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Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Oxenomy: 11:07am On May 13, 2016 |
Me I'm not even pained by the fuel subsidy removal per se, what pains me most is the hypocrisy laden with the whole thing. Are these same ediots not the ones shouting palliative measures before removal of subsidy during GEJ administration? And I ask now, is there any palliative measure in place? .. What of increasing minimum wage to 30k-35k before the removal?.. Why will price of all commodities and essential services keep increasing with stagnant/decline of source of income of the masses?.... We are in for a long rough ride and it's unfortunate that our president is not a listening president. 8 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by DropShot: 11:59am On May 13, 2016 |
Bassee: |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by DropShot: 11:59am On May 13, 2016 |
Bassee: Let's hear what the govt plans to do to ease the burden but removal of subsidy is the way to go. |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by MasterofNL: 1:06pm On May 13, 2016 |
Oxenomy: Gbam!!!! God bless you|! 6 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by cktheluckyman: 1:10pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot: please learn to speak for yourself 5 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Amplitron: 1:10pm On May 13, 2016 |
Well, we should always look at things in context. Something was not right in 2012 dosn't mean it will never be right. Governance is deeply rooted in "believability". If the people believe you, you can propose something they once rejected and they will accept it.
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Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by ednut1(m): 1:10pm On May 13, 2016 |
fx not subsidy is the issue here |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by WildChild00(m): 1:11pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot: you just come online to make some baseless accusations! 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Nobody: 1:13pm On May 13, 2016 |
LadyExcellency:that's the scam. .how did dropshot and the rest of the apc followers know gej was to be corrupt or even corrupt........It now buharis turn and nigerians should endure...I can bet you that dropshot is far away from nigeria and enjoying himself somewhere 5 Likes 2 Shares |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by duality(m): 1:14pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot: It's obvious you don't know when to stop being silly. Your insistence on labeling GEJ ineffectual, 7 months after he overwhelmingly won an election and accepted by majority except for the agrived nothern boko haram supporters, kills every objectivity in your writeup. The subsidy opposition in 2012 was wrong and was all political sentiments. QED. 11 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by eph12(m): 1:15pm On May 13, 2016 |
Of course FG is right just as it was right 4 years ago. What is left for the FG to do now is to increase minimum wage and give us 24hrs light so we don't have to buy fuel to power our gen. |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Nnemuka(f): 1:16pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot:**** How is he corrupt? has he been indicted ever since the anti corruption crusade? was he among the panama tax evaders? was he mentioned to own a house in london? what really was his crime? shameless people littered everywhere on nairaland trying to justify what was condemned during GEJ's tenure. Are you rational at all? Are living in Nigeria? do you know what it means to buy petrol at 145/pl when minimum wage is 18000. have you been to the market lately? **** 6 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by DropShot: 1:17pm On May 13, 2016 |
IzonOwei:Stop being emotional and face the topic. 1 Like |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by otunbamyk(m): 1:18pm On May 13, 2016 |
Op. So as at 2012 u already saw the corruption in GEJ and his govt. Dats intresting ly foolish. Just say occupying oj ota was a big mistake and we all move on from dier. Even in labour calls fir protest against it no .ember of my family will go becos we know beta Dan u. Wen ure ready to relocate to nigeria we discus not wen u sit under a computer and dish out half baked truth. Gej is not coming back only waiting for the day he will be jailed 4 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Nobody: 1:19pm On May 13, 2016 |
LadyExcellency:jonathan was right but he removed it at a wrong time. Beginning of the year when people needed to move and travel after the celebrations. He removed it before budget was signed. Good decision to drive good result but approach and methodology differs and that's why you see there isn't much agitation as it was then 1 Like 1 Share |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by TruthisOut: 1:20pm On May 13, 2016 |
No reasonable comment here! All the debates here is about GEJ and PMB showing how we build our institution of government around individuals. Please discuss the benefits or otherwise of these policies on the lives of the ordinary Nigerians. My take: The subsidy removal at this time is demonic! . Salaries as low as N18K are not being paid and job losses here and there. How do the govt expect the populace to survive? Government claim they don't have money, so now they want to exploit the populace for their own survival - it is like the common man providing cushion for the government. It should be the other way round. Government cannot provide reliable mass transit and power supply at least to help the people. The people have no choice but to provide it for themselves. Now government decided to increase the price of PMS so that the people cannot even provide them anymore. Well, Nigerians as we know cannot speak with one voice; they are divided along party, ethnic, religious, affluence and even common sense lines. Keep supporting this insincere government at your own peril. I don talk finish. Madam wey u dey...any cold beer? |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Nobody: 1:23pm On May 13, 2016 |
