 It's still the breakfast and plus TV Africa is it coming. I took his year with us this morning. Is it girl? It's good to have you join us Good morning Good morning. Always a pleasure. Thanks for having me. All right Let's run through the pages this morning looking at the papers and we can really predict what the papers will be talking about I like to start off with the punch. She says I next shifts governorship Assembly polls by one week and achieves governorship assembly polls by one week and that you know took a lot of persons by surprise Commission space despite ruling 176,000 machines cannot be come Reconfigured before Saturday Election materials distribution disrupted in Delta or Schoen by Elsa and cross river others These are some of the reasons of course that's been put out by the umpire for the postponement of the elections Buhari can be prosecuted after May 29 says son That's on the Naira's accuracy. I mean it's such a great Interesting, you know headline this morning companies consumers taxes increased by 42% according to the National Bureau of Statistics MBS Longfield Q's ground Abuja and neighboring states. I could tell you For sure that that's really the case National Assembly female membership drops as 11 Lost reelection bid and then you find someone who orders probe as Buhari sympathizes with market fire victims. There's also a pictorial representation to that. There's been a lot of You know thoughts out there, but we're requesting that everyone should stay put as the police carry out their duty Terrorist kill five villagers abduct 53. That's a Niger state very saddening That's the much we can take this morning on the punch quickly to the vanguard. It leads to the The big story there be vast be vast as entered the National Excon for ever be vast I like shifts guba Assembly polls to March 18 Needs five days to reconfigure 176,600 and six be vast machines. You normally Leave out those 606 very important Confucian Heralds postponement we hear president Buhari is already in daughter. Is that he didn't know it wasn't out there. Anyway Peter OB others in court and that is a picture of Of that that story. That's a big story Buhari to Nigerians in diaspora FG and placed credible Propose a fixed be vast or fixed be vast glitches before governorship assembly polls NBA Tells Ionic. All right, and they also talking to their members as well Legos guba some will who tipped to win based on experience. That's an avatorial there in The vanguard and put a chart of who they expect to to win the election and all but You can see LP coming distant that Pdp second and so with a wide lead Okay, but that is an avatorial court. Okay, it's I next request to reconfigure be vast. Okay, so the story is on the front page of The vanguard newspaper Well, that's a turn our attention to the leadership quickly this morning The leadership is not reporting different from all the papers You have hours after court ruling Inaq postponed's governorship polls by one week to reconfigure beavers That's boldly written. There's several writers right there, but I would just leave it of that Supplementary elections to hold in dog was constituency. I'm a orders that is six car queues warriors and plus helicopters from the United States I hope I got that correctly presidential poll to do boo inaugurates 49 sands as legal team and then you find article meets I BB Abdul salami names Gazama head of legal team Save NIPC from mismanagement now directors tell federal government now bandits kill pregnant woman 11 others abduct 50 in Niger and Kaduna state not just when Nigerians were excited Kofi Remember the talk about the narrow redesign and kidnapping and you know bandit's attack if it was like You know Resumed in that quarter Yes, indeed. Yes indeed We'll move on from that mercy to the Guardian very quickly court orders be vast Reset as I next shifts guba polls to March 18 so many writers as you know with a guardian will leave it that that World kidney day 45,000 Nigerians die early due to kidney failure We're a PC, but we'll vote PDP in Nassarra guba poll deployment of ICT director not reason for beavers technical H. I net claims, you know, that story is something that has gone on at the radar But some people have to bring it to my attention IWD Canadian on-voices Nigeria facing serious as GBV crisis My son bad Ibo not Ibo no link with IPO be says road fever That's his father and the lawyer or lawale roads. We were here to address the press yesterday 97% of firms in Nigeria Others to experience tech skills challenge in 2023 its headlines the front page of the card in Nation that's up next. Yeah, okay So we just quickly run through the nation this morning He says I net sheeps governorship assembly polls by one week and you can see a pictorial representation I mean polls tip as song will you to retain seats so you have that Imagine so you can see that graph there But let's not stay too much in that we move away while legosians should vote song will you sounds like an Advertorial right there. Well, my he is quoted to say president elect inaugurates legal team and then Tunibu Hills Martial speakers G 24 director Don't truncate power transition and see or NS CIA worms 324 house of representative members elects Get the C or that certificate of return 324 house of reps members elects get the C or and that's the much we can take this morning on the nation newspaper All right, let's