 Welcome back to the breakfast and plus TV Africa. Let's take you through the pages of the National Dailies as we look at the top stories Making the rounds. We have Chris and one do who joins the conversation. Good morning, Chris. It's good to have you join us Mrs. Refusing to admit that she had a nice Valentine I can say the bean the smile your face is is is indicative of a spectacular Valentine's you had So Chris let's begin to cruise with the papers this morning as we look at the vanguard and the focus would be on some of the top stories I mean for the want of time you have drug boss to how N D L E a nailed arrested DCP carry that's about carry and for others and suspended police chief implicated in the 25 KG cocaine deal and That's the first rider alleged to have bribed the N D L E a man with $61,000 To retrieve the seized drugs replace them with dummy exhibits. You also have another rider saying the N D L E a Declared carry wanted after he allegedly shown invitation and police arrested carry orders took them orders took to custody last Friday and handed over to the N D L E a that might just be dominating all of the papers this morning Bad fuel you have flawed market with petrol and marketers others beg federal government subsidy COVID-19 spending taking 2022 budget And the deficit to 10 trillionaire quite worrisome if you ask me why we're going on a one month Warning strike That's what asked us quoted to say a units of calls will end to recruitment of child soldiers in conflict Really really also another sad one battle for consensus candidate puts a PC national convention at riggs and 2023 presidents he dropped fears and prejudice against Igbo or Hanaysa is quoted electoral Act amendment bill now PDP governors tell Buhari Apparently signed the electoral act amendment bill now the PDP governors telling Buhari and You have the west african examination council saying 48.61% obtained credit in english mathematics and three others and 2023 stopped distracting the meffily group ones politicians So he can be focused with monetary policy and governing the nation but that's that's the much You know, you know like they say we think we think Musa no go see forget You know, I mean it was I don't know how many people were surprised Oh, yes, I mean who were surprised to hear that care that It may feel it was being prodded or you know primed to Run for office in 2023 And I don't know what is what I want. They want his downfall or to end his career Because we I think it's good that we'll get to miss someone who's an opinion as we go But let's shift our attention to the nation is super with these headlines Of course, abacare is a tradition is something we'll look at later. So we'll leave that for for a major discussion But as soon grounds vasties for four weeks parents students Tell federal government to act on demands and Consider vanguards. We had that breaking news yesterday on the program Excitement over new Oulu Badon Buhari hails by Logan's appointment. Nice to know that it's been Finally done and dusted with Why customs can't meet 30.019 trillion Naira target by cg. This attack has been given to them. I think by the national assembly But the details on page 38 of that people one can check that out Um at the bottom of the front page of the nation newspaper or shoe apc primary Garns boom panic in osho go Garns boom Panic in osho go and the last time I heard about guns being shot in Lagos They joined the south-west war storm the new rtw. I'm not I'm not sure that this they have anything to do with it this time apc convention sale of forms fails to begin 48.61 percent of private candidates pass was that's the west african school certificate Examinations, I don't know why they don't call it white Anymore call it was but it's it's interesting those are stories coming on the front page of the nation All right, let's move away from the nation newspaper this morning as we quickly check out the leadership newspaper Just like I mentioned you have the nd lea indiged abel kiari for other cops of drug trafficking and suspect arrested This gray super cop is a member of trans National drug cartel we have evidence to jail him This is what the nd le is is saying proper probation no sale of form threatens apc convention What is really going on? I mean But I'm sure that you know as we proceed on the course of the conversation We'll talk about that sign electoral bill now and pdp governors advise president mohamad abu hari And just before we move away you also have disagreement with federal government force ask you to strike for The 15th time in 23 years. That's a lot. That's a lot. That's quite a lot really a lot. Are you sure it's not something personal? It's not personal. I mean, I'm just you know, since Now, let's let's let that slide something my panel began begins probe of zamford deputy governor a school short in eight kitsina local government over banditry You'll have the eum max 820 million pounds digital economy package for nigeria for the want of time That's the much we can actually take. All right. Let's quickly go to the punch this morning. We'll quickly run through The stories of the front page at the top fg gross debts to grow by 92 percent hits 136 trillion era in 2026 says iamf. I