 The audacity of impunity, their viewers, just like La Sisi, I am so angry right now and my anger can cook 10 bags of rice. I got up in the wee hours of Thursday morning not because I was rushing off to catch up with a flight or rushing to an emergency. I was actually rushing to get a good spot on the queue for fuel. This has been the tradition since November 2022. Are we supposed to carry on with our lives and pretend that this is not insanity? I think we've pretended well enough. It's even more ridiculous that this is happening just close to the general elections. People were elected to solve these basic issues and they took an oath to do so. Such audacity is delivered effortlessly because we have been stripped of our fundamental human rights, including the right to freedom of speech and expression. The basic things every Nigerian should have access to have now become a luxury to only a few people. It's important to reiterate that no Nigerian is more Nigerian than any Nigerian. I'll say that again, no Nigerian is more Nigerian than any Nigerian. I don't want to get started on the issue of the new Naira node circulation. I mean, how can someone sit somewhere who is supposed to be intelligent issue an order but does not provide the necessary support structures, the necessary systems and processes to ensure that the order is carried out effortlessly. State tele-machines are still dispensing the old Naira nodes. As at Thursday, the 26th of January, 2023, what genre of comedy is that? Why do we enjoy making everything hard and uneasy in Nigeria? Can we at least have things flow seamlessly? I mean, it's not too much to ask, right? It's basic one plus one, let's not even play the talk is cheap card. Because I mean, if you think about it, these elected officials don't understand the basic economics. What are they doing in office if they don't understand these fundamental economics? How do you go to Harvard or Oxford or some Ivy League school only to end up with some daft and preposterous policies? That doesn't even make sense to a five year old. There's just so many other loopholes in the system that I'm pretty much angry about and it's taking its toll on everyone, every single person in Nigeria. This very audacity of impunity has reached its climates and we must collectively begin to hold people accountable, not just in their words, but now in their action. Victor is actually boiling. I'm so angry right now. All of us should really be worried with the situations that have been highlighted by Victor. Two major things I brought out of that, number one is the fuel issue. Number two is the neural nodes circulation and the mopping up of the old nodes. Slymon, what is the situation like in Abuja as it regards the first scarcity and the circulation of the neural nodes? Actually, in Abuja, the issue of first scarcity is the same just like any other part of the economy. You have to follow any place you and it's even unfortunate after spending hours in the station, you may end up not even getting fuel. It is unfortunate and I can tell you that commuters have been subjected to a lot of pain and they even have to pay more for places where they pay less and more. They pay more now and people even get laid to office and as for the neural nodes, I think Abuja is fair compared to other places. As of yesterday, people even have to come from neighboring states to come into Abuja to deposit their old neural nodes. Most of the ATM have visited in Abuja so far. They dispense the new neural nodes but as you said, it's not everywhere. People are still trying to see how they can get their old nodes deposited. So it's unfortunate. This should not be happening at this time. So the government in power or whoever is responsible for this should at least get this done. The neurons are going through a lot already. Adding this to already, they are already in such situation. It's not a good thing to do at this time. Elijah. Well, the thing is I'm going to call from here. The issue concerning the design of the neural nodes. The CBN governor has actually said that they will start, I heard news that they will start finding banks for not starting the new neural nodes in the ATMs. You know the problem about Nigeria is that the laws are there about implementation. Some of these banks will compete because sometimes I have the opportunity of interacting with some of these bank officials. They will say, oh, we don't have enough of the nodes. So we start some few new neural nodes in the bank and when you finish, we have to put all the neural nodes there so that it can go. But sometimes I feel that the major problem is that some of these people are holding these nodes. You know, there are some customers that will go to the bank and maybe fire to get this thing back though and hold it. So that's part of the problem why it's not circulating fast. But I'm very sure that if the CBN governor can stamp his feet down and say no, I insist if, because we're close to the deadline, they should stop starting ATMs with new nodes. You don't have enough neural nodes in your ATM to put in the ATMs. Then let it be like that. We should go ahead and do transfer. Yes, it's about time. I want to say something about the issue of where. Forest Cassidy is a problem. The president