 Welcome back. It's the Friday frenzy edition of the breakfast and it's time for us to look at the headlines. And we begin with the PANCH newspaper. With National Assembly leadership, APC moves to pacify agreed aspirants. The rider there, Stop Agitation Party will revisit zoning formula at Damu Beg's aspirants. Details of that is on page two of the PANCH newspaper. Right on top of the PANCH newspaper, you have Buhari or Shibajo, governors get 651 million dollar hardship allowance. You have details of that on page 17. And debt servicing heats 112 million dollars monthly. And that's according to the CBN, details of that is on page 18 of the PANCH newspaper. Okay, that's the much I'll be taking from the PANCH newspaper. Okay. We move from the PANCH to where are we going right now? The Guardian. Okay. We'll move to the Guardian now. The leading headline there is underutilization debts Hubble 4.12 billion dollar real rehabilitation project. We also have another story here which says National Assembly leadership aspirants adamant despite APC's promise to revisit zoning. Okay. Let's reclaim stolen mandate PDP's lost glory article tax party members. That story is on the Guardian as well. Then we have intrigues protest as immigration boss gets controversial tenure extension. Nigeria's oil output heats record low as Angola takes the lead is also there on the Guardian newspaper. And I think that's the much we can take on the Guardian this morning. Okay. From the Guardian newspaper we'll move to Daily Independent. The Daily Independent newspaper is the next one we'll be taking. And it leads with Nigeria's 77 trillionaire debt calamity of highest proportion. That's Pengasin. Over there on the front page you also have Buhari appoints AIG Garba Umar as advisor on security. Page six is where you have details of that appointment. 10th National Assembly reps caucus vows to review APC zoning arrangement. Page seven is where you find details of that nine metal lads on thunderstorm activities in northern states. That will be found on page seven. Supreme Court of Johnson and the county's case to September 14th. Now that's much I'll be taken from the Daily Independent. Okay. We'll take the next paper. And the next paper is Daily Trust. Daily Trust leads with uncertainty over multi-billionaire Abuja Airport runway project. And the writers are criticisms trail fresh 3.4 billionaire consultancy fee. Stakeholders flay delay in project execution and 65 billionaire budgeted in five years. Another story we have not where's deserves the Senate presidency. That is according to Al-Haji Abdulaziz Yari who is also vying for the position. National Assembly leadership aspirants. Okay, leadership aspirants not consulted before zoning. We also have dango terefinery to cut fuel import evils of subsidy shortly. That is Penn Gassen. Tribunal adjoins at TICU APM's motions to May 18. Okay, those are the headlines from Daily Trust newspaper. And those are the four dailies will be taking a look at this morning and we've been joined by our guest. Jide Johnson, senior lecturer at Nigerian Institute of Journalism. He's joining us from Lagos. Good morning, Mr. Jide Johnson. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be with you. Good morning to our viewers all over the world. Thank you for having me. Unfortunately, I couldn't join through. It's your means and the power is you. It's a national problem. Isn't that unfortunate? Would have loved to see your face this morning. Not just a still picture. Yeah, I remember a national event that was hard one time in the stadium and the light went off. And it was like, okay. And then there was another one held in Emo state. The governor was addressing the people and the light went off in government house. You know, if you could be going off only when these people are talking to be very good. All right, let's start with the head, the punch newspaper. And right on top, I want to start with this very one that I'm sure every Nigerian would be interested in looking at. And that's Buhari or Shibat, your governors get 651 million Naira hardship allowance. They actually decorated for Nigerians. Due to their inability to provide critical direction to both the economy, political and the social life of Nigerians. So if there is a justification of their failure in paying themselves hardship allowance issues that they've left untold hardship on Nigeria. But it's unfortunate that we found ourselves where we found ourselves whereby these people can just allocate whatever money they want to themselves. Without any, any, any shintilla of, of, of, of respect for public opinion, any, for due process and the rest of the way. Why will you justify this hardship? Are they going to achieve the living government houses to provide them with opportunities to buy whichever car. They want to buy for themselves, they live in opulence. It took this with worth. One of the stories we read where a governor allocated two billion Naira for himself, his wife, and then the deputy as parting gift, official cash for themselves. So you begin to wonder, do we even have critical institutions? What is the National Assembly doing? We are the civil society. We