 Time to look at what the papers have for us and of course our analysis with our guest analyst Chris Kane They wonder who has a charted mediator consulate her Genesis every Tuesday on the program Chris Kane. They want a good morning to you Thanks for joining us Good morning. Thanks for having me right over some chair in the papers this morning. Let's kick things off with the leadership newspaper with the following headlines Presidential running mates candidates parties face hard choices 72 hours to deadline Presidential running mates candidates parties face hard choices 72 hours to deadline the writers through that headline APC stakeholders want north and christian as running mate to Tinibu ex ACF scribe roots for Jogara Shatima Gandu J. Arufai still on the card Tico picks a Tico PDP pick running mate today wiki deserves to be VP Oka the story is on the front page more from the leadership FG fails to meet June 1 takeoff for sugar tax Regulation FG fails to meet June 1 takeoff for sugar tax regulation one wonders why You be la one in limbo over Senate return ticket la one in limbo over Senate return ticket FG issues code of practice for online Platforms gunmen kidnapped priests Anglican bishop wife in plateau or your More from the leadership first bank gets one hundred and fifty million dollar Afriks in bank loan african poll qualifies supergills trash south tome a 10-0 and primary Zohaneze youth give Southeast APC PDP delegates quit Notice quite interesting the delegates are not able to choose who they want anymore We'll get this has we go on Move over to the nation new super with these headlines our killings the controversy rages over a swap links still on From last week thought we're gonna be passed that it's time Fie me joints are carried a loot to doubt the federal government's claim Barrel for 40 victims on Friday heard us invade Niger Delta creeks IYC Alleges okay more from the nation a kitty vote without fear says peace panel Vote without fear says peace panel parties to sign packed on Wednesday When only wonders if these have worked in the past and we'll work now a picture of retired general Abdul salami Abu Bakar beside that headlight clerics kidnapped in oil plateau Kogi Abductors demand 50 million Naira gunmen in Jeff for an ocean bus attack 322,000 workers join in contributory pension scheme There's a two unrelated headlines TCN's incompetence cause of great collapse is coming on the heels of that particular incident national Greek lapsing and The writer to that headline Power generation drops to 9 megawatts 9 megawatts Facebook Twitter Instagram get federal governments operating guidelines And of course last few ones from the nation airborne you won't vote Peter B Says umahi Buhari celebrates Abdul salami at 80 To die in Lagos Ipano road accident and PDP reps tip we key others for running mate and We have the Guardian newspaper up next with the following headlines PDP Narrows VP choice to we key okawa Udom we key okawa Udoms where the party is looking at APC inviting nationwide crisis with Muslim Muslim presidential ticket groups worn Stakeholder tasks parties on issue-based campaigns for ocean poles government of dark Catholic priest in platter and how helicopter shelled southern Kaduna villages by survivors quite a sad one more from the paper WHO decries acute blood shortage in Nigeria are the low-income countries and scientists record Cancer cure scientists record cancer cure brick twos actually they're recording that the scientists record cancer cure Breakthroughs these are some of the headlines coming On the front page of the curtain. Let's round things off with a look at the headlines and front page of the punch Southeast PDP demands articles of deeply stopped party dismisses obese threat and the rioters to that headline Party leaders hold crucial meeting with article today. Say obese popularity only on social media Former a number of governor a phenomenon will shock PDP at presidential poll campaign team and Only running mate slot can rest Southeast votes from a be a number of PDP spokesman National electricity grid crashes from 3703 megawatts to 9 megawatts as FG That is found on page 19. You might want to think twice about reading that story for the sake of your sanity 40 or basketball victims get mass burial on Friday and in PC supplies 1.5 to 3 billion liters of fuel in three weeks Abuja queues persistent for those in other parts of country you'd be quite surprised to hear that there's two queues in Abuja Worker's Sean Lowen's appeal continues strike as National Assembly resumes Mobile transactions and jumped to 4.86 trillion narrow in four months according to the N.I. B.S. S FG orders Twitter tick tock and others to appoint country reps three soldiers faint democracy day parade Buhari Jonathan Tenable others present. I Wonder why this would happen Lebanese driver faces manslaughter as crushed Ligas lady dies Sarwan strike as who threatened sanctions for non-compliant chapters 913 killed us and 265 abducted in May according to report. It's coming found on page eight of the punch Ajax insane son others protest in security in Southwest preach self-defense. It's quite one to keep an eye on Customer friends lynch bum legus or lynch burn legus sex worker for keeping Quran