The ferocity with which the president Goodluck Jonathan led government has continued to pursue its removal of fuel subsidy agenda takes one aback, you begin to wonder what really is the motive behind the proposed removal of subsidy other than to raise revenue and stop some cabal from continuing to corner the subsidy money that the government considers it a do or die affair.

Like yesterday, I remembered that one of the previous governments reasoned that it was increasing the pump prices of petroleum products to match smuggled prices so as to dissuade smugglers from smuggling the products to neighboring countries and promised that the revenue from the increment was going to be used for developmental purposes and alas, up till present we are yet to see any of the promised developmental project come to light and now under president Jonathan we are it again. Firstly, one point the government should note is that it is estimated that over 70% of its population are living below the poverty line and the prices of petroleum products happens to be the major price determinant variable for all other products and services in the economy. So it would be normal for the government to reason that what does the citizenry stands to gain from an at least 200% increase in prices of goods and services, what will this translate into? The answer is easy unfounded and untold hardship visited on the populist of the country. Really the situation is dumbfounding, when you hear those who are suppose to protect our interest give less than reasonable reasons for planning to foment and visit more and more hardship on the populace of this country. Through the years the citizens have never has any leverage in the way they are governed ,it has always being a gravitation, an unwavering  propensity to further aggravate already appalling  and meager living conditions of the people that has perhaps become the hallmark of successive government in Nigeria.

The issue of removal of oil subsidy that both the federal and state apparatchik has made their present pass-time is disheartening. It once more brings to the fore the fact that the present government has not come to grasp with the peculiar nature of the Nigerian state and situation. The Nigerian elites have continue to deem it fit to pursue anti-people policies under the guise of saving or raising funds for much needed social and economy development which never materializes. The country can’t develop at the expense of its people, any development that is not people oriented would fail and I don’t even belief the government is thinking of the people presently. The increase in the pump price of petroleum product under the guise of removal of subsidy from petroleum products would have the usual spiral effect and translate into higher transport fares and subsequently the prices of all products would skyrocket and the helpless masses would bear the brunt, become more pauperized, the already high level of crime would further surge, the already poor standard of living of ordinary Nigerians would further nose dive. It is obvious that there is nothing good at all about the proposed removal of subsidy from petroleum products. There are many questions begging for answers.

It is argued in certain quarters that there is nothing like subsidy on petroleum products and one of those who argue in this direction is somebody who should know is onion that is a former Petroleum minister, Professor Tam David West who has described the much talked about fuel subsidy as “sanctified falsehood”, challenging the Federal Government to prove him wrong. Funny again is the fact that the amount the government has being claiming it spends to subsidize petroleum products has being changing by the day, from about 300billion some months back, they later claimed was over 600 billion and now government officials are claiming its over one trillion naira that they spend annually to subsidize petroleum products, what a gargantuan comedy of error unfortunately, this one is intended to create sympathy for their cause.

Another question begging for answer is the fact that our refineries are not functioning and the government does not see any reason why these refineries should be made to work and why it should also embark on building new ones to complement the already existing ones. Government officials are running around saying that fuel is cheap in the country that we should allow the forces of demand and supply to determine the local prices of these products what competitive edge do we have. Is the unstable and weak naira that we want to compete with internationally or apart from these petroleum product we do we have that we export that can generate foreign exchange for us.

Conclusively, my question again is what do the masses stand to gain from the removal of subsidy from petroleum products? The answer is nothing. So the next question is whose interest will the removal serve the answer is that it would only serve to put more money at the disposal of corrupt government officials who would definitely misappropriate, embezzle and out rightly steal these funds. It seems that there is no reprieve for the Nigerian masses poor standard of education at cutthroat cost, high cost of accommodation and housing with no reprieve in sight, bad roads that have turned into death traps everywhere, a moribund railway system, and a completely deadened agricultural sector.

The petroleum minister Mrs Allison-Madueke was quoted to have explained that government opted for the removal of subsidies as all punitive measures to make racketeering by dubious businessmen unattractive have not succeeded. This is a strange admission that government with all its apparatus cannot stop a handful of persons from continually holding the country to ransom. I think the government is misplacing its priority, one of Nigeria’s most pressing problems is corruption, another is sabotage, another is poor infrastructure, another is poor agriculture and so on it goes. If government is trying to safe/raise funds there are many avenues open to it one of which is fight corruption, another revive agriculture, invest in electricity poor and transportation etc.

