nairalanda1:


All very true...but APC was voted in in 2015 to fix those problems.

When have the Nigerian government ever fixed problems?

The longer we continue with this experience called democracy, the worse the government perform.

viodemus:
This administration lacks accountability

Well, when the head is rotten, . ....


okp*lor eyes is nothing but a proven criminal

So what are you going to do about it?

Complain or protest on the street. Nothing will change until they are forcibly removed

happney65:


Simple as ABC. But like they complained for 8years under Buhari,blamed the PDP for 8years,the same they are doing now

Awon Oloshi oloriburuku olofo

The PDP had 16 years to fix the problem. Instead, they paid militants to secure the oil field.

Why didn't the PDP fix the refineries?
Why did the PDP continue with fuel subsidies when it was known to be fraudulent?
Why didn't the PDP diversify Nigeria's economy away from crude oil exports? They had 16 years..

Under PDP, Military, and APC, Nigeria hasn't generated more than 5000MW for 220 million people. The issue is that APC and PDP Nigeria's political elite are clueless and corrupt and have beaten this oil subsidy to the point of exhaustion.

malali:
Nothing annoys me like when people who have been appointed to solve problems.

Just keep repeating what the problems are, Oga we all know the problems !!!

You were appointed to proffer viable solutions to solve the problems.

Dont tell us that dog bites....we all know the dog bites...we have appointed you as the dogcatcher and we are paying you a lot of money to catch the dog....Dont come to work everyday telling us how dangerous the dog bites !!

1-If a marketer is smuggling , revoke his license, all marketers should be licensed.
2-Get people to go undercover and find out who is really smuggling if not marketers.
3-If you cannot solve the problems associated with smuggling and Nigerians are in so much hardship with the fuel price and the dollar rates skyrocketing.

Then resign and let people that can do be appointed.

You can't blame Rabiu; the culture of impunity goes way deep, starting with the president. Over the past nine years, the president has been minister of petroleum and commander in chief. If crude oilmis being stolen then the president is responsible for the stealing.

mcquin:

You guys will say anything to defend trash. Nothing in the write up indicates economic downtime caused the bicycle riding.
First, consider the road in the picture you posted, next see how organized the metro is. Can same be said of Nigeria in 2024?

What about insecurity? Were the Chinese in that photo at the risk of getting kidnapped?

If Nigeria’s sole problem is high petrol cost, I doubt many will complain. As we speak, there’s food inflation, no power, insecurity, corruption, etc.

Finally, did the Chinese government in 1974 spend on frivolities as hajj, private jet and hatch?

Continue living in denial. In 2012, when Nigerians were protesting against GEJ's removal of subsidies, you all didn't know that the leaders you were supporting would end up like this.

Iweala and Sanusi all argue for removing fuel subsidies to free up funds to invest in refineries and electricity power plants. Instead, you all support the crooks who lied to you that subsidies is good.

How can a country of 220 million people have only 4000mw electricity?

PMS will be N1600, and Nigeria must walk, cycle, or shut up. There is no money to fund subsidies anymore; the country owes $120 billion and generates less than $30 billion.


Subsidy Is Organised Crime, I Cannot Allow It To Go A Day Longer - Peter Obi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrgp1pMZNSw&list=PLIcbLplu9OmTOaAMat8vGbtfsue-IJzSn&index=26

In the 1970s, India and China rode bicycles to work and school until their economies developed, while Nigerians imported Toyotas and Datsun. The honeymoon is over; there is no cheap oil to share.

otherway:
I saw this coming.

"On Saturday, the NNPC stated that it would only fully offtake petrol from the refinery if the market prices of PMS were higher than the pump prices in Nigeria"

I knew that the moment NNPC decides to be the sole buyer, they will try to make the price so high so much that Nigeria will start to wonder if Dangote ref has brought succour or hardship.

Now they probably want Dangote to be the one to announce fuel price so Nigerians will hold him responsible for price hike...

Dangote wants NNPC to announce price since they are the ones selling to Nigerians but NNPC don't want to take the heat from Nigerians.

If Dangote is given the freedom as a private entity to sell at his desired price to any marketer he wants be it agip, con oil and so on, I bet Nigerians will have respite.

But as we all know, NNPC is a currupt system and they will always want to make insane detrimental profits, they will do whatever they can to stop dangote from supplying the fuel at his desired price.

