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Johnson is good to have you join us this Friday morning Okay, so I'm hopefully we're able to connect with him and we have a smooth connection and conversation I like to set up with a daily independent newspaper this morning And as always the focus would be on the top stories Looking at the banner caption APC Ketaka committee divided in dilemma over national convention CEC PC towing or Schumler's Path, that's what the DG of the PGF is quoted to say NLNG to supply 100% of its LPG production to Niger's market Legosi bad on Shagamo be knee roads for inauguration before the end of a year according to the president Buhari pays condolence visit to late Shona Khan's family in Lagos and 2023 not central legislators and does Yahya bellows presidential bead Anambra soludo appoints is equestri to head 80 man transition team and Talking about the sooth in river state we can goes after illegal refineries operators Killings of 15 persons in play two crisis really tell Retailatory attacks not acceptable. That's according to president Mohammed of Buhari and just before we move away We check out this one 395 mutant polio viruses or virus cases recorded in 27 states FCT according to health authorities That's the much we can take on the daily independent All right, and now on the punch newspapers this morning. I'm a Tekon calm southwest forest for fleeing Northwest Terrorists Ikitamu Tekon collaborating with hunters farmers forest guards to fish out criminals and bandits President's recent statement shows he doesn't understand how understand how serious insecurity is says a fennefair And that NLNG suspense cooking gas exports channels 100% to domestic market And we'll present presidential candidates for southeast says on there's a we could also find here on the Punch Igbo have investments everywhere. We are not part of Biafra says umahi Robber kills colleague. I'm a Tekon rescue 17 victims in ondo and caught orders in term for feature of 110 million I attraced to a teacher and accomplices a few others this morning North central lawmakers back bunny and does below and NNPC and others may reconstruct federal roads in Ogun states Buhari I think those are the stories that we can share on the punch this morning All right away from the punch list check out the Nigerian Tribune The banner caption says battle for 2023 hots up and underneath you have north central legislators pass vote of confidence in bunny and Darius bello for president drop your ambition. Let's jointly fix a PC stakeholders tell Tinubu Kalu umahi and deli momo do informs PDP of presidential bead Oh, I don't want joints raised and group kinks kicks over umais ambition. These are riders on the need is Equicely leads so Ludo's 80 man transition committee We will consider tax credit scheme for record reconstruction of Shagamo, you could do and a Diroco highways and this is according to president Muhammad Buhari inaugurate five projects in Ogun state and commends a beard doing Restore dignity respect of Yoruba traditional institution. Gani Adams tell oba's and governors and WHO recommends two new drugs to treat COVID-19 patients and Away from that a bad on high chiefs drop oba ship title agree with mackin day. We're in Nigeria to serve public Public conversations, this is according to Twitter Falana or Zako may speaks on Sewing federal government over businesses hit by ban and this is some of the stories on the Nigerian Tribune all right, and now on the Daily of the leadership newspapers convention delay presidential declarations deep in APC APC crisis PDP DG accuses booni committee of holding members captive Our presidential aspirants are selfish say stakeholders as the Quasili head so Ludo's 80 man transition committee And also federal government inaugurates EFCC board six years after Scores killed in Bauchi Quarra road crashes and also technology not food soldiers needed to defeat terrorists say veterans JD Johnson. Thanks once again for joining us I believe that we can get straight into the discussions this morning with the you know story from anambra state and the transition committee that has been set up by Professor Ludo with OBS equity head and it's and of course having a couple of other you know pretty interesting individuals On that team also, let's get your thoughts on that one first of all Well, and it's a well and the inauguration would take place on the 17th of March I think as a student is setting the ball rolling I'm I'm also in support of the chapter, you know of the Of the transition committee, however The number seems to be too too large for me. That's my that's my few concerning concerning the transition committee the welcome development It's important for him to establish the state of anambra state economy The state of the infrastructure the state of Inzanambra However, the large the large number how are those committees going to arrive at The acquisition someone said if you want you don't want to get him on just a topic committee And if you want to waste your time call for a meeting, I think that Is seven person Margin one fifteen person Transition committee will have will have suffice in this in this direction, but The welcome development that at least that in this administration is important Okay, let's take our attention to the Nigerian Tribune And look at the concerns of Ghania dams saying restore dignity respect of Yoruba traditional institution And over time, you know traditional institution in Nigeria Some people have said that they've lost their value for whatever reason Maybe they have doubled into politics and other persons have queried the role of traditional the traditional institution as well as traditional rulers We'd like to share your thoughts on that Well, as far as I'm concerned We have we have a contradiction concerning the system of problem we want to practice In a republic you don't have in a republic powers belong to the people. There's no place for traditional traditional rulers and We said we are federal republic of Nigeria and the same time we still have traditional institution So if you look at what what relevance do these traditional rulers Have an offer to the system. They become they become political in in their In their