start with this one from the the Guardian where they send the deployment of the Or should I say really employment of the ICT director and not a reason why the There was a glitch Some both have said that all they wanted to he didn't agree for some told me he refused to and was a legend Rather, he refused to rig the beavers and then they took him out of that position, but I guess come up to say this is not true Because he had been really ploy since the 16th of August 2022 As the director of ICT at the headquarters and they transferred him to illegal branch to serve as administrative secretary There and this was six months before the election. Do you go with I like or do you smell something fishy? I Definitely smell something fishy. Good morning, Nigeria's again. Um, I mean, it doesn't make sense that for the person that developed a software or The platform for the most important action that you want to take The person that developed that Software or that platform Six months to the use to the deployment of that platform You move him out to come and become an administrative secretary. I mean, it just doesn't make sense It doesn't add up Except of course, it's on punitive grounds and if that be the case it either he defaulted You know in public interest or in private interest if it's in public interest You'll be so much in a hurry to make know what he did so as to constantly and continuously gain public, you know Credibility not not credibility but public acceptance of the process because the most important aspect of everything you do concerning election is Public confidence No matter how good a policy or an application is Except it has the buy-in of the public is as good as not good so for you to redeploy such a person six months to the most important Action you've got to take in four years is very suspect And you know it made many of us to go back to the background of this person and When you see the profile of the person it Intimidating it a perfect fit for purpose and the fact that I make itself had Confess not confess had made public, you know, maybe even boosted positively that these beavers machine was you know an in-house You know configuration or it was you know, it was designed in-house and It has been tested and retested and gone through a lot of you know Integrity tests and has passed it's something to be proud of and if anything At the end the person in question ought to be celebrated as a national hero and Everything was heading in that direction, but it so happens that after or soon It became clear That this thing was Too good for Nigeria So the question is how do we now? compromise it To compromise it. We've got to get this guy out of the seat. This is my own thinking and Because it's out of the seat Others have to be trained in the act of managing the processes and if your own main Concern was that the integrity was too high and could not be manipulated It means that whether you're bringing in has to be somebody who's coming to do a bidding and that's why in my opinion We find ourselves where we are today Which is very unfortunate if we are to talk more into it. I'll tell you why It's more unfortunate than Nigerians know the ocean elections were on the 16th of July 2022 and The deployment of this man to administrate sector in Inugu was on the 16th of August 2020 exactly one month after Well That great my story I'll tell you because The way Nigerians hailed the ocean election. It was why would such a person? Having received such high. We didn't know who he was if anything we were Attributing everything to Inaq. Oh, Inaq is awesome. Inaq is wonderful. Inaq. This is marvelous We gave all the adjectives you could imagine to Inaq and then Inaq was so happy that they say guy Look look look get out one month after think about it Okay, but let's you know look at the thoughts of a senior advocate of Nigeria Rashid Adeguke Who's like I've mentioned a senior advocate of Nigeria who spoke on the issue of disregard? for the Supreme Court order on the Nairi design and when asked the question What could be done as a retribution to the president for? Disobeying the laws of the land and he said that the president, you know can be prosecuted Do you think that the president can be prosecuted? You know after he leaves office it probably would be the first Great question, but honestly between you and I as something I don't even it's a distraction for me right now Say has the bond with the pursue rat for bush where the man is Presupported after now or not is a list of the problems of Nigerians Question is for what we are how do we get ourselves out of this rubbish that we found ourselves in now But is he can I took I think that it will be unfair for you know us to dismiss that entirely because if you look at it It still has a connection. We're talking about the rule of law here up until this moment Nigerians are going through a lot now and when I mean a lot it means a lot the Short codes and the online transactions are not very seamless and that's a problem. You can't find physical cash You can't even find cash anywhere and for you know, those who have this cash they are selling it at a very exorbitant rate and so This according to the senior advocate is that it's supposed to serve as a deterrent that those who are coming behind Let's seem to be a lot a lot of lawlessness Disregard for the rule of law Especially in this administration And so do you