moredollar:

Them tell u say na APC govt start am......?

Dem no bi APC CHANJI again?

uboma:
The FG surely knows how to play its cards right. I just hope this payment won't stop after the elections in Rivers State.


Another strategy to get a firm grip in Rivers state.

When is the re-election date again?

The payment started since yaradua's regime. It is a form of affirmative action. Its not because govt has so much funds to throw away, but the oil which govt used to develop other parts of the country devasted much of the niger delta making it unliveable. Its not luxury payment and it has an end date

MuamarGaddaffi:
Is Tompolo still a free man? I thought toothless EFCC threatened to arrest him. Mtcheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeew.

I thought bubu was a no nonsense person.I thought they said he wasn't going to pay the money.if truly he is got the spine,let him stop paying it,lets see...

Nonsense

they should also clean-up their lands...

only a strong & determined govt. can see to that..
else those coys will bribe their way out of such duties

they should also clean-up their lands...

only a strong & determined govt. can see to that..
else those coys will bribe their way out of such duties

Pidggin:
APC proposes N5000 for unemployed youths, yet pays millitants N65,000.

imagine..when there are lot of unemployed graduates roaming the streets moving from offices to offices,shops to shops and so on...now we have a govt who pays militants 65k a month ..for wat actually... very soon..boko haram will also table their amnesty prospect... fvck this govt

Same FG can't pay 5k to unemployed. Ok! Nigeria is cursed

A way of getting the names and Identities of militants, in other for the Daura SSS to Round them Up,anytime their is slight agitation.

buskie13:
imagine..when there are lot of unemployed graduates roaming the streets moving from offices to offices,shops to shops and so on...now we have a govt who pays militants 65k a month ..for wat actually... very soon..boko haram will also table their amnesty prospect... fvck this govt

It's really painful.

Pidggin:
APC proposes N5000 for unemployed youths, yet pays millitants N65,000.

Was it APC that agreed to or set-up paying N65K to militants?

Gamesmart:


Was it APC that agreed to or set-up paying N65K to militants?

Why are they continuing? Didn't they promise change or was it a scam?

omonnakoda:
There is a law mandating government to pay the. The law also has an expiry date Which was December. The amount paid is now being phased out but the truth is those who were 13 years old when the deal was signed are now ripe and sharper than those still collecting the money who have grown fat and lazy so paying the old ones does not take care of the problem . For starters anyway the oil revenue is 30% what it was when the deal was signed and a large part of the problem lies with the state governors like Ibori e.g.

Oil will finish one day ,in fact Nigeria has about 35 years reserves in the ground. Thaat region wil be desolate afterwards if there is no forward planning

The region will be desolate or the whole of Nigeria. 35 dollar oil and the WHOLE of Nigeria, FG inclusive cannot pay salaries. Better wake up. The law of gravity says he who is further from the ground suffers most. The guys in the creeks who know nothing but poverty are going to enjoy post oil the most. The rest of Nigeria living on big oil will suffer the most.

Demdem:
Wrong move from the President. The payment to these criminals must stop immediately.

I agree. We should shut down the entire oil industry and all go home. It ain't worth it.

Pidggin:

It's really painful.

and also sad

mulante:
Makes me wish i was a militant

no one stop u oooo......

In a country where NYSC members are paid an allawe of #19800, lazy NE people are paid #65,000 and they still go ahead to use the fg's money to start a oil thieving business.

buskie13:
imagine..when there are lot of unemployed graduates roaming the streets moving from offices to offices,shops to shops and so on...now we have a govt who pays militants 65k a month ..for wat actually... very soon..boko haram will also table their amnesty prospect... fvck this govt

That's Nigeria, our country is founded on settlements, rent-seeking and conscience trading. If you were made President what will you do.

