 Many thanks for joining us on the breakfast. It's time for us to check out the pages of our National Dailys of College of the Press. Gideon Johnson is on standby. He joins us. Gideon, good morning, and thank you for being with us this morning. Let's say good morning to you and good morning to Kofi and good morning to all of you who are sort of at the war. Thank you very much for having me. Alright then, let's start with the leadership newspaper. And we have all the papers this morning. But of course we'll be looking at the leadership. Please say no imminent threat in Abuja, reassures residents. That's boldly written. Amid fresh terror alert by Canada, Australia. So there's a fresh alert despite, you know, that's the came from the United Kingdom and the United States. Okay, three days after United Kingdom issues second warning, Jaby shopping mall short, FCT a deploy 60 operational vehicles to secure agencies. I mean, those who live in the FCT will know about, you know, this is very popular more. To know about APC set criteria for cabinets and key appointments that's boldly written ahead of the elections in 2023. We will stabilize Nigeria's democracy with next year's elections. President Muhammad, the Buhari is saying we kids meeting with Umayyaday Piazu in Reaver's raises. I bro. And you find Chidima with all 5.5 million are from a target's account after his death. That's what a witness is saying. If you remember the story of, you know, maybe a lover and who lost his life in the course of all of that. But that's it. This morning on the leadership, we turn our attention to the nation on the nation terror alert parties in fix over call to hold campaigns. United Kingdom cautioned citizens against traveling to Abuja. A kinyemi and essay should warn politicians. We won't stop our rally says Labor Party APC PDP. We're starting situation. That's fine. Oyatola, Makin de Kikov reconstruction of Oshogbo. You wore a bad on road and you find the NMPC. L D war group sign MOU on Kaduna refinery. I can't wait to hear GD's thoughts on this. Flood claims will be over 1 trillion Naira says insurance. That's what it is. And just before we move away, you find $1.5 billion Lekidip seaport ready for test run. These are some of the headlines on the nation. We'll quickly turn our attention to the punch on the punch terror alert. Federal government detains 35 suspected E swap fighters, tension heightens. United Kingdom issues fresh alerts. IG raises emergency phone numbers. Calls for vigilance. F CTA demolishes shanties. Jabi mall shot other facilities tighten security. Air force to take delivery of additional fighter helicopters in December. CSAs a quarter to say. Federal government opens talks with investors on Lagos Calabar rail. Really? And you still have the Calabar to road, which is a federal government road that is not why? Okay. Airlines to spend $192 billion or billion dollars on Jet A1 report. You're wrong to know, not selfish. On our new guy replies akin toy. You have float threatens 1.9 trillion CBN agriculture scheme. That's also very saddening. And Lagos recruits 423 firemen boost firefighting capacity. Quite commendable on papers. If you ask me, Lagos Delta Cross River presents 2.58 trillion narrow budgets. You begin to ask, what's the level of implementation with the previous budget? Of course, reverse state. Reverse is not even here. But that's it. That's the much we can take this morning on the punch or quickly turn our attention to the Daily Sun newspaper. Abuja United Kingdom issue state of alert to nationals and FCT Titans security. Security operative shots more. That's the rider underneath the boat caption. Anxiety heightens as a Maya Ayadeh Puyazu meets wiki a quora maddu consent Nigerians acts UK to release ex deputy senate president Y from custody. So we're talking about the Ikea quora maddu saga consent Nigerians are asking the United Kingdom to release ex deputy senate president and his wife from custody. But you know, these things don't work like that. 2023 FCC teams up with INEC to end votes buying. They are very strong and big in that. Varsity brands, spaghetti gowns, nose rings, tattoos among others. It reminds me of my day back in school. Flood, Lagos donate five or 50 million Naira to BIOS as federal government hands relief materials to IDPs and river states. And you see one question the Nigerians have asked is really is it is it possible to have these relief materials donated directly to the people who are affected without going through the hands of government. And that's a trust issue. Okay, strong will do a quora. Yeah, they present 1.692 trillion Naira budget 5 561.8 billion Naira, 330 billion 2023 budget estimate. And that's on page three. Buhari meets Nigerians in South Korea reiterates commitment to deepening democracy. And Nigeria will regain position as pride of Africa says OB sounds very, very great. Well, that's on paper. But that's the much we can take. Now we have GDA Johnson, who joins us this morning to share his thoughts on some of the papers. GDA is good to have you join us. Kofi is also here with me this morning. GDA Johnson, good morning to you. Thank you very much for your time. Alright, so let's have you share your thoughts. The leadership talks about the fact that the police is saying no imminent threats. Of course, they're also a showing resident of security and what have you but we'll also seen that the United Kingdom and the United States have asked their nationals, you know, to evacuate and we see some persons who are