 Welcome back. It's time for off the press, of course, where we look at what the people have this morning. I'd like to say welcome to our guest analyst. He's always here at least once every week. Architect Ezekiel Eidug. Good morning to you, sir, and thank you very much for your time. Thanks for having me. It's always a pleasure to be with you here. All right. All right. Same here. Let's go straight to the first paper. The nation needs to have some interesting headlines. I've been looking for Undecoq Baigbina's name somewhere, but I didn't see it. So we'll start with the big one. Hiccups in PVC distribution. Prospective voters besieged centers. We're addressing challenges. There's a picture of Morya Kube, who is the chairman of the independent national electoral commission. More from the nation. Again, Baigbina lies without shame. Manufacturers own alternate reality is what they are saying. So that's the latest in the back-and-forth between the APC presidential campaign team and Tinnable's media armory or media organizations. And Arise TV and these days, and their chairman on the other side. All right. More from the nation. Senate to CBN. Adjust cash withdrawal limit. Adjust cash withdrawal limit. How much do they want them to make it? Federal government OK's whistleblower bill to strengthen anti-graft war. Federal government OK's whistleblower bill. Federal government OK's whistleblower bill. Federal government OK's whistleblower bill. Federal government OK's whistleblower bill to strengthen anti-graft war. Banks roll out to redesign NARA notes today. I can't wait to get my hands on them. Jam bremits 50 billion NARA to federal government. EFCC OK's 9.24 billion NARA life insurance cover for public servants. Huge crowd receives Tinnable in Mina. The paper didn't add the other one. Huge crowd receives Tinnable in Mina. Maybe you can find the other one on page 3. I know I guess that's what I'm talking about. Over to the punch. Banks reconfigure ATMs. New NARA enters circulation today. Bank officials complain of small allocations from CBN. It may feel like to appear before reps over withdrawal limits. And more from the punch 2023. INEC budgets rather 117 billion NARA for anti-hacking software others. P&ID Nigeria's failed contract debt hits 5 trillion. That's that thing still on. FG approves new whistleblower bill. Cancels tax holiday. NNPC price slash fails to end fuel queues. My oh my. World Cup. Brave Morocco bow to France. Could it rather be all of these children? So you FG demand 10 million dollars. And federal government opens 2nd Niger Bridge once again speeding. The story is on the front page of the punch. Very quickly. Over to Daily Trust. Stop begging West for loans. Ghana president tells African leaders. Stop begging West for loans. Ghana president tells African leaders. He just signed a deal with IMF. I don't know if that's part of what he's talking about. Buhari seeks U.S. support for 1.9 trillion dollar energy plans. Nigeria's foreign debt hits 40.06 billion dollars. Ghana seeks 3 billion dollars from IMF. So what is he getting president talking about? African leaders borrow to fund wasteful ventures. More from Daily Trust. Senate orders CBN to increase cash withdrawal limits. New Naira notes go into circulation today. I don't know who is going to win that battle. I guess to tell us more and give us his thoughts on that. Let's move over to the Guardian newspaper. 80 billion Naira, U.S. SD debts. We can digital channels as new Naira notes arrive. U.S. partnership with Africa. Key to well success as Biden. I guess that's coming on the heels of the U.S. African summit that is currently holding. Nigeria's elite store, 16.25 trillion Naira oil in 12 years, says Naira. NCC raises the alarm as malware attacks over 300,000 devices as some office stories on the front page of the Guardian. At this point we'll come over to you, Ezekiel and I. Thank you very much for your time once again. Let's start with the big one there, the new Naira notes entering circulation today. We'll go to the ATM machine or the ATM rather. Immediately we're done with this show just to see what I'll get one. And what are your thoughts on this? Because according to the point of view, what are your thoughts on this? Because according to the punch, the bank officials or the banks are complaining of small allocations. And that's on one side. The cash withdrawal limit is the second policy by the CBN. And the chairman, the governor of the CBN, is appearing before the House of Reps over the withdrawal limit. We're hearing also from the daily trust newspaper that the Senate is ordering the CBN to increase the withdrawal limit, which I don't know if they have the power to do that. So over to you. Let's start with those stories from the punch, Nisibra. Okay. Number one, the National Assembly has the power to express an opinion on any issue that they feel is not in the best national interest. So within the context of power to express an opinion, I think they have the power. The problem would be if they have the powers to enforce an opinion. That's a different thing. But I've been one of the chair leaders, one of those that's been extremely excited about this new note stuff. Because there are a lot of fundamental problems that we have with this country. And it goes to the root of government and governance and corruption. And by the time you have a dog, that dog is made to bark. When you have a cat, that cat is programmed by nature to meow. So you have to ask yourself, are you having a dog or are you having a bark? As people seek public office, you must interrogate who they are. If they are dogs, they are going to be barking all the way. If they are cats, they are going to be meowing all the way. Why do I say this? It is that a political process, which is where you choose the leadership, where you choose the control over the country, has been so over monetized that