 Welcome back is the breakfast in Plosivia, Africa. It's time for us to go through the pages this morning. Bring your great perspective, analysis, with our guests. But we'll set off with a leadership newspaper and I'll take you through all the papers that's being made available by our paper vendor. Well, like I mentioned on the leadership this morning, very bold is you must reject candidates who did not participate in primaries. That's what the leadership is saying. Sands, CSOs to INEC, you must reject candidates who did not participate in primaries. The big question would be, should we state the obvious? I mean, if you did not participate in the primaries, do you need a reminder not to have them on board? But that's what it is. INEC cannot promote impunity, illegality. That's what the civil society organizations are quoted to say, case of lawan, acpabio, dear violation of electoral act. This is what Sands are quoted to say. China insists on legal action over your Ben North APC Senatorial ticket. I mean, you're talking about that of, you know, the Senate president, Ahmed Lawan. He lost and he wasn't part of the primaries for that position. Let's see how all of that pans out. Another rider underneath says acpabio, name will be on the ballot. Hmm, according to the aid, no report suggests names were forwarded to us. INEC is quoted on that. And Nigerians are saying, INEC needs to keep up with this energy. ASWAP kills six commuters, injures two in fresh Borno attack. Very sad headline. Terrorists kill three worshippers, abduct 46 in Kaduna. Another sad one there. Kwankusso will not be OB's running mate. NNPP is quoted, but that's the possibility of a merger. Not necessarily meaning that you would probably have, you know, Kwankusso becoming a running mate. But let's see how all of this unfolds as we get close to 2023. Healthcare, patients bear brunt of outage and high diesel costs. This is according to investigation. You're looking at the healthcare sector in Nigeria. CAUGHT holds action on e-custom concession projects. And TETFORN to release a 15 billion hour for national library projects. And that was set in state where, you know, the library is nothing to write him about with two professors in that particular state. Very sad. And I don't even know what the culture of the library is right now in our country. 18 die in beader, minor, root crash. That's what you find, Ekiti Paul after landslide or Yibanji promises to walk for Ekiti people. Now you have all of the details that you need. The registered voters, you have 989,222 accredited voters, 363,438,351,865 valid votes and rejected vote, 8,888,360,753 vote cast, and 36.74% percentage of turnout. How would you actually put that out? You also find, you know, those who top three contendants, you have the SDP, the PDP and the APC right there. But that's it on the leadership. Let's move away from the leadership. Take a quick look at the Daily Independent newspaper this morning. On the Daily Independent, Forex Cursity Untamed Inflation Puts Nigra's Economy at Riggs. Now you also have the World Bank saying that you are going to have a lot of Nigerians in poverty in 2022, about 15 billion if I'm not mistaken. That's what you find. And all the courters are saying, the projection for inflation by the World Bank, Nigra has exceeded at the time, we're looking at 15 point, but right now we're looking at 17.71%. That's a lot to grapple with. Ekiti Paul's Cerep Gives INX 7 Day Automatum to Prosecute Vote Buyers. 18 persons feared dead in Niger Auto Crush, NYC member, five orders die in Biosap Boat Mishap. That's a lot of bad news. And why Artico Dumbed WK Desperate PDP Recommendation? Okoa and I are incurable optimists in Niger's future. This is what the flag bearer, former vice president, Artico Abubaka has quoted to say. Terrorists kill three worshippers, abducted many in Kaduna Church, or near rejects Ekiti Gubu Paul's result as PDP Kola Wale consents defeats by congratulating. Ekiti Gubu elections, Buhara, Tunubu, Lawan, Somuolu, APC congratulates Oye Banji. That's also another rider or caption you find this morning on the Daily Independent. Tunubu returns to Lagos, a made jubilation by party supporters. And that, Masalini's Charges, crippling airline's operation, Abgar National Women Leader joins Labour Party. Well, it's not surprising because we see a lot as we move closer to 2023. Now, on the nation newspaper, huge crowd gives Tunubu a rousing welcome to Lagos. Uzodemma, Ganduje, Boni, Shatima orders on trip with APC candidate, Lagos governor, visit Oba, final, which of the Obas we're talking about now. Terrorist Q3, an attack on two churches. Bandits Q3 in Imo, 13 monies abducted on Do, I beg your pardon, Edo state. Reaver's government files charges against Amici others, repuls over Okowa's nomination widen in PDP. And Oye Banji promises new dawn in Ekiti. You find different riders, but for the want of time, we just need to move away and quickly look at the punch newspaper. On the punch newspaper, Ekiti governorship elections, APC PDP clash over vote buying, Oni's camp malls legal action. PDP came distant third. Desperate to bring back Rene's regime says APC. APC is what, electorate find it difficult to make national rational decision. That's what the PDP's quoted to say. Elections fraught with violence. We will challenge it at tribunal. SDP collision agent is quoted. The former governor of Lagos said, Tunibu returns to Lagos, six massive local government's votes and hoodlums attack the convoy. Some people say that that's actually stage to attract sympathy. Debt