Dangote wants to sell NNPC with the expectation that NNPC will subsidies his PMS. `Dangote can sell his PMS directly to Nigerians and compete with modular refineries and imported fuel.

uzohrome:
They are frustrating dangote , we have those crude in abundance why not supply dangote crude oil for free and he refine and sell like 80% of It directly to Nigerians for 50 naira per liter and export 20% and sell and keep the money to himself. Or export other products like AGO and the other by products and keep the profits. Things will be normal again

Dangote is playing a game.

Dangote can sell his PMS directly to Nigerians; the problem is that his price will be higher than imported PMS, and the government rightly should not subsidies local produce PMS

adonainana:
Which stupid game changer is DANGOTE REFINERY

Someone got supplied crude oil in naira , refined it and instead of selling to the public, afterall the market has been deregulated.

The smart cunny simply supplies the NNPC with his petrol to determine price

In essence DANGOTE refinery never solved the problem

It simply went round the problem.

Now just like cement, DANGOTE is simply using NIGERIA NATURAL resources to run a business and make money for humself and his family.

Like I am sure everyone knows today if DANGOTE refinery burnt down and petrol stopped coming out, NNPC would simply go back abroad to import petrol for the country and sell at the same price DANGOTE refinery produced his.

SO WHAT EXACTLY was the point of the refinery

All the subsidies being paid to the different corrupt people is now simply being paid to DANGOTE.

Like IS THIS WHAT YOU MUMMUUU PEOPLE CALL A GAME CHANGER

Nigeria now has functional refineries, a Petrochemical plant, and a fertiliser plant in Lagos, a game changer. Nigeria now has two major petrochemical hubs, Lagos and Onne (River State)

We now need competition for Dangote

Damilola0147:

We are saying the same thing. America too has different tribes and even national. Let’s understand our differences and live together

We can respect our differences and still have separate nations. We need to start facing the reality of Nigeria, just like Sudan, Yugoslavia, USSR and India in 1949 came to erm with their country. Nigeria's unity is producing a very poor and unproductive elite,, that don't care about the country

Naira20:
They should just stop giving loans to Tinubu.
Because this is another excuse to give loans that will further impoverish Nigeria

Tinubu is doing World Bank and IMF policies, WB has provided $11 billion loans in 2 years to Nigeria to support the removal of subsidies and float the Nigeria. Nigeria is screwed with Tinubu

Damilola0147:

Barrack Obama from Kenya became America president, Sunik from India was UK prime minister . The joke is on you

Nigeria is not American or the UK.

Nigeria is made up of hundreds of ethnic groups that have been in the Niger Area for thousands of years.

Even Americans were surprised that Nigeria selected the US presidential system, which they felt was unsuitable for a country made up of multiple nations.

[quoteDamilola0147:Tribal bigot spotted angry][/quote]

Wickedfact:


Someone born to an Igbo woman went to an Igbo state ruled by an Igbo man with an Igbo candidate as Presidential candidate only to declare that they will take over a Yoruba state.

You are an hypocritical fellow

Strangely, [Damilola0147:] cannot see the optics and lack of self-awareness in Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour's behaviour. Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour cannot even coherently speak the Yoruba native tongue. Yet, instead of building relationships with the local Yoruba people, who are still the majority within the state, he travels to a state in the SE, claiming he will take over Lagos for whom?

Quest7777:

Nigerians are suffering because of combined ineptitude of Tinubu and Buhari. Tinubu's regime alone has seen fuel price rise from below ₦200 to over ₦1000.

Because of his selfish emilokan ambition, Tinubu packaged an incompetent Buhari for Nigerians and watched him crumble the Economy for 4years +another 4years, so that he would take his turn to rule.

Unfortunately, the damage Buhari did, is almost beyond repair and not something that can be remedied soon, definitely not by somebody like Tinubu.

The corruption at NNPC goes back to the 1980s when the refineries stopped working. OBJ was minister of petroleum for eight years, and not one refinery was working; the NNPC should have been closed down as it served no purpose. Had Nigeria been refining its crude oil, the government would have accumulated billions of dollars in debt from importing refined oil.

dfrost:
Nigerians are not hungry sir 😜

They are lazy.

Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour is not smart. He travels to Umuahia to claim that he will take over Lagos; the optics don't look right. Nigerians are fed up with Tinubu APC corruption but don't give them the ammunition to use the ethnic card.

The truth is that fuel prices must go up, and fuel subsidies are not sustainable within Nigeria's low productivity threshold. The solution is for Nigeria to diversify its economy so that Nigeria's income can improve.

