 Despite the challenging economic times, residents of Lagos State will have to pay more for waste disposal. We'll look at the developments in the waste management sector of Nigeria's most populous city on the breakfast today. No voices are expressing displeasure over the absence of a substantive board for the NDDC. Why has it taken President Mohammed Buhari this long to do the needful? We have analysis of this ahead of the programme. We also have in-depth analysis of some of today's newspaper headlines in North the press. All these ahead on the breakfast, right here on Plus TV Africa. This is a brand new edition of the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. You're welcome. My name is Kofi Bartels. I am a simple, beautiful morning to you. Alright, interesting conversations ahead today on the programme. We know when the same colour today. I don't know what happened. Yes, it was quite interesting. But anyway, we have our top-trending segment and interesting events unfolding in the social space and what we always do as we say on the top-trending segment is to look at what the discussion has been, what issues are shaping conversation on social space, talking about the internet, and then we bring it on air to provide some analysis and just get you informed about what's going on. And the first one is quite interesting. I think some of the politicians in the country are taking a cue from the antics of Donald Trump. Remember how Donald Trump was tweeting when he was president? And the things he used to say. I remember seeing an Nigerian politician, Ken Namande, former governor of Enigo State tweeting and trooling some youngsters on Twitter. It was quite interesting. This time, we have Nasser Al-Rafai, who you can see on your screen. He's the governor of Kaduna State, former Minister of the Federal Capital of Territory, Rana Roshago Obasanjo, was president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He's the governor of Kaduna State. He said controversy yesterday Monday when he criticized a claim by a Twitter user that about two million people would march in Kaduna in support of PTOB, an opposition presidential candidate of the Labour Party. And suddenly, Abdulahi Umar Zarma tweeted, Kaduna two million march for PTOB, Kaduna two million march for PTOB, Kaduna two million march for PTOB, Kaduna two million march for PTOB. It's like a prayer of one of these churches, and I love to follow their prayers. The Los Chosen Ministry, you have to repeat some things like that. So there you say, I'm a chosen, I'm a chosen, I'm a chosen, I'm a chosen. I don't know if it's a prayer or he actually believes that this is what is happening, two million march. So the response, Erou Fai quoted the tweet, you know, and put up in Kaduna, not Kaduna Twitter, he not put up laughing emojis on Twitter, and saying, I hope you get 200 persons on the streets including those quotes. He put it in not quotation marks, not quotation marks, in inverted commas, imports that can't open their shops on Mondays and came on the bus last night. I just laughed. Alahi, Alahi is what he said. So, you know, then... Well, I think Alahi is one of my favorite... Yeah, it is. Yeah, like truly truly. So it's not just, you know, laughing, it casts, you know, some doubt about the ability of the obedience, like they like to be called, they raise the number of people they say they would have 2 million on the streets, but also he also made a claim that people are coming from where we know he was referring to, which is the Southeast, but he didn't mention Southeast, you know, but to come to Kaduna for this, you know, I don't know where this is becoming something else. You know, so Erou Fai's comment on Twitter generated hundreds of thousands of mixed reactions from some in support and others against the governor castigating him. Erou Fai tweeted at 6.27 a.m. that Peter Obi would be lucky to have 200 persons marching in support of him in Kaduna. The governor posted this, like I said, in reaction to Abdul-Ai Salman. All right, now, in his latest tweet, he put out another tweet, you know, also responding to more of these comments. I just want to read something here from Twitter. He, in his latest tweet, you know, in his latest tweet featuring the screenshot of a message from Twitter read, the desperation of so-called obedience that's an inverted commas put there, knows no bounds. They insult everyone they disagree with, but cannot accept that some find them disagreeable and have opinions too. One of them in Germany found my tweet too hot to handle and responded below. I still, they laugh, is what Erou Fai put out on Twitter. Quite interesting times, Mercy. Very interesting times. So a lot of people have actually been in doubt and are questioning the possibility of Erou Fai actually putting on that tweet because at some point you want to understand if you have Erou Fai himself, you know, on the key part typing all of this, or he probably would just be that he employed someone to type this. So, I mean, it's really, it's quite worrisome. But whatever the case is, some people would say. Is it worrisome? Did you say it's worrisome? Yeah, worrisome. I mean, some people are wondering how could the governor, you know, tweet this. You could see. It's a simple case of, I think, it's a simple case of those who are in the game meeting and may probably deciding that they also play, those are in the political game now, you know, deciding they want to play the social media game the way some of those have been playing it recently. I understand what's been said. They want to meet them on the field and say, let's play now. So you know that you and I actually... That's what I think is playing now. Okay, so you know that you and I, I mean, I'm being very realistic here and we're trying to understand the dynamics because we're talking about a governor, right? A governor of a state. That's what we're talking about. But you and I actually, you know, handle our phones and I'm sure that every other time that you tweet, you're the one that's tweeting. I don't know if... Because I haven't seen anyone fooling you around. Or maybe I don't know. Coffee, wait now, let me land. I don't know if there's someone who's actually managing your account or tweeting on your behalf. But