 On the breakfast are made crippling medical brain drain in Nigeria, the United Kingdom announces vacancy for Nigerian teachers. We'll have further conversation as we proceed. Also on the breakfast, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprise expresses concern over the hasty passage of the 2022 Finance Bill by the National Assembly. And don't forget, we'll also be looking through today's newspapers and analyzing the biggest stories of the day. Welcome to the Breakfast in Plos TV Africa, I am Massey Ibupo, a happy holiday to some, still a happy holiday and to others I'm sure that you probably would be at work at this point in time. But that's okay, whatever the case may be, sit up and sit down, make sure you have a cup of coffee and relax and let's bring you up to speed with what's making the round the line up is quite interesting this morning for us. And we'll start off with a top trending is a segment where we talk about what people are talking about. First is the former president's endorsement of Pitao B, that's a Labour Party candidate. Now reactions have continued to trail the endorsement of Labour Party presidential candidate Pitao B by former president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ulusha Gono Basunjo. In a letter he addressed to Nigerians on New Year's Day, it just reminds me of a conversation I had recently with someone who said that we don't see former president of Basunjo writing letters and I'm like he had written a lot. Obasanjo announced the presidential candidate of the Labour Party as his adopted candidate for the 2023 elections and that was it. There's been a lot of reactions on Twitter especially. So you have Twitter handle Benga who said that Obasanjo, now don't forget that if you live in this climate Obasanjo has been referred to as OBJ, a lot of people have given him some nicknames and he tweeted, this was on Twitter, he said Obasanjo would not stop or support but for three reasons. Now one of the reasons he mentioned is that Tsunubu supported Attico when Obasanjo wanted to crush his deputy in 2004. It was Bat who gave oxygen to Attico. So that's the reason why Obasanjo cannot support Tsunubu. He also said and tweeted that Bat created the LCDAS and some governors copied him but when Obasanjo withdrew their funds others retreated and Bat went to court and he won. That's the second reason he said he would not. Now another reason he said is that Obasanjo did not want President Mohamed Buhari to win the APC ticket in 2015. Now Tsunubu ignored him, worked for Buhari again in 2019. Obasanjo stood against President Mohamed Buhari but Tsunubu stood in support of Buhari and President Mohamed Buhari won. So he said that the ego or the ego of Obasanjo was deflated again and so he's saying that there will be a reputation of that next month. We're looking at February, that's when the elections will happen so don't think that elections is in December or in June. It's next month. Get your PVC. Very, very important. But you know coming to the crux of the conversation there are a lot of reactions. Another reaction, you also have another reaction. The All Progressive Congress APC presidential candidate Bolatini was also described, former president of Nushe Gunobasanjo's endorsement of his counterpart from the Labour Party, that's the LP, Pitao Biaz, what less. And Tiku Okawa's presidential campaign organization has reacted to it and you know they're saying of the PDB to say that the former president of Nushe Gunobasanjo's endorsement of Pitao Biaz does not reflect the opinion of or the position of the majority of Nigerians and that's you know a statement of facts, that's the truth. Nothing else but the truth, so help me God. So I find all of this quite interesting but I don't think that we should really make any you know boss about this, it shouldn't really be a big deal, it's just a natural reaction that should you know come. Let's even look at, let's cite an example okay. I would liken this to a setting where you have a family. In a family the father decides to you know gift one of the sons, I wouldn't say the first son, maybe the second or the third, I don't know why I skip that, second or the third son and say hey because you have you have done X, Y's, maybe there's a tax they were supposed to do and then one of the sons lives up to expectation and decides to reward him with one of his favourite toys or whatever it is and the other children will begin to moan and complain don't worry you know it's just because of this. Why did you do this because of that, that's always the case, so it's just natural but the question here is if it was in the reverse will all of these comments come and I'm just asking and then it's something that you should also ask so I think that it's okay for all of these reactions to continue, this is just a few amongst so many you know comments and reactions that you have in different quarters that will continue but let's also not forget that you also have on the other hand whether or not the G5 some of them have actually endorsed or supported the former Lagos state governor and also the presidential candidate of the APC so it is what it is but most importantly like the article campaign or the PDP has stated these will as much as some persons have queried the relevance of form of a president or Lucia Bono passenger whether he's relevant or he can't win primaries in his constituency, he can't even win elections in his ward and what a view he has lost political relevance you can't also take that out that he still has you know some influence to some extent what it is still also you know dependent on the electorate but we know that it's like having influencers it's like having fans it's like having your favorite and a lot of people still you know are fans of the former president okay so people you have a lot of people who follow him and so whatever he says might become you know a word might become something that they will follow through to the latter so you can't take that out entirely right so it would have an impact but it