 There's a breakfast in plus CV Africa many thanks for being part of the show this morning It's about that time where we go through the pages of a national dealies the front pages to be very precise We have a constant who joins us Chris Kandy one do it's good to have you join us this morning Thank you master start. Good morning. How was your star break? Well, there was no break really I Know I know It's all right, let's take a look at the leadership newspaper this morning and the banner caption would be The first pot of cold noun. It talks about Igbo presidency Southeast leaders wants consensus across party lines and in the words of the script show how can these things be? Southeast leaders want consensus across party lines both caption written on the leadership this morning Underneath there's several riders or Hanase to meet South East Presidential aspirant as in giga declares today Okay, and he said he was going to make his intention known tonight. You're shortly after the Easter and fingers across PDP scrambles to reduce number of aspirants why China denies back in a Meiji for president really and you also find office of President has been reduced to nothing I pack is also quoted. These are the riders underneath the caption don't temper with 418 million dollar parry club funds state tells the federal government That's also another boat caption that you find and wall banks suggest steps for Nigeria orders to avoid debt distress It feels like we have gone too far in terms of our indebtedness But away from the debt caption. We also look at presidency tackles Bishop Machu coca asked him to join politics debt toll in South Africa flood Heads 443 and others missing really sad Only lords a mate is leadership credentials and Lagos shorts Chris land schools over juvenile sex candle These are the headlines on the leadership newspaper about away from the leadership We take a quick look at the Nigerian Tribune and on the Nigerian Tribune a bit different from what's been reported on The leadership you find a fair Baba Lola to federal government Suspend 2023 elections set Six set up to six month interim government. You need to read beyond the headlines Suspend 2023 elections set up six month interim government Now his reason for saying this is because we cannot continue to recycle the same Category or the same persons we always do over time Proposed new constitution that will provide for part-time legislators wants next president to be healthy Educated not more than 60 years old says Nigeria faces bankruptcy due to activities of corrupt leaders These are the headlines the board caption and the ride is underneath The Nigerian Tribune but away from that Dubai sex tape Lagos shuts down Chris lens calls Sharing child pornography attracts 14 years in jail in jail. It wants please begin investigation 2023 governance relegated as politicians jostle for tickets and Away from that you have the APC PDP Abgar or there's notify INEC on presidential convention PDP to hold primaries May 29 APC May 30th 30 first for the SDP or 30th and 30 first for the APC You also have the SDP saying seven orders keep me on dates So SDP and seven orders political parties Haven't really talked about when they're about to hold their presidential Lagos bands military checkpoints in a papa at laws nine illegal checkpoints and World Bank lets on then danger of rising debts and inflation 418 million dollar parry fund club you have state one's federal government. I take that again 418 million dollar parry club refund states one federal government and Lagos GAC approved second time for Governor song will you these are the headlines on the Nigerian Tribune and Quickly from the Nigerian Tribune will just run through The nation newspaper this morning on the front page of the nation newspaper Senators reps to court sustained electoral act. We're looking at 84 subsection 12 of the electoral act as amended 2022 Outrage of a pupils gang sex in Dubai. Please launch propon schools short Nox for Machu cocker and e f song will you gets green lights for second-term ticket and Food prices soar in March Why economic recovery is slow? By World Bank There's also another one you find don't deducts 418 million dollars from The parry club debt from our location states cautions the federal government How Buhari should battle banditry killings by cardinal find out the cardinal It's more like an editorial on the nation newspaper this morning Now these are the headlines on the nation newspaper away from the nation quickly We'll just take a glance at the potch newspaper and just before we have Chris Cain. They want to joins the conversation electoral violence 1149 Nigerians killed Inaq suffers 42 attacks decries rising insecurity electoral violence 1149 Nigerians killed Inaq suffers 42 attacks and decries rising insecurity Underneath commission loses over 9,000 card readers plans Reeks assessment there will be no result for violence merit polls Inaq wreck threatens All your tallest eight ones against violence ahead of the governorship elections. These are riders underneath the boat caption a gf letters delays Darie and jolly 157 others release talking about The pattern that was granted them by the president presidential pattern if you like to see Crush weaver Taraba Zan for a yet to pay minimum wage and for others After how many years? I mean four years after you still have some of the states not complying We're talking about the 30,000 naira minimum wage and it's that How does that even Measure up with the current reality of