think that it would be fair for us to say and that's not important because this is this is where we are I mean we're still burned the brunt of the fact that Including the the the the the judges who gave the ruling at the Supreme Court I'm not sure they accepting the the the ordinary As a means of transaction Nigerians are rejected life is difficult the new notes are not available and up on to this moment I just are hoping that the president would give a directive will say something or the CBN governor and nothing is forthcoming So yes again as a way of retribution as a way of treating lawlessness by those who should respect the law Do you think that the president can be prosecuted? by way of Treating those who disrespect the law what you should do is what is happening now get them out If you cannot get them out now, what makes the prosecuting somebody after which, you know It's going to take care. How is that more important? You see? I think we must locate some things where they are now and Nigerians if they are hearing me They should wake up and listen to me and listen real good How many of you Have decided to put your heart throw your heart into the ring to make that show that Nigeria changes How many are willing to make that sacrifice? Secondly for those who decided to throw your heart into the ring how many of us are really supporting them and Looking at issues you see what why I say we should come back to the issues of the moment It's because I think Nigerians are really not You know, I did a video some days back where I targeted exclusively the elite You know when you want to embark on an election like like I did everybody's advising me go to the rural areas Go to the poor go to rural areas. They are the voters. They are the voters and they are right Why do I have to go to people who don't understand the essence of what they are voting for? This people want little money because life is hard for them, but we want to recruit a CEO for Nigerians and think about it Who is taking that decision the rural areas the poor people who need some money some cash you can blame them So politicians know this much. How about you and I that know better who forms? 70% of those that don't vote have you realized that virtually every voting time it's about 30% or less 30% or less That is because the 70% Either would not or could not and over 70% of them would not because they are so intelligent to know that Vote will not matter whatever they would do they would do and if this is the mindset Then why do we spend billions of our hard-earned money for us to have the ritual called election? I think the people that we need to talk to at this point in time is the elite the enlightened people who should actually activate their 70% base and Get into a leadership recruitment that will give us a sort of leadership that we want It's it's a conversation that the media needs to come to start to have How do we recruit a CEO? The mentalities go to rural areas. They are the voters go to the villages Why will a villager listen to the grammar of architecture instead of collecting the 2000 of the politician? It's a conversation We need to really sit and interrogate because the problem of Nigeria is not the poor man That has to collect money to survive is not a problem. I've come to realize I'm contesting I don't blame them one bit. It is the 70% of the elites Who would not get in and would not support the people that are getting in? Now they expect me to go there and be getting support. No, there are two ways you get your funding It's either you kind of go and them get a sponsor big man and it's a little enterprise Or you say no, no, no, no, no I want properly done and then the closest person that has tried to do this. It means to Peter will be you know Try to activate Nigerians to come on board. But that that that is being dampened by what has happened with the beefers That active base that was starting to get ignited that well There's going to credible elections right now. The apathy is unimaginable And I'm really really concerned this morning about about what's going on as a result with we are postponing election by one week Do we understand what that means? I'll tell you this as somebody who is in the field the man that is an incumbent he does a marathon But you that is you know coming on you do a dash That means you limit yourself largely to a big bang in the last two weeks And that's what some of us have done in the last two weeks We do a real big bang and we're like all over and people go that mentality into the elections Now we threw in everything we've got and guess what has happened With the the people that have the deep pocket after we spent our last resources Have one more week to counter everything that we have said Where am I gonna get the money to go in for another one week? Is it gonna come from gonna come from? It's it's it's demoralizing it. It is destabilizing It is it is something that people don't really know the implication of this one week Delay on account of I next ineptitude or incompetence or lack of commitment I've always been one that speaks for I net always the chairman. I have been his greatest cheerleader, but right now I Just Just quickly he said something about implication Maybe you just take us through what you think the implication might be or maybe for this election I'll tell you number one Forget those who are starting to get gingerd