in room Customer friends lynch and burn legus sex worker for keeping Quran in room and gunman epidemic or kidnap epidemic Well, I got men abduct quarrel Bishop wife plateau C and chair Monarch and all this. These are some of the headlines on the front page of the punch You have to leave it that and welcome at this point our guests Chris K. Nwando Chartered mediator and consulate a Chris. Good morning to you. Thanks for your time once again Thank you very much for having me once again All right, we start off with a big one now as far as a love Nigerians will be concerned, which is the Power supply its effects everybody and I'm sure people will be more concerned about that for now Then maybe if some of the other story, so let's start up with that nine megawatts. This is what the federal government is saying It's quite interesting to see that the other ones Actually telling the public the situation of things your thoughts, please Yes, nine megawatts. I don't know whether that can power up to two local or two or three local government areas as it were. So If we have seven hundred and seventy four local government and I just have the power supply that I can power About two or three local government that shows you the magnitude of The problem we are we have and we'll be saying this time and time again that the federal government Despite all its promises, especially this current government Since 2015 to be able to improve the power supply in Nigeria generation and supply we are still on a daily basis being Find ourself in the situation we have in as much as I would not be only this current government for the Problem we are having in the power sector this goes back as far back as I can remember Don't forget that that was So much effort by the passenger government to be able to Improve the power supply generation and supply then they are even with the issue of the turbines and rest of them At the end of it all the corruption wouldn't let that fly and I remember vividly the Pro that was instituted in the House of Assembly. I think by the House of Representative And so much came up that at the end of it all what happened I think that's a group and it was led by in the denouement of the House of Representative at the end of it all Nothing came out of it, but here we are When other countries are Continuing to improve on the power supply on a daily basis we are having serious Power collapse At the last counter And that to continue except the government do what they're supposed to do Power is the engine room of every economy anywhere in the world and where you cannot be able to provide that Forget about whatever your economy whatever you want to do because there are so many things tied to that the SF is It depends solely on most of the time on the National grid and the electricity But what we have now if you can tell you that there's no single household in Nigeria that does not have one single Generator go and do your go and do yourself no single home some have two some have three the same two with companies With companies so at the end of it all what happens We'll find ourselves in a situation where it seems at the point there was a time that a minister told us I think that our source of light has been affected by which is I can't I'm sure you remember that particular Minister, I think it was unable a professor nobody has said it which is we are the ones affecting our But that goes beyond which is for goodness sake. This is this is lack of planning This is lack of vision and this is the lack of the kind of leadership we've come to find ourselves What does it take to provide power go to countries like Ghana if you go to Ghana express is 24 hours light every day I was a time disintegrated. I don't know whether one three or three years of non-interaction of power Both Africa the same thing both are never in company even better here better than I am not saying better With due respect to that country they have adequate power supply How can a country that is so blessed so much that we cannot be able to provide power as I said As you are talking about me I'm on generator for me to be on this program I have to be on generator Yes, you just be see me the back and you know how back I am. So that is the situation of this and it's just a part of what it is Very sad wonder the the federal government came out today themselves reveal that it's a nine megawatts now But I'm interestingly they are they are blaming the Transmission Company of Nigeria At the same siting in competence from the Transmission Company of Nigeria for the collapse of the National Grid In fact more than 24 hours after the collapse of the National Grid this is as a nation a series of eyes putting it They saying that they the Nigerian consumer protection network has put the blame of the system collapse on the Transmission Company of Nigeria Which it said failed to get its priorities right this blame game and what are your thoughts on this because the federal government has also said some things about this in the past Is this is this the situation as you see it or there are other underlying issues that need to be tackled it's just about TCN alone Is the TCN not an agent of government? Is it not an agent of the federal government? So if you blame TCN