 That's what you wouldn't care about Let's do double short. Oh, God There's a breakfast in plus TV Africa time for us to take you through the pages of a national deal is we call it off the press And we have a Zika on yah, I took a public affairs analyst He's on standby. He joins the conversation via zoom a Zika. I took is good to have you join us this morning Thank you. It's always such a pleasure a privilege for me to be with you people. Thanks for having me All right, then Let's take a look at the leadership newspaper this morning. We set up with the leadership now the bold caption for the leadership talks about the presidential screening and Dlea one's drug test for Osiba Joe tinu boo Amici orders, so this is really interesting It's gotten a lot of reactions as a matter of fact a lot of people think that this is a you know Development a new development to the political scene now Right APC leaders or right APC leadership says PDP aspirant orders to follow your higher bellow picks 100 million narrow nomination form I'm all soon to declare next week. I'm h.m. It's south is delegates in Oweri Despair denial national hospital cancer treatment machine not working. Why should we be in denial troops kill 30 terrorist? Explosion claims three soldiers in casino Kaduna train attack victims spend 30 days in captivity. I mean, that's a lot of time senator men's terrorism act bands payment of ransom at the time where you have, you know victims Well, family of the victims saying we're willing to have this negotiation Zamfara the poses to Amir's district head over banditry hmm and We just move away from the leadership this morning. That's the much we can take. Thank you so much All right away from the leadership will slide on next to the punch newspaper The lead story for this morning is on the electoral act more commissioners Step down as Bruhari's ministers refuse to go Out of about three writers or more there. Let's see a governor tambourine 11 commissioners ssg chief of staff Resigned I'm also enjoying presidential race. Yahya bellow. I want you by peak forms I won't resign says in gig a nlc place campaign to meet asses trike Above the must-have. There are some interesting stories a Senate prohibits a ransom payment abductees families seek talks with Bandit subsidy hits 1.35 trillion narrow in four months NNPC to deduct 672 billion Naira drug tests NMA box and the LA MBA demands legal back-end FG states a local government share 725 billion Naira as federal allocation Rises EFCC extradite fraud suspect to us over 148 thousand dollars scam Affinity fairway six unity government says Buhari has failed Just below the picture there are Lagos traders protect shooting of business man kill a cop Celebrator these up here. Oh, I think I'm aware of that particular story Apprentice of fleece to send me as Lagos wife gives birth to quadruplets fire god TV Joshua's property destroys Tom Shelter ten die in Lagos Ibarra Road crushes FRSC blames speeding several stories on the punch, but let's just don't leave it at that Away from the punch newspaper. We take a look at the daily independent Insecurity a fenifera advocates government of national unity says it will midwife a new Democratic government Senate prohibits payment of ransom to kidnappers and while we're seeking 150 billion our Beijing finance facility Delta State government is quoted on that Banditry Zamfara government dethrones to emus and district heads you know in connection with banditry and Dlea acts parties to make drug tests part of screening for aspirant APC Rosa's special preference for Jonathan That's the former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and you find out calling on him to run on Patriotic a responsible are your a deba and George quoted on that It's ought to have Jonathan impose as consensus candidate sagas quoted and Just before we move away from that federal government or case 853 million our for consultants to concession Agile could to steal and you also have approves 10.48 billion our to hunt. I beg your pardon 27.09 million dollars for ministry of power politician and gross in 2023 poll while asked to strike lingers the Label congress is quoted to say that's the much we can take this morning on the daily independent Away from the daily independent. Let's take the last store on paper for this morning, which is the nation All right 2023 battle for tickets Pete's governors against Sanitas or the right there attention in state over slots parties moderators struggle for position ministers insist no Recognition before primary. Let's seek foreign aid to free abducted train passengers All right. Let's see most stories a PC get petitioned to disqualify Biodom on the red strip below ionic resumes issuance of PVC's in Lagos Burnt I Can't really see that one, but let's see if we can get most stories on that one I don't put us till it's a pay iron or get 853 million era revival Cache fraud federal government extradite Nigerian suspects to the United States Man kidnaps ex Lovadoza the bulk of the story we can take on the nation this morning As they can yeah, I took it's good to have you join us this morning and we appreciate your time Thanks for having me Well, let's get straight to this. It's dominating all of the papers this morning It talks about Senate the Senate prohibiting payment of ransom to kidnap his and what are your thoughts? The very first thing is In consistency is in our policies and again Living Nigerians in a state where we really don't know what when the government is sincere when they You know what we say government a lot of times we always leave it to the executive, you know the legislature They're