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It's now time for off the press It's our segment on the breakfast where we take a look at the newspaper headlines Making the new rounds today in Nigeria and let's begin with the Daily Independent newspaper The headline reads IGP to policemen be ruthless with armed groups in Southeast Rose out operation RP gives them for 10 days to get results Above the headline on the Daily Independent Buhari 6 National Assembly approval for 6.183 billion dollars external loan So all who launches 500 first and last mile bosses the governor here is saying bosses are alternatives in Ocada restricted routes Below the headline on the Daily Independent why immigration suspended new passports to applicants Well, who are desorbs cabinet ask permanent secretary to take over COVID-19 NAFTA grants conditional emergency use for Janssen vaccine Three soldiers two bandits queued as terrorist attack troops Also on the Daily Independent's Kaduna strike Elrify says government won't change position sacks nurses Attacks from thugs won't stop us and that's according to the NLC and Return to negotiate in table a PC governor's urge Elrify NLC. I see a picture here as well. It's of a president Muhammad a Buhari and President Emmanuel croft of France during his arrival at the Grand Palace the LEC Palace for the African finance summit in Paris also on the Daily Independent Abiodu suspends aid over alleged six fifty million dollars fraud in the US. Okay, we saw 350 first now it's 650 National identification number Senate asked Education Ministry and I am see to review policy Those are the stories on the Daily Independent All right now on the punch new surfers NLC threatens general strike as Elrify declares a wabba wanted S. A. N's slam Elrify of our order on wabba NLC president dares governor Northern the governor seek dialogue ACF ones as hoodlums attack workers and state governor dismisses nurses below level 14 Says mass sacking stands We can also find on the point this morning Mflf4 C's production boost with a kitty rice pyramid and Explosion in ex-governor Daniels hotel kills two in Oregon State Police assume youth protest as EFCC arrest 34 suspected Internet fraud stars Good thing we spoke about a little bit about that this morning. Also this morning a guard Assault CCT chair absent as panel absent at panel rather sites poor health NIS threatens sanctions against officials over passport crisis and Suspended at Beodun's aid faces 30 years in prison over $350,000 fraud We can also find here national assembly probes alleged customs salad a killings in all your state and NACA grounds aero aircraft over a river's bird strike 10 billion Naira fraud EFCC probes are fair boys allegations someone's PDP chiefs And I think I'll just squeeze in one or two others LCCI ACCI and others raised concerns as Buhari six not for fresh $6.1 billion loan take note of negative side of excessive borrowing says ACCI Now borrowing is for is for capital projects is the DMO Those are the stories we'll take on the punches morning on the nation newspaper Why patrol subsidy will be removed now? By minister labor warrants against plan LCCI says we need innovative policy on petroleum Above the headline on the nation newspaper France pledges full support for insecurity battle Buhari says restructure our debt L5 fires nurses on solidarity strike and labor leaders wanted President six lawmakers not to take six point one eight billion dollar loan Bandit skew three soldiers abduct two Chinese Also above the nation newspaper federal government to spend passports application Abbey orders to spend aid held for fraud We'll see a picture here of Bosses lined up, you know impact and the caption reads 300 bosses to kick off Lagos in our roots scheme Below the headline on the nation newspaper IG orders policemen to be ruthless with cessation agitators and special operation inaugurated Also, president hails new era at capital market to die three injured in Ogun explosion Those are the stories on the nation newspaper and now to the Guardian newspapers a fossil fuels divestment may halt $150 billion oil gas projects Federal government confirms receipt of 4.2 million pounds Iboru Ibori loot and Delta State reacts Also, Buhari six fresh 2.3 trillion our loan to fund 2021 budget Senate wants an iron dropped as requirement for exams and Also this morning. I'm waiting for your arrest. What about there's error five Very good men there wades into NLC Katana face-off Governor sacks Katana University lecturers and nurses TUC and UPeng put members on red alert for national shutdown And also electricity workers consider shutting down power installations nationwide Well, I think we have that's a most of what we're gonna be taking on the Guardian this morning and we're getting straight into the Conversations are most of the papers already speaking about the NLC strike in Katana state And also the loan Request by present moment worry another 2.3 or 2.4 trillion Naira loan to fund 2021 budget and multiple times have spoken about, you know, the dangers of borrowing of course where we are financially with In Nigeria, let's bring in senior news currents Students editor beg your pardon to carry a ladder in the to join us this morning on the off the price. Good morning. Thanks for joining us, sir Good morning. Oh, sorry. Good morning, Anita. Thanks for joining us. Have you very interesting stories this Wednesday morning? Which of them would you like to start from? Of course, the biggest story is still the driver Whether you call it drama, whether you call it a face-off between the NLC and the Katana state government. It's quite I'm trying to choose my word. It's quite disturbing. What do we have? Experiencing in this age and time when we believe that our democracy has moved from nothing I remember that was the word we always use when we started in 1999 and when we return to democracy But after 21 years of that or 23 years of that, we're still having a full-blown Autoritarianism at play However, as a journalist, we try to listen to all sides not just two sides I listen to one Argument where they're trying to justify the action of the Katana state government that there was