 Welcome back to the breakfast and now for a little bit of history. We're going back to the year 2018 Not a lot of people know this, you know apparently, but there's something called the National Identity Day and You know on this day in 2018 the Nigerian government adopted the 16th of September to be known as a National Identity Day it was stated for this day for you know mostly to promote the Nigerian identity and You know to promote the registration of birth also. It's a conversation that a lot of people have not had and of course so with regards Millennium development goals Sustainable development goes a beg your pardon, which calls for legal identity for all including birth registration by 2030 the federal government approved the recognition and observance of September 16 every year as a national identity day Statement by the general manager of NIMC back then Abdul Hamid Umar said the action is a Practical move to create awareness on the importance of identification as a modern tool for national development and social cohesion Nigeria became the first country in the world to formally adopt this day otherwise called 16.9 as Identity Day It was initiated at the fourth annual meeting of the ID for Africa movement on 24th of April 2018 in Abuja as a global coalition calling for the recognition by the United Nations and once again the purpose of the days to raise awareness about the important role in Identity plays in empowering individuals to exercise their rights and responsibilities fairly and equitably in a modern society And I remember also that there was a rush at that time. You have to go get a national ID card And all that I think we're still building up those numbers It would take a while before every Nigerian gets completely registered But you know, it's it's a good it's a step in the right direction. I believe yeah, I believe it is and in this age I believe everyone should have a means of identity, you know, we've talked about How it is in the other countries, you know Once a child is born all this registration is done once you immigrate into a country at the pot of entry You're getting all those documentation done But it seems different in Nigeria when we look back at our parents and our grandparents How many of them really know their birthdays the day they were born or the year they were born because that system of National identity, you know, was not such a strong conversation then and this is really important But it's a good thing that you know, it's times are changing. We have so many there's a national identity Identity card as the NIN so many means of identification and I believe that we can only get better As you know, we begin to expand days of pull in the country Yeah, you know, and I think it you know really focuses on you know, the government's need to Know what its population is and know the amount of people that it's planning for, you know, there's Things called social security security number in the United States. So It's a conversation, you know, it's it's important, you know For every single Nigerian not just to have a means of identification, but to have a national ID card So that you, you know, are fully registered and fully recognized Enjoy all the benefits of the state. I enjoy all of it, but you know Have a national ID card and better registration also I remember there was a campaign run by one of the international NGOs a few years ago On birth registration the importance of getting parents to understand that every child that is born must be registered People, you know, who give birth in rural areas a lot of them done, but they were better registration They just give birth and go home So those are part of the important, you know aspects here and they're concerning that And on this day in history Just quickly on the back of that if you haven't you registered for the United State identity number You definitely should get on that train today I mean, it's becoming composure for everything for your jam for your wife examination to get in Driver's license is becoming very important. So on this day, the day that Nigeria has adopted September 16th as its national ID ID day identity day You should get a national identity if you haven't and moving on on this in history of September 16 to 1932 The famous Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi began a protest fast That's a hunger strike while in prison I mean this story is so remarkable because the person Mahatma Gandhi, you know was loved you know very loved revered in the Indian community and he His own way of resisting the British rule and colonization in their country was not Protests like we know it was not Agitation was not violence. He he was a very peaceful man. He had a practice of Satya Graha I believe I pronounced that correctly in India where he just does the practice of civil disobedience He would go on hunger fast. He will go on long walks, you know And people may wonder why do you feel that someone going on a hunger fast or a hunger strike? You know has any impact, you know because the people, you know, really love and respect Mahatma Gandhi And they know that he is going on on backing on a hunger fast because of certain policies that the British government is trying to impose on India You know people then put pressure on the Indian government on the British government to say you need to reverse those policies because we love Mahatma Gandhi We don't want him to continue this fast to jeopardize his health, you know Make him get out of this fast mood by reversing his policies So he actually worked this process of civil disobedience that he you know basically propagated in India at that time So this hunger strike he began it in 1932 while in prison and He of course he was jailed again when he was released from prison then he began another hunger strike he was jailed again and The reason why he was protesting was a policy by the British government to unfairly Divide social classes in India, you know He was saying that when this new policies come in place it to get it to give so much class and You know people who are the poorest in India would be cited in a particular location They would get little to no social benefits and all of that He really was against that and that's why he began this hunger strike on this day in history September 16th the British tried to segregate, you know based on class in India back then in 1930 I think the lower that time was to You know like you had mentioned, you know separate people based on class and give the lowest class of people their own political representation and Mahatma Gandhi felt that what that was going to be It was going to be difficult because the British had planned to do that for 70 years And so he had you know seen that that was going to be difficult to overturn over after, you know That 70-year period and it was basically going to divide India's population and you know make them, you know Unequal based on class and that's the reason he went on hunger strike. It lasted for six days and then it was It was overturned Another thing he really was, you know, like you had mentioned someone who believed in civil disobedience as a method of protesting He had run a campaign to Get India to rule themselves, you know to be independent of British rule for many years And the first time it was jailed. It was in 1920 1922 sorry to 1924 and then it was released and then jailed again in 1930 and then jailed again in 1932 For pretty much the same thing and he continued this civil disobedience hunger strikes many many times Which always was effective. I think the last one was in 1948 When it was trying to you know, encourage more peace between the Jews and Muslims back then in India So it was his way of protesting That worked mostly because of the love that Indian people had for him and how much it you know He was respected across all of India. So it did work. Hmm. And it's sad that you know, that's him 1948 after he broke that fast about two weeks after he broke that fast. He was sadly assassinated by Hindu extremists such a terrible way But I'm not sure if hunger strikes will work in Nigeria The question is people would ask you oh, you have food that you choose not to eat in an economy That is grappling under the weight of inflation like we're going to discuss very soon. Yeah, a lot of people are already living through hunger strikes forced hunger strikes, you know, but with the government even outside if you Anyway, we'll take a sharp look when we come back. We're going to be talking about Nigeria's inflation The government has reported that it has continued to drop Five consecutive times now we're talking about that with an economist after the short break here on the breakfast. Good one once again