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"People are dying of hunger. No food, no fuel, no finance, no electricity, and President Tinubu is buying a presidential jet. This is the height of insensitivity," Okonkwo wrote.

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While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parallel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

Furthermore.

Some human beings here will still come out and defend this. The drug master has nothing to offer Nigerians.

Some are sabotaging the effort of good people with continued for bad government.

emkz:
While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parralel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

. Onanuga is that you?

Look at you writing epistle just to shift blame. it it oga Onanuga, your paymaster over there in aso rock messed up this country beyond repair

You guys over there don't know what people are ing through

Mercenary123:
. Onanuga is that you?

Look at you writing epistle just to shift blame. it it oga Onanuga, your paymaster over there in aso rock messed up this country beyond repair

You guys over there don't know what people are ing through

I am not Bayo Onanuga, neither do I work in the presidency. I don't know anyone in the presidency either.

I am sorry you feel the country is messed up. I also do not gloss over the pain everyone is going through.

It is also painful to see that the leaders are living la Vida loca while the led are suffering.

My submission is that everyone must do their bit and everyone must he held able. That we put all the blame on one person while ignoring the other subheads diverts attention from those who have responsibilities to cater for their states. the Oyo State governor said FG cannot dictate to him on the issue of LG autonomy. That is acceptable when money is involved, but not acceptable when other matters like taking care of the electorate is involved.

emkz:

I am not Bayo Onanuga, neither do I work in the presidency. I don't know anyone in the presidency either.
I am sorry you feel the country is messed up. I also do not gloss over the pain everyone is going through.

It is also painful to see that the leaders are living la Vida loca while the led are suffering.

My submission is that everyone must do their bit and everyone must he held able. That we put all the blame on one person while ignoring the other subheads diverts attention from those who have responsibilities to cater for their states. the Oyo State governor said FG cannot dictate to him on the issue of LG autonomy. That is acceptable when money is involved, but not acceptable when other matters like taking care of the electorate is involved.

Why wasn't ebin pawa our national anthem during Buhari's tenure?

Is it the governors that removed petrol subsidy and devalued the naira?

emkz:


I am not Bayo Onanuga, neither do I work in the presidency. I don't know anyone in the presidency either.

I am sorry you feel the country is messed up. I also do not gloss over the pain everyone is going through.

It is also painful to see that the leaders are living la Vida loca while the led are suffering.

My submission is that everyone must do their bit and everyone must he held able. That we put all the blame on one person while ignoring the other subheads diverts attention from those who have responsibilities to cater for their states. the Oyo State governor said FG cannot dictate to him on the issue of LG autonomy. That is acceptable when money is involved, but not acceptable when other matters like taking care of the electorate is involved.

. Stop denying the obvious truth please. We know your antecedent here and we know those you are working for

Mercenary123:
. Stop denying the obvious truth please. We know your antecedent here and we know those you are working for

You are not in a position worthy for me to deny anything. I only responded to you out of courtesy.

Since you have lied that I work for people, we have nothing else to discuss again.

Have a nice day.

MasterJayJay:

Why wasn't ebin pawa our national anthem during Buhari's tenure?

Is it the governors that removed petrol subsidy and devalued the naira?

How come nothing changed despite the more funds they received?

Like I asked: is it the president's job to cultivate lands held by state governors and handle intra-state transportation?

Is it his job to provide water for states? I mean, how hard is it to sink boreholes in states?

You can criticize the president on many things, but many of you forget you have state governors.

You are lax in your criticism. That is why you are being taken for a ride.

emkz:
While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parallel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

did you read what you wrote?

emkz:


How come nothing changed despite the more funds they received?

Like I asked: is it the president's job to cultivate lands held by state governors and handle intra-state transportation?

Is it his job to provide water for states? I mean, how hard is it to sink boreholes in states?

You can criticize the president on many things, but many of you forget you have state governors.

You are lax in your criticism. That is why you are being taken for a ride.

Are you by chance educated ?

Do you know what inflation caused by the clueless policies of this government has caused?

Do you realize that a governor given 100million under GEJ as allocation can do a lot more than a governor five 700million under Tinubu due to inflation?

Didijiji:
Are you by chance educated ?

Do you know what inflation caused by the clueless policies of this government has caused?

Do you realize that a governor given 100million under GEJ as allocation can do a lot more than a governor five 700million under Tinubu due to inflation?

I am not educated.

I barely finished primary 4 before I dropped out to be responding to your level of thinking.