moving already does a video that made it, you know, online yesterday. The headline of the leadership is contradictory. It's in contradiction of what the punch has with every detainee 35 suspected is to a fighter. Attention, I think and then shanty is destroyed in Abuja. So the talent we have is that we usually have conflicting conflicting reports from different agencies of government working on providing security, protection of lives and adherence to people with respect to whether the security threat or the security alert. If the United Kingdom, the United States and the Western embassies in Abuja are raising issues concerning security alert, and then one of the biggest nodes in Abuja and Chabi closed his door to prospective customers. Then you know something is really wrong somewhere. Besides that, you will recall that nothing has been done with respect to the Gucci prison. Outbreak that happened prisoners on the run, particularly that are under terrorist allegation, that are physically illegal. So it is very, very clear except we are just going to the government is playing the ostrich or the police is trying to to to deceive itself that the security situation in Abuja will things that are up all over the course of this year would be at this high level of security, security, security, security alert. My my take on this is that government is to put his out in order and then the security densities should should work as a team and the police, the army and all other agencies that are involved should be speaking with one boy. And we shouldn't have a contract with me, because when it comes to the security, when the American embassy is closing its embassy, this British embassy is closing its embassy. And then what do we expect? They are telling us that the situation of things is not is not is not palatable. So as far as I'm concerned, there's a need for the federal government to come up with a comprehensive integrated approach to addressing the concerns that have been reached with the security situation in Abuja. And it's not peculiar to Abuja. Even Abuja that has the seat of government. You have the president, you have the Senate president and the speaker. And then you have you have the Chief Justice of the Federation, all residing and all of these offices are in Abuja. If we have the seat of government and the paraphernalia of office and the federal level on that trade, the order post every other every other every other local government, every other seat of government in Nigeria, there's a cost for serious concern as far as I am concerned. All right, Julie Johnson will stay with the leadership on Friday. I have some interesting stories there. The president quoted by the papers saying that he will stabilize or his administration will stabilize democracy in Nigeria with next year's election. Now, are you are you confident that PMB can do that? Looking at his track record as far as elections, as far as elections are concerned. It is people that are alive, that can enjoy democracy. And it is people that are sustained, that cared about democracy. What called the future government should be much more concerned about dealing with inclusion. And the attendant high cost of food prices that we definitely have on next year, which with the astronomical conceiving, the effect of the floods that has affected a lot of, a lot of farm lands. And the visual security traits we have had that have stopped you from going to their farm to farm. That should be the concern. But what I just think is the diversionary tactics, the diversionary tactics in the sense that cover for the theory of this president. That you know what is your field in stabilizing the economy? Then you have failed in doing a bit. Let us talk about 2022 election and then talk about how to stabilize democracy. There's no individual that can stabilize democracy. There's no even the American democracy is not, is not as stable as we think from the outside. If you check the 2016 election in 2020 election, an issue surrounding the 2020 midterm election, or do you want to talk about duty where we have a three prime minister in one year. So for me, the president is not clean to the gallery. He's using the diversionary tactic to take the attention of Nigerians away from major issues. I don't demand of not think about whether to vote or not to vote. You can't deal with the issue of good buy. If you don't deal with the level of poverty despite it. If people are comfortable, they are sustained. Nobody will come to give you money to come and vote for him or not to vote for for him. These are the issues the president should be interested in. And if you do complain to the gallery telling us that what he wants to do is to stabilize democracy. Because you have the power to stabilize democracy. Did I just? No, no, no, no, no. Where we were, the decision whereby, the people are caught in so called to with PBC, with hundreds of PBC and even the NX chairman himself pointed out that they are bad eggs. Yeah, let's see, I'm listening. Alright, so let's look at the nation. On the nation it talks about the NMPCL and Daewoo groups signing a memorandum of understanding on the Kaduna refinery, the president with us that, you know, agreement that was signed in South Korea. What are your thoughts, really? The most important thing is that we should just take steps. The emphasized government involvement. And we should borrow in our land sector. We should take a lift towards Brazil as done with Petronas. Take a cue from West Saudi Arabia as done