 Today, on the breakfast crisis, looms in universities of a federal government delaying to conclude a negotiation agreement. Is another strike growing? Also on the breakfast, Nigerians urge to embrace renewable energy in order to reduce the impact of global warming. How ready are we? And we will also review the biggest stories making headlines across newspaper dailies. Welcome to the breakfast on Floss TV, Africa. I am Justin Acadone. I am Mesebo Post. Good to have you join us this morning. Yes, it's a blue, blue, blue, blue morning. I would say I'm looking blue. Okay, I'm dressed in blue. Are you copying me this morning, Mesebo? So one of the things about Justin is that... Mine is the original version. One of the things you need to know about Justin is that he's very dramatic. And every morning I look forward to his drama. Oscar Award. However, I think you've got the memo and it's fine that you know, we appreciate it. I'm not blue. Okay, I'm wearing blue. She's copying me and she's also wearing blue. Okay, I guess we can start now. Okay, we can start. This is the breakfast. It's a Tuesday morning. It is the 17th of January 2023. Merci. How are you? I'm very well. Thank you for asking. I'm wondering why you're sweating on that and a condition. Yeah, better not start yapping on this morning. You know, when you live the good life, you tend to, you know, transmit... Yours is unusual. Everyone is very chill this morning and you're still sweating. So I'm sure that you need to think about that. I think I need to relocate back to the western world. Don't even say that. It's so hot. What's on our top 10 this morning moving away quickly? Okay, the general overseer of the CETA Global Community Church, he is in the... That's past Tunde Bakery. On Sunday, he broadcasts to the nation as it is a nationwide broadcast in his church in Oregon area of Lagos State. And he is urging Nigerians to show... The word he used specifically was political merchants. That's a new word, although I know the word merchants, but I didn't know we had political merchants. Basically, all he's trying to say is to... He was trying to advise Nigerians not to be, you know, fooled by politicians who may just want to buy their votes and who are not actually, you know, thinking about their interests. We have a clip of that. We'll take that and we'll come back and discuss more about that. Stay with us. Go ahead and towards good governance. When we make good governance, the central focus of our politics, when we judges him bad politics in his various forms and embrace the kind of politics that outputs good governance, then and only then will we welcome the new Nigeria, a nation that can become the peace, progress, prosperity and possibilities capital of the world. As a vehicle heading towards good governance, when we make good governance, the central focus of our politics, when we judges him bad politics in his various forms and embrace the kind of politics that outputs good governance, then and only then will we welcome the new Nigeria, a nation that can become the peace, progress, prosperity and possibilities capital of the world. All right, that's the overseer of the CGCC, Pastor Tunde Bakker, you know, the 2023 election is just about barely 40 days away and we always talk about this during election times and vote by and vote selling and Nigerians have been enticed and some people have been entitled that they deserve to be there in power. Well, I think that Tunde Bakker was very emphatic with his message. That was a sermon that he was putting out right there and there are several things that he mentioned and one of them that he talked about, he made reference to it, which is the M. Milokon brand of politicians, the people who say I'm next in line, it feels like it's and because I listened to I watched that video vividly and he talked about the fact that you have a lot of persons who feel that it is their right, it's not because, you know, they have a vision or a mission or there's a certain thing they want to do, but hey, let's just say over time I've had an ambition, I have a dream and it's just for me to fulfill that dream, that spite or odds, that's where the Machiavellian kind of politics will come through, you know, where the end actually justifies the means and so it's not important however you get it, as long as you get it, that's what's important and that's the kind of politics we have practiced over time. We see the politics where people are not concerned about how they get into power, but as much as they get into power is what it is and so there's maiming, you know, you maim people, all sort of things are done, trying to rig the election, you know, use violence at every means, you need to be the next president and we need to understand that that's not what it is because if you look at the motive, that's very important, in everything that everyone does, in everything that we do, the most important thing is the motive and for those who are, you know, Christians, I know you believe in the Bible, it's also said that even if you pray and even if you give arms in all of that, your intentions is what God would be looking at. What's your