 Welcome back to the breakfast and plus cv africa time for off the press as usual We'll take you through the pages of the national dailies and have I guess drawing to make sense of all of the stories We do have Chris one do on standby. It's good to have you join us Chris. Good morning and compliment of the season Many things all right, let's start off with the punch newspaper this morning We'll be looking at some of the big stories and the punch the banner caption reads federal government plans 12 trillion narrow fresh borrowing public debts to hit 50 trillion narrow by 2023 governments Boeing Plan focuses on domestic bonds and concessional external loans Go after wealthy Nigerians owing the country instead of borrowing This is what you have experts saying Assets must be created to justify debts Infrastructure needs essential says analyst Now you also have another caption saying 15 states conducting contact tracing 1,986 travelers test positive for COVID-19 and and CDC is quoted on that currency in circulation jumps again hits 5.1 5 trillion era Electro acts national assembly concerned with lawmakers Poly political interest says Malami national assembly concerned with lawmakers political interest says Malami and Just before we move away. They're quite interesting headlines here We will continue our resolve to make Ogun all producing state a beard doing is quoted on that and We're tired of crying pleading with Buhari over. Yeah, Shaibu. This is what parents Parents are saying but you know for me the question is do we still have Yeah, Shaibu alive. I mean is she really alive? Is she dead? I really don't have answers to that and I'm hoping that you know We can get answers and I'm sure that the question that the parents asking might not also be different from all of that But this is some of the headlines were taken on the punch newspaper this morning and on the Nigerian Tribune Big story there convention APC stakeholders move against Boonee committee plan January 11 Summit group threatens mass protests over tenure elongation Fi FRSE confirms 11 burnt in Anambra Boxing Day accident Also, many injured as bus loaded with passengers plunges into Lagos Canal Buhari remains Buhari's remaining 17 months enough to solve Nigeria's security problems says the presidency Says the swap rockets meant to scare presidents from Bernou visit Bandits abduct 34 women and others in Zamfara Electoral Act why Buhari will not sign and that's from Malami Disagreement between dango tea and a Muslim government caused the loss of 16 billion IRA refinery to Lagos says a bearded and I think we can share just a few more in the Tribune passport scarcity affecting 1.5 million Nigerians in Italy and Police arrest illegal rich kids car racers in pound 21 cars in Abuja Those are stories on the Tribune Away from the Tribune. Let's check out the Daily Sun newspaper this morning Gunmen kidnapped 20 women in Zamfara and troops killed seven terrorists in Yube Foyle e-swap attack at special forces school 17 months enough to end insecurity Presidents is quoted. I mean this are the riders underneath the boat caption. Please free or courage's Son-in-law as emo government can Bishop condemn church invasion Anglican Bishop slams Buhari for not signing Electro Beale Abga mocks and do bar and you also have passport scarcity affecting 1.5 million Nigerians in Italy Desmond Tutu for burial January the Fest and Yuba groups unveil up to cop kidnappings or kidnapping in the Southwest Omicron, Nigeria records 1547 infections That's really scary if you ask me again APC hits a door government over alleged plots to convert central Hospital be need to pack motor park That's also another headline on the Daily Sun newspaper this morning That's so much we can take at this point in time. That's a quick mention that you know the figures concerning COVID-19 You know, it still doesn't seem like Nigeria is testing it not factually And so we maybe are just reporting people who report, you know themselves sick in the hospitals Not necessarily, you know figures from massive testing across the country. So we we really may not even have The might just be cases Definitely, you know, it should be a lot worse on the Daily Independent this morning low capacity COVID-19 curb aviation performance in 2021 additional 30 aircraft expected in 2022 Which at once was arrest merited predicament says the APC Also, COVID-19 Omicron, Nigeria may witness increased hospital Hospitalizations and deaths experts warn say Omicron variant cases on the reported like I just mentioned Thugs violently disrupt PDP Congress in Zamfara and also Zulum to social media promoters stop comparing my work with other governors bandits attack Zamfara communities kidnapped 33 women and Passed administration looted funds for fighting gangs terrorism I'm not sure who that is from now. Well, those are the stories we can share on the Daily Independent All right. Good morning once again to Chris one do thanks for joining us. I'm not sure which of the stories you like to pick up from once again, I Was to start with the Copa of the punch in this paper Boring this is becoming Boring too many shuttered and shattered by stars like that Bent at which is pouring a scheme and Our public debt is in about 50 trillion That person I think was we're hoping between a 30 or 35 trillion By Trillion I personally want to ask which way to pay this debt These are just being activated for generations yet or both and this current administration How purely 17 months to leave office and there is no strategic plan on how to pay How is there been a debt that we are already our external debt? We are completely Cleaned out by the administration of Homer president