 Hello and welcome to what are you saying hashtag ways where we talk about topics in the news as it affects us all I am Sally and today Jennifer and I are in studio. Hello Jennifer How was your weekend? Has the week starting up for you? I'm excited of good Watch it. Yeah, I just heard of good. My weekend was also good I'm actually happy about that. Right because I mean throughout last week. I was waking up with this My grain. Yeah, he refused to go for a whole week But I'm glad that it has it has reduced So but I'm going for a test tomorrow just just to be sure right so I've had a very very rough week like and Yesterday was just interesting. I was at my office till like one a.m. Or something Wow, and I walk with you That's a long time. Yeah So this morning my body gave up on me. Like I was going to get up, but I was not getting up So you slept in I tried but even the sleep was not was just half an hour because I had I had to wake up at 5 a.m. To do some things. I slept at 2 30 I had to wake up at 5 to do some things Then I didn't finish until like 6 37 I had to go back to just to try to manage to sleep a bit My body was just and you know once it's morning like that My mind is alert. So I don't know how I can sleep when work needs to be done I feel just when I get home today. I'm just going to sleep like you deserve I need to see I can see but yesterday was fun. I went to bj sacks Concert I think that's my first time attending his concert a friend of mine Or two friends of mine rather invited me and I was really happy that I went Then I also visited the Cook-a-thon Yeah, but he'll that so I mean we're going to talk more on that because our guests unfortunately cancelled a beer We can't find our guests. So we're going to just quickly, you know, I you know I always find an angle that we can talk about so I'm going to talk about that Cook-a-thon later But Adela has joined us via zoom Um, Adela, how are you doing? Hello, I'm just thank you I'm just thank you. How are you guys doing? Great. Great. Great. Great. So how is You want to share how how your how your day started? Oh, so my day started good because of the rain, of course I expected that there'll be traffic and all that and I wasn't disappointed You know, uh, and then he ended He Today for me has just been a day that I am reminded Head of small nurses and I am reminded of how important it is to have just the you know, just the gift of good support and This is a shout out big time to omolala. I mean she She really just said some really great words to me and He just made everything just seem a little bit easier today. So yes, I'm grateful for that and I'm grateful that he ended the week. It's as you know, it has ended Kind of yes, definitely grateful for that. But it was good. I mean it was a spiritual weekend for me It was really really good All right, so as you already know is our monday and mondays we try to bring Some kind of awareness And sensitization and of course this is in partnership with enough is enough Thanks to yemi adam alequanda entire team always providing us with different. Um, was it called? Was it called? Information that would take us to the next level. So in 2015, right the all-progressive congress apc sort nigerians Nigerians votes through candidacy of president mohammed obohari with several campaign promises Made under the umbrella of change and then Next level eight years of his tenure becomes a wrap in about 14 days from today Right using apc's Campaign as a yastic has nigeria experienced the change that was promised Right as you already know Enough is enough is doing this with us and we really want to look at the pages of presidents mohammed obohari's call card um, and of course, um Here's what we found. I think um, jela. I'll come to you first His call card. Yes. Go ahead. Oh, okay. Okay. So let's start with um economy You know his call card on an economy. Um, so um part of his campaign promise was to provide Was to create 20 000 jobs per state each year Well, the sad truth is there is no public record to show that 20 000 jobs Were created per states each year for the period of these eight years um, let's also look at um, another campaign promise, which is um teach new skills To graduate and give them loans to start businesses by 2019 So this is what the central bank has to say They said that um, they announced new loans for university and polytechnic graduate Who are willing to set up businesses think the move is part of its efforts to fight rising unemployment in the country So this has been partly done The um third thing we're going to look at is security bohari's call card president bohari's call card um The the kidnapped triple girls girls was a very very it was a key part of his campaign promise and um We can say that out of 276 kidnapped triple girls 89 of those girls are still in captivity. So this is partly done Bring an end to insecurity in Nigeria. Of course a lot of us thought um, Haven't been with his military experience and all that We would be able to gain serious mileage in terms of um ending insecurity Unfortunately Kidnappings, gruesome killings and unrest are still happening in various states such as abya Burnal, Bauchi, Taraba, Platu and the Niger Delta. So this campaign promise has not been fulfilled Absolutely um In fact talking about cheaper girls, you know cheaper girls is just even like a A small fraction compared to the number of kidnapped school children, right? I mean, they were the boys that were kidnapped, you know, so I mean like, um, what exactly Was the plan was the structure? We're talking about insecurity kidnapping. It almost like tripled or quadrupled or something During this tenure, right? I mean like literally now you can't really just