inflation Cardi less threatened to close doors this week over 15% charges Lassa fever kills 138 and CDC activates emergency center Vandalism orders push oil firms and banks boring to 5.68 trillion naira It's also another caption you find and just before we move away you find another header saying remove your What? Castorks joint politics presidency replies Matthew coca Akira Dalu returns to Nigeria amid death rumor a fair Baba Lola six Paul suspension in terium government after Buhari and Upcon to sanctions telling bank over the provocative Easter advert five months after Lagos fails to demolish and Defective Iqoi Skyscraper, this is what you find Chrisland short school parent disagree over alleged rape and please begins That particular probe these are the headlines this morning on the pages of a national dailies Who've been able to go through the punch the nation the Nigerian Tribune and the leadership Chris Cain and Wando is On standby. It's good to have you join us this morning Chris Thank you once again for having me all right. So, um, which of the headlines I mean interest to you Let's leave it open as we went through the pages of a national dailies Yes, I think we should start with the the action of federal government to the Easter message released by For the Bishop Cooker Matthew Cooker Esperely I knew that the arguments in the Realtor the that Message I am looking at the message. They're looking at the messenger. It is quite unfortunate that is where there's particularly nothing that Bishop Cooker said that is not true and there's nothing that you have said That I've not be repeated over and over again. Don't forget the Not a edas forum Also issues a statement along that line the Islamic Society GNI I think also issued then even Few weeks ago, if not about it the chief man of Apu legislative waters also issued also made mention of some of these things Which led to his being sucked by the board of trustees of that mosque. So Bishop Cooker was always picking the minds of Nigerians and federal government as usual be even Diabetic said in the in the sun leaving all his body exposed rather than a look at those issues Started them by attacking the Bishop to the best and that a girl by she would be spokesperson of the president was saying that if The Bishop is interested the Schumann joint politics that is judges Who body that is not feeling probably girl by she who is the only person in Nigeria? There's no fit in the heat and the problem and all the level of insecurity economic hardship Unemployment Is it not a fact that we're more divided than that? What is it that you have said? It's just flowing following the path of other Revered clergymen for him if you remember messy vivid Somebody there used to be a bishop called who knew me who cook you used to be Bishop of Lagos Darcy's He was also one of those that I've always be a coin Suspended is and saying that got mention mostly and also that time. That was also in a clergy man called. I think Reverend I did to know you. I don't know his designation. I don't know whether he's still alive used to be of the charge of the African Church in Nigeria, and he was also very much. So it is always normal if you go to the Bible I always That we always won't case There we had kings now we have president This is the situation and people are suffering with something to improve the life of your citizens or people Most of them close when they close their ears to that something always happened. So It's quite unfortunate as I said once again, there's someone in the person of ever show we come out and be attacking a more responsive Government will rather look at it as it's where and try to find a way of Making sure that some of these It is that what we have in country whenever anybody there is an issue an objective issues The government will come out with attack dogs and then continue to attack it, but all will and good There'll be any one year for me to exit It is not left for them whether they like it or not And for history to join them which part of the history there with that would be I don't know whether positive or negative It is left to them, but the fact remains that Whatever All that Bishop Hooker said is it to realization of what what is on ground? And they can only but continue to pretend that it's not true So but what do you make of the response of the federal government asking that he joins politics? Maybe it might just be a brilliant one And that's what I said. I said they say you should join politics and I said that was that's been childish because If you want to join politics, is it Robert shield that's going to turn to great politics Um, Robert shield is just an appointee Robert shield to my knowledge has not um contest any election in Nigeria And he has not won any election. It was just appointed Um by the president he used to be an aid of Atico abu baka to the best of my knowledge Prior to the 2015 election after the election and the president peak He was I think he was nominated by the by tico abu baka to serve in the cabinet of President mama de boire So he has never contested any election. So I should even be thinking he's the one that should be contesting The Shop cooker has his work cut out for him. He's a clergyman. He's doing well in what he's doing grab a shahoo To me is a yes, man. And if he's talking about politics, I would rather think they should be constituency in And contest and try to see that he will be elected either in 20 30 position Okay Anybody that says anything concerning the situation