anything that could be done to bring down that influence is in the best national interest. And right now, this policy is, as one who is contesting, I can tell you that it's one of the best policies that I've seen in this country. Because politicians got to know that these votes buying, they've got to do a lot of work. They had stashed up a lot of money just for this because they had come to weaponize that poverty. When people are poor, no matter what you say, they don't want to listen to you on election day or they want to see cash. And that is, I don't know how many of us think of the larger implication of such nonsense. So the cash policy to me is very good. The only thing is that, as one who has funded a lot of young people that are doing the POS business, a lot of times I think they are going to have a lot of challenges with the amount of money that they can hold at a time that they can withdraw. So all that 200, they need to give a more workable withdrawal limit per day. Their transaction limit is usually within that 100, 200,000 daily. Unless you want to think of somebody who goes to withdraw 200,000 every day every day and keeps for election. But all said, I think that it's a good policy. They may need to tweak it a little bit here and there, but let the end game be that they make it difficult for you there to be that liquidity during elections. And I think that is a worthwhile policy. Alright, so basically you're saying that the Senate doesn't have the powers to order the CBN to increase the cash withdrawal limits. No, no, I don't think they have the power to order. I think they have the power to express a strong opinion. And the Senate is important enough for any strong opinion to be seriously considered. Alright, let's stay with the punch newspaper and some of the headlines coming from the punch newspaper. We have NNPC price slash fails to end fuel queues. This should be considered a blunder by the NNPCL as they are now called, the queues are still persisting. Even with the threat by the Department of State Security Services, the queues are still persisting, though they've reduced a bit. But in Lagos we have queues still on some routes. You know, the issue of queues and fuel scarcity and that cycle and that usually comes at yeltside time and one wonders what has really changed in the system to make this into perennial consistent, you know, scarcity during the particularly Christmas season. I think that a government will come one day that will resolve these issues. For now a lot of people, Governors is about profiteering, a lot of people are just looking for where they make money and if they want to remove fuel subsidy, they should just come clean on it. But I really don't think it has to do so much with removal of fuel subsidy because I mean it's almost a constant thing during Christmas and they don't increase price every Christmas, you know. So I think that there's still that element of insincerity with government where you really don't know what the policy is, where we are going as a people I don't really know why the scarcity is and as concerning EFCC you know EFCC you don't need to issue steady threats. It's true that you are in for national security and fuel queues you don't need to tell anybody, you know, in a time that you can have but where there are people who are gathered it's always a soft target and while certain things are inevitable, the fuel station becomes worse because I mean think in terms of what is there, how inflameable it's different from like a market where whatever happens is located or confined to the bomb, let me just be very clear on it but in a fuel station I mean the damage would be inconceivable So what do you do? You make sure that at such places people just have to make it as discouraging as possible where you just have a few people running by their field and go to that extent it's actually a major risk to us as a nation but what EFCC could do is just pick up setting facts, setting intel and then get about the prosecution when they know that they are getting this done, one, two, three you don't need to announce it, you don't need to talk about it there are many ways of killing a rat when you come to announce it it becomes like sensational stuff and people are like maybe they just want to come and then get settled and then they leave so for me I think that backing could have a bite if they are serious about it Alright, very interesting indeed looking for not just the back but also the bites and quite a number of people out there who share your views as well Let's go over to move on from the punch newspaper to the nation The PBC distribution has been an issue of a lot of attention of course for various reasons and the paper is saying that for midst findings here, hiccups in PBC distribution I don't know if you've faced anything maybe if you know people who have faced such challenges but as a media practitioner in my programs I've had several people called to complain about the difficulties they're having I mean let's even leave aside the attacks, you know, INEC facilities in parts of the country So what are your thoughts on this? I want you to add that to that story on the front page of the punch regarding INEC sitting aside 117 billion era for anti-hacking software which I think is a very big concern looking at what they're doing with the technology in elections next year Okay, two things, the very first is that as one who is interested in the election you would expect me to be more interested in the PBC collection and all that You see, there are two things about the PBC that I would like people to know The very first thing is that anybody that noticed an aspect you didn't add I think it's one of the papers where they say millions of PBCs go for less than 2,000 era in certain parts of the country You know, they are all connected See, what is happening is this if you have somebody's PBC