history themselves. King Rehoboam assumed that it was business as usual, so he sent his revenue collector Adoniram to impose punitive taxes on economically deprived people. They responded to him with stones and he died – 1 Kings 12:8 –


Then King Rehoboam sent Adoram, who was in charge of the revenue; but all Israel stoned him with stones, and he died. Therefore King Rehoboam mounted his chariot in haste to flee to Jerusalem.

Let those relying on their ill-equipped, underpaid, and underfed police officers and political thugs remember the words of President J.F. Kennedy:


A society that cannot help the many who are poor, cannot save the few that are rich.

Until this government downsizes, cuts down on its profligacy, and leads by example in modesty and moderation, the poor people of this country will not subsidise the excesses of the oil sector fat cats and the immorality of the self-centred and indulgent lifestyles of those in government. No leader can survive for long in power without peace. And let no one dream of peace without justice and equity.

The words of President Dwight Eisenhower are very apt and I finally close with them:


Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and co-operation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace.

May the soul of oil subsidy and those who desire to inflict us with further injury rest in perfect peace. Amen and Amen.

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Chei NL unu no go use e laff killi me. @Odaiero na where d pixur now? shior! E be like say u go need grand pa's vespa abi citreon after all ur mouth but if it turns out to be true ur case will be similar to an experience of mind in secondary school. I saw this Chinese movie, got to school d next day narrated d movie and after keeping my friends spell bound for one hour, they were quiet for about 5mins, then exclaimed, ''Kai! Guy you sabi lie'' Throughout secondary school dat stuck with me. My last year of school, one of d guys I narrated d movie to saw d movie. He came to meet me privately and told me he saw d movie too and dat I wasn't lying. The movie was exactly d way I said it. I was so happy so I urged him to tell d others and he said never not after he saw my fate. He even said he'll deny ever seeing d movie if I told anyone. Dats life 4 u.

@OP I share ur pain although I haven't heard from d other side. One thing I have noticed is ur state of depression. Are u sure those fertility drugs aren't mis-working. I know that fertility drugs as well as pregnancy pills get ladies depressed especially if u have high bp problems. I think in addition to ur going over these with ur husband I think you need to see ur doctor & a psychologist. This ur depressed state might be a side effect of d fertility drugs.

Guy some recommended course of action for you.

Discuss seriously and at lenght with her how unhappy and uncomfortable you are with her actions and if after this lengthy discussion she persists at her actions then proceed further with these others.

Cheap Option

1. Next time she picks a wierd call at night then, ask her for the fone and if she gives you then head to the bathroom switch of fone and immerse it in water for 1min. Return wet fone to her and if she gets mad do not reply her. After she's been talking for too long, simply just tell her it will be worse next time. The phone can be laid to dry and work later.

Expensive Option

2. Forcefully grab fone, head to the kitchen, grab a pistle or a hammer and hit at the fone outrageously and as violent as possible. Take out all your frustrations on the fone and when you're done with rage and red eyes hand her what's left of the fone. Look like someone that is about to commit murder.


Most Effective Option

When your friends and her friends are around all having a good time. Just bring up the topic. Try to make it as humourous as possible. End the humour with how u were in the 'middle of your flight' and she answered a call and how u'll be so looking forward to catching her in a fidelity act and how you intend to dismantle both her and her fellow culprits 'members'. All of these said while you've had a few bottles and you're all laughing. Trust me the last option will work like magic.

As someone who's successful at forex trading to another. Do not be deceived by autorobots, autopilots or whatever scripts people claim to have. Forex trading takes 5-10yrs to master. Those that make up the  profitable 5% of the market know that you can't make real money day trading or scalping the market, Position and swing traders make the most money from the markets. To make money from forex requires lots of studying and time. It takes about a year to master the market lingo, another year to master patterns and perhaps another two to three years to master market movers or what the masters call 'natural cause or natural vibrations'. It takes 5years or more to master oneself. Trading Forex is like someone that just became 'born again'. You have to master your emotions. Control of ones fear and greed are essential in successful trading. Patient dog eats the fattest bone holds so true in the forex market. You master yourself then you learn to be patient. There're no corners in the forex market. Today you can use $10k to make $200k in 2 weeks you can also lose all of that in the same time frame but if you become a master you'll 'always make profit in the long-run as well as knowing how to preserve your growing capital.
If you want to learn to trade the market then learn from the masters of old. W.D Gann, Elliot et al. Forex is no gambling. Jesus said if you learn from the ants you gain wisdom same applies to the market, there're no short cuts. Do the time and let time reward you handsomely in the future. If you require soft copy books and you feel you can do the time then mail me at aihotrading@gmail.com. Resources I provide are free but if you want tutoring then I'm sorry I have not the time for that except what you're offering is more than what I'm making per hour which I doubt you can afford. The best advice I'll give any trader is this. Master thyself. Self-Mastery is the key to profits in the markets. Be it forex, Stocks, futures, Commodities whatever. Same technique applies.