intention? The reason for doing that. Are you giving the arms so that you would be applauded? Are you doing all of that for Joe? Are you really doing that from the heart of your heart? What's the reason behind that? The motive, purpose, intention is very important in everything that we do. And I think that, you know, the electorate and those who would be voting and casting their votes, you look at the intention of everyone that's vying for political office, whether it's, you know, they go for the presidency, they go for governorship, House of Assembly, local government, you know, council, whatever it is, even though we really don't have the local government elections. Yeah, true. Yeah, intention. I think that's very apt. You know, what he said, there's nothing, you know, more than the truth. It is completely apt. Like you have rightly said, Nigerians should actually go beyond them, you know, who is contesting. Look at their pedigree, look at what they have done, look at what they can do Are they in tandem with your own vision for the country? Can they deliver Nigeria to the promised land? Pastor Tunde Bakker also talked about a new Nigeria where, you know, things are actually working. You know, by the time we understood why we are coming as politicians right now, if you know that you're supposed to serve Nigerians, then you would not really feel entitled to that it is your right, you know, to govern the people maybe at the state level, local government level, the federal government level. Governance is all about service. We cannot overemphasize that it is about service. You are serving the people. You're not about your own interests. It's not about that you have been keeping that particular lifetime dream and it is your expectation, you know, to just move on and get them to that particular place that you've thought it's not about you. It's about Nigerians. It's about the commonwealth. It's about good governance and, of course, making sure Nigerians are safe because right now we're talking about security. We're talking about the economy, which has actually gone down the drain. So what can you offer? What are you bringing to the table? That is the question. Well, I also hope that we need to understand that we're in a very sensitive period. It's a very important time, sounding like I'm reading from Nehemiah. I probably would make a very good preacher. Yeah, deaconess. No, don't say deaconess. Deaconess, mercy. I really never loved the word deaconess. Why not? I don't know. We'll give you an archdeaconry. No, that's not it. I'm already saying that I probably would make a great preacher. Hallelujah. I have the one thing to become a preacher. But my point here is we need to understand the times. We're in very critical times. Yes, we are. Elections are just around the corner. It's important that you pay attention. It's important that you get your PVC. You see all of the stories that you've had over time that, oh, because I know that one thing is very common. Your votes does not count. That's always the message that we've had over time. Your votes count. Yes, the narrative is changing. When you begin to say, oh, your vote does not count because these persons will definitely take, they'll do what they can do. They'll manoeuvre the system and it doesn't really matter what they cast a vote. That's not true. That only happens when you don't go out to vote. That's when we begin to talk about political aspects. Do the right thing first. So most importantly is that you get your PVC and forget about all of the things that you have been told that your votes don't count that they will manipulate the system. Nobody does that until you stay away from the entire process. So it's important that you go get your PVC and understand that power lies in you. You are responsible for what we become. So those of you who have said we're not going to vote because it's not my business. It is your business. It is your civic duty. You have to. Like I said before now, I'm already sounding like a prophet. You are a prophetess. Nahimai. You know, you want to look at those pictures. At that time, you need to sound very serious. Understand the season of the time. That's what I'm saying. Maybe I'm a prophet of your time. What's important is that you get your PVC. But we need to move away quickly to another top trending. And this morning, it's very, you know, mixed feelings surrounding this particular one because if you know very well, vividly looking at the trend this morning and looking at the chat, you will see that our pro-code doctor was diagnosed with a brain tumor. And that was done in December 2022. Just, you know, last month. Yeah. Even he even went blind. That's according to the report. But thankfully, he met Dr. Tai Ojo, who successfully operated and removed the tumor. And, you know, Dr. Ojo is a Nigerian. That's the most important thing. He's a Nigerian. And according to his statement, he said, Dr. Ojo is a... Okay. So I need to bring you up to speed with who Dr. Ojo is. That's him rightly on the screen. He's a fine gentleman. Dr. Tai Ojo, a neurosurgeon in Nigeria. He did the surgery. And according to a pro-code, that's the