And we had a clean view of health but now We are at native debt as if it is coming out of fashion and the question I come to act And I say it's probably that there's nothing wrong the any country going even in the United States of America I think that they are the biggest economy was the post but I was what we use the ones What we use it for we use it for infrastructure or just for For just jamborees and to come to look at a point that our Deps are the same was hitting out close to about 90% and that in itself so far, so I don't know where we're going We are currently and the government have told us that there's nothing wrong in Borough a and that it will continue to work The national assembly was supposed to be a kind of guy I was supposed to be a bridge between the citizens and the government also Decided to go away of the government and said that whatever the president pray they would have code so We are left between the deep sea and devil and that is what we find our separate present But it is part of what you that we cannot be created in love. Yes, we got that I've been the serious incoming make-up Christy with the COVID-19 that the issue of the crisis of Oil did mean and rest of them But that does not mean that every single thing we need to do we have to go away China We are going to us We so many countries of the world and say always goes that he who goes abhorring those are sorry and that is the situation We find ourselves. I find it just so that we cannot be as creative as we can To be able to create words within a country and look at it The rate of employment is so high that at the point we are designated as the corporate team Capital of the world and not just to be working. I don't know where we're going to get out of this I just hope that the government will not put us in a deep situation that will make it very big up on our interests After the most I left in 2023 Okay, there's also a story on the Nigerian Tribune that I thought was interesting and that is The one that says Buhari's remaining 17 months are enough to solve Nigeria's security problems and that's from the presidency Do you agree What about the politics I'm sure you still remember that That can mean and horse is sticky can never die Then we are let out all that. Oh, that's a what's the other getting soft targets now that everything we call into Fusion, I'm sure you had that too. Then as it was Going we are not told again. They came up with anything to get that. Oh, we are now more secure that way We have had it. I'm sure you had that too. So there have been so many rhetorics here and there every now and then government trying to push the narrative trying to give a sense of security try to give a Initially, they say we don't have enough movement. We had about to us to come up Tukanos that were purchased by the federal government. What are we doing with that? They say we didn't have and they have armed we said that the problem of the service team that they were not up We service that services. We say the problem was the IGP is better. Do not police that second Inside the IGP Nothing system and present on the daily basis continue to be matching on that security agencies advise the security chiefs of which are they sit down for one hour two hours Security meeting all of them come a smiley. They don't show the seriousness They don't even seem to perceive the seriousness of the issues as it were on the daily basis People have been if not along the budget card now Expressway on the daily basis People were killed among in their vehicles in 25 And the daily basis people are kidding card. You know, it moves to Zafara is a no-go area Oh, no, it's a no-go area all parts of the not I knew every part of Nigeria is not secure And you are telling us that this will be sick when let's see the magic ones But to me the box this up on the table of the present as I say every time is the command I think of the emphasis They don't have much to do because they don't have any control over security agencies It I cannot be squarely on the table. I think it's a change a part I hope it should be a gentle between the government in the state and the federal government so that we can be able to get this Problem just behind us. This is a rack tag at the point. Don't forget. Also. They call it a rack tag And This creates from bandit We have moved to terrorist now I don't know what to measure and I continue to say that we continue to go on this route onto with lead to start prosecuting those that have been Fingered or those that have been arrested for sure terrorism across Nigeria. We are treating this with key gloves I want to continue to treat that and that is what we get I continue to also say that the body language of the president is not helping matters at all I don't know why he's doing that Well, it's a situation where people just go randomly and continue to kidnap people and keep people at way We start any recourse to anybody prosecuted them This is what is spoiling this and the AGF have come a second separately The federal government of course about it to say that they will name those behind it. We saw what happened in UAE So people had a name to have been financing Boko Haram and within the days that we are running up Prosecuted and just charged with as fast getting most doing the Last regime of the last president that died. He ran them most of them up. Got them general that we are Sentenced to their now eliminated that is how to go about it But you know we are going about we are treating with the kid gone But I want to just to you know briefly so we can also move something else But I want you to also you know speak on this same topic Does statements or do statements