 This is the breakfast and plus TV Africa. Thanks for joining us. We'll head straight to looking at the papers this morning. Chris Cain de Wanda joins us. Chris, it's good to have you join us this morning. My people, my people. Good morning. Our governor, our governor. Should we say that? How might we see if we're... Oh God, it's not easy, it's not easy. But we're leaving by grace, you know. Lagos is another thing altogether these days with the fuel situation. I don't know if you have some there you can share with me and lend me some. No problem, I will. All right. Let's quickly take a look at the leadership newspaper this morning and see what the leadership's got for us. It talks about last minute appointment, how governors said booby traps for successes. These boldly written on the leadership. It's with full height of political riskality. It says stakeholders and CSOs. Appointment in other governments continuum or government is a continuum. Governors insist really. Yesterday was quite interesting on the social space. I mean, looking at all of the reactions and the thoughts. 2023 polls will hold despite attacks on our offices. That's what INEC is saying. But we hope that that does not affect, you know, the outcome of the elections or the entire process. Abuja Kaduna, real world secured. Ministers as shores passengers and beware of thieves. Federal government wants Nigerian travelers to the United States and Europe. I mean, that's what I and Kofi had been talking about before this time. 2022, Ghana beats South Korea 3-2 and Cameroon draw 3-3 with Sabian. That's what it is. Quite interesting yesterday. A lot of people were happy, especially Africans. It was, you know, was a great one to look at. But that's it on the leadership. All right, let's move on from the leadership, of course, to the next paper we have on our table. We'll do the Guardian, which has the following stories, headlines there. Cybercrimes raised concerns for 30.2 trillionaire monthly e-payments. The writers of that headline. Nigerians count losses as forces get sophisticated. Empty bank accounts. In the recent time, people have been complaining of the bank accounts being empty. And the banks do nothing about it. The birth of IT staff were since recovery time in banks. NCC issues over nine security alerts since the beginning of 2022. Experts seek review of Cybercrime Act 2015. Kick against plea bargain. Read the story for more. Quite interesting, if you ask me. Senate President Lawan loses a court of appeal. Is it time he hangs his gloves up and throws in the towel? Attacks on facilities. Troubling. Won't deter us from conducting credible polls. Ionic vows. He's coming after a fire wrecked havoc on the Airborne Office of the Independent National Electro Commission. Appeal court reinstates Adebu to others in Nogun. Beware of politicians craving for power. CJN warns judicial officers. A delicate suspense. OCEA Chairman Six Others. The throne's three monarchs. And we have enough food for Nigerians. Agriculture Minister Bose. Right. Thank God for that. Well, away from that, we have the punch. And quickly, APC assembly tackle a delicate Gov. Sax. 12,000 workers. APC Fium says Gov. Cort's endless. I take that again. APC Fium says Gov. Cort's endless. Litigations, agitations, destruction. State of Oshun backed by law. Gov. Action illegal says assembly. Sat local Gov. Chairman had to court. And PDP bags a delicate action. Heads APC. So it's really going to be difficult. But in whose interest is all of this? I mean, that's one big question we need to ask. The interests of the people or in the interests of various political parties. Another caption says foreign NGOs, FinTech firms linked to terrorism financing. No candidates for national award. Nominees fail exam. 50% materials deployed. Bond offices threaten poles. That's what INEC says. 50% materials deployed. And bond offices threaten poles. But they're saying, regardless, we're going to have the elections. Assoons of new crisis. Six intervention. 10,000 resident doctors remaining in Nigeria. Contractor suspends Legosi Badon Road construction resumes January. So it's like they're going for, you know, the festivity. Canua APC chair cuts with 367 PVCs. Jilled. Wow. That's the much we can take this morning on the punch. Let's move on to the next paper there. The nation needs to perhaps have following headlines on its front page. A delicate hit social state with a gale of sacriversals. I'm sure we'll have no surprises the way the nation put it. It says workers, three monarchs, Osiak chair, others fired. 30 permanent secretaries, demoted lawmakers, draw a battle line with governor of a state named Anthem, local others. Supreme court overwhelmed by 6,884 cases. CJ and Ariella laments. Beware of money passport theft in U.S. U.K. Government warns Nigerians that a miracle likely to carry Africa's flag to round off 16. This comes after black stars. Got Africa's second victory, Africa's third victory at the World Cup. It was a relief. I saw Senegal win, I saw Morocco win, and then the black stars. It's a good one for Africa. After the first encounter. Yes, it's a good one for Africa. That first match was interesting. Let's go on. Liga selects three bidders for 4th million bridge. That's $2.5 billion 4th million bridge. Maybe a long last battle shall end. Let's start with this one on the front page of the nation. They're looking at the other side of it, maybe looking at the side of the opposition in Ocean State. Now opposition in Ocean State and their complaints. What are your thoughts on the pronouncements and the moves by the Dancing Governor who's now become the Dancing Senator who's now become the Fighting Governor Adela Kei who's fired 12,000 workers appointed by the outgoing Governor of Ocean State, Uye Tola. 12,000 of them. He also sacked three monarchs, told them to vacate their palaces and ordered the police to go there and seal it off and occupy those palaces. He also reversed the appointment of 30 permanent secretaries who were appointed or promoted by Uye Tola's government barely 48 hours before he left the seat and finally he suspended the chairman and members of the Ocean State independent electoral commission. What are your thoughts on this? Good morning to all those watching us across the globe this morning. They are the criminal nodes. The Governor Adela Kei is no longer a Dancing Senator. He's now a Dancing Governor because barely 24 hours after he was wanting to see him dancing before an audience he was trying to address. Dancing book by Kiz Daniel. That video is on social media. But I think that dancing should be a little bit of past. That is what he's doing. Let's start with the issue of workers. 