think at this point Maybe we can just all leave ourselves in the hands of god Asu begins four week a rollover strike Governors oppose action in state vassities PDP governors accuse fg of insincerity duplicity in dirty fuel saga After 42 day vacancy marking day names l'écan balogon 42nd olubado Fuse kesti armed police man deployed to control cues commuters stranded marketers complain of adulterated pms trapped In filling stations at the bottom of the front page of the punch newspaper UN cupboards fg as nigeria records 3 604 cholera deaths in 425 local government areas Lagos robbers shoot business women hospital demands police report victim dies Fimee dodges questions on 2023 presidential bid says prayers ongoing I think after tinnable zone statement of saying he's still consulted. This is the next best thing we've had. This one says he's still praying another one It's historical fallacy to say ohanese hasn't campaigned enough for 2023 obias all. Okay Wife disagrees as husband testifies how spouse power skilled friend and dismembered body and finally from the punch Ignore threats x ssg next ocean governor Declare's a regular show that page 14 has details at this point i'd like to bring in and Unlist a chartered mediator and consulate uh Chris came day one do maybe he might be the one to solve the federal government Asu umpers Chris came to one do good morning to you. Thanks for joining us once again Good morning. Thanks for having me once again What are your thoughts on on on what we learned yesterday, which is captured in many of the papers this morning Asu and backing on that One month morning strike we hear that It's going to be a four week rule of a strike And the governance of states are also Saying the lecturers in state tertiary institutions should not even think about joining the strike um It was a news for two This has been great for weeks And don't forget um last monday Asu had a one one day free lecture I don't know what to call the sensitization the call is sensitization Exactly exactly so to sensitize their members to get ready for what they call the model of all strike and students as well Yes, then um after that one day They they say that by the weekend you'll be able to come out with a Categorical statement on whether they're going to go on strike or not by Monday morning and they came out with that Uh the information and notice of going on strike for um for one month and just as you rightly uh Your seven message rightly analyzed when you look at from the data that coming in from 1990 90 days 2020 but you see the number of Strike that as I've had and I'm sure that is the only union in Nigeria that have that level that number of strikes Not even the nlc or any other Level the nearest to it would be the nma but It has it has been not becoming because why the government afraid to do what they are supposed to do They had an agreement with asu an agreement was signed and based on that Asu call off the strike I remember mesi asked me last week that Why is it that asu normally call off his strike when they know that the government have filled the agreement? That they reached with uh with asu and I said that if we they don't we also would be the first set of people Back condemning asu for nor is using to for refusing to call off the strike, but this is a one month Strike we are back to the trenches Last year I think it was for over 11 a month or 10 months and there are about all the tertiary institutions If federal state investors lost one academy session and for anyone to come to say that uh, the statement to say that State uh, university should not it should not dare to go on strike They have no hold over that because the asu if within the states the university also assemble As we go to the National body so they also joined the strike Um went to elephants by solace that grass that soft mass the federal government and asu are back to trenches Is the students that will not remain at all and as we always say the devil will not find hope for an idle hand And that seems to be where we are today now the next thing you see you can see is you see the the federal government rushing to uh, the industrial court to See for an injunction to stop asu from going on strike. That's what the bullets done But since the answer have been taken to construct the measure of labor the federal minister of labor the most further ministry Of education as far as the federal government have not got anything to call them to discuss issues relating to the strike now Um, the strike is on let's see how this pans out All right, so quickly uh as much as this would just also be part of our You know the crux of our conversation in the course of the show. Let's share your thoughts on this one Drop bust how the n d lea nilled arrested dcp carry for others That's also dominating all of the papers and that has been a top trending conversation In the Nigerian space. Uh, what are your thoughts on it? Are you surprised? Are you shocked? So it's be shocked is an understatement Shocked the fact that this is coming too close to uh, a period when um, dcp have a carry The super core I was having a issue with the american government as I guess the issue relating to harsh hope And that don't forget that the psc, uh