 

we've being trying our best to create awareness about the MDGs in Nigeria, the amount of ignorance of what the programme is all about is monumental and as it stands,allot of work needs to be done .We are the 2007 set of trained MDG and NEEDS facilitators by the WORLD BANK /BRITISH COUNCIL .The job hasn't being easy since the project is termed cashless and up till date no financial assistance toward the implementation of this project had being forthcoming.It is our country,our people and our communities .What we can do, we will continue to do and hope somebody out there will find it expedient to assist us in our quest to continue to be the change we want to see in Nigeria and the world.

ADEBAYO WAIDI GBENRO
PRESIDENT-ACTION AGAINST IGNORANCE & ILLITERACY (AAII)
PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER- HUMAN RIGHTS INFORMATION NETWORK (NIGERIA)
INTERNATIONAL VICE SPEAKER - STUDENT WORLD ASSEMBLY 20007/2008

L'AUGMENTER POUR RÉALISER le MDGs
Automatically translated into French thanks to WorldLingo
nous avons essayer notre bset pour créer la prise de conscience au sujet du MDGs au Nigéria la quantité d'ignorance au sujet de de ce que le programme est tout est monumental et sans modification, répartissez du travail doit être .we fait sont l'ensemble 2007 de facilitants qualifiés par le travail du CONSEIL .the de /BRITISH de BANQUE MONDIALE a ne pas être facile puisque le projet se nomme cashless et haut jusqu'à la date où aucun assitance financier vers l'exécution de ce projet n'a eu être en avant coming.it est notre pays, nos personnes et nos communautés .what nous pouvons nous faire continueront à faire et l'espoir quelqu'un dehors là le trouvera avantageux de nous aider à notre recherche pour continuer à être changement que nous voulons voir au Nigéria et le monde.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION CONTRE L'ORATEUR VICE INTERNATIONAL DE RÉSEAU DE L'INFORMATION
DE DROITS DE L'HOMME D'IGNORANCE ET DE RESPONSABLE DES RELATIONS PUBLIQUES DE L'ANALPHABÉTISME (AAII)
(NIGÉRIA) - ASSEMBLÉE 20007/2008 DU MONDE D'ÉTUDIANT

El AUMENTO PARA ALCANZAR el MDGs
Automatically translated into Spanish thanks to WorldLingo
tenemos intentar nuestro bset para crear conocimiento sobre el MDGs en Nigeria la cantidad de ignorancia sobre de cuál está el programa todo es monumental y mientras que está parado, asigne de trabajo necesita ser .we hecho son el sistema 2007 de facilitators entrenados por el trabajo del CONSEJO .the de /BRITISH del BANCO MUNDIAL tiene no ser fácil puesto que el proyecto se llama cashless y ascendente hasta fecha que ningún assitance financiero hacia la puesta en práctica de este proyecto tenía estar adelante coming.it es nuestro país, nuestra gente y nuestras comunidades .what podemos hacernos continuarán haciendo y la esperanza alguien hacia fuera allí encontrará conveniente asistirnos en nuestra búsqueda para continuar siendo cambio que deseamos ver en Nigeria y el mundo.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION CONTRA LOCUTOR INTERNACIONAL HUMANO DE LA RED DE INFORMACIÓN DE LOS DERECHOS
DE LA IGNORANCIA Y DEL OFICIAL DE RELACIONES PÚBLICAS DEL ANALFABETISMO (AAII) (
NIGERIA) EL VICE - ASAMBLEA 20007/2008 DEL MUNDO DEL ESTUDIANTE

AUMENTO PER REALIZZARE il MDGs
Automatically translated into Italian thanks to WorldLingo
abbiamo provare il nostro bset per generare la consapevolezza circa il MDGs in Nigeria la quantità di ignoranza di che cosa il programma è interamente circa è monumental e mentre si leva in piedi, assegni di lavoro deve essere .we fatto sono l'insieme 2007 dei facilitators addestrati dal lavoro del CONSIGLIO .the di /BRITISH della BANCA del MONDO ha non essere facile poiché il progetto è chiamato cashless ed alto lavorare alla data che nessun assitance finanziario verso l'esecuzione di questo progetto ha avuto essere avanti coming.it è il nostro paese, la nostra gente e le nostre Comunità .what possiamo farli continueranno a fare e la speranza qualcuno fuori là lo troverà conveniente per aiutarli nella nostra ricerca per continuare ad essere cambiamento che desideriamo vedere in Nigeria ed il mondo.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION CONTRO L'ALTOPARLANTE VICE INTERNAZIONALE DELLA RETE DI INFORMAZIONI
DI DIRITTI DELL'UOMO DI PUBBLICHE RELAZIONI DELL'UFFICIALE) AAII (DELL'ANALFABETISMO & DI IGNORANZA
(NIGERIA) - ASSEMBLEA 20007/2008 DEL MONDO DELL'ALLIEVO