Since you are educated, can you answer the following:

(1) When governors received what can do a lot more than what they receive now, what did they do with the funds? What investments were made in education to enable me return to school to think like you?

(2) Do you realize insecurity played a crucial role to contributing to food inflation? Are you aware that Boko Haram became a behemoth in 2009? Are you aware of the historical farmers-herders crisis? Are you aware that by borrowing money to pay for subsidies and subsidizing dollars for the rich dug a hole in our finances?

(3) Are you aware that we were sitting on a ticking time bomb with useless leaders? Are you aware that in 2014, a finance minister wanted to set money aside and these same governors fought and shared the money? Can you explain what they did with the money?

(4) Are you aware that Buhari released excess crude funds to oil-producing states, including Delta? Are you aware they never told us, until Wike exposed them? Until today, no one person has asked those governors what they spent the money on.

(5) Are you remotely aware that state governors have the wherewithal to generate their own funds? Let them come out and tell us what they generate to augment the pittance you claim they receive from FG.

emkz:


I am not educated.

I barely finished primary 4 before I dropped out to be responding to your level of thinking.

Since you are educated, can you answer the following:

(1) When governors received what can do a lot more than what they receive now, what did they do with the funds? What investments were made in education to enable me return to school to think like you?

(2) Do you realize insecurity played a crucial role to contributing to food inflation? Are you aware that Boko Haram became a behemoth in 2009? Are you aware of the historical farmers-herders crisis? Are you aware that by borrowing money to pay for subsidies and subsidizing dollars for the rich dug a hole in our finances?

it is easy to cry governors governors every now and then. I am sure that is what they told you guys to be screaming up and down to deflate the attention on the president. Maybe governors cluelessly removed subsidy and floated the Naira. Back to your arguments…. You mean all the governors do are embezzlements? They did not build roads, schools, Health centers etc? Also you guys sound pathetic when you use usual lines like subsidizing fuel for Africa, subsidizing dollars for the rich bla bla bla! Why not stop it?? Use your powers, use technology and stop it rather than punishing innocent masses…. Who are these rich men? You mentioned them because you know them! Channel the energies to stop the subsidy for them. Why did you stop the subsidy for the masses? Are the masses the rich you mentioned? IS IT NO MADNESS?

Didijiji:
it is easy to cry governors governors every now and then. I am sure that is what they told you guys to be screaming up and down to deflate the attention on the president. Maybe governors cluelessly removed subsidy and floated the Naira. Back to your arguments…. You mean all the governors do are embezzlements? They did not build roads, schools, Health centers etc? Also you guys sound pathetic when you use usual lines like subsidizing fuel for Africa, subsidizing dollars for the rich bla bla bla! Why not stop it?? Use your powers, use technology and stop it rather than punishing innocent masses…. Who are these rich men? You mentioned them because you know them! Channel the energies to stop the subsidy for them. Why did you stop the subsidy for the masses? Are the masses the rich you mentioned? IS IT NO MADNESS?

The issue is that you and your likes resort to insults and violence when you are met with superior logic from an uneducated person.

Run along.

emkz:


The issue is that you and your likes resort to insults and violence when you are met with superior logic from an uneducated person.

Run along.

where is the insult?

Too bad at this time. Naija is gone

emkz:


How come nothing changed despite the more funds they received?

Like I asked: is it the president's job to cultivate lands held by state governors and handle intra-state transportation?

Is it his job to provide water for states? I mean, how hard is it to sink boreholes in states?

You can criticize the president on many things, but many of you forget you have state governors.

You are lax in your criticism. That is why you are being taken for a ride.

When did we start blaming governors??

Because your president is failing, we should now shift the blame to governors?

Governors we didn't blame during Jonathan or Buhari?

obonujoker:


When did we start blaming governors??

Because your president is failing, we should now shift the blame to governors?

Governors we didn't blame during Jonathan or Buhari?

After reading my submissions, make the effort to understand.

It is tasking to keep explaining things to your kind when my submissions are so simple for a child to follow. Did I say don't blame the president?

I am saying include the governors and leaders at all levels as Nigeria is a federal system and not a unitary system.

How hard is that to comprehend?

Reno Omonkey please come out Kenneth is out else Onanuga won't pay you this month

The jet is not PBAT's personal property, he'll leave it for the next president after 8yrs when he completes his tenure.. wailers should shut da fvck ip.

emkz:


You are not in a position worthy for me to deny anything. I only responded to you out of courtesy.

