Nigeria ’ll still make profit on oil at $20, says Kachikwu
First Class asks: “Why is the minister talking about profit based only with onshore production cost when most of our production are offshore? Average production should have been stated to let Nigerians have a correct picture, which hovers between $30 and $35 per barrel.

Maigari: “So long as Nigeria is talking in terms of price of crude oil there is simply no point talking of making a profit. This is based on the reality of our frustrating condition. The government is always crying over collapsed prices but it hasn’t reached the breaking point of $20 per barrel you speak of. There are colossal inefficiency associated with the entire oil sector and until these are tackled, there is no point talking about making any profits on crude oil production.’’

We are leaving Kogi better
than we met in 2012

Onu igala says: “It is not over yet, or are you guys not in courts?’’
James: “I am wandering oh!”

Madawaki: “Left Kogi better than you met it? Civil servants have not been paid for 5 months. Primary school teachers have not been paid for more than12 months. No pipe-borne water in Lokoja the capital of the Confluence State. Nothing concrete to show in terms of advancement of agriculture, which is the major occupation in the state after careers in civil service. Education is at its lowest ebb and public schools are in dilapidated conditions. With all these, I don’t think you have a valid point. Your administration was a failure with no direction and nothing the average Kogi indigene can point to under you watch. Just go back to your business and never come to seek our votes for any position again’’’

Taming the killer Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Smooth says: “Highways/expressways are designed to accommodate all road transport vehicles. It is thus incongruous for this writer to suggest that articulated vehicles be prohibited from using this road. Be informed that America with her level of road usage literacy coupled with the best road network available to man loses about 35,000 lives to road motoring accidents alone per year.

Sympathize with friends as much as you want but leave policy out of it.’’

Daniel: “Any life lost is one life too many. You cannot justify the carnage simply with numbers from the US. In any case, just quoting 35,000 lives lost in the US does not on its own make any sense. For instance, the death rate by road traffic accident per 100,000, in the US is 10, while it is 35 in Nigeria. We are three and a half times worse and that should call for concern. Please don’t make this type of arguments.’’

FG hails global endorsement of fight against corruption

Iskacountryman asks: “How many convictions?’’

Kokoman: “It is the only forward to survive as a nation; to fight against corruption.’’

Adetola: “The Federal Government is embarking on this sensitization campaign not to vilify anyone but to use facts and figures to give Nigerians a sense of what corruption has done to their lives, the minister said.’’

Kill corruption, not PDP

FirecloudOfGOD says: “My concern is that until we have a viable and virile opposition established or honed, and there is concrete evidence that Buhari’s dictatorial past tendencies is not grafted into our present governance, PDP despite its warts and what not, is the only party nationally organized and with the clout to checkmate APC in the future. Astute students of politics see this so clearly.’’

Gabriel: “Whether he likes it or not, change remains the only permanent thing. Life is in a continuous flux, and at equilibrium the constant factor is what comes of it for the betterment of the living.’’

Daniel: “It is suggested you read his article again and understand. He condemns PDP but warns of danger ahead if there is no viable opposition. If you believe this country can move forward without a viable opposition, then you live in a fool’s paradise.

It will be like the military era and you should know what it was like.’’

Adetola: “The fault is not PDP’s as a political brand, but that of selfish politicians who mismanaged the great prospects it presented in 1998/99. Let the plunderers who used PDP to rob Nigeria atone for their sins, but let PDP not die, lest democracy will die.’’

Emelogu: “The problem with Nigerian politicians is that they can’t delay their gratification. Everybody wants to be on top immediately. I have a feeling that democracy will eventually level the playing field. Personally I would remain in the PDP and help redirect and rebuild the party. If it happens that we never recover power then so be it.’’

Mike: “We in the PDP have learnt our lessons. It is a pity that most Nigerian politicians have no ideological standpoint to the extent that those who ought to provide leadership especially in the PDP are shamelessly and deeply engaged in political prostitution. This is very unfortunate.’’

Jideofor: “This write up has condemned PDP vehemently. He is however, saying that without an opposition party, who will check the excesses of APC. Or have you forgotten that APC is made up of the unscrupulous politicians that fled the PDP to protect their interest as well as members of other deceased and extinct parties. How can an opposition party be bad?’’

Buhari, rule of law and impunity

Daniel says: “The constitution is the constitution. If a president swears to abide by the constitution and protect the rule of law, then he is bound to do so. If we no longer find the provisions in the constitution talking of adherence to the rule of law applicable in our society, then let us change the constitution accordingly. Until we do that, the rule of law must prevail, else we have anarchy.’’

Darlington: “Democracy without rule of law is like a salt that has lost its saltiness. Nigerian constitution is supreme, and cannot be ignored or implemented selectively at the whims of the President.’’

Kabu-kabu: “It stands out that you have no clue of what the rule of law is, and what the law court is for and what law enforcement agencies like the DSS stands for. It is pertinent to ask how Kanu’s detention compares with the loss of lives that trailed his arrest.’’

Henry: “Your reply is the best I have read in recent time. You have left him a lot of issues to ponder on.’’
Ebidou: “The article is one-sided.’’

Alaba’s rejection of his father

Mr. A says: “I struggled to fathom what this article was really about.’’
Bomo: “This is an allegory.’’

Loveontopover: “The article is not only about David’s father but also about the failed system that produced his father, Nigeria, who never learnt any new things but got stuck in things that never benefited him, his country nor his own children. So dumb that he asked his 14-year-old to leave his house! A system that glorifies corruption, promotes waste of resources and rewards evil and mediocrity. A system that chases away the youth and does not defend the weak. That’s what he was talking about.’’

Omooba: “The piece is poorly rendered, regardless of whether it was intended as an allegory, a metaphor, hyperbole or whatever. I couldn’t make head from tail.’’

Sudan: “I can’t see how your story relates to the photograph of David Alaba, a young star who all his life has placed his love and obedience to his father above all.’’

John: “Love and obedience to father is not a substitute for intellectual thought, wisdom and intelligence. I hope my own children think like this man Alaba. He is an intellectual genius.’’

Izedomi: “Admiring success through Coup de tart and looting public treasuries in a potentially rich country like Nigeria rundown by vagabonds in power is not intellectually ingenious.’’

Kenedy: “You failed to grasp what the guy was saying, on the contrary he never admire coup leaders but against them, and he is against our political system, reread again man;’’

Izedomi: “Opportunities in Nigeria are endless, begging for exploitation. I hope the young man understands that and returns home to join in Nigerian renaissance.’’