Crappy epistle for sango! Status-quo is a parody of the change promised by the heartless hypocritic nomad! This ain't d change I VOTED! 2 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by hucienda: 1:23pm On May 13, 2016 |
OP Dropshot, you can't fool no one here with your hypocrisy and bigotry against the former President Jonathan and his administration on this particular Subsidy Removal issue. He was right in January 2012 as the same issue is right now in May 2016 with the current Buhari administration (albeit now more difficult with a comatose economy). The write-up on this same issue by chronique on today's Nairaland front page is fact, balanced and as it happened. Save your pseudo-intellect and deception for fools. 5 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by MNDY(m): 1:24pm On May 13, 2016 |
Subsidy removal, way to go but if the minimum wage is not increased as palliative measure to boost purchasing power, NIGERIANS WILL DRINK FIRE IN JUST THE NEXT FEW DAYS ALONE - I want that (and not the subsidy removal) to form the basis of the looming protest #OccupyNigeria which I think the govt can avert even as we wait to hear its planned palliative measure! |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by tosyne2much(m): 1:27pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot:OP, I was reading the write-up meticulously when the highlighted got my attention.. You're indeed a man of in-dept thinking 1 Like 2 Shares |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Bizibi(m): 1:28pm On May 13, 2016 |
Oxenomy:exactly,it is the hypocrisy that irritate....... 4 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Dajugba: 1:29pm On May 13, 2016 |
The govt is doing what should ve suppose to be done, but at the wrong time. I remember same time 2012 when Gej subsidies fuel nigerians were ranting, and then the economic where still favorable. But never the less de govt has to make sure he set policies that will not cause ordinary Nigerian to pick arms. cos the economic is not encouraging to an average Citizen not considering those who cant afford three square meal. It is well. |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by mrbillz(m): 1:30pm On May 13, 2016 |
God dey 1 Like
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Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by MizMyColi(f): 1:30pm On May 13, 2016 |
You people make me wonder if there is anything this government will churn out that you guys will not have a way of getting around at. Now, the only reason you are harping on is that Buhari is more full of integrity than Jonathan. A man that promised to declare his assets publicly and has blatantly failed to do so. Recruitments went on through the backdoor at CBN and FIRS, the same precedent we had during PDP's reign and nothing was done about that. Lai mohammed sought to borrrow 13 million naira from the NBC, an allegation he batantly denied. 13 million for what?! and some of you are behind your laptop screens screaming "change". What is it about this government exactly that inspires confidence in some of you. Show me please. I am so low of it now. Some of you hide behind your hate for anything Goodluck Jonathan to support and defend things which should be utterly condemned. Some of you do it because your brother is in power. Modath specifically mentioned the Yoruba factor. Most of you who passionately support this government do not live in this country, you have no idea what it feels like to have your living expenses sky rocket while your income remains stagnant. Honesty, I realy want to know exactly what this government has done to inspire confidence in you guys. In one breath Ministers cannot travel first class, in another, his child flies first class. The president admits that his citizens are fantastically corrupt and you expect things to work out just how, exactly? The budget was padded without restraint and last I checked, there was no available public information of ammendments, yet it has been passed. The perpetrators who are meant to be facing justice were merely demoted. What was the purpose of that exactly....so they can continue their thievery in lower departments, and you claim you want to purge the system? Where then is the difference from the travails of yesterday? The corrupt people of yesterday are still the same ones we have today. They now wear different clothing. Crude was higher during GEJ's regime and the price was 141 then. Crude is much lower now and we have to grapple with 145? I expect every wise mind to first of all keep quiet and give this people time to see how exactly they mop things up/do things differently. Don't just jump in and support a policy for which you may never feel the effect based on mere speculations that they are "trustworthy". People you call trustworthy are those who told you that they made the agreement in conjunction with NLC TUC and other bodies. Except there are now factions in NLC, we all saw NLC arise to say that no one consulted them. So much for trusting "trustworthy" people. I'm just going to contain my angst and hope that things get better really. It's such a shame really that this immoral, insensitive and illegal act is being supported by the few who are supposed to know better 18 Likes 5 Shares |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by mrbillz(m): 1:30pm On May 13, 2016 |
God dey!