with Arangco. And then we learn about how to go about it. But the interesting thing is that when, during the 2019 presidential election, one of the presidential candidates, the opposing presidential candidate, talked about the need for government to diversify the economy, government to reinvest its interest in the land sector and allow private participation. It was really good. But now all of the policies that were raised at that particular point were the policies that federal government is embracing. However, I appreciate the government for taking this step. You know why? That they are not too proud to embrace the ideas that come from the opposition in making sure that this country is better and in making sure that the critical sector of our economy, the major foreign exchange, Ana for Nigeria, is well organized. That's my take. I think it's a step in the right direction, though a bit late. But note that it is better to be late than be late. Alright, GDHOB, the Sunday forum, I'm asking this question because you are in the academic field. So I'm sure you'll be able to give us a better analysis than most. Vacity, bands, spaghetti, gown, nose ring, tattoos, others. And what the paper is saying, the Sunday paper is saying daily sun, is that the River State University has placed a ban on all forms of indecent dressing within the university premises. The order was contained in an internal memo from the institution's register to the senate, to the president of the SUG, the student government and all students and the committee of provost and deans, which is considered by the senate at its 291st regular meeting held on Thursday, September 29, 2022. I have a copy of that later, and I'm aware that some ladies, some girls, female students, led a protest who were detained. I don't know if they've been released. But they're talking about wearing a spaghetti gown by female students. I don't know what a spaghetti gown messy might help us. Wearing of short, number two, wearing of short skirt above the knees by female students. Number three, coloring of hair by both male and female students. I think it has a bit of color there. Number four, sagging of trousers by both male and female students. Five, wearing of earrings by male students and nose rings by female students. Six, wearing of tattoos by both male and female students. Seven, wearing of chain by female students. I never actually liked that. Eight, wearing of long eyelashes by female students. I'm still going to miss it to be sure if she, yeah. Number nine, wearing of gowns slash blouse that exposes the navel, oh that's uncomfortable, or breast by female students. I don't know if that's up to say at this time. Number ten, wearing of tattered jeans by jeans trousers by both male and female students. Number 11, wearing of bathrooms, slippers rather, or born short. I think it's born short. Is it born short or born short to the classroom? I didn't know students were born short of the classroom. Adelaide Johnson, over to you please. This should be concerned about how to provide basic that are needed to equip the student mentally. Our enforcers have always been on the moral of these kids and the question you ask is, all these litany of the listed as students shouldn't wear. The question you ask is, is what the student wear that makes them, or is it what they have upstairs. And we are not talking about providing internet in our in our, in our viewers institution. We are not talking about providing smart boards and showing that the classrooms that we are teaching are contemporary classrooms that our students can compete with other students globally because we are in the global world whereby anybody can apply for any job anywhere. As far as I'm concerned, my view concerning this dress, whatever you, is a bit different from majority opinion. I say minority, minority opinion is in that and it's called university. Let the student learn what it means to live in a larger life. It's an institution whereby you learn to take decision for yourself. I ask you this question how many institutions do you think western university that will stop students from having, no reading from having here, having, having, what having. If you have students that are in popular culture, so you stop them from doing all of that. I think that in most cases people make, people making these laws are far away from reality. They, they are usually, they are usually over rich. There's no data shop, they must be some measure of business. However, you always have an over-rich within the institution, with people that share conservative view, trying to impose their religious and cultural values on what this university is meant for you to be in this university. It's meant to let you understand that you take consequences for all of your actions. Nobody, nobody waits you up to go for your lecture. You have to go, you know when to go for a lecture. If you like to do good, if you like to go at the end of the semester, you get to know the result of, of, of, of your actions. So, as far as I'm concerned, I usually see schools having an over-rich. What, let me ask you, what's the big deal? What's the big deal in having an opportunity? What, what, what, what is the big deal? What's the big deal in wearing a skirt that is close to the knee? Oh, wearing a bum-shot to class. What's the big deal there as well, right? Listen, I'll tell you this. When I was in uni last, I had, that was in the 90s. I had a colleague she wore bum-shot throughout. That was in the 90s. In fact, you