The Bomb finally dropped on Nigerians and casualty is yet to be identified.
Wonderful day here with news for the last four days giving us alert of the Boko Haram (BH) bomb all over the country, However, the GEJ administration never allow BH to kill more people but the instrument of the government to reduce the population has been dropped. In a country where even the breathing air is being provided for by the citizens from power, medical, education through business (middle), yet the government is insensitive to the burden the Nigerians are carrying everyday. the foolish government of GEJ just added to the burden of the masses and hopefully the prices of good and services will respond to the subsidy removal and further agitation will start from the labour unions.
Some questions to answer:
- Has someone very close to the corridor of power in nigeria ever sit down and relate closely with street boys?
- don't you think the whole saga just translate to government punishing 160m nigerians because of less than 50000 business men running the oil businesses.
- will these ever happen in my country for the leaders to identify the problem in the country?
- Imagine our dealers comparing the prices of beer to fuel, how many of us drink beer?
- Will government officials buy fuel with their own salary to share from this suffering?
- excess crude account is not useful for capital project but for sharing ..."yee mo ke ran ooo"?
- when will this country realize that people like Okonjo Iweala does not have genuine love for the masses again (IMF / World Bank interest is superior)
- some one raised, where is the gain coming from after the removal since there is no line item in the budget that is meant for fuel subsidy?
- why is PPPRA giving the oil marketer the minimum price? (in a liberilized market)
- Will Nigeria remain tolerant or fight this Demons once and for all. (Naija Spring I guess)
Consequences of the subsidy removal (if any subsidy at all):
I went to the market on the evening of the January 1st 2012 and the okada ride between my house which normally goes for forty naira is now eighty naira, normal bus for the masses moved from thirty Naira to sixty Naira. hope someone will sense the effect this will have on basic commodities, do not think further, I normally spent eight litres of PMS to run my power generator overnight which means average of sixty litres a week and two hundred and forty litres a month this will translate to 33, 600 Naira every month in a country with a minimum wage of 18,000 Naira. what about others prices of Tyres, services Tomatoes, food supliments, poor sachet water / bottled drinks (company running on diesel) etc.
Indeed it is a big Bomb and the casualty is yet to be identified but All I know is our dealers do not care for us but only care for expanding their business empires.
God Saves Nigeria