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Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Lerumo: 1:32pm On May 13, 2016 |
LadyExcellency: Who imposed it on him? Stop dwelling on hearsay and get your facts right before you speak. That you like Jonathan does not mean people should not speak the truth about him. 2 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Sheggy13(m): 1:34pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot:As at January 2012 when GEJ removed subsidy, he hadn't spent up to a year as a full president, (not acting). He enjoyed so much support and goodwill during the election of 2011 from all regions. The masses had not discovered the extent of money looted by his government during this period. It is safe to say nobody had tagged with him the corruption tag his government was later to be identified. So how could people have protested on the ground of corruption? The opposition only took full advantage of that subsidy removal and painted GEJ govt so bad, and people were swayed to believe all what were said because we Nigerians are very emotional and sentimental people. The hypocrisy there now is those same people are the ones that have removed subsidy at the worst possible period in the life of this country, when civil servants in most states are being owed salaries in the region of from 3 months upwards, under the guise of we are not corrupt like the previous government so your money is safe with us. That's the height of insensitivity for a govt that promised heaven to it's citizenry but can never bear their burdens for them. Most of these people have to get fuel to power their I-pass-my-neighbour generator because this same govt has failed in providing stable power supply despite increasing the tariffs and had to ban further importation of these cheap generator that is the only source of succour to the poor man on the street. Just today, the house of Reps committee chairman on Financial crimes said $3.1bn has been recovered so far by EFCC, that's over half of trillion naira. Please tell me where that money is,and how Nigerians are still suffering. God knows I'm never a GEJ apologist. Infact, I despised him, my post-history can show you that, but Buhari is probably the most insensitive leader I've ever come across in this country. We haven't had it so bad like this in this country as it currently is. I hope you'll understand my point of view and not scream Ipod without even having the patience to read through. 9 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by HIGHESTPOPORI(m): 1:37pm On May 13, 2016 |
DropShot:How? |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by MizMyColi(f): 1:37pm On May 13, 2016 |
Nnemuka: I was going to ask this question as well. Is it the media who tells us those that are corrupt or is it the court of law. Till this time, nothing concrete has surfaced on Jonathan. But then, the media has told us he is corrupt, so he has to be. How much was Dasuki alleged to have embezzled? How much exactly is he being charged to court for? What is taking Buhari and EFCC so long to try Dasuki. So many questions that will only have a question mark at the end. No answers. 7 Likes |
Re: FG Is Right On Fuel Subsidy Removal by Abdul9025(m): 1:40pm On May 13, 2016 |
Before you go to protest against the removal of fuel subsidy by the Federal Government, be informed that the government did not remove any subsidy because there was no subsidy to be removed in the first place. So don't go and protest against what does not exist. Seek information and be informed. This is what the government has done. The government has simply stopped giving foreign exchange to fuel importers and has asked them to source for foreign exchange through secondary sources. Why has the pump price of fuel increased from #86.5 to between #135 and #145? This is specifically as a result of the difrence between the official exchange rate and the informal (parallel) market exchange rate. This is the simple mathematics. The official exchange rate is #199 per dollar while the parallel market exchange rate is #320 per dollar. This represents and increase of 37% (320-199/320 × 100 = 37.8%). This reflected exactly in the new price of petrol as it increased from #86.5 to an averag of #140 which is an increase of 38% (140 - 86.5/140 ×100 = 38%). There may be a gap in the dessimination of information to the public and it is totally regrettable and I am sure it will be taken care of, but I encourage Nigeians to seek the right information. I have always insisted that there was nothjng like fuel subsidy and I stand by that. The Federal government cannot continue to be the sole source of foreign exchange for the importation of fuel in the face of falling price of crude resulting in the depletion of our foreign reserve. It I unsustainable and cannot satisfy the domestic consumption of fuel in Nigeria. Nigeria5get foreign currency from the sell of crude and the price of crude has fallen by over 70%. This means that the government do no long have enough dollars to give to fuel importers. A lame man shoud be able to understand this. With the ccompetition that will set in from the open market, it s expected that thee pump price of fuel will naturally crash in time. Please share and enlighten every Nigerian. 2 Likes |
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