also part of government. So when you say government is holistic, we don't know when they are sincere We don't know when they are serious. Now if you say That you want to abolish ban prohibit the payment of ransom the question number one is exactly what is the state policy that Does not have any coloration of you know confusion Exactly, what is the state policy towards these people as at this morning or yesterday some government of fish outs Are still referring to these people as bandits Whereas a cut of competence jurisdiction has declared them terrorists Now that gives you a conflicting body language and especially the people to pursue the war They want to know that there is a certain body language of the commander-in-chief because there's something about the army Who are the people taking this on right now? They they they kind of have been brought up to follow the order of their boss and Within this context the boss, which is the commander-in-chief is mr. President Exactly as you you are a journalist. You are both in Nigeria. What would you say? Can you go to the street and ask the average Nigerian and ask what do you think is mr. President's Disposition to this issue of terrorists in the north and then you also do undercover kind of In the investigative Journalism and go into the minds of the cops go into the minds of the military These are things that can be done and then unless there is a very clear body language from the military That wherever you are as bandits. We are going to smoke you out wherever you are then if you are unfortunate enough to be a victim directly or indirectly Of the activities of these terrorists At the back of your mind something will tell you that something is going to be done But if you have no confidence whatsoever that something will be done and then you are told not to pay ransom I mean number one it emboldens the people just Go go. I don't know the word the terrorists You will embolden them whereas the average Nigerian will tell you go and tell that to the marines, you know Because I'm going to get my people back So I think that it It's a right pronouncement. It's a global best practice the right pronouncement But they need to do both that talk. They need to let Nigerians know that they are ready to take this thing head on All right. Let's look at some other stories. You know trending across some of the papers Which is on the electoral act? Let's see if we just slide on it just a bit because we will be discussing that much later on the show But let me just get your quick opinion concerning that More commissioners stepped down as boharis and ministers refused to go. That's on the punch newspaper. What are your thoughts, Mr. And your air talk I want to bring in one two three perspectives and dimensions that people don't Often talk about in this issue of resigning Number one, I think it is moral recklessness That you want to be in office when you know that you cannot be effective in that office and you'll be paid for it I'm contesting for the governorship of my state And I know What it takes me on a daily basis in terms of time. Don't bother about resources yet in terms of time I know that I've literally handed over the management of my estate and my company to a second hand because I've got to have a second address, you know to go back to because If I do that my office will suffer I know that there's a lot of consultations You walk till late at night and then you cannot wake up early in the morning It is just a moral burden That you don't want to be paid for a job that you are not delivering on that is number one So if they say they know you don't even need to be told to resign Nobody asked me to handle my company as it were to somebody else to run. Nobody told me But something told me that I need to get the office running right Serious service is not a reward center. It is a workstation Where you manage the resources of the generality of the people So when would you want to be in an office that you know, you are not going to be effective and efficient in you can't We will know that That's the bottom line number two Why what's the moral conscience for you to be paid? The first part is getting the work done. Even if it was free Even it was a committee that you were asked to give giving a national assignment to work on the second one is being paid for a job You're not doing with your morals there. And of course the third is this What is it apart from thinking that you are the only one that can do that job apart from you The other person can do it. You are so patriotic You don't want to let somebody else to the job because you are too good at it And mr. President cannot find a replacement for you The last question I ask you is this What is there in that office that you don't want to be At this setting contracts that money has just come out. You want to make sure you get it Is it that you are using to victimize people to intimidate people and to coerce people to follow you Because if they don't do that, you will not make sure that they are paid You make sure that this and that do you want to use that office at that too to work on to people Instead of giving the people Reason to believe you and support you When you put all these things together It tells me that my vote my support can never Go to anybody that is still in the office apart from those that are statutory because like the governor I mean you can't leave the office. You can't resign. It won't be nice Not that you can't but somehow the constitution covers you And finally These are people who just believe in impunity is their life is their stocking trade You know that going to the court