is as useless as anything but that's where people make a mistake What politicians are doing is they look for your stronghold and they go to mop up the PBCs They don't expect to benefit from it All they want to ensure is that when people go out to vote in your stronghold fewer people can vote because their PBCs have been collected from them And now one says if you look into, without your PBC if you look into the register and then you see your name, you can vote I don't think that's possible I think you cannot vote except you have your PBC Your PBC is what calls up your data and not that somebody will see your name and start to manually look for it So I think that the EFCC again should look into this issue of people buying Let that intel be now, now, now and then there's a way you can blow it out Let one, two, three That's what I like Mr. Mike Igini when he was here He actually targeted one, two people got them prosecuted, got them to the point of conviction That is sincerity of purpose That seriousness A lot of all these things we are doing is just plain to the gallery is grandstanding and seeking cheap publicity Now that said When you talk of the challenges that people are having in getting the PBC Like that preliminary time there are two sets of people There's a set of people that are technology survey and they are not a few Those people, you should be able to track and go to where your PBCs are and INEC should be on top of the situation to make sure that the distribution is very orderly It's a very simple thing The stacking, you can stack according to alphabetical order You can stack according to your local government You can stack according to the unit so that you can retrieve any What INEC should target is retrieving any PBC within one minute They can do that That is the program they should be on right now How can I retrieve any PBC within one minute Question number one, what's your name? What's your word? Exactly the way it is your sleep And then if I know that word say local government This particular local government It's just like a library stacking Local government library Local government is here And in those local government There are ten words Your particular word word four is here In the words there are number of villages Your particular village is here And then goes to your polling unit It is here And then, because now it's going to be limited What's your alphabetical What's your name? That's N So you just go to under N In less than a minute You've brought my PBC one at a time Give it person a sign of he goes And you're cool So I think that that process INEC should look at it again Instead of that once something is Either here or there check this one Check the other one, check this one Mix up, it's going to be terrible So that library stacking And that mindset and approach Is what INEC should have been doing long before now Once they do that I think it becomes Easier and right now We normally have two seasons When it starts a few people go Then they relax but then when it gets Towards the end you see that surge You see that desperation You see that confusion And I hope INEC is proactive And looks for very, very ingenious Of getting the PBCs distributed Seamlessly and that's the word Seamlessly Alright, interesting Very interestingly that I think Given us a practical observation Maybe INEC should pay you for consultation And give you my 10% I'll sell this Alright, so let's look at Still the nation is Don't get me wrong, not as if I wouldn't Like the money from my campaign I shall win Let's look at Still the nation newspaper There's a picture on the front page Huge crowd receives Cinnabu In Mina It tells a part of the story But of course What has grabbed the headlines Is not the crowd but the fact that Bola Amitinibu left The rally early Like I said that's in front Of the nation newspaper Huge crowd Huge crowd receives Cinnabu In Mina They have the story on page 2 I believe If we can agree Architect with me that What stole the headlines is the fact that The manner rushed off state Now, some reports are citing The APC presidential Sorry, the reason he left Some are asking People are asking is it health concerns His campaign spokesman Has reacted In fact, they've given a reason Why he left the rally early The director of media publicity Bio Nanugan That's of the APC He said that he was not rushed off State due to health reasons or health concerns As Israeli But what he's saying Is that The chairing crowd was unprecedented Tinnabu who held another successful rally In Kaduna on Tuesday arrived in Mina In the evening of the same day For series of meetings with APC leaders The crowd was so huge that Tinnabu spoke briefly to appreciate The supporters and identified The party candidates seeking elected positions It says contrary to the rumors That he was rushed off stage Because of health concerns Tinnabu cut it short to attend To other programs of the day So I don't know if you've seen the videos But what are your thoughts on that Because everybody has been talking about it Putting conspiracy theories out there You see There's something Absolutely Fundamentally Wrong With us as Nigerians Somebody took it spiritual And that Thousands and thousands of people Have been brought into the country To be chanting And casting spell On Nigerians to the end That even a rational person Cannot think rationally For where we are today With all due respect I think that The choice of Mr Tinnabu As our next President By some people Leaves me Very confused To say the least And There are one two three Situations that we are in as a country Number one is that the poverty level Is unprecedented Number two is that things Are not working right Corruption is at the highest Possible level And one would expect that we'll Actually sit down And See where people come from Look At a very very What's the word Rigorous Profiling process Just like they