 Free child healthcare bill has been passed for the second reading by the House of Representatives. Some suspected separatists known as ambasonian soldiers from the Republic of Cameroon have stormed Takum Local Government Area of Terrible State about 11 persons and a traditional ruler were killed. Some persons missing in the incident that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday at Mangang Village. And as always we will be reviewing the newspapers and off the press, I beg your pardon, with our guests this morning. We, of course, will be looking at the major stories making headlines across Nigeria this morning. Good morning and thanks for joining us on the breakfast. It's a plus to the Africa and I am Osaugi Ogmama. And I am Messi Bokozko. Have you joined us this beautiful Thursday morning? We have a lot, of course, that we will be talking about today and we hope that we have very, very interesting discussions, including, of course, a segment where we look through the papers and share with you some of the major stories making headlines across Nigeria this morning. But before we, of course, get into that, as always we start with the trending stories and we're starting in Ondo State where the PDPs accusing the governor of the state, Rotimiakiridulu, of mismanagement after he, of course, appointed his son along with 13 other new appointees in Ondo State. I'll quickly share with you. It says, of course, his son Babajide Akiridulu is now the new Director General of the Performance and Project Implementation Monitoring Unit, P P I M U. Of course, this is according to a statement by Don Aldo Jogo, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation. The appointment of Babajide comes alongside that of 14 commissioners and seven special advisors. And then, of course, this has created, you know, some controversy, you know, with regards to Ondo State and, of course, if it is right that the governor's son be appointed into such a position while it is not necessarily illegal, it also just doesn't look good, you know, for governments. You know, usually with cases like this, the argument would tilt towards whether it's constitutional. I mean, does the Constitution stipulate that you have a right or don't have a right to appoint? So the Constitution clearly has not stated that no one can appoint. Well, now it's a moral conversation and, you know, morality. Some people will say it's still not law. And some people are saying everything is really wrong. How do you appoint your son, you know, to head government? Knowing that, I mean, knowing how we fare as a people with public office and, of course, it's been accused that he used government resources, resources from the state coffers to actually organize a wedding for the son at the end of the day. So it feels like, oh, yes, this is also another means of where you have your son occupying a government office and then there's going to be mismanagement, you know, of state resources. Yeah, of course, and who gets to checkmate the son? You know, if he, you know, mismanages that office, does the father fire him? Does the father sack, you know, his son Babajide and say, oh, you know, I've noticed some inconsistency or some mismanagement with your unit. And so, you know, we're letting you go. That's not very likely going to happen. I mean, there's a lot. Some people are also asking, was he appointed on the basis of merit or was he just appointed because his father is the governor and, of course, he has, he can do and undo. That would be the word. Was it on the basis of merit and all of that? But I'm thinking that, you know, we haven't gotten to that point. That's my opinion, where I would say I am the governor or I am the president and then my son should be heading one agency or minister and pastor. I'm thinking that we haven't gotten to that point. So, you know, it's such a... It doesn't sit well with a lot of people. And once again, you know, as long as even if it's not illegal, it just doesn't, you know, seem to be right, you know. And, you know, I've also seen the argument about, you know, whether he's qualified or not, you know, and if he's qualified, then yes, why not? What's wrong with the appointment? You know, but it's still just, you know, not the way that things should be done. And, of course, you know, sadly, these are not appointments that people need to actually vie for. You know, you don't need to present certificates and present, you know, to show yourself worthy. These are simply appointments that the governor makes, you know, out of his own free will. I've also, you know, thought about the perspective of, you know, a person would like people around him, people in his government, people in his cabinet that he believes understand his vision and understand the, you know, the picture that he wants to paint for the state or for the country. And so he, you know, will look for people who have similar thoughts or similar mindset around him. And so, you know, maybe that's why, you know, a son would step in because they both understand where they want to take on those state too and where they want to take, you know, that, you know, that particular ministry too. But still, I'm sure that there's other people who would also understand your vision, Governor Kerry Dulu, and would be able to also do the same thing that, you know, that has been done here. Because if you make this normal, you know, then every president who gets into power will simply make his wife minister of something or make his first son, you know, some, you know, minister of anything random, simply because they can. And that's, you know, not what we want to see, you know, at this time in our country. Well, you know, the politics of, they call it now politics and, you know, politics of a master in sevens, the politics, elitist politics where you have those who are elected, they're elected for a select few and they're just there to represent their interests and the interests of their clansmen and what have