name that he's known for. He said that so many people had begged him to leave the country and get surgery done outside you know, done something to, you know, keep him outside because he had to trust in the process. He trusted Nigerians. So there were a lot of people who say, oh, you cannot do it. But would you blame them? I mean, would you blame the people who asked him not to get his surgery done in Nigeria? So it's very commendable. I don't know if you'll have OG to this, but if we do have an OG to this, it'll be good for us to put it out. That's him right there. And really proud. He's a woman that I'm proud of. And not that I haven't been proud of because I know that we're very talented people, but Justin, I'll let you, you know, have the moment. Yes, Nigerians are very talented people like you have rightly said. And I'm even very, really happy about this successful brain tumor. Over time, when we have cases that have to do with neurosurgeon or neurosurgery that is in the brain, a lot of people are really very skeptical about them, the performance of the doctors that we have here. But I mean, I make us know that Nigerians are actually most wanted in a good sense that these are brought small wonder countries like the United States of America, Canada, actually looking for Nigerian medical person of the doctors, the nurses and all of that because over time it has been proven that we do very well in those medical fields and of course other scientific fields across major subject lines. So it is a good one. And I would say congratulations to the doctor and of course I also am happy that apropos doctor is feeling them, hailing hearty and he actually survived that brain tumor. Aside from the fact that it was successful, you can't imagine what people are going through and most times you never really accept them, they speak out. One would never have imagined that he had a sort of health challenges until he spoke up. But then again, we are appreciative of the fact that it was a Nigerian who successfully carried out the operation. Now, one of the things that he said, I mean, listening to him speak and also tweeting that, he said that education and health is a priority for him and that this two system in any nation needs to succeed. And according to him, he said, I'm dedicated my life to saying that they succeed in our country, Nigeria. I hope you see too. But you see what we have constantly talked about. You see the conversation that we had yesterday as to budgetary allocation. So education. One would say that wherever your hat is, that's where your money will go. So begin to look at where your money is going. If you want to know where your hat is, you will just know where your money is going. Justin, we'll talk about this all the time. But really, I think that this is something that we should pay attention to. We cannot overemphasize that health and education is very practical. And this is a very touching story. It would be wrong for anyone to say, there's nothing that you need in Nigeria. There's not in Nigeria. There's no service. There's nothing that you need. But we just begin to wonder if we had the government believing in the system and the people who we elect every other time to represent our interest. I really need there to represent our interest. I'm sure that Europe and all the parts of the world are coming to Nigeria to seek for solace in one of you. We have been blessed. Now, there are several, I remember some time ago, I mean, just to buttress everything to say that there's a lot that's going on, even though we know we're always on the other side of a divide where we talk about all of the ills that are going on in our country. And it feels like, hey, nothing positive is going on here. Once upon a time in 2020, we remember that a Nigerian's professor, Peter Seid, measures America's best decision. A lot of Nigerians who were outside, medical doctors who were outside of Nigeria were doing really great. The top of the class. As much as some people would say America has the best doctors, but you want to look at who are these best doctors in America. You find that mostly they're sometimes Nigerians. And what have you? So we have what it takes. We have the best brains. We have the best talents. We have everything that it takes. But we're just hoping that we'll have policies. We'll have a government who has an interest in ensuring that there's a fair playing ground for everyone, that doctors are not moving away. The doctors are properly taken care of, that the working environment is conducive, that security is provided for, that all of these things. And I really don't understand how a president and every other person feels going to seek medical attention. Medical tourism. Medical services. Medical services outside of her country. So I ask myself, for every president in Nigeria that has left this country to seek for medical attention or services outside of Nigeria, is it that we don't have doctors that can handle all of that? Because they don't believe that Nigerian doctors can do that because they don't fund hospitals. So they are like, after all, if I go, then I might show the equipment they have. How