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Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by mukina2: 1:41pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
The recent ban on sale of petrol in jerry-cans by the Rivers State government has continued to generate reactions as Marine workers and the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) at the weekend opposed the action. The state government earlier said the decision to prohibit sale of petrol in jerry cans would assist in checking the activities of black marketers, but the Marine Workers Association and boat operators in the state have rejected the ban, saying it would affect their operation. Leader of the Maritime workers and boat operator in the state, Francis Bodo told newsmen at the weekend that, “We, the Marine people have no other way of buying fuel other than through the use of jerri-cans. We cannot carry our big and small boats on our heads to the filling station.” http://dailytrust.com.ng/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=155638:controversy-trails-rivers-ban-on-sale-of-petrol-in-jerry-cans&catid=1:news&Itemid=2 |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by femmy2010(m): 1:49pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Why those unrealistic promulgations by our Government. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by highland(m): 2:03pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
It was another business for petrol marketer to make money. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Ninapha(f): 2:09pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Hmm, Ok Oga Governor, what if we buy in our cars and then sell in jerry -cans, we are not guilty abi. Nonsense policies that has no credit. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by skullbaba: 2:16pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
I am busy laughing in japanese. Our leaders are so dumb |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by doctokwus: 2:22pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Wonder why people tink wt their anus es stimes.So a boatman will drag his boat to d fuel station or people using generators will carry dem on dere head to d fuel station& back.Some people are hoping against hope in dis nation,far as I can see dis nation is doomed wt d kind of leaders we av had & contnue to av |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Nobody: 2:38pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
It's only in Rivers State that you see idiotic and unrealistic policies like these. Meanwhile he promised to make electricity available.Still a pipe dream,like the monorail project.And muppets like phantom will come here and praise Amaechi for doing absolutely nothing. Common sense will tell you that if fuel is readily available and there is no scarcity,nobody will do business with black market dudes. Why not tackle the scarcity and ensure that the product is readily available? Yet he wants folks to stay in darkness. Simpleton Amaechi has yet to impement his bus-conducting palliative. Just another loud-mouthed,garullous mor.on |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by pek(m): 3:07pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
In a country where the number of people who use fuel bought in jerry cans outnumber those who buy into their cars. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by doctokwus: 3:08pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
StarBoard:Our expectations of governance& d quality of leadership has become so low that someone comes& makes one or two noises& we take him to b d next best tin we ever had.Amaechi is evn being touted as a presdent in d future,,well I guess if Jonathan can bcome d pres of 150m people,den every noisemaker& political office holder can as well b. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by agiboma(f): 3:11pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
pek: So true, when did this ban start as we are still selling Jerry cans @ our station and so is everybody else on our street |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Okijajuju1(m): 3:21pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
But seriously sha, this is just bullsh'it. . . . So the man with a Generator should push his generator to the filling station to get gas abi?! The man whose car stopped miles from a gas station should push his car to the station to get gas abi?! The boy who uses a fuel- powered grinding machine in the market should push the machine a a station abi?! The vulcanizer on the street should push his pump to the station abi?! This is one of those bad idea type laws. . . I'm sorry Amaechi, you didnt think this through. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Nobody: 3:28pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
doctokwus:In reality,I'm yet to see the difference Amaechi has made. A few tared roads here and there,yet the paucity of ideas he has is exhibited by silly pronouncements like these as well as his palliatives. If Amaechi is touted as a future president of this country,then woe betide us. He is a false leader. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Okijajuju1(m): 3:35pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
StarBoard: I stopped taking you seriously after the highlighted portion of you text. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by stagger: 3:57pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
The Rivers state government is only enforcing a law that has been in effect since 1989. I do not know why all the noise about it. The best the boat owners can do is to reach out to the government for exceptions to be made for their members. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by otokx(m): 4:06pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Yet to see any enforcement of the law. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by agiboma(f): 4:21pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
otokx: lol me 2, and i dont think anything is gonna change since it was suppose to be in effect so many years ago |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by 2kurupt(m): 4:25pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
@Stagger. So the boat users should be out of work & remain hungry while they reach out to the govt abi? Secondly can't you see the difference between 1989's electricity situation & present reality? Must we always sheepishly support any policy govt spits despite it been bullsh!! t??! |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by stagger: 4:32pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
2kurupt: How have they been buying fuel since 1989? The reason that law was enacted was because in times of scarcity, fuel stations would sell fuel to the jerry can peddlers who would sell it on the black market at 100%. This occurs even now. Come to Abuja and see what is happening. 10 litres of fuel being sold at N2,000 last week, right outside a filling station. What rubbish! |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by sirp2007: 5:25pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Okija_juju: u are on point.the truth is that Amaechi`s pronouncement shows hw disconnected politicians are from reality. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Reference(m): 5:55pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
So what should Amaechi or his government do. Plenty flak here but not even one solution. How many critics here are willing to fight or persuade profiteers, pirates or black marketeers to destock their huge fuel dumps for the common good. This is a country slowly going to the dogs because of collective greed and avarice that no government can save. Blame Amaechi all we like, fact is he doesn't refine, import or distribute petroleum products but citizens like you and I who cannot and will do our jobs properly. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Akainzo(m): 6:10pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
stagger: So what is the issue there? A man sees petrol being sold at N97 at the fuel station but as he cannot queue, he decides to buy the one in Jerry Can at N2000. He is just paying the man with the Jerry-Can for his abilities to queue on his (the big man) behalf. If the big man doesn't like it and believes it is too expensive, let him join the queue. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Nobody: 6:15pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Oya make una go #Occupy Port-Harcourt. But really, these Black Marketers no de try sha o, Bros Fash abeg try this one for Lasgidi even if e be rumour. I laugh in Corinthians, hahalolohehehe |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by LEXYLOV: 6:27pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Even in the western world people buy fuel into can for their domestic uses. What a dumb policy, bunch of illiterates in power, From Jonathan to the last man in his party and administration are clueless and dumb. God have mercy on Nigeria and save her people from retardeen maladministration who only understand looting and nothing else. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Nobody: 7:42pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Simple, even if u want to prevent scarcity, the govt can put a peg on the litres of fuel an individual can buy once at a time, say 50litres max per person. The reseller that wants to sell again at the black market would then have to queue for a longtime before he gets another chance to buy fuel again. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by desthan(m): 8:17pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
An un-justified usurpation of authority. . . . |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by stagger: 9:39pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
LEXYLOV: Do people in the Western world bring generators and jerry cans to filling stations to buy fuel so as to resell in front of the same filling station? It is our attitude and way of life as Nigerians that force governments to place such restrictions. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by gempo(m): 10:26pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
They want to suffer us to death in this country. Somebody should please advice him to withdraw this policy. He got this one totally wrong. |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Natasha2(f): 10:42pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
hmm |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Thespecialone(m): 10:58pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
Do these people even reason at all? I dont blame them any way. They use big diesel generators and they don't even know pay for it with their money. If they are serious about curtailing black marketers why not arrest them? |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by dayokanu(m): 11:34pm On Feb 27, 2012 |
The boat operators should drive their boats to the next filling station using the available gutters |
Re: Controversy Trails River's Ban On Sale Of Petrol In Jerry-cans by Nobody: 3:58am On Feb 29, 2012 |
That shows how disconnected the government are with the masses Dumb a$s amechi sits down in the luxury of government house not realizing that 90% of the masses use fuel to power their houses and other small scale business. his brain needs to be washed with JIK BLEACH!!!!! |
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