you. That has been very predominant in our political space. I mean, you see it every ordered time, whether it's via appointing direct or blood-related to government offices or giving contracts because you also see that sometimes you find those who occupy government offices giving awarding contracts, you know, to cronies friends and what have you. So that kind of politics is still very, I mean, it's something that's very dominant in our space but I'm thinking that because it breeds a lot of corruption, like you asked a question, who would do the checks and the balances, who would actually say you're not doing this at what point. And that's why I'm saying if you also look at our business it comes to a point where how many times have you seen, you know, business being owned by Nigerian and then you have families run these businesses. And that's because I think that we haven't gotten to a point where we can be, you know, we can separate sentiment and then stay professional. So all of that, like I said, we're not really ready for that kind of stuff. And so it brings us back to the conversation of whether it's legal and some people say, okay, the constitution does not see anything about it and should the constitution begin to spell out some of these issues or say, okay, we ought not to do this, we should do this and all of that. That's also another case. So I kind of feel it's a dicey. Just as you mentioned, you know, it is not necessarily ministry. He's head of project implementation units. So, you know, so probably, you know, like once, you know, like I said earlier, you know, if a person wants the people around him that understand his vision and wants to ensure that the goals that he wants, you know, for the state are fully implemented, he probably would put people who have the same mindset as him in, you know, in office, you know, he wants them around him. But not necessarily not. But not necessarily a song. No, I get that. I can really get that. I'm sure that there are 1,001 persons out there who can do same. Who can do same. Who would also think alike. I'm saying, however, this is something that we're seeing that there's a direct, I mean, appointment. You're having someone head or, you know, manage something and all of that. But it's the same thing. When you are what contracts to your family members, you are what contracts to your friends. What have you, it's almost one and the same thing. Well, you know, before we move on, you know, there's a particular state in the country where, you know, the... Why do I think you're about to be naughty? So from a governor, you know, but, you know, the children of this governor, you know, still hold major stakes in the state, you know. One of them is in charge of the markets. The other one, I would stop there. Anyway, moving on from Governor Rotimiakiridu and his son, let's now move, of course, to social media where yesterday morning started with a little bit of drama after a particular, a man, a married man who's been married for a few years, two, three years, was called out after messages of him going further than he should were leaked. This is a man with a handle, Chizom or Chisom, I guess that's how it's pronounced, who, of course, was called out yesterday morning. He, the background of the story is he has a tech company. A few weeks ago, and I remember that I saw this, a few weeks ago he reached out to Don Jazzy, the music executive, and asked for support so that he can sponsor, you know, dozens of young people into learning tech. So Don Jazzy, I remember, supported him with 1.5 million. And so, of course, it was now open for everybody to apply. You know, go to his DM, find out, you know, if you know you can be among the people who are chosen to learn, you know, tech. And so a lot of people did this, you know, both young boys and young girls, you know, on the same social media space. But eventually, you know, these messages came out yesterday where this man, who of course has a lot of pictures of himself and his wife on his profile, then went ahead to start asking some of the people who applied for sex, you know, and asking that they meet in, you know, private places, asking if it was a safe space, asking if they've ever cheated, you know, and random things like that, you know, that you wouldn't expect from a person who should have simply business conversations with these people. It started with one person, you know, who put out the messages where he asked her, you know, if they can meet in a private place, you know, because of how risky it is, actually if it was a safe space, you know, and invited her over, you know, she eventually didn't show up or she eventually didn't, you know, turn it down. He spoke about, well, I wouldn't mention it. Well, he spoke about hard drugs, you know, a little bit of that, you know, and talked about how that gets him sexually excited. Well, how that gets him sexually excited and, you know, how, you know, he would like to get a hotel. And he laughed. You know, he sent all of that emojis. So, you know, all these messages came out and then eventually more people started to put out their own messages that they had received from the same person. So it got to about six or seven young ladies who then put out their messages, private messages that they had received from the same person, you know, soliciting, you know, the same, you know, type of thing. So there was many arguments yesterday concerning, you know, what he really did wrong, you know, besides the fact that, yes, it is, if you're having conversations concerning tech and, you know, how you want to get people into your company, then you should have no business, you know, asking for sex or having conversations concerning sex with these people. And at the same time, you are married, okay? You know, and that's what one of the messages I put on social media yesterday was saying that how a woman would wake up in the morning and go to work, you know, maybe wake up, make breakfast, kiss her husband