would you be sure of the equipment when you don't actually budget airmark a good amount to your health and medical sector? Every day we have resident doctors going on strike and even the teachers who teach them going on strike. Because government does not really care about them. So hence, they would rather go abroad to receive medical attention. So I think that we need to take a new leave. It's a new year. I don't know if governments also have resolution as individuals, but hey, it would be important that any of the government are comfortable. It's not about your resolutions. I think about resolution. We need to do the need for... That's a good one. I'm just wondering, is it rocket science? It is. It's very simple. Fix the education sector. Fix the basic things. And let's move forward and look forward to a country where others will be coming to Nigeria to school. It used to be the fact, mercy back in the day. Yes, we used to have exchange students from abroad come to the University of Nevada. I've retired. They were selling like hotcakes as in demand. Nigerian universities used to be like the A game back in the day. Well, we need to return to that time. And it's really unfortunate. Sometimes I try to understand the reason behind all of this. But it's really, really unfortunate. I must say that Tire, we know that there are a lot of Tire or Jews out there and we're really proud of you. And we're not that a lot of Nigerians are proud of you. And we hope that we begin to believe in the system because it starts from believing. I don't know why I'm sounding like a preacher this morning. I don't know. I don't know. Yes. Because we need to learn a lot. I think you need to find a church. And I might just decide to visit or to worship one of these days as much as this hot, hot, hot. No, my point here is because it starts with believing. And if you don't believe in anything, how then do you... You'd never wrong with it. You would not wrong with it if you don't believe in it. There's a lot that happens even in our consumption. We need to get to a point where we understand that, hey, we can consume our own made services and products. And that's what it is because we have what it takes. We're also praying that, hey, there's another force that needs to manifest. And that force is the government. Do the needful. Just do the needful. And Nigerians are awesome, fantastic persons I've seen in the planet. Talented people. You don't want to... Don't joke with Nigerians anyway. I can't joke with Nigerians. They're wearing that cap. Yes, I'm sounding very spiritual this morning. Okay, let's move away. It is a good thing. I get to see you like this more often. Okay. But I'm still particular about you starting your church. I just might decide to open a church. I haven't gotten any calling to open a church. Maybe you're using the wrong network. All right. Moving on to the last topic to render for this morning. I have a central bank governor. Godwin Amy Fili has been in the news for all of them. Well, I say the wrong reasons as it were. He's been in the news for quite some time. There have been court orders. There have been people calling for his resignation. It's terrorism, financing, and all of that. He traveled sometime last year with President Mohammed Buhari. And the president came back and he decided to stay back ever since Nigerians have sailed. Some Nigerians have been saying that he's been on the run. Well, guess what? He's returned to the country. Yesterday he was in the office with a flurry of a lot of security details. Mercy. He was. So the thing is, if you follow the conversation, it's been reported. I saw someone posting on their WhatsApp stories, hey, Emma Fili, don't joke about that. You know that he's gone and all of that. And I also remember, what's his name again? He is a very prominent lawyer. Falano. Falano. But what do you expect? All of these conspiracy theories and thoughts would become very public. I don't even think that it was even rational for Emma Fili not to be in Nigeria, especially when we're talking about the disbossment with this new... CBN policy and everything. With the back and forth of the National Assembly inviting him. He had no business to leave the country. That's the one. I mean, I don't think he had any business to leave the country because we're in a very sensitive period. And so he left, you know, don't forget that we started at the point where he was wanted. Yes. The DSS. There was a court case and some media outlets, or you won't talk about them, social media that were reports that Emma Fili's office, that's the CBN headquarters was invaded. Now, that's that report. Even though the DSS has come out to say, hey, that's not the case. There was never, I think, as invading Emma Fili and what have you. But as of yesterday, when a lot of persons were reporting and saying, hey, Emma Fili is nowhere to be found. Emma Fili has jacked by, Emma Fili has escaped. And, you know, he leaves a lot of persons for concern and worry. And people are beginning to think, OK, it's because there was a court order seeking to arrest him or whatever you. That's why it was running away. But however, it