like these really just show that the government doesn't even know exactly what is Required to truly end the insecurity challenges in the country Or they're really just making statements, you know to appeal to Nigerians Because you know if you ask if you ask the questions about what really are required. It's more than just military Actions it's more than just funding the military better. There's a lot, you know that has to go into Education into poverty into you know our borders, you know that have continued to be poor us There's so much that needs to be done And they don't seem to really understand those aspects besides the military aspect of it So does a statement like this really just tell you that they don't seem to understand the problem Or they do and they really are just throwing out words They're both one they've lost all initiative and that's what I can say because they've tried everything in the books and within the past six years Obviously, they're not able to get it right Then also, I still believe that they know what needs to be done But as Riley said, it's not just about military action. That is also what is called intelligence country Every security agents are not doing more on intelligence country and have some level of connectivity with the city Well, once we able to win the the confidence of the citizens that it makes it much easier for you to be able to Reconside it and be able to To go against After those behind this, but does it bring disconnect between the citizens and the security agents? We have people who are not able to get military the necessary information to be able to operate because There's a disconnect Between the citizens and the military because they also believe that some of this information they've passed to the security agents They're back to this bandit and they use it against them. So it is a very very big challenge. Yes military hardware yet there Soldiers will have it but if you don't do more than that then because I'm not one of the school of thought that it is because of Poverty and the NIGA is not duty-contracting property. There are so many I mean Chris one do you we can't take out the fact that poverty and all of the crimes and criminality that were faced with Don't work. I mean hand-in-hand and you want to say they're cousins poverty and crime. There's a strong correlation I mean, you would want to see the rate of unemployment People want to survive the survival is in nothing excuse though, but just to say that I mean We can't take out the fact that being a poor country is also contributing to all of the crimes and criminality that were faced with But and you know, I'm still talking about security now looking at the Sun the Daily Sun newspaper I don't know if this would be like a good news for us And maybe the entire country can actually you know, imbibe this one You're about groups unveil apps to cob kidnapping in the Southwest What do you make of this innovation? Let me repeat myself poverty Insecurity cannot be being only on poverty and I repeat that Nigeria is not the only country that is talking about that has poverty across We are so many countries in Africa. They are our perpetrator. Yes, poverty is an issue Unemployment is an issue ability for people to be able to do about their businesses with and necessary to be able to feed themselves is a problem, but if you look at the rates of Insecurity you also look at other factors talking of education. He mentioned education I don't think we look at the ratio the education by ratio of Education in the south and that of the not to come to realize that's a big problem Look at the issue of a majority a system and not it's causing a lot of problems I've always been saying that that is a time on waiting to explode Children on the basis are just push out to go and be begging and rest of them And anybody can be put to capitalized on such on such which is also power as you said and Be able to iterate them and get them a fix into the system. And that is a big issue So It is a total mix for me back to the issue of I don't know how the app works, but if I can say that The app can be used to be able to track issue of kidnapping and arrest them all well and good But I still believe that the state government is usually the such as a dream is not You look at what they've done with a motorcycle security system and is working in the south Southwest the sad is several times the top of a bug for years. No, nobody's doing anything I just saw the voice take up now few weekend my bio last week was there about saying he's watching his own security at great Which is an arm of a bug how that is going to solve the security problem him for his days I don't know, but it has to be a collective It's not just a step by state in the southeast what is that was it was come together I have a joint patrol team If the start is going to do something like that, it has to be joint Won't you they have owned the then south side is literally doing well But the north and the south is seems to be the bedrock of high level of insecurity And the federal government needs to do something about our secret agencies a lot of people didn't travel this Christmas because of the height of Insecurity across the land the rather remember where they have because they don't know whether we actually get to where they're going Or even if they get there they will come back safe Okay, I'll quickly also speak on the situation walk the emo state arrest Situation where which a was who was arrested in church on Sunday Reports have it that he has been released, but it's on the daily independent this morning It says which it was was arrest merited pretty comment. It says release which