 dhiyay li 250 ne me me  Airlin As your president, I shall serve you with prejudice towards none but compassion and enmity towards all. Today, permit me to adline in broad terms a view initiatives that divide our concept of progressive good governance and furtherance of the Nigerian idea. We shall remodel our economy to bring our growth and develop the GDP much better, achieve the GDP much better than we have today. I assure you, on first subsidy, unfortunately, the budget that have glimpsed before I assume office, and what I've had is that no provision is there for first subsidy. So first subsidy is gone. Desender bank must walk towards a unified exchange rate. Absolutely, so thanks for staying with us now. Most Nigerians suffering from adverse economic hardship, poverty insecurity and poor living standards view this new era as a ray of hope and an opportunity to start afresh. I assume office, they must recognize the enormity of the weight of the hopes of millions they are carrying. It is now time to put behind us whatever views, disenfranchisement or even praise that we have for the Buahari era and build on whatever successes he achieved while fixing the areas where he failed. Mindful of the fact that no leader is infallible. In his speech, the newly sworn in president mentioned that he would govern and not rule, serve with prejudice towards none but compassion towards all. He outlined the principles that will guide his administration and promise to increase the GDP through job creation, food security and an end to extreme poverty. Now adding that women and youth will feature prominently in the administration. He said that the 2023 budget made no provision for fuel subsidy and more so subsidy payment is no longer justifiable and fuel subsidy is gone. Now he concluded his speech by adding that the central bank must work towards a unified exchange rate. Today we are analyzing this new era, the Tiananbu-Shatima era. What do you think the challenges will be and what are your expectations? Please let's hear what you have to say. Remember you can join the conversation, send us an SMS or WhatsApp to the red one 803-4663. You can also tweet at us at Weishu after one with the hashtag Weishu. So quickly let me hear your thoughts because I want to bring in Kunle Lawal in a minute. What do you think? What are your expectations? What do you think the challenges will be? Immediately one is this first subsidy because there is a lot of drama happening. I was talking with my sister, they said why didn't these people just let us take out subsidy ten years ago. Now we are coming back to the same circle, it's full circle and it's the same drama. It's happening all over again, right? Do you think it's something that can be sustained? It's almost like a hit at the beginning of the era. What do you think? Well I think if we truly want change sometimes we need to make the tough decisions and tough decisions means that everybody must... We all agree. I mean so again I also think that misinformation, misunderstanding, when people do not understand. So I think one of the things that this new administration needs to do is to quickly sensitize the people. Absolutely, communicate. Communicate, that's very key because when people know what to expect, then they know how to manage themselves or position themselves in such a way that the blow is not too terrible. But I mean it's like ripping the bandage off one. Sometimes it's absolutely necessary. Absolutely. Let me come to you Unoma quickly. Your thoughts and then I'll bring in Conelawau. Yes, I agree with you all. There are certain measures that need to be taken and taken very quickly to help the economy. I think for the new president there's a lot of opportunity to unify the nation. And I like the fact that you brought in communication. Communication is very key to helping people to understand what your plans are and to direct them towards what you want to be able to accomplish. So for me I think another very important aspect that might be important to consider because I didn't hear it in the course of the speech is the aspect of the debt crisis. We already are owing to the tune of over I think 100 billion or so dollars. And these crisis is also something that we need to pay attention to. The area of insecurity, the aspects of communal conflict, ethnicity and divisions amongst people. Already a lot of citizens have their concerns about the new administration as to how things are going to flow coming from the back of the way elections were carried out in the country. So I think there's a lot of trust that would need to be built for the Nigerian citizens. Absolutely. The direction that they want to take is very key as well. Absolutely. So Kolela Waal is an entrepreneur, idea generator, third-ex-speaker and a patriot. He has a keen eye for opportunities based on his experience in politics working with non-governmental organisations and the federal government. He's very passionate about Nigeria and is what could be termed as a de-trabalised Nigerian. Now he considers his boundaries to be limitless and is really focused on changing the Nigerian narrative in political participation and currently serves as the executive director of Electoral College Nigeria and is also the country lead for World Chat Nigeria. Kolela Waal was once an acting national publicity secretary of Coa Party and I asked for new Nigeria's secretarial candidate at 2019 and has since transitioned to a non-partisan influential player in politics and the electoral matters as regards Nigeria. And he's joined us live from Abuja. Thank you so much Kole for joining us this evening. Kolela Waal, are you there? Thank you and it's a pleasure to be here. Now you're looking very... Thank you very much. And you're Abuja. Hi Kole. So I mean let's quickly just jump into this conversation because sometimes when we start this conversation we think we have time until we start to talk, right? I mean you've heard Deola, you've heard Noma. I mean what Noma raised the debt issue. That's a big issue, issue about insecurity. So we're looking at challenges and expectations, right? There are current challenges right now. This immediate subsidy issue that the president has announced that the end of subsidy is not part of the provision then the amount of debt that is tied neck-deep on the Nigerian... What's it called? The shoulders that the burden of our debt and all of that. What do you think first of all in your own summation? What do you think would be like the immediate concerns for this government in terms of challenges? And are we going to see the same old thing that oh no it was the previous government because this time around is the same party transitioning into another same party because what we've seen in the past is blame game. Are we going to have those kinds of issues with this new transitioning, with this new era or is it going to be just, you know, let's just take on the go-by-the-horn and just work with what we've got. Kule, are you there? Okay, can you hear me? Yes, we can hear you now. Yes, I'm here. Okay, so first and foremost I'd like to congratulate Nigeria on its first servant inauguration and, you know, the continuous law of democracy which is in kind of stifled if you look at other countries within the western African bloc Kodilboa has these issues. A few other countries might lead to has these issues with military and would like to welcome Nigeria to this position. Now that said, it's critical to look at, you know, there's a transfer