 Welcome back to the breakfast and plus TV Africa We're about to look at the pages of our national dailies and we'll be having a guest join the conversation as Zika and yeah I took isn't stand by but let's look at the leadership I set up with the leadership and as always the top stories would be the focus the leadership newspaper this morning says few Skecity bides had a I made NMP's assurance of one billion liters And that's the reality because you can see that if you leave in Lagos and or the pads of the country I'm sure that you probably would have experienced of the scarcity Motorist commuters stranded keep vigil at filling stations transport fare fares rise as one liter cells for 600 naira in a butcher Lagos black markets Skecity may last for another two months says Ipman President didn't order query of the NM DPR a head. That's what officials go there to say interesting and Bello Coco appointed a substantive and PAMD you also have another header here saying 418 million dollar power club reforms federal government state no fate a March 25th and Just before we move away. You have five killed as IED explodes in Burnu after as to colleges of education on lectures threatened strike That's what you have and you also have the FCTA to borrow 200 billionaire for road and water projects citing irregularities president Muhammad Abu Hari six amendment to the 2022 Budget and that's it this morning on the leadership Let's go straight to the front page of the Guardian Which says it is a conscience nurtured by truth with these headlines a big one there Harder times loom as fuel crisis lingers And you have the following writers to that inflation Decelerates slightly to 15.6 percent. That's interesting Data is mockery of market reality Food crisis not reflecting government's investment in agriculture says farmers Association NNPC imports 2.3 billion liters as cues persist nationwide, you know, I'm messy. I've been asking myself Don't we have a stockpile? All right of them of this petrol By the NNPC the almighty NNPC Such that if there's a national emergency, we can always resort to that stockpile. I mean This situation shows that there may be no stockpile You know in countries that have forward-thinking You know measures they would have something kept somewhere so that if there's an issue situation, you know internationally Maybe the vessels are not able to supply feel to their country since they don't refine They can always for some days rely on that so that life and the economy doesn't come to a standstill, you know so they had stockpile on food, you know the stockpile on on Necessities if it's a country that doesn't have water like Singapore, they can have a reservoir somewhere You know the stockpile on fuel and these are the things necessary to keep a country going even if you have to Russian now We haven't the situation and the government has not been able to say okay We have a stockpile of fuel will keep supplying the market. Well replace it with what is coming, you know So hearing that NNPC is importing 2.3 billion liters of fuel is okay But accused are still there and you can see on the phone page the president is at the airport He's being seen off by the Minister of Women Affairs and FCT minister as he's departing the country to Belgium Brussels Belgium Ahead of the EU Africa summit, you know, so I'm there's problem in the country and the president has has jetted out You understand so the Guardian did a good job of putting the picture of the president leaving the country saying bye-bye and You have The picture of the field cues in a boujee. I think you know So did the president, you know drive to the airport was he airlifted to the airport? Did he see the cues is this the best time for him to leave the country some questions Analysts view the answer What message has it passed when Nigerians here the president is hopped on the plane again to go to another summit, you know In Brussels when we have a national situation on our hands, you know In some countries probably you'd see the vice president or the Minister of Women Affairs being sent So just just so that the public will see the president is concerned about the situation and he's on ground So the situation why Nigerians seen the president going, you know to the filling stations to talk to people to see What's going on and you know to you know, it's it's just a situation that I hope our guests be able to Look into or talk about more headlines from the Guardian and may feel a reinforces commitment to Nigeria's economic growth pledges loyalty to Buhari Nigerians, you know I do not know who these people are who were linking in may feel his name with a run for the presidency You know asking him to resign and join politics, you know I mean that they could risk his job because the president he is okay My my central bank governor is is interested in politics even though he's not said anything You know if he may feel it doesn't come out to deny Strongly deny that he's not interested in running in joining politics. It may be taken as he's actually You know is the one behind that so it's interesting the man has come out to come out to shout. No be me Oh, you know, I'm not concerned and I'm Committed Nigeria's coming growth and I'm low to president Buhari, you know, and that's that's it. It's all right. Let's see how it goes most stories from the front page headlines and from page of the Guardian this morning and The L. E. A. Replies police vows to prosecute officers Indicted with carry, you know this back-and-forth between the Niger police force and the NDLE NDLE saying give us your man he's He's wanted and the police not doing anything later They had to address the press conference and the police now being forced to do something Hey, you too. You have some people who are also inducted as well. We have