of teasing country is not the right way to go And I think the president should call him for that. It's not every time you react to issues It's not every time that silence our time is good. You can it's not everything you react to one that the um the chief in man or for apple Um I didn't hear gal by shahoo issue any statement about that the one that uh the islamic group Where j&i uh also mentioned I didn't hear gal by shahoo the best. So why is it that whenever Bishokuka speaks these jumps on the pray and As I write not also so they should know that they are probably serve them. They are there to serve us Well, our taxes are being used to pay them That is what what is going on there our taxes are being used to pay them So any one of them that seems that is having the president I just want just drop on any Just for the phone or please just know that as I said earlier on This they will see themselves on the side of christie where they want to find themselves It's just barely one year don't they were there before that did you did it to where they today? Let's wait and see what happens All right chris. Let's also take a look at this one uh ego presidency The southeast leaders are asking that consensus should be a thing across party lines And the question is how can this be especially when you have the electoral act giving them, you know the Option of choosing direct primaries in direct and consensus. So Consensus is in the electoral act. So if they want to go on consensus, oh, well, I'm good But those consensus will bring out the best a In our polity because they give us the best candidates. I don't think so I think they should go into the fuel and sort it out and at the end of it End of it. So the best candidates should be able to have it best most often than not At times consensual is an option where you want to trim down the number of when you have over 20 or 30 candidates just name for the position for a position It makes it more difficult for you to be able to streamline yourself and getting somebody a particular candidate So if they within themselves, they agree that That's the need for them to have a consensus. Oh, well, I'm good. I know that um the sudden The south east Candidates about three of them recently met and I agree that they're going to work with you. I know that of which will be um and one of the article happened one one of the line for the pdp Betts they didn't come out to say that they're going to have a consensus Candidates Betto Haneze and other people who just feel that it will be much easier for them As a group if they come together and pick one of them Now that it seems that the pdp If they be silent on whether they're going to throw The presentation ticket open or not. Why the other Zone are also garing up to take candidates For them to come together and choose one of them, but to me I think the best option is for all of them to put together and try and don't forget that also within the pdp currently Tambua, Soraki and Bala and the governor of paochi already agreed that with themselves. They're going to pick up a Candidate, but they Was in the primaries is coming up in the next few weeks and um So many people including myself have already said that it is the turn of the south east to be given the ticket Because the south city seems to be the only japonese school zone that have not been able to Um, I have not been able to get the president to say it's 1999 not even since 1999 since 1966 or there about but It cannot just be dropped on your laps Presidency cannot be dropped on your lap. We have to work so hard for it as a regio as an individual to be able to gather Enough support from all other parts of the country and what that is done and is believing you then the opportunity we give to So the south is um japonese schools don't just don't think that shouldn't think that The presidency will just be dropped on their lap where they say let's go into the process of you have to consult You have to meet with other that's from other parts of the country and they believe that you have what it is I have the candidate right candidate to make it to the job. I'm sure they will support the question as well The issue of 2020 is concerned So, um, let's talk about krisen gigi He says he will definitely declare his intention and that's on tuesday to join the presidential race What do you think about this and he has also mentioned that if nigerians give him the chance to work He would definitely do great for the country The modern area This is gigi has a right. It's hypnotic qualifier Has been a former governor. He has been minister for close to seven years in i think Yeah, I think he's hypnotic qualified But the fact is that can he be able to can he get the ticket of the apc? I don't know how that possible that is it should be an uphill task When you look at the arrays of um candidates that are just me for that job You have ashua jubbalat mentioned From south west. We have the vice president Yamio shiba joe you have written me and made you has also declared and who else who else who else Within the apc But it is his right and he feels that he can be able to muster enough Consensus um What is it now delegates the delegate is about seven seven thousand and eight you are there about that's going to vote What we don't know is Where it will be zoned to bet practically it has to be to the south because unlike the pdp that sleeve his own Open it seems to have made up his mind to zone the presidential ticket to the south It's not within the south to know