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There's something called UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES of every policy action, especially when ill-conceived. This may just be the trigger to the restructuring we've been yearning for. States can make it happen real quick, essentially when action vs intentions will be misrepresented by the ever sentimental fellas.

Busy76:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrp6rqoNtug

Traditional rulers well grounded to fight insecurity – Ooni tells Tinubu

Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, the Ooni of Ife, has asked President Bola Tinubu to make use of traditional rulers to tackle the issue of insecurity in the country.

The monarch spoke on Friday, during a courtesy visit by the National Council of Traditional Rulers of Nigeria (NCTRN) to the president at the state house conference centre, Abuja.

Ooni, who is the co-chair of the NCTRN, said Tinubu should not underestimate what traditional rulers can do, given their closeness to the people.

Like the Oba of Lagos!

Patriot9:
So far, I have not seen anything or any tangible point that will make the Tribunal dismiss or nullify the February 25th presidential election.
All these court processes are mere legal charades and academic exercise.

Maybe or maybe not. We're here to interrogate the process objectively. I mean mo one would literally stop breathing if the court rules against LP. If our legal system works, it will work for all.

SangoOlukosoOba:
Waste of time, energy, space, electricity, funds and human resource.

Peter’s lawyers should be arrested after tribunal for deceiving and obtaining money under false pretense.


They know Peter has no case but still won’t tell him because of greed.

I really don't understand what motivates some of you to be so committed to error. You know someone is mad for example, but you still give him attention and analyse his dance steps. Are you, in turn, sure you're normal?

sreamsense:
If your statistics here are true, how is that difficult to understand if obi wins in LG with low population with very low margin? Imagine in Lagos where obi said he won just with 10, 000 votes out of high population in Lagos? In real sense, is that win? Yes, win but with very insignificant low margin. So, if obi wins 7-Lgs with low margin like he did in Lagos, he will be having less than 70k because his winning margin are slim/low. At least obidients should always use their senses small before calling people to assist. This is easy to work out!

Funny how many of you are claiming sophistication, whereas you would all fail basic logic test. Is the the vote allocated by an institution that's on trial that's making you deride others? Are you any saner when you discountenace votes suppression and/or inflation in an electoral process? The Lagos you're referring to, by how many votes did PO win it? Did you infer by what INEC declared or actual PUs results with agents? Someone even called another 'toddler'. An assumption of knowledge is worse than ignorance. You lace your assertion with sentiments yet claim to have sophistication of knowledge. I tire for una o

Menh, I thought that homosapien called GF was an intellectual. I never knew he is nothing but a political jobber. Arrogance is an assumption of knowledge.

Parachoko:
The likes of Bossgerald wants Nigeria to keep on subsidizing petrol for Benin, Niger and Cameroon

But you have borders and the products are not moved with cans but trucks and vessels. Don't worry they'll devise other means of looting our coffers. The monster in the room is still CORRUPTION, the rest are symptoms.

Nbote:
There's a whole lot that hasn't made sense ever since this thieves started talking about removing subsidy. NNPC have been the sole importers of petrol into this country since 2016 after the last administration came in. So who are they paying subsidy claims to? Remember the last President was the Minister of Petroleum and sat over those transactions and details which is strangely why subsidy payment multiplied in their tenure. Now instead of auditing the NNPC and carrying out forensic analysis to purge the rot from the system and sanitize the industry, they chose to end the subsidy payment schedule agta settling themselves for the past 8 years. And to make matters even worse, they paid for 20% stake in a private Refinery while the state owned refineries have been left to rot

Lol. They will never ask these questions. All they do is regurgitate drivels across WhatsApp groups. I think the minds of an average Nigerian has been captured by primordial sentiments. The poor must keep on giving while the rich keeps on taking. Forget the certificates we parade, there are very few intellectuals left in this country. Since we can't boldly demand accountability without being called 'wailers', the majority will continue to suffer.

The disillusioned has been programmed to see every tool of oppression as farming implement for productivity. The irony is that like the generations before them, they will never be free of mental slavery of those they help enthrone. Subsidy, Subsidy... Let's see now if the life of the common man will improve. We are being taxed without recourse to due process, tariffs are increased without anyone asking questions. The poor keeps on giving and the politicians keep taking, yet the poor has been programmed to defend the absurdity.

#zero accountability

IamV:
Thanks brother.

Just know, many are pleased with what you're doing

You will hear things like, " He's our thief, go and prosecute your thieving tribesmen. Leave ours alone". We see this everyday on this platform. Many Nigerians are primitive in thinking.

TermuxDarkWeb:
Buhari advocate have taken to Twitter to mock Peter Obi after Federal High court Abuja strikes out his petition against Tinubu over 25% votes in FCT, "He wrote,"



Source https://twitter.com/VictorG63538936/status/1666163649461796864

Lol. When they see headlines, they don't bother to read the news itself before showing sophisticated ignorance online. They obviously won't bother about the details of the judgement itself.

loosecanon50:
And you expect us to accept Obi lost because you said so?