a case of a two-year-old Baby who was not attended to who was on ventilator and there is a move to even What's the word now to arrest the nurses involved and charge them for attempted murder, but I've been said that beyond the emotions beyond the Several things that have been played up. We need to look at the issues critically We need to call the governor to order. We need to make him realize that this is a Democratic government and we need to be true to the tenets of democracy But where I have issues is where the NLC will be Is attempting to take this strike to they want to make it a national strike They want to draw the attention of the people and that also underscores the arguments surrounding the violent attack by some talks There's no need to use the word alleged of these are thoughts. These are hoodlums That's the word to use for them. You remember the country You remember the debate on which word to use for the people that were being violent during protests during the answers They are hoodlums and this is a clear case of hoodlums too And who is responsible is easy for everyone to say that the government must have sponsored them But where I want to caution the labor union is to Let them realize that when you cut down electricity When you cut down some essential services that affect people directly You might also be playing into the hands in this case allow me to use the word enemy Because this thing affects them. So you need to be more strategic. You need to make sure that any move you're making Makes an impact rather than making it counterproductive. So generally I want to look at this situation at something that Must be nipped in the board not later than today because it's quite embarrassing That in a in a in a democratic dispensation lecturers will just be Facked under the whims and caprices of an executive governor who is actually Seven of the people and now nurses are also being fired I think we need to match the break and get these people reinstated without necessarily being violent Okay, well, we're going to have a you know a longer conversation about on this Are you by what about will be joining us this morning? Oh, interesting. So looking forward to hearing from him Let's also look at the Well, another loan request this time it says it's to fund the 2021 budget about 2.4 trillion naira 6.1 billion dollars By president mom de boari the lcci and acci I have expressed their own concerns About why this may not be a good move. What are your thoughts? Yes, basically, I think we will continue to Emphasize this as much as I am not an expert when it comes to economics But the simple logic we understand is good in trying to borrow money to fix your capital project That's quite okay to endeavor to go into borrowing when it has to do with capital project But what has happened with the ones you borrowed before? What is the retirement plan? This has not been clear. This has not been straightened out for us to Understand and nobody should tell us that we don't know anything. Nobody should tell us that we don't have a stake in this issue Because this is the money we all contribute is our commonwealth and therefore we are free to express ourselves. So Basically, I think the the the national assembly should stop the presidency from On from giving them approval I know the national assembly. No, thanks to the fact that they have been described as Robert Stam And you know why they have to be Robert Stam in the first place because the senate president and the speaker They are the candidates of the president and this was the whole idea to always have them as Robert Stam But I think they should also use their discretion. They should also use They should remember the people who voted them in the first place because if people have not voted them in They will not become the senate president or become the speaker of the house of representatives We are not going to die things are not going to be impeded if that loan is not used or granted Let's have accountability with what you've done before I'm one of those people who were not so Hard on the minister of Transportation on the issue of rail Because especially if you have traveled to different parts of the world You will wonder why we don't have functioning rail system So whatever it is whatever we can do to fix our rail. I am for it. But this time around I think I am totally against the idea of borrowing okay, um Mr Kair de la Dengde on the front page of the nation newspaper The the headline is about petrol subsidy and we know that the minister of states here is saying, you know that petrol subsidy will be removed now But if you watch what's been happening in the policy, it seems the government is yet to actually take a stand Regarding fuel subsidy because in January they will say it has been removed in in february They'll say, you know, they're now paying subsidies the next month. They've removed it So it just keeps going, you know on and off But now the minister of state for later for petroleum is saying they will take it out And that the common man is not benefiting from it that only the rich people benefit from fuel subsidy But labor here is saying that that's just been unfair How do you come in? I wish the liberal use that Mild word that you just used that liberal is talking tough about it But you know what aneta one thing we will not do is to Hip quiet about the lies on the line that word the lies around this issue of subsidy From time to time, this is president administration. I told us that Subsidy is a fraud They come you came up with another word. I can't remember the synonym they use for you. There is no subsidy Now they have the f1 tree to tell us now that Subsidy is about to be removed. So what has been happening? What has been happening to the budget year in year out because budget is An act it's a law So and if you have been spending money outside budget is a criminal offense and somebody has to face the move So what I'm saying in essence is beyond the drama beyond the social remover that has always been taking place We need to go back to the first question. We know they have made up their mind We know they are going to get it removed. We know the price of fuel is