where to send it whether to this South west south south or south east you have a magic coming from south south already You have in giga who is declaring today coming from the south east you have The governor of um a bonus stage um davu mahi from south east. You also have um Vice president as well as ashua jubbalat And we also heard that one or two governors from the south west are also going to throw their parts into the ring but um Is the delegates that I mean that if it's delegates and whoever they choose then they have to make sure that they That's somebody that's formidable also that can be able to challenge the candidate of pdp and other political parties That will be coming up with a lesson that my problem for the Is that I wonder what they're going to campaign whoever emerges the candidate of a pcs is going to campaign on the legacies of the The current government just as the vice president said that's going to Prove on the legacies of President Muhammad Bahari and I continue to ask what are those legacies is the legacies of unemployment? Is this legacy when it comes to insecurity? Is it legacy or on the economy where the naira is close to almost 590 to a dollar now or which of the legacies I don't know but In his case I mean in his case he said he will re-engineer niger the way he did with an amber estate when he was governor so Maybe that might just be something that's sellable Well, he will re-engineer I judge the way he re-engineered an amber estate. He didn't finish his term. So I wouldn't know. Yes He did one or two thing, but he has been this government for almost a few years We have seen the issue of labor Currently as well at me on strike for months Last year as was on strike for one free year almost one free year and we saw how he handled it as a minister of labor If that is what is bringing together I will for me as far as I'm concerned it is dead on arrival because he would it doesn't have the capacity for me if he cannot handle Just a busy issue of asu as the minister of labor there How can you be able to how can we hand over a whole nation like niger to you and believe that you can be able to deliver If you cannot deliver on little things then there's no possibility of you delivering on the bigger one All right, so he shouldn't be talking about An amber let me tell us what he has done in the past seven years as a minister Now this is also underneath the boat caption for the leadership It talks about the people's democratic parties scramble to reduce the number of aspirant Presidential aspirant and you are saying that it's free for all especially as you have a lot of persons contesting Don't you think that this might just be Another way of depriving the people of their constitutional right Chris came they wanted to do we still have you On the line well Go ahead Okay, so it seemed like we have been And set off the led by the of We are On how the Of Will be done and that committee as we said is report to be nothing is a business council Although this snippets from that That Has been True So until that committee comes up it seems as it were present in life. It is an open race and every candidate from Is free for now But until the national executive council come out to tell us specifically whether it has been true And region the candidates will continue to campaign us So, um, um, also on the Nigerian Tribune this morning a fair Baba Lola said to the fair I mean that's gotten a lot of reactions people Those who have actually not read beyond the headlines seem to be having a different opinion But this is what he's suggesting so spend the 2023 elections set up six month Interium government and that's because we cannot continue to recycle the this old In his word. I mean the same people not the word old in it say but the same persons Who have been in power? But what do you think about this ideology? Should we consider recycling for the fact that we don't want to Bring back the crop of persons that we've had almost from 1999 That is out of the window for me Out of the window To the That is out of the window Democratic system That is of And And And Is It's not possible Out of all the countries Right Because Is because of the fact that most people don't believe that their food counts And you look at the number of registered voters and those that vote after any election you come to ask yourself Why just a few number of people elected because they don't believe in the system Leave uh in the electoral process because that person can't believe that their vote counts Want to go to make people to believe that when they vote their vote we can't then that is where the issue is So there for me an entering government is a normal It will not work that's never work and will never work under the circumstances as it were present in it It's been separate after the Interprement is working about 80 percent of the people that will come and contest so how do we stop them from Contesting it's not possible. Are you going to do that? So for me Um It's not the way to do it But he also weighs I mean some of the issues his proposed and consents for him about For instance, you have the constitution according to him. It's a military constitution And it hasn't really captured the current reality of You know the country and also he talked about having provision for part-time legislators where you don't have to have it You know on a full-skilled basis. These are some of the Consents and issues That he has raised and the reason why we should you know take that time and propose