might not be entirely but however it is dependent on you Nigeria as a Nigerian you know to go out and cast your vote you have a mind of your own you're not a zombie and so you can decide who you want to vote for and who you do not want to vote for without being influenced by anyone and so that might not necessarily you know mean anything right but we can't say that it won't have an impact it will definitely have an impact because a lot of persons would trunk you know or you know pursue that particular path but to say that it would you know determine everything we can't actually say so yes moving away from that there's also another conversation that's gotten a lot of Nigerians talking reacting and this is in the entertainment scene Bonobo finally addresses his fans after he came late to a concert we'll just quickly take a look at this short clip and when we return we'll talk more very rest of him to say you know all of that well Bonoboy has heavily has been heavily criticized for not showing up for his concert I mean he should have very late first one of the issues that has been criticized for us is alterance and second is a kick and another what's the other issue again you know there are like three issues you know that he's been criticized for so let's even start with the very first one this is one out of so many criticism that he's gotten the first is that those the show was billed to start at 8 p.m. but he showed up at 3 a.m. that's about maybe 7-6 hours without an apology okay and you saw that particular video now secondly okay maybe I'll say secondly it's that video that you saw where he's a oh when I talk say I kill person for cubana when I talk same I'm a muddy dance for fella if you know love me he said that I feel like that's you know very strong word there's a swear word really but I try not to use it and that's the reason this and the third one is the kick so I'm not sure we have that click sorry I beg your pardon the the clip okay so there's a video a part of it a clip of Bono boy reacting to a fan who wanted to come upstage now if you follow Bono boy very well he had earlier stated that he does not like people he I think there was a time he had a concert where he mentioned that oh he doesn't want people to come on stage while he's performing you know climbing upstage and all of that he even said if you come I'll blow you like he sounded very very violent and all of that the point is when I'm performing I understand that you love me and support me but please do not come upstage you never can tell it could be a big distraction so and this is also one of the reasons why he's been criticized I saw that particular clip where you know he uses leg probably I didn't really say it but it was like there was an action and movement from his leg and that also got him all of the you know criticism that's getting right now the tongue lash whatever it is the bashing that he's getting but let's talk about going to events and showing up you know in concerts and all of that now before time I think that big because this is what we have believed that showing up late is it shows that you belong to a certain class you are an elite you you know you are a superstar a big boy now this is not just limited to you know it's not limited to artists in Nigeria or concerts where they have been organized where you have certain artists so you imagine that I'm supposed to perform at an event I'm not saying for instance I don't use any other artist's name before I'm being you know dragged right but imagine I'm supposed to perform at a certain concert and then the concert or the events start at a certain time but maybe the organizers think that you have to you know prolong the show it has to stay and then bring this artist at a certain time because that's what happens so wait for the artist 11 12 he doesn't show up one two and then you're waiting because he's your favorite or you're waiting just to see him perform and he comes up late it has become part of you know the system it has become part of it and I know that I mean some people say that Bonoboi sings about slavery and what have you I can't even quote you know this handles that tweeted all of that but yesterday and up until this moment there's a lot of talk about Bonoboi but yet he goes outside of the country and he says support me Africa is going through a lot and we're renewing the effort and what have you and then he comes back and treats his people like trash he's put out you know statement which some people also have criticized however if you look at the statement it would have been important I think that it would have been important for Bonoboi to come out to say that yes this is the reason why he showed up he would have put up an apology say hey sorry for the delay this is why we showed up at this time due to some logic logical issues or technical issues and what have you we apologize but of course the show continues I think that might make a lot of sense rather than you know showing up and not saying anything and then you have all of this you know back and forth if you were at that event you see that they had a different feel from what you know you can see when Bonoboi is in other parts of the world or you know is in other countries it sounded like he was in a family meeting and then he was himself you know you could feel the vibe the communication and what have you but I think that the issue of showing up later event or whether you're performing or you're a guest is something that we should be addressed I like the fact that Nigerians are speaking up about some of these things holding people accountable speaking up about it because it's totally unacceptable I think it's in our climate in our you know lexicon that you find the issue of African time I have seen it so it's not just limited to the entertainment scene it cuts across including you know the political terrain you find politicians I mean if a governor is supposed to show up for an event he comes very late you know let's even say he's the special guest of one he shows up late and then you