 Flight disruptor at Murtala-Mohamed Airport, Lagos-Tamil, reservation workers protest the sack of some of their colleagues. Also on the breakfast, the Nigerian Employers Consultative Association supports fuel subsidy removal, as planned by the federal government. We have discussions in all these ahead and also don't forget we'll be going through today's national duties, analysing the biggest stories of the day. Good morning to you. We're back with the breakfast and plus TV advocates. It's a beautiful, beautiful Wednesday morning, reaching your live from our studios right here on Victoria Island, Lagos. And it's a pleasure to be back. My name is Kofi Bartels. And I am messy. It's good to be back on your screen. Alright, as usual, start off our discussions this morning with a look at the training stories and don't forget we have, like we said, early advertised discussions on fuel subsidy as well as the aviation strike. Let's start off with our training stories. Thank you. This is a really sad one, but I think out of love, let's start with the one that was happened close by. Yes, I think that is where we should start off from. Yesterday, there was a massive fire outbreak somewhere nearby. Adela or Deco Street is not far from us right here in Victoria Island, Lagos. The first story or first news I had was that a McConnell building was on fire. And so I rushed to the internet to look at it, to try and get the information, to try and scar for, you know, sometimes how it is. You hear a story, you have to really dig deep to be sure of what was happening. And it turned out that there was no McConnell building on fire. One paper also said it was Providence Bank headquarters. It turned out it wasn't no Providence Bank headquarters, it was on fire. It wasn't actually a McConnell building that was on fire as well. In fact, some people say it's similar to things. It was a Providence Bank branch that was under construction at Adela or Deco Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. We're hearing so far that one person is fear dead. Initial reports said several people were fear dead. Another report said four people were fear dead. Now they've been able to put out a real situation which is one person fear dead. It said to be a year to be identified. Middle-aged man, he was burned to death, a very sad one in that fire incident. And for some persons who are still saying it's Providence Bank headquarters, it is not the Providence Bank headquarters. From the Providence Bank website, the headquarters is on Adela or Deco Street which is just near the Eco Hotel roundabout. This particular building is still under construction. In fact, the generating splat that they installed there is said to have been just newly installed and they're working on it. They've not even commissioned it. One person dead and unspecified a number of people reportedly injured. The fire was said to have emanated from the premises of the bank while a repair worker was being carried out on his journey. It's not a repair worker. They were trying to make sure it fixed it. I think put it in place so that they could launch that branch. From the videos, you know, eyewitness accounts and eyewitness videos, you can see that a vehicle belonging to a police legal status, a rapid response squad was also on fire right there. It was an explosion. The Police Public Relations Officer Benjamin Houdain confirmed the incident. He said the fire started with a bank premises on Tuesday morning a vehicle got burned. Officers were not affected, but they were injured. Some of them went to hospital, police officers. One person died, others were injured. The injured persons have been hospitalized. It really was unexpected. Some person on Twitter was claiming that it took at least 30 minutes for the fire service personnel to arrive there. And of course people jumped on the bandwagon to attack the fire service were not coming on time. But another person who claims to know someone who works in the bank or with the bank rather said that the person told her that if not for the fire service, it would have been worse. So I think we don't know too much about the situation. The information out there is not too clear, but it is a Providence Bank branch under construction. They were installing the plant as a generating plant and there was an explosion there that led to this incident. It's really sad what has happened. Thank you. We know that there's a lot of conspiracy theories or speculations and proud people are beginning to think otherwise. But we're waiting and very hopeful that there will be an investigation carried out as to what is the cost of the fire and what actually costs the fire. Well, every other time one of the things that we should pay attention to is the issue of education and sensitization every other time about fire, how to handle fire and how to even avoid it because if we get to a point where we understand how to manage all of these issues and then we will not even get to a point where there's an explosion and what have you. So yes, it's over to the relevant quarters. We want to know exactly what transpired with that fire incident. Just not the same also, I mean just yesterday hours after that there was also another fire incident in other parts of Leaguers. And like I rightly mentioned we need to be in the know, just need for orientation, information and what have you. We need to understand what to do so we don't get to the point where there's an outbreak with markets and all of that. I really don't know how the Ministry of Information and every other agency including the fire service or firefighters, some people would actually put it but we need to get to a point where we're able to put out enough information, educate the people on how to avert all of this mishap so we can be on the other side. But however, it's very saddening it's unfortunate, it feels like yesterday a lot of things happened in the country. Indeed, you're right. Talking about the Tejo show, market fire. People had barely gotten to have a hang of what happened at Adela or Deku yesterday when another fire erupted that engulfed goods with millions of nair destroying those goods. Tejo show market is in the Yaba axis of legal state and that fire broke out at the popular Taylor market behind the ultra-modern Tejo show market. We all know everywhere there as Tejo show market but the fire happened on the popular Taylor market behind the ultra-modern Tejo show market. The director of the legal state fire service and rescue service or legal state fire and rescue service Adesha and Margaret to confirm that incident. So it's fire upon fire. There's several fire fighting stations in this axis. There's