you are still blaming yourself They have found this government as operators of this government as I go down with the ostrich that buried his head in the sand and leave his whole body exposed That is what we have always been blaming somebody who always find a fortune on this What of the minister? We have a minister of power and minister of state for power. What is their job? What of the various agencies under the federal minister of power and at the point we are saying that oh that ministry should be unbounded Because there you had you had one minister administering the minister of power the ministry of works and housing And that was a part of the fascia and some years back the presidents in his wisdom decide to just unbounded that and then fascia is now in charge of Works and housing where we have a minister for power What is his job? What has he done? In the past since he came into office how many megawatts have he added to the national grid? Those are the issues that will be accessed. So if you are talking he says TCN that you are fighting the TCN What have you done? If you think that those they are not doing the right thing why don't you get them dismissed and get other competent people to be able to do their best It is always the situation we have you know there will always be problems it's just like we are talking about the petrol I had when we are reading the headlines and talking about oh there are still queues in Apuja We have a minister of petroleum, we have NMPC, we have the GMD of NMPC and the rest of them but you still have few queues in Apuja What have the minister done? What have the minister of state done? What are the GMD of NMPC done? Don't forget that the minister of petroleum is the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Mohammed Dupuwari If that sector is not working are you asking those in charge to resign? Then in a way you are asking the president to resign because he has come to be seen as being incompetent when it comes to the issue of petroleum or dobex That is how we roll, we move on as nothing is at stake, they are all campaigning after us to vote for them in 2023 And they come with all the promises at the end of it where you come to realise that just like you say in Lagos Palace which returns to another lowly era When this comment was coming they said they are going to bid more for refineries to be able to take care of the shortfalls that we have in petroleum in Nigeria Not a single refinery has since 2015 to date and this comment is about moving on They said they are going to improve the power sector by adding 10,000 megawatt every year by now since 2015 they have been 10,000 That means by now we should have had about 70,000 with about 4 to 5,000 we are talking about 75,000 megawatt Nothing has been done, instead what we have 9 megawatt So that is Nigeria for you and the problem with me is that most of these are leaders travelled to other countries of the world They see these facilities, they enjoy it How they find difficult to come and replicate what they see outside and enjoy outside is what I am still finding difficult to understand But there is quite an opportunity, we don't have anything At the point we are saying that people like me have been saying that why don't you decentralise it Why don't you just allow the states to start generating power by themselves It is not that the issue of generating power is within the exclusiveness Another legal state at the point was trying to do that, I don't know how far they have gone But the fact remains that we cannot leave everything to be exclusively States should be allowed to be able to generate power States should be able to tap resources within their own states or region And this taxing amount of money to the federal government That is how you work in the first republic And that is why we have the level of deployment we had in the first republic The way it is running now, it is not looking good to Alright, I must say I am tempted to leave out the political stories Because they don't deserve our attention, some would say with how they have all performed Especially the two leading parties, maybe we should buck out them this morning I don't know if you are on the same page No we cannot Maybe we should buck out them and they are looking for their VPs We should just leave them do that because we have more pressing things They are affecting our daily lives We will have mercy on them and give them some time in analysis this morning Alright, no mercy isn't here on the program But we move on to some very very sad news Still with the punk newspaper and I think they have given some space to this Encourage this ongoing issue of kidnapping as I have other papers And the punch has at the bottom of its front page That's the punch newspaper Kidnap epidemic, they call it Gunmen Abduck, Quarra Bishop, Wife Plateau, Khan Chair and Monarch as well as others We had that some Tejemen in Plateau state Kogi state as well as Quarra state were kidnapped When this is targeted, in recent times it is a targeted attempt at Christian and Christian Tejemen Or I think these are just unrelated and isolated cases that have no premeditation attached to them I have my fear and I think we will agree with that assumption Because Kofi, when