always see her in short, because she, if she asked anybody that was in Mass Call Department in the, in the 90s in uni last, early 90s, you would tell you, you would tell you seem to remember, remember her so well. Yes, you know, you know the same thing. There were students that were wearing slippers. Why were you in uni last day? That they would always put the wearies with their slippers and they would put their notes at their back pocket. In fact, most engineering students wear these and they put their notes in their back pocket. They don't even have time for fashion and the rest of it. So as soon as I'm concerned, there's no shortage. That's just what I, that's what I think and attempt to control the younger generation. Let, look, I let me tell you this on a personal note. When my son in secondary school, he said he wanted to play this year. And I said you want to play this year? I said well, as long as you are bold enough to take this year to church, as long as you are bold enough to put this year in the nibble. So the guy caught and played this year. I took him to church and so the people were asking questions. I said he wanted to play this year. And after a while, he was not interested in playing this year. Every one of us usually were rebellious adapting. We resisted every attempt of control. So when we were doing Brother Johnson, when we were wearing baggy, baggy, baggy, baggy shoes, when students started using if you have a ribbon and you do this jet look or what have you, you are going to wear 40 years ago, 30 years ago. Yes or no? Even punk? Even punk, you know. And if you wear punk, if you wear if you put on ribbon or you put on a bridge or what have you, the knowledge and the thinking 30 years ago the society was totally against it. Now today everybody is wearing a bridge. Anybody can come even ladies can cut their hair. 30 years ago you cut your hair and say ladies, it's not acceptable. It is not acceptable. Even women in the workplace are cutting their hair now. So this is the focus of of our education. The focus is for us to look at our curriculum. The focus is for us to provide infrastructure. The focus is for us to equip, to train our lecturers to be contemplating their thinking and in their approach and in teaching our students to lead. Where do we draw the line? You said 30 years ago to do some things. Even to wear jeans in some places, to wear jeans you will be branded a worldly person. Remember if you cut the what we call Sakura or Gorimakwa of those days you will be termed an armed robber. They say only armed robbers. And Gorimakwa. Shouldn't there be a line? Because part of what they've written here is ladies should know where tops are bulk showing their navel. As a lecturer how will you cope? Do you have students who dress like this? How do you cope? People, listen you don't have to sit in the navel. We don't start if not the function of the ideal function of the mind. Somebody can dress fully in your present and you undress the present. Yes or no? And you undress the present in your mind. So as far as I'm concerned why would you say they used to wear pants? When they used to tie, you know young ladies. Jine Johnson, I think we need to move now because we will never get over this. But Jine Johnson, you seem to remember your philosophy of fellow student who won the Bommish Shop more. I didn't know. Should I talk to you? Yes, yes. You see, people tend to judge by appearance. I agree, appearance shows the manner but to a certain degree and to a certain extent. I'm not saying we should know some measure of details however don't go to the extreme. Also give these students the opportunity and the freedom to express themselves, to find the expression. Let them go to the realization of what is acceptable and what is not acceptable. What is the norm and what is not the norm. Alright Jine Johnson, quickly we're about to move away. Your point has been made already as regards how what should be the priority especially at a time where educational structure and the curriculum and everything is begging for help. That has also been registered but quickly before we move away ahead of 2023 elections you have the EFCC saying they are teaming up with INEC to end both buying. Do you think that this makes any sense in terms of teaming up? Is this not a function? EFCC should be much more concerned about what is happening to Nigerian people in various banks whereby people's money have been asset without their authorization. That's economic and financial crime. EFCC should be concerned with preventing public fund from being stolen. We see how the case of the accountant of the physician pending. We have the minor issue. We have so many issues of corruption in government that requires EFCC attention. That for EFCC to be running after both buying and EFCC they should focus on major issues and lead to modern issues. Is the police and INEC and the NCC basic issue of preventing both buying? So that should be the focus of EFCC. How many personnel do they want to get to? How many police units do they want to get to? Sorry, maybe you need to take... At the end people, who are those financing both buying? You know all the both buying we have seen are the prosecuted ones. You see, when people just want to justify their budget, their budget and how they are spending their budget, they come up with different type of statement. So don't you think that EFCC would put money to prevent both buying? Money will be voted, me, concerning that in 2020 street budget will prevent