 Welcome back to the breakfast and plus TV Africa. It's time for us to check out our pages the national dailies and find out What big stories are making the rounds and to make sense of all of this? We do have Chris one do who is a publisher of the CKN news. Thank you. Mr. Chris for joining us Thank you very much for having me happy demon We wish you the same to you. All right So I set up with the leadership newspaper this morning and looking at the front page of the leadership newspaper It reads bad roads everywhere despite 1.12 I take that again bad roads everywhere despite 1.12 trillion allocation in five years Bad roads everywhere despite 1.12 trillion narrow location in five years It's written on page four of the leadership newspaper We suffer frequent vehicle breakdowns attacks Failed sports, that's what transport is a quartet to say and moving away from that board caption you have ideal malude in security Economic sabotage declining. That's what the president is quoted to say Pressure mounts on APC to sanction members over parallel congresses. It's also on page four That's so much we can take on the leadership news with this morning. All right to the daily independent Consumers lament 25% rise in food prices in a month Mobile phone prices move up over 20% in three months Southeast consensus plan on PDP national secretary slot collapses rights abuse Elzak Zaki slams to billionaire suit against a gf and DSS and Court orders immediate immigration to release or the lease passport Policeman killed building vehicles raised as gunmen attack upon police division headquarters Also an answer to Buhari and sure kind of is produced in court on Thursday Says agitation in Southeast reaction of a castrated alienation and Federal government files amended charges against Namdi Kano If I you bar heads to court over Namdi Kano still on the same story Still under daily independent IPP is I now earn salary of a graduate assistant says Unilori VC Says no regrets making peace with ASU And Buhari at ideal malude claims insecurity declining Significantly tells bandits your days are numbered after Sokoto massacre Those are the stories on the daily independent All right, let's check out the daily trust news with you this morning And the banner caption says how bandits killed dozens in Sokoto market That's boldly written you find details on page three several riders here government says 43 died blames attacks on Zamfara operation different bandits groups mobilized to launch attacks Security challenges or challenge some mountable That's what the Sultan is quoted to say and troops gone down ten bandits in Kaduna All of that and page three of the daily trust newspaper away from the board caption Criminals conniving with monarchs That's what the governor is quoted to say and talking about the APC Congress's implosion looms as losers fight back More information will be available on page four of the daily trust newspaper And just before we move away from the daily trust Niger records 33 new COVID-19 deaths. Okay. All right, let's move to the punch newspapers This morning and see what we can find it says APC convention on the threat a grieved party members site ruling against Boonee It says Boonee's panel not recognized by law activities will be illegal equity group It says also we inform national secretariat about our congress Says legos for legos kamos group heads for appeal court against omar giga's faction Still on the punches morning federal government budgets 104 billion naira to maintain and purchase generators in 2022 Less than four percent of Nigerians will be vaccinated by 2021 says the vice president And also Nigeria produced in 18 billion naira cassava Missing in global markets as the 18 billion dollars. I beg your pardon cassava missing in global markets as the federal government Still on the punch and SARS at one insurance firms unveil reports pay nine billion naira claims on debts and property an npc pipeline security maintenance a gulp 32.56 billion naira in six months And that's from a report robbers crash and kill ui students and colleagues call for prayers Many traders killed as gunmen opened fire in so koto market And we can also find here 918 health centers shot as cholera cases soar masked gunmen kill lasg director still phone and files Um, well it el malud reports declining insecurity. Buhari tells media lawan and governor's peach preach peace. I beg your pardon Mr. Chris one do good morning once again. Thank you. What's it good for me? All right now I want us to start the conversation in so koto their reports are about 49 people were killed In the attack and on on that market. It says bandits stormed the market opened fire And you know, basically just killed dozens of people randomly Um, so let's start with that, you know, and of course, you know With the presidency saying that the insecurity challenges are, you know, declining currently Well, is it not an irony? That the president will come out to say that there have been a decline in securing insecurity and Not did not only say that went on to watch journalists like us to report less of Missecurity and the attacks that we should be more of a reporting of a decline in banditry insecurity killing and respect The story speaks for itself. You don't need to be to say yeah to be able to generalize. Will you report what we see? We don't conjoge stories from anywhere If 39 people were killed in so koto, we will say so And that is what we are trying to do. We are we are not calling anything We are not picking up stories and just flashing on pages of newspapers on On the news online and rest of