servicing doubles hits 896 billion Naira in three months, according to the M.O. Six IOCs remit on paid 386.4 billion Naira proceeds this month, according to the NMPC. And following airline kicks as federal government blocks $450 million ticket revenue. People are tired of Lawan, let him go and rest. You find out the China, Yobae position on that. And stock investors loss, 767 billion Naira in one week, federal government World Bank, AFD to fix 53,730 kilometers roads with $575 million. If you're stuck with talking statistics and figures this morning, but just before we move away from the punch, you find Lagos power firms, technician falls from electricity, poor and dies, really sad. Another one says, Ogun gunmen take cigarettes, foodstuffs, free abducted church leaders, really. Lagos orders record 36,482 Tobacco cases in two years. And another one says, Benway Valley becomes gunman's haven, 92 for resident kills in three months. Very sad and unfortunate. Kidnappers demand 150 million Naira for exchange of the NFF officers abducted after a bourgeois wedding and jam registrar, kids politicians buying 100 Naira million non-limination farms. This is the headlines you find this morning on the punch newspaper. It's time for us to have Uppinabong Katari, a public affairs analyst who joins the conversation this morning. Uppinabong Katari, it's good to have you join us this morning via phone. Thank you so much. I hope you had a great weekend. That's good talking message. I'm not too sure if you get me. I come here, I do that. But we'll give you what we've got. All right, then let's start off with the leadership newspaper. On the leadership you have the Sands and the CSOs saying to INEC, the most rejected candidates who did not participate in the primaries. Now, one case that is very, very popular seem to be making the rounds on our papers. It's the case of the Yorba NFF where you have the Senate president and Machina on the particular one. Welcome, and then there's another one of mine. But we can hear you clearly. Uppinabong Katari, just go ahead with your thoughts. First of all, the law is clear on the issue of substitution. The person, the candidate, most voluntarily writes to the party and so will be transmitted to INEC. All right, in the case of that, the party will still write to INEC. And you have to conduct better lessons. A situation where the law and the Senate president says he could go for the presidency of the country and at the same time have somebody to secure the senatorial ticket is wrong. We're just gonna go back and say the following. And it is also mandatory for you to combat the same primaries that will be supervised by INEC. And so if you never see, how come did you get the votes? I mean, it's simple logic. How did you get the votes that made you a candidate? So if you never have considered in the primaries, not just participation in primaries, primaries recognized by INEC, you are not a candidate. Even if the party declares you one, you are not. You're not the top of the situation where the party has declared somebody else as a candidate and you want to use your fuses, your office, to steal, that is called stealing, to steal that ticket from that candidate. And I'm very happy that the president involved has sworn to resolve to come, should INEC recognize another president. And it is sad that the name of now one that the president is the one and not the proper. So I urge the candidate involved to go to court. I'll let the court decide it. All right. As you look into the leadership newspaper this morning, you also find, I mean, the fact that over the weekend you have a mass barrel for the old victims, I mean, those who were massacred. Now terrorists killed three worshipers, Abduk 46 in Kaduna, that's one. Another says the E-sweep killed six commuters, injured two in fresh Bono attack. What's really going on with security? The big question is, is it that we're helpless? What exactly is going on? Can we not, don't we have what it takes to address the security issues? Those who are committing this crime every order time. Are we helpless as a country? We've been discussing this issue. It's now, as the Brooklyn record, so to speak, of daily visits we have, kidnapping, killing, and what have you. You know, we are not in the love of society. We are not there already. We have a government that is in safety. A government that are not focused. A government that is rather less. And it's either the government, I can't say this, is either the government is complicit, which is my several convictions, or the situation has over won this government. But also the government, the government is complicit. And you know, the last time on this very institution, I had to go from a fashion. I thought of the former IVO police. I thought of the former service chiefs who are now ambassadors. I thought of the issue of the money that they released to the service chiefs. And nothing was bought to combat this madness. So I see a government, it makes you on the part of the government, to address, excuse me, sincerely these issues. That's my take on it. I don't forget that there were suggestions that if the government is actually as to how to address this issue, they let us invoke their system of the US, the Israel, and some other countries that have the know-how. And the government said, no, with a very reasonable, ridiculous excuse of sovereignty. What happens then, in fact, or your sovereignty? Don't you buy equipment from them? I'm telling you now, these countries know exactly what is happening. They are just waiting for you