 Today on the show we'll be looking at rising unemployment and inflation, the cost of soft city removal. We also will be looking at the fact that the federal government may revive economy by unlocking one trillion dollars in asset sales. Of course we'll have off the press where we'll look at the headlines on our national dailies. Very good morning to you and Barca de Salla to Muslim Brothers all over the world. I heard a lot of people and I read a lot of people on social media yesterday being so nice to Muslim Brothers and I was just thinking about one thing, the Calabar man will call it Itong, the Kadyug man will call it Barankang and the Yoruba man will call it Ojukokuru. Yes, because some of them yes genuinely were praying for their Muslim friends but others were just wetting the ground for fried meat and a lot of people are on that page. So whatever you're going to celebrate with, remember your brothers that are just looking at you and saying, what is up for Salla today? We know that this year is going to be really really difficult. Some people may not have the ramp to sacrifice. They may not have anything to do to eat like that, like they have been having but they might just still have some chicken and all that. But the thing is the remembrance of why this day is in the first place may all those teachings that have given rise to a day like this be imbibed by the people who adhere to these teachings in the first place and may the world be better because of a day like today. We also know that today is going to be very difficult for Lagos residents especially those coming to the island and the people who are already living on the island. It's flooded, this morning it's been flooded for a very long time since last night it's been raining and in some places it has stopped and some other places it's still raining and there are streets that if you go into you have water at knee level or at least the shin level. We do know that it's going to be difficult going into offices and all that. But if the work must be done like some of us have to be in the office you have to just roll your sleeves up, roll your trousers, remove your shoe hold and then you enter the office. Or if you have a car that is high enough you enter the office. Some cars are stuck on the road because of the water that has gone into their... Is it carburetor or whatever? It is that does not stand water that much. So we just hope that people will not lose so much because of the flooding and something should be done. VI or LEKI or these highbrow areas are too highbrow as it is to be flooded all the time. So if it is the drainage that is a problem something needs to be done. If it is something else that needs to be done please whatever it is should be done. We do not want to hear casualties, we do not want to hear houses submerged we do not want to hear any bad news coming our way just because of that. And we know that when it rains in Ligos it is always crazy when you are talking about traffic. In fact on my way here from the Ojodubega access I saw a tanker, was it a tanker or a trailer that had skidded off the road and was where it should not be and upturned all that. It is because of the road constructions there are some places that there are no sufficient signs especially like the Otedola Bridge there was a place that was impossible but there was no sign at all that was showing that vehicles shouldn't pass there and so some vehicles got into that place and nearly had accident at the time I was coming. I do hope that others coming behind will be more careful when they get to that point and just slow down and negotiate where they need to negotiate and manoeuvre where they need to manoeuvre and go where they need to go. But I'm very sure a lot of places will be flooded this morning especially on the island. Thank God that today traffic on the road will not be that much because it's Salah for crying out loud, it's a holiday and I know that some Nigerians will just add one more day to themselves. So Wednesday, Thursday is a public holiday or a public holiday in fact it's a public holiday put together. I'm sure a lot of people on Friday may not even go to work so it's like from Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and then you have the weekend it's a long weekend as it is. So that's why this morning there were no vehicles on the road that much so the few ones that were there were speeding too much some of them do not even have good lights. You know that when you leave in Lagos because you're always forced most times to just crawl to drive at a crawling pace you don't think about having very good lights so that you can move fast enough you just feel that okay I don't need them that much because I will be inside traffic there will be other lights there are street lights as well and all that and then what I saw this morning scared me. A lot of people some vehicles had just one light and I wonder what the traffic people are doing. These are the kind of vehicles that they should put off the road. One light and you're coming what if another person is coming on a bike even though it's illegal but it's coming on a bike and is thinking that you are a bike and he wants to give way to you only to find out that the other side is just the other side of a vehicle and hits you it's going to be really really bad. Okay this morning we know that today it's Wednesday it's a poppery of a lot of things that we are going to be talking about or we can't talk about it's a midweek for crying out loud a lot of people will be in churches today as well to do midweek service a lot of other people will just be looking out for possibility of fried meat as it is so once again I just say happy salad to all my Muslim brothers and happy salad to Nigeria as it is. We have some things that are going on on the social media some of the stories are like the Nigerian Air Force redeploys 98 senior officers, commanders in the Nigerian Air Force Deploys 98 senior officers and