them. What we are reporting is the situation and We also recall just yesterday before the two performers have visited the governor of so koto state and he also raised the concern on the increase in attacks in Zafari so koto state, which he alluded to be the as a result of the onslaught going on in zafari By the military that most of the banditry, but I don't like using that word bandits again Terrorists and they are now moving away from zafari into the very state of Zambia Kaduna So go to you be and like so It's quite unfortunate that on the daily basis. We are still seeing this develop the security and them for the president I think the president should be talking more on how he's going to he and his Cabinet members as well as the security chief are going to call the rise in cases of killing And banditry across the country. I'm not just trying to suppress it There's no way you can suppress such information no matter how you are If you're a human being you come to see that we're talking of human beings. They're not talking of goods. They're not talking of cows We're not talking of animals. We are talking of human being And most of them are not as I normally say If the place where I come from from the start is there's this saying that When you see the corpse of someone has been carried looks like a log of food That if it touches you and it's a relative that's killed you know you feel the impact So it's just unfortunate. The president is this is not exactly coming out to tell us there's a decline or no decline What we have seen there is nothing to shoot for that There is an increase in the attacks and people are making children are making nap on the daily basis in schools nowhere is safe south the north the South east is south west north east not everywhere The level of insecurity is just unprecedented All right, so let's take a look at one of the stories on the leadership newspaper And he talks about the fact that transporters are complaining of the bad road infrastructure Across the entire country. What are your thoughts on this? I mean, this is despite the fact that in the last five years we're looking at one point One two trillion that has been allocated That's no news Everybody knows that even the blind mind knows and don't forget that Close to over 80 percent of movement in Nigeria is done through the road more than 80 percent anyway, because apart from Road the only alternative is there the the roadway is just coming up. It can move The volume that you think that way The number of people that you expect so we are stuck with road But if you go across the country is the rate of The rate of bad roads across Nigeria is so terrible. And as I said it on this program about a few weeks back I recently made a trip from Abuja to Lagos um As the coordinator of the celebrity special marshals in Nigeria one of my mandate is also to have a look at what happens on the roads and Be able to see where we are celebrity marshals can come in Especially when it comes to issue of advocacy and they realize that the rules are even worse than you thought Even the the rules that some of the rules that we had that we use the sukuk. I hope you still remember the sukuk Yes, um Fund to i'm the rate and we go to patch up or if they are practically bad a k The portion between abuja and lokoja most portion of that route is practically bad and We have been on that for years. Then when you're moving from abuja through kapa then hitting a kitty and uh on those days terrible terrible situations are that even at a point the time I traveled Akure has been caught off people don't pass Motorist don't pass to akure can they have to do it to talk to it to start finding their way towards Or your state and rest and it's the same thing across board. So 1.3 2 trillion allocation in five years. That is huge. But what do you have to What have we don't have to show for it? Yes, but I can also say that there are please some level of movement especially within the lagos shagamu In bad on expressway where the world works in progress and I'm they're making some efficient Impact on that road. I don't know that how long that is to bet across but that is the situation And don't forget also that recently new bank treading to go and strike Because of the bad route because of what their members are facing the attack as it's by are just falling Petroleum products as misplay to all over the Village all over the place and new bank treading to go on strike nation was trying because of the Situation we find ourselves. I think they had an agreement with the government and that they shared that so Nigerians are going to and What's part of is that bad route also increased the level of insecurity on the roads because most of them that know You're going to see that most of these criminals and and criminals Try to take advantage of those passports to be able to perpetrate all those people at kidnapped people And pick up people So it's a combination of so many things. So Maybe I am I heard for the ministry of works that the the minister of Works our house in beban to live fashion next month is going to address a denation that is holding a press conference To realize the achievement of his ministry in the past three years since 2019 So let's see what is going to come out. But for me the situation is as bad as it comes Top-right corner of the punch news vapor. It says federal government budgets 104 billion Naira to maintain and purchase generators in 2022 Mr. Wando The laughing matter because you know, there used to be this joke that Even when you go to quote unquote Nepal offices, you sit there using