going to go high Well, you know, my worry aneta tomorrow They will tell us even when they've done this that is they are sleeping subsidy and they want to remove subsidy So we are going to continue to have inflation rate So let somebody be sincere for the first time and that's exactly my take Okay, so I'm moving away from fuel subsidy, you know in the light of all the unrest and violence Especially attacks on policemen, you know checkpoints in the south south and southeast We see that the acting inspector general of police. Mr. Usman al-Khali has You know, you know created a special operation and asked policemen to be tough on cessationist agitators I don't know what you think about this one Another form of euphemism you've also used the word I saw where you already did it is They should be rootless. Yes, and rootless is stronger than tough if it is tough that would have not Draw some kind of anger we will get on this story. You know, the idea is Whatever word you use and And and youth or aren't old man, whatever they are You're not supposed to be mad with them. You're not supposed to take it easy with them But where the concern is is why do we have to regionalize this kind of tough decision or tough action? So this is a language we should be using for any armed youth As we speak, I'm sure it was on this station too that we ruled out that report that the number of arms With people who are not licensed are more than that of the uniform men the military I mean, I mean the security agents across the country That's what we should be looking at Why are we going into the reactionary approach when we should look at the proactive what happens to our borders? How do these guns Get into the hands of these people are we pretending that we don't know that These issues when these weapons are not easy to buy Are we pretending that there are some heavy weights who are behind the purchase of these weapons? Are we pretending that the helicopter that was That was found to be carrying weapons that some people don't know about How the helicopter moved where it was who bought the helicopter and who is using this I think we are not going to be Deceived by The surface of the stories. Let's get down to the real issue and then we will take government serious So whether south is whether south's out whether not west whether not east Definitely the security agents should be ruthless to anyone And because innocent citizens are not safe. All right. So still on on security matters Would you you know suggest international collaboration regarding tackling this issue? Because we know that one of the headlines we've seen is a pledge by the government of france the president in mademois croix saying They will stand by Nigeria to eliminate any, you know, insecurity and threats in the country And I can just imagine you being the Media into the president This is the first thing that you can write without These two presidents having meeting you cannot be having a meeting with the world power And not talk about how to tackle the issue of insurgency in your country for me. There's nothing exciting. There's nothing Newsy so to say about it. What we want to see is Let's see the action. Let's see this international collaboration You remember the upbeat when we when the keyboard girls were arrested and we heard that us government was coming in with their Drones, they were coming into the country. They were going to get the girls and there was so much excitement And for whatever reasons we understand there was some diplomatic Compromise and We didn't feel today. Some of these girls are still with the abductors So please they should save us that stress Let French government come in let them come with your weapons. Let them come with your Messinaries and get this insurgency sorted out Well, um, there's also a story on the um, nation I believe uh, speaking about the ebore lutes the receipt of the four point two million pounds ebore lutes Delta state government. Um, of course, it's kicking We remember we had a conversation about who that money really belongs to if it's the federal government or the delta state government So quickly react to that one. Also the money has arrived. Um, should we celebrate? I I can't have a laugh about this because I know it's a serious issue And it's quite sensitive too, but trust me I think delta state government Needs to be more serious on this issue You cannot be talking about using the repatriated funds When you didn't make any attempt when you didn't shout about it Now that the money has been returned for whatever reason And they're going to use it outside your region And now you want to fight but there's not argument that you know delta state government itself cannot approach france You know, some people have said that it has to be the federal government that approaches The government of france Oh, sorry the uk uk. Yes for you know money like that to be repatriated Um, and at the same time the people of delta state, you know, can still argue that it's their money The money was taken from their coffers from their state Exactly. So my take is why why was the Anthony general of delta state, you know, working with the minister of Justice all the way. Why were they not pursuing the case? Why were they not following up? I'm just saying that While it is legitimate that that money was stolen from their state funds I think that one is not in doubt that the money was stolen Because the man admitted that there's too many so Why why why were they quiet? Why are we looking at it that is our son? And don't forget that this man is still like the most powerful politician in the state We cannot ignore that kind of You know window dressing There's this ex-convict And you have not done much about it. So my take is The delta state should lend their lessons from this. There are still more money to still be repatriated Let them stand on the matter And let's not fight over repatriated funds All right, that's my take Kairi Aladindi. Thank you so much for your time this morning. Thanks for speaking with us. Looking forward to another quick conversation with you Okay, I think he's gone already Stay with us. 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