the Prime Minister of the Methodist Church of Nigeria came out Publicly to announce that he paid 100 million Naira to those that kidnapped him I knew that was a flag, is a flag And to these criminals that we change their thinking that there might be so much money to make From kidnapping a Tejemen and that to me is my personal opinion, I may be wrong But that to me has become a norm and that has been able to Governize some of the kidnappers to go for the Klegi men knowingfully where they are kidnapped Probably their churches and members who really ran to pay them out with so much fund 100 million is not a joke But I also look at isolated cases Let's look at the one that happened at the shop of Jeba I think I was kidnapped along the Goumonshaw Elori Road He was travelling with his wife and the driver and one of that I think his assistant When the vehicle break down somewhere along the road And it was in that process that the kidnappers came out of the bush Kidnapped him and his wife and I think the driver where they escaped or something like that That cannot be said that so that they just fell into that It wasn't that they were asked for them But it was that happened in a plight to and some other places I don't know It's quite unfortunate that we still we are not talking about power We've talked about petroleum, we are not talking of insecurity And I asked myself, what next? There's practically this country is practically shutting down It's not even shutting down, this country has shut down If you know the level of insecurity across both And that's bring me back again to 2015 Because when we continue to talk about this The talk will always centre around what we were promised Because it was based on those promises that Nigerians make their decision To be able to vote our leaders And part of this is that the government of the day Has tackled insecurity and felt that the last government Of the good Lord Jonathan didn't do enough in the areas of security But now things have gotten worse On a daily basis, people have been killed, people have been kidnapped People have been picked up Don't forget that they are involved in the Kaduna Abuja train That were kidnapped As still in the confine of the kidnappers Just 11 were released yesterday or there about We still have about 50 of them still there Close to 80 days after they were kidnapped And nothing has been done And there are so many other ones For everyone that is reported to be I can tell you that 10 others must have happened That were not reported That shows the high level of insecurity across the world And the government seems to be helpless about it Rather you see this person of the government Tell you that we are more secure than we were now Than we were in 2015 But that is not true The targeted attacks, the killing Look at what happened at Orwar two Sundays ago Where about 40 worshipers were killed We've been told that they would be given mass burial on Friday The government came back with the National Security Council To say that that attack was by Iswab But the governors of the state Agreed to do the stated misstatement Governor Fahyemi just made a statement That they do not believe that it was Iswab That did that Before you start blaming any particular group What you need to ask yourself Have you arrested anybody? Because after arrest and interrogation That you can put in place To change the narrative and say this is person They have not been able to arrest one single person Behind that attack How come that federal government was so quick in coming out That saying that it was Iswab That is why we are And this will continue Except we do the need to And make sure that every part of this country Is well secured And that brings us to politics again Let us shine our eyes when it comes to 2020 So that we don't just listen to the Fake promises that have been made to us Nigerians should be able to take their destinies in their hands And make sure that those they are going to elect in 2020 Are people that are capable of doing the job And not just any yes man Alright Chris Kendall, that's why I ask Do you think these attacks Because if we look at the recent ones After the Kaduna kidnapping We've had a number of Christian targets Be it in terms of the churches Or in terms of clergymen The one that took place This latest one One of the kidnap cases is in Just East local government area Where the chairman of the Christian Association Of Nigeria was kidnapped Reverend James can't termize his name He's a priest of St. Anthony's Parish to Anguari community He is a Christian Association of Nigeria Chairman In the local government area And that the abductor The abduction was done at his house On Monday morning He went to his house to pick him If they didn't know who he was They don't know which house to go to So it shows they knew who he was We can look at the bishop in Plato State who was kidnapped You can go to Kogi State Sorry, in Kogi State who was kidnapped You can go to your state and all that Do you think there is This are just kidnap cases People saying like you said Let's go for clergymen Because they may have money to pay Or people would raise money for them Or you think that there is an agenda somewhere Against the Christian community in Nigeria