To tackle this problem effectively you have to block all holes in the walls where he rats might enter. Buy Indosid or already prepared rat poisons and mix with packets that have been perforated by these rats, mix also with crayfish, bread etc. Put the mixes into holes where they pass as well as on the shelves when you're closing for the day.
As for the ants you buy chineese powder. It's a white plastic bottle with a red elongated cap. The powder inside is white. Sprinkle it round the edges of the walls, in and out of the shop. Once these ants, cockroaches and insects pass these powder it affects their nervous system and kills them in no time. Since the ants are so smart and they send their scouts in search for food, these scouts are the ones that lead the others to where there is a heap of food.

If these don't work then try fumigation. It's more expensive but far more effective.

Okay Enough is enough. GEJ has to leave that seat. He's so clueless. Every responsible govt fights monopoly and oligopoly but Naija's own is different. Thanks to the cartel in govt. This captain is sinking the ship.

I strongly protest this headline. An underground economy is an illegal economy. love and drug peddlers fall into this category so please re-phrase the headline

Nice one @OP but I have a couple of questions to ask. When you fund the account in Naira and you want to purchase things in foreign currency, what's the exchange rate? Or you fund the account in dollar? Wha's the cap on the card?

Abegi! Daytime or nighttime does it matter? See wetin PHCN dey cause to Nigerians. Una no dey go night vigil, winchy meeting for night? So what's different here? You no want job otherwise you for no complain.

I hate to say this, your shallow thinking here is just pitiable This is a great move by Okorocha and it benefits 40 fold. This guy has made his intention known time and time again. At this rate Imo state will have the highest literacy rate in the country. Sending teachers also for internships and training abroad will greatly improve their tutoring skills. As someone who was a beneficiary of one although I got mine while in school through AIESEC, I know it's a great experience.

Presido GEJ, 2 more lives you've claimed. Too bad when you have to answer to man and God for the lives of these additional two.
RIP at least you made an impact, someothers never got the chance.

There is nothing wrong with eating Eba, Fufu, Semo, rice. Don't be deceived by the white man bent on engraving us further. If u want to reduce weight just reduce your food intake and make sure you walk around briskly for 15-30mins everyday. If you must eat more rice then reduce the rice & increase the veggies, to eat more swallow foods reduce the swallows and increase the soups. Reduce meat especially fatty meats. Use more palm oil, olive oil, sunseed oil, vegetable oil and avoid groundnut oil.
Never eat after 4-6hrs before sleeping preferably never eat after 6pm. if u must eat something at night restrict ur night snacks to fruits and lots of water. This will also remove pot belly. Avoid fried food rather eat grilled food. If u have heart problems then do not eat any kind of meat or fish, no refined foods or junk food. This will save you millions of Naira in heart bye-pass surgeries. Trust me it works and has a 100% success rate even President Bill Clinton can attest to this. Tried it with my mum and all her hypertension problems seized.

All these reminds me of Gaddafi's 'Green Book'. I rather paste it for everyone to read.

What is known as the problem of the freedom of the press in the world will be radically and democratically solved. Because it is by-product of the problem of democracy generally, the problem of freedom of the press cannot be solved independently of that of democracy in society as a whole. Therefore, the only solution to the persistent problem of democracy is through The Third Universal Theory.

According to this theory, the democratic system is a cohesive structure whose foundations are firmly laid on Basic Popular Conferences and People's Committees which convene in a General People's Congress. This is absolutely the only form of genuine democratic society.

In summary, the era of the masses, which follows the age of the republics, excites the feelings and dazzles the eyes. But even though the vision of this era denotes genuine freedom of the masses and their happy emancipation from the bonds of external authoritarian structures, it warns also of the dangers of a period of chaos and demagoguery, and the threat of a return to the authority of the individual, the sect and party, instead of the authority of the people.

Theoretically, this is genuine democracy but, realistically, the strong always rules, i.e., the stronger party in the society is the one that rules.

http://www.mathaba.net/gci/theory/gb1.htm

Adulterous couple dramatically stuck together during intercourse
WEDNESDAY, 26 OCTOBER 2011 09:16 EDITOR NEWS


By Correspondent

A 44-year-old Harare man was dramatically fixed to a 38-year-old married woman during sexual intercourse - the couple is now being looked after at a Harare police station awaiting the anticipated arrival of the woman’s husband from South Africa, The ZimDiaspora can sensationally reveal.