65,000 naira to 30,000 ex-militants amounts to 1,950,000,000 naira. That is 1.95 billion naira. So the government actually believes she has no way of tackling of militants but resort to being taken as hostage? I still don't understand this. If these guys are that powerful, maybe we should pay them to help us decimate boko haram & bring back our girls once & for all. Is this really investigative journalism

Pidggin:


Why are they continuing? Didn't they promise change or was it a scam?

You think you just change things anyhow?

allthingsgood:


The payment started since yaradua's regime. It is a form of affirmative action. Its not because govt has so much funds to throw away, but the oil which govt used to develop other parts of the country devasted much of the niger delta making it unliveable. Its not luxury payment and it has an end date

Yes I am aware that the Amnesty programme is a continuation from Yaradua's govt but don't forget that PMB had earlier said that the Amnesty programme may be discontinued by December 2015.

The Amnesty programme is a welcome development from Yaradua and I hope that PMB sustains it.

buskie13:
imagine..when there are lot of unemployed graduates roaming the streets moving from offices to offices,shops to shops and so on...now we have a govt who pays militants 65k a month ..for wat actually... very soon..boko haram will also table their amnesty prospect... fvck this govt

It's painful. But the truth is that at the time they started the Amnesty program, the ND militants were crippling our oil dependent economy. Even the price of oil in the international market was affected each time the militants attacked.

It was cheaper to pay them that amount of money than to keep losing oil money.

We are not sure how they will react if they stop the Amnesty program but I think it should be phased out gradually.

whitebone:

I feel your pain.

#Thanks....

Reference:


The region will be desolate or the whole of Nigeria. 35 dollar oil and the WHOLE of Nigeria, FG inclusive cannot pay salaries. Better wake up. The law of gravity says he who is further from the ground suffers most. The guys in the creeks who know nothing but poverty are going to enjoy post oil the most. The rest of Nigeria living on big oil will suffer the most.

Maybe you should read and comprehend before responding

What did I write and you are talking of salaries what is the connection.
In 30 years time when the oil is finished and all the creeks polluted what will the people in the Delta live on their lands devastated and polluted and the oil gone. That is what I was talking about and you are talking about salary

Anyway with regard to your offering
Let me put oil in perspective for you


@ $100 X2 million barrels a day X 365 days a year = $73 billion and Nigeria is a $500 billion economy.

Oil is no longer $100 so you can do the math = 35% of $73 billion

Bear in mind that that is the contribution of oil to economy and not government receipts from oil which is much less

Nigeria can never be desolate because of oil that is a mistake. At any rate the proven oil reserves in Nigeria will last 36 years that is a fact.

Now Nigeria fought a war without oil and came out without debt so all that extra talk is shortsighted. How many people in Nigeria work for government? In the short term there will be pain but we will adjust go and look at historical oil prices from Abacha through to OBJ.

We are collecting applications for the job of Ex-militant. No formal education is required, you just need to be lazy and have some craze in your head. 65,000/per month salary awaits you.

coolhamid:
This shithole called Nigeria is a joke, Just imagine militants collecting free 65k from FG while many graduates with good grades are roaming the street seeking employment.
Seems being rebellious pays in this fvcking country of ours.

They are actually fighting for their birthright

ladenz:


It's painful. But the truth is that at the time they started the Amnesty program, the ND militants were crippling our oil dependent economy. Even the price of oil in the international market was affected each time the militants attacked.

It was cheaper to pay them that amount of money than to keep losing oil money.

We are not sure how they will react if they stop the Amnesty program but I think it should be phased out gradually.

it should be phased out completely ..of wat use is this amnesty programme when de price of oil has fallen so low..where is the money coming from?
and how does this money paid to these militants stops dem from carrying out vandalism and kidnapping.. cos as it is right now...oil theft is still rampant in de oil area...how will this govt curb all these happenings... it is just a sad and a confused situation...

Bravo FG I must commend this gesture cox am not a sadist

tunjion:
i think say Buhari stubborn?

Stubborn, principled, clever, practical, pragmatic....are words often used in place of each other but have different meaning.