one, I think around, I think like two of our road. There's a state house, it's called state house fire service station on Ribadu Road, there's another one. I do not know if it's their office or it's a station but it's near I think near EFCC or something like that on Awoluwa Road. There's another fire service station. You have Morocco fire service station just nearby. You have one at Chevron. I'm sure I may see if I'm live with that one. And a couple of others nearby. There's one at Oniqon, okay, two. Sorry, two at Oniqon. One is federal, one is state. So there are a number of fire service stations on the island. And if something like this happens in VI, it shouldn't take too long to have these guys there. What we do not know, if it's a fire service people, we're able to act to affect the damage that was recorded if they could have acted faster. We don't know. But sometimes these things you can't do much than to stop it from spreading to the next building. I'm told there's a global office of building next door that could have also been damaged if this fire was not put out. So maybe we'll take the words of somebody who says she knows someone who works in Providence Bank who says that they actually helped salvage the situation. Sometimes look at the traffic, 30 minutes from wherever they came from may not have been too late. I don't know. Legal state government recently launched about 65 firefighting vehicles. I don't know if they're still packed or they've already been distributed. But hopefully we'll have a quick response next time. Let's move on. Well, quickly. There's a tweet that's very popular Nigerian comedian tweeted. So that has gotten a lot of Nigerians talking about what he tweeted, the content of his tweets, talking about macaroni. And we know that Mr. Macaroni has been on the front for a lot of issues. Issues of the NSAS or the forefront agitating and what have you, he's been very vocal very popular with all of that. So he put out this particular tweet and he talked about the current reality of the nation where whatever it is that happens you have the elites because this has always been an issue. So society would be divided towards the haves and or the haves not and that's what exactly has always been from time immemorial. And in his tweet which got people talking drew people to the current reality of the country and Macaroni had said that which also made it look like a lot of Nigerians took to social media to kick off the campaign. So I'd like to read the tweet of Macaroni the way he put it and that has drawn the attention of the people to the realities of life between the Nigerian politicians and citizens as the president of course President Mohammed Buhari flew out of the country for medical checkup so in all of that several highlights he urged Nigerians to vote wisely that was the peak of everything that he said and the tweet read or the tweet was written as this no matter how hungry the people are there's always food in us rock no matter how sick the people get politicians jet out to London for treatment no matter the level of insecurity the people face the politicians are well protected so vote wisely and a lot of reaction spin generated Nigerians fumed as they started a campaign of vote wisely on Twitter and all the social media platforms. There's this particular one that says there is a volume educated one here and tell the uneducated fellow 2023 is not about religion or tribe it's about Nigerians surviving vote wisely and of course they put out their favourite or whoever they are supporting we must get this right this is also not a tweet from a certain tweet handle Cynthia for me the tweet is almost endless I'm sure if you go on Twitter and use the hashtag vote wisely you would see reactions from Nigeria that's what it is Mercy is nothing much to add here except to say well I mean the young man is simply echoing what re-echoing what people have said and it's strictly obvious you know but it's good to have people who have a followership online and who have popularity you know advice citizens out of the elections he hasn't campaigned for an impasse or against anyone but simply stating the obvious stating the obvious people are lining up on the streets to buy fuel you know yesterday I sent domestic staff who provide security services to us at home to get us fuel for the generating set because there was no light and no power supply and he couldn't get it because we're not dispensing fuel into gerrycans I'm going to call it that so people are facing things I think everybody knows what is going on but will Nigerians vote in a manner that shows that they want to get the best candidate who can solve the problems other candidates out there you know the ones people are talking about the ones who have finances and solutions to the nation's problems I do not know anything change come 2023 I do not know but the more the merrier I mean people everyone needs to do what they can to to enlighten the public tell them you have to vote wisely if you want to vote don't look at how much you're being given in terms of vote buying don't look at stomach infrastructure if they're giving you a bag of rice a bag of curry don't look at that and simply just vote without you know any bias for your brother or where your president is from it means from your tribe or the president practices in religion as you that's the way you should be looking at you should look at who is saying the right things and who has the capacity to solve the problems the country is facing so that is very important I think the young man must be commended I saw a video we put out some time ago I think it was on the anniversary of ENSA's massacre he put out a video on Twitter and social media asking people who had issues with healthcare and other things it was a sketch to vote for who can solve the problems and I think he's immature about it to not mention any party that's a very mature way to not mention any candidate to not align himself with anybody but just to stick with the issues I think that is a good way to go about it you know I'm not saying those who are doing coming out as I support A, B or C are wrong but I think he's also handling it professionally so that's that's good I think he should continue and he deserves to be commended and others who are in such positions where they have popularity and should also you know have some sort of social activism going on I mean he is arrested during the ENSA's protests and all that put inside a black maria we call them here a mobile prison you know so I'm close to Mr. Makori but Mr. Makori if I call you through your manager for an interview pick my call and I'm sorry just stop telling me you're