 Welcome once again to the breakfast here in plus TV Africa now Let's go back in history and like I said, I'm going back to as far back as 1897 on this day was the very first drunk driving arrest Yes, it happened way way way back many years ago in the UK It was a 25 year old London taxi driver named George Smith and became the first person to ever be arrested for drunk driving After slamming his taxi into a building. He later pleaded guilty and was fined 25 shillings for his While crime the police made the arrest citing impossible mishap Averted while a drunk driver may well have injured somebody on the road according to several reports Reports also suggest that the cab driver had openly admitted to being drunk on the scene of the war of the crime They had no way at that time to test the alcohol in the body of the suspect to ascertain the State of drunkenness, but that then led to 1910 when the very first laws against drunk driving were put into effect in 1910 Couple of years later in 1936 Dr. Rola Harga Patented the drunkometer, which was a balloon-like device that you know suspects could breathe into and this was in 1936 Further down the many years later in 1953 the breathalyzer was invented by Robert Borkenstein who also worked You know hand-in-hand with dr. Rola Harga back then and that's when the breathalyzer came into effect or came into use in 1953 Since then of course there have been other modifications to driving to drunk driving tests You know the breathalyzer and then there's some you know walking You know they take you to do some other things in Nigeria. No, we don't The smell it's yeah, that's all they What if what you took was not alcoholic no, I mean they would always have a you know, they just smell it Oh god, you don't they drink that's what that's what they do here. There's no breathalyzer That's it's pretty it's a pretty easy way Anything for the boys anything for the boys most likely It's not just anything but it's actually since you the flex now, you know, you know, do small thing, you know make all of us enjoy How's our corruption Let's go to the end 1919 this day in history September and the 10th now on this day in history There was a New York City parade for veterans of the World War one who had returned home This day in history. It was one year almost one year after an amnestess officially ended the First World War and then New York Decided to hold a parade to welcome home general John Jay person He was a commander-in-chief of the American Expeditionary Force and also some 25,000 soldiers who had served in the American Expeditionary Force first division on the Western Front You know, this story is so inspiring because when I look back at the videos, you know, the videos of this parade Thousands of people came out in their numbers to welcome these 25,000 American soldiers who had gone on to fight for the country You know, they said that the person was good in the fact that he was able to help reorganize the American Army and You know news reports at that time said it was the It was New York's first opportunity to greet them to greet the men of the First Division and let them know that, you know They remembered their glorious past. They remembered the efforts of the American Army at the war And it was just a very big celebration on this day in history Important, you know that it is celebrated because nobody ever, you know wants to experience war You know on the you know small scale on a large scale. Nobody ever wants to experience it You know and sadly, of course after this, you know, a few years later. There was the World War two Which of course was once again, you know another opportunity for world powers to kill thousands and millions of soldiers and civilians and you know, basically Commit more murder, which is really just really really sad I think it was early 2020 people already talking about possibility of World War three You know after Donald Trump's What the US had killed an Iranian Army general but It just you know a reminder that you know the world should never you know let these things happen again And the lesson I take from the story is the respects for the American Army people who go ahead To dedicate their lives to service and to the protection of the American people when you know We like to bring this back home and say how's it? How's it working in Nigeria? Those you know the soldiers in Nigeria have the same respects that American people give you know their their soldiers Do they have the same respect or do we have fear? Do we see soldiers? I've heard people who say when they see soldiers when they see policemen They make it a point to look at you make sure they are you and he's at you today You know that they are angry with the extra judicial killings the harassment of people You know making a point of conduct to make you know that they dislike you so the question is does The Nigerian Army have the same level of respect of the people beyond them entering buses I'm sitting in front and then bus drivers not being able to collect any money from them You know to say oh if you're accosted by any or if you're stopped by any checkpoint or at any checkpoint They will let you go because there's a uniform man in front apart from that I'll call you respect or honor that bus drivers accord military men in Nigeria does You as a Nigerian do you respect the Nigerian Army or do you look at them and say you could be doing more for us? You could be protecting us. You could be reading us a book or I'm an insecurity and then disrespect them Or what really is the general feeling of Nigerians like towards men of the emphasis? I think I think in the 90s it was different in the 90s when Nigerian soldiers were fighting in Liberia and Sierra Leone You know, there was a lot of respect. There was a lot of Love for the Nigerian Army, but over time that has watered down with the influx of the Nigerian army into you know civil Disputes and into you know I mean tachomino clashes and things that normally the police should have been able to handle And it felt it feels like that respect has been degraded to its barest minimum And that's why these days a lot of Nigerians don't have that much love or respect for Army officers and it's sad, you know in the United States even in movies you might hear people say Thank you for your service. Yes, you know and things like that You see videos very beautiful videos of of soldiers returning from war in Iraq and Afghanistan where they've also committed crimes over there But they come back and you see this very beautiful Gifts, you know things like that You don't get to see the same things here because a soldier who's fighting in in some visa or family in Borno, Katzina You know, it's it's never Complains that yeah exactly his pension is not being paid this and that they're being maltreated Wife and kids are, you know hungry. They don't have money for rents. So so Besides, you know the financial aspect of it, you know, we and Nigerians I believe have lost that respect and honor and value for the Nigerian soldier, which is sad It's not our doing it is the way that the government has made the soldiers no longer, you know look like an elite Squad an elite, you know You know what sect of the security agencies in Nigeria? They have you know been put in marketplaces. You see them fighting with last mile You see them, you know beating police officers. It's just a mess Yeah, exactly, you know and some of all of that, you know, you see them in every checkpoint You know, if you if you're traveling to, you know, there's certain parts of the country Yes, we should still be The respect that they that they deserve because they've also sacrificed their lives and their time fighting insurgents in the north and I give them all that respect Because I can't do it. I wouldn't you know carry a gun and go fight But we need to restore that professionalism Absolutely in the Nigerian military and then in turn, of course It's a it's a it's a definitely translate to more respect when we see that, you know There's a visible change in how the army conducts themselves. It's a lot of work Well, hopefully we get there. We'll take a short break when we come back Our first major conversation on the program this morning is starting Why is the Naira continuing to drop in value? It's currently at 543 Nairatoll dollars at yesterday's reports. We're going to be joined by Mouda Yusuf of Fama DG of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry here on the breakfast this morning. Stay with us