having some new constitution What can we achieve within six months? I think what should be cumbersome yet? When you talk about taking with the constitution, yes I took an agreement and we need to be able to take out the constitution That's we need for us to have a holistic look as a constitution present as it were Yes, this is not the constitution. We are working But I need to go back to last by the military in 1999 and everybody believed that this is not a holistic Constitution that they don't have the input of Nigeria But we have the national conferences. We have so many just suggestions we are made But the correct government and some of the government have refused to look at that report I would think and as a full-skilled but it's supposed to go back With that constitution conference Those of the both I look at the issues at the two and some of the pertinent issues that jamun issues that we are raised and Not with her the way the current constitution The structure is not doing us any good or good and it has only been that We've agreed that it is not working We can do it with this constitution and Get the new one or we do the necessary amendment but you know that national assembly recent and moment Some of the clothes that take about 47 or so Closest of the constitution that is just a minute part of this There you will talk about the issue of State policing we talk about We saw a bit more power to the state. We are talking about the issue of mineral resources We are talking of even the issue of restructuring as a whole that the way Nigeria Is calling it is not working. Yes, I agree that we can do that but that does not mean that I was the most And that's Which will do us no good at all. When you set up a history government, we are with the president person not south west east It was the cost about 20 years back. It is not it's not working at all Well, it's quite unfortunate because I mean if you look at some of the argument and proposition that is put out as much as a lot of Pessents have not agreed has talked about the fact that you know, this constitution makes Politics and you've found out a lot of people are just Trooping I mean look at the number of persons who have declared interest to become president Look at the number of persons who have declared interest in their various states to become governors Council chairman and all of that. What exactly are they're really going there to serve the interests? Of the people and constantly we look at the policies every time we look at government policies How much of those policies across the entire country? Whether at the state level or the federal level represent the interest of the people or reflect the interest because policies on the other hand should solve problems But that has not been the case for us But fingers crossed and like we always say Nigerian is a nascent democracy We hope that we get to a point where we have it all together. We will keep Keep on keep keeping on and keep pushing until we get that I really I know that we're out of time and I've been prompted You know to just go off But just for the fact that you are a parent. I want to believe that you are parent The incident that happened the krislan Incident that happened the sex scandal the video and all of this and the fact that the federal leg of state government has Shut down schools required that schools in the states be shut down What are your thoughts on this in just a few seconds? Yes I'm a father of three children two years and a boy so I know what you're talking about and for me. What's happened is just unfortunate that One I've been compared too much because it seems our parents have lost the morality We have To schools For what happened because if a child is putting your cost on the I will take the child weight far away to buy and you cannot be able to monitor what the child is doing or what's doing Then you have a moral question My own on this is that why honest as why is it only this land this particular school? Not forget me that we do there's a teacher in this school That was jared for 60 years for defining a two-year-old child here Let's see if you don't know that That a teacher in this distant krislan school has been sentenced to 60 years in prison. It's still imprisonment For defining a two-year-old child That shows you the moral question as far as this school is concerned and I think before This school is open a due diligence must be done by the government and make sure that the writing is done But what is happening is just A rather unfortunate incident Where our children seems to have lost it where the parents have lost their right to be with parents of the year This never happened when we are going of people are saying that is the new age What about the new age? This is not the way to go Currently as parents Just leader committee leaders and the entire country should be able to rescue our children From what is happening. What they are doing is what I mean Through the internet or the advance of technology, but for a child of 10 years That is a no-no to me. It's quite important. Thank you kris kende one do for being part of the show this morning It's been a delight. I mean great Thoughts that you've put out there I will look forward to sharing more of your thoughts on this platform Thank you very much and do Fantastic day to you too. Thank you so much and that's the size of Of the press this morning. We'll take a quick break. But just before then Let's tell you what happened today been the 19th day in april in history