 Great to have you back on the breakfast here on plus TV Africa and now let's go to off the press where we have a Review of the major stories making headlines across Nigeria today I'm kicking off with the punch and newspapers and Will be in your screen in just a few seconds a big one there is referring to the northern governor's opposition It says anger trails northern governor's opposition to 2023 power shift governor's demand for south Presidency in 2023 Unconstitutional says the forum and it says yeah Northern governor's working towards Nigeria's breakup says Oaneze Regional governor's paying lip service Nigeria's unity and that is for my very fair Petro subsidy hits 905.27 billion Naira oil rises to seventy nine dollars a Barrel and also Manbilla power project construction begins before 2022 says the Senate We are investigating extortion of inbound travelers at airports. That's from the federal government Also on the punch in ira offers cheaper fast remittance options as the CBN and federal government spend 1.3 trillion on agricultural Imports in six months. That is from the NBS. If you have the stories on the punch this morning 74% global youth population in Nigeria nine others and nine others in 2041 sorry 48 killed in Kaduna fresh attacks. So Kapu blames police one dies 16 rescued as Lagos boat hits rock and Group floods or shun with the shimbajas 2023 presidential post We can also find here PDP not so good government over a bearded deputy speakers Foreign trips. Those are the stories we can take on the punch From the punch newspaper. Let's go to the leadership 2023 presidency North and governors traditional leaders reject power shift Slam southern governors over stance on zoning call for caution over that controversy Urge armed forces to sustain onslaught against terrorist Rivers Lagos say they'll wait for Supreme Court pronouncement above that headline on the leadership Brent crude in years 80 dollars as supply titans across regions troops repel attack Eliminate several bandits in Sokoto fan shots kebby airport over 33 million narrow debt Electoral acts Sarah key CSO's urge national assembly to act in national interest COVID-19 FGD Christ extortion of travelers at airport Also on the leadership newspaper secrecy in government undermining access to information that's according to the NGE Says presidency nas our major corporates All right, let's move away from the leadership now and so what we can find on the daily independent Experts least 5g technology snags want realities embraced On as it acts Southeast Governors to launch it will be our go security outfit and e transmission of results NCC can't Dictate to us says INEC an insecurity We need Berlin kind of walls at our borders Navy tells reps Court orders a GF to take over prosecution of former emo governor Northern governors reject rotation of presidency back FG on value-added tax Sit at home hoodlums set vehicle current veritable's a blaze in Ingoo an electoral act Sarah key urges national assembly panel to act in national interest Still on the daily independent elite in danger of our insecurity in giga elements 600 billion dollars iPhone from Nigeria from 1960 to date those are the ones on the daily independent Okay, let's now turn to the next newspaper Let's look at the nation The story says not governors emirs reject powershift in 2023 It will be unconstitutional I carry the loose as they have a right to their opinion 42 killed houses raised in Kaduna attacks Marble lynched police Lagos police chief won't die in vain says CP government raises Visitation panel for lasso 7.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines expected on there's a six ends to killings us and in Southeast Let's it will be a good function. I run my aromas picks as NNPC bought share good for zone a kitty communities cut off as link bridge collapses You I names Bursa also sit at home traders device means to recoup losses and 13 wedding guests die in crash. Those are the stories of the nation newspaper Let's now say hello to our guests at Mr. Chris one to publisher of CK news. Good morning. Thank you for joining us Good morning. Thanks for having me So across the papers the story that we see is regarding the meeting by the northern governors in Kaduna I'm yesterday and it's saying that the northern governors basically have rejected a power shift to the south in 2023 Saying it is unconstitutional and that the back the federal government on that. What do you say? fantastic good nice one, I would say It's really cannot shut up my surprise, but it has always We are from my Believe which I've always expressed that the northern politicians seems to be more smarter put and go to smarter Than their southern counterparts and when it comes to big politics They have a way of uniting with themselves and taking decisions Which is in their own personal interest? Their own best interest to the detriment of other parts of the foundation is that it is not at all is having issues unity has never Be a problem of the north they are well united Irrespective of whatever you feel he Come to take off it the chairman of That governor's forum is from the north central and so is the not that is speaking and this goes to show And it's good. It's good that I'm the leaders of the south I see what is happening because I remember me We were in great team Particular in most of them good night and ganked themselves In making sure that a southern president was supposed to go for a second and didn't have that second time and they were likely Refusing the same host of things about him. He was cute a clueless. He was very good He's this is that first of them and that it was an opportunity for the south to have a second shot at the president it on that good Did you do the needful the joint forces who did not and they picked a A The president of And then it's the not never said anything about our rotation Constitution now they were seeking to the product. Oh, the start you had your turn Let us worry that even that of her be not as I was started by our was not finished that The rule of genital finish the tenure of at least the soul that is the The tone of the not then all of them we are in units and make sure that the narrative goes, but now it has come to the To this the process was to rotate back to the south. All of them have come to get that say oh now It's our constitution now for anybody to see that bet Let us also put in perspective. Is there anything in constitution that says that the president she must be told That's not in the constitution It must be done by thought is not to take it so to take it It is only a political element by the political parties which was started in 1999 