Why? Why am I asking this is Because for you to stage an attack Like what happened in OO There should be a reason We didn't have abductions there We had just killings There should be a reason And then why May help us understand what is going on You think maybe this is a trend Or you think these are isolated And not necessarily premeditated kidnapings I said that it could be a trend Apart from the fact that I said before that The state may be issued by the Privilege of the Methodist Church Could have governized some people Looking at it that there is so much money To be made from the church But it's not only That the church can also see that It's not just isolated Don't forget that although not kidnaping That was also an attack in Sokoto state After the killing of that young lead Some churches were also attacked I think the security agencies should Check their strategies and make sure that And look into what is happening The church to a large extent may be In danger now And there is a need for us to Be for security in most of the churches And worship centers across the country This may not just be out of the blues Something definitely might be going on But it is for the security agencies To be able to do the need to And make sure that all those that are involved With this are caught and dealt with squarely Alright, there's another one That's really worrying on the front page Of the punch newspaper That has to do with lynching And we can see here we go again It's a religious related lynching The headline at the bottom of the front page Of the punch newspaper says Customer, friends, lynch And burn legal sex worker For keeping Quran in room So I just read a few lines from that If you permit me Legal State Police Command has charged The paper says Three suspects to court For allegedly beating a prostitute Or a sex worker Let's use the word I think that's better The paper used the first word I used But I think a sex worker is better Commercial sex worker Hannah Salih to death And setting her corpse ablaze For keeping the holy Quran In her room It was gathered by Punch Metro That one of the suspects Petronized this sex worker Salih And after having an intercourse with her Reportedly paid her 1,000 hour For the service A customer who was said to have left Her room when she suddenly discovered that Her 5,000 hour had got meeting Reportedly she ran after the customer And accused him of stealing her money The accusation however Degenerated into an argument The customer was said to have mobilized his friends To Salih's room To search for the missing money The paper says While searching the place The friends reportedly found a Quran Underneath her pillow And as so said Salih Was questioned for possessing the Quran With the kind of job she was doing Adding that the customer and his friends Who became infuriated By the discovery Pounced on her And beat her up Setting her ablaze Is another sad one Another sad one And this is going to be the third one In quick succession After the one that happened in Sokoto Another one happened in Abuja This is Lagos And that is from the trend We are certain individuals Are taking the loss into their hands And fighting for God As it were The one that happened in Sokoto Is a particular lady Who was alleged to have left her And alleged to have made certain statements That some of them find Not palatable And decided to lynch her That in Abuja Happened in the market Where the man was also alleged To have made certain comments And he was lynched This one in Lagos Somebody came to patronize A prostitute Or sex worker As we said At the end of it Of the massacre place And saw the Quran And decided to kill her And not only kill her That shows the level of humanity That some of our people are exhibiting Human life doesn't matter again Even if you have anything Against anybody The right place is to go to the police And report the person And the person will get arrested But to take the loss into your hands Is the worst of all crimes And it's good that the police Have arrested those in charge In the three incidents so far We don't know what has happened I know that that was Supposed to some prosecution is going on I don't know how far the case have gone That of Abuja We've not heard anything about it This is Lagos again If this is not put in check Then the rest assured that This would become the norm And where people just For whatever reason People just look up And decide to kill other people Some people can just Economists can just take up that As a way of eliminating enemies Just come up Shout out that the person Have done this In the name of this particular Religion and the rest of them Before you know it People get down and kill That is jungle justice Which must not be allowed To prevail or to stand in Nigeria All right We'll still have some more bad news To people who live outside Abuja And I'm taking it that you Joining us from Abuja As usual, Chris Kane-Iwando For those of us outside Abuja It's strange when we hear Of fuel queues or fuel scarcity In New York City In the federal capital territory But the punch gives some space To that situation with the Headline, NNPC supplies 1.523 billion litres of fuel In three weeks Abuja queues persist And it says that This is a situation