Nice reposte. I have never known a more hypocritical people. They can't just let the man be.

KingOfIsoko1:
Fuel subsidy was undoubtedly one of the major drain of the national treasury.


But another massive burden on the national treasury are the ‘pecks’ of political office holders.

When will it be addressed by President Tinubu?

Sufferhead people will soon come for you. Whilst the masses would be sacrificing beyond measures, the politicians are giving up nothing. No change in personnel costs, allowances; nothing. Some disillusioned folks will come preaching 'subsidy is gone'. Gone for whose benefit? For them to have more money to fund their gluttonous tastes?

Erhya! Customized trekking has removed his leg from the mandate on which he stood.

googi:
I am beginning to suspect that some of us are so obsessed with hate, we may have unlearn our African culture to build goodwill in the village to raise a child and foster good Youths behavior.

We are now projecting hate on one another. Elders encouraging hate should be ashamed of their children.

The last of the fragile bridges was blown up during the last elections. Nigeria won't recover from it. The bigotry and hate is now systemic, not just widespread. Next is to make it trans-generational. Many don't yet know they are victims. Their Liberal minds are gone.

N3TRAL:
Nemo Judex in Causa Sua

The NLC Chairman endorsed a letter that adopted Peter Obi as the choice of the NLC in February 2023 during the Naira scarcity crisis that affected Nigerian workers. He therefore supported the infliction of pain on Nigerian workers because Obi supported the policy and thought it was going to make Obi win.

On the 1st of May 2023, during Workers' day event, the NLC Chairman stood with Obi on the podium and announced that Obi will reclaim his "delusional" mandate.

There's conflict of interest because the NLC Chairman overtly supports Peter Obi. He is using his position to threaten Nigeria's stability because Peter Obi lost woefully.

Margaret Thatcher did it as the Prime Minister of UK so Tinubu can do it. The Iron Lady dismantled and subdued stronger Trade/ Labour Unions of Britain that has and still has better Labour Laws and judicial independence than Nigeria.

If Tinubu doesn't play politics that destroys the NLC and makes the union irrelevant, I'll score him low.

Lol. Then your already underemployed folks and upcoming generations will continue to suffer the consequences. Some people are too shortsighted. If you know what Labour union is, you won't reason like this in this century.

Lol. Nothing can help some of you, not even suffering. Who is the opposition? What camp do you belong to? Those who queue for petrol and buy at exorbitant price or those who enjoy estacodes for every basic thing? I ask again, who's the opposition?

SMH! You're gambling with the next 4 years of your life because of ethnic politics.

tolue42:
A nice advice though, but reality is setting in in opposition camps..

"Bayo Onanuga accuses the NLC and TUC of planning a fuel subsidy strike cos of Peter Obi.

They don't know the difference btw POLITICS & GOVERNANCE, so everyth is a gutter fight.🤡

Nigeria is broke for the citizens, but not the thieves in power? What concessions have they made?" - copied

The defense of PMB was mostly ethnic, and Nigeria spiralled down the abyss in 8 years. Here's another chapter of overzealous supporters going ethnic about every topical issue. I think Nigerians deserve to suffer. Watch as they grow their expenditures while the poor groans but continues to defend their 'brother' online.

sapele914:
Ignoramus Hypocrites from the country of the fantastically corrupt, Isn’t your father a Nigerian like Alhaji Dangote. Who stopped him from been the best Nigerian, that he could be?

Lazy Thing, like papa bear🐻 , like pikin.

Check your mental health

Raskimonojendor:
Well. The picture was in the internet last year.

The kid Obidients are calling Tinubu in the picture was actually the former Vice President - Prof Yemi Osibanjo.

Obidients are truly not the brightest bulbs in the shed.

You're not as smart as you think. It's like saying everyone in your family behaves in a particular way or agbadorians are of stellar quality. Politics have made us all lose sense of basic logic (hasty generalisation, belabored facts, belligerence etc). For what? Nothing that will guarantee you a better country.

senatordave1:
From the antecedents of obi,he represents the old order.dobt forget he partnered with atiku in 2019 and worked for gej and ojukwu.it is too early to judge tinubu.not all the old order are incompetent.no matter how you view tinubu,he has a record of performance and competence.

Lol. Career politicians will do Nigeria no good. The link below is one of the many atrocities perpetrated by the gang of 2015 - 2023. You really don't how much a president's persona affects his government. You'd understand the phrase 'turn-by-turn' soon.

