fuel subsidy

Nigerians must learn that if you wanted to convince people you should do it without the insults.

Fuel subsidy has become a way for people to steal from the government. People being oil companies and perhaps govt officials. They inflate the amount of oil they claim to produce in order to get a greater amount of subsidy. And they even go far as to illegally sell those subsidized oil, which is supposed to go to Nigerians, to foreign countries at a higher price. So, they get double the money: money from the Naija government as subsidy and profit from selling oil to foreign nations.

Removing the fuel subsidy, therefore, is a good thing. It will provide the government with more money to spend on the nation's infrastructure.

HOWEVER, this is Nigeria. The government has proven that they cannot manage the money they already have. I am still flabbergasted that the president allotted about 3 million Naira for food for the First Family, and another 5 million Naira for the First Lady's office renovation. The government has disappointed us according to past experience. So, people are enraged that the government is going to be getting another source of income while things are deteriorating for the masses.

The govt wey never manage small money na im we wan give millions abi trillions. mba no.

If the govt had done any one of this or more than one, which would be impressive:
-kept the April date for fuel subsidy removal
-fixed a refinery and kept ongoing plans to fix the rest
-taken a 50% reduction in salary
-increased the minimum wage to 50,000 naira (which is still petty change)
-fixed federal roads
-actually prosecuted a corrupt politician (we have many)
-explained the matter of fuel subsidy better without being condescending
-treated unemployment
Then the people might not be as angry as they are.