Is Goodluck Jonathan's luck running out?

i wish to let the world knows that the move of our president to scrap the waste called "oil subsidy" is brave and courageous.The 'gang up' by some groups is expected. it's like the Mexician government attempt to eliminate drugs in Mexico. Those opposed to the removal either have interest in the subsidy or have no interest in the future generation. The world should know its not every one in nigeria that are myopic minded. million of us are in support of the president action. we endorse his brave decision. Prosperity will vindicate the president. we know it will be painful initially, but smiles will come after. Nigeria will be a great country soon.

Majority of the comments here make no iota of sense, putting the blame on irrelevant variables such as missionaries and suggesting nonsense "solutions", such as breaking up the country, that will only escalate the problem.
People such as Wambattu below are obviously muslims who want to shift blame from their senseless acts of violence onto others such as missionaries that the region encountered centuries ago and have no bearing in the current state of affairs.
If anyone had taken a class in US History or at least read or watched presentations about it, you should know how effective the federal government can be in hodling its country together, giving the right tools and coordination. The federal government of Nigeria is to blame in all of this, they are the ones that have failed, royally, to invest in the country in areas such as infrastructure, security, eductaion, affirmative action laws, etc (all of which result in opportunities for its citizens) and foster good quality of life and safeguard the society againts such threats. If not for these investments, would the western countries of today be able to deal with such threats? I don't think so. With most of its citizens unemployed even after college graduation, the saying that "an idle mind is the devil's workshop" comes into play here. If they had a opporunities for regular 9 to 5 jobs and other opportunities to occupy their idle days, I doubt there will be these sort of nonsense happening. These are all frustrated people who after ages of enduring the government's neglect are now rising up as one group or another guerilla army to demand and take what the government has failed to deliver as basic rights of its citizens. Unfortunately, some have also attached religion into the mix and evolved into terroritst groups. I saw this coming ages ago with the way that the government was and still is being run by illitrates that know nothing about public administration and are only concerned about looting the country while all sectors continue to fail.
The issue of discrimination is another big problem since the government has failed to acknowledge and ensure that nobody is discrimated against for any reason as this is the order of the day in a country of hundreds of ethnic groups and various religions and the presidency has only rotated between just two ethnic groups and two religions termed "north" and "south". How do you divide a country with hundreds of ethnic groups and many religions? In Bayelsa state alone, ther are problems of the "majority" ethnic group being the only ones getting a chance at and governing the state. What does your "state of origin" matter when you are a citizen of the republic and should have equal opportunity to all things? Clearly, breaking up the country is not the solution but another problem in itself because there will still be various ethnic groups and religions in their respective broken up regions hence still the same problems. The government simply needs to amend the contitution to include equal protection/opportunity for ALL its citizens. They also have to go further to remove anything that has to do with being a secular state so that no state can invoke religious laws, just as the northern states are currently doing. And instead of doing everything federally, they also need to know how to layer areas such as security from local/state to the federal level rather than have a cumbersome federal police that is in fact more corrupt than if there were none at all.
Now everyone in the country is suffering for it. The good thing is that not even the stupid government officials are safe/secure. With all these failures of the federal government, if the federal government still fails to acknolwdge and pursue the core problems then the country is essentially heading for worse than a failed state. As much as we place honor where honor is due, we ought to also place blame where it is due and in this case, the Federal Government of Nigeria has been a failure to ite citizens so far hence the issues at hand and they need to move fast and wisely to turn things around. I will like to see how they intend to resolve these issues long term.