SmartPolician:
Why are Nigerian environments always so disgusting? If you see a Nigerian market, it always looks terrible. What do those men who tax sellers do with their taxes? Why can't they cement the market floor? Just imagine how the market will look when it rains.

The streets are always dirty with unkempt houses; I hate watching any YouTube skits from Nigeria with their filthy and disgusting environment. Basic street pavement is beyond the capability of Nigerian authorities.

Stealing food is a symptom of hunger and poverty. They should ask him to clean the street for more bread.

eldoradoxx:
I have correctly predicted outcome of most elections in Nigeria, my feeling is telling me that this APC Senator Monday Okpebhole may win this election. There is plenty under current going on in Edo State beyond is seen in the news. Obaseki is not really loved by Edo people, several political mistakes that voters especially in the rural areas are waiting to pay back by voting APC.

Voting for the APC will be their greatest mistake.

masterfactor:
Rip real OG.

said that I'm a ride for my motherfuckin' nigga (Tunechi!)
Most likely I'm a die with my finger on the trigger
I've been grindin outside all day with my niggas
(And I ain't goin' in unless I'm with my nigga)
My nigga, my nigga
My nigga, my nigga (My motherfuckin' niggas!)
My nigga, my nigga (My nigga, my nigga)
My nigga, my nigga

A black fool calling himself a nigga. A racist word

isArray:
It's insane how political discussions are already about next elections, not even how to get the current administration to work.

Current administration playbook seems to be working fine: they get their followers to attack other political parties, so no matter how the hardship gets the people will fight themselves and forget about the government 😂

This administration cannot work. If the opposition parties are serious, they should start impeachment proceedings now.

jmoore:
Sane people did not vote for him na.

Never underestimate the power of insane people in large numbers. They can vote for him again.

8.9 million Nigerians voted for Tinubu in 2023 out of a registered electorate 97 million. 67% of Tinubu support came from the North. Tinubu will be bribing the North for their support.

senatordave1:


Oga,it is better for a group of people to make a decision than one person afterall two heads are better

I am sorry to say this but Nigerians are not civilised for democracy.

How many Nigerians voted? 97 million registered to vote, 87 million Nigeria collated their ballot card, 29 million votes were counted and the president won on 8.9 million votes—less than 10% of the registered vote.

In any civilised country, the people should be on the street fighting for their mandate; instead, they go to church and mosque.

INNPC now has a debt of N150 Trillion; if this is true, the Tinubu government has mortgaged the country's future, which is the price of ignorant people supporting incompetent leaders.

In South Africa, the DA and other political parties collaborated to stop Zuma and EFF from forming a government because they were aware of Zuma's incompetence and corruption had he been part of any new government.

The failure of Nigerians and Nigerian elites to stop Tinubu will be regretted for a very long time.

https://businessday.ng/companies/article/nnpc-limiteds-net-debt-grows-almost-seven-fold-to-hit-n156-4trn/

senatordave1:
oga it is up to the people to choose whether they want an unintelligent governor or not

Sometimes, people are not competent to make the right decisions, as we can witness across Nigeria. Incompetence is the first stage of corruption, and the current problem in Nigeria is directly linked to incompetent leadership supported by ignorant people.


This is what happens when incompetents are allowed to succeed.........

Fake CV lands top 'engineer' in jail for 15 years
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c8er2990ydpo

The man who had been chief engineer at South Africa’s state-owned passenger rail company has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for faking his qualifications.

Once hailed for his successful career, Daniel Mthimkhulu was head of engineering at the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) for five years - earning an annual salary of about 2.8m rand ($156,000; £119,000).

On his CV, the 49-year-old claimed to have had several mechanical engineering qualifications, including a degree from South Africa’s respected Witwatersrand University as well as a doctorate from a German university.

However, the court in Johannesburg heard that he had only completed his high-school education.

He was also at the forefront of a 600m rand deal to buy dozens of new trains from Spain, but they could not be used in South Africa as they were too high.

“The court took into account the seriousness and prevalence of fraud, the significant financial loss to Prasa and Mthimkhulu’s betrayal of his employer’s trust," Ms Mjonondwane said.

Justnation:



He said the truth.
You supported someone that said you should smash and grab the ballots box and here you are talking rubbish

They think democracy is only about voting.

If a political party selects an incompetent candidate, it is in the people's interest to protect them from that political party. Nigerians are not the most sophisticated people and can be easily swayed to support idiots due to poverty and stupidity.

Majesty7:


What an undemocratic statement from a daft human. Him uttering such statement made him sound unintelligent. You can't handover? These guys are just too daft

What is the relevance of democracy when the option is an incompetent candidate?

