What I can answer, however, is that religion played a very large role in choosing a leader that has proven to be even more insensitive than PMB.

The Sharia Council helped the Muslim-Muslim ticket to be successful. We campaigned and supported this government until it came to power, but we are suffering”.

LagosPrince:
Reno the fool didn't blame Peter Obi today

What Nigerians need to understand is that the government cannot fund us. Rather, we fund the government. There are only four ways by which a government can get revenue.

-The first is by sending the resources of the people and the state and claiming it as its own, which General Aguiyi Ironsi did with his Unification of Assets Decree Number 34 of May 24, 1966.

-The second is by taxing citizens and corporations.

-The third is printing money.

-The fourth is borrowing money. Other than these ways and means, governments do not have money that they generate.

We Nigerians are some of the most entitled people on Earth. We expect a lot from our government, yet we hardly pay taxes. Nigerians will watch a movie set in Europe and complain that we want what we see. European nations, like Germany, have a tax-to-GDP ratio of 39%, while Nigeria has a tax-to-GDP ratio of less than 10%.

If you earn €58.597 in Germany, you will pay 42% of your income or €24,610 as taxes. There will be riots if you ask Nigerians to pay this type of tax. So, where will the money to run Nigeria come from?

Oil? Saudi Arabia has a population of 35 million and makes $350 billion annually from oil. That is $10,000 per citizen. Nigeria has a population of 220 million people and generates approximately $36 billion from crude annually. That is $150 per person. At 2.6 million people, Qatar is just one per cent of our population. Yet, their annual revenue is $68 billion. Two and a half times that of Nigeria. 

Nigeria is not "oil rich". We are oil-poor. On a per capita basis, Ghana is more oil-rich than we are. We produce 1.5 million barrels per day for a population of 220 million people. Ghana produces 200,000 barrels per day for a population of 32 million.

So, when Nigerians hardly pay taxes and our oil and gas revenue is insufficient to meet the demands of running our country, we are forced to borrow or print money, which means that inflation will increase.

And under this situation, we cannot afford to artificially reduce the price of fuel by paying subsidy. We will go bankrupt. Therefore, much as this annoys you, the only options are to allow market forces to control the price of fuel, just as it does other commodities, or we must be prepared to pay higher taxes.

Failing that, Nigeria will continue to borrow or print more money, fueling inflation and increasing commodity prices.
Protests and riots cannot change these economic realities. They will be just like a child's tantrum when his parents cannot afford to buy him a toy.

helinues:
Unnecessary shalaye . Actions followed by thinking

Finally she revealed that the Nigerian government wrote the Canadian authorities that she was a terrorist, and they invited her for questioning.

But when she played various tapes of those who were calling for Igbo children to be killed, they released her to go, and wrote back to the Nigerian government to do more on integration

“.......However, going by scanty information available on Government pursuits and activities, there is, presently, a lot of suffering in the land.Indeed, Nigerians are suffering deeply at this time, no light, no fuel, no food.“The state of this nation today is a pill that has a bitter taste.

"Now, we come to the ‘sophisticated’ South-West, and to a great extent, the South-South. I wept for Yorubaland! The regioen proved to be the most unfortunate group in the ‘protest’, which ensured that everything about the hunger in the land is as a result of the ‘hatred’ for Tinubu!

I feel so ashamed each time I come across the state-sponsored narratives that have emanated from the South-West over this ‘protest’. Again, the pro-government groups and individuals in the South-West have also shown that Nigeria is a superglued nation!

For many of these ‘Hallelujah’ groups, it doesn’t matter if Tinubu performs in office or not as long as it is a Yoruba man that is there! They don’t care if or not their man would be leaving behind any legacy.

These are the set of people (very many of them hungry and beggarly), who have taken the “Èmilókán” campaign to a level that no matter how fatuous a government policy is, as long it is Tinubu that initiated it, ‘all true sons and daughters of Yorubaland’ must embrace it!

To them, with that kind of thinking faculty, the hunger in the land is because people lost elections. The inability of farmers to go to their farms because of farmers’/herders’ clashes can be traced to election losers. The floating of the Naira, poor economic policies of the government and the extravagance at all levels of government is all about 2027. Pity!

The Yoruba Council of Elders, YCE, yesterday, expressed worry over the state of the nation, just as it urged President Bola Tinubu to tackle the current hardship faced by Nigerians.

The YCE, in a statement by its General Secretary, Oladipo Oyewole, said though it was hopeful that there will be a positive turnaround in the country, “there is, presently, a lot of suffering in the land.”

The statement reads: “The YCE remains hopeful that Nigeria will have a turnaround. However, going by scanty information available on Government pursuits and activities, there is, presently, a lot of suffering in the land.

“Be that as it may, we of YCE stand on our strong position that the interest of the masses to live a good life should be given full attention. Without regular supply of electricity and with the official announcement of an increase in the price of Petroleum Products (PMS), the current hardship cannot but be increased in daily living by Nigerians. The Federal Government ought to immediately pursue every avenue to make available to our people, the dividends of democracy. Not through the distribution of palliatives (that does not seem to filter to the bottom) but by putting in place avenues to enhance proper/quality living through effective governance administration.

“Every Nigerian should be entitled to enjoy our common resources. Indeed, Nigerians are suffering deeply at this time, no light, no fuel, no food.

“Mr President should, without delay, revisit his drawing board to attend to the short-term needs of Nigerians (the immediate needs of the people) whilst pursuing the long-term vision of making Nigeria a better place for growth and development

“As Elders, YCE wants immediate succour for the people to boost the welfare of Nigerians so that all can live in comfort and harmony. As far as this Elders Council is concerned a lot of administrative work by government is (absolutely) required for the masses of this country to live, stay alive as respectable and responsible people.

“The state of this nation today is a pill that has a bitter taste. The administration of President Bola Tinubu should do something quickly to ensure proper steering of its intentions to establish and install better governance in Nigeria. Infact, the Presidency should do all possible to alleviate the suffering of all Nigerians immediately and without delay.”

EreluRoz:
You don't understand evil, asiwaju is under attack

EreluRoz:
May the evil forces that have bewitched asiwaju be exposed and put to shame Isiah 47 vs 3 shall be their portion.

Nigerians please intensify your prayers for the country and ask God to fix it.

Muhammadu Buhari would leave his footprints firmly imprinted in the sands of time. Who says we can’t have our own Lee Kuan Yew? It all starts this time next week.