police service commission just last week as the Another report on the one the rejected report that was submitted by the committee set up to look at that Anigations and have given the I gp just two weeks to come up with a fresh report on the issues raised now This came in and uh, this seems to have put this big spanner to the world because um There are some so many simulations of people that say, oh, you know, Nigeria's I just will always come up with something So the whole idea of this Ndl 18 is um to make sure that Our car is not extradited to us so that it can remain here and rest I don't buy that again because I let it that somebody's involved with drugs It's even more worse than the allegation of harsh problem If you know what it takes it to be involved in in drugs No every country found out about that and to be to even make it to even believe that it's super of somebody that Um, it's supposed to be and the force of the law is the one involved in this This to me is too traumatizing and it's very it's a very big issue But police authorities said they have added them and poured us to be Ndli yes, the which Ndli has come back to a precedent by from the back of me the spokesperson of Ndli Now, but the police also went for that to make a statement In the course of their compressive is that it is not only the policeman That are also members or officers of Ndli that are involved in those in those drug-related issues And they were specific with Akamu Ibrahim International Airport in Hainu and the idea is saying that Ndli did issue also make sure that those that have involved that because the police said they've had their own investigation So I realized that also some members of Ndli are also involved with that So he's calling on the gg of Ndli Retard General Uba Maura to also make sure that those that have been figured out in their own investigation Are also arrested and made to face best. This to me is a very valuable news All right. Thank you. Chris kind of wonder let's look at another story off the front page of the punch in this paper of the fuel scarcity issue or the dirty fuel issue is still persisting and Nigerians are still On the cues the PDP governors are accusing the federal government of insincerity And duplicity in the fuel dirty fuel saga the PDP governors finding their voice In in this matter. What are your thoughts on this? Um, it is what do you expect the opposition party to to do to play its role? And would you like to see maybe more voices? You know coming up on this particular issue Well, it's not only the PDP. Even we are doing at least raise voices. I saw the report of your correspondence on the The problem being faced by Nigeria and trying to get well Um, let's just say we'll be lucky. I was using for lucky um, maybe because in Abuja for the past week to since december there are about the Abuja those living in FCT have not had it Easy, they've been doing on a daily basis and they've not been getting well So if we're in Abuja, where the NMP is cited or is it said or wherever People can get food at the seat of power talking about is where the seat of that is where the presence is That is where the nation is That is where the supreme court is Between who did the three arms zone at central area of Abuja? We cannot find food and I'm sure that our ministers on the daily basis are At the trip around Abuja and they see the queue The president is aware It's not everything that the president take a chopper to the airport when he's traveling out The vice president is in Liberia. I don't know where he's back If he didn't take his chopper to To get to the airport he must have passed through The airport would have seen a long queue of fuel of Nigerians queuing up For long hours just to buy food And to me it's an indictment of the government because if we don't know what we got to do and they'll be able to Preach their promises that they made to Nigeria in 2050 to revive what the refineries And stop and leave new ones and stop the publication of where we find the way ourselves where we are today So it's not just about PDP or opposition party. Every Nigeria Totally is aghast and Is not it is not we are not happy about what is happening I'm talking for him from me Yeah, what do you think about the fact that the heads have no role till now and that's number one number two U.s thing that Nigerians are concerned about the situation You know, it's not just PDP the media You know media we can only report we can only tell we can only maybe give commentary Once or twice, you know, we can give analysis if it's an issue of public interest not political Nigerians are concerned, you know civil siding but a concern is just on on on on tv on radio At home online. We're just concerned and sitting down and just say oh, we are we are concerned Is that enough because this is a serious issue that goes deep down Is that enough that's number one number number two. No head has rolled from the government angle till now We are consigned. We are not just reporting. We are demandants. You use your car I'm sure I don't know whether you have is black web or you have a A beneficial behind your house I'm sure messy and they suffer the same thing. I'm sure she can't fuel her car So there's not a