The adulterous couple are rigidly attached together through their private parts and the woman’s husband is said to be holding the secret of this episode that has stunned local police and the neighborhood of Zimre Park Ruwa, Harare where they both stay in their respective houses. At the time of going to Press, the couple had been stuck for 48 hours. Commentators said medical science cannot intervene as it would mean cutting off the man's penis and could endanger the lives of both of them.

Police and eyewitnesses said the man who remains stuck to the woman is a local businessman and has been pleading for help promising to pay large sums of money to anyone who could unbolt him from the married woman. The businessman is also married, it was said. It is unclear whether his wife has been informed.

Sources said police rung up the woman’s husband last night but had not indicated when he would arrive in Harare, instead saying he was busy at work and needed to apply for an annual leave from his employers first, a process that can take days.

Sources claim that word reached the woman’s husband in South Africa that she was being unfaithful to him. It is said the man then came down to Zimbabwe recently and sought a traditional healer to provide him with "mubobobo" a common Shona traditional muti to trap an unfaithful wife.

Usually, to be unbolted the husband demands a herd of up to five cows.

“The stuck man has even been promising people new cars if they could help him. He is pleading with anyone who goes to see them in that position. Its really a shameful scene, “ source who have visited the stuck couple said.



@Poster you might want to go to Zimbabwe and try the magun alternative.

PARLIAMENTS

Parliaments are the backbone of that conventional democracy prevailing in the world today. Parliament is a misrepresentation of the people, and parliamentary systems are a false solution to the problem of democracy. A parliament is originally founded to represent the people, but this in itself is undemocratic as democracy means the authority of the people and not an authority acting on their behalf. The mere existence of a parliament means the absence of the people. True democracy exists only through the direct participation of the people, and not through the activity of their representatives. Parliaments have been a legal barrier between the people and the exercise of authority, excluding the masses from meaningful politics and monopolizing sovereignty in their place. People are left with only a facade of democracy, manifested in long queues to cast their election ballots.

To lay bare the character of parliaments, one has to examine their origin. They are either elected from constituencies, a party, or a coalition of parties, or are appointed. But all of these procedures are undemocratic, for dividing the population into constituencies means that one member of parliament represents thousands, hundreds of thousands, or millions of people, depending on the size of the population. It also means that a member keeps few popular organizational links with the electors since he, like other members, is considered a representative of the whole people. This is what the prevailing traditional democracy requires. The masses are completely isolated from the representative and he, in turn, is totally removed from them. Immediately after winning the electors' votes the representative takes over the people's sovereignty and acts on their behalf. The prevailing traditional democracy endows the member of parliament with a sacredness and immunity which are denied to the rest of the people. Parliaments, therefore, have become a means of plundering and usurping the authority of the people. It has thus become the right of the people to struggle, through popular revolution, to destroy such instruments - the so-called parliamentary assemblies which usurp democracy and sovereignty, and which stifle the will of the people. The masses have the right to proclaim reverberantly the new principle: no representation in lieu of the people.

If parliament is formed from one party as a result of its winning an election, it becomes a parliament of the winning party and not of the people. It represents the party and not the people, and the executive power of the parliament becomes that of the victorious party and not of the people. The same is true of the parliament of proportional representation in which each party holds a number of seats proportional to their success in the popular vote. The members of the parliament represent their respective parties and not the people, and the power established by such a coalition is the power of the combined parties and not that of the people. Under such systems, the people are the victims whose votes are vied for by exploitative competing factions who dupe the people into political circuses that are outwardly noisy and frantic, but inwardly powerless and irrelevant. Alternatively, the people are seduced into standing in long, apathetic, silent queues to cast their ballots in the same way that they throw waste paper into dustbins. This is the traditional democracy prevalent in the whole world, whether it is represented by a one-party, two-party, multiparty or non-party system. Thus it is clear that representation is a fraud.

Moreover, since the system of elected parliaments is based on propaganda to win votes, it is a demagogic system in the real sense of the word. Votes can be bought and falsified. Poor people are unable to compete in the election campaigns, and the result is that only the rich get elected. Assemblies constituted by appointment or hereditary succession do not fall under any form of democracy.