12,000 workers. It is obvious that the administration of PPCNR tried to put some wages on the way and laid out so many landmines for Governor Adela Kei who was to take over from there. And part of those activities was that various points made in the hours of the living. Normally, as it's supposed to be they are supposed to be a former that is what the constitution says that is what is supposed to be obtained. The outgoing Governor, irrespective of whether who is coming in is in a position from the opposition or not is supposed to have a handover node detailing everything that happened what is left to be done that is how it is. We have a big brother in another politician in Donald Trump who did the same when current President of the United States took over. Donald Trump did no handover to Amanda. So we can leave that to the point what needs to be done and what needs to be done is probably the suspension of the 12,000 workers and setting up a panel to look at the rationale behind those appointments and if they find it in their wisdom that those recruitment was wrongly done then they have a right to recommend the Governor to fire them. That to me would have been a better approach. Suspension and with tassel Larry after the panel said the Governor can take a decision but the Governor has the right to do whatever he likes. Secondly is the issue of the Prime Minister appointed few days before Governor left. He is not appointed in his four years just few days before he left he decided to appoint them and give choice to the voice. He agreed with Governor then third is the issue of the three they were suspended. He said they were suspended as most of our colleagues are pushing out. They suspended them and said their panel should be taken while he is going to look into that issue. The big one also is the issue of the state of Washington. Do you ask does the Governor have executive power to do that? Yes he does because the issue of executive order is the right that is enshrined in the Constitution. Don't forget President Muhammad Buhari also sometime this year and last year also issued some executive orders and over certain issues but it is the constitutional issues I also believe that he can take it to the state assembly for consultation the man seems to want to he doesn't want to jump himself into this shark infested water that the APC have created for him and I think that he just have to take what decision he has to take but on the other side of it Governor Yusuf has also come out to say that he left 14 billion Naira in the course of Washington state for the incoming government. Before we move on the new governor has also announced you know just by his word that he is reversing the pronouncement of the name of Washington state that was previously known from the days of Arabeshola since 2012 he is reversing that to Washington state he also said he is changing the slogan of the name of the state changing the slogan of the state and the ocean state house assembly has come out to tell him you can't do that just simply say we are no longer known as state of Washington we are now known as ocean state the slogan that we had I am changing that slogan to another slogan because he is saying that in 2012 this state of Washington as it is called today was enshrined into law it was assented to law in 2012 by the then government passed by the state house of assembly that's number one the flag of the state the symbol of the state and the slogan of the state are all products of law so what do you say to that is this governor showing us that he has the tutorial tendencies and it's not ready to do things according to law or you think it's just an oversight or maybe a mistake I think I mentioned that before I said what the last of this time is does the governor have the constitutional right to issue executive order and I said that as president already president you know that we run a federal system the president did that within the federal level issued some executive order which we have obeyed and the governor is issuing he issues six executive orders on his presumption what he needs to be determined is whether he has the right to issue an executive order if it's within his right then all will end good if the state house of assembly feels that he has stepped on their fundamental right he has bridge the constitution all they need to do is to go to court what it is the governor has issued six executive orders and that is what it should be if the state house of assembly feels that he has stepped out of then they should go to court and question that and challenge that don't forget that I see a lot of issue arising between the governor and the state house I think the states have 26 law makers if I'm not mistaken and to them are of the APC alright I think we can move on to the next story now Chris can you hear us yes I can hear you okay then let's quickly look at the punch newspaper on this it talks about security foreign NGOs and fintech firms linked to terrorism financing your thoughts on this one that's the worse on one that's the worse on one so I think proper investigation should be carried out and if it's true that that is the situation then our security agencies should do the needful I've got to help people supporting such acts Nigeria is already having serious insecurity challenges across the country it's no longer limited to not east or not west south, south, southeast and every part of the country