goodbye, have a good day, honey. And probably ensure that he has his type properly. His breakfast is properly set, you know, and then goes to work having a beautiful, you know, day at the office. And a couple of hours later, you know, a husband is being called out on social media for soliciting sex and for, you know, making these offers to numerous young girls across social media. Must be entirely, completely embarrassing for a wife. And I could not imagine what she would have dealt with yesterday or she would have felt yesterday. So, yeah, numerous angles to the whole conversation where he got it wrong. And in like, you know, the street parents would say she probably got hit by a street bullet just sitting at her office or business premise. It is totally disgusting and very embarrassing that in the course of, you know, transacting. My point is you are an adult. Let's even say you want even consent or that's what you want to do. What business? You know, there are thousand and one places you could go, you know, get patronage and all of that. Why engage this young people? Because I saw the conversation after, you know, the next one and then you're already talking about drugs. It's so unprofessional. And for, you know, for a platform like that or for such an opportunity, one more thing that there should be, you know, we're leaving a technology-driven world at this point in time. One thing that we probably have a website or something where some of these questions can be answered or, you know, someone could be employed, you know, to answer all of this automated and have, you know, direct conversation with these persons. It is really, really embarrassing in every other time. It just shows, you know, the value of individuals that we have in our society. And like we constantly say, our kids are no longer safe. I mean, the people that should put us right. Because growing up, you find out that in a society where you would also, you have a man, an elderly man who would look out for another younger one and say, hey, you can't do this. You shouldn't do that. You shouldn't do what we're seeing right now. So you'd rather have people who are encouraging, introducing and indulging our kids, our young children who are, I mean, look at those young people who have actually, they want to make something out of their lives and this is what's going on. And for those of them who might not understand, because this is how it starts. And before, you know, somebody's been invited. These kids could probably be very naive or this young adult could be very naive and not understanding what will fall afterwards. Okay, come see me in a hotel room and before you say, Jack, there's a rape case. And rape cases are very difficult to prove, no evidence and all of that. So I'm thinking that, you know, on the other hand, family needs to do a lot. I mean, immediate extended family and every other person, let's protect the kids on the other side. And I really, if you know, I don't even know who. I don't even know where to come from. Yeah, I get all of that, you know, but I just think it's, you know, another day to remind men to do better, you know, in every way. You know, we're asking for a private session, you know, to learn tech, you know. And this is meant to be a field of form, apply, you know, if you get picked, you know, you know, join the group of people who eventually, you know, will get this tech training and he was asking for private session. It's really just another day to say that men need to do better. A lot of Nigerian men need to do better. And also because we, you know, and I think I mentioned this yesterday, how we need to give women more opportunities, and not give women more opportunities in the space where there are pretty, pretty, pretty girls like this, you know, who try to take advantage of their, you know, the fact that they have, you know, that message. Ambition. Exactly. And try to, you know, put sex on the table. Whether there's consent or no consent, it still makes it entirely wrong. So you can say, okay, yes, they're young adults, they're old enough to consent or not, but it's still completely wrong and should never happen that they should be better for themselves and trying to get into that, into the tech world or whichever world. Those things should never be a part of the conversation. And, you know, one would even think that he should know better and do better, especially a period where there's been a lot of, you know, conversations surrounding sex for all sorts, sex for grades and sex for what-have-you. No, so one would think that, okay, he understands that there's so much awareness at this point in time and anything can happen that he should be careful. There are a lot of persons who put sex as bait, you know, for those who actually want to aspire to whatever level, whatever it is, career-wise, you know, dreams, aspiration and what-have-you, and that shouldn't be the case. People should be, you know, given opportunity based on, I mean, merit, not that you begin to co-est them and because, you know, some people would really want to get it. They don't mind doing what they have to do just to get to where they want to get to. To be fair, to be fair, the things that I saw really were for me, they didn't necessarily interpret as half-sex with me and I'll teach you tech. It was really a, okay, you want to learn tech, you know, and then next conversation turns into, you know, why can't we meet in a private residence? You look very beautiful, I'm very attracted to you. Oh God. But you know, but you know that the fact that it wasn't directly communicated doesn't mean that that's what it is. That's why I said to be fair, you know, I just wanted to clarify that aspect. Anyway, those are our top trending stories. We'll take a short break when we come back by moving into off the press. What stories have made headlines across Nigeria this morning? We'll be sharing with you and of course our guests will be analyzing these stories. Stay with us.