In 24 years before Tinubu became President... Nigerians suffer 20 years of major fuel scarcity nationwide....Not scarcity in selected Cities but nationwide...
Amidst these sufferings... The previous leaders spent over $150 billion ( over N200 trillion today) to subsidize fuel in 24 years...
Most of these monies ended in the Kachallas bank account of those advocating for return of fuel Subsidy today.
Most of these subsidize fuel ended in Cameroon, Benin, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Togo and others while helpless Nigerians spend many night vigils at fuel station...
In these period over 20 million Nigerians dropped out of school because there was no NELFUND
In these period states like Osun and kogi started paying half Salary
Many stopped paying altogether....
In these Nigeria grew to become the global poverty headquarters
it lost control of security as terrorism eat the North and South East.
The refineries were abandoned for almost 30 years
Universities were without electricity so were hospitals all being fixed by Tinubu...
Medical universities were scarce... Tinubu has approved 8 more...
none of the previous Kachalla leaders commission a major highway in 24 years
It was a period of holocaust that Nigeria won't go back to
May God never punish Nigeria with Atiku oo😭🙆
I think the debate on who has been the BEST FCT minister has been laid to rest ooo
This is according to numbers and impacts of projects started and completed by an administration
Take a watch at this and judge
THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION WITH NIGERIANS.
I think the Federal Government needs to address the nation and properly educate Nigerians about subsidies.
Not just fuel subsidy.
ALL major subsidies that the Nigerian government currently pays for.
For decades, we have operated an economy where government tried to make several things artificially cheap for citizens—fuel, electricity, agricultural inputs, foreign exchange and other services.
But there is something Nigerians need to understand:
A subsidy is not free.
If government sells something below its actual economic cost, somebody must pay the difference.
And ultimately, that money comes from government revenue, borrowing, reduced investment or money that could have been spent somewhere else.
Nigeria simply cannot continue subsidising everything.
We are no longer in a position where government can keep saying:
“Let’s make fuel cheap.”
“Let’s make electricity cheap.”
“Let’s make dollars cheap.”
“Let’s make fertilizer cheap.”
“Let’s make education cheap.”
“Let’s make healthcare cheap.”
AND PAY FOR ALL OF IT AT THE SAME TIME.
There is a limit to what the Nigerian government can afford.
This is why I believe the government should publish a simple, understandable National Subsidy Statement showing Nigerians:
What exactly is currently being subsidised?
How much does each subsidy cost the government annually?
Who actually benefits from each subsidy?
How much of the benefit reaches poor Nigerians?
How much goes to middle- and high-income Nigerians?
How much is lost through inefficiency, corruption, arbitrage and leakages?
What would happen if each subsidy were removed?
What would government do with the money saved?
Most importantly, the government should give Nigerians a choice.
Because I understand why many Nigerians are angry about the removal of fuel subsidy.
Fuel touches almost everything.
It affects transportation.
It affects food prices.
It affects businesses.
It affects logistics.
It affects household expenses.
So the pain is real, and government should not dismiss it.
But then let’s have an honest national conversation.
If Nigerians believe the pain from fuel subsidy removal is too severe, then the government should ask:
Would you rather bring back part or all of the fuel subsidy—and then remove subsidies from two or three other sectors instead?
For example:
Option A
Keep the current fuel subsidy policy and allow fuel prices to reflect market realities, while using the savings to strengthen other areas.
Option B
Restore a targeted fuel subsidy, but simultaneously reduce or eliminate selected subsidies in other sectors such as electricity, agricultural inputs or other areas where government intervention is less efficient.
Option C
Keep fuel prices market-based and use the savings to provide targeted transportation support, food assistance, healthcare, education and other direct support to vulnerable Nigerians.
Let Nigerians understand the trade-off.
Because we cannot have:
cheap fuel + cheap electricity + cheap dollars + cheap fertilizer + cheap public services + low taxes + low borrowing + huge infrastructure spending + rising salaries + everything else.
At some point, the mathematics stops working.
And this is the conversation I think the government has failed to communicate properly.
People need to know what they are giving up and what they are getting in return.
If government tells us:
“We saved ₦X trillion by removing fuel subsidy, ₦X trillion from FX reforms, and we are still spending ₦X trillion subsidising electricity, agriculture and other sectors,”
then citizens can have an informed debate.
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"Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway will not go beyond Lagos Section."
Una think say Tinubu come here to follow una do yeye politics abi?
Una go learn!!!
What Tinubu and Umahi have started with our Road Infrastructure Revolution, they will be here till 2031 finish it!!📌
If I die right now, while still in the state of Islam and īmān, I would want every Muslim who hears of my death to first thank Allah on my behalf that I died as a Muslim. Before celebrating my achievements, recounting my good deeds, mourning what I left behind, or speaking about anything else, let there be gratitude to Allah that He preserved my faith until my final moment.
This is the understanding of a Muslim. We know that wealth, status, scholarship, family, influence and accomplishments all end with this world. But to meet Allah upon tawḥīd and submission to Him is the ending every believer hopes and prays for.
So, if I die as a Muslim, grieve for me because you love me, pray for me because I will need your prayers, forgive my shortcomings, but above all, thank Allah that I died believing in Him.
O Allah, keep us alive upon Islam, cause us to die upon faith, and grant us a beautiful ending. Āmīn.
Subsidized Crude Oil:
2: @NUPRCofficial should educate the public with actual field-level numbers before politicians DEBATE Subsidized crude.
3: Titled: WHAT DOES ONE BARREL OF NIGERIAN CRUDE ACTUALLY COST THE NIGERIAN STATE?
4: that document could show Nigerians exactly what happens to govt revenue when crude is sold domestically below its economic value
-(a): and when the proposed subsidy is genuinely cheaper than allowing refineries to buy crude at an appropriate market-linked @officialABAT@OluVerheijen@AkinDare_@atiku@aonanuga1956@tunderahmanu@TheTope_Ajayi@senlokpobiri@officialSKSM
In my considered view, there is little value in berating anyone for holding a different perspective on the subsidy question.
If the opposition prefers a return to the unsustainable subsidy regime, the implications for our polity are already clear. What remains is the responsibility to educate the electorate on precisely what they should prepare for.
Their strategy may well be to tell the people what they most wish to hear, that fuel will once again be affordable, while withholding the fuller picture. Incomplete information of this kind places a duty on responsible citizens and the administration alike to pose the essential question: at what cost? We already know the answer from recent experience. The subsidy regime was a bottomless abyss that brought the country to the brink.
Do not trade in insults. Treat criticism instead as a point of engagement. Use it to reinforce the tangible gains already reaching the most vulnerable and to highlight the measures designed to ease the temporary hardships. What the moment requires is strategic engagement, not the empty exchange of rhetoric. 🇳🇬
“Before now, I used to visit the CBN every two weeks to lobby for FX, to survive,” —BUA speaks on the stability in Nigeria's foreign exchange markets under President Tinubu👇🔥
We pretend as if we are not feeling the positive impacts of Tinubu reforms by closing our eyes to facts.
Food inflation has drastically reduced under the Tinubu led administration, imagine this size of Cassava that use to go for 500k now being sold for 30k.
Happy Birthday sir!
May Allah {SWT} bless you with a long, healthy life filled with joy, peace, and success.
May He accept all your good deeds, guide your steps, and keep you under His protection always. Amin
Enjoy your day sir
“I am not a politician so I will say my truth. We were producing and losing 97% of our oil produce to theft till 2023. Today, we only lose 2% to theft and make 98% profit. we don’t need to know anyone in CBN to get dollars” — Tony Elumelu❤️✊🇳🇬