approach and in In their decision-making and in their mainstream of their various territories And then you see that They are even subjected to the control of the government We have a case going on in your state now and if take one of the headlines in the newspaper whereby the Bolivar don't died by tradition and by culture after the First day or the second day, you know the next oliver don't be announced However, because of the politicization that happened on that team of people you had new Um New kingdoms were created and people are liberated which altered the existing structure Now in one of the headlines nicova said that those of us need to revert back to achieve You saw what happened in kanu with kanji with the creation of five new emirates from the ex from the original kanu kanu emirates as well as Traditional institutions are What's the relevance? What's the value? We thought that it would be custodian of culture and then they will be They will be instead of Control mechanism for the political class and they will be able to serve as what job and be able to call the political class to do that We have the situation whereby it is the traditional laws that are going to the state house In the past it used to be the cognose and the presidents that used to go and meet traditional laws But the reverse is the case now is the traditional laws are going to have so long that goes to say I agree with him in the clarity that the value of the traditional laws has been eroded Now Judy johnson On the punches morning the big story there says i'm a tecum comb southwest forest for fleeing northwest terrorists Um, is that you know a scary headline? So sometimes the problem we have in Nigeria and globally is the way generalists write their stories the narrative They give to their to their story now You don't see people calling it joh fisherman Or ego traders So you said full and yet or all it's many Nigeria not full honey Now we begin to use those implementations and identity You begin to create problems division I'm a tecum comb southwest looking for Or terrorist is okay, but using that narrative not west you want to create a limited between The southwest and the northwest I think that and that generalist did not do Good service to this nation All right, but I mean the you know Pop, you know for for this whole story is really the presence of these presence in the southwest And if that poses a threat to the security of the southwest will i'm a tecum be able or capable um of Holding it together from all indications and from The result you've got they've caught you know what time you discover that Um the largest then they've been able to reduce the onslaught of the crisis between farmers and edas and the issue of kidnapping and abduction that That characterized the southwest when you recall when Chivalu fall I was When Chivalu fall I was kidnapped in his farm I would you like to find being imposed on one of the teleconceptor in 2015 so I think Every state needs to have a sort of community policing. It's important policing is community Once you have community policing people in the community will know one another So it's easier for people to combat crime when we have that kind of system in case So, but are you thinking that the community police should be integrated with the I mean the security architecture that we have like the police Just that the hygiene please we are leaving a separate division and self-deception. Now you have the isba police in the north You have local security network in legal states, which you call neighborhood watch It was established by Colin bubama when he was governor of ligus When it was military administrator other now you have amoteco in the southwest so One way or the other and then you have rapid response squad in legal state Which is specialized Unit of the Nigerian police to combat and deal with crime in ligus So to a larger extent we have some measure Operationally is all that we don't have it in our in our rule books. You don't have it in our constitution We don't have it in in in legislation But somehow each of these states which of the 36 states of the federation have one form of community policing out there So if the earlier we recognize this and we let's get on this and it becomes like a the better for us in this country Okay, let's quickly check out the daily independence He says the apc ketaka committee divided in dilemma over national convention And some persons are still querying the capacity of the apc to come Uh to put his foot down ahead of the 2023 elections. Well, it's We know we have highlighted this we've pointed out Is as 2023 is approaching the stakes are becoming higher Now one of the easiest ways for you to break through from property in Nigeria Is for you to get access to public office and one of the ways to also increase your work Is for you to enjoy government patronage So the stakes are higher as you are approaching 2023 Is this becomes higher and we pointed out that it is in it to have done this convention Since last year and by all indications if you are not careful, they might not do this convention They might not Because you could see the various crisis one their crisis at the state level in most states you have Two or three parlor convention in legacy for it for example for the first time you have parlor convention three parlor convention You have in no constate. You have in just yesterday the court ruled in favor of seqaru the cows the grand seqaru's faction um Where can you just faction lost out? So if you go from north to east to west to south you see that apc the devil with crisis at the state level And due to the inability to manage those crises it has to ball into a national crisis Which is the service affecting the national Conversion having a caretaker committee we've pointed out it's an operation in the first instance is an operation and apc is With with with the major problem because if they go ahead not to have their national convention They might not be able to present candidates for 2023 election If they do they will lose those Those those those even if they win the election they will lose at the courts Just like it happened Just like it happened in zanfarah state. It happened in river state It happened in bias