Credible election blah blah blah. They are calling me one by one is like architect Don't waste your money anymore. I keep it. Don't waste your money because for them This last rush Especially with the new CVN policy that he can bring back the old note. It is cash and carry It's cash and carry. That's number one number two this morning. I'll tell you Personally this morning Friday all my staff Secretariat supporters, you know, that's core core supporters, you know You know the volunteer group they are Right now making their way to my office for end of activity celebration That's what you're heading for and make sure that there's going to be a lot of food and lots of things to ginger Them to all go back home and man their post What's gonna happen to me because I'd spend the last doing the last push and everything and it came out particularly well Now when they come back to the office this morning, I'm going to tell them guys. Sorry. Don't go back home Now am I going to have that party today? Or am I going to also postpone it one more week? Am I going to postpone when the the the facilities have been already put in place the cooks have done their work They've been paid now if I have that bank now to ginger them to go to their homes How am I going to do again next Friday another one from which money? When I spent all the money I had in the last push I have one more week one more week of doing what Is this just is this peculiar to you or do you think it's not it's peculiar to all the non-government people All the other parties that were coming in as the fresh air as the hope for the people That is you don't need to spend you know to keep anyone last week Push in everything you've got pushing everything run it right in and Deploy the people like I said ginger them to go back to the field tomorrow and vote So now is everybody the only people are government those in power Who have an allocation that has come in again? So they can afford to delay salary for one week or anything and carry that money and dump in it and go ahead and Undo virtually you know there's any strategies for recent. I'll give you a little bit of the strategy There is one group that is extremely extremely important and that group Was to make a statement today in my favor You understand me and as a result people are already known because the messages have gone down today The government is having no tomorrow a meeting to get that same group and undo whatever it is I was supposed to do which they wouldn't have been able to because that would not have been allowed now What are you going to do again? Your main strategies you've not pushed them out because people know Election is a strategy game if you are shooting to kill if you want to win. Let me put that that way So I actually is gonna take the grace of God right now. I've resigned myself to the grace of God Maybe it's just as well because and it's happening to all the new kids on the block All of them all the new parties that are coming up. There are not the institutions parties They're all going to have a real hard time and Nigerians have not yet really come into you know supporting and defending them, but I still believe in miracles I believe that the prayers of the people over the years Will manifest because this election is pivotal whoever takes it You can be sure it's taking for another 80 years at 80 years to your life You will know that it's something that we didn't have to take a chance on. I'm really really Asking God to help me at this time. That's just what it comes to All right, it's equally I took we have to leave it at that order. Thank you very much for your time lots of stories But so little so limited time and we're looking forward to the elections You are candidate to go to ship election. Do you consider the postponement as a Reprieve or you think the evil days just been postponed. I mean, sorry. I used that that term Yeah, yeah, I get I hear you loud and clear like I said in my closing argument I've just said it's something that what you never prayed for you never prayed for But as a Christian the Bible says all things work together for my good So from last night what I've been doing through the night is reprogramming my mind seeing the no silver lighting beyond the cloud looking at Yeah, look at things I could have done better if I had one more day So those are the things that I've looked at so for me I'm just turning my mind the other way around saying thank you Jesus This must have been from you. I'm going to do this So I'm happy with this last question because I was actually almost relapsing to my own Self before Now thank you I'm reprogramming my mind and I'm saying Nigerians. Please wake up all the young people or when I say young I mean the new people their resources are depleted run in Nigerians and Support them financially to make another push for another closing arguments. All right All right me while president worries in Dara for the lectures I'm sure that he's just like every ordinary citizen who must have prepared was not aware and it was going to postpone the elections It's all good. Thank you very much. We hope to see you next week And they will talk some more a few days to you know, your d-day We'll take a break. We'll take a break in where we come back Look at the entire situation with the beavers. They call of appeals a ruling and of course The martyrs are rising stay with us We'll be right back