did for Our sister Konjoy Wehala To become the WTO DG Because The DG of this Nigeria project Has a lot of his leaves And I find it difficult To understand that Tinnabu is the most fit In this country I mean Even in normal times Even he himself Knows that What's the word That we are normal human beings I'm just trying to be as honest As I possibly can I have very very close friends That are extremely close to him But at this point I want to think National interest Our party has no presidential Candidates as we speak Because our presidential candidate Was expelled So I'm speaking Dispassionately Not to benefit my Principal so to speak But I just think that Nigerians Should Mr. Tinnabu has every right to contest It is his fundamental right To win with it But those who are pushing every candidate Should check their heart They should search their conscience And ask themselves If they are being patriotic If they are doing whatever They are doing out of Pecunary interest Because they believe this man has so much money Let's go and collect this money Or they really honestly Sincerely believe that This is the most suited person Even when I look at People like Artiku He sounds very articulate and all those things But I'm asking myself Is he really the best for times like this There are It's a lot of combination Sorry for saying something You froze for a second It's a lot of combination But we need to Architect if you can hear me We can't hear you over here Because you froze again It leads you to the network So we'll try our best Okay I'm told you about Architect sorry about that It happens, maybe it should be a campaign promise Yes, sorry A call came in and knocked me off The bottom line Is that We really need to know what we are up against We are up against four years Of either being Grateful to God Or four years of Regret And once the person picks the first four years Taking it back from the person Because it's more difficult So this is the best transition time To get the most suited The best suited for the job Of the office of the president And let's think of the poor Let's think of the future Of this country Let's for once Put our conscience out there And do what We live in our conscience Is in the best interest of this nation And Whatever we choose We need to live with it Alright let's Stay with The nation newspaper as One of the stories that I Was looking for today to see There will be What we call again a reply Was The This day a rise group Versus A P C P C On the other side And indeed the paper has something I'm sure you're well aware of the history Of this drama I think it's all the side attractions Of the current political season What are your thoughts on that Yesterday we were Treated to Some pages of a statement By Bina where they said he cleared The air on challenges and challenged the A P C P C Officials to present their candidates For debates and today The nation has come out with Part two of the The opinion piece by The aforementioned gentlemen Again by Bina lies without Shame manufactures own alternate Reality lots of grave allegations Against the owner of this Day and a rise media Group what are your thoughts On how this has gone so far There are two things The very first thing is that A man comes to me and says Sir your Tire is Going down and you need to Rush it to get it fixed Before it completely Goes down and I look at Him and say you are a thief Because you are a thief Get out of my sight So a lot of people say look Forget the messenger Consider the message I think the response of A P C P C Is like Telling the man you are a thief So don't tell us anything And not that what he is saying Is not in the best national interest We have With all due respect We have followed the town hall Meetings that A rise has been having and Very enlightening It's good for the country People are getting Drilled and grilled And people are getting You know to have An understanding like Up close as different from a debate It's something Novel something that should be applauded And I really Think that You know Mr. Tinubu needs to give us Respect. He has A media house He can say look I have a media house Why should I subject myself to another Media house and then hype them To make more money Not withstanding the fact that When you want to seek public office It's no longer what you want But whoever asks you to do something You do it So they are not telling us Why that is a very bad idea Rather they are saying you You are a very dishonest person You are not the sort of person to talk to So their argument Is highlighting who Ndukau Obaimena is And that's not the issue The issue is why can't your principal Get You know Up close with us, personal or up close And let's feel him Because he's going to be our leader If he doesn't want to go to a rise You have your own TVC Just let us know That TVC is going to have A situation Where they kind of Let us Know who he is, personal and up close The moment that They can do this for us Will be willing to take it the way it is But for now It's not enough for you to say Ndukau Obaimena is a thief That's really not my important Tell me that the house is on fire So mine is how can I get The fire of the house And not whether TVC is talking So that's what I think Alright We'll leave that one, thank you so much Is creative architect For your time this morning My pleasure And what a good time when they pass through Before the jetpack You still look clear And quite quite stashing as always Give our regards to Madame and see you next week Sure will, same here Alright, alright, thank you very much That's Ezekiel and Iitokio We'll be back next week for more Expert analysis of the press But let's take a break When we come back we'll be looking at The unemployment situation in the country Nigeria is said to be the third Best place in the world To be fired, to be out of a job Why? We'll discuss this in the chief Thank you