commanders in major shake-ups in that sector The Nigerian Air Force on Monday evening approved the redeployment of no fewer than 98 officers as approved by the chief of Air Staff Air Vice-Marshal Hassan at Bubakar So that shake-up that has been done we're hoping that the shake-up is not just going to be a shake-up everywhere they're hiring and firing they're shaking up here and there and we know that one of the chiefs one of these chiefs that have been changed now is saying that he feels like a tiger so he's roaring already we're hoping to see better things So the Nigerian Air Force is doing their own and so many other officers or chiefs will want to do some shake-ups so that they can function optimally and do what they need to do The new appointees included branch chiefs, Air Officers Commanding Commandants of Tri-Service Establishment Nigerian Air Force Institutions All those people are some of the people that are affected and there are some new officers that are the new sheriffs in town We do hope that shake-ups will not remain shake-ups shake-ups will be part of the solution to the rot in the system everywhere, every sector of our life in Nigeria needs some kind of shake-up and sitting up as well So this time is for the Nigerian Air Force and they've done that shake-up We wish them well We do hope that things will move on well The second trending topic that we have is the fact that federal government has suspended Legosi-Baden Road reconstruction deals And when I was reading these on the social media I saw one of the questions that was asked What exactly are they doing on Legosi-Baden Expressway that takes so many years or that has taken so many years and even when it was said that the work will be done and dusted even before the end of the last administration what actually are they doing what actually are they doing that has taken so many years now they have suspended the road work the road construction till after Sala which means it's still after tomorrow maybe or till after Sunday we do not know and we hope that the road will be free enough now that they have suspended the work there so that the road will be free this is the time that there are no vehicles even moving along that road maybe this holiday would have even been a better time they should have opened up the road they should have stopped the construction maybe two days to the Sala Day celebration and then continued on Sala Day because the traffic on that road would be so small that they could have been working without even filling the traffic on their heels so maybe it's a wasted free time that they are going to have right now what do I know I don't know how it works in construction so I thought they should have used the holiday because the cars are not moving to do even more than they have been doing so that after Sala we know that people who are returning will have way to pass and come back to Lagos at a taste according to the Federal Control of Works in Lagos, Mrs. Olucore de Kesha the suspension is to reduce possible gridlock during the Idelkabir celebrations slated for Wednesday and Thursday that's today and tomorrow the 127 km Lagos Ibadon Expressway is Nigeria's oldest road that was commissioned in 1978 by the military it was commissioned in 1978 by the military government of Olusegun Obasanjo yeah 127 km Obasanjo commissioned that road in July 2013 the project was awarded to Julius Berger and Reynolds Construction Company Nigeria by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration at a cost of 167 billion Naira with a completion period of four years so far the federal government has approved about 240 billion for the reconstruction of the expressway out of a total of 315 billion which is the project's contract value the highway on which work has stalled over time connects Lagos and Ogun and your state and it leads to various regions of the country so from 2013 that it was commissioned by the Goodluck Jonathan Administration and till now the work is still going on and at the time of Jonathan when it was given at a rate of 167 billion the time of completion was supposed to be four years was it because the Jonathan Administration was ousted and then the new Administration of President Mohammed Buhari came that things changed the budget went up and everything and four years became eight years eight years became nine years and now we're still constructing the road or reconstructing the Lagos Ibadon Expressway it beats everybody it seems as if every Administration must have a piece of Lagos Ibadon Expressway something must be done so that we know that we have a solution that will last that is not the only road that needs to be constructed there are inroads into other places that feed the nation for instance when we talk about food the villages that have this food that have to bring it to the city centers so that it can be cheap enough do not have roads and so taking the food out to where they have to sell this food would be so so stressful that when it gets it becomes very costly and so it's affecting everybody so roads are not only for cities roads are also for villages roads are for other places that for now cannot get access to the main cities main cities are places that villages should empty into as it is it's like the sea and every other river and tributaries will come into the sea but if there is no place for the water to get into the sea everywhere else will be flooded you know what I'm saying so do the Lagos Ibadon expressway and get it over with and then do other roads that people actually need the people who may never travel from Lagos to Ibadon or from other villages to Ibadon or Lagos that they need these roads to just bring out their goods or do what they need to do and have a life that is our country everybody needs to enjoy as well well but that's how it is of the press will be next we are going to take a short break right now to see what the weather is saying so that you can make informed decisions stay with us