begin to think it's part of the standard that's what should be expected because it's a governor has to come late if it doesn't come late then how do we know he's the governor we need to change all of this we need to do better if you have an event for a certain time and and this will not be the first time where you have artists actually waiting because also if you look at the recent performance of Kiss Daniel amongst all the artists they showed up late not an excuse however but I think that we can change the pattern if an event is slated to happen for eight o'clock let me start for eight and if you have a time slot according to the shadow then you should show up at the time you should show up I really don't know if it's the organizer but in the case of Warner Boy as a yesterday just before this morning he put out a comment and he said you know there were a lot of logistics issue in terms of sound audio and what have you but people have frowned at it saying that's no apology I mean you should have said that you should have said that you know when you were faced with the people rather than not saying anything and now you're saying this this is just totally damaged control so I think that there's people we need to do better it's okay that people you know get into the fact that you can't be treated anyhow especially when you're paying money and this is not just this treatment is not limited to the entertainment scene it cuts across everywhere prior to this time we hear that customers are the king of the market the customer is king and what a view that's the phrase but right now I think that customers are begging with their money so with your money you're being treated anyhow and we can't continue like this and expect a different country these contributes to making us who we are a people so we should do better event organizers let's take note you have an event sort out all that you have to sort out but one thing the stands out for me or the stood out for me for bonoboys comment is the fact that he said that the sound quality production and what a view wasn't up to standard and he had several options show up without a sound or audio and what have you everyone was present his band himself but you know there were technical issues and there's no way he could show up okay so his promised and he said not necessarily a promise that he would try to fix war class infrastructure for the entertainment industry asking for collaboration I think that's a plus right that's a plus really we can do better as a people let's come together and ensure that we develop you know our country our economy and everything that we have and continue to thrive in love okay and do better as a people now another is also very saddening we quickly just take a quick look at this track closely it's a short clip it's very careless one you know according to some reactions let's roll that one please I think we are going to do it in two minutes ladies and gentlemen this is the last one where we fall here in the number 18 Well, that's a very short clip of an airline staff throwing passengers' luggage like a garbage. She looks very angry. I mean, that's what I can take out from that video. But, you know, social media, especially on Twitter, the conversation has been whether or not this is from Nigeria. A lot of people say, oh, Nigeria, that's it. That's what we have. Because every other thing that's not good seemed to be attributed to Nigeria, but we're not that bad, really. I know we have our excesses, but, you know, it's not as bad as we make it look sometimes. We can't really, for sure, ascertain whether that video is from Nigeria, because if you look at the post, I mean, looking at where it originated from, it came with a flag and a hashtag from South Africa. And one can say, until you get to whoever posted this, this also originated from Nigeria, from a Nigerian blog. And that's not, you know, from, we can't say if it's, you know, in Nigeria that happened. I suspect that it's not Nigeria. That's what I can say. But whatever the case may be, so it's not whether or not it's Nigeria, or it's not Nigeria, whether it's in Europe, or, you know, it's in Africa, or it's in wherever it is, right? What's important is that it's a universal thing, cultural. We have to be very cautious. We have to be, you know, polite. We have to, you know, be civil in discharging our duties. It's the same thing as saying police brutality. Of course, you know that the issue of police brutality is not limited to Nigeria. It cuts across borders. So in this particular case, you just see a young woman or a lady who seems very angry. I know that you have segmentation. So it's possible that that's a luggage and you might not have valuables because you have a path where you have, okay, sensitive documents or what have you, and then they put it in different paths or whatever the case may be. That doesn't really look good. Okay. So it's not a thing of a certain region or country. It's a global issue. It's a humanistic issue that you treat people with respect and you treat them very well. I really don't know what that could have been responsible for all of that. Maybe she's boning out, but it's not an excuse, you know, to toss the bags of the people like that. Anything can actually happen. What if the bag, you know, breaks and then all of the issues, all of the, you know, luggage or stuffs inside is out? Okay. It can be so much, but I think that we can do better as a people, right? And if you're going through any sort of pressure or any kind of issue as well, it's okay to report to the, you know, authorities or your superiors rather than, you know, acting that way, right? I just see someone who's very sad and very unhappy, acting right. But that's the much we can take this morning on a top trending that has, these are some of the conversations that Nigerians have been talking about on social media, different spaces. We take a break and when we return, we'll be looking at the front pages of the national dailies. We call it off the press. Please stay with us. Good morning.