to call them back. They know, they know what is happening because they have the equipment. They have what it takes. Look at them, an American was kidnapped. What happened? Within a minute hours, they came rescued it. Out of shame, my mother came on air to say that we are aware of that conclusion. That we are not aware of that conclusion. When America is good at Israel, 19 minutes and 30 minutes, Israel was taken on our way. Is this Nigeria? When it's like, if I was asking you, is this like how today, would it go? If I say we knew when the Americans came in, they took permission, that's a lie. That's a lie. So we knew these people. They were so sure about it. It's a lie now. Look at Ukraine today. It's coming out, the United Nations is out of system. It's a normal thing. It's just a normal thing. Surely you'll find that it broke the system of countries that have the expertise. That we know how to address it. Why did I say you might be like, hey, the countries are explaining where they're going, I'm not doing it. And we're not having this country after now to talk of a sovereignty. So let us run off, right? And I invite those that will continue this equation. Well, some people have actually said that they're very disappointed with the APC government, especially where this government came on the heels that we will take care of the issue of security in 2015. And this is what's going on. Away from that, let's look at the Daily Independent newspaper for excursity on tamed inflation puts Niger's economy at risk. Now that's what the Daily Independent is saying. The World Bank has also said that the inflation shock has a tendency or it's going to push Nigerians 15 million of them into poverty between 2020 and 2022. I mean, we're looking at 2022 right now. The word there is on tamed inflation. And we're talking about scarcity of foreign exchange. Well, can you hear me? Loud and clear. Okay, first and foremost, you know, we run a money economy until all the oil is affected. The oil supply is affected. The charge chain is affected. It affects the economy. That is one. Number two, where we are now in the Padoku city, these days our politicians don't bribe anymore with neither that is almost as useless as the tissue paper. They use the dollar. And we hear as much as $30,000, $40,000 per delegate. Times the number of delegates in the country. That of course will stimulate the inflation in the country. What is inflation? Too much money for exchange, a little good. So what do you have now for the private market? But that is a problem for inflation in the country. Recently, we are talking about the oil market that has been affected, the oil price, and now it's been tested by foreign features that bribe their way through the process with dollars. Open up Ron Kitaria. I mean, you said we run a money economy and that's very true. But for how long do we need to continue in this particular cycle? Don't we understand that we run a money economy? We run an extract, extract of the economy or the identification of the economy. When Nigeria had the country's economy, when Nigeria's economy was booming, they had a rise of 4,000,000 and we didn't know the region. There was competition, there was a competition. We didn't know the region, we brought it from 4,000,000,000. But because we have leaders, when the ministry came in, we now have leaders with limited knowledge, intelligence. And so with the discovery of oil and the rising of oil in the international market, there are some types of oil in the international market. And the culture was abandoned. What of Israel? Israel is a larger culture. And we guys don't believe, easy money, that there is no need. We have abandoned the culture, we have oil. Lack of focus. And that is what has led us to the other aspect of this. Because I still have the African economy and the oil economy. And I didn't doubt that the party, because we live in a country that is blessed with human and natural resources. And I found that. So it all boils down to leadership. Family leadership. You remember we had one time the president, the whole head of state, once said the problem with Nigeria is not the money, but how to spend the money. How can a man say that? How can money, how can money be too much for the country? It's not possible. Which means your knowledge is limited? Look at Dubai today. What are we talking about? Yesterday, there were companies that were coming to Nigeria for assistance. But today we rushed to Dubai for everything. On business, business, if you go to Dubai in two years, if you went to Dubai in three years, and if you went there last year, there was a difference. If you go there this year, there is a difference. That is development. They know what to do with the money. But we had a head of state who said the problem with Nigeria is how to spend the money. That is the problem. It has always been with leadership. And that is why we have to be. Because it's not too late. If we have to follow that problem, and we have a good leadership, we must lead us that will please our strategy drive. Open up on Nigeria. I mean, these leaders will not fall from the sky, or will not fall from heaven. So the problem is with the leadership that we have over time, because we seem to not, from what you're saying, it's not that we're not in the know what's going on with us as a country. You have mentioned that we're running a mono-economy, and so we probably do not do so much. Now, you have also mentioned the issue of leadership as a problem that's not providing direction. And so who then is responsible for the