week on that is we are consigned we have been at this And it's even worse for us because on the day this is work to move around so we're not like we just sit in the office If you have to catch a report, but we just as we are living set in a we can just be told to run quickly to Um, uh, to a proper to to take up a report. You have to go. You're not going to trek You're not going to take a cutter. So even if it's going to be an official vehicle, definitely That by God's prepared I like what Messi said The head should start rolling from the president The president should be the one the head should start rolling first up almost We are promoting that we have the minister of petroleum See the degree. Yes, even his minister of state for petroleum. So if there's any head I have to go They have to start from the head He had to start from the minister of petroleum. It's so feel that that office is too big Or for the president or the president is too busy to be able to handle the office So so around we're calling it off now in no time But I just quickly like to share your thoughts on this one It's on the leadership newspaper as well as on the vanguard and the people's democratic I mean governors under the people's democratic party are asking the president To sign the electoral bill. They're also alleging that The refusal of the president to sign. I mean the fact that he hasn't signed the bill It just shows his unwillingness to Give my jurens a reformed electoral bill Quickly, let's have you share your thoughts on that one We should stop waiting on the president if the president refused to sign as a background I don't know the number of this now today As of today if the president refused to sign then the national assembly Has a right to override the president's situation and now pass that being A second time To pass the bill too The president I think has about 30 days That the 30 days last is and the president is signed Then the national assembly should override The president and get that we pass and what they pass is it becomes law So whether the president like it or not, I think our attention should be shifted to the To the national assembly. I'm not the president any longer But but but the national assembly you have a national assembly that's dominated by the ruling party I'm talking about the apc. How can these things be in the words of the scripture? I did not want to pass this even with a majority number that you want to pass this So it's not the question of the being dominated or not being dominated The same I am apc dominated House of representatives have seen it we are going to pass the bill So they should be needfully the president refused to sign We cannot continue to take what they did here and continue to wait on the president Let them do the needful. If they don't do it, they will not come to the completion What I just have been saying about the years that they are just Toothless good dog that does bark and cannot bite. This is the time for them to stand up I've made sure that this bill is passed So Nigerian can get ready for the election that's coming up in 2023 I think I said that they cannot be do anything on that bill is signed to come So why we wait for the president? He had just been here about 20 days or so They are about to sign it into law if they don't do it Then we should hold the national assembly responsibly for the non-passage of that bill That is my take on it. So we cannot continue waiting on the president Don't forget that the president have refused to sign this This is the time he's going to refuse to sign it And I will continue to wait for the president He has made his own imputes and set some sessions of that bill To remove and the national assembly have done that. So what is he waiting for again? Interesting. We have to pull the plugs at this time and of course move on to our other segments But time will tell if the national assembly will do the needful like you said Which I don't know if it's been done in the history of Nigeria Maybe it will be at first which is to override the president and go ahead to pass a bill It has been done before In this democratic dispensation Okay, all right, all right, that's fantastic. That's previous national assembly then Thanks for the information Chris Kane, they want to it's been a thrill having you And in the short time we've had you been able to give us a perfect Analysis of the issues and matters arising and stories on the front pages. We say thank you Thank you very much for happening and heroes for for messy All right, we see we guys will never get anything, you know, we never get anything for Valentine's You know, that's gender discrimination. What did you say? Well, thank you so much for being part of the show. We appreciate your time Mercy everyone is giving you all the the the All right, I'm feeling bad I should have come with something for you but not to worry That's why we'll do it after now. It really can be Valentine's Well, I would definitely go to that one Well, that's the much we can actually take on after press where we'll return We're off the press developer in the meantime. We'll step on the brakes And when we return we head straight to a first major conversation It promises to be an amazing time