 It's a breakfast in Plastivia, Africa. It's time for us to take you through the pages of a national dailies as always We have a Zikaun Yai to co-joins the conversation It's good to have you join us this morning a Zikaun Yai to good morning I'm sure that we're able to ratify the audio issues, but however, thank you I set off with the leadership newspaper this morning and that focus would be on The boat caption the headers on the leadership newspaper looking at the front page you have Russia Ukraine work 209 during supply to join Ukrainian Emmy as federal government evacuates 2019 today, and that's What the leadership caption said today a piece a max to elite 650 for Hungary 350 from Poland and 940 from Romania and 150 as well federal government and max 8.5 million for 5,000 if equies and 370 Nigerian student trapped in Ukraine Evacuate all Nigerians not only student ex ambassador. Can I use our tells government? Moving away from that few scarcity heat aviation sector jet a1 sells for 440 now per liter. I remember we having this conversation sometime last week right here on this platform Consumer Commission acts airlines to suspend airfare and hike fuel subsidy send PIA for amendment Senate tells President Mohammed the Bowery feels like we're going, you know back and forth with all of those acts and bills and Custoditional review women protests rejection of bill and that's what you also find NMPC dango tea fertilizer or this seal gas sale packed International Monetary Fund acts Nigeria to consolidate on fiscal position IMF, I think we took that already as Christians begin land can decries Rising in security and now this is some of the headlines on the leadership news people and away from the leadership We'll move on next third independent daily independent newspaper this morning And the lead story are Nigeria currently governed by myopic leaders. That's according to Giga former chairman of INEC says Revolution may become Necessary and just below that there is a pictorial there and the Russia invasion of Ukraine federal government Airmax 8.5 million dollars to evacuate Nigerians false batch of evacuees arrived today on the red strip Their commuter has grown as fuel scarcity bites harder Most stories on the daily independent this morning 2023 failure to elect red leaders means Nigeria is doomed That's according to a tickle a bubaka the airport's concession will be completed second quarter That's attributed to the Minister of Aviation Hardy Syrica fire raises house kills mother three children while asleep in Ebony say that's a sad one Above that story over 200 terrorists killed in the last four days That's attributed to the Niger State Government above the must-have Commission orders airline operators to hold airfare high Beside the story women protest national assembly rejection of pro-equality Bells with the rider men against affirmative action for women Shameless and that's according to the minister. Those are the stories you can find on the daily independent newspaper this Thursday morning Away from the daily independent let's take a look at the punch newspaper the punch says invasion Nigeria 140 others vote against Russia you claim to get five point two billion dollar Lifeline, that's what you find here and Embassy sends Nigerian volunteer fighters list to Ukraine Bahari approves eight point five million dollars for evacuation federal government waves pre-departure test That's also the rider underneath the boat caption. OPEC raises Nigerians or production quarter As Brent hates 111 dollar per barrel The question just in here is we remember that as of December in January 2020. I mean between January December 2021 to January 2022 OPEC has actually, you know, talked about the fact that we have not met the quarter production The one thing that would take advantage of this window and do better All right, ain't you curry team is care Voters in 2023. That's what the Christian Association of Nigeria is quoted to say federal government shifts concession of four international airport to second quarter of 2022 If asu stops fighting public vacities will die like primary schools Final who's saying all of that this morning on the punch federal government orders domestic airlines to reverse 60 percent airfare Hike reps to review recommended Mda's merger and that's also on the punch gender view no going back says national assembly as women fumes I mean, so he's it's like, you know, just leave it up until we get to another time Maybe just maybe Nigerians suffering under reckless misrule of elites jaga is quoted by his president Jamal shiba jaw Son will you or you taller others? Utilizes at day boy at 80 and please summon Oddly carrying vp's food and xm boys Denies All right, Senate may pass the revised budget next week. That's what you find on the punch this morning On the last paper, we will review at this morning is that the nation needs paper the main story there quote Keeks of process for carry's Extradition to the united state And there's a pictorial there that's From the protest that happened at the gate of the national assembly women Nigerian women protested You know the gender equality bill that was rejected by the national assembly Just beside it to the left a zoning crisis fastest in apc Above the must had a russia invasion of ukraine 115 Nigerians In a red state to in a budget to join ukraine troops a bohario case eight and five million dollars the vacuums stranded 20 2090 nigerians we have Lost two thousand civilians UN is saying okay Just beside that particular story. Oh a u students death hotel. Yeah six others arrived in ocean to face trial Most stories on the nation's suffering of a petro scarcity lingers queues at filling stations cause traffic gridlock in cities Panic buying hoarding to blame nnpc loading has started and uh most stories you can find on The nation needs paper you just want to grab them and make them inform decisions for yourself But before we introduce our guest that will take a quick break and um Is he can you're able to be joining us to look at some of the issues on the front pages of this papers in a moment to join us again All right, welcome back. It's though the breakfast on them plus tv africa We are on to the off the present segment We still have is he can you're a talks done and by to look at some of um You know the stories on the front pages that we had just um read. Thanks for staying with us is he killed Thanks for having me always a pleasure. Thank you All right, let's uh look at some of the stories. You know that um really trending and uh the whole nigerians are you know volunteering to go to the ukraine To to ukraine rather to fight for them exactly trending various some newspapers Captured the term in different ways But leadership said 200 