by the PDP and Another part is then that okay for better understanding for fair play everything Let's do not the south say which was now came by a bus and after this out then do not They should know that this has been the Policy that it's after 80 years as it were that the mainly the south supposed to have this is done, but That is Alright, Mr. Wando in the same state where this meeting was held There's a report of 42 lives that were lost in Kaduna fresh crisis. So while the governors were meeting well, I guess some Bandits Hoodlums terrorists were also busy. So I want you to you know quickly respond to that It says 48 killed in Kaduna fresh attacks. So couple blames police And this is on the punch knees with us this morning My condolences goes to the families of the youths and the mediasos resting bees But that's who's been arresting this onto the perpetrators of the state of people as Beheaded and dealt with comprehensive. That is on one part. Second part is Well, I wouldn't receive what I don't know if I speak to see those from information we had Um The kidney was a leader to Flanning has man and certain sudden bandits that has not been fully compromised if that is the narrative then that brings to question the Statement issued by the car master got a few days back. That's the Antibasian law be enacted by the southern of us that you know, that is not any good at law Can not be implemented at the rest of them He was deriding the southern of us taking the measures to secure their various seats now We can see what is happening in states. It has no solution to the problem in Katina state I've not become a killing food for bandits I really like using the word as always It has become a home to terrorists and the government is totally Is People are being killed students are being kidnapped in government state on the daily basis in their tests and hundreds and the government Particularly is not being able to do anything about it. What what what do you say? What do you seem saying? Oh, the southern governors are just playing to the gallery the issue of the open prisons are we not Is not enabling and blah blah blah Is not removing the log in his eyes and just looking at the place in the other people's eyes So let's just write up to the occasion. Here's the chief secretary officer of Katina state The security of life and properties or people of Katina state read solely on his labs Let him do the need to and Secure his people and I'm just going and let them know that go for a drink or they can be And to be able to secure their own people through the enactment of this some of these laws Which they see that they see And we able to nick in the board the various killings that is happening in their states So as I say once again my condolences to the families of the disease But you can rest assured that this might not be the last upgrade. I do not have become a killing field And the governor seems to be stressed about this Okay, so on the punch newspaper, there's a story on the top right corner that says the federal government spent 1.3 trillion naira on agricultural imports in six months. That's according to the Nigerian borough of The national borough of statistics. So when I took a closer look at the story It said that Nigeria basically was importing and things like durham wheat were importing mackerel herrings edible mixtures crude palm oil malts and these things are important from countries like Canada, Denmark, Russia and France And when we keep talking about Nigeria being the giant of Africa with all our agricultural blessings, so to speak Would you say it's an irony that we're importing as much as 1.3 trillion naira what of agricultural goods in just the first six months of the year The guy you say Nigeria is the giant of Africa Nigeria is an elephant with the cleats. There is nothing giant about Africa Even smaller countries like Ghana are playing perfect So I think we should stop the beauty of ourselves with that narrative that There is no giant the giant of Africa not themselves. We can call them South Africa Ghana wonder I can see my brother smiling Those are giant because you for you to call yourself a giant that certainly this is that you must be able to meet That is what qualifies you is not by your size. It's not by your number It has in this is what Indices by the work body that determines who a giant I am Nigeria is a is an elephant Back to the question The game that we made in the last few years has been totally eroded. We make so much game Especially in the area of agriculture, which we look at as an authority to Our revenue that was doing due to new year and I remember what the last regime did. Don't forget What will pay someone like a Addition on to where he is today because of his achievement as a minister of agriculture You knew where the issue of rice got to you knew where the issue of cassava got to you knew the issue of Remember so many others that who were making so much input in the area of agriculture That's where you started Exporting but not over the years in the past six years have been completely eroded We are paying the service through a agriculture, which to me would have been an alternative for us Wouldn't have been suffering what we are suffering now if not of the issue of Just depending on um, just only or you but also beyond that is also the issue of insecurity From us. I love the people are not going to be fast again And they are called as killing people at will at kidnapping Terrorists Are on the on the ground Killing people so people get afraid to go back to the power and that is the problem they're having So if you can also handle the issue of the security that is an aspiral effect over and above every other aspect of human life Be socially Physically, economically or both of you politically that is where we find ourselves now so that we are feeling so much important Is not is not Is not used to me. Um, I'm sure we have we've reported more than that. They're just being economically Well, the first thing is that this is not the way to go This government in 2015 when we are coming in said that one of their priorities is going to be the area of agriculture And also we would have classified the economy of Nigeria. Well, how do you diversify the economy? Without having a product shift from your number one oil and which is Oil which in this sense is going out of fashion across the globe. So many countries are not buying oil again So and the culture would have been the main key But what we do I was so surprised when I had some few days back when I had that we are importing palm oil Palm oil If you go to my village in the English if you see what we do with palm oil We have