with What's happening in the Federal capital territory It says the huge supply Of volume by the NNPC Has not completely eradicated The queues formed by motorists Daily That is a situation in Abuja And the environment How many other outlets Still do not dispense petrol Due to lack of products Is that what you find In the federal capital territory The truth and it will continue Even if they finish this one And clear it It will still occur Within the next three Four weeks or one month Until we start refining Petroleum products in Nigeria We are going to present These challenges Covid has not to be apart We are just going around Around the whole thing Practically 95 percent Of the Petroleum Products in Nigeria Have been imported So if there is any problem Within the value chain That is what is going to happen So whether we like it or not Let them put 20 million In Abuja and around the whole country Once there is any problem Within the value chain That is what is going to happen And if care is not taken It starts from Abuja And it will spread to Other parts of the country Until we do the right thing As I've already said And I've said it several On this program now Until we do the right thing Make sure that we are able to do What we are supposed to do We continue to face this problem Until we make sure that we are The only country Practically the only country in the world That produces crude oil They go around A spot to do oil They go around buying petroleum Produce No other country in the world does that But that is Nigeria for you That is a country We've come to find ourselves A land A country A land Pleased with so much resources Both human and material But always in one We are just like Elephant Elephant that continue to meet They have a clear fit When you see an elephant having a clear fit You know what that means We are so large But very, very unproductive That is the problem of Nigeria That is the problem of leadership And that is where we are Find ourselves Accurate that our leaders We come to Come to terms To make sure that And see the sufferings of Nigeria And see this as We are sending them We are just giving them a mandate To be able to beat us Every other Nigerian Can have the capacity to lead But it is because we don't have the privilege Of doing that Those that have the privilege To fear God And be able to rule And lead With the fear of God When our leaders are there None of them have that If I can tell you properly Chris The surprising aspect of all of this Is that I'm I'm not seeing any cues in Lagos Which is a bigger city Than Abuja Abuja is the seat of heart Don't worry Don't worry It will come to Lagos If you consider the way It's not coming to Lagos I reject it How can you say you do it? I share your dishes I share your dishes Coffee I pray it doesn't come to Lagos Because a pub Nowala be that But I think It's just okay It's okay I remember the video That was shot by A social media user Of black market operators Also self petrol In jerry cans by the roadside During the last major Fuel crisis The dirty fuel gate We'll call it that They were selling it just Opposite the NNPC headquarters That's great Exactly Paradox of a nation It's sad It's really sad I wonder how the president Will feel Does he not see At least when he was going To Eagle Square yesterday Did he see People selling petrol On the roads In Abuja It's an inexplicable paradox That the seat of power The federal capital Territory of Nigeria Is where we're having Fuel scarcity To the extent That people are selling petrol On the roads It's unfortunate It's unfortunate, my brother It's unfortunate It's not unfortunate Let's keep on praying Let's see We'll have mercy On the politicians And just give them Some little attention The just link For the vice president The VP slot Or the running mate slot As far as the major Political parties are concerned Is still on What the Guardian Is used as This major headline PDP narrows VP choice To Wike Okowa Udom Is what the Guardian Is used as Is the PDP on the right track? They have barely 22 hours to do that And I hope within the next 48 hours Which we're able to know Who the vice president Of the two parties will be Let's wait and see There's so much Qualities going on And here and there And switch up For the two major Political parties Let's see Nobody can for sure Say where it's going to be But in the next 48 hours To 72 hours They have no choice But to come out Whether it's going to be A Christian for the PDP Whether it's going to be Muslim-Muslim For the APC Who wait and see That they should be Careful in choosing The vice president Because that in itself Is going to be A changer Sort of For when it comes To the election Come 2023 The front page Headline From the Guardian Didn't mention Anybody from the southeast It remains to be seen Any of the party Will look that way But I want to thank you Very much for your time Chris Candy Wando It's been a thrill having you This morning Looking forward to having you Next time Thank you very much For having you Do have a nice guy Thank you And that's the size Of the press this morning On the breakfast We'll return with analysis So first major discussion That's before Not before we Tell you what happened today In history We'll be right back