Die ERHÖHUNG, ZUM des MDGs ZU ERZIELEN
Automatically translated into German thanks to WorldLingo
wir haben das Versuchen unseres bset, um Bewußtsein über das MDGs in Nigeria zu verursachen die Menge von Unwissenheit von, was das Programm ganz ist hervorragend und ist während es steht, von der Arbeit muß getanes .we sein sind der Satz 2007 der ausgebildeten Vermittler durch den Job DES WELTbank-/BRITISH RATES über .the hat Sein nicht einfach, da das Projekt cashless benannt wird und bis Datum, das kein finanzielles assitance in Richtung zur Implementierung dieses Projektes weiter sein coming.it hatte, unser Land hoch ist, unsere Leute zuteilen Sie und unsere Gemeinschaften .what wir uns tun können, fahren fort zu tun und Hoffnung jemand heraus dort findet es angebracht, uns in unserer Suche zu unterstützen, um fortzufahren, zu sein änderung, die wir in Nigeria und in die Welt sehen möchten.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION GEGEN INTERNATIONALEN VIZEsprecher DES UNWISSENHEIT-U. DES ANALPHABETISMUS-
(AAII) ÖFFENTLICHKEITSARBEIT-OFFIZIER-MENSCHLICHEN RECHT-INFORMATIONSNETZ-
(NIGERIA) - KURSTEILNEHMER-WELT 20007/2008

O AUMENTO PARA CONSEGUIR o MDGs
Automatically translated into Portuguese thanks to WorldLingo
nós temos tentar nosso bset criar a consciência sobre o MDGs em Nigéria a quantidade de ignorance de o que o programa é toda sobre é monumental e enquanto está, distriba do trabalho necessita ser .we feito são o jogo 2007 de facilitators treinados pelo trabalho do CONSELHO .the de /BRITISH do BANCO de MUNDO tem não ser fácil desde que o projeto está denominado cashless e ascendente até a data onde nenhum assitance financeiro para a execução deste projeto teve ser adiante coming.it é nosso país, nossos povos e nossas comunidades .what nós podemos nos fazer continuarão a fazer e a esperança alguém para fora lá encontrará expediente para ajudar-nos em nosso quest a continuar a ser mudança que nós queremos ver em Nigéria e no mundo.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION DE ENCONTRO AO ALTOFALANTE VICE INTERNACIONAL HUMANO DA REDE DE INFORMAÇÃO
DAS DIREITAS DO IGNORANCE & DE OFICIAL DE RELAÇÕES PÚBLICAS DO ILLITERACY (AAII)
(NIGÉRIA) - CONJUNTO 20007/2008 DO MUNDO DO ESTUDANTE

LÖNELYFTEN som UPPNÅR MDGsen
Automatically translated into Swedish thanks to WorldLingo
vi har att vara prövas vår bset att skapa medvetenhet om MDGsen i Nigeria beloppet av okunnighet av vad programmera är all om är monumental och som den står, tilldelar av arbete behöver att vara gjord .we är uppsättningen 2007 av utbildade facilitators vid jobbet för det VÄRLDSBANKEN/BRITISH RÅDET .the har att inte vara lätt, sedan projektera benämnas cashless, och den övre kassalådan daterar ingen finansiell assitance in mot genomförandet av denna projekterar hade att vara framåt coming.it är vårt land, vårt folk, och våra gemenskaper .what som vi kan göra oss, ska fortsätter för att göra och hoppas någon ut det där ska fyndet det som var lämpligt för att hjälpa oss i vårt sökanden för att fortsätta för att vara ändring som vi önskar att se i nigeria och världen.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION MOT FÖR PRTJÄNSTEMAN FÖR OKUNNIGHET & FÖR ANALFABETISM (
AAII) INFORMATION OM MÄNSKLIG RÄTTIGHET KNYTER KONTAKT DEN VICE HÖGTALAREN (
FÖR DEN NIGERIA) LANDSKAMPEN - DELTAGAREVÄRLDSENHET 20007/2008

