WHY ARE WE DOING THIS NOW ?

Let  us remind ourselves this morning of the  reason for this showdown. It is not about subsidy, I keep repeating this fact. It is about the following indices that make our govenrment big, wasteful  and ineffective:

• Big and overblown   governments at all levels
• 70 Ministers
• Over twenty Special advisers (on what?)
• Every minister is entitled to 4 Special Assistants
• Senate President earns 88 Million Naira monthly
• His Deputy Earns 55 Million Naira monthly
• Senators take home 14 Million naira monthly
• It takes 1.4 Trillion (NOT Billion) naira to mantain the NASS annually (Rememeber what Sanusi said about  25% of our GDP is used to feed people who only sit Tuesday - Thursday)
• Our Governors  exhibit such level of opulence  shunned by the richest nations in the world
• Our 2012 budget has a deficit component to it. We are supposed to borrow about 1.6 TRILLION NAIRA.
• NASS will be paid from that!
• Aso Rock will use  1 Billion of it to eat!
• Aso Rock will use another 1 Billion to fuel generators.
• The Vice President will use 58 Million Naira to buy newspapers
• The office of  Patience Jonathan will use 500 Million to speak bad english to you.
• We will spend close to 500 Billion on International Travels
• In 2012, some state governors will collect 100 as security votes MONTHLY
• They will continue to enjoy immunity clause!
• Your hospitals will have no drugs
• Your schools will still have no quality to train a world class scholar
•  Your roads will still be death traps
• You will still be a local government unto yourself, providing water, security, power and  social security!
• You will still pay more for petroleum products.
• You will pay toll in 2012 on federal interstate roads.

If you will like this to continue in 2012, then stay at home and enjoy power as provided by PHCN!