Nigerians having really, really embraced this really great. I mean, in some persons, it's quite surprising that, you know, a governor or a sitting governor would tweet in this way. I mean, look at that. Well, a little bit surprising. You know, at the end of the day, I think the governor is the politicians, you know, on the field, not the ones on Twitter. I'm not talking about... I'm talking about the politicians on the field. You know, PTOB, Kwan Kwa Suu, Tainu Buu, AeroFly, Nnamani, from a governor of any good state. So I think some of these guys have said, okay, those who have phone, you know, well, who can tweet, you understand? Don't have a monopoly of violence, like the young people call it now, violence. I mean, since this is how it's done, so they want to meet those who do this violence there. There's a guy, I think his name is Yusef, who was engaging in the back and forth with Nnamani, Nnamani, former governor of Inungu state about an incident and some statement of treating Nnamani put up, you know? And it's been interesting to see Nnamani tweeting a lot. Like, Nnamani took, former governor Nnamani, his senator now, took on this young person, supposedly young person, and then faced him, you know, toe-to-toe, again, toe-to-toe. All right. And you know the term mercy, water, water, you know? And the vowel, that's all I think. So he stood the guy, and the guy deleted the tweet, and Nnamani, I think, at the end of the day, really, like, won that battle, that's what people perceived, and started praising him and all that. So I'm observing something. What I'm observing is that these politicians are saying, it's we're going to meet you on the field of Twitter, since that's how you guys are playing it. We'll also play it there with you. And I don't see anything wrong. Those who also are against them are playing it this way. Not the politicians, but the supporters now. I never said it was anything. The people who have been castigating are playing it this way. So they've also decided to play it this way. You were saying, governor. No, I never said there was anything wrong. Those online, this is how they're playing it. Coffee, I never said there was anything wrong. If they're playing it this way, then I'm sure they would understand that they don't have a monopoly of vowel lengths, vowel lengths, like we say. So let's allow the politicians to... Well, I never said there was anything wrong. I only mentioned that it's really surprising for a lot of Nigerians. I mean, you could also look at the reaction that has actually emanated from all of that. The fact that people are... It's been done. Mercy has been done on several fronts. So can you just allow me to land on my thoughts? No, please, please, by all means. I didn't intend to allow you to land on your thoughts. So the point here is it's not that people are surprised or whatever... I mean, the term that you have put it, but it's just that no one is saying it is wrong, but everyone is a bit surprised. I mean, you want to begin to ask yourself, how many governors have you seen tweeted in this way? Well, in a very sensitive time, or in a very sensitive situation, and Kaduna seemed to be an epicenter of almost a lot of things that happens in Nigeria. No one is saying it's wrong, but it's surprising because Nigerians have reacted in that way. You want to look at the tweet and never say, oh, really, are you sure this is actually the handle of the governor of Kaduna's state that he would be tweeting this, tweeting in this manner, despite whatever it is that has been put up there. And there's always a saying that two wrongs can never make a right, really. But let's see how all of this actually pans out. But one thing that we cannot forget is that everyone has a right. According to the Constitution, but I know that that's not the case because there's been a lot of misinterpretation out there. And some people would say that, yeah, that Verify dismisses the rally. He didn't really dismiss it. It was more like a mockery. It was more like saying, hey, are we even sure that you're going to have like 200 persons out there? Two million. And the tweet that actually emanated that reaction or generated the reaction didn't really come from, you know, maybe a verified Twitter handle of Pitao B. Not that I'm a spokesperson, but I have actually gone through it, not to see that, you know, Pitao B. generated that there's going to be. So you have supporters, you have a lot of zealous persons on Twitter. You have people who are very, whether or not it's true because people come out this station, could tweet anything. And so I was saying, okay, two million persons are going to be marching on the streets of Kaduna. And then, you know, the verified Twitter handle of AeroFi actually tweeted, what he tweeted. And that has not really sat down well with a lot of persons. So I was saying that people are being violent on the streets of Twitter, but the question is, it's really surprising. So Messi, it's just, you know, some analysis to say that, to try and read what's going on in the mind of the tweet that the person is putting out the tweet, the governor. And then to see, maybe this is why some of these politicians are deciding to go play the Twitter game that has been played by, you know, those who have been on Twitter bantering, you know, trolling. And it's for me, there's no surprises here. I mean, the president of the most powerful nation on Earth was really, really on a roll. And that didn't really go well. When he was on Twitter. He was on a roll. He tweeted things. And then, so this is the reality of the world we live in today. You know, he who lives by the sword should be prepared to die by the sword. And if you feel that, for me, there are no issues here. If you feel that, you know, you can go at people and defend your, it's a game. Politics is a game. They play this game. You know, they attack themselves. They shout on TV screens. And then afterwards they go and sit down and shake hands and talk. You understand? So if you feel that, you know, as a group of political supporters, you can do this. The others are also trying to show that they can also do it as well. And it's a game. I expect both of you to just laugh about it and also continue to play the game. No, no, we can't say