nigerians applied to join ukrainian army as federal government evacuates 2019 today comments mr. Daniel a took I I think that um That figure is is is a joke If I put up a post on my facebook page and tell them who'd like to go and fight And get the amount of money that is involved I want to assure you that overnight I'll get nothing less than 10 000 responses Probably because I deal a lot with the youth. So they're like very familiar with my page It's not because they really care about ukraine or anything But it's because they just wish there's something they could do to earn an honest living So I think it um a thing that I said, you know, what really bothers me as it is now is that I hope that this news does not filter back to the years of our students in ukraine Because if k is not taking Many of them May not come back They will choose to volunteer So that they can make the money Because the thought of coming back Is not as pleasing to them Because in the first place there's a reason why they wanted to leave the country And some of them actually either blackmailed be a parent or really put such terrible pressures On parents who could not afford And as a result they probably had to sell properties or take a loan or borrow money Something to be able to send them to ukraine Thirdly, ukraine would not naturally have friends that have children that friends, you know And um they just look at the school system And they discover that every year you're paying money and asu is on strike The federal government is just not listening to them considering them off. He returns and everything And at the end of the day you're like look Where can I go and this child will just graduate and probably get a living And when you look at the different countries, I said my son to university of manchester And I want to tell you say they didn't hit me And I was I literally held thanksgiving service the day that he had his master's and Back to Nigeria. What am I saying? Ukraine was one of those Save heavens where you could have quality education at a relatively affordable price So these are all the things we have to sit down and look how do we make sure the university in Nigeria the the public universities Are up to par How do we start to prioritize education such that instead of our spending so much money sending our children out People from neighboring countries who start to come to Nigeria And it comes to what I've been talking about all along a government that thinks Probably as we progress we'll be able to just hit some notes that are very important for us to do so Is it can I talk let's also look at the punch new sweep of this morning Where the caption talks about OPEC increasing Nigeria's oil production quarter As we're looking at 111 dollars per barrel Now you have some people in and the sectors stakeholders And some of the persons who are saying that it doesn't really make any difference because people are thinking that With the current crisis what the conflict is going on Between russia and ukraine it might just be a time where africa can actually benefit Especially for countries that are exporting or I mean oil producing countries and exporting So but but what do you think about this? Do you see Nigeria? benefiting from this our thought process must be holistic and targeted That's where I talk in terms of strategic thinking We have a country that whenever the oil price goes up my heart goes up Not enjoy but in trepidation in fear Why so? The reason is that the money is coming in To start with I'm not sure of how it's going to be managed But there's a second hand It means that oil prices For imported fuel is going to go up. So we're going to pay more for the fuel So at the end of the day, the net effect is negative on Nigeria We have a lot of money coming in where the management does not give you confidence as to being A properly managed but at the same time you're going to have you know Cost of importing crude or fuel is going to be higher because the cost of the cost of crude is higher But if we had this situation where We have a deal that when you buy our crude You take a percentage and return the rest to us as fuel By so doing we're not bothered about market price or no market price Is like look each time I give you Five tubers of yam Give me back three plates of pounded yam So the cost of yam does this irrelevant within the cut within this context But we give this our crude. We are happy to collect so much money And this will turn around and send you back fuel And they collect on the higher because the refined product is always higher in cost than the initial product And then they get all the derivative and byproducts and you are telling me that six years ago A government is not able to fix one refinery Meanwhile during this time, who is doing the analysis of the cost of the staff Of these refineries to the national treasury on a monthly basis We just don't have a thinking government and it bothers me. So the price of good going up international Market is bad news to me very bad news to me because it means that by talking in terms of subsidy When this will come back to tell you what subsidy is you discover that you are collecting five and getting bad 10 You are collecting six and getting bad 11 Who is thinking who is just thinking in this country and also, I mean looking at the fact that as a january The production quota by OPEC was that we should be producing 1.63 million barrels You know, but that was not what we were chunking out at the end of they were looking at 1.43 million or thereabouts And so the struggle with always meeting up with the quota might also be another issue If one able to meet up with the quota, it might also be another issue If one able to meet up with the quota, it might also be another issue If one able to meet up with the quota, it might also be another issue If one able to meet up with the quota, can we meet up with the quota now and like you have rightly mentioned The fact that we would have to subsidize and import this product is just a total loss for us. Very sad My first question is can anybody in the media Tell us our honest daily production quota This should not be a secret Oil exploration is the right to know of every citizen The meter should be on the production head of every Drilling station That figure should be Transparent enough for every Nigerian to know This is not a national security secret Not at all When that is done, we will know how much production we have on a daily basis We will know How it goes out We will know the revenues we get And we will know when to tighten our belt because something has gone wrong We will know how to talk to maybe people in the creeks. We are not a problem right now if you ask me All these are things that this