both buying. Were they able to stop both buying for the presidential? Even a closed one that was done within diagnosis concerning the presidential farmers. Where dollars and nilas have been exchanged? Were they able to do anything in a machine? But they were searching bags they stopped some people moving around with guns and small bags. That's the reason why the majority of the parties have not embarked on serious campaign. You know why? All right, Julie Johnson, we have to move on. We'll look at one more story. Do we have time for that? Yes, indeed. And then before we go. But I think you've said it all that the line of decency has been crossed. My mind is still on the other situation. Let's look quickly at another headline coming from the Sun newspaper. And of course the aquarium model situation is still very much in focus. Some Nigerians have forgotten, but this is what the Sun is saying, the least Sun is saying. Consent Nigerians are asking the United Kingdom to release the ex-deputy Senate president and wife from Kosovo. I do not know if we have time to look at who these concerned Nigerians are. But are you one of those, Julie Johnson, who joined the to ask the UK, maybe Rishi Sunak, who is the new PM to release the aquarium model and his wife unconditionally from Kosovo? Right, I think we have lost the connection with Julie Johnson. Hopefully we can get him back before long with mercy. This is a story that many have moved on from. You know, the initial frenzy that we tell it has died down a bit because of the fact that the case is moving slowly. But the man is still in prison constantly. And it seems that his initial excuse or explanation checked out. The boy was a minor as he came to be. I want to come home about this scenario. So we have a similar scenario with that. And that's of Namdi Khan. We understand that over time there's been a lot of verdicts, there's been a lot of judgment that's been given, hey release Namdi Khan. The United States or the international community has lend your voice. Did the Nigerian Government obey? Now this is a case where you know this is in a case where there's a lot of legality. Mercy, mercy. When people say you know the international community no international community can tell the sovereign nation to act overriding a court. It's not done. So why would you know consent Nigerians. So do consent Nigerians have the right to ask the United Kingdom to override the rulings of the court? That's a very good question. So that's it. So I just wanted us to come back to the scenario. Yeah. It was a good way to pass your point. It was a good way to pass your point. Well that's the much we can take at this point in time. But mercy, mercy. About the eyelashes thing, I mean. I'm not wearing any eyelashes. I wonder what are the lecturers to go and measure with a measuring tape. Okay, it's too long. It's not long. Okay, this is two inches long. I don't know. How long is the longest eyelash? I have no idea. I haven't thought about that. Julie Johnson said even if you wear a short top, bring your navel. Here's a lecturer who will not see it. I really don't know. But I remember. You might be looking at it but he won't see it except you want to see it. So I understand that this rose quickly maybe because you're still dragging this issue. I don't know for what reason. But I remember a time where I used to be in school and then it was a big issue you know, wearing. So the school, don't forget that we live in a conservative society. Our culture is very conservative. And so you come from a home that's Christian or Islam. There's a lot of conservative activities. So you have to be conservative. All of this. So going to school, it becomes almost difficult for me to wear sleeveless dress. That's the culture. Because over time it was out of, you know, it was banned that you don't have to dress in a certain way. No, no, no, no. So that has become messy. It seems you're a bit behind, you know, you've moved on too far. But the young students now, they don't even wear... So the thing is, as much as we know that we need to draw the line, just as he's mentioned, but there are things that are priority. So yes, I saw one person sharing her thought about, you know, the way Nigerians act here and how it is over the other part of the world. But so the point is, what's important? Is that really an issue? How does that affect anything? But that's it this morning on Of the press. You know, messy now, they even mark I don't know why she said on air, no Friday, you know, they don't... No, but that's a misconception. And it's moved on from being... No, it's a misconception. It's moved on from being one day now to being a regular thing. So if you look into October, because 13th of October is a concept when you talk about no braving. So you even know the... Yes, I know it's a day for, you know, going to check whether you have cancer. So that's the idea. That's the essence. That's the idea. But it's been misconstrued. There's misconception around the 13th of October. So people just make it, you know, just make... Mockery of it. Yes, mockery of it. It's a health concern. Well, I hear from reliable sources. You know, my journalists. We need to really move on now. So this is the part where we have to move on. In the universities, I don't know. We have to go, coffee. You know, you should investigate. I also investigate some more. For real. Thank you so much for being with us. We'll come back shortly. You know, with our first major conversation, please stay with us.