most stories from the the Guardian ex-PGF boss writes Buhari accuses Boonee of Planning to scuttle a PC convention Pgf means a Progressive Governors Forum few scarcity Buhari did not order query over bad feel says presidency now That that should be down to a source in the president It's not an official statement from the one I read last night. I mean it's sad really It's sad and the man is out of the country as we speak EFC C. Recovers nine filling stations Lance others from serving military officer. You need to see the list, you know Merci ohm state cross river state has one of some of those property long list and five children abducted from their homes in rivers really sad one, but these are Headlines coming on the front page of the Guardian All right, let's take a look of the punch newspaper this morning The board caption says about Kerry's brother received 279 million error from Hosh puppy others. This is according to police report You have riders of the first says Niger police force probes carry for 33 cases of money laundering Please recommends demotion for embattled top-corp and that's it They're boldly written fuel subsidy federal government states set for showdown overplanned 950 billion narrow F a AC deductions APC convention shaky Buhari Sean's governors and jets off to build Belgium I really don't know why that came up that way market is resolved to blend dirty fuels and scarcity in Persisting states and just before we move away. You also have top military officers for feet 10.9 billion narrow property to the federal government EFCC and shields identity and You're also looking at your struggle shootings. Please indict. I regret your last man nscdc casualty Corpse and student demand sanctions or Lou bad on designate salute a bad on System and promises peace and this is some of the headlines this morning on On the punch newspaper and just before we move away negative reports to tarnish MF is image says friends That's it on the punch. It's quite quite interesting This is some real drama as the man said he wants to be president people have come out And he has to shout to be president said it but it doesn't matter, you know Can rely on people say no because you said I should come and I'll come up But the man has come did for the part for me as a man has come out to Vemently deny but let's quickly move on because we have a guest standing by and the front page of the nation is For the board headline there Buhari governance meeting on hold On APC convention rather fails to hold President gets list of chairman Chairman aspirants who's a demo at a party can shipped convention if necessary Petro subsidy spending put at 2.3 2.55 trillion era 130 land lawmakers projects to be deleted from budgets I wish your last thoughts fired gunshots without provocation says police or shun government Urges president to caution minister students protesters NSCDC office That's what you see playing out there, you know show both gunshots being fired because of this whole situation A little bottom to be craves for a younger monarch in future ICPC blocks 189 billionaire unspent funds in MDAs house invites government officials Bala Osman removed as NPA MD for in support the nation This has been a long winding one between the minister of transportation. What do you mean? She and the MD of the NPA Quarra government How shunger project was diverted it's been one between car government in the sake From a governor of the state as well politics of play. I neck insists on be vast On a kitty or sure elections three policemen shot dead and finally from the nation newspaper Gov general for feats 10.9 billion narrow in properties to government story Details of that story on page 5. That's so welcome at this juncture a zikr in yaitaka expert analyst on all the press this morning Miss a ita good morning to you and thanks for joining us All right, miss it miss a ita. Can you please check your connection to see if you've unmuted yourself? So that we can we can hear you because we cannot hear you right now If you've unmuted yourself, it can just give us a thumbs up. So we know Okay, but and also please try and centralize the camera for us good to know you joining us this morning Let's start with the fact that the President was not able to meet with the governors on the APC Convention and the president amidst the Prevailing situation the country has hopped on the plane to Brussels Belgium for an EU Africa summit. Are you there sir? Loud and clear, please go on The first thing is that neither the APC convention nor the EU a you subject came as a Surprise shock or something that just like popped up, you know an emergency each of these programs has been shared with for a long time and Mr. President did not have an emergency where you have to jet out There is the itinerary of mr. President's that is known to the governor that and there's the Calendar that is known to the president. I think that is a one more case of APC just believing that So so long as PDP is not giving them a position They have to make our democracy work by being their own very serious position I can't understand what is going on and the leadership of the party I'll be invested as it were on mr. President. So just like the world matter The fish rocks from the head and the box stops on the desk of the head And I'm really bothered about the people who are managing mr. President because they are just making us look like They are not taking the issue of governance and management and when I say management is generally general Because governance you are restricting to government, but management is generally which goes into the party and the APC I really don't know why they actually think They should spend a day longer in office because they are really not They're not in From all indices these guys are just not Interested