BlueRayDick:


I know bro, that's why I said no reasonable state goverment should be subsidizing Hajj/Sponsoring Hajj at this point. States like Gombe, Bauchi, Kebbi, etc have no business sponsoring anybody to Hajj because like majority of the states in Nigeria they are struggling economically and borrowing to run government affairs. They should shed the weight of sponsoring Hajj

The only reason these subsidies exist in the first place is to go someway towards pacifying the masses.

izzou:


Trying to charter a Sienna to attend a burial in Abia state; 7 passengers

The cheapest we got was 500k...To and Fro

We still dey scratch head to raise the money, na him price of fuel change this morning.

Nigeria has never had it this bad.

GloriousGbola:


nihilist already explained it



and this works even better in places that run 'Islam is a way of life' as a mantra

izzou:


Trying to charter a Sienna to attend a burial in Abia state; 7 passengers

The cheapest we got was 500k...To and Fro

We still dey scratch head to raise the money, na him price of fuel change this morning.

Nigeria has never had it this bad.

Itsrm:


Thank God o. As if I knew, bought significant amount this morning at great cost to my pocket. At least, I'll enjoy it a little before having to buy again.

OasisX:


.....I have no issues with IDF killing Hamas/Hezbollah or Vice Versa bruh, my issue is, they all must leave Civilians out of it.

BlueRayDick:


The issue is most people going for pilgrimage are not broke in any way. At least the people in my family who have been to Hajj are either sponsored by a wealthy relative or those who are living comfortably well. They are people whom Yorubas will say "won ni ajeseku". Dem don chop and e still remain for ground.

So the subsidy is not really going to the masses like that. Cheap education and cheap petrol are actually things that will pacify the masses jare.

As regards leaving the UK, most of the people I know whom relocated to the UK are not finding things easy.

Is it brexit that 4cked the UK up or there's something else ? A friend of mine had to run commot UK to Ireland, he claimed things are a little bit better over there even tho the Euro is not as powerful as the Sterling.

Itsrm:


Thank God o. As if I knew, bought significant amount this morning at great cost to my pocket. At least, I'll enjoy it a little before having to buy again.

izzou:


Trying to charter a Sienna to attend a burial in Abia state; 7 passengers

The cheapest we got was 500k...To and Fro

We still dey scratch head to raise the money, na him price of fuel change this morning.

Nigeria has never had it this bad.

iamoyindamola:

You are looking for trouble
Remember the woman that was fighting against mass wedding what later happened

BlueRayDick:


Omo!

500k to charter a Sienna? How much Sienna drivers go dey deliver weekly?

I think the price is on the high side, but then when one thinks of PMS being sold for over 1k per liter u start think the driver's gain might not actually be much sef.

Shegzdave:


Within this same Nigeria with such huge amount?

izzou:


So na the final price be this?

BlueRayDick:


It just doesn't make sense to me sha. I mean why sponsor a broke man to pilgrimage, he comes back as an Alhaji but a broke Alhaji.

I mean all my life I've seen middle class people going to hajj off their own pocket. I've also seen wealthy individuals sponsoring members of their family to Hajj; but before thinking of sponsoring them to Hajj they already set up businesses for them like bakery, transportation business etc. That makes more sense to me.

Itsrm:


I believe so. Assuming the exchange rate remains stable.

Shegzdave:


Within this same Nigeria with such huge amount?

BlueRayDick:


It just doesn't make sense to me sha. I mean why sponsor a broke man to pilgrimage, he comes back as an Alhaji but a broke Alhaji.

I mean all my life I've seen middle class people going to hajj off their own pocket. I've also seen wealthy individuals sponsoring members of their family to Hajj; but before thinking of sponsoring them to Hajj they already set up businesses for them like bakery, transportation business etc. That makes more sense to me.

Segedinho:

I am seriously considering cng o...... it isn't funny anymore...

Segedinho:

I am seriously considering cng o...... it isn't funny anymore...

iamoyindamola:

Another gallon d'or contestant

GloriousGbola:


wrong.

if we have a war in the middle east, price of oil will go up. so will our income, but so will the price of petrol

GloriousGbola:


my generators have dual carburator - with these figures, using lpg is a no brainer - though lpg has also been climbing for reasons no one can pin point

nihilistjnr:


This is actually a harbinger of doom in my opinion. The only reason these subsidies exist in the first place is to go someway towards pacifying the masses.

If the government was broken but you were at least seeing cheap petrol, cheap school fees and subsidised Hajj, at least you go dey hold your side.

When the government is broken and you're seeing nothing....

We dey experience something similar for this side, and since the beginning of the year I've been seriously exploring opportunities to leave the UK for good. It's Japa time

izzou:


This Nigeria.

Lagos to Benin (4 hours journey) was 19k..Iyare motors

I dey pay am, still dey cry internally

GloriousGbola:


islam counts your sins against your good deeds. in the end it is the tally of your sins against your good deeds that determines if you enter hell or al jannah. if you do a pilgrimage and it is accepted, your slate is wiped clean. so from a purely religious standpoint, it is subsidized salvation

Shegzdave:

The situation of the country continues to decline everyday.
A friend of mine that usually travels from Ekiti to porthacourt (business)for 15k-18k before subsidy was removed, now that they’ve removed it, I just Dey pity the guy

The country is gone already💔

Segedinho:

Baba...500k use to be huge.......but not now..


U can only get 4 bag of rice with that amount

nihilistjnr:


Completely understand your point but subsidy recipients don't all have to be on tbe same level - that's why I mentioned school, fuel etc in addition to Hajj and Jerusalem pilgrimage.

The government doesn't have enough to share to anybody again even the well connected like you mentioned, and that's a serious problem.

Omo with regards to UK, I don't even know where to start..I work as a contractor offering consultancy services to clients but the UK implemented some tax legislation 2 years potential penalising clients if their contractors don't declare taxes appropriately.

As a result a lot of the work that I used to get has now gone offshore, whilst my tax liability has gone through the roof (My business paid over £40k in taxes last year alone, excluding personal income tax), and the prime minister is rumoured to be looking to increase taxes even further up to a rumoured 45%

I ran one small contract on the side this year in a personal capacity rather than through my business and the tax legislation I spoke about led to a situation where my take home after tax and minimum pension contributions was 48%.

Talk about monkey dey work, baboon dey chop. Omo UK as a country is finished for now. It might recover later down the line, but I won't advise anyone to Japa here anytime soon if you want to do more than survive. If you want to earn 25-40k you can turn up - but the moment you decide you want more from life, this country will smack you in the face and dropkick you in the balls.

nihilistjnr:


How does this work? Does the plant switch automatically or maybe manually depending on the fuel source?

Shegzdave:


Within this same Nigeria with such huge amount?

BlueRayDick:


Omo!

500k to charter a Sienna? How much Sienna drivers go dey deliver weekly?

I think the price is on the high side, but then when one thinks of PMS being sold for over 1k per liter u start think the driver's gain might not actually be much sef.

izzou:


Nigeria is never recovering from this anytime soon.