Anger and Protest on the streets all over Nigeria for Bad and corrupt Leaders

  

Yesterday Nigerians took to the street en-mass to register their displeasure to the government of Good-luck Jonathan,
the President against popular wish, imposed a burden of extra cost on the poor masses to fund the political ambition of corrupt PDP, the same government earn the highest income for doing nothing to change the lives of the citizen, the legislators are the highest paid in the world although their responsibility to the masses is left unattended

 We have a do-nothing or do-little president, whose only achievement is constantly reminding citizens of his transformative agenda, while we see nothing on the ground.

We have legislators who earn $1.4 million dollars a year, doing nothing at all. In comparison, the US president, the leader of the richest country in the world earns $400,000 a year. Senators in the US earn about $170,000 a year.

When the prediction was made in 2008, there was no bombing and there was no kidnapping. These have now been added to the list of woes the citizens are facing and nothing seems to be capable of stopping the perpetrators of these dastardly crimes.

Nigerians turned to the street to express their anger. Either we want to live as a country and do the right thing, or let everyone go his or her own way.

Jan 3 (GIN) - Nigeria is roiling with protest following the decision by the government of President Goodluck Jonathan to increase hardship by removing an oil subsidy that has jacked up prices up to three times their normal rate in some areas of the country.
The action raises doubts about the political survival of Pres. Jonathan who stands accused of "a condemnable and dictatorial policy" by labor leaders, and "utter disregard for the constitution" by members of the opposition.

“The public holiday has become nightmarish because there are long queues of fear. There is a lot of annoyance in the mind of people. People can’t move around happily, you know. People are annoyed. People are angry,” said Iny Ememobong, a spokesperson for the National Association of Nigerian Students.

With the subsidy, prices were an average of 65 Naira, or 40 cents per liter, now they have increased to as much as 250 Naira in some places.

“Labor is going on protest, students are going on protest, market women - everybody’s going because everybody is affected by what’s happening. It’s not just about students. It’s not just about labor. It’s about everybody. All of Nigeria except the very rich are going on protest. And like John F. Kennedy said, if a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich,” Ememobong adds.

Despite being Africa’s largest oil producer, Nigeria imports most of its refined petrol while exporting its crude resources – a fact that speaks to capacity in Nigeria, says Ememobong.

“It’s unfortunate that we have many refineries in Nigeria that are not even working at optimal capacity. Why can’t they work? Why do we need to export the crude oil and re-import them and pay so much on them?”

The Nigerian government says the $7.5 billion used on fuel subsidies is needed for infrastructure projects and social programs throughout the country. But citizens say corruption has swallowed the nation’s assets with government officials paying themselves outsized salaries and other wasteful measures. w/pix of sit-down in Lagos