 You're still tuned to plus CV Africa ride here and it's time for us to go through the pages of a national dailies We call it off the press is equal. Yeah, I took joins the conversation of the architects or to a con. It's good to have you join us this morning All right, we take a look at the leadership newspaper Presidential candidate falls open grazing and does state, please feels like we're back to this conversation of you know State police it's always evolving That's at the icon conference Underneath OB says corruption easy to tame a tickoo insist on restructuring and private sector driven economy Sure, where the class 2023 budget illegal nothing elders others to engage a tickoo Chinubu OB and Just on you also have addresses weakest grievance for peace to rain or address weakest grievance for peace to rain That's what you find underneath the boat caption. But just before we move away 146 petrol trucks arrive in a booger as local Jaffa flood recedes 146 truck of Petrol arrives a booger as local Jaffa flood recedes a Tony general approves the prosecution of ex aviation minister Stella O'Dwyer and We also have another caption foreign local investor storm Goomba for first summit as in what a shores of safety Nass passes 2023 appropriation bill for second reading. That's the much we can take this morning on the leadership newspaper All right, let's move on from the leadership needs to print quickly look at the headlines on the front page of the nation Tinibu presents manifesto to APC national working committee Governors APC national working committee governors and the chairman of the party was noticeably absent at that event if the news that we have Coming out yesterday is anything to go by does someone was Saying no that he saw a video that show the chairman of the party was there CJ and two politicians don't put pressure on judiciary a student work visa restrictions on Nigerians likely UK warns Obajena Kogi Well regarding that UK story. I do not know if has anything to do with a professor who was Wishing the queen of painful death Obajena Kogi challenges dango T to prove ownership Co-dismissive three suits against a bio know that's the governor think of open state and 95 million Nigerians to elect president Next year says INEC Flooding extent of damage to roads public infrastructure Uncertain all right the sum of the headlines on the front page of the nation 10,000 police officers Undergoing training on digital scales as IG hope that we'll see the result of that PDP crisis at equal drafts mark Ibori Odili to back wiki yesterday night some breaking news emerged Educating that the PDP had put on hold the article presidential campaign. It was meant to be I think in Zamfara state today KB state yesterday they haven't gone there They didn't go and they will not go because they want to solve the wiki matter before they continue So there are things that campaigns with three major parties are having issues right now phone and what's happening in Labour Party to that I guess to talk some more about that when we come to him messy over to you Well, let's take a look at the Nigerian Tribune on the front page of the Nigerian Tribune. I made fresh CUPP alarm INEC says beavers has come to stay 95 million voter registration to elect next President that's what the chairman of INEC is saying wiki appoints 28,000 special assistants for pulling units and I mean is a conversation that we've had was saying between the governor of River state and that of cross river who's topping the chart in terms of having, you know, political appointees tunable governors campaign council and WC meets Push campaign kickoff dates to Buhari a demo not in attendance Obidachi absent as Labour unveils 1234 man presidential campaign council NLC TUC president makes list PDP to tunable you are dazed by Atticus popularity 10,000 police officers undergoing training on digital skills. That's what the IGP is saying And 10,000 teachers to write exams as kaduna set for recruitment A still interesting headlines on the Nigerian Tribune the federal government or I beg your pardon That's the federal executive council fact okay is empty and take over of 202.8 billion and Nougu Onitsha road construction Okay is 13 billion free truck maintenance center for Katsina And just before we move away cod dismisses for three cases Filed against Ogun governor or governments according to the APC These are some of the headlines on the Nigerian Tribune very quickly We go over to the punch the lead one there in security may hamper elections in northwest southeast INEC is saying that with the rightest of that headline Mahmoud worries over insecurity or security rather of commission officials election materials voter safety Biva's dispatch to 23 states INEC rules out identity theft multiple registrations INEC rules out identity theft multiple registrations APC kicks as PDP others alleged plot to dump e transmission of results. I don't know if that is Connected with I mean that that is a reaction to the CUPP's Statement yesterday as a controversial one A real line or greater the CJN six judiciary's independence Some of the stories on the front page of the party look at Mars if time permits us to do so, but Is it going to let's start with the situation in the political parties? It seems that not all is well, you know There's some rumble in the jungles that all the political parties yesterday was a liberal party, you know which was trending we saw that The party allegedly saying that they don't know they're not aware or let's say the way the Nigerian politicians and say they're not aware of The that list that presidential campaign list Which don't cook or Cooper said he is of which he says he's a DG in the list shows some other person as a chairman in the APC we see that From one of the papers they should be the leadership or I think it's Yeah in front of the in front page of the the tribune that the party chairman was not at the Meeting the tinaboo had with the campaign council the national working committee and governance of the party and with the PDP Atiku has suspended his presidential campaign. So I wanted to talk about the situation all these parties I know there are other parties like ADC, but we don't have anything to to to hold on to on the front pages So over to you sir Good morning, Nigeria, and then thanks for having me plus TV Africa and my brothers is there What a day the lovely time and them if he Nigeria and I'm waking up to the