Part of the speach from the President might help you understand.... Despite being a major oil producer, Nigeria has not invested in the infrastructure needed to produce refined fuel, so has to import much of its petrol.
With the subsidy, fuel was much cheaper in Nigeria than neighbouring countries, so some of it was smuggled abroad.
Members of parliament have called on President Jonathan to reconsider, but he made a televised address on Saturday to defend the the subsidy cut.
"We must act in the public interest, no matter how tough, for the pains of today cannot be compared to the benefits of tomorrow," he said.
The deregulation of the petroleum sector was, he insisted, the best way to curb corruption and ensure the survival and growth of the economy.
"The truth is that we are all faced with two basic choices... either we deregulate and survive economically, or we continue with a subsidy regime that will continue to undermine our economy."
He said that top government officials would, from this year, take a 25% pay cut, and foreign trips would also be reduced.
The government says it will spend the $8bn (£5bn) it saves each year by scrapping the subsidy on improving health, education and the country's erratic electricity supply.
However, many Nigerians fear it is more likely to end up in the pockets of corrupt officials

DEFINITELY YES,GOODLUCK JONATHAN HAS RAN OUT OF LUCK. GEJ HAS QUICKLY FORGOTTEN THAT HE WAS VOTED IN BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT NATION,AND THAT ALL HE NEEDS TO DO IS TO DO THEIR BIDDING WHICH FAILURE WILL LEAD TO HIS IMPEACHMENT.THE MAJORITY OF THE PEOPLE HAS SPOKEN THAT THE REMOVED SUBSIDY SHOULD BE REVERSED FOR THE PAST 8DAYS RUNNING GEJ HAS TURNED HIS DEAF EAR TO THIS WORDS OF WISDOM. IF HE CONTINUE TO HARDENED HIS MIND SURELY HE AND HIS CABINET WILL SOON BE DESTROYED,. A WORD IS ENOUGH FOR THE WISE .GEJ HEED THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE OTHERWISE YOUR END IS VERY MUCH INSIGHT. MINISTER OF FINANCE-OKONJO IWEALA, MINISTER OF PETROLEUM ALLISON MADUEKE AND THE CBN GOVERNOR LAMIDO SANUSI SHOULD ALL RESIGNED THEIR APPOINTMENTS OTHERWISE THE MASSES WILL SURELY RISE AGAINST THEM SOONEST,THEIR POLICIES HAS BEEN ANTI=MASSES OR ANTI-PEOPLE.THIS GREAT NATION HAS BEEN TAGGED A FAILLED NATION BY SANUSI AND OTHERS,NIGERIA WILL NOT COLLAPSED IF THE SUBSIDY IS REVERSED, WE ARE MORE THAN CONQUEROR, WE HAVE MORE THAN ENOUGH RESOURCES THAT CAN KEEP US GOING. ALL OUR LEADERS ARE CORRUPT THAT IS JUST OUR PROBLEM,ELIMINATE CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA ,NIGERIA WILL BE A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL TO LIVE,.

There is nothing particularly wrong in the Govt decision. What is wrong is the timing and the failure to carry the people along.A wrong that has taken decades can accommodate few months for consultations and public debates. What should be done is to continue to appeal to the public understanding and fine tunning the accountability process to ensure we are not leaving a cabal for another cabal. Enough of Govt deceit of subsidy without accurate data on local consumption of PMS. Enough of deceit in bridging costs. Fuel is generally sold out of petrol stations in the north and prices vary and are above the national rate of #65 (Naira). Govt should concentrate on the serious issue of security. No economy can thrive in an unsecured environment. A word is enough for the wise.

Revolution is the answer in Nigeria. Everyone including the President are currupt to the bone. All the legislators and Ministers are rogues. The are there enriching their pockets. We need run all of them out of office and charge them all with crimes against the people. These arrests must include that ugly Olusegun Obasanjo. He is a useless man and President Goodluck Jonathan is nothing but an idiot as well. They should all be tried and imprisoned. Too many Nigerians are suffering, some cannot afford three meals per day. They live in shambles, no road, good water is elusive, no electricity in a so called Giant of Africa. This is a shame. Corruption is a means of life in Nigeria and that was why all its citizen are fleeing the country daily. Start a revolution immediately and we are going to join you.