 It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa. Thanks for staying with us this Friday morning. We have Gidej Johnson joining the conversation. Gidej, thank you so much for being part of the show. See you in a long time, long time. We'll see you in a long, long time. We'll see you in a long, long time. OK. Let's get straight to it. We have the punch now. 20.52% inflation. Economic crisis, job losses worsened, and food prices soar. That's on the punch newspaper, boldly written. Nasima worries over increasing prices, says companies face tougher times, and one couldn't agree less. Inflation spike will throw more Nigerian thing to poverty, says the LCCI. Another caption says, Nigeria Morocco begins 5,600 kilometer gas pipeline project. ICPC uncovers 400 billion nerve fraud in 2021 and 2022 budget, and federal government suspends thought airlines as aviation crisis persists. Makhinde, who don't led Attiku's 326-member campaign team and a vote president who wouldn't compromise. Jonathan advices youth, that's from a president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and just quickly you find appointment of Supreme Court Justice 40, says, SENs, and they go saying pounds 4,694 cada convicts, 1,490 offenders. That's the much we can take this morning on the punch. Moving over to the nation, we have these headlines. The paper keeping in its tradition in recent weeks of covering what it calls the PDP crisis. Nothing much on the APC, so the front page of the nation, the big one there. Bode George, why Attiku may lose next year's poll. Bode George, why Attiku may lose next year's poll. The writers of that, no justification for IU to remain in office. Tamua leaves 326-man campaign council. Wike Makhinde, Dr. Siimoke, leader listed as members. Here I'm showing in a song what Wike has to say about that very soon. All right, food costs, falling narrow value, push inflation to 21,52%, and you're wondering if it can get any worse. Security council recommends not force ban. We have some of those stories on the front page. We'll move quickly to the next one. Well, on the Daily Trust newspaper, inflation surged ravaging economies across Africa, not just Nigeria, as Nigeria's increased to 17-year high. Ghana, Malawi, Rwanda struggle with local currency. Complimentary policies needed to boost food production, that's what espats are saying. Presidency, Tunubu Attiku kicks us, will be leads in the NOI polls. We talked about that. Doesn't kill us. E-Swap, Boko Haram terrorist clash in Burnu. Nigeria confers citizenship on 286 foreigners. It's quite interesting. Before the want of time, we'll move away from the Daily Trust. All right, and we'll bring in Jide Johnson very quickly at this point as well, to give us his expert analysis, as always. Jide, welcome and glad to have you once again. The issue, the situation in the People's Democratic Party has been given very, very wide coverage by the nation newspaper, so we'll start there. We're hearing that the campaign council has been constituted. Tamba will lead that. Maki Nde and Wike Dopeci Moke Alisa as members. Do you expect that Wike will fall in line and take up his appointment as a member of the campaign council? Well, what do you think should be the outline of that story, the composition of the National Campaign Committee, or the opinion of what did you expect to be relating to the national chairman of the party? And because of this week, I was fortunate to be an analyst in the discussion. But the Goz Council of Nigeria Optionalist talking about military action. I think the media has responsibility. A responsibility to understand that we must best do on the Nigerian political space, providing them with, with most best to put leadership by providing them informed, not generalized opinion so as they can take informed decision. With respect to Wike, whether Wike would take that appointment. One of the things we must understand is that because it has been put here, they can fight and fight and fight in the public domain, but when they get into the private domain, they know how to resolve their issues together. We've seen many, many videos and many footage that have emerged from players and actors in different parties who publicly disagree. And in the cool of the day, when they are relaxing, they will be drinking chaps, jokes at one another. Let's wait and see, but I'm sure Wike is beating through and through. We have seen, we thought that the issue has to do with the picking of the presidential candidate, but it has become clearer by day and by night that the issue is around the national deposition of the national chairman of the party to the extent that even the governors or U.S. state, when PDP hosted them, when the U.S. statuette hosted the presidential delegation of their party, it was loud and clear that what they are talking about is about the chairmanship, the issue with the president, the vice president. That decisions have been taken and we have gotten over the other issues. But I will say that let's wait and see how this thing is unfold as the campaign begins on the 28th of December. Well, let's take a look at the Daily Trust newspaper and also the punch. It talks about economic crisis, inflation, but it might not just be limited to Nigeria, cuts across Africa and local currencies are suffering. And experts are saying there's need for a new, you know, efficiency in food production. Your thoughts exactly, what's going on with Africa? If you look at Maslow's hierarchies of need, which he used to us playing the need of human beings, the basic needs, the first level of the needs are physiological needs, food, food, water. Shelter. And any other form of relaxation. Now, once you take care of every nation that has developed and that has developed and that is developing, the basic thing, the first conquer is anger. Once you conquer anger, once you reduce the prices that people spend on subsistence for them to