go anywhere. You are really afraid for The fact that I mean you're driving maybe a decent car. You can just be kidnapped I mean on leaky Expressway people are being kidnapped on freedom where people are being kidnapped You know and taking to the nearest ATM for ransom and all of that So a lot is really going on, you know in terms of insecurity And I really don't know how The new mantra hope right the new president-elect and I mean if he's sworn into office You know, how he's going to tackle Insecurity in this country. Well, let me hear your thoughts. Um, Jennifer. What are your Score cards? All right. So the fourth thing on his core card is corruption And under that he had said a public declaration of assets and liabilities President mohammad mohammad Wari is yet to release the full report of his assets declaration to the public And that has not been completed. He hasn't been done at all Then he also said that he would end immunity from prosecution for elected officers in a criminal case Now for this the government has failed to remove immunity from criminal prosecution or any kind of immunity whatsoever That hasn't been done Then the fifth thing under his core card is health and gender equality The first under that for health is the government officials won't go abroad for medical treatment President mohammad When president buahari is currently undergoing dental care in london that has not been done Then under gender equality He had mentioned that they will give women at least 35 percent of top government positions There are seven female ministers out of 43 Impresidents mohammad buahari's cabinet and that hasn't been done either Very sad. So, I mean although it's too late for these promises to be fulfilled before may 29 Um, we call on president mohammad buahari to at least fulfill his promise to Bring him back the chief of girls and ensuring that they are all released before his tenure If he's unable to do this at least tell us what the status of the remaining girls in captivity Right, what is the status of the remaining girls in captivity? All right, so for more information you can always, you know go to um The office of the citizen's chat box Powered by enough is enough. That's the number to call is 01700 6381 Right, just say hello via whatsapp. You can know your elected officials your governor senators house of rep members House of assembly members local government chairmen and counselors I mean, this is very important, right? If we say we want to demand better governance I think we should get to that point where we're really interested In who our leaders are not just the prominent ones like the presidents the governors, right? Let's get it down to the local government chairmen and counselors So we can then start to demand good governance at all cadres, right? So thank you again to enough in is enough for this partnership We we love mondays because now we are able to come Bearing gifts, right? Telling you the facts and all of that. So thank you again enough is enough. All right, so It's no news that hill the bachi Um popular that's that's a popular name hill the bachi has broken the Guinness world record. I mean she did this today across All our social media handles everyone followed her, you know and all of that and this was brought forth by the power Of vision, right? And in that light, we are Going to be discussing the topic Nigeria and the cost of lack of vision, you know, I told you I said I always find An angle because you see it's one thing for everybody to be celebrating this young girl the president I mean the president elect the vice president the apc, I mean, sorry the labor party presidential candidate at tico abu baka the pdp Everybody that is anybody celebrated this girl. But you see it came it came to life because this girl had a vision, right? And you know And and it just tells us that for me when I see Nigeria I think the biggest problem we have in the country is lack of vision Right and because we lack vision That's why we are not even finding anything like we can hold on to say these are milestones of success And here's what we found as today's quote. It says create a vision For the life you really want and then work relentlessly towards making it a reality And as you can tell from Ildabache's story We by the way clocked a hundred hours Ha that lady she's on fire like she clocked a hundred hours We're going to talk more about her because again, she's an inspiration to many But you see beyond just hitting that record there was something that led to the success And that's why if you understand the process then it is easy to replicate success We want to discuss how does our lack of vision is impacting us as a people I told you I will find an angle for you All right, so we'll take a break when we come back from that break we'll continue the conversation stay with us You are still watching ways now today's international day of families, right? And it's celebrated on May 15th to raise awareness of the importance of families And their role in the society now the day focuses on the important role that families play in our society while also highlighting the issues faced by them The international day of families is a global observance that is celebrated by countries around the world This is a powerful day It's a powerful day because Family, you know, it's not just a cliche when they say family is the bedrock of the society Family truly are the ones that are the very fabric of the society So you see a society or it's a community or whatever that is failing or a nation Check the family structure And I'm telling you that If we can start to to heal From those smallest units, which is the family a lot of the problems that we have today will not