in good governance either of your party or of the nation or even themselves because the extent to which they go to Actually see it themselves apart just shows that whether it is personal or corporate or national They just don't seem to be interested in anything called good governance and management All right. Let's also look at the focus. I mean the call by the umpire asking that the beavers Which is actually a technology to spin introduced for the election be used for the Oshun state election I mean if you look at the FCT election that happened the beavers were also being used and The people cry out the fact that these beavers did not Function properly and that also truncated the process. Although you also have the authority saying the beavers function You know to its maximum capacity, but what what do you think about this beavers and the elections? That we're going to have in Oshun state and also the 2023 elections Are we really ready for this beavers because I remember in 2015 the introduction of the smart card readers the smart card readers did not function You know to the capacity that they should function some of the issues were that the personnel who should actually operate this Devices were not properly educated so they didn't have knowledge issue of network and what have you with this new technology Think we're really ready when we have this technology also decent franchising a lot of persons Yes, thank you. I want I want this answer to be given the highest level of concentration We know that globally Technology is a solution and the way forward Technology globally we've entered the fourth industrial revolution already and This revolves around technology. That's number one Number two have been in politics for as long as I can remember and I know that we all agree that The introduction of card readers was a game changer in the positive to our politics number three we all know that technology Drives the way that we program is to drive and the beavers is one of the best introductions and improvement on the card reader to that extent Nigerians should not should not should not for any reason Start to have conversation of whether or whether I should not be a conversation The conversation should be how do we ensure it works? Leaving the beavers out is completely out of discussion Completely out because we know that suppose any movement number two We know that technology you rise from the way we operate it. What Nigerians every well-meaning Nigerian particularly the media should do is Interrogate the fifth colonists in the nation because they want to drag us back They want to bring us to the area of these people bringing elections Manipulating elections and the highest level of manipulation is what they call incident forms That is where you drop packing people that were not there Look at the percentage turnout that we've been having some places 30% It means that they have a 70% elbow room to manipulate If two people go to vote fine, that is democracy Let it be decided by the two put a go to vote, but let nobody disenfranchise How can people be disenfranchising technology if it is impossible it is technology that drives a banking system It is technology that drives every international relationship and organization It is technology and this technology is not localized Technologies global so let all women and men of conscience Step in and look at the fifth columnist and look at the people who are trying to say this is not working They are trying to sell us a guarantee that we should never never never ever buy We must put our eyes on the ball I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, but let's look at this in this angle as beautiful as that sound and we understand You know the importance of technology and you know having that in our elections But you you have the fact that from the experience from the field you have to be verified You know there has to be some kind of verification Before you are even being allowed to cast your vote and in the case where you're unable to be verified Then there's no way you're able to cast the vote and so that already You know minus one vote already Mercy mercy my sister. Let me tell you something you travel There's no country you go to and you don't get verified by your face and fingerprints There's no country you go to none in the world Facial recognition and verification is even your phone Your phone has never been practiced because you try to put in your top and it does not want to agree. What am I saying? The conversation should not be number one. Nobody should be disenfranchised. I agree with you But I will stop. No may not We should apply the technology that is global and make sure nobody's disenfranchised But we insist we are going to use the papers. Let us go the IT gurus Let us go and let's work with Inaik today and see whether the technology that is Addicted in the facial recognition of the papers is effective and upgraded and updated But it is not a conversation. It is not an alternative It is not on the table for consideration that we will accept that's what you're trying to drive the narrative Oh, you should not they want to even make us to as much as think of the possibility of jettisoning the viewers It's not going to happen. It will not happen. Let us improve our technology This is what is used all over the world. It's not like a new technology that you're saying it has not been tested Facial recognition and fingerprints is global So let us do the conventional space how we get to Inaik and Interrogate that process and you know, we can be done We have some of the best most intelligent writers Programmers and IT gurus in the world Residents in Nigeria. That is why Max Cikabum came to Lagos These boys are dead. I'm not going to talk about big tech companies. That's why we're having