there is a chance that it can go against you But these are people who have come to believe that they can handle the court. They can manipulate the court How can the attorney general of the federation the minister of justice Of all people Be involved in this I'm not a lawyer, but I know that when you go to court it can be this way. It can be that way And for the parties, I think the call is on the parties I'm happy that the apc has seriously resigned or forget it Now anybody that is still in office that comes for screening Has disobeyed the the daughter, you know, you say the law is complicated But for me, I want the citizens to see these people as people who believe they are above the law And let them do whatever they want But let them come and meet you and reject them reject them Reject them All right Is it okay? Yeah, I took let's also look at the leadership newspaper this morning And there's a consent about train the kaduna train attack victims I mean the fact that they're spent 30 days already in captivity Um, what what can they do now that you have the senate prohibiting? You know the payment of ransom The government Doesn't feel it seemed like that we'll be able to go ahead and rescue in this persons who have been kidnapped. So what's going to happen? What should the people now do? I I I first in such a sensitive matter that I need to I I I need to like balance out my emotions Question number one. Where is lia sharibu? That's just one question. Where is lia sharibu? lia sharibu's case stands out that Anybody with a conscience With a heart that has some element of the milk of human kindness and that even has wisdom This a girl that was said go denounce your faith. She said no I can't denounce my faith For a country that needs healing that needs integration that has a muslim now as a President even was a christian. He wouldn't make much impact as much But a muslim who says I am for all faith muslims Christians and you cannot intimidate hara's compel coerce anybody to change her or his faith And if this lady is being incarcerated on account of this I have to show that I will not take it But where is mr. President on this lia sharibu's matter? So if he has that attitude and body Disposition to to lia sharibu I feel sorry for everybody that becomes a victim of a kid now and um for the training Victims I just believe I just pray that god will you know, we always stop god Because the god on earth, which is government is not there. So let's go to the god in heaven. That's that's my prayer that There'll be a sitting divine intervention one word the other And that these people and the others will regain their freedom So so is it and I took you are saying that the people especially the victims of This trained. I mean attack or kidnapped should fold your arms and Wait for god to intervene Because the government has failed They they they should they should pray for wisdom the bible says wisdom is profitable to direct They should pray for wisdom to know what to do because somebody's already out I'm sure you're aware of that. So nobody's stopping you from paying I'm told that the certain person paid a hundred million. I don't know if that's true It's already out and the history shows that all the other people have been paying some money to get their people out So I believe that I am no matter how you look at it. I'm a christian and my faith still stands And I still believe in miracles. I do I do okay But above all there's a way that simet right onto a man But the end of the ways of death or destruction You can take an action that will hit you both ways and both ways you lose and you can take another action That will help you now the only person that knows tomorrow is god and that's not just You know Phantom thinking it's a fact. So I believe that they should ask god for wisdom on what to do Wisdom is profitable to direct. I believe that very well So not that they should fold their arms and wait for god No, is that they should ask god for wisdom on what to do. There's always room for divine intervention It could it could even give a lead As to you know, god can lead you or wisdom can lead you to somebody you can talk to That can give you information Very very strategic information that can make things work out faster A lot of times we think we know it all. No, that's the reason why we are faith and for me faith is active. It works All right, let's stay with the punch newspaper Just above the masthead. There is a story on the economy specifically subsidy heats 1.35 trillion naira in four months NNPC to deduct 672 billion miss tanya etok. Well, we had that with this issue of a fuel scarcity or sorry fuel subsidy and You know that warnings that we have gotten from the world bank over time on this particular issue I have maintained a very very very consistent position Right from the time of president jonathan First subsidy is a fraud against the poor At the at the risk of being misunderstood. I have several SUVs several And I know the amount of fuel all these v8 engines consume The the fuel I consume alone as an individual Is probably more than what what what I don't I don't want to talk about my village. That's too small But probably what my word consumes, you know 80% of the people in my world if not my local government Who are they how much fuel do they use in a day? Now you are telling me about 1.35 trillion in four months So you are talking in terms of maybe in a year going to four trillion. You know what the trillion is Why don't you let this thing be and then is it a problem is the poor man has which I understand clearly is If you don't enjoy this more one way you see you know