Philosophers, thinkers, and writers advocated the theory of representative parliaments at a time when peoples were unconsciously herded like sheep by kings, sultans and conquerors. The ultimate aspiration of the people of those times was to have someone to represent them before such rulers. When even this aspiration was rejected, people waged bitter and protracted struggle to attain this goal.

After the successful establishment of the age of the republics and the beginning of the era of the masses, it is unthinkable that democracy should mean the electing of only a few representatives to act on behalf of great masses. This is an obsolete structure. Authority must be in the hands of all of the people.

The most tyrannical dictatorships the world has known have existed under the aegis of parliaments.

Nigeria is a good example. The idea of democracy needs to be revisited.

THE PRESS

An individual has the right to express himself or herself even if he or she behaves irrationally to demonstrate his or her insanity. Corporate bodies too have the right to express their corporate identity. The former represent only themselves and the latter represent those who share their corporate identity. Since society consists of private individuals and corporate bodies, the expression, for example, by an individual of his or her insanity does not mean that the other members of society are insane. Such expression reflects only in the individual's character. Likewise, corporate expression reflects only the interest or view of those making up the corporate body. For instance, a tobacco company, despite the fact that what it produces is harmful to health, expresses the interests of those who make up the company.

The press is a means of expression for society: it is not a means of expression for private individuals or corporate bodies. Therefore, logically and democratically, it should not belong to either one of them.

A newspaper owned by any individual is his or her own, and expresses only his or her point of view. Any claim that a newspaper represents public opinion is groundless because it actually expresses the viewpoint of that private individual. Democratically, private individuals should not be permitted to own any public means of publication or information. However, they have the right to express themselves by any means, even irrationally, to prove their insanity. Any journal issued by a professional sector, for example, is only a means of expression of that particular social group. It presents their own points of view and not that of the general public. This applies to all other corporate and private individuals in society.

The democratic press is that which is issued by a People's Committee, comprising all the groups of society. Only in this case, and not otherwise, will the press or any other information medium be democratic, expressing the viewpoints of the whole society, and representing all its groups.

If medical professionals issue a journal, it must be purely medical. Similarly, this applies to other groups. Private individuals have the right to express only their own, and not anyone else's opinions.

What is known as the problem of the freedom of the press in the world will be radically and democratically solved. Because it is by-product of the problem of democracy generally, the problem of freedom of the press cannot be solved independently of that of democracy in society as a whole. Therefore, the only solution to the persistent problem of democracy is through The Third Universal Theory.

According to this theory, the democratic system is a cohesive structure whose foundations are firmly laid on Basic Popular Conferences and People's Committees which convene in a General People's Congress. This is absolutely the only form of genuine democratic society.

In summary, the era of the masses, which follows the age of the republics, excites the feelings and dazzles the eyes. But even though the vision of this era denotes genuine freedom of the masses and their happy emancipation from the bonds of external authoritarian structures, it warns also of the dangers of a period of chaos and demagoguery, and the threat of a return to the authority of the individual, the sect and party, instead of the authority of the people.

Theoretically, this is genuine democracy but, realistically, the strong always rules, i.e., the stronger party in the society is the one that rules.


The bolded above is very true because people of power decide what people should know.

For those of you that have read through the 'Green Book', it's clear Gaddafi had a Godly heart initially which he lost along the way and got it back before his death. Pls no comments until you have read through all of the Green books. Let's discuss his books like intellectuals.
One thing I have noticed is his love for freedom and his desire to engrave freedom in the hearts of Libyans. He wanted freedom in every area of a man's life be it spiritual, economic, etc. However, he failed to realize that man is never completely free. Man has a maker, and that maker decides your fate not you. You just tune into the frequency of your maker to know your purpose in life. I think he deserves commendation though for making the Libyan population 90% literate. His love for knowledge shows how he wanted his people to be learned.

For anyone interested in reading the Green Book, here are online copies.


http://www.mathaba.net/gci/theory/gb1.htm
http://www.mathaba.net/gci/theory/gb2.htm
http://www.mathaba.net/gci/theory/gb3.htm

True facts.

Did you know that Gadaffi gave women same rights as men in Libya and the new govt wants to take that away?
Did you know that Men were not allowed to marry more than one wife but the new govt wants to expunge that from the new constitution?
Did you know that anyone was allowed to worship freely under Gadaffi and he refused to base the Libyan constitution on the Koran but the Al Qaeda led govt wants the new constitution based on the Koran.

My brothers and sisters truth must be told. Why is Gadaffi being dehumanized? Is it because he refused to sell his country or because he attacked and killed those that chose to sell their country? Like I always say, Time will tell.