the unicorns coming from Nigeria So let Inaik open up the window and let us not even have a conversation on whether or whether or not no But we should improve it so that nobody is Self-adjusted that should be the conversation. All right I'm on at the back of a mind to also remember that the electoral act amendment bill reworked fashion Is is yet to be signed elections are meant to her hold in in in February on February 18 2023 we're inching closer to 365 days we'll watch the space and miss a is it going to let's look at them The story on the front page of the leadership newspaper At the bottom right corner of the leadership newspaper you have this headline after ASU Colleges of education lecturers threaten start strike and this story referring to the colleges of education academic staff union co-assume saying that the federal government Only knows how to respond to crisis and not to peaceful engagement and they're threatening to go on strike Over the failure of the federal government to implement an agreement reached between co-assume and the federal government as far back as 2009 and this is coming 24 hours after ASU and back on its own strike The government Rethink The cries of the people work up government So what government does not operate? unfortunately in a client on what is best for the citizen bringing Professionals in the industry who are passionate about their profession and who are compassionate about the people So that they sit down and look at what is right to do That's why the Bible says that righteousness with his do right next Exhaust a nation. That's why we can have a Muslim country like Dubai doing extremely well because they believe in the concept of round paint in brown hoes But who is appointed as the minister of education who is appointed even within the runs all the political appointment What are the concentrations is not excellent and fit for purpose But it is compensation and proniesing. That's just a simple thing. So I think that as we're starting the talk about 2023 Nigerians should move from the concept of the parties who can fund it to go who is Competed enough. I wanted to bring Mr. Mr. Tickle, Mr. Muradu, Mr. Juan Cuarso, Mr. Wade Mr. Chukuka then Let Nigerians start to have a conversation of profiling their competence their capacity What they bring to the table and related to our our primary no a man like like More I look and say I've been an institution person for reforms and fixed countries in other Times that is what I bring to the table. So I'm going to be that piece Reconciliation focus heavy a man like One person can say I've been inside location look at my record in office and out of office on education a man like Mr. Chukuka can say or Mr. Wally can say I've been an Enterpreneur a private set up that I made good out of it. We did you know what is Mr. Articule saying what is Mr. Tino who's saying the right the Conversations which you drive Okay, they belong to which is irrelevant. I Wonder why we didn't hear you include a mistake I took in that in that list To also say a perfect solution to the country. Thank you. We have another story up next. Alright, so just quickly Let's look at this more stories more development as regards the abiak about carries Saga and so you had you hear the punch saying about carries brother received 279 million narrow from horse puppy orders and the Niger police force probes carry for 33 cases of Money laundering and some people are asking the police is asking that they recommend him for the motion For kids whether it's to be promoted by one of the more a man who has committed no crime. No, don't demote him Promote him if he's committed a crime don't demote him send him to jail So the motion should not feature at all because initially before the You notice that the police say all this case should be disposed of within the next few days Or weeks something like that What was that supposed to be I think in They got the way that these guys were going to like her, you know Get ahead of them then they came public and they put such a damning evidence out Now it is either these people are trying to cast ticket and eat no sense Nigerian Oh This person never again without enough enough of that let this guy play the music whether he is at this point in time Nigerians will stand on the side of justice fairness and equity by doing what send him to try out If he's innocent apologize to him if he's guilty he loves it So I was actually going to come to that because The question would now be where do we have The court of competence jurisdiction Actually proving him innocent or guilty because according to the law his innocent until being proven Otherwise, that's correct. That's correct. They're trying to be smart by half, you know That's how they're going to do the next thing you have to talk about beat back in all those things He's not going to have to Nigerians must rise up and say do not cast ticket and innocent So and do not free a criminal That is a byline and he goes to simple go to competent court of law All this media trial is absolute ballad ash and we should get out of it by now Bring your case you've established it take it to a competent court of law make it open OJ Simpsons case was made open and everybody was following the case. This is going to be a super corp A super corp cannot be tried in it in one quiet place. No, no, no, no If I let it become a media thing that the media can make a lot of money from and everything This is going to become something that just wakes up people and at the end of the day What you achieve if you're a strategic thinker and you mean well for the country Is for you to show the common man that justice is blind And that equity is open to all so you take him there you put the evidence We see the country are trying to act for me. We see them. We hear