so much There's so much you can do we can do The palm fruit the Malaysia, which is one of the Number one exporter of producer of palm oil came to we are told came to Nigeria We disease is to take our palm oil to Malaysia now. They are number one in the world I don't even know which number we are. So that is the problem We have and it all goes down goes down to leadership those we have are the hems of affair Next to nothing about to do about leadership and that to me is where we find ourselves and rather unfortunate But we can still do the needful if we do the right thing and get it going All right, let's talk a little bit more security now There's something about a berlin wall here on the daily independent. It says on insecurity. We need berlin wall Uh berlin kind of walls rather at our navy or at our borders rather navy tells reps I want to quickly share your thoughts on the efforts we've put in into securing Nigeria's borders In the last decade or more, you know, and if we truly should be talking about building a, you know, a berlin wall around Nigeria To me that is laughing by the world We are going to put it on In so-called to or in Niger states or in the most lately my Or even in those states or which we are going to put it on It's just laughing. Even the berlin wall collapsed. Didn't you see that the berlin wall collapsed? Didn't you see that the wall collapsed and The Germany was unified. It followed the berlin wall who was what brought apart President Michael, you know, she used to be from the start from From the east eastern Germany and that is what we are talking about when the The the the the wall collapsed and west and he decided to come to get a game and the further that go The east and the first church in leadership Germany so they voted For somebody from the eastern part and that is Angela Who have come out to people of the best? Leader that Germany have a party just was narrowly And just the election just up but But your the issue is not Can be Let's start with better now, but I don't you beat a One within that books to go to know as it's what happened to the Booking, you know, there's another entry point What we need is sophisticated equipment to be able to have an aerial view of our quarters That is what happened in across the globe Even Donald Trump was trying to beat the world the u.s. For four years was he was able to beat the world He just tried his best. I love the message. You remember the campaign is campaigns for that I was going to be there a wall With the Mexico border, how many did we what do we still need is a holistic approach to border security Man in our book burning our borders Everybody also should be able to do that But the fact is that we have one of the most porous borders in the world Anybody can walk into Niger from anywhere without any problem. So what I should be thinking is that It is the answer that says that what should be taken in that and what's making sure that the project and not For the night, uh, the immigration services immigration services the police and the other Other agencies that we put to Man up or that way that we're going to be the world My program forgets it Still on that daily independence has a story there and it says $600 billion siphoned from Nigeria from 1960 to date And that's a statement by the former external affairs minister during general Ibrahim Babangidah's regime professor Bola Akiyemi Now he basically went on to detail the issues of illegal and elicit financial flows in Nigeria since from 1960 to date Nigerians politicians and foreign companies that are in Nigeria Accomplished in siphoning money out of Nigeria in their hundreds of billions So he also talked about Nigeria's borrowing, you know to fund that infrastructure and all of that to say that If we can actually cut these leakages in our Finances, we wouldn't need to borrow. Do you do you agree? We're not pointy. Yes on the first Siphoning money is not something that is new It started from life from our an independence uh when to go back Reign of government from a British and from across but don't forget that's what the other board there to insurgency in this The killing and rest of the was because of the army accused the politicians the corruption and rest of So it's so it's not something else to be. Yes, I agree the um Nigeria money is being siphoned as well by politicians It's up by politicians then which uh with the aid of other agencies But don't forget that are we doing that is the government doing the right? I'm back. I'm I'm sitting back. Most of when I talk I talk about the correct I don't talk about the past because the past is behind us For you to be able to learn what we have to focus on today and also the future So, you know, because we hear students of history this look at the past to about to better today and through But that was also situated this situation Now let's also start with the most recent a report um of the The rods in the end of this year have been submitted to the president So now, uh, we are still in the federal government is to study that report Serious is wasn't billions trillions of naira We are siphoned and stolen by certain individuals which will by now I started federal government to look at the report and publish the names of those and those Why people should be arrested immediately? right and jail Until we start doing that the issue will be paid in service to the issue of corruption and that is Yeah, there's not only the across Most of this money that we are still it can be used to better the infrastructure in Nigeria Look at the state of our roads Look at the hospitals Terrible look at the state of education Terrible in what which area can you point and say that we're making progress none So the second problem our second problem is that of corruption and you got that especially the president Is can be said that he's going to tackle corruption In fact, it was one of the reasons why I just came up with it was because of insecurity feeling that Being a former General he's able to handle insecurity properly. The second is the economy That of Corruption, but now What do we have even the money that we recovered from from what I was telling about What did we use them for? I don't believe we recovered my sister is a long walk for us All right Chris wonder, thank you very much for your time this morning. As always we enjoy your perspective on Um, national issues. I wish you're very interesting to use their head. Thank you Thank you very much for having me and do have a nice day You too Stay with us when we come back We're going a little bit back in history to share with you what happened on this day the 28th of September many years ago