go see him again because these guys are dishonest and it's a fact Is a sad fact Why don't we have honest people that say the poor Your problem is transportation primarily I'll take your transportation. I'll take your health care. I'll take care of housing those three things And of course education What is the budget for health care education? Housing and transportation put together Is not even a quarter Of the amount you are using in subsidy alone Subsidy is a scam subsidy is a ripoff against the poor There are so many stories and issues about subsidy that have not been interrogated And I don't know why why we don't do it Number one, what is the exact subsidy? Number two, why are refineries not working? Let me tell you about refineries Refineries number one are not working. And do you know that People are being paid every month who are working in refineries They are being sent on courses. They are being put on maintenance All sorts of things are being done on refineries that have been demand over the past years When we aggregate all these funds, it just shows a government that really And that does not know what they are doing or they couldn't be bothered It's really really really troubling. This issue of subsidy My prayer is that we will stop all this analysis on media and Nigerians will wake up I don't know. There's something about government of unity that's advocated by a fenifera I hope we can touch it If not, so I would have like to say something because that time has come when we have to as a people Think and try and seek and tired of the blame game I know what is taking me for me to say I want to contest for the governorship of my state I know what is costing me at this stage of my life. I know what is costing my family But for how long will we continue to be talking and sit in our convert zones and expect something to be done by who these people The issue of psychiatric evaluation and drug tests These are matters like genuine and jamaic because there's something from the mentally world with our leader Before we let you go mercy has one final one Um, so quickly let let's just take a look at this. I mean, I'm just asking myself Which should we go for now? But let's quickly look at the issue of politicians being engrossed in 2023 elections While as you strike still lingers and this is what the nlc is quoted to say What are your thoughts on this? We also have the minister of education Who's actually you know declared his intention to be part of the party Ministers of state i beg your pardon I Let me use one line on it and then ask myself a question that is very interesting and important to me one line is this you know You know, there's this story of room and narrow is um is wearing headphones while room begins to burn, you know These are people whose The intention in office is not governance it's politics The intention in office is not governance, but politics I attended infrastructure you know Discuss yesterday and um, it was I I hardly slept at night. It was very revealing I do not know how many people who want to be president of governors really understand the state of the finances of their country or their state When I see all this thing that is going on I think that I do not longer put any blame on the politicians, but on migraines. We need to wake up We need to know that that time has come that this conversation about a pc a d a m b d p has to stop We should stop that conversation even the media should help me to stop that conversation and let the conversation be How can we raise a government that will help us and not we're not helpless. We're not helpless We have 18 political parties. So many politicals our properties have come together Women and men of conscience have come together. They say look let adopt a dc african democratic congress Let us profile the people let us create a new agenda Let us create a government of national unity. Let us create an emergency rescue team for nigeria Let us let the conversation be how can we create this team? Let that become the conversation and not about minister who wants to contest when everything is falling Because he couldn't careless. He didn't go there to uphold the things He went there to politics and there's a time for him to act Let us move the conversation to how do we get into a dc and how do we get somebody that will be a good president How do we get all these amazing people to come together and form a team? How can we rescue nigeria and fenifera has hit a right note? What we need today is for us to focus as they live a dc and the bdp and apc will leave them Completely ignore them. Let them do what they want to do. Let us see our future. That time is now How can a dc put up a platform that will recruit and have a sort of leadership? That is inclusive that that that is focused that has an agenda that nigerians will believe in Within one year nigeria will turn and head in the right direction and things will be okay The conversation about these two parties, please I want to appeal to the media to just leave them to do their thing They are goats that will not stop eating in the yarn Ezeko Yaito we have to let you go now. Thank you so much for being part of the show We appreciate your thoughts all the time Thank you and God bless you both All right Ezeko is Ezeko Yaito gives a public affairs analyst and he joins us every Thursday Right here to share his thoughts on some of the national issues making the round And that's the size of it on off the press. We take a breakdown But just before then let's tell you what happened today in history And when we return we heading straight to our first major conversation. Stay with us