that we laugh about it because we know that you know, if you remember what happened sometime, some kind of war that has actually are, you know, broken out when a very sensitive situation, when a very sensitive period. I think that Nigerians should be responsible. I understand that everyone wants to grab power and, you know, this politics has been played around and everyone is interested in their own interests. Political parties are there. The papers, you know, the entire papers would be, you know, to become elected and being controlled of power. But we can also not rule out that we can constantly be, you know, in that way that would incite people and begin to create hatred. We're not even great with being united as a country. And so do we need to even engage in all of this? I mean, that's where it comes from. Yes, everything is going on. That's what's going on. But should we engage? Should we continue in this dynamic? Understanding that this has happened with different, you know, if you look at these countries of the world. Yeah, I think that because they always say that people say that experience is the best teacher, but we can't... A lot of persons have argued that it's really experience. It's experience really the best teacher. Or should we leverage on other experiences, you know, to learn? I think like I said, he who lives by the soul should be prepared to die. No, no, no, no. I'm coming, please. And so what I think is that there's nothing wrong with the aspect of saying, oh, I don't believe that you can muster 2 million people. And no one is saying that there's anything wrong with saying that. That's number one. So I think the most perfect club back, you know, this is, you know, work out some say, you know, the Gen Z language now. The most perfect club back to arrow fight will be to do the talking on the streets to actually pull up a good crowd that would amount to 2 million. And let him get an answer. No, so I mean, especially where you feel, it feels like, you know, there's a particular trend. This is not the first time I verify it's been on the case of Peter or B. So no one actually would be surprised. It feels like it's a trend and it's happening again. But that's on the one hand as much as it feels like, oh, yeah, it's a clap back. It's a good clap back. We need to engage. But we also need to leverage on the experience of other persons or other countries. How far have people fared? Do you remember, you know, what happened, the two says and the, you know, the experience? Should we continue in this particular light? We're saying that we're a time where Niger has never been divided. We're so divided. And do we need people who should understand better, people who, you know, are the affairs of, you know, calling the shots of the country or are the hems of affairs? Should we not understand better? Should we not learn better? That's basically it. So nobody's saying that there's anything wrong. It's okay, you know, to be very woke and to be in the 21st century. But should we not... I'm saying this as a sort of change to interject my dear. I'm saying this as even a victim. As, you know, in times of us when, you know, those of us who have the opportunity to address things like this in the media, we'll call for caution. We'll say, oh, people should be cautious, you know, not attack people, not say sending things on Twitter. We get attacked. We get, we get, we get caught on call source of names. In fact, some would accuse, you know, media personalities or media people being in one party or they're simply because you're trying to say people should be moderate and should also respect others and should not attack people online. And you say, well, they'll say, well, if you're not with us, then you are against us. And we get... I have been attacked, but I can show you tweets about that when I put the stuff out like, oh, don't say these things. Let's, let's, you know, calm down. Let's, let's de-escalate the tension for this. We got attacked. So I would like to ask you, what was your reaction? What was your response? Did you engage? I went home and then I went to my, I went to my private business. Man, that's exactly what we're saying. So, so, so... But, but you didn't respond. Yeah, Rafa is playing, he's playing the same, the same game. And we're saying that we cannot continue in this particular light. I mean, you can't say that. This is the reality. We understand. It's a reality. But we're saying that for everyone who is it's a game. I mean, for you, you say you're a governor, you're a president. I didn't play the game. I mean, you're a commissioner. I didn't play the game. I know that you know better. You understand the times and you should be sensitive. Little, this little comments and reaction or information has actually de-escalated. And in some countries, if you go through history, you won't understand that there's a cast war. We can't constantly be like this. That's what I'm saying. As much as there's nothing wrong. They don't hear it. You know, we cannot endorse it because we can't say that two wrongs can make a right. But we move away from that. We'll look at another issue which is also... So I really don't know if we're going to say that this is also, you know, a work generation, a work generation where you have claims that Temite have eaten or add 17.128 billionaire expenditure voucher, okay? So the present and past administration of the Nigerian Social Insurance Trust Fund, that's the NSITF has been on the fire from the Senate for failing to justify the spending of 17.158 billionaire in 2018. I mean, in 2013, we required evidence document, some of which were, unless you have been eaten by Temite. And so you have this audit or scrutiny that's going on. And all of a sudden, you have this report that, hey, Temite had eaten all of that. Now, let's also look at this, because the 17.15 billionaire stated in the 2018 audit that was reported was that the total amount of money transferred by the NSITF from, you know, some accounts or banks, I would not like to mention, into various, were transferred into various untraceable accounts belonging to individuals and companies from January to December, 2013. And so the Auditor General's Office had in 2018 audits the report and raised 50 different queries