 On the breakfast, we'll take an in-depth analysis of some economic policies that have been talked about by Nigerians like the R-200 FX pulver, sugar tax, limited on dollar spending, narrow redesign and cash withdrawal policy, among others. Also on the breakfast, the fifth alteration to the 1999 constitution may not see the light of day despised at one billionaire location. What is the implication for our democracy? And don't forget, we'll also be going through today's newspapers analyzing the biggest stories of the day. Welcome to the breakfast on Plus TV Africa happy holiday and remember Christmas as well. Today's Boxing Day, it's time for you to, you know, unbox and unveil the gifts you probably would have gotten prior to today. Well, I hope you had yourself a merry Christmas and for those who are having, you know, at home, it's okay to sit back and enjoy the show this morning. My name is Massey Popo. The lineup is quite amazing and trusting. We'll be looking through our top trending as always. First on the top trending is associated with the season, the holiday season. Travelers have actually lamented over the high cost of air tickets. Now not just air tickets because those who are also going via road have also commented or lamented about the cost of moving from one point to the other. But yes, let's start off with those who have talked about the cost of traveling via air. And the tickets have actually gone high. Some peasants have said that, you know, moving from Lagos to Abuja, if you're taking a one-way ticket, there's 185,000 air, if not 200,000. And it's not been the same. So, I mean, movement, if you're, if you say you're leaving Lagos for Delta State, you probably, probably might be paying like 70,000 air, if not, you know, less. Or if you don't pay 70,000, that's like maximum. You probably would be shuffling within 60,000, 50,000. That's for, you know, just the one-way, right? And this hasn't really sat well with a lot of peasants. I think that so many peasants have not been able to make it to go spend time with your family because of the cost of transportation. Well, what do we blame this on? It's unusual. I mean, when you would compare that to how many years ago, to 2019, to 2020, right, to 2021, it's totally very unusual. And some people have said the economic policy, I mean, it's just natural that when you have the demand on the high, the prices of goods or services would be also on the high. And so is this just really the economic policy or the natural law of demand and supply taking place here, taking place here? Oh, it's just more than that. Let's not forget that, you know, as a country, we have grappled with aviation crisis, talking about the scarcity of aviation fuel. That's a jet A1. It hasn't also been very fantastic. I think that this has contributed. Well, really, apart from those who are traveling via air, those who are also going via road have also complained about the cost of transportation. And I remember listening around and I had some people saying, you know what, I would never pay that amount just to go anywhere. So some people probably wouldn't would have traveled. But for the fact that the cost of transportation, whether it's via air or land is on the high. Some people have decided to stay back because they can afford it. But I hope that we're able to fix it because I remember once upon a time it was easy for you to take a ticket wherever it is that you're going to. I mean, you're looking at $19,000 an hour. You're looking at $30,000. I mean, at $30,000, what's the complaint? It was high. But now you're probably looking at almost $100,000 an hour. And plus, that's a lot. Moving away from that, a man has admitted to stealing power cables to purchase Christmas clothing for his girlfriend. Very hilarious, but that's a crime. The crime is a crime. However, he's a suspect until he's been proven guilty by a court of competent jurisdiction. So let's bring you a background of a story. A suspect said that he stole power cables because he was apprehended, however, to afford Christmas clothes for his girlfriend. It was gathered that residents of the community grabbed two of them. There were thieves for stealing power cables in their community. It was also stated and gathered that this young man was said to have been operating in Opala, a local government area in Kogi State at a time when Nemesis caught up with them. Now, I know that we have also been very big and great on, let's continue to protect public infrastructure. We know that government facilities, obviously, oh, it's government property. Nobody owns it and so vandalism, theft and all of that. These are public properties and it's quite surprising that we also kind of make excuses. I've seen several commenters regards this particular. They say, oh, he stole because he didn't have, he needed to make available. He wanted to, it was such a good intention and intention to fulfill his promise of making provision, I mean, buying Christmas clothes for his lady or his girlfriend according to his, what he wants to keep to his promise and so the only way he did that was that he had to do what he had to do. Now stealing public infrastructure or facility is what it is and as always, the devil is to be blamed for the act and trust me, the young man or the suspect did not act differently. He said that the devil should be blamed for that act because he wasn't him. Now, the devil is nowhere to, you know, physically defend himself and say, I was not the one that sent him more, right? There's no devil, but that's the blame. But we cannot constantly excuse bad behaviour for the sake of poverty and then we just constantly say, because we don't have, it's a class of, we don't have, we can't afford and so it's okay for you to go steal what does not belong to you. You're not just stealing but you're actually stealing what belongs to the entire public to the community because taking cables, stealing cables is not just stealing but you're, you know, taking what would provide power supply to your community and that's for selfish interest. I'm hoping that the law will take its course and the right thing will be done and of course it should be, it should serve as a deterrence to those who are engaged in this act. There's no excuse. Theft is theft and you've committed a crime while the law would always say until you're being proven guilty and so we hope that the law will take its course in this particular case. I was like, oh, you can't say that because, oh, we have the politicians who are taking so much and no one is happening. He just stole a cable. Well, for how long will we continue to excuse bad behaviour for the sake of poverty, for the sake that you do not have? I'm sure that there are other means and a lot of things that he probably would have done to raise the money if he wanted to lead to his words, right? It's almost like he was under pressure but, you know, that's a decision at the end of the day. There are other means to generate revenue that probably might not be very white-collar-like but, you know, you could engage in all the little jobs that are available. Some people say they are menial jobs and earn a living rather than, you know, going to steal from a community at the end of the day would affect your brother, your sister and what have you. Well, it's very commendable also of the members of the community. That's what we constantly say that security is everyone's business. It's not just government business so we can't always just mouth it and say security is everyone's business when you don't act your parts. It's okay. Let's just imagine that we all look out for our communities wherever it is that we find ourselves. I'm sure the society will be a better place. Another on the top trending this morning is that traders have reacted to how rice is sold in the market. Let's quickly take a look at this and when we return we'll discuss some more. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Life on the other hand is easy to use rice when they sell out. When they bring up a tail, they don't know about what they're selling or what they're using. Come on over. Complete one over of rice. They come up with the rice. What they do. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Come on over. Well, this has been several reactions as to why you have a roadside trading and some persons have said that those who are actually in Nigeria, people in Nigeria, the so-called poor, are even very wicked because you need to buy stuff like a bag of rice, you know, oil and one of you that always patronize the big malls around and the functional quality controls, the department, you don't have all of that. And so verifying everything before displaying on the shelves is very important. More often than not, they offer cheap prices on almost every item known for useless backings and sizes of consumers or customers, had less price increment. Some people say that this is a reason why they patronize, you know, the roadside goods and what have you, but that also have, you know, a lot of implication. I feel like if we're all at, you know, in the interest of everybody, like if national interest is important as a gains, you know, personal interest, then we would become, you know, a perfect country. Not necessarily perfect, but it would be great for us. If everybody takes action, if I am taking my action, my behavior and action over time, I'm considering the betterment of the country, then it would be for the better good. And if everyone acting in a different sphere, let's say the president, the governor's house of assembly, the councilors, the chairman of local government and one of you, and including the common man, let's even imagine that we all act in accordance as we're acting. Our actions, at the end of the day, we have the interest of the nation at heart. I am sure that the country would go half, you know, 90% very good and maybe 10% because you can't have everyone complying. So that's it. We'll just take a break and when we return, over time for us to go throw the papers, we'll call it off the press. Please stay with us.