them We see the joint that makes a joint name based on the evidence that is made available to the people We see transparency. We see accountability. We see justice and the data that pronouncement is made We either lose confidence in a legal system or we say thank god A new dawn has begun for the Nigerian judiciary Oh, wow. Let me say I took interesting one from you there. Let's quickly round up a round up rather than I am Going back to because we talked about the president's absence from the country despite the accused but Regarding the fuel scarcity reports that this biting had a for instance on the front page Of the leadership newspaper comes this headline Fuel scarcity bites fuel scarcity bites harder. I mean nmpc is assurance of 1 billion liters We're hearing, you know things like 1 billion liters 2. something billion liters being imported into the country Um, uh, I have asked a question. We've asked a question this morning before you came on Why we don't have a stockpile of fuel as an oil producing country a stockpile of fuel somewhere For situations of emergency like this and we have to wait for Imports to be made before we can resolve the situation No head had as rolled till now Today's the ninth day. I'm not mistaken of this national disaster national crisis I mean if it was happening in another country where the lights went off or there were fuel queues It'll be a national crisis. No head is rolled till now. What do you make of how bad the situation has gotten? Yeah, I'll tell you this. There was a lady Um, uh, first and ester. I think man, you know, we're going something like that. She was the head of ppmc And she was Unseminously removed from office. She had a hearing on the floor of the senate That was very damning as to what was happening in our petroleum sector She brought up a case of where the stock that was left was being sold Of of of records or things like that Now what happened to our other people she was you know, and that lady is still removed to you today And I expected mr. President to call somebody like that woman and say exactly what happened tell me If he means well for this country, you can't tell me we don't have a natural reserve You can't tell me that because even if nothing goes wrong because we import swell There could be an international situation where very You know vessels cannot come into a country pick up to be a worse situation even amongst others that block the route So we are able to have a stockpile that we can deal with until the situation is resolved Now the situation at the end of the day. What do we have? We have mr. President with the minister of of of petroleum It's just it's just absent completely absent Even in all these things we haven't had you say anything I mean she shouldn't say ahead of road by now me because we're looking at people like the nmpc gmd Hey Because it's so important. Let me tell you the next risk that i'm looking at And god help us and that is people trying to play smart by mixing the adulterated with the new ones So as to breach the gap fast and what's gonna happen is that The poor man is going to be worse off because his engines are going to get affected Nobody's going to know what's going to happen. It's going to take maybe about 10 years for them to do a research And that research paper might never come out, but we would have suffered innocently Where is the transparent process of recall of all the bad fuel? Who is showing us to be transparent as to see what is being done Who are people holding them in their in their tanks and then getting paid for them to have been removed People being paid for nothing done getting new fuel mixing them up. What is the situation? Why can't we just care about the man on the street? I cannot afford But how about my driver? I just managed from so many years being given a very good And he's using it to augment the salary by selling as transportation and now the engine knocks or something goes wrong What is the fate of that man? Let's just for once think about the man on the street We add to to the man at the top It's like the man will say that they will come to steal, kill and destroy It's like he's stealing a census because the amount of money that you are making is insane You could never finish that money in your lifetime Generations of your people are gone. So why do you insist on continuing to just kill stealing and stealing and stealing and impoverishing the poor that already died? They have blood but their cries will weigh you up somewhere for the night We need to wake up and have a little bit of a conscience in this country. It's getting out of hand. I can't take it anymore Interesting indeed. I think very important what you've just said Is it going to we need to wake up? Because of course if the people do not wake up and things will continue to be the same This is a situation where the the regulatory authorities Has consistently since this thing unfolded lied to Nigerians about the situation Saying limited amounts of fuel and the head of the agency is telling Nigerians He will not take responsibility and that this is just a small thing that will be solved in no time It's a limited amount of fuel and nobody has been fired He is still in a job. Um, anyway, we have to see what happens and hopefully Nigerians would Will do something about this to let the government know how they feel Um, Izikanyi, I took his public affairs analyst. Thank you very much for giving us your expert analysis on the day's headlines Thank you, God bless you all And well, that's the size of it. We do appreciate your time Izikanyi. I took we look forward to having More of your thoughts on some national issue We will take a breakdown and of course bring you and tell you what happened today in history being the 16th day in the month of February Please stay tuned