kind of leadership that we're having, and that up until this moment, we have not been able to get it right? Diversify the economy, if that's the issue. We constantly have talked about it. From the time of independence up until now, you want to look at the development plan, 1966 or thereabout, till this moment. It was always hinge on borrowing, dependent on external funds to source, or to fund the plan. And how do you borrow to fund the plan? That's to do with what I let leadership, you know? So who's responsible for the kind of leadership that we have? Who's responsible for... That's what I'm saying. I've also said that when I said the electorate, Nigeria, you get the leadership you desire. How so? Now, we are talking about the electorate who collected money. Although, most of all, contact that system. Because you dissapoint Nigerians. You stole their rights of children who will be made as a candidate. If it was quite easy, if they were not provided, they would have been a lot better. No matter how a kumbasa, they would have been a lot better. Now, how do you solve this? They drive you, you collect this money, just that you satisfy your needs. Just that it's very big for you. And for the rest of the ACS, you're in poverty and failure. So that is where the awareness comes in. That is why we tell Nigeria, collect this money. We tell Nigeria what votes you're conscious. Let's say, for example, now we have a PTOB. We all know the qualities of PTOB. I'm not confident for him because in our country, I am my candidate. So let somebody say he's confident. He's not my candidate. But you also know that the PTOB, we all know the qualities of PTOB. If you have to vote, why not vote for PTOB, for example? You are the man like Anathiku. As a vice president, you saw the analytic policies and so on. If you know you are convinced that a man like Anathiku can deliver, why not vote for Anathiku? Therefore, I keep telling Nigeria, don't worry about the specific philosophy of I am a PTOB man. I'm not going to a PTOB man. I am a PTOB man. No, I am not going to vote Chris and Luke Otaria. My vote for my PTOB by telling me when you vote for a PTOB, PTOB for God knows it, WWW, excuse me, for president, that is the way I vote. Not a lot of party life. The choice of my candidate will depend on that candidate. That will determine who I will cast my vote for. I don't give a damn about your party. Because at the end of the day, if the troops are gone, we all are going to suffer from our own choices or we are going to enjoy the beneficiary of our Pagacity. Well, it's not Pagacity. So, my dear, I am not interested in Pagacy. And I ask Nigeria to also throw the same line and abandon this investment for watching if we need to get this right in this country. We know that we have to get this right. All right. Moving away from that, looking at the punch now, it talks about the AKT governorship elections. The APC and the PDP clash of a vote buying on this camp malls legal action. I mean, vote buying, we actually saw that not having to wait for any sort of investigation, we could see individuals who were very proud of saying that they sold their votes. And, of course, they got the change that they got. But what are your thoughts on this one? The fact that you have the SDP not agreeing to this and saying that they are going to pursue a legal action? Well, I mean, if you think they are right, if they believe that there is a fracture, why not? They will subject you to the clinical processes of the legal act. They will do the digital pronouncement on that. As you said, some people voted that they sold their votes. Now, the truth is, what is the talk of gratitude? There is a thin line between gratitude and hunger. It is quite difficult to talk of gratitude, to preach gratitude to reformers. Who's son is on the sick bed? Who always find it difficult to preach? Who cannot afford this task of prayer to the next effect? Are you going to talk of gratitude? May I say that your common name was Excuse me. Some of you are squandered by the same leader. So, as far as these people are concerned, this is just an opportunity for them to check what they can take. Because the national leaders, even if they vote for you genuinely, they will not see the dividends of that democracy. These are some of the reasons. But then we have to educate them. Infinity is a legend for the electoral fraud. No problem, you go to court and the court will decide these things will also further if they have evidential proof. And the judgment will further enrich our jurisprudence. So, I have never been advising anybody going to court on any issue. The more you go to court, the better for Nigeria because the more decided cases you are going to have, the more our jurisprudence will be enriched. So, anybody who wants to go to court, should go to court. If you have enough proof. But once again, it's wasting the time of the court going to court for going to court reasons without any justification. If not just justifiable, then I don't have a problem with that. Now, but some people are saying that INAC should understand what is obtainable here, especially when you are talking about the electoral acts 2022. Should INAC go ahead declaring a result or a winner when it could outrightly be seen, especially when you also could see officials of the EFCC around and during the you know, the election ground making arrests. Some people are saying that INAC should have done something differently other than what they have done. Well, INAC is extremely vast within the part of INAC we showed you. But