PS: Obi is not a career politician. His kind include Makinde, Obiano, Donald Duke, Zulum, Shema etc. No be 4 years again? Make we dey look.

https://sunnewsonline.com/wasted-how-billions-spent-on-nigeria-air-went-down-the-drain/

senatordave1:
Oga,obi too is among the ruling class.he is no different from the others just that he pretends to be saintly.surprisingly,tinubu could be the messiah we need.if we wanted change,we would have voted someone that has never held power like sowore,muoghalu etc

You still don't get it. Many people like you made the wrong conclusions because of the wrong premise about what Obi represents. What he's saying is we had a chance to dislodge the normal, wrestle power from the run-of-the-mill politicians and give it back to the people. How many 'ordinary' Nigerians won elections in the ruling APC compared to LP? Our electoral and political values would have reset, Obi was only a semblance of the outlier Nigeria needs, not an everyday politicians (like most of you hail the demagogues as strategists). Now, you've reinforced the old order. Who do you see around the new president? Is it the most brilliant minds we have amongst 200 million people? No, same old same old. We saw Ibori yesterday. These men can't serve you in the manner that will help you, if you're not in their cycle. We just wanted a country that works for all. Just watch as we move in circles for the next 4 years. Nothing that will truly benefit the common man (like electricity) will be fixed. We can argue in 2027.

HacheNoire:
🤣🤣🤣🤣

Early morning gibberish!

Of all places, you had the effrontery to mention Harvard!

Such course can only be offered in Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike

Your master copied chapter 1 (policy) and rushed to submit, without copying chapter 4 (implementation framework). See where we are now as a nation. Awon, subsidy is gone! Yet you people claim the man still has something upstairs. Tomorrow, he can scream something else and set the country ablaze.

sonofthunder:
From my following of the campaign, BT was the first to declare that subsidy must go.... Thereafter PO and atiku quickly regurgitated same words

Maybe true, but PO's template of doing so is in public domain. I think the process would have made the difference, especially now that NNPC has pre-empted market forces by pegging their new rate. This whole thing started on the wrong foot. If NNPC sells at 511, how much do you think others will sell? What template did NNPC use in arriving at that rate, for a product that's supposedly been subsidised till 30th June? Assuming, it's because they don't want to pay after 31st May, there's still need to know how they arrived at that price. This is what BT would have first sat down to work out, knowing Nigeria is a complicated place.

internationalman:
Hmmm


At this point it would be foolish of me to keep on being pained for our stolen mandate. While I'm putting my pain aside and hoping our mandate is restored soon, I'm so hoping and praying his presidency brings unprecedented progress, prosperity, favour, equality, opportunities, improvement in healthcare, security of lives and properties and many more...

I also hope he doesn't appoint people that would jeopardize his government; that's where it all usually goes wrong...

So Mr President, take off your shirt cause you are about to sweat for the work you about to start doing.

Nigeria is like a piece of farmland that has not been cultivated for so long, so in order to bring the crops to life twice ten times as work is needed. That's why we needed physically fit candidate..

No time to check time. Until the courts decide otherwise, he's the one making the decisions (policies), and we can only pray he gets them right. There's no arguing that governance affects everyone regardless of political leanings.

Greattie08:
You lack facts!!!

What good has this fuel subsidy done us?

IPMAN collect #400B monthly and as we speak, the FG is owing them #13trillion on fuel subsidy... how are we to justify this?

If the money has been used judiciously spent on major sector, we will not be where we are today!

Lol. Do we need to go back and forth on this? Did you read what I wrote? Were we born yesterday to know that petrol subsidy is laden with corruption? The point is that communication of policy issues is key, his office as admitted the misrepresentation. Nobody would have stopped him from removing it eventually, but not without first defining 'how'

lhordspy:
Party of hypocrites and extremists.

This is their loser of a presidential candidate's tweet on 8th of May, saying if elected, he would remove fuel subsidy immediately .
What is the difference between what Tinubu did and what Peter Obi was playing on doing?


Ask PDP, una go soon tire. I give you just 6months of wailing. Body go rest.

Lol. In essence PBT copied PO? Well, the party has jut interpreted what they meant by 'immediately', as it is their right to do so. If you feel it doesn't need interpretation, why are SANs in court over 'AND'? Naija na cruise, we are all adjusting, no need throwing banters. To be candid, nobody has questioned PBT's intention, he only did it the wrong way undermining the 'Nigerian' factor in everything.

Lol. Wait till the dust settles, we will soon know who's ruling us. Definitely, Remi will be one of them. When people defy logic for sentiments, that's what we get.

AntiWailer:
What rubbish analysis have they not done since the first attempt to remove it over 9 years ago.


Even PO said he wil remove fuel subsidy immediately if he wins.

Labour sjkd go and rest

Suddenly, PO remains a trailblazer for you guys. Now, you'd know the difference between agbero style of governance and diplomacy. Una shame done tie wrapper, no one expected that kneejerk announcement when uncertainties normally herald a transition. We would have continued buying petrol at 215 - 235, without anyone making noise about the phased-out subsidy.

HacheNoire:
It’s a sacrifice we must all make. No going back!

The amount that has been siphoned through that program is enormous.

What should be on the table is the how funds will be channeled into programs and infrastructures that will cushion effect.

Which funds? You're still in denial of the kind of government you have now. Wait till they settle down. Meanwhile, Nigerians will continue to bear the brunt of PBT's kneejerk announcement.

Bobloco:
Every one of them agreed that subsidy must go

But the difference is approach

Truth be told, Tinubu today started off on a wrong footing

They don't want to accept. A change in government is naturally heralded by uncertainties, he just added fuel to it.