HOW THE #FUELSUBSIDYSCAM HAS AFFECTED MY FAMILY
When the curse called ‘Goodluck’ is placed upon you, your life will never be the same again. Trying to relive the trauma my family went through due to the Fuel Subsidy Scam does not gives give me any pleasure but as the Kenyan Proverb goes “Until lions start writing down their own stories, the hunters will always be heroes.”
The increase in the price of petrol came as a shock to ‘ordinary’ Nigerians on the first day of the year 2012. The PPPRA increased the price of Premium Motor Spirit or Petrol from 65 Naira to 141 Naira. It was a ‘wonderful New Year Gift. My parents dismissed the news, when i told them, as a rumour until during lunch when they heard it on the news. My mum sat silently like a bereaved, with tears dripping from her eyes. My dad stood up and entered his room, obviously livid.
The consequences of the increase began telling immediately on our family. We could not afford the little comforts we were enjoying in the past. We had to fill bottles with water now to replace the packaged water we bought in past. You don’t just go into the kitchen and prepare what to you want to, excessive eating became intolerable. We sought succour in the use of firewood for cooking because kerosene was for the well to do.
My junior sisters had to stay at home for almost a week before my dad could gather enough money for their transportation fare after the strike and of course even after that, they had to make do with what he could get for them as stipend. Let me leave out the story of how my uncle had to
board a trailer back home from Calabar for another day.
Glory Be To God. Thank You.
Alhussain Muhammad Alfa
Kaduna, Nigeria
@alhussainalfa on twitter
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beauriful context i fill ur pain nigeria needs fearless patriots lyk u wit guts 4 tinz 2 change Gob bless u n ur efots to make nigeria a beta country amin
a nyc heartfelt article, we wish this country will change for d beta.
That is just the BAD “Luck” Jonathan brought to us, I also feel your pain, but apart from you, do you knw how many families have did becos of the so called #fuelsubsidy? We shud jux thank God we are still living. God is already fighting the battle for us. Nice Article
May Allah save us.
Wow,its really touching,a nice write up though,May God help this country,amen.
This is deep sad moments that we will never forget…your struggles for reverting. downstream sector to its normal price will never been forget Nigeria need patriotic youths like you with your determination and encouragement to eridicate all manners of corruption in country, with huge heart felt I pity and sympathize with ur family and all victims of fuelsubsidy protests for your unfaded memorial peaceful protest and struggles may God bless Nigeria with zero Corrupt telorance leaders good write up mr Alhussain muhammad Alfa by murtada Abdullahi koko (snubak)
When ever I hear abt da fuel subsidy scenario, I feel sad cos this same country produces cruel oil bt can’t refine its refineries. @alhussainalfa u doin a gud job by writin this article and lettin odas kno the present situation of nigeria and bsides I tink u ar a good writer, pls do continue even thou its ur hobby
God help us all
Nice article buh a sad one there. All I can say ?????? that Allah ya isa 4 Gej and any another group of company or single body who has made this hardship befall ao dear 9ja.
Too sad Alhussain. Let’s continue 2 pray 4 things 2 b better nd always thank da Almighty Allah.
Ooh Nigerians you can hear what our fellow freind is going through, we must join hands & pray for him & the remaining ones we don’t know. This is really a touching story, may the Almighty Allah help us. Thank you very much for sharing with us. May God help you
This nigeria of today is in real jeopardy, its a pitty for all nigerians, nowhere is safe anymore. This present leader(GEJ) is the worst niegeria has ever had in its whole history. But nobody is saying anything, may Almighty God help us.
This is really sad! Somtimes I sit and wonder Y dis govt regime has brought abt d downfall of our great country… Shah, we pray for itz betterment..
Beautiful piece.
while your story is typical,the responders by names are dangeriously biased
@paulthekemist
Wat a tragedy. Dis is ur own part of d story, only God knwz hw mny families hav sufferd as a result of dis so call subsidy removal. D most most painful tin here is while d poor nigerians ar suferin odas ar sumwhere luttin billions of naira under dis same subsidy removal. Prayers is d only weapon we hav against dem, let’s pray 4 a better nigeria.Nice write up indeed.
Nice piece, its indeed touching. I hope this will serve as a lesson to us, to do what is right as well as stand for our rights.
Nice piece bro!
Dis is a very nice piece,we need ppl lyk u 2 bring down d animals ruling us.nigeria has bcom sumythn else…may GOD help us.
What a wonderful piece. Thats Naija always going from bad to worst. We really what making some changes
Nice write up bros,let’s just pray for the best of this country
Nice piece. Almost the same predicament everyone went through and some are still going through. May God help us nd our country.
Just that the predicament ????§ different but almost 130million citizens went through D????? same calamity pour on us by Mr ???? ?? wear know shoe. But ???? ?? will always blame it on electorates ????? ACN
Sorry 4 d bad experience
the terror of the past, will hunt the future…..
indeed the present leader has taken decisions without strategic analysis of the adverse effect of such decision on the people and its peaceful environs. the mistake of our previous leaders correlate with the present decision of our leaders. If the people of Nigeria will not change, then the government will not change. Am truly sorry for those who are affected by the decision of the government.
This is just the price we northerners have got to pay when we turn our backs on our true leaders… May the light shine back on us… Ameen!
Or our nation is gettin down bcuz our pour people are daying some dnt ar at home were ill while somes ar I da hospiatal dey ar all pour 2 teck good care of there self my people our nation iz down..
I’v been engulf wt mixed feelings, that youths lyk you have notice d dwnward slides and backward tumbles dis grt nation has embarked* this same incident hv caused our parents and aged ones a frustrating syndrome that kicks them into a repititive soliloquy.Now, d issue at hand is d due consideration of d Hon. Farouq chaired-committee findings on subsidy… I jst hop d government do somthng crucial abt it, srry did I jst say “the government”, “the gunmen” if I may say…God deliver Nigeria frm this shambles..*Amen*
You have summed up what ordinary Nigerian are going through since the fuel subsidy was removed.
A 9c article, almost everyone went through dat, we just av 2 keep prayn 4 tin 2 get beta 1day
There’s a time and season for everything, God does not sleep nor slumber. Even now, i still can’t figure out the need for subsidy removal when the culprits are still at large. My joy was how we Nigerians all stood as one! Jonnie Sheyi Iledun
We were convinced that d money realised frm d fuel subsidy ‘ll b utilised in d development of other sectors,tho
ugh I’m yet
t c such developmentl projects.
Nigeria Politics: d more u look; d less u c.
May God help us.