reality of what we have in the 2023 2022 electoral act Keep up and discovering that there's really fire on the mountain For the first time and I'm saying this time and time again for the on this time You cannot for the life of you, you know, this means a man like we have in the web of their hand You can't do it. You can't do it. I say it That's anything about we can number one is that he has a he has a heart When you want to do it do something he doesn't he goes out of his way to do it Number two is that he has the results And number three is that over the period he's built some level of influence across What is the weekend? I don't say in reverse day. What is the weekend? I say, you know a good part of Nigeria and All of a sudden what I have always told My I think we could do all along cool down You think there's something about quality that people don't know you're a leader Please be careful about the advice that you get from your followers a lot of time Such advice is from inferiority complex. It's not about you. It's about them They feel that if they allow this person a space that their own space will shrink For instance, even like I'm the king of an area. So to speak Why would I want you to bring somebody of influence into my own area? I'll tell you no no no the guys of what it is or where I between your best interest that I will advise They get because it is not in my interest So political loyalty is personal interest before the boss's interest. A lot of times it's like that Now that is for the PDP and I hope that the better later never will apply in their case When you come to ATC, there's something fundamentally flawed wrong It's called to understand about the presidential candidate. This issue of being absent at every public Forum I really don't know what the game plan is. It just doesn't go down well We see look at what happened yesterday and then what would have expected would have been a day I mean he's come back to say to me, you know Hell and hearty would have been a day for him to go there and shine and put up a certain policy statement Boom, but where was it? It was missing and then the level party level parties. They are doing certain things They're doing well very well, but they are setting mistakes. You should correct and correct fast For instance, if you go to an area you come to a quiet one so to speak and no matter how Insancial that your brahman is please Appeal to the person and say for the sake of what we are doing Let's have this person as a figure here You really want to say so one of their own and then call the two of them in house and say, you know This guy has the capacity to run this that is offer from your state to them and please find who are working together no matter it's like what And APC is doing Going to Northern Nigeria and telling all of the Christians of Northern Nigeria that none of them is good enough to be a vice president I mean the slap it is a slap that I mean you can recover from easily So going back to what I was saying level party has to be careful to To remove the people that are not in this in those areas, you know, you make you make her slowly So the Wisdom is profitable to direct. That's what the Bible says Don't let people feel that they are not good enough in their own land. I mean it's an insult So I believe that they will make those adjustments. They will not let it linger and become talking points They will say oh, sorry, you know, it was a mix of yeah, yeah, we correct it Please don't add you about you don't try to justify it. It's called common sense Just let it be that way when that is done. I think they'll have their way I'm considering the ADC Well, may I be excuse to reserve my comment for now I'm running the compulsion campaign that five of us said I've been very busy in a five Oh going round and getting ready to win the election Okay, so it means well the ADC I'm sure being a party with humans You're all humans who may also have his own internal issues of the campaign I'm not hearing anything about the presidential campaign of of the ADC But but I also would like you to talk about before Mexico comes in the Why political parties have this because you're looking at the like I said the the the APC Has his own issues that letter well-written letter with a lot of good English by Abdullah Senate Abdullah Adam who has not been replaced by a neck till now after I left the Senate and Complaining to Tini Buddha see I don't know this. I cannot recognize this campaign counsel list you put up You know, we're not carried along you have to change and we can see that when they have the meeting yesterday We don't know why he wasn't in attendance But the media the press the papers are making issue of the fact that he wasn't there that's number one number two The liberal party also has issues. It seems the party spokesman is saying they don't know about the list that don't You occupy a release to the world yesterday. So why do we have these things going on? Well, we have this is going on is that there is a certain level of uncertainty and Political parties are still trying to adjust to, you know, the new normal that we have, you know, COVID Got all the concept of the new normal 2023 is unlike any other year and people are slow in Moving into the new reality of election where the votes of the people will count So there is a conflict, you know, a system shock between those institutionalized Incense people who want to do things the way it has always been done Okay, and the people who want to win election who say look it's about mass mobilization of the people I'll talk about the liberal party for instance, you know You know, the ascending state if you take a place like Lagos state You would realize that I hope you're hearing me. We can loud and clear loud and clear Okay, great. If you take a place like Lagos state, it would realize that Technically it's a Eurobust it okay but in terms of police school awareness and You know and and and and the with ability Lagos then has become a cosmopolitan state We're in the indigene are not probably as much as the non and Indigene will tend to have a sentiment towards the apc factor But the non-indigene who are in the majority Would want to lead towards the new normal new cosmopolitan leaders Everybody comes to do this and within that concept they may be compared to look They may be inclined to look at a man like this. I'll be coming in and playing the new game And we need that content with