was also reported that yesterday, Emma Fili had resumed work. He had resumed from the media and all of that. He was at the office yesterday. He's going to be presiding over the MPC meeting for this January. And you know what? There were even reported cases of emissaries and jibs that were sent to beg on his behalf. Nigerians do have several stories concerning him. He didn't make it easy for himself. He was not around to explain some of those things. And the National Assembly had called him, invited him over the policy, the cashless policy that were thrown to Nigerians sometime last year, late last December that this. And he was invited, but he never came. And Nigerians felt that he had lots of things to hide. But he didn't jack back. He's back. And he has a lot of strange details surrounding him yesterday when he resumed office. So a whole lot had to be told. So if you don't already know, if you've been looking for Godwin Amalfi, it's reported that he's a Nigerian. Yes, it is. He's a work and he's willing to continue with his work according to the oath that he's wore. Hopefully he's going to be presiding over the MPC meeting. And I think that's across. Let's see how all of that pans out. But me, I think that the world's problem is just not a problem. See, not just a problem. What's our problem, Brazil? Our problem is let's even love ourselves. No, no, no, that's the truth. No, just in your laughing. You mean we don't have love for each other? No, we don't love ourselves. Now, see, I'm a humanist and I always come from that angle. Okay. If we always look at ourselves as human beings, I'm sure that everything would change. The way, you know, our officials, government officials coming to power, the way they treat, you know, policies, the way they occupy their office would change. Because if you look at the fact that you're human first before anything, Nigerians are going through a lot. You have no idea at the level of suffering and poverty. Masha, you're telling me. I know. And that's why I tell those people who are, those who always want to be under the, oh, I'm a religion. I belong to a certain religion. And so, oh, this is what it is. I'm not expected to have a voice. You're expected to have a voice in everything that goes on. A loud voice at that. Because see, when these policies actually come, now whatever government does or chooses not to do, will affect you. It would affect you in any way. And we can't fold our hands and act like, yo, it's not our business. Just see the Kimball. This is our country. The only country that we are. The only ones that can salvage the process. Even if you say you have, you know, dual citizenship, how many persons does that? I mean, how many persons can you say, you know, have dual citizenship? So it's important that we, you know, we treat it very important. Like I said, the concept of love would change everything. Because if you, if we love ourselves as humans, if I look at you and I think that I love you, not necessarily beyond, because when we talk about love, everyone's always quick to say it's a man and woman kind of relationship. No, wait, you said you love me. I was smiling, you know. Oh, well, of course I do love you. Why? Because you're a human being. And if we get to look at that, it would change everything for us. True. And I'm sure that if you get into a position, you also be thinking about the people you're representing. Yes, rightly said, we need the behavioral change. I'm not sure you're going to begin to implement policies. You're going to be acting. Because you know that whatever you say or your actions and inactions affect the other person on the street. Because you wouldn't, if you loved them, like mercy has said, if you loved your neighbor, if you loved your brother, if you loved the other men on the street, you'd not want to take harsh policies harsh decisions without wondering how they would fend for themselves the next day. Because most of the times all of the policies that those in authorities have taken over time, they are seemingly misdirected and Nigerians are the ones to suffer for all of that. Yes, so that's what it is. Love would be the way, man, it sounds something like different, but let's think about it. Whatever it is that you love, you pay attention to, you care about it. True. And if you love the people that you have been left to represent, you don't want to hurt them. I'm not sure that all of these policies, your actions would reflect that you love Nigerians. So let's even think about it. Nobody would be talking about, oh, he's from Yoruba, he's from here, he's Hausa, he's Igbo and all of that. All of that would not have been a lexicon. We'll always see ourselves number one as human beings, secondly, as Nigerians. And the next thing doesn't even matter, because we're humans, and then you begin to put our identity, who are we? It doesn't matter. You really should start that church. No, there's no way to start it. And it doesn't as much as we can take on top, trend it. And Mrs. said, she loved me, I'm so impressed, but we'll take a quick break and we'll come back. I'll be going straight to off the press in a moment to join us again.