generator and so It's just an opportunity that this is what we find ourselves Nothing seems to be working. We've talked about roads now. We've talked about other infrastructure the same thing the petroleum sector is same thing housing and electricity and it's quite unfortunate that This current government when it was campaigning 2015 or 2014 before the election gave some assurance is to Nigeria's They made promises to Nigeria that they are going to upgrade the electricity from what it used to be Um, and even ashore told us how many megawatt they're going to be adding to nationality on a yearly basis Six years down the line Nothing has been done. Absolutely nothing. In fact, we are worst off um, so at the point they were saying the because the oh where we have read the 5000 mark and there are going to be more increases but nothing is that or you see on the daily basis collapse Collapsing and collapse and What's the scenario? The problem also happened is that we are even generating But the basic problem we have also is that we cannot even distribute what we have and we have privatized most of these um, Electric city companies and what do we have? Instead of instead of that what the government do on a monthly basis? They just meet and increase the tariff where we don't you have a commercial Return in terms of So if you are spending that there is no home I don't I need them going to And there is no home in Nigeria where you don't find a single generator. Do you know what that means? Generations said there is no home in Nigeria where you can't find a genius to say now instead of depending on public powers of life now Now people depend on generator now It is The electricity companies that more like a standby profit when it comes that if at all it comes at all Then they just reach over breaks That is how things has happened that the government is not doing enough They have not added anything to the national grid. It has not increased the level of electricity as promised in 20 Because that's going to go back when you talk so it was this bad If the previous government have done this they have done that could have this situation But you have been the sample for starting for about six years. So what have you done? You can see that this stop the blame game has stopped. You don't see this government blaming former government again That was what they started with but you don't have anybody to blame because when you blame now people actually what have you done in six years So that is the situation of Okay, let's also still stay with the leadership newspaper another interesting one says Pressure mounts on apc to sanction members over parallel congresses What do you make of this story? Well, what happened apc it was a Was a story for two. We knew some of us we got to this point to have But I personally do not like you get to this point It's quite unfortunate to happen during the apc congresses on saturday. There were bryan, elation And practically all the states The most surprising part is that of legos. I never knew that legos apc is that so divided But I saw those Congresses on On sunday, I thought that apc had a group a group of legos politics from what is coming out. You can see that This has fallen apart and the center can no longer hold Um in desert Just ready that Kiyamu group is going to put to challenge the result of that in nations You know shoot it the fashion of the governor at sitting former governor now the minister minister of interior arabia shabab We're able to dig it out in no who states Governor Beaudu and former governor most soon It was the same thing in canoe You can see that the governor and also the fashion of so practically everywhere. That's just a problem and It seems that the apc Is going through the road of pt going through the pt work pt went through Before the 2015 election because it doesn't seem to be the apc got the power They wanted at the center and most of the states, but it seems that they've not been able to manage Their successes and that as that is what is resulting what is going on now And it's also happened when you continue to see people imposing candidates on their people That is which is why I was very happy when the senate senate went back and is in the initial passage of That view where you are not looking at direct primaries for Parties if you can have that it is that it can check me some of this problem that we have a bet What is happening is the soul of the party for 2021 everything that is happening now is towards 2020 Everybody's trying to start a just to make sure that's in a better and better advantage vintage position and to be able to align yourself for 2023 So I hope they're able to come out because in the next few days, I suppose they are national now They've had to look at government compresses. They had the words congresses They've had the state congress the next one is national congress where you're going to end up national leaders of the party I hope they'll be able to sort out this they said as a reconciliation reconciliation committee Beheaded by former governor of national state senate Adilahi I hope you were able to come up with something because but I still doubt it because I forget that abc Initially also appointed former chairman acondi They reported a reconciliation committee Dead by acondinotic numbers of it after that they reported another one led by actually what I've made That one since this was it. I don't want to have like In the next few minutes to be able to reconcile the What in practice in the party? Like our guests mentioned yesterday, you know, it also paints a picture of