Since you have lied that I work for people, we have nothing else to discuss again.

Have a nice day.

. Have a nice day too Uncle Bayo

emkz:


How come nothing changed despite the more funds they received?

Like I asked: is it the president's job to cultivate lands held by state governors and handle intra-state transportation?

Is it his job to provide water for states? I mean, how hard is it to sink boreholes in states?

You can criticize the president on many things, but many of you forget you have state governors.

You are lax in your criticism. That is why you are being taken for a ride.

So governors are the ones that will fight inflation that was caused by Tinubu?

Tinubu is a weapon fashioned against Nigeria.

Mr man shut up and leave our Rice President alone to enjoy his sweat, Tinubu paid for this position with his money and with Lagos state treasury which also belongs to his family.



E be like this Kenneth Okonkwo need more rice, oya customs abeg give him 10 more bags of 25kg rice, he will be alright

Tulumbu knows that the national assembly will reject his request. That's why he went ahead. The fisticuffs of NASS will soon start happening. APC is dead

A Hausa Cleric was advising youths to collect APC goodies during 2027 general elections but shouldn't allow their conscience vote for APC .

#endtimeparty

In which Jet should the president travel?
Will he take the jet along with him to Lagos in 2031?

He should rathe advise the president to swiftly sell other jets and keep only this and another one if need be.

The safety of the number 1 citizen of the country is topmost priority anywhere in the world.

Meshionu!

Hmm I now believe the way most Nigerian president handle this country, is the way many Nigerians handle their homes, which is, the live above their means. Borrowing and lending is their way of life, they live from hand to mouth.

emkz:
While it seems criticisms of the president are apt, certain facts must be cleared.

Presidential transportation worldwide is a serious security matter. In our case, air transport of the president is handled by the Nigerian Airforce. If the airforce says a jet is unfit to fly the president because it might have stayed in service longer than specified, hence a potential aviation threat, it is only fair that we listen to them. We do not need to like them.

Those suggesting that the president must fly commercial or use his personal vehicles (like Deji Adeyanju) are not aware of the potential security threats. A Nigerian head of state was assassinated in broad daylight in his official car, while another one was murdered for not taking their security serious.

The aircraft here does not belong to Tinubu. It belongs to the Federal Government. Once Tinubu leaves power, he won't take the jet with him. So those accusing Tinubu of purchasing a private jet for himself are being ludicrous.

Yesterday, Charly Boy lied that the president's official car, Cardilac Escalade is worth almost 1 billion naira. A simple internet search showed that the vehicle is about 250 million naira. Still expensive, why did Charly Boy have to lie? When Buhari exited power, he didn't leave with the Maybach. The vehicle was not his. The Cardilac does not belong to Tinubu. DSS handles his ground transportation. Why not question DSS for proposing that vehicle?

And for those who are just realizing, the Cardilac Escalade SUV had been in use since last year and sighted several times in the convoy, how come they are just seeing it? The vice president is driven in one of such vehicles. How come they have not seen it?

Anyway, Kenneth Okonkwo says people are dying of hunger and there is no fuel or electricity. It is not Tinubu's job to cultivate arable land nationwide. It is not Tinubu's job to provide buses to transport people within states. These are things state governors can easily undertake on their own, and even local governments. We have seen the Niger State governor buy such buses. Once the burden of transportation is removed, the issue of fuel price would not bother so many.

The fact is that the president is being blamed for policies, but all presidential candidates agreed that subsidy on petrol needed to be removed. Even the messianic pontiff said he'd remove it on day 1. Suddenly, Tinubu is being condemned for taking the decision to save us from economic doom. It didn't make sense that we were borrowing to pay subsidies. Also, the removal of the parallel trade of fx was to tackle the fx fraud that drained our resources.

This meant that increased allocation could be used for developmental purposes in the states. What do the state governors do instead? We find them doing Hajj subsidies and Ramadan feeding, purchasing vehicles for traditional rulers, buying wheelbarrows to turn their unemployed youth to mai-barrow in the markets, and stacking funds for elections they are not sure of living to partake in.

Dear governors, learn one basic thing: from what happened in Kano during the August riots, when people take to the streets, they'd target governors first and they can only move up the ladder once they have brought you down.

You still have time to work for your people and address the basic problems of food security and transportation within your state. We shall criticize the president for the things we must criticize him on.

Wow u wrote all this...