₦airaland Forum

efighter:
We will think about it. It is better to try and fail than not to try at all. Others before Tinubu didn’t try it at all, the courageous Tinubu has tried it and it seems we cannot live with it. He may consider a review

IbeOkehie:
Enjoy the hard times, you voted for Buhari!

Oga 15 milla, we salute o! Remember your boys, drop something for us abeg!



Good Luck to Nigerians!

Azazyel:
Look... Tinubu is still ruling Lagos with a iron fist and everyone knows that. Those governors are just for show. All what they are doing is part of Tinubu's agenda. Fashola and ambode tried to derail from the plan. Fashola escaped cos he had to later succumb but ambode didn't escape cos he was adamant. I know that tinubu did not start the first template for Lagos. It was jakande but tinubu did a lot too. He couldn't stay as governor of Lagos past 8 yrs so he had to put his boys there to finish the work. I know you don't like tinubu. I don't like him too but give him credit where it's due. Like I said earlier, don't let emotions get the better of you. If you look at the way Lagos is structured, you'll see his blueprints all over even though the governors also played parts. Tinubu goofed by going for presidency. Ruling Lagos and ruling Nigeria ain't the same thing

Gerrard59:
To be fair, from my conversations with Mr Ibe, I sensed that Nigeria do am strong thing when he invested in the country sometime around 2011/12. So seeing the country go through this travail makes him happy. A sort of a schadenfreude. Also, I must state it something most wouldn't. But the average Igbo person is happy that Nigeria(ns) is going through a lot. The history of Nigeria and Igbos, especially with the fact that Igbos were mocked and derided for not supporting Buhari in 2015 and Tinubu in 2023, makes us relish in joy. It is a catch-22 situation as Igbos are Nigerians and the southeast is in Nigeria, but the country has not been fair to us even before independence.

For one, I am ready to mock anyone who supported Buhari in 2015 who is going through a lot. I just don't have the time to make posts as Mr Ibe who is probably due to retire. But you see Buhari's supporters? If they want to die, I would be glad to hasten the death process.


Wouldn't it have been better to procure loans from established banks? I don't mean these loan sharks organisations, but standard financial organisations.

To be fair to Mr Ibe too, he has mentioned how he has assisted many young Nigerians settling within his neighbourhood in the US. So, he is not that bad. As for the Nigerian economy, I find it hard to understand any longer. But I am all for less government interference in the economy.

Azazyel:
If it was about governorship, Obi didn't really do well. The only outstanding stuff he did was save state money and that is a very good one which means we can separate him from corruption. On the other side, Tinubu did better with infrastructure but the agberoism na wetin I hate so much. Politicians in Nigeria generally dip their hands in dirty stuff. Forget the whole cocaine thing. Tinubu wasn't the only politician involved in cocaine. It was gold then in those days and a lot of them put hand. If Obi chapter is opened ehn, you go open mouth. Atiku himself was part of the saboteurs in the electricity distribution. Politicians would always play politics so I'll advise that you don't allow emotions take over. I voted for Obi in the last election and the only reason I may not vote for him again is if a candidate better than him shows up.

IbeOkehie:
Na wa o, where are all the Anti-Japa Crew always arguing that Nigeria is a better place to live than US & UK?

Where are you all? This is a real, brass tacks enumeration of the economic pain Nigerians are going through. Cost of petrol, cost of eggs, cost of fish and rice. It's genuine cry from the heart. There was a headline in Businessday last week, the upper middle class Nigerians are now defaulting on their rents and mortgages at a high rate. It's happening to the extent that investment in housing is drastically reduced.

https://www.nairaland.com/7642896/how-families-pay-tens-millions

https://www.nairaland.com/7937467/japa-what-still-waiting

https://www.nairaland.com/6964342/want-japa-really-confused

https://www.nairaland.com/8202474/when-say-toilet-cleaner-abroad

So where are you all? Come and tell us again how Nigeria living in Nigeria is better than the UK

Good Luck to Nigerians.

Sangoamadioha1:
We buy crude oil from from foreign countries abi 😏.
Foreign events will affect what we produce in our country abi. This your excuse was only tenable when we were importing petrol but with Dangote's refinery and the selling of crude in naira to Dangote's refinery, that excuse is outdated.

Gerrard59:
I do agree. I think the government have introduced some policies aimed at attracting foreign investors, but these policies need to be consistent over time to reassure investors of the protection of their investments. On the other hand, there are still many outdated laws which hinder investments.


The issue with Dangote's refinery is that he wants to be the ONLY supplier of petroleum products to Nigeria. That is wrong. Also, even if we have to only depend on local refiners, we should wait for others to come on board (BUA and other modular refiners). In the meantime, Dangote should refine and sell at whatever price he desires, but he cannot be the sole supplier of petroleum products to Nigeria.


Maybe if Tinubu, Buhari, Sanusi, Amaechi, the majority of Nigerians and Co had realised that subsidy existed rather than fight Jonathan and NOI, we would not be in the present situation.

Subsidy had to go. We cannot continue subsidising petrol for a humongous population that has porous borders. However, Dangote should not be the sole supplier. If he cannot compete in a market-based pricing system, he should sell to buyers elsewhere. It is a free world.