what being You know the capabilities of the ruling party are with the next general elections You know and this really shed some light on on how you know, you know, they would be able to handle Their own internal issues with regards to the next general elections Well, let's move away from there and go to the southeast and sadly, of course, uh, tuesdays You're always faced with talking about namdekandu Mostly maybe because of the sit at home that happens on mondays And of course those stories always show up on tuesday's news papers, mr Wando, but I'm bringing this up because of his court case on thursday it says Or nezza to buhari and this on the daily independent And short canoe is produced in court on thursday It says agitation in southeast a reaction of orchestrated alienation by the federal government As the federal government files a mender charges against namdekandu And also if I will buy heads to court over namdekandu All right, mr. Wando, let's get your thoughts Yes On nezza to buhari is brought on on the urgent federal government to make sure that Namdekandu is brought to court on on thursday This is a rest in kenya And nobody have seen him And that in the service also reading a lot of agitation And a lot of industrial here and there It is it is a rather unfortunate that we still find ourselves where we are present If the federal government's true And the DSS will make sure that in namdekandu is brought to court on thursday so that the triag continue And but as you also rightly said the Magician charges have been Both for by the hgf Now you're having the issue talking about the issue of choosing and talking about the issue of terrorism and rest of them The agitation charges are getting namdekandu But I think that namdekandu Have enough lawyers to handle His case and get this done as quickly as possible On this it's a true yes, it continue despite the advice of the Of the various governors that people should go about It is better to realize that as obviously lots of people Still stay at home. In fact, I remember that as a charity from Ipo that you go by their businesses that it is only on Wednesday that people should stay at home. So what he means is that Um There will sit at home on Monday, but definitely they're going to be another sit at home on thursday Because namdekandu be coming to court or be going to court that in the same putting a lot of pressure, especially on economic situation in the south is The most business people are complaining on daily basis that their businesses are just dying and that in itself does not speak well for For the south is which supposed to be an economic hub for the country So, but I hope I believe uh, so haneze Staying made in their statement that by Thursday we want to see namdekandu physically and that in this we will do Of this Parties health and rest of them. Also, you remember that is Is a lawyer also came out She is a great to purchase for supporters to pray for him and that So that some of these things can just come and just disappear But the fact is that irrespective of whatever the namdekandu has done. He must have his day in the courts Uh, he still remains a suspect. It's an accused Yeah Mr. Awandu that that's like what we expect and that's what you know, I believe a lot of Nigerians are, you know looking forward to Where um suspects have their day in court and of course, you know a justice system that is you know Without any blemish If he's found guilty of any of these crimes and of course, you know He gets what you know the time that he deserves for it Um, but I want you to share your thoughts on how we still see these things play out Um, the last time I was meant to be in court for some reason or the other It just didn't show up. We've seen um cases where the dss saying that uh court Files that were meant to be presented uh for a particular case were stolen by You know one chance operators in abuja We've seen elzagzaki currently suing the agf and the dss a two billion nair Because of course his passport they've refused to give him his international passport And this is the reason that it was misplaced In the six years that he was in incarceration Um, so I want you to show your thoughts on how petty and and how you know our criminal justice system still seems to be Many many years after uh getting into a democratic country Well, uh, what I can say is um, what I would describe as impunity on the part of security agencies There's so many things that our security agencies do then get away with that you know say in In in other climes um in just recently you know that An empty was killed in uk and The what we got is that the police agencies have been giving about 72 hours To get incorporated and getting charged to court And that's it. That's the way to still work there So you must really charge the press because if despite what the person did you still have some constitutional right attached to him Fundamental human rights, which must not be pretty respective of whatever. So if we charge to court if the court not say would you Then they also have a certain period that they can when they try But here most of our security agencies just in not the courts whatever the cost give they give the ruling they don't they don't obey it Look at what happened to the dasuki. We forgot Except there are so many courts judgment on dasuki and for years the security agencies refused to release him Even as a zaki you're talking about the safety there was a pattern that um for me um Fallen has to go back to the court and say you have given a diet. Why are they not releasing so There's a lot of immunity going