Paul Alphonsus

Software developer

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@pacinoprosper @Omatune @realkenokonkwo 😅🤣😂🤣😅

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@docneto It is pretty obvious. The current patronage system has godfathers selecting key ministers. The same patronage system destroyed sports where players are forced on coaches. Abia state a clear example.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@ruffydfire Until people are prosecuted and probably go to jail for uploading this, nothing changes.

[Oloye. @Ol0ye]

The poor were the main beneficiaries of fuel subsidy. Because it kept the price of everything artificially low.

When it was removed, they told you it'll help the poor because the savings will go into infrastructure that'll have a direct positive correlative impact on quality of life and that it favoured a few big men who were committing subsidy fraud. These big me were never named or prosecuted.

They're telling you the new tax regime will favour the poor because they'll pay less.

What they won't tell you is that like the consequence of the removal of fuel subsidy which raised the cost of everything more than 200%.

Whatever tax corporations have to pay will be passed on to the consumers. And the poor will pay more in real terms.

If you don't believe me, poor people could afford flights in 2015. Minimum wage was N18k. Lagos- ABJ flight was as low as N10k.

The reason low income earners can no longer dream of flying in an aeroplane is because the airlines have passed all the taxes they have to pay unto consumers.

[Elnathan John @elnathan_john]

It is far more complex than this. You should read Zadie Smith’s 2009 piece “Speaking in Tongues” where she begins with a confession so close to mine it felt like a cousin speaking across water: “This voice I speak with these days…is not the voice of my childhood. I picked it up in college…” She describes acquiring the “voice of lettered people,” believing that without that voice she would never truly be lettered. A braver person, she suggests, might have kept their original voice alive, teaching the world that not all educated people have to sound alike. Instead, she allowed one voice to replace another, her “double voice” eventually deserting her for a singular one. Her regret is both aesthetic and ethical: something was lost when one music was allowed to erase another.

Keeping your “Nigerian accent” (whatever that means) is not necessarily a sign of virtue. And losing it is not necessarily a sign of pretentiousness. There is a lot of scholarship on this that you should research and read.

I wrote about this here: On Accents, Shame, and the Strange Geography of Belonging - https://t.co/zr6R3I0Wxy

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@bossmuhadan @realkelvin07 Even if it is cheaper than any of their devices. Even if it is a Nokia with symbian OS, how does it serve as an index to someone's net-worth ? Social media ehn.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@Ol0ye Will the trucks be operated in Nigeria or US ?

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@olumidecapital If Dangote can source crude elsewhere and deliver his products directly to pumps, i guess pengassan has no cards left.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@Omokelp For the records, LP was on course to win Lagos gubernatorials, but things happened. The party today is not a reflection of the majority.

[Dangote Group @DangoteGroup]

WE STAND BY OUR STATEMENT ON DAPPMAN
… MARKETERS’ N1.505TRN SUBSIDY DEMAND

Dangote Petroleum Refinery stands by its statement on the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), published on Monday, September 15, in the following national newspapers: The Guardian, ThisDay, The Punch, Daily Trust, Nigerian Tribune, Daily Sun, Vanguard, The Nation, BusinessDay, Leadership, Daily Independent, and Blueprint, as well as on numerous reputable online platforms.
We wish to emphasise that any party who feels aggrieved by the contents of the publication is entitled to seek redress through the appropriate legal channels, without recourse to any so-called seven-day notice. We are fully prepared to defend our position.
We wish to clarify that the crux of DAPPMAN's sustained attacks on Dangote Petroleum Refinery stems from their demand for an annual subsidy of N1.505 trillion to enable their members to match the refinery's gantry prices at their own depots.
While we offer petroleum products to marketers at our gantry price, DAPPMAN insists on receiving products via coastal logistics, an option that would add N75 per litre in additional costs. Based on projected daily consumption volumes of 40 million litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) and 15 million litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), this amounts to an additional annual cost of N1.505 trillion (N1,505,625,000,000), which they are effectively asking us to absorb and pass it on to consumers.
Specifically, the marketers are demanding that we discount N70/litre in coastal freight, NIMASA, NPA and other associated costs as well as N5/litre for the cost of pumping into vessels to enable them to transport products from our refinery to their depots in Apapa and sell at the same price as our gantry.
We wish to make it clear that we have no intention of increasing our gantry price to accommodate such demands, nor are we willing to pay a subsidy of over N1.5 trillion, a practice that historically defrauded the Federal Government for many years. DAPPMAN and other marketers are welcome to lift products directly from our gantry and benefit from our logistics-free initiative.
The Dangote Petroleum Refinery has sufficient capacity to meet domestic demand and support export. We consistently maintain a closing stock of 500 million litres of refined products in our tanks each month. Between June and September, the refinery exported a combined total of 3,229,881 metric tonnes of PMS, AGO, and aviation fuel, while marketers imported 3,687,828 metric tonnes over the same period, an action that amounts to dumping which is detrimental to the Nigerian economy and the well-being of its citizens.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery remains steadfast in its support for the reform initiatives of His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Through various strategic efforts, we have demonstrated our commitment to stabilising the Naira, cushioning the effects of fuel subsidy removal, positioning Nigeria as a refining hub, boosting foreign exchange earnings, and creating employment opportunities among others.
We enjoy strong working relationships with government agencies and remain committed to supporting their efforts, while not hesitating to hold institutions accountable where necessary.
Dangote Petroleum Refinery remains firmly committed to the progress and wellbeing of Nigeria, and is open to partnerships with patriotic and responsible stakeholders in pursuit of national development.

Signed by
Management
17th September, 2025

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@codeslubber @JamesWard But base OS alone is the easy part. It's everything else on top that's a hassle. Cidr blocks, vpc, gateways, IAM, encryption, certs service mesh etc

[Alex Onyia @winexviv]

WAEC should release English Language answer sheet to these students for cross verification.

The mass failure is unacceptable.

[Kalu Aja @FinPlanKaluAja1]

An individual, with no FAAC or VAT revenue, doing things

Ndi revenue problem, over to you, ask him the population of that school

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@idbaddo @Rxbremen @MarvinAgunkwo @aproko_doctor Looks like someone is working overtime to fulfill prophecy... anyone without the mark cannot buy and sell.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@IgumaScott O no @PoliceNG This is another level of wickedness. Every citizen deserves equal protection from the state despite social status. How much is your conscience worth ?

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@Morris_Monye From primaries also.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@afalli I think the debate is about whether revenue problem is the chicken or egg. IMO, our spending problem is the egg which, if resolved, will birth the chicken/revenue growth.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@AbdulMahmud01 Hmm. Rauf ?? It is well o.

[Paul Alphonsus @ebubep]

@data_barbs 😂😂

[Marques Brownlee @MKBHD]

When I said USB-C all the things… I never thought we’d get this far. But I love it