release Release was who says he wore the released was why beg your pardon says he wasn't invited before arrest Share your thoughts on what might be happening over there The bizarre manner with which it was was arrested is what was making the rent and a lot of my guests have done that you can just walk into a church and Decide to adopt I call it a version that that was not an arrest and I continue to ask if not for the social media I wonder what would have happened if that abortion or arrest whatever it was not captured on Cameras and social media. I wonder what because the way a man it was done looks like kidnapping And the question we've always asked there are procedures for arresting of in Nigeria irrespective of our political priorities or not He has to be invited if it's a face to be he says to show her not that invitation Warrant of arrest will be issued I don't think that was a because even the statement issued by the commissioner of police Is not state that he was invited and refused to Honour that invitation He was he has been released According to report, but even the most a government have come out to apologize to the church on the way and manner He was arrested. I don't think that is allowed to go. They are better. Well, they were in a civilized country I would don't tend to be behaving as if We're in banana banana a banana republic If he has questions to answer that procedure that you could have led to he's been Invited and if refused arrest there you issue a warrant of arrest that will be publicized So that whenever you take any action that you do the people will be with you But that was not cool Then you are doing the large the writing at the wrong time becomes a problem You arrested him you handcuffed him and within 20 less than 20 hours you've released him Then what is the order show all about to me that was that was wrong and I think we should start behaving as a civilized society What is not happening in my city many that thing came out So many things came up. We saw the height what went all over social media. He has been kidnapped. There was panic everywhere Even those within him most a lot of people went to their places in my hometown people went back to went back home and rest of them The news went around so badly that Every there was tension everywhere. It's not supposed to be that way. That's not the way to go about it Okay, let's also look at another caption here on the punch newspaper Nigeria varsity ranks very low because of poor lecturers to student ratio Or that's what a former vice chancellor is quoted to say Well, we have always been going on that low rank people long at the point. I don't think that any Niger University was able to make the first 1000 And ranking of the university and the reasons are many Don't forget that most of our universities And the state universities that are supposed to be the pioneer of academic excellence In the last few years have faced a lot of challenges As soon at a point as soon went on strike over one year students were at home Then what were they fighting for the apart from their own personal interests, which is uh, They also try to fight for the Of the university system where I think that the facilities are not good For learning and we want to have the state universities. You have private universities and most of them What we have more is more now of quantity down quality. Are you going to access it? Why do we find ourselves in this situation? And the reason I have other says is because our leaders don't find The universities or higher institutions they include enough their children All their children are going to school in abroad with various universities across the globe. So when you're talking of Of Poor quality Education in the university system. You see that it doesn't concern them. All of them We have that you see on the daily basis how they go to united kingdom They are they go in us for the graduation of their children and they pose and and post pictures of those I have said it down with that number that until we start making our public officers Accountable to nigeria. This is we continue to position It should be we should have it within the system that any public officer that's taking up position in nigeria must make it that Is our child is in in nigeria schools. I don't care whether it's private or Public but there must be nigeria so that when we are talking about a problem within the educational system They will feel it better sit where now they don't all of them even the the children of the president Did you see that all of them could have brought We saw about one or two of them that graduate But it was abroad. So what we expect so on to be able to do the needs Quality of education and we continue to put and that is why most often that not you see that most of the Certificate that we put there we give out here when you go abroad We have the act to take certain examination and the rest of them for each way to put in two of those Investments across the globe, which is to me is not good enough All right, cruise one do as always Tuesdays are very interesting with you. Thank you very much for Joining us for spending Your time with us this morning. Wish you're very interested in it Thank you very much for man. You are in a happy new year in advance. Thank you All right, and that's where we wrap up off the press this morning. Thank you for staying with us very interested stories You know the papers this morning, especially the one on insecurity and of course More states and a couple other things We'll take a short break and share with you a little bit of history when we come back our first major conversation for today Let me kick it off. Stay with us