Democracy does start and end at the election booth, but at the stage when a candidate is selected by a political party and the conduct of a political party to select a competent candidate.

It might be undemocratic, but if the potential candidate is flawed and limited, then undemocratic decisions are necessary. Had Nigerians stopped the transfer of power to the incompetent Buhari and Tinubu (APC), then the country would not be in freefall today. It was obvious that Buhari was incompetent, and Tinubu was a known criminal and a hopeless case.

koondog:
Agbadox are very two-faced and deceitful people. They were voting for her to sabotage Chidimma while blaming South Africans. If you allow them, they would have voted this ekwikwi to represent us as our best, same way they voted for that thing in the villa. Everything about them is tribalism, not competence.

You are complaining about tribalism and incompetence, yet you are committing tribalism, and you have demonstrated incompetence.


Good luck in trying to be a better person

These fools don't know that when you book your flight with your passport, your details are immediately transmitted to the Government via the Advance Passenger Processing and Interactive Advanced Passenger Interactive system.

Arrested Upon Landing in New York
Olayeye was arrested by Secret Service agents on Aug. 13 upon arriving at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. He has since been transferred from the Eastern District of New York to the District of Massachusetts jurisdiction for further court proceedings, the Massachusetts office said.

HeatSeeker:


https://punchng.com/why-nigeria-receives-more-funds-from-our-foundation-bill-gates/#google_vignette

Bill Gates

Nigeria needs more data centres and Microsoft labs, not charity.

Microsoft to shut Africa development centre in Nigeria
By Reuters
May 8, 20248:25 PM GMT+1Updated 4 months ago

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa/microsoft-shut-africa-development-centre-nigeria-2024-05-08/

fergie001:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQtjePc6COE


I completely agree with you that we need new faces, 100%, and that was why I have said that Atiku, Peter Obi, and Tinubu should step aside.

The reason is that the ruling party has failed, and the opposition has failed. Are you aware that in the House of Representatives, you have more opposition members than the ruling class?

I am saying you don’t just finish an election, and the first thing you start talking about is the next election. You consolidate and form alliances amongst yourselves to work together as the opposition.

If all the opposition members in the House of Representatives had come together, they would have produced the speaker and the Vice.

Now what you said about subsidy, the three parties agreed that subsidy should go. The three parties did not say that subsidy should be removed irresponsibly, without plans, removed on the first day before a President sets up his cabinet, before a President even sits or makes any plans for the cushioning effect.

The fact that the combined opposition has more members in the NASS, yet the NASS has been rubber-stamping Tinubu's disastrous policies, is scary. We don't need to wait for 2027 before we enforce change

Hemanwel:
This is UAE, a country Nigeria was 10 times better than in the 70s. What changed between that time and now is good leadership. UAE got it right with leadership, even though she practices monarchial system of government.

On the flip side, bad leadership has been the bane of our development here in Nigeria. We have said it so many occasions, so much that it's even become mere rhetorics to some people.

Only good leadership and accountability in all facet of governance are what can guarantee development. There are no two ways about it!

Nigeria was not better than Dubai in the 1970s. It was a mess in the 1970s, and because it had a small population, the pain of underdevelopment was that severe.

Notfogotten:
When we say a toilet cleaner in USA, Canada, UK, Australia is better than the manger of zenith bank, what we mean is that the toilet cleaner will never suffer what you are currently suffering in Nigeria.

Example include:

A. A toilet cleaner will never queue for fuel.
B. A toilet cleaner is less likely to be kidnapped in those countries
C. A toilet cleaner has 24/7 electricity.
D. A toilet cleaner has access to excellent Medicare.
E. A toilet cleaner is less likely exposed to armed robbers
F. A toilet cleaner eats better food and fruits than your bank manager.
G A toilet cleaner has access to good amenities
H. A toilet cleaner may have his children schooling for free in primary and high school
I. A toilet cleaner has a longer live expectancy than your bank manager in Nigeria.

Stop looking abroad for salvation. Nigerians are always comparing their hard work and sacrifice to that of other nations. I am sure when millions of Nigerians were on the street protesting, you were one of the Nigerians saying that this was not my protest.

Bad governments don't change unless they are forced out. We waited for Buhari to stay in government for eight years when it was evident that he was clueless in the first six months. The same can be said of Tinubu's first day.

The Europeans and Americans fought for good governance and ensured that their governments were held accountable. How many Nigerian communities have called back their non-performing Senator or Representative?