of power when do has been the same part in the situation. I do not necessarily think it will be the same perspective. The commander-in-chief was different in his own direction and purpose or whatever he wants to do it will be totally different from what already existed. I heard you earlier while you were making mention of you know some things that were going to happen and at this point I need to say this. I don't think it was booby traps from the previous government which is forcing the hand of this new government I think it's us dilly-dallying about necessary decisions which we should have taken a long time ago. Absolutely. Okay, I think Kunle's network is a bit hanging. I think he was going in the direction of the fuel subsidy. Yes, because people have all had you. Kunle are you back? We lost you for a second there. Okay, we lost you for a second. So you said you don't think it was what's it called? You think it's a decision that has to be taken. Go ahead, you can pick it up from there. Okay, so as I was saying I think that presently when we look at it as regards to debt I think it will... Kunle if you can hear us maybe you should just leave the meeting then come back but where he's going with the conversation I really want to hear its analysis on how they intend to manage this debt because this is a huge debt burden on our neck as a country I mean I saw a creative that they had done with the previous government there was Yara Dua there was Abbas Anjou there was Jonathan and Buhari Omo the debts for present Buhari is way, way, way, way huge compared to the previous administrations So I mean I am looking at this is the first time first of all like Norma Reitli said in our Watson news that we are having a government that... sorry, a president that was never in the military he's always been in the space and he's done different things in terms of he was governor he was a lawmaker in lawmaker and all of that so maybe in terms of experience and understanding of the structure he might just... then again he's a businessman he's someone that has done different things he understands how to bring in the investors especially what he did with Lagos State another thing that people are not paying attention to with this government is his wife I mean all the first ladies they've never been like actively involved in politics because she has been a long time serving senator she's lived so even outside of just the fact that there's a president there's a wife that also when I was listening to her speech she said she's a silent worker in fairness it's true so I mean again with all of these scorecards I would call them we have high expectations that this would not be another business as usual for Nigeria we are hoping because again two things that stood out for me when the president was talking he talked about compassion and he said no prejudice he's going to live by compassion he also said govern because you are very used to leaders using the word rule so this was the first time I would hear someone say govern so which is good because again I've always said that this is not a and he said something around seeking people's opinion not just being a dictator to say this is what we're doing but you see Ute has always argued that our democracy is a bit flawed that we really do not need just clear called democracy we need something in between democracy and autocracy so whatever it is that we're doing as a government we must just really say you know what we have to do the rest let us just suffer once and for all and I think that was where Kunle was going but I don't know if Kunle is back now okay so let me hear your thoughts so I was going through his Mino girl's speech and one of the things that I like that he mentioned I mean he he was quick to touch on the human angle of it which is okay interest rate which is also the monetary policy you know you know trying to quickly address these issues because this goes to the very core of everyday living for people you know you want small businesses to try he said he want to buy a radio he said the lapis has gone exactly I mean he makes sense the truth is these are simple things that the people on the streets can understand they don't understand your inflation it doesn't concern them so but when you speak directly to what really concerns them it's quick for them to say oh okay he understands what we are going through okay maybe just maybe we would find some form of resolution he has said quite clearly that his administration would you know the the monetary policy that you know the change of currency and all that but we are still going ahead and both are legal tenders for now you know and that's what the policy in itself is good like we all said the implementation of it so I mean these for me are things that and then of course it talks about representation of women and youths in the government it was very very direct and clear about we are losing you you are in and out are you back now with us yeah it's great to be back I think in that talk it's a little stable now yeah go ahead so you were talking about the debt crisis that we are facing in Nigeria so look at Nigeria's debt ratio we must quickly say that most of the forex living in the country has to do with subsidising subsidising for petroleum products and so we make both spend more subsidising to bring in so taking out subsidy mean that we have a little bit more the fistful of dollars to play now that it puts into service in debt or that it puts into it could be sleeping to 50-50 because you are looking at approximately 1 trillion which is I think it will take about close to about 600-70 billion dollars and when you look at that you can now divide it into necessary how some things and you can now say let's put this into education let's put this into health and then keep the rest of the service in debt but now this will be left to the government deciding to make use of what it already has existing to take such actions yes we will be grateful to Nigeria we will be dodging a bullet in the future yes we will be dodging a bullet in the future coming from a new government I think if it starts on this note it means that it is fully focused on vitalising the Nigerian economy but that's not that's not a job too fast let's just hope that this step is taking us really hard for the betterment of Nigeria which I think we are okay so Nana alright so quite with what you've said I mean I want to ask in your expert opinion what will this administration be able to achieve there's a lot that is on how do I put it there's a lot of black blood so to speak currently both with the citizens I mean there are a lot of people that are unhappy and beginning an administration in that kind of tense environment is an opaque task so to speak so in your expert opinion what would you, what are the things that this administration would need to pay attention to apart from the subsidy dealing with that but what are some of the concerns that we might want to quickly also pay attention to respect to the Nigerian citizens and the mindsets of failed promises by politicians what can they do differently as well to salvage the current mindset of Nigerians well I wish I wish I could wear the crown of the expert opinion you are giving me in normal what are attempts for my direct thought process of how maybe I think the country should run and try to attempt this so I think first and foremost for this government I think a national unity directive should be given Nigeria is the most divisive as it