are these accountability institutions that hold government accountable. What's even the role of the citizens here in all of these things? And I don't know how the citizens are not right by this. And at the same time, they still go ahead to cast their vote for people that are imposed on told hardship on them. And because they know they can get away with this, they've tried it many times. They keep doing it. What can anyone tell me? What type of ashen is the government still going through? Is the government still going through? They are collecting on behalf of the people. Since they are the leaders. They have gone through, they have asked just the two to take. They went to England to treat the two to take. You know, let me go the lighter note. One of the performers said it was a civil society. Said the president started his tenure with a problem and it is ending it with two problems. Fantastic. So he was not able to hear Nigerian very well when he started. And when he's leaving, he's not able to talk to Nigerians. So it's rather unfortunate because I see no justification for this. And I think that there's a need for lawyers, civil society lawyers to take class action. Class actions against these governors. Because they have been able to let the judiciary interpret whether they indeed have access to this money or not. Let this matter be taken to court and be challenged. And if there is a rule for them to reform this money, then they have to reform it back to the public office. Because it's unbelievable. It's not a 51 million. Yeah, well this brings us back to the issue of the independence of the legislative arm of government. So let's talk about the National Assembly leadership, which is bringing up some really strong questions up in the air. APC moves to pacify a grieved aspirant. With the right of there, stop agitation, party will revisit zoning formula. That's Adamu Beggin aspirant of the APC. Talk to us on this. We would have been partisan and stating the facts and stating the ideas. I think when it comes to independence of the legislature, I think at the national level, PDP has said that at the APC, with respect to independence of the legislature from the executive, all you need to do is just to go back and look at the records. Compared to what we have. If you compare the Eighth Assembly of... Bukola Saraki? Bukola Saraki with the Ninth Assembly of Lawa and that approves anything. We are talking about death. In all of the stories, you know stories about death. Everything the president presented before the Ninth Assembly, they approved. And the APC is trying to make the National Assembly to be a rubber stamp. Now the Ninth Assembly has not been inaugurated. Members have not been inaugurated. And then the party came out and said, okay, we have loaned this office with the principal offices to this particular area. Not only did they zone it to a particular area, they zone it to specific... Specific individuals elected in the Senate. And now what kind of independence do you expect from such body? At least if you want to do that, you can zone it and then you continue with your consultation and in the process of your consultation you say, okay, within your caucus, you tell your caucus member, this is the person we have nominated and this is the person we want you to work for. Not for the party to quickly come out and release a statement. And this is the first time I've seen this type of thing. That's never happened in the history of this country before. That the party will just come out and will release a list. Okay, we have zoned these offices and terms we have zoned to this list is to this various individual. And that's why you see that they have many systems. Both at the as-of-rep level and at the Senate level, you see the as-of-rep members that have gone to see... Two days ago, the as-of-rep members went to see the national... The as-of-rep for the office of the as-of-rep went to see the national chairman. Yesterday, those of the Senate went to see the national chairman. And I think that the party needs to consult white and the party needs to involve critical stakeholders. There's no... There's no crime in zoning and there's no crime in identifying who you want to take the leadership position. But there are better ways in doing it in democracy, not with a fear. If democracy is based on consultation, it's based on the principle of free and fair processes. So, if you want to do that as a party, you consult those that you need to consult one to just oppose this with the letter. The governor of... The governor of Undustry to release some days ago questioning the rationale behind the party coming up with the zoning arrangement and then without getting the governor's info. So, I think that the ATC should not start on this note. I think the matter should be revisited. And in revisiting the matter, explain to the critical stakeholders why you have taken decision. I think there's need for you to make amendments. You make some amendments. However, I think there is not even the responsibility of the party. By virtue of the constitution, provisions of the constitution, it is members of the National Assembly that will elect their