I recall my argument when I was much younger in 2012. They were (paraphrased): the government has no business running refineries. They should be handed over to private businesses. The government should subsidise primary and secondary school education and healthcare. However, everything else should be privatised.

I am pretty proud of myself for the consistency and the fact that my position has been the best in more than a decade.

dapsoneh:
Person wey leak her own sex tape, why shd that be difficult for her

Gerrard59:
From your your mention


While this is true, the issue was enthroning Buhari/APC into power. Buhari who was a dictator was never going to suddenly change into a reformed democrat like the ediots in Red Media. Buhari should not have become the president in 2015. That is where the problem commenced from.


[code]Why do we have to still defend the naira? Should the currency not be allowed to be where it ought to be on its own?


To be honest, regardless of the CBN governor's qualifications and credentials, he would still be answerable to Tinubu. There is little independence between both corridors of power, especially judging Emefiele and Buhari's bromance.


APC has lied for more than a decade since I started following Nigeria's politics. Since 2021, the consistency should be applauded though. It went on an overdrive in 2014-2015.

I thought I saw insecurity somewhere, but the silence from some parts of the country, when Fulani herdsmen went overdrive in destroying communities, ransacking people's farmlands and causing havoc across many parts of the country, was terrible. Nigeria is too divisive to get a president or politicians who have the country's heart.

LegendHero:
Bro there is no way to remove subsidy and not cause inflation. No country in the world can remove subsidy on fuel/exchange rate and not suffer it for some years before things stabilize.

Any politician that tells you that you can remove subsidy and things will get suddenly better within 1 year is a hardcore liar and only telling you what you wish to hear.

Other countries that do stuffs like this have citizens that are educated and patriotic. Nigerians are too divided for anyone to persevere and wait for policy to bear fruit. Most times it takes years for things to stabilize.

Gerrard59:
The price either has to increase or the product becomes scarcer as long as subsidies exist. There are no two ways about it.

Bebigiby1:
I did not say i know more then anyone in CBN but is it not clear to you that the policy has failed. Why is CBN bent on continuing with a failed policy that is ruining Nigeria's economy..... You should be concerned....

helinues:
Apply for the CBN governor position then as you know more better than the current person handling things

jumpandpas:
Hon. Patrick Obahiagbon was told to 'getout by Wizkid due to his (Wizkid) inability to comprehend the choice of grammer used by the Honourable to advice him.

"You need to jettison acrimonious and fractious proclivities and focus on climaxing at the upper echelons of global music milieu. Why not embrace the principle of per cola et commata, comma positula.

PlanetZero:
Rsiec belongs to the state governemnt. Why such sensitive move not communicated to the chief security officer of the state. It is either you are a apc member. Because this your question get as e be. Dem wan chop u clean for naija and u dey ask for evidence. Lmaooo

Kewtt:
Ok.

malali:


Look closely, zoom into Tinubu's Face.

I see "uremia" all over the president.

Whats the president hiding, with all these regular visits to hospitals abroad.

malali:


Look closely, zoom into Tinubu's Face.

I see "uremia" all over the president.

Whats the president hiding, with all these regular visits to hospitals abroad.

Zahra29:
"Vile, evil, idiot, stupid woman".....wow.

If anyone believes that Kemi's comments have crossed the line and that she is deliberately making disparaging and discriminatory comments against Nigeria(ns), then they should make an official complaint about her conduct which might lead to a formal investigation:

https://www.theipsa.org.uk/making-a-complaint

Or write to your MP and explain your grievances.

This is the UK. Your politicians work for you and not the other way round. Don't suffer in silence hate.

missjekyll:
I ll be on the lookout. Representation matters

lereinter:
Post your ticket na

dre11:
https://dailytrust.com/fresh-round-of-fuel-scarcity-amid-pms-production-at-dangote-refinery/

Treadway:
Today September 16, 2024, and fuel is officially 1k, all because the bastards that some blind bats enthroned, decided to turn the naira to tissue paper. Cursed be the APC!

The fools online and offline that were expecting fuel to be 300, how far?

As usual, the fools don't even know that the worst has just begun. Let me explain, even though fools still won't understand.

Fuel is gonna be expensive yea, but that is not all, you will still queue likely everyday to buy it. It will not be ready available anytime soon, maybe not even a year from now.

Cos only 1 full tanker will cost approx 50m naira, ONLY NNPC and a few big players eg Bovas will have the financial muscle to buy stock, meaning all the small players with small petrol stations will never open again. Even the Bovas will not buy stock everyday compared to when fuel was affordable. 10 Bovas station would amount to a bill of 500m, if na you would you be spending that everyday?? Meaning only the NNPC, will readily have fuel, meaning queues. The era of readily getting fuel anywhere is basically dead and gone for the foreseeable future. So much for fuel subsidy removal as a solution to all problems as touted by nairalan1.

God go punish APC for making the naira toilet paper. We will not be in the hapless hopeless state, if they just kept the naira strong till this refinery started. I don't see any respite anytime soon. You will buy fuel at high rates and still toil and queue to find/buy it.

Ha! What a shambles!

ObosiLandlord:
The CBN is not dashing anybody 1 Kobo. They are printing more naira notes so people who have money in their account will have more access to their money whenever they want to withdraw from ATM. More ATM machines will now have more cash in them