even have it Anybody that has a fantastic support structure from family you would always see those people blossom It's I mean you can't you'll hardly find somebody that has A community support like you're like family support Go astray do all the you know or be involved in any kinds of you know vices and all of that They are always grounded people so Very important that we protect the fabric of the family. So what's your thought on family's day? I knew today was family's day. I actually really struck me just now because I reached out to my aunt today I haven't spoken to her in a long while and I grew up with her She's actually my favorite aunt and something just told me reach out to her. I think I messaged her that was Yesterday or earlier this morning But I got very busy then I remind as I just remembered. Oh, she actually sent me a message saying she was in Lagos So I checked it. I'm like, are you in Lagos? I hope I get to see you because I'm supposed to travel for a barrel next to each So she said oh yeah that she's around and it's just mentioned something She said I can't wait for us to be one big happy family again And it really struck me because we haven't spoken in a while It's been a long time. I'll just get busy. Yeah So it just feels like we're going to reconnect again and I'm really excited I really think our gifts should I give to her She's the best if I said the best aunt ever in the entire world She's a mean She will love you. We love you. We love you. My extension will love you Even though we've not met you but do you all like tell us your story of family quickly? Okay, so for me, I think when I come to my blessings that I count my family like a multiple times over Um, I'm blessed. That's that's all I can say. I'm just blessed. I talk to my family every day and um My family them, you know, they're a big part of who I am today. So I am grateful for that and um, I'm hoping that um somehow again, um, some of us are not so So fortunate to have biological families, but We can't get to choose our families and then when we choose our families, it's important to remember that You have to give in into you have to you have to pour into family So they can pour into you. You can't keep taking taking taking family only tribes When everybody does their part you do if you take you give you take you give you take So yes, I mean I celebrate this day and um, I hope that we're able to build stronger families Absolutely. All right. So let's quickly run through what we found in the news. Um, Jennifer, I'll come to you first Okay, so in the news Nigerians dig up old video of singer Slapping police officers That the afro beat musician she won't could see in the early hours of today turned himself in at the Lagos state police command headquarters Ikeja in company of his lawyer and family representative and he has been placed under arrest He also said that in line with the law the command appreciates the public for their concern And assures that the ongoing investigation will be detailed transparent professionally pursued and justice will be manifestly served to all parties involved I saw the mugshot the pictures that he took with the coughs and you know the background First of all, I say police people waiting When I'm not even find a way to do a proper mugshot, you know, um, but hey Putting him in coughs without his shoes and all of that um So I I I watched the video. I don't know the full story Right. Um, but whatever it is. I just want to appeal to people that see Lagos A lot of things that happen in this is actually targeted at bringing out The madness in everybody. Yeah, right? I remember driving on Lake Lake Lake Lake expressway and one very very horrible driver decided that he wanted to go at me Took something very sharp And mashed my windscreen, right? Well, I kept my cold Because I just kept on thinking in my head if I engage this kind of a person what happened At the end of the day me I hate scars and hate all these For you to be able to do that. What what happens? Yeah, the person is not Russian. And don't forget that a lot of people are high on substance So, I mean no matter what the the gravity of the situation is, please keep your calm. The only What's it called gratitude I have is that the policeman was not armed because again imagine if he was armed We'll not be talking about anything, right? He said he put him on harm's way or he tried to I mean his life was at risk I saw a dent in the car. So I'm not sure what exactly cost it, right? So we'll just probably keep quiet and wait till we hear the full story. I just want to appeal to people Keep calm, right? No matter the situation. It's not worth it because at the end of the day You lose your cool everybody gets, you know, so it doesn't like I cannot imagine myself now Going to say I'm going to go and start starting one police case inside the Be the momo and just be quiet, right? No matter how agitated I am I'd rather just be quiet and probably call superior and say See what your police officer has done. Take pictures, evidence and all of that and let it go But now this one that you are angry Of course, even the guy we saw that the guy was maybe on the wrong side the policeman But now your anger now has now further complicated You know, so that's what I just appeal to anybody to be calm. It's not worth it because me I don't even have the energy to say I won't go sleep for one police Because honestly these things can just go sideways, you know, you're laughing. You you enter police Police say You understand what I'm saying. I don't even want to go into that drama, but go ahead. Just hear your story as well Okay, so this is Court order school to pay teacher two million naira for unlawful dismissal Um, the