survive, then you have created a platform through which people can save money. Saving is the lowest form of investment. However, in Nigeria and in most part of Africa, we spent a larger percentage of our income, of our disposable income. After government have removed their taxes and their fines for those that are being on feeding and commuting our someone please to the other. The inflation is a global problem, which is a byproduct of what happened with the lockdown because no economy was productive for almost throughout the year 2020. However, nations are taking steps. United States of America, the presidency and the Congress took a decision to come up with a bill which is called the Inflation Reduction Act. Nations take constructive steps to address this issue. The question you asked our service, are we taking constructive steps to address this issue? All you need to do is for you to go to the market and buy things. But you know these people are far from reality. They don't go to the market. The senators don't go to the market. The House of Red members don't go to the market. The House of Assembly members don't go to the market. The president does not go to the market. The governors don't go to the market. Even the civil servants, the top most one amongst them, the permanent circuitries and the heads of ministries department, they don't go to the market you and I go to. So they don't face, they are far away from the reality that people are going through. So in essence, it is business as is your. So when you have inflation rate at double-digit, 20.552%. That's 2.5. Inflation rate is not even in fractions. It's 2.52. That's the rate of the inflation. Then the economy is already collapsed because one, it affects production. Two, it affects subsistence. Three, it affects the health of the entire nation, of every one that is involved in that economy. So to survive becomes pretty difficult. And one, government is not saying anything about it. I mean, Jede Johnson, if we say that there's a continuous increase in the prices of food prices, I mean global increase in inflation in food prices, that's what is affecting us as a country in terms of, because if you look at food items on the high, almost everything consumable is actually on the high. Should we be, as a country, be in this mix, especially where once upon a time, we were very big on production, especially agriculture, and it sustained us because what it means right now is that we're not even able to produce what we can consume, not to even talk about exporting. So we're therefore reliant on imports. And so should we be in this mix? I mean, isn't it embarrassing that we're saying that the continuous inflation, global inflation, or increase in the prices of food is affecting us as once upon a time, you know, producers are... And God used to be the mainstay of the Nigerian economy contributing over 70% to our foreign exchange earnings. The question we ask is, where government, these days want to pride themselves as working? You see, they are built infrastructure. And I ask them, are people going to eat roots? Is there roots or buildings that is going to sustain people? If you ask governments across the state, what critical investments are being made in other culture to ensure that the people are fair? You see, it's a man that is fair that can think, an ugly man cannot think. Innovations, ideas, creative ideas cannot come from someone that is not sustained. And we have not made critical investment in other culture. Fortunately for us, we have the best, the most edible land you can ever think of. There's no natural resources to the point that if you go under our land, there's no natural resources you are looking for in the world that you will not see a fraction, a fraction in Nigeria. There's not. However, and unfortunately, we are importing food from a nation that is blessed with natural resources that has land resources, that has minerals because people we are put in leadership don't understand that food security is the first step to national security. You don't understand that. All what they parade is that we have constructed roots. We have built this, we have built that, we have done that. And I am saying to do not understand. That's also very important to food production. It's important, but it's not critical. It's important, but it's not critical. It's important, there's no doubt about that. You know, it's the basic governance. You can't count constructing rooms. It's like taking your children that because I'm sending you to school, it's an achievement. There are rules and there are responsibility. It's like providing food for your children and coming out in the public domain to say, okay, I'm a responsible parent. I provided food for my children. I send them to school. What would the community do to you? All right, Gina Johnson, we have to go. I wish we had time to ask you about the ASU, latest on ASU, of course, the industrial court hearing for our governments today. Can you just say one sentence on that? Because I know that is of interest to you. Well, let's, I hope they could be bold and be decisive in taking a decision in the overall interest of the Nigerian student. Not picking sides, but looking at the issue thoroughly and administering justice in a way that will resolve this unending crisis. Thank you very much. We have to go. I appreciate your time, Gina Johnson. Thank you. I appreciate your lecture at the Nigerian seat of journalism. We appreciate your time and of course your expert analysis. We'll be right back looking at what is going on with the 2023 elections and allegations by the conference of United Political Party's CUPP saying that the All Progressives Congress has a grand plan, a sinister plan to hijack and rig Nigeria's 2023 elections. And rest in Nigeria, and the INEC has already responded to this. We'll talk about this when we come back. Please stay with us. We'll be talking to you there.