again, INAC might be seen from a different perspective. The only advice I will ask for INAC is that should the court confirm in this pronouncement that there was an infraction and INAC went ahead to declare somebody that had not declared a winner, then the image of INAC is at stake. However, I haven't said this. That is why we have the cost for the evolution of these goods. So I don't have the problem with INAC. Some it is either way from that for another infraction not only you have the cost but you don't have the final say on that matter. Yes, the other act imposes to either declare an election a conclusive inquiry or to outright outrightly confirm, cancel it or to declare a winner. This is within the program I would like to show you and also decide which to do. You have the cost, my dear. Let's go to court and sort it out. Now let's get back again to the daily independent. Another one talks about why Artico Dom's Wike despite PDP recommendation. I mean a lot of persons would think Wike would have been the choice for the PDP especially where you have persons saying he has been very, very instrumental to the development and sustenance of the party as it is today. Let us not be sentimental on issue. It will be extremely difficult for Artico also that the next thing is the development of Artico you have chosen a Wike as its running name. Now, let's give a kind of taking talks to some of the issues I am going to raise. Why do you have a power that goes a strong supporter of Artico that is in detention today and is facing a short-term crisis we all know that father from day one said he was Artico and as far as Artico is concerned whether he says it out or not power is shorting because of it that is number one because they said it a short-term crisis number two you are a man who said the PDP should consider founding father but other people that have sustained the party and not people that left the party wanting the PDC to the election and got back to PDP. Of course that is in Wendo you are referring to Artico that is number two number three you said over your death body are you going to be a vice president you are going for the presidency are you going to win it that's much of not ambition and how will you want such a president to be your vice number four you are at loggerheads with all your program governors all of them that is that you are using their fathers you are using their mothers you are using their wives you are using every day these people have they say it will become the vice president of the country even if they are not members of that committee they have a direct life to be started to Artico don't call him to say please don't give it to that man and it's not presidential enough these are some of the issues you go to church and say talk about fire you which president do you want to have such a president after the vice so you take a lot of issues all of them may be the choice of the country some of them that are near impeccable of your public persona they are not such a president not near impeccable nobody is going to do somebody that is talking about I mean I am sorry but quickly in just a second or two what they are about because we are being prompted to move away for the want of time now on the leadership it talks about will not be obese running mate this is according to the NNPP what do you think of this bromance whatever it is you want to call it with the labor party the NNPP do you see a measure coming through just as in 2015 the labor party oh sorry yes I am talking about your thoughts on the Kwan Kwan soul not going to be obese running mate of course we are also here the spokesman of the NNPP saying that they are in talks with the labor party and Nigerians would be satisfied but I am asking you do you see a measure with the labor party and the NNPP ahead of the 2023 elections a replica of what happened in 2015 yes there is a possibility although it is still here to be right now and the problem will be with Kwan Kwan soul one should be on the official visa advice we need to be one to be one person right that is where you have a long time that is why you have to come a good long time you know because what I am saying as the PR for presidency already will be as the PR for presidency already who is ready to subdued his if the other that's the problem everyone will come in here otherwise I don't see a problem with the NNPP and now there will be a very strong force because we have two major presidential bids excuse me so it will have been a major threat a major to NNPP but with everybody writing to sacrifice for the NNPP to bring this dream to the future that is the common ground open up on Katara let's leave it at that will anybody be willing to sacrifice his presidential ambition to have that thought force in 2023 but do they need to sacrifice I mean do you really need to have this persons projecting themselves as candidate at the end of the day can they take the backstage become king makers that also should be another question we are hoping to get answers but that's the much we can take this morning on the front pages of a national dailies thank you so much open up on Katara for being part of the breakfast thank you good morning good morning I hear that yes open up on Katara is a public affairs analyst we take a breakdown but just before then let's tell you what happened today in history when we return we head straight to our first major conversation right here we're looking at the aftermath of the governorship elections in the state of course it's very critical to the 2023 elections stay with us