national industrial court has ordered the school trinity model academy to pay its former staff member. Let me see. Um, I mean two million for psychological trauma which resulted from unlawful termination of employment Okay, so, um without reading the story, um, apparently, um, the school fired the teacher For alleged gross misconduct Which when they got into court, it could not be substantiated the school alleged that um, well the the teacher was still under, um Was not confirmed yet. So they felt they didn't have to go through the, um, the jiu-jitsu Test, you know protocol of them wearing and then giving warnings before, you know Terminating our appointments. Well the court did allege that, um giving the The contract of the school that it was just, um Going to be a probation for a period of time. It had exceeded that time and um, whether she was confirmed or not Well, that's um, that's the mistake of the school But at that point they could not since they could not substantiate, you know, the gross misconduct Then they had no right to unlawfully terminate her which would have resulted um in, um In her, you know, finding it difficult to get another teaching job. Anyway, for me, I I don't know. I think I'm just, um, happy that For once, I mean, this is not a regular thing. This is a very rare occurrence where, um, You know, the court actually um Waves in on this and then someone actually takes the school or someone actually shoes An employer for wrongful termination and then the pressing gets a good verdict. So I don't know. I I think it's bravo for the um, for the teacher and um Personally, I am wishing her, you know, good fortune while she hunts for another job I think Nigeria is such an unforgiving um Absolutely Because now people will not see this as a woman just fighting for her right They will see that somebody that is too headstrong It's like it's almost a taboo for you to demand for your rights It's almost a taboo for you to demand for what is fair to defend yourself Yeah, it's a taboo for you to demand for what is just you say you're all too much, you know, that's what you hear You know, so now it's almost like being blacklisted, you know, I would just advise her if you can Look for um remote jobs or something because look for a different a different job entirely Now the the schools can easily blacklist you and that's you know, that would be terrible. Yes. All right Go ahead. Yes. All right. Absolutely. All right. So my story is actually a bit of a sensitive one And I thought to bring it out here today because again, maybe it's still fresh When they can pull out the video, but I don't want them to play too long I think I will try to Okay, D'Yola is here to help me break down the Yoruba, but if they can play the video then I'll come back to the story Wife his children They bereaved my prayer goes to them Uh, I want to quickly say something I just think I should talk about it. Maybe This video will get to their proper channels and people will make amendments Is See So I I kind of like understood based on the caption at the top because I remember I remember that big brother guy that's passed on You remember that I even on his um at the hospital on the floor they had brought out some pictures Yeah, yeah of him. So I mean what she's saying if I understood what um, she said in Yoruba if I understand it clearly She was saying that, you know, when people are diseased They would have called you for instance as a close family friend That I mean that it is unfair that you now take pictures at their vulnerable states. Yeah, do you understand? And it's actually very wrong, you know Yeah, it's very wrong. I I think I need people to understand this It's not everything that you put on social media. It's not everything like really we we need to know where to draw the line right somebody is in Um, or somebody just died the next thing you're thinking is taking a picture for you to be the first to say You know, like I was there or whatever. Like it doesn't it doesn't make any sense Um, please Because I mean the phones are not meant to control us. We are meant to control the phone Yeah, and you actually have the power to to know what to click and what not to click Like somebody is you know on the going an operation or something you take if the person is the one doing it themselves Like the ones taking their pictures and all of that. I mean you are called up It's it's a private thing and don't forget that this particular actor that died Uh, the kukaton overshadowed it because nobody was even really talking about it I remember going on iago juice live while she was at the kukaton at amore garden And somebody kept on saying that can you imagine? She's here celebrating and some people came in her defense to say that she might not be aware that the man had passed Right, so I mean these are things that when it comes to issues of death is very sensitive So if you are the one that is closest to the family members because we're talking international family day They consider you as family. Would it be right? Would it be okay for you to then now go there and start to take pictures? I don't know who what the story I really don't want to know what the drama is about behind the scenes because She was actually addressing some people because she says she hope he gets the right channel But I'm saying that please For decorum concentrate. I mean Consideration and all of that when there are issues like this That's not the time for us to start to do, you know, some kind of like very it's inappropriate Let's just it is I actually I agree with her. It is absolutely. All right, so let's take a break Let's talk vision and let us celebrate our own Nigerian stay with us. We'll be right back