not available please okay all right let's quickly I had to add that let's quickly look at you know some people said she's dead people said they're panicking you know sometimes this report should help help you know so that people don't spread fake news because it's not the immediate past transportation minister this is a former aviation minister many years ago many years ago he recently led a delegation of prominent Igbo leaders to President Buhari to request he's of Nambi Kano the indigenous group he's been talking a lot in the news and to me it was a surprise that Chief Mba Zulike Amici had died well he's an old man he's lived to a ripe old age and his family announced he's dead he was the first republic minister of aviation a stable issue Tuesday by his family signed by his eldest son Asia now Amici on behalf of the family saying the eldest statesman died in the early hours of the day he's been strong to the end making statements he's a strong man, look at him going on criticals at 93 years old to see the president at 93 years old leading delegation at 93 years old and he'd been talking on national issues at that age strong man I think we'll just cover condolences to the family of a later Chief Mba Zulike Amici our thoughts go out to you we also take solace and inspiration from the fact that papa was a very strong man who even in his 90s still was able to speak on national issues it was agile enough to even go see the president and contribute to the development and the peace in his part of the country by being an elder statesman to call for the release of Lamp Cano and also to provide solutions that will lead to the peace in southeastern Nigeria he lived a fulfilled life like his family said we agree and he touched many lives to the service of humanity God and country may his soul rest in peace so Mba Zulike like we have rightly talked about I mean some of the description of what we know him for we're not really surprised because he's a nationalist and I think that a legend has lost an elder statesman because prior to this time in the 1940s talking about the colonial Nigeria he was a part of the Ziks movement talking about Namdia Zikwe movement it was a movement that was concerned about the struggle the emancipation of Africans or Nigerians from the hands of the British rule or colonial masters and that's what he was and so he was a member surviving member up until the time he died and it's really great to know that this young persons if you look at the teachings and the drug trings at the time of Namdia Zikwe these young persons were out there they were willing to put out their best to ensure that Africa or Nigeria is liberated and then they had issues of self-governance Africa should be controlling the affairs this were young men who were and apart from being a nationalist it was also unionist there were several stans that stood him out especially when shortly after people died about 18 persons were killed at a time following the sit at home protest he organized a certain protest for those who were involved in certain kind of crimes to be persecuted for the rights of the railway workers or union if you like to say the story is almost endless with him but this is and that's why I'm not surprised when you talked about his leading delegation to the state of president even at 93 what he's done and that's because I feel like that's been part of him it's really really commendable it feels like a demigod people should probably would have worshipped and revered him when he was still alive but of course we remember this and that's why it's very significant that as we leave our lives from day to day where it is that we find ourselves that we are able to impact humanity do you also know that the Zik movement at the time the young people who came together came to some sort of agreement that they were not going to get married so they took an oath that they were not going to get married until Nigeria gained her independence and it's quite commendable I really don't know that Makaroni fails and others are also proving themselves to be that kind of person in our generation and our current dispensation of country Are you drawing some inspiration from that? No, I'm just saying that social to be very honest it's really... But I'm already doing something this is something that I'm doing we don't have to... I don't know if you are celibacy or just celibacy if you look at history history is very important when people die most times we are not in the culture where we get to celebrate people when they are alive but we get to remember the lives of people and how they live their lives even when they are no longer and so it would just be thinking about what they did at the time the people who actually fought and who believed in a certain ideology who thought that Nigeria needs to be emancipated and needs to be controlling their affairs it was really brilliant these were young people who were in secondary schools who were out there they believed in certain costs they were moving without no influence and the issue of saying we are coming together we are taking an oath and we are not getting married it's personal but it's very commendable until Nigeria gains independence until Nigeria gains independence it was a noble cost and as much as we know that there has been several faults as regards the issue of Namdia Zikewe or Zike however you want to call it people say those who were pushing for Nigeria to control their affairs there were a lot of loopholes and what a view but we must really say that it was commendable all that they have done it was really remarkable and he is one of them and we celebrate him absolutely and I think it's also I'm happy you went there and called to as an example to the young people to take borrow and leave from the older generation to take charge and to see how they can also step in to lead they said we started young they started really really young and they are still doing it at the age of 93 80s and all that we are the young people we also need to step up and also be out there and put yourself in front because time waits for nobody and it's not the norm that the older ones will be doing it all the time actually you have to start doing it when you're young Chief of Michigan didn't do anything wrong by stepping out I'm sure he was very useful to the nation but we can learn from the fact that they started like Messi said to also encourage young people to step out and also be at the forefront of national issues well that's the size of a top training segment we will take a break when we come back dive straight into the national daily looking at the biggest headlines with analysis to follow stay with us