Nasir El-Rufai does not deserve this from the APC. Shame on all APC Northern Governors for their silence.
Asiwaju would not have become President without Nasir’s political support & doggedness. Uba & Nuhu were largely inconsequential to the 2023 presidential victory.
Politics aside, this is shitty!
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
The United States has spent EIGHT TRILLION DOLLARS fighting and policing in the Middle East. Thousands of our Great Soldiers have died or been badly wounded. Millions of people have died on the other side. GOING INTO THE MIDDLE EAST IS THE WORST DECISION EVER MADE.....
"I can swear that Malam @elrufai is an honest man, who is genuinely concerned about the masses....I can swear that when he leaves the seat as Gov., he'd probably leave poorer than he came in, .." Gov. Uba Sani.
Before you vote, remember that they promised that refineries would work after they removed subsidies
They expended billions on the portharcourt refineries and Co
Ask them what happened to the billions
Remember, they had to rebase and change the calculation methodology before inflation hit 15%, and even with that, ask them why interest rate 27% and inflation 15%
Ask them why you will have close to 50 billion in reserve and they claim they make revenue they met their target, but out of over 200 billion for health, they can only fund 36m
Ask them why, despite all the promises that removal of subsidies will help them fund projects, the Ministry of works budget of over 3 trillion was just funded with 700 billion
Ask them why they can't tell Nigerians that despite announcing subsidy gone in 2023, they paid subsidies until 2024 before they NNPC was forced to tell us the truth
Ask them despite all their postulations. The managed floating of the Nigeria sent the currency to dizzying falls, and they still intervened like they are currently doing .
Ask them as we celebrate the strides of the stockmarket, devaluation has made stock cheap.
Ask them that despite importing food heavily have farmers been able to return to farms because of insecurity
Ask them what happened to the Beta Edu investigation in the humanitarian ministry, till date we haven't seen anything
Ask them why did we spend over 150 billion to buy a new presidential jet when we could barely fund healthcare
China electricity generation is still growing super fast, with solar being the largest incremental contributor, and will exceed America by a factor of 3X either this year or next
The Federal Government must come clean with Nigerians.
The quiet appointment of Xpress Payments Solutions Limited as a new TSA collecting agent is not an administrative decision, it is a dangerous resurrection of the Alpha Beta revenue cartel that dominated Lagos State during and after the Tinubu years. That model created a private toll gate around public revenue and funnelled state funds into the hands of a politically connected monopoly.
What we are witnessing now is the attempt to nationalise that same template, moving Nigeria from a republic to a private holding company controlled by a small circle of vested interests.
To introduce such a policy in the middle of a national tragedy, while Nigerians are mourning loved ones lost to the deepening insecurity crisis, is not only insensitive, it is a deliberate act of governance by stealth. When a nation is grieving, leadership should show empathy and focus on securing lives, not on expanding private revenue pipelines.
This latest move raises fundamental questions:
Why was this appointment rushed and smuggled into the public space without consultation, stakeholder engagement, or National Assembly oversight?
What value does Xpress Payments add that existing TSA channels do not already provide?
Who truly benefits from this? Nigeria or an entrenched political network?
This is not reform. This is state capture masquerading as digital innovation.
Let me be clear:
Nigeria does not need more middlemen between citizens and their government revenue. What we need is greater transparency, stronger institutions, and a tax system free from political capture.
I therefore call for the following:
1. Immediate suspension of the Xpress Payments appointment pending a public inquiry;
2. Full disclosure of the contractual terms, beneficiaries, fee structures, and selection criteria;
3. A comprehensive audit of TSA operations to prevent the creeping privatisation of revenue collection;
4. A legal framework, not executive shortcuts, that prohibits the insertion of private proxies into core government revenue systems;
5. A national security priority shift, recognising that a country under assault cannot afford economic governance conducted in the shadows.
Nigeria’s revenues are not political spoils. They are the lifeblood of our national survival, especially at a time when insecurity is tearing communities apart.
The government must abandon this Lagos-style revenue cartelisation and return to the path of transparency, constitutionalism, and public accountability. -AA
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Nigerian judges singing "on your mandate we stand" to @officialABAT has to be one of the lowest points in our democracy. The judiciary should stand with the constitution, not with politicians.
Mr President @officialABAT, how do you fly off to a G20 meeting when insecurity is tearing through our country? The kidnapped students in Kebbi and their families need your presence, your empathy, your leadership. Even the G20 will take you more seriously if you show you stand with your own people first.
It is sad to watch the PDP descend into avoidable chaos. President Tinubu cannot completely exonerate himself from the forces fueling this unfortunate saga. The truth is, Nigerian politicians have long stopped being role models - their actions consistently weaken our democracy instead of strengthening it.