the capacity mobilizer might not be an individual So for you to you may be thinking it doesn't get it a capacity mobilizer, you know And it might have to be a house about it I haven't really been your man and I'm pressing but you see you have to juxtapose that with the traditional Institution who say no, that's to be this is our state remote control So that kind of country of the new normal and the institutionalized thinking will bring a rocking So you ought to have people who are for size who think ahead and because of that It's not to be in and you act to work, you know, that's the entire position so that before the decision is made You've already cleared the ground so that people get to understand Then you do a second afterwards which is now we let your people know for here We're going to have somebody who is like these two types of okay. Is it going to be for the want of time? less delving to another You know issue that's also on the front bonnet and it's about the elections in 2023. Yeah, the punch says that I in security may hamper elections in the Northwest and not East. That's what I like is is saying and There's been a question about the credibility of the elections the Empire Conducting or delivering a free credible elections Do you think that, you know, there's hope for us to have a credible elections in 2023? Especially with the concerns of INEC. They're saying I mean if you look at what's going on in these places deploying Officials to this region and ensuring that Equipment are protected. It's it's a major concern So my question is do you think that in 2023 that the electoral Empire would deliver a free credible elections? The answer is yeah, my answer is my answer is very infacted Yes, why is capital let us bold on the line red? We will be able to have three third credible elections in 2023. Let me tell you how things work When you move your mind Perspective you start to magnify that and eventually you may have that happen That's why the Bible says as a man thinks in his heart. So is he Nigerians cannot afford to as much as A 2023 when we don't have free free and credible elections That's why I like what the UPP is doing the preempt you they put you on the spot They take you on we want to have we don't want any. Oh, we will we will not know we will have credible elections So I net if they are trying to rule I net chairman. Let's talk about it if they are trying to change the divas Let's talk about it now. Not when it is late. So I like what seems to be is doing I like what I net is also doing they look we need to have security taking care of in this place And what that tells you is that if you are wanting to be a prognore in a particular state You better all the party make sure that the Environment is conducive because it is not your election. They don't hold but the rest of Nigeria Elections we hold I can tell you that for free Elections we hold and we will have enough figures to be able to declare a president a winner I can tell you that for free. So let every Nigerian take up the responsibility of making sure that peace is maintained in their area So that we'll be able to have free fair critical elections for I net I'm very much with them And I believe that they will give us as for bevers There is no going to be a no body No demo no demon should have one that's contemplate a river on that because that would be the biggest tragedy I'll say this for free The biggest thing that has happened to Nigeria since 1960 is a introduction of the beaver It's okay. Yeah, I took it. It's okay to be very, you know Positive optimistic Right, but it's also okay to look at the reality and the facts on ground as well and Find the way to solve the problem before, you know, we get to a point where we are saying all we didn't really know And it's a good thing that I neck is sounding whatever It is the consents that you know, they think that this are threats to the elections according to them over 41 attacks have excluding that has been carried out against offices across 14 states since 2019 and You know the 2019 elections general elections, which also affects, you know, the South East and Recording 13 attacks as well. So we're looking at all of this and we understand the security situation Even in recent times just in 2022. There's a lot that has happened in this region and so What do you think that can be done as much as it's okay to say we need to stay positive But what can be done to ensure that, you know, all this is addressed before as as we get closer to 2023 for the elections Good. Let me make a very fundamental statement that we should hold very dear Being pessimistic is not being realistic Being optimistic is not being unreal The Bible says you shall say to this mountain you have knowledge as a mountain But it doesn't stop there pessimistic and mountain But a reality pays to the mountain These are removed So my saying there would be three second elections. It's not being pessimistic. It's not being unrealistic It is all right. I love it on realistic. It is being both optimistic and Practical about it. That's why I commend you people and I did now. What is the mountain in security? What do we do about it? We don't know about it. We don't complain about it We ask ourselves, who are the people? Number one, I sell the top-notch candidate in each of these states You need to have a peaceful environment for you to operate. So join hands Join call everybody. We must have peace. We are the problem Let's walk with the police around with the army. Let Nigeria be part of solving the problem of insecurity Don't only lead it to the army. Is there any positive information you can get across to them give it to the people Is there anybody around you that you think is a tremendous problem? Report it to the police. Find a work. Let it be our Absolute onto our problem. Okay. All right. Do that and of course call your authority You know recently there's been a special way to say oh the army is making progress because the president is More positive by Okay Okay, we have we have to leave that Looking forward to seeing you you in in in full color color next time. Yes It's all good. It's all good. We appreciate your time and your your expert analysis as always Having a next time have a wonderful day Mercy and myself will be back After the short break to look at some developments in the telecommunications sector and the effect of that on The forthcoming elections in 2020 23, please stay with us