ПОВЫШЕНИЕ для того чтобы ДОСТИГНУТЬ MDGs
Automatically translated into Russian thanks to WorldLingo
мы имеем пытаться наше bset для того чтобы создать осведомленность о MDGs в Нигерии количество незнания программа совсем о монументальна и по мере того как она стоит, наделите работы нужно быть сделанным .we будьте комплектом 2007 натренированных facilitators работой СОВЕТУ .the /BRITISH ВСЕМИРНОГО БАНКА имеет не быть легко в виду того что проект термин cashless и поднимающа вверх до даты никакое финансовохозяйственное, котор assitance к вставке этого проекта не имело быть вперед coming.it наша страна, наши люди и наши общины .what мы можем сделать нас будут продолжаться сделать и упование кто-нибудь вне там будет считать его целесообразно помочь нам в нашем quest для того чтобы продолжать быть изменение, котор мы хотим увидеть в Нигерии и мире.
ADEBAYO WAIDI GNERO
PRESIDENT-ACTION ПРОТИВ ДИКТОРА ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ СЕТИ ПРАВ ЧЕЛОВЕКА ОФИЦЕРА СВЯЗЕЙ С ОБЩЕСТВЕННОСТЬЮ
НЕЗНАНИЯ & НЕГРАМОТНОСТИ (AAII) (НИГЕРИИ
) МЕЖДУНАРОДНОГО ВИЦЕ - ВСЕМИРНОЙ АССАМБЛЕИ 20007/2008 СТУДЕНТА

De VERHOGING om MDGs TE BEREIKEN
Automatically translated into Dutch thanks to WorldLingo
wij hebben het zijn proberend onze bset om voorlichting over MDGs in Nigeria tot stand te brengen de hoeveelheid onwetendheid van wat het programma allen over monumentaal is is en aangezien het zich bevindt, van het werk moet gedaane .we zijn zijn de reeks van 2007 opgeleide facilitators door de /BRITISH van de WERELDBANK baan van de RAAD .the heeft niet gemakkelijk het zijn toewijs aangezien het project en omhoog cashless wordt genoemd tot de datum geen financiële assitance naar de tenuitvoerlegging van dit project het zijn vooruit coming.it had ons land, onze mensen is en onze gemeenschappen .what wij kunnen doen wij zullen blijven doen en hopen somebody passend zullen vinden het daar om ons in onze zoektocht bij te staan blijven verander wij willen in Nigeria en de wereld zien.
DE VOORZITTER-ACTIE GNERO VAN ADEBAYO
WAIDI TEGEN SPREKER VAN DE ONDEUGD VAN HET INFORMATIENETWERK VAN DE RECHTEN VAN DE MENS VAN DE AMBTENAAR VAN DE
PUBLIC RELATIONS VAN DE ONWETENDHEID & VAN HET ANALFABETISME (AAII) DE (
NIGERIA) INTERNATIONALE - ASSEMBLAGE 20007/2008 VAN DE WERELD VAN DE STUDENT

الإرتفاع أن يحقّق [مدغس]
Automatically translated into Arabic thanks to WorldLingo
نحن نتلقّى يكون يحاول [بست] نا أن يخلق حالة وعي حول [مدغس] في نيجيريا المبلغة الحالة جهل من ماذا البرنامج يكون جميعا حول يكون ضخمة وبما أنّ هو يقف, خصّصت من عمل يحتاج أن يكون يتمّ [.و] يكون ال 2007 مجموعة من يدرّب [فسليتتور] ب ال [وورلد بنك] /BRITISH مجلس [.ث] شغل يتلقّى لا [ب] يتيح بما أنّ المشروع يكون دعات [كشلسّ] ومرتفعة حتّى تاريخ ما من [أسّيتنس] ماليّة نحو التزويد من هذا مشروع تلقّى يكون فصاعدا [كمينغ.يت] يكون بلدنا, الناسنا وسيستمرّ جماعاتنا [.وهت] نحن يستطيع أتمّت نحن أن يتمّ وأمل واحد ما خارجا هناك سيجد هو ملائمة أن يساعدنا في بحرنا أن يستمرّ أن يكون ال تغير نحن نريد أن يرى في نيجيريا والعالم.
[أدبو] [ويدي] [نرو]
[برسدنت-كأيشن] ضدّ حالة جهل & أمية ([أيي])
[بوبليك رلأيشن وفّيسر-] حقوق الإنسان معلومة شبكة (نيجيريا)
المتحدث دوليّة نائبة - طالبة عالم اجتماع 20007/2008