at state because in all of those states In river state they do not present candidates Same with zanfarah state They are the issue in nadama or state 2019 I hope they will learn from the mistakes they've made in the past And they move forward from salin about The more we are approaching 2023 the more it becomes difficult for them to put their house in order All right, and also Something that seems to be lost in the conversation lately is the idea of a southeastern president But on the punch of morning, you know I've said it if you want to do the turn by turn Democracy we have been practicing this night 29 says 1999 If you want to be fair it should be the start is that should present the presidential candidate But however, however The principle of rotation is not in 1999 question. It was the creation of the pdp It was the creation of the pdp We will see whether I can see we adopt Adopt that principle moving forward if we want to do the turn by turn At least the southwest As had a shot the north west has had a shot the south south As had a shot with jonathan. I think um the south as you are but politics is beyond is beyond this Permutation there are a lot of sticks that are involved. There are a lot of interest And power is not given to you on the platter of gold when they negotiate When they talk and then you play your games Approximately and accordingly understanding the dynamics of power And I'm not sure That the people from the south is just to tell ourselves the basic truth understand the dynamics of power in Nigerian politics There are two individualistic and two republican in nature There's no question in terms of what should be the approach of the region to national politics So who is the who is the presidential candidate? Umayi, Okohucha Kalu or Juzo Kalu So So without the so that's there's there's no there's no organized Concerted effort from the surface. There are two individualistic and republican in their nature and we can't blame them for that That was the structure of their society. We're moving forward. They need to organize themselves and understand the dynamics of Nigerian politics and align their approach their strategy with the Nigerian politics in order for them to make Any any any any idea to be concerning have you shot at the purpose? Yeah Okay, um, let's also look at another one. It's still on the Daily independent to say 395 mutant polio virus cases recorded in 27 states I mean, we're still having to deal with lasa fever. Now we're talking about polio case Yeah, I think we took our eyes off the board Concerning polio I think idea was certified polio free Yes, and I think that we need to turn back to the basic. It's important It's important for government to show the same emphasis we have And the same approach you have adopted to deal with polio in the past and the same approach you are using to deal with Covid-19 in one of the stories you discovered that the safety here we cannot take the Covid-19 Covid-19 vaccine which you had that constant constant effort Because the public health crisis it will still have polio cases in Nigeria I think the what we the approach you adopted in the past which was holistic which was Which was holistic which was comprehensive should be the approach with you We can't take our eyes off the board the vaccine Government must keep investing in this vaccine in order for us to add because we don't deal with the issue now It becomes a national problem in the future All right, um I think we can wrap up with you know, moving away from the papers this morning I think it seems we've gone across all of them and just get you to quickly share your thoughts on Something that we will be talking about a lot later this morning and that is the opposition parties across Nigeria Some people said the opposition parties across the country, you know, there's there's Feelings that they haven't worked hard enough to deserve votes in 2023 And that they've been simply present, you know, will not be enough to convince Nigerians the other way So what would your assessment be, you know, with regards how hard they have worked? To ensure that Nigerians understand that they you know deserve, you know, somehow somewhere short in 2023 Well, the opposition will take shape after the cameras The opposition I know political parties in Nigeria There's no ruling party. There's no opposition party once They win the election you see people cross-captain left and center However, all the election is around the corner But where their interest could not be solved you see the divide into two equally much political parties So it is the party that is able to manage the crisis His convention crisis is primary specter Is the party that will that win 2020 we can't say for sure which party will win whether it's we are not even sure whether Some of this party will exist in 2023 for example, hypothetically, which is not able to put this house in order What happens you have slinter groups And probably everybody will go and bear your debt to Israel Or there will be a tough force And people that are not that are dissatisfied in PDP Have you that are dissatisfied in APC will come together and hope not for Let's see how it's unfold. However, when people talk about opposition in Nigeria There are no political parties because there are no ideology What Nigerian political class are interested in strengthening their nest the moment the election is Conducted and winner is declared. Every one of them will just jump and join the winner. Everybody loves the winner That's the principle of Nigerian politics. Nobody loves a position in Nigeria Because there's no politics of ideology I'm principle All right Judy Johnson, thanks as always for joining us this morning and sharing your thoughts on some of your stories Absolutely have a great day ahead and Of course, uh, we'll we'll go on a short break and share with you what happened on this day in history a couple of years ago Actually going back as far as 1973 To share with you a little bit of history and right after that our first media conversation for today And that's you know from a conversation that I just started with g.d. Johnson The opposition parties in Nigeria. How ready are they really? We'll talk about that after we get back