on. But as I've said Every nigeria and respect you all the best period of does Still remains innocent as they shine the constitution on TV. You have improved the beauty So I hope and I believe and I look forward to um Not the call to be brought to court and the court um and having his day in court The same thing is happening now with the boho case in kotonu And um, nobody seems to be hearing anything again. The last we had about the boho in kotonu is that he wants to see and was rushed to hospital I don't even know the I don't know the next day when I when he's coming to court when he's going to court Well, that case will be heard and rest of them But that is the kind of things you find in Africa in our part of the country that does Are most of our laws are brought from this foreign countries and they see the way it is operated They get them operated, but when he gets it Everybody does what he likes, but um, they do have come up with seven additional charges And that's uh, none the call would be this bet. He has to be The protocols to answer some personal but you also can find that also none of the color to point It didn't have matters when it just disappeared after getting the pay There is not that here not there because The also there are some infractions where his house was uh, read by military and said that he was Something wanted to kill him So let's wait until the after all the if the dss and federal government didn't do the through them They start shouting again Okay, uh quickly just before we let you go Nigeria records 33 new cases of I mean New COVID-19 deaths and that's according to the daily trust newspaper this morning What are your thoughts on that? I mean looking at the where we go about it. You you don't seem to have So much compliance. How many persons are wearing the nose masks and respecting the social distancing? The federal government came out recently to say that federal workers are so so and to not be aligned to their Outs on today take the job. I'm sure you are aware of that and the time frame have been given to that Um, I also hear that some certain bodies are going to post to challenge that saying that the federal government doesn't have that authority To force anybody to take those vaccines. They just take up metrides and they are completely succeed. Um, for me Personally, uh, I think that everybody should take care of his personal Um Use and issues That is The last few days, um that even COVID-19 and um and some other challenges here and there so For me, I believe that every Nigerian the government seems to have been getting tired of as a Nigerian today The need for when it comes to COVID-19 and the since we have left everybody to their fakes Everybody that think that is necessary I believe that is necessary. You can take the job But also taking the job does not necessarily mean that you are immune from Attacks and death just yesterday. Uh, the former the first, um Like a center of state Yes, uh, oh well died of COVID and you took the job. So Explosions were also other dangerous I we and as many Nigerians as possible to do that Then they told you that we also have enough vaccines to go around This is a country of 200 million people how many And and the the vice president also was in the news saying that we will only have about four percent of Nigerians vaccinated by 2022 um Exactly you can see that you can see that just about four percent What are we talking about So some countries have hit about 16 to 70 percent already. We are talking about two four percent in a few years time So that is the big challenge for me. Um, I think we should continue to push the narrative Media and rest of them on the need for people to take this person But some of our leaders are also not taking matters with the so-called First the government, but as governors and commissioners those national assembly and rest of them Have they taken the passing? Have they having to be seen what most of our Wasn't godly our pastors and the rest of them are talking about it. So many of them have been discouraging their members from taking it So I think it's a individual Everyone should take care of this. If you feel that it is a need for you to do that You do that but the problem is that if you get infected as a possibility that you may to impact other people that don't even I'm not taking out Do you see anybody wearing masks in the cost any longer? I have not been seen. I don't know if there's any So Nigerians are particularly forgotten everything about them COVID-19 but let's continue to push the narrative Especially in the media to let people know that this thing is still very dangerous. And as I said In general calling power well yesterday died because of COVID-19 despite taking this job That should be a lesson to so many people All right Mr. Chris Wando, thank you very much as always Tuesdays for sharing your thoughts with us and for spending This public holiday morning with us wish you a very beautiful day ahead Thank you very much for having me. Do have a nice day. You too. Thank you That's where we of course will be wrapping up of the press for this morning We'll take a short break when we come back a little bit of history for you What happened on this day when we're moving to iraq to tell you about uh, for my president Or for my leader of iraq Saddam Hussein right after that our first major conversation for today the Uh, exchange rate crisis still exists in Nigeria even after the suspension of a bookie effect So we're talking about that this morning. And of course, also look out for our ansar's protest conversation at 8 30. Good morning