Madaki O. Ameh Oil & Gas Consultant   Abuja, NIGERIA
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THE FALLACY OF OIL SUBSIDY AND ITS REMOVAL by Madaki O Ameh  December 19, 2011 Once again, Nigerians are being put through the pain and trauma of the debates, posturing and propaganda around removal or non removal of ‘subsidy’ on petroleum products.  In the last decade, this debate has had crippling effects on the economy, as speculations around it always results in needless suffering for the citizenry, evidenced by panic buying, hoarding of petroleum products, and the attendant long queues at petrol stations, which we are already witnessing all over the country.  From all indications, this will be a bleak Christmas indeed, judging from the kilometers long queues at petrol stations all over the country, barely one week to the Christmas festivities. NigerianNews Special   THE SAD POLITICS OF YAR’ADUA’S ILL HEALTH by Madaki O Ameh  February 10 2010 With the passage of concurrent motions by the two chambers of the Nigerian National Assembly on Tuesday 9th February 2010, finally empowering the Vice President, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, to assume the elusive title of ‘Acting President’, it is hoped that one of the darkest phases of Nigeria’s democratic history will finally be on its way out, with what is left being the healing of the deep wounds created in the process.. NigerianNews Special   THE 7-DAY ULTIMATUM TO THE UNITED STATES BY THE NIGERIAN NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: NIGERIA AS A LAUGHING STOCK by Madaki O Ameh January 12 2010 In the aftermath of the recent Christmas Day 2009 attempted terrorist attack by Nigerian born Umar Abdulmutallab over Detroit, Michigan in the United States of America, one key feature of Nigeria’s now famed confusion in international diplomacy has again come to the fore: fire-fighting. NigerianNews Special