who is the minister of petroleum should call his cabinet members, relevant stakeholders, and solve this problem. And please, they should stop playing politics with it. This is affecting the citizens. The NNPC has maintained continuously that they have enough supplies. Why we have the long queues across the country is what we need to interrogate. I think you have simmered down a bit. So we should be more lively now. No, I mean, but the only thing is these things are basic things. It's not about talk is cheap. We all went to school now, right? I understand the heat that comes with running an office, right? Or making policies or things like that. But let's not make it look, you know, when we just overly worship something, it's just putting the rights. I was in Kenya and I saw how things were working, right? And, you know, a friend was telling me that there had never been any reason for me to go and, you know, say I'm queuing to purchase hue. And he's been there for five years, right? So the thing is most of these things are not rocket science. They are doable. But some people, you know, not putting the interest of the people they are serving. And when you look at it, the office of the citizen remains the most powerful office. You are the reason that you are in office. And if you don't think that way, then you're not going to serve. So these things are not rocket science. First, scarcity, all of these things. Just a simple putting together of a well-coordinated system, you know, structures and processes. We're going to, you know, so it gets me angry talking about something that basic one plus one can solve. Very simple. Very simple. For me, too, I think it's all about leadership. Yeah. But when you listen to the civilian governor as it concerns the Nenera notes, he said 100 days have been given as notice. But if we can't back to December 15th, you know, I'm not sure. Maybe the one plus one that you're talking about, we need to now sit down and see. December 15th is when the Nenera notes was released into the pot. Yeah, there was commission here. It was released. But it really took time to separate. So 100 days. I mean, the cash swap project started this week. And some of the banks didn't get the Nenera notes until yesterday. Some have not even gotten it as of this morning. I have a staff who worked into one of the banks today and got old notes. So if you are saying that the deadline is just around the corner. And you're still dispensing old notes. And you want people to comply. Is it that everybody should, I mean, leave all the economic activity till the deadline gets here so that we can just push the old notes. I think Nigeria should not wait for the deadline until before that. The major problem is not on enforcing the laws. He said that he will find banks that don't put new notes in these. They don't start dating with new notes. And the other hand, I've not seen him finding bank. And the other hand, some people are holding these notes. They will collect it from the back door, from these banks. Say to who they want to. So that's the fact. The point is, even before the design of NERA notes, to get means, you need to go to parties. What you cannot get in the banking hall. You get in the party. So it's still the same thing. The same process. The same process. Nothing has changed. Apart from the fact that they want to mop up the excess cash that we have in circulation. But of course, they want to be strategic about something. I have to say that here, as much as... It doesn't matter if you are bringing in your 5,000 NERA old notes into the banking hall. You are not going home with the same amount. No, you can't. You're going out of custody. You shouldn't even go with anything. Go with cashless. The cash swap is such that... Yes, go with cashless. Even if you bring 50,000, you get 10,000 NERA in those to take home. So I think that was to address the issue of the excess cash that we have in circulation. I think the way out is simple. Nigerians will just go clash as much as possible. Because I still believe that if you mop up the country, the old notes of the country, new notes should not be on everybody's hands. Unless you have a reason for a cash transaction. I came here today. I used my bank app to pay for my transport. I paid for my transport, my bank app. We'll see how that will play out if you want to buy variable... No, that's what I said as much as possible. There are some instances where you need it both. Let it be that the people that have the cash or that want to use the cash should be for those kind of instances. The majority issue here is that... Our economy is still very much cash-dominant. That's why we need to grow to cash this policy. So there has to be enough efforts in account opening, especially for people in the rural areas. And then you have to also build the confidence of people in the system. Yeah, educating them. When you educate, you also need to ensure that they are confident to bring their cash. Education and enforcement. Enforcement is very important too. Alright, the end always seems to come too soon on the advocates. However, the advocate continues on our social media platforms on Facebook, Plus TV Africa with the hashtag The Advocate NG. 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