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My concern for Nigeria: Removal of Fuel subsidy
By Faith Nwadishi
Newsdiaryonline Mon Jan 2,2012
Jonathan
President Jonathan: “No
leader will rejoice when referred to as a leader who brings pain
to his people” New Year
day (1/1/12) message by the president on the altar of God
standing on a pulpit.
On the first day of the
year when leaders and followers are giving out hope and having
high expectations we wake up to a leadership that is incentive
to the plight of her people.
In one breath GEJ says
he will not want to be referred to as a leader that brings
hardship to his people and on another using the voice of the
PPPRA uses a sledge hammer to cause not just pain but visible
and lasting pain.
When we are still in our
mourning sack clothes, grieving the death of the over 40 people
that died on Christmas day due to the high level of insecurity
in the country, we are thrown into more hardship by the
new price of PMS.
During the presentation
of the 2012 budget proposal to the national assembly by GEJ, he
promised that the subsidy would not be removed until April, am
as confused as a lot of other Nigerians, is January now April?
Or is this another type of April fool in January?
What do we expect in
2012 from GEJ and his team, governance that promises and never
keeps those promises? How can we trust that they actually will
tackle the insecurity in the country when in just one day into
the New Year, we are seeing signs of insincerity.
If our president lies to
us, what hope do we have for the future? Can we trust this
government?
Where is the voice of
the people? Why spend the money on false town hall meetings and
consultations when decisions were already taken on the removal
of fuel subsidy? All that money must be accounted for and
refunded.
All of us must rise to
fight this before we are sold off as Nigerians without knowing,
believing that we are still bona fide citizens of this country.
Nigeria and her
resources are the common wealth of every Nigerian, dead, living
and yet unborn!
Faith Nwadishi
Executive Director,
Koyenum Immalah Foundation
National Coordinator,
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