bordering on alleged misappropriation of funds by the management of the agency, which has been looked into by the Senate Committee on Public Account. And so the excuse is that, you know, Temite has eaten that particular voucher. That's what was said. And so, hey, how do you explain that? You know, there's an expenditure which was already captured. I mean, it was being audited. There was an audit in 2018 from 2013. Now you're saying that Temite has eaten that voucher. So it could just be, you know, one of those politics, one of those things that we get to play, we're just playing the game, because this is not the first time that we talk about animals or, I don't know if you say Temite is an animal. But this is not the first time. We've had different experiences. Once upon a time, 36 millionaires were swallowed by snakes. The story can go on. At the time, we're talking about the Nigerian Examination Board, 36 millionaires. Snake actually swallowed it, you know, when the clerk was being questioned. She even came out to say, hey, she was not the one who made that story, but it was actually the board that came up with the story. And she was suspended afterwards. And so it's not the first time. So it might just be part of, you know, our system that we, you know, go in this light. And so we continue to say that different animals and different things, we've had goats. You have gorillas, monkeys, swallowing money. And because I don't know if these animals have been arrested or prosecuted or looked for in any way, but this is where we are. This is where we are. We have more of these stories coming up, of course, the Nigerian comic and social media influencer like they're called these days. Mr. Macaroni is the name he goes by. It's quite popular for putting out very, very funny, you know, very funny skits that could call them. There are sketches on Twitter, on Instagram, brother. And that's a huge following. And he's become even more popular for his social advocacy or activism. Let's call it that. Especially with the end source protests, you know, it was one of those celebrities who came out to, you know, be counted in the protests against police brutality. He has disclosed shocking claims on his Twitter accounts, like you know, mercy, that he received threats against his life. And also they've been threats against his family for not endorsing a certain candidate ahead of the 2020 presidential election. You can see a shot of that tweet, I think a part of the tweet on your screen there. He explained in that recent tweet how a woman had recently threatened his family for not supporting a hair candidate. The funny man also said he has been subjected to online attacks on several occasions for not supporting any presidential candidate ahead of next year's election. The comedian further said he remained unconcerned by the threats, also advising Nigerians on making the right decisions during the upcoming election. That's what he said. I went to visit my mother two weeks ago. I was giving out money to some people in the neighborhood as I always do any time I go home. A woman walked up to me and asked why I am against a particular candidate. I said I am not against anyone. What I want is a better country. And that can only happen when we vote in good leaders. The next thing she said is that I should better watch myself because they know where my people live. I asked if that was a threat and she continued by saying all sorts. My sister and manager were with me and I have a video, he says. I can go on about different threats that I've received from some party members or supporters of a presidential candidate because somehow they believe that I am against their choice. Cyberbullying via different online attacks and tribal propaganda, he says. There is so much is honestly going on and it gets worse by the day but my message will never change. Nigerians have suffered enough and look around you and look at the serious challenges we are facing as people. There is no Mezai anywhere. However, to stand the chance for a better nation come 2023 we must elect the most suitable options to occupy positions of leadership in the country. I think so that's that mercy. That's what he put out. Well, I would rather say that if you have actually received any threats because from his tweet he talked about someone who costed him or confronted him and if he thinks that his life is on the threat then he should report to the appropriate authorities. You have the Nigerian police right there so I mean report to the police and let the law take its course. So if your life is on the threat not necessarily that particular one you have people who are tweeting and you have names then you can go ahead and lodge a complaint with the police force and we expect that the law would take its course but in the course of all of this we understand that the essence that political parties exist is that there will contest for election and they would win and one is not surprised by the approach that several political parties would take or people would definitely take just to get what they want and so you have some people would say it's just the Machiavellian kind of politics where you know you know the end actually justifies the means and it doesn't really matter how you get it but as long as you get it so get anyway but we're saying that hey election is not a do or die affair it's fine it's okay to support a particular candidate it's okay to not support a certain candidate everyone has a right to support whoever they want to support but let's not do it in a violent way let's not do it and become a threat to one another and you know begin to threaten ourselves and you know begin to constitute a nuisance and say things and comments that would you know set up ourselves against ourselves that's not what we we want it's okay for anyone to say hey I don't want to support anyone I want to support these I want to support that and that's what we're talking about okay so in the course of you know the election let's just go out there and support who we want to support without being violent and without being hateful and that's the size of top trending this morning we take a break when we return it'll be time for us to go through the front pages of a national days he's there with us