now don't forget that some countries also raise advisory report or statement warning their citizens not to find themselves in some part of the country on two, every attempt for any organization to seem to be involved with such acts the rightful decisions taking as quickly as possible but my problem with all this is that all those that were arrested for terrorist acts for belonging to some groups Boko Haram and the rest of them I have not seen any of them prosecuted in the past few years and that is what the problem for me we cannot just be making pronouncements and making arrests as we said only for us to just keep them in the kula they need to be prosecuted and they need to be punished for their acts we cannot continue to reward such acts and thereby embodying some of these people that recently as I've said several on this forum had that some people were even released from creepy prison about one round one Boko Haram that is not doing us good so I think this issue should be thoroughly investigated and Nigeria should be given the opportunity of knowing that but another issue is always the secrecy with all of this and of course this is a government report so you see NGOs, banks and what have you are non this are non governmental organization foreign non governmental organization responsible for this or in connection with this but do you think that we're sincere because it feels like it's about we don't get to put out the details the way it should be how does that even help the fight of terrorism that's what I said in my last I said Nigeria should be made should be those information should be brought to the fore so that Nigerians we know the outcome of investigation that is what we've always seen in the past where we get those issues are investigated today Nigerians don't get to hear of it let's say you be shocked that after today in the last 48 hours this same news will die off and we'll continue to see if nothing else alright let's look at more stories are coming from the papers I think the next one we would like to take just give me a second because I lost my script there okay so let's look at the fact that the Supreme Court they achieved justice of Nigeria yesterday we had the opportunity to interface to bring this up as a topic with our guest first major conversation for the day his speech at that banquet in his honor by Yasu Miki Glavna of River State but on the front page of the Guardian the CJN part of the things he said in one of the speeches he made was that judges should not hope not with politicians and should be aware of what politicians have of their minds and the Guardian has highlighted that politicians cravings for power CJN warns judicial officers I think there's a line in his speech where he said either in your state when he was received by his state or in River State that politicians and judicial workers need not be go hand in hand together so what are your thoughts on this in the light of the controversy that thrilled his River State speech the Chief Justice of Nigeria should leave my example and it's not a question of do what I say do what I say and he was captured on video where he made those statements supporting the G5 softly and also saying that he was happy that the Government of the States shame on the member of the G5 that in his the coming of a Mayan of that magnitude and nature the Chief Justice of the Federation and just like so many other judicial heads judges and justices are supposed to be abhorred and not supposed to be partisan probably that was a sleep because that could be very very detrimental as we move into the 2023 election where circumstances where lawyers when the case gets to Supreme Court lawyers may ask the site of this case and the situation and ask the Chief Justice to recuse himself rescue himself from being part of the panel that would determine some of these issues and that is not good enough so inasmuch as his admonishing judicial officers to be non-partisan he also should do everything to stay away from such comments that's also still on the punch newspaper it talks about the merit award the Nigerian media merit award you have 32 nominees for this award and none were qualified should we be worried about the kind of country that we have we should be worried but you have to ask yourself what were the criteria used to determine the 32 have not seen it and that is part of what we are talking about transparency the award committee ought to publish the criteria used in picking these 32 people and it is only when we've seen that that we now know why they've failed the exam and that is an exam also which type of exam is there arithmetic, is there mathematics is there science, is there general knowledge remember in the past where some people asked to stand up and sing the national anthem and play and decide the pledge so we don't even know the type of exams that we are giving but it's not good enough but at times you ask yourself is that exam does that exam invalidate what they have achieved in the past or what they have done to have merited them those are what those are the fundamental issues but as I said the award committee need to publish one the criteria for picking who they picked and reason why they were picked and also a kind of exam is not just saying they didn't pass the exam what type of exam is that and how come 32 eminent Nigerians enter that exam and none of them pass the exam something is wrong some way something is definitely wrong some way it is difficult for us to make an informed statement on such issues Chris thank you so much for the time and for joining us this morning we have to pull the plugs at this time and looking forward to having you with us next week thank you very much for having me do have a wonderful day ahead on the program we have more discussions coming up and of course we look at the central bank of Nigeria saying that the NNPC has remitted zero dollars to it in forex reserves so in terms of forex profits so far from cruel sales let's call it that what exactly is the situation Labudy show me joints ahead please stay