 You're welcome back. It's still the run-up. And before we took the break for the news, we were talking with INEC officials, the national official, the spokesperson for INEC, Mr. Festus Okoya was there. And we also had the HOD voter education here in Lagos, INEC office Lagos, Mr. Denike. And we're talking about how prepared INEC was. And on the part of INEC, they assured us that everything is put in place to make sure that the 2023 election will be a success. But it also means that the ball is now in our court. We, the people who are supposed to go and vote, it is our place now to do the needful. And one of the things that we need to do before that time is if you have not collected your PVC, you better go do that. No matter what you face while trying to collect your PVC, multiply that by four years. If you don't endure it for now to make a change for the next four years, then it will seem as if you just like what is happening to you. I don't, if you do, I don't. For instance, in 2021, I traveled home to my village. And when I was coming back, I took a plane, you know, I boarded a plane to Lagos for 25,000 Naira, Lagos, Calabar to Lagos. Now that amount, let me just tell you what it was by car, by bus. By a bus to Uyo in Aqaibam State was by December 2022 was 40,000 Naira. Between 20,000, 22nd and 24th of December, it was 40,000 Naira in all the parks that I know of, that we made some findings. So if you see the difference in one year, a plane trip is like half of what you're paying on the bus, just one year later, it's not good enough for us as a country. But what is leading to all this? We're hoping that when we have a new government, maybe they will have a policy direction that will take economy to where we want it to be. Maybe not back to what it used to be in those days, but at least something close to something that is affordable for everybody. How much do you buy your food nowadays? How much do you pay for electricity now? How much do you pay to get clothes for your children if you have children already? How much is the money that you drop for house upkeep every week nowadays? So we need a change. If we need a change, you will have to do something that is very, very positive. One of them and very important at this point is to vote. And how can you vote by getting your PVCs? Remember, the date has been extended a little bit more. The collection of PVC was supposed to end on the 22nd of January, but now the PVCs will stay at the work level till the 22nd of January and the entire collection will be moved one week forward. So do your best, no matter how hard it is, to get your PVC. But another thing that is worrying us right now is that another round of crisis that may lead to another strike is looming in the public universities. Over the alleged inability of the federal government to conclude renegotations with the university-based unions on the 2009 agreement that led to the about eight-month strike. This is, as the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, the Nigerian University, Sanu, has lamented that it has lost so many of its members as a result of the failure of the government to pay the four months with health salaries during the strike period. Lecturers under the Congress of University academics, Konwa, a breakaway faction of the academic staff union of universities, ASU, are now set to receive their with health salaries from the federal government. And this was conveyed in a later dated January 2013 and addressed to Niyi Somunu, the national coordinator of Konwa. In this letter signed by Charles Wali, Director of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, the IPPIS department, on behalf of the office of the Accountant General of the Federation, Somunu was asked to provide a list of Konwa members and their details to the Accountant General's office to facilitate payment of the with health salaries. Meanwhile, the academic staff union of universities, ASU, are spoiling for another fight. This time, they may drag the federal government over its members' eight months salary with health salaries. ASU will resort to the court once the government goes ahead to pay members of the parallel union, the Congress of Nigerian University academics. Council for ASU, Fermi Falunov, disclosed this in an interview with the newspaper on Monday. And the question every Nigerian is asking is ASU went on strike, Konwa was formed. ASU didn't go to class for eight months. Konwa that was formed as a breakaway from ASU did not also go to class because the universities were not open and Konwa will be paid. ASU will not be paid. What game is being played here? We do not understand. If the federal government has information that we do not have at our disposal, they should let us know. All we know is lecturers in the university went on strike. And if there's a law of no work, no pay, and they think it's good enough to deprive the ASU of their salaries, then any other lecturer that did not go to work should not be paid. But maybe we don't have the information that we need to have. So the federal government should come at clean and tell the people of Nigeria because if you have a child in school or you have a friend or you have a brother in school or you have someone that you really love in school or you have someone that you are responsible for in school, everybody will want their words, their children, their everybody to finish school, to finish the degree program that they are having or whatever program they are doing and then gainfully employed or do something else. So it will be difficult for the Nigerian people to just understand what is going on. Conwa is being paid. What is Conwa? Conwa are lecturers in the university. What did they do in the eight months? They did nothing. They just broke away and then they said they were not part of the strike. Yet they didn't teach, but they are being paid. So what do we not know? So please we are calling on the federal government to tell us what we do not know. But if it is what we are thinking, then why the separation? Why the segregation? Why the discrimination? Why whatever is happening? I am talking as a concerned Nigerian who may not have the information that you have. So if there is any way you can convince the Nigerian people you should do more to convince us. Otherwise there is fear in the air. If ASU goes on strike again, whether it is their fault or the government's fault, it is we the citizens that will suffer and if we suffer, Nigeria as a whole will suffer. So please let the resolution be reached between ASU and the federal government. Between even Konwa and ASU because there is also fight between these groups and all that. Between whatever. We don't want divide and rule. We just want a workable Nigeria for all of us. And an educational system that works will also mean that we will produce people who can lead us tomorrow, who can make every sector in Nigeria to function. Please, Nigeria should never see the days of eight-month strike anymore. Tomorrow will be another day and God's willing will be here again for the run-up. And we are hoping that whoever is going to be at the helm of affairs after the elections will hacken to the voice of the people and do the needful at all times. My name is Nyam Gul Agadjion. On behalf of the entire crew of the run-up, I say have fun. Bye for now.