this opaqueness of Governance this lack of transparency lack of accountability. They are the perfect Environment for corruption And one of the three big cardinal principal even right now. Let me put on record that I have for God Forgiving my president of every wrong doing every wrong doing he has done so far the past seven years are forgiven him Completely and I want to put it on record I will say that if you sign the bill I will give me a cow That's of our stance if he tells me where to keep it I will take the cow there for signing that electoral act And I think our conversation Should move into that because right now they are setting fundamentals That are absolutely necessary in governance One of such fundamentals is that the president must have a back room Where you have Hot heads probably five of them. They are looking at national and international issues They are forecasting five years from now Look at by the time they started talking about covid 19 All right Mr. Ania et al because of time and let's try and get some other stories in so that we can Do so much The nation has another story as it's a banner headline and it is On chiari government kicks off process for chiari's extradition to the united state Does it come to you as a surprise mr. Ania et al It's it's it's a question. I'm trying to Ask God for wisdom on what to ask I pray you get the wisdom. So a country is is burning my guy I don't know if you know where we are in Nigeria today, and I'm coming to talk about the chiari once How's the bonnie the posh you rad for books? For me, it's a non-issue Mine is how do we get this country working right because the principles are the same This guy has done wrong Where is the punishment? Parameters for this country and the reward processes those two arms. We are there Coming to talk about chiari chiari chiari chiari please. Let's talk about Issues that can advance the well-being of this. I just got a message yesterday My staff the wife just slung that died just slumped and died No sign nothing my staff or my former staff Young people are slumping and dying People are dropping like flies in this country. What is that so? This pressure this tension there is something we cannot put our fingers to And I think that the time has come when we really need to look at the elephant in the room and address some of these national concerns All right, so let's just move away from that and talk about other stories that are still trending Ukraine is on the lips of practically Everyone in the world and the federal government has earmarked them five or eight point five million dollars to evacuate Nigerians When Ukraine started The five people in the back room Would have seen one two three four steps ahead so If this Scenario plays out. This is what you should do if you are to do that. This is what you must put in place before time I want to say one simple thing How many Nigerian students are in universities outside this country? Where and how? It takes absolutely nothing to know Two things one cbm. We are coming to ask for scholarship of You know money to to pay whatever we need to add details of the child Second as a nation We want to be able to take care of you as a result There is a bureau in the federal ministry of education that says on this portal Logging so that there's any issue. We'll know what to do. So there's a problem in in in in Ukraine You go to that portal you click Ukraine You know all the students you send a message to all of them This is a situation if this happens, please do this if this happens Please do that even you are in constant touch with them because every one of them has a phone So long before time each of them knows what to do and it takes nothing but a thinking government Guy what I've just told you now does look like something that's difficult Secondly the talk in terms of evaporation before that time you would have known what to do You would have had an aircraft standby and you would have been the first That's how to be the the giant of Africa Now Ghana has done it today. We are trying to approve money Nobody knows how long that approval is going to be cash backed Or we're going to say apis move we will pay later apis knows that drugs don't move Oh, this is what they said before relaxed. Let them pay you so they tell you we are fixing the aircraft They are not fixing anything they are waiting for you to pay because the last time that they did that You did not pay we have a country where we don't trust the system So we can take set in risk if you do that your business collapses And we are really out today and please tell every young person go get your pvc 2023 cannot continue this way Just as we coasted down this morning your thoughts might just be aligning with the caption on the daily Independent newspaper where nigerians currently governed by myopic leaders according to jaga Awesome These are people that have no understanding of what governance is These are professional politicians people look politics and governance are two parallel lines Is like an engineer of an aircraft and a pilot Politicians are like engineers that fix the aircraft the pilot has to come and be the government But now we are putting engineers on the cockpit And it's not the same you're a good engineer and everything but a pilot was trained is like a nurse and a doctor Nurses are awesome. They are wonderful. But there's specific trainings for doctors and when you do that but Today the the criteria for leadership recruitment is how much money do you have can you afford to pay? I'm running for the governorship of a quibum state But when you come to a quibum and you see what is going on the conversation is not on ideas On ideologies on fit for purpose is like oh, he has money. Oh, he's has a backing of government The conversation is so skewed in the wrong direction At the end of the day when that person wins the seat of government the money and the support is no longer relevant Is relevant is what is between the years of that person So I think that the media should seize the conversation as the fourth step of the realm Plus, cv africa is doing very well I commend you, but I want to say please like only but twist do more Set the agenda for 2023 don't report the agenda set the agenda and I will continue to be your number one fan All right. Thank you so much. Um, izzy keller We are actually intrigued that you are going to be our number one fan We do appreciate your time Izzy, can your ad hoc joined us at a look at the stories and you know the major pages of the newspapers Thank you so much once again My pleasure. Have a lovely day. You too All right, we'll take a quick break and when we return We'll look at some women some right but before that, let's look at what happened this day in history