presiding officers. In this state, it's just the grand norm. There's no law that says that it must come from the majority. For example, if, on the day of the inauguration, the members decide to elect someone for the minority. Just like what we have in the night in the gate assembly when Dogara emerged, so the opposition can decide to work for someone who is against the interests of the party that has the majority, whether a single majority, because this does not even have supermajority in order to maintain independence of the legislature. But what we have seen over time is the executive trying to control our homes in the legislature. And I think that it's the party for the independence of the legislature beyond the selfish interest of those aspiring for these offices. Beyond that, because if you ask me, I'll ask you all of these gladiators that are parading themselves to be the speaker or to be the selling person. What have they done since they've been in the National Assembly? That is a very valid question. I've asked you, what has the speakership of Bajabia Mila done for Ligos State as a whole? What has the speakership done for Ligos State? Let me talk about the Senatorial District. What has the speakership of Bajabia Mila done for Ligos Central as a whole? What has it done? For the Southwest, because it got the speakership on the basis of the fact that the speakership was done to the Southwest. And I want anybody to point to me the impact of Bajabia Mila in Ligos State, the impact of Bajabia Mila in Nekiti State, the impact of the Gajabia Mila in Oshu State, the impact of... I'm not too sure he even visited those states. So when these people parade themselves on the basis of zoning that they want this thing to be zoned to their geopolitical zone, it is not for the interest of the people. It's for their own selfish interest. Because I ask people this, Bajabia Mila, for example, I'm from Ligos State and that's why I'm being partially... Bajabia Mila, for example, has been a minority leader in the... He was minority leader in the Seventh Assembly. He was majority leader in the Eighth Assembly. He's the speaker in the Ninth Assembly. So there are two federal constituencies in Ligos. There are 24 federal constituencies in Ligos. Anybody should tell me what he has done. He has not done anything for my own constituency. I know. I know that for sure. So what people talk about is just about their selfish interest. And I love this Michael Jackson song. All I want to say is they don't care about us and that's why the Kuala Kip is obsessed. That's why the Kuala Kip is obsessed with the Seventh and Fifty-One Minions as hardship allowance. When you and I are going through hardship, you can look at how hot the weather is. I don't have like that. That's why you can't see my face. That's why you can only hear my voice. And yet, they are giving themselves hardship allowance. They are collecting on behalf of the people they are pretending over. They have newspaper allowance and I don't know how many of them buy newspapers nowadays when they have their tabs and all that and given free airtime by some service providers and all that. But that's a story for another day. Another worrisome thing on the headlines is the fact that underutilization debts have hobbled the $4.12 billion real rehabilitation project. Especially now that they are milling the possibility of removing subsidy and talking about buying buses, talking about giving 5,000 to the people to ameliorate the sufferings that they are going to suffer. That's the hardship allowance for the people. 5,000 for everybody. 50 million households out of the 200 million people that are in Nigeria. They are targeting 80 million people and 50 million households. Now the real project that could have been one of those things that will aid people in movement from one point to the other is being truncated by the fact that there's too much debt and then underutilization. So I'd like to have your comments on that. When you see these people, they don't change. Don't forget that when a batch are removed they don't subsidy. There's no trust fund in the petroleum trust fund which was headed by the current president and I remember when the current president was in a position he said that many companies they are being subsidy, they are just receiving Nigerians that nobody is paying subsidy. However they are paid more subsidy under the administration that they are paid and there is no justification. Some of us have had duties because there are no provisions there are no provisions for petroleum subsidy. Because when it was hired, he claimed that they are no longer being petroleum subsidy and the question was where is the money being used for payment of petroleum subsidy coming from? Isn't there not a professional beer? And we said it was an impeccable offence. So when you look at their pattern and their style, it's the same. What did they do under a batch? They bought buses and he said they would buy buses, they would give people some relief package and they would look. There is a particular word in our local parlance it's called abracadabra and then you know, rexie and then whiskey that is the release of the song by rexie abracadabra. So what we see the more you look the less you see is just the situation when it comes to the oil and gas sector and the situation with which you have had with respect to Angola in Nigeria because our oil output has become low, record low and Angola is the leading oil exporting country in Africa that should be the shape it should be it should be something that anyone in the oil and gas sector in the oil and gas sector should know that it's petroleum. I can see this for you fact the president has failed because the president is the minister of petroleum and the minister of state for that ministry resigned to contest for the APC gubernatorial ticket of bias as state and as we speak is the APC gubernatorial candidate for bias as state so that ministry has a minister that has the every other minister reporting to him and it has no general minister as we speak and presently so where did they get the data how did they come about the data of the 50 million Nigerians that's the question if you situate that with the relief package during the covid or you situate that with that money you just think that probably some people are catching up on innocent Nigeria because there is no there is no idea of accountability on it now all of these programs they have done over time if you break the word accountability into two if you break the word accountable into two you have account and table now they have not watched the accounts of what they have done in the past to table to the table before we talk about giving them the opportunity to go ahead and spend another money so I just can't comprehend and I just can't understand because they think okay you know what and it's just because of the critical sector of the society and the media itself there is no transport line on it I can't imagine someone like Chief Ghanifa making a life today I know the various class suit that would have been instituted against various government at various level with respect to recklessness with respect to I said Nadjira does miss Chief Ghanifa on me now that you've mentioned with respect to financial recklessness and lack of transparency and property on behalf of those who have given the responsibility to manage our public accounts they would just come and band it up just to cut the various amount of money the various kind of projects in the twilight of an administration an administration that is going in less than two weeks in about three weeks time is now awarding different types of projects 3.4 billion as consultants see to construct a runway the money for consultancy is able to build runway as many runway as possible so you wonder are we cost is something really wrong something really wrong somewhere let's move from that to the case of Kano the Supreme Court adjoins Namdi Kano's case to September 14 this keeps happening time and time again even after the court first of all talked about releasing him and the federal government did not obey that law now they are back to court and they are joining this case until now it is September 14 we do not know what the outcome is going to be I would like your comment on that justice dealing is justice denying and why can the Supreme Court assure that it was this president the institution that abducted Namdi Kano here was an abduction and it was this administration that took Namdi Kano to court but somehow it will be the incumbent administration that will edit the baggage created by this current administration I think that the Supreme Court shall have been able to expedite the abduction on this matter and dispense with the case so that justice will be seen to have been done and must have been done if there is any need for him to go to jail for his activity if there is any need for you to send him free you discharge him and you are quitting you see when you delay from now this is May to September for me when I heard that I was in the matter as quickly as possible to expedite action on the matter and as far as I am concerned it is just one way of this present administration trying to ensure that the incumbent administration inherit its packages because the attorney general of the federation and the minister of justice has a role to play in this to ensure that if they have enough evidence to prosecute this guy to convict him they go ahead with it other than delaying it and one court will release him and then you are food dragging on the matter as far as I am concerned it is just it could be anybody because justice delay is just denied issues of this nature should be action should be expedited on the and then justice must be seen to have been done that's my take on that Thank you so much for your time Mr. Ajida Johnson is senior lecturer at the Institute of Journalism Lagos thank you so much for your time and insight on this very important it is a pleasure to be with you thank God it is Friday make sure you have a drink and then relax to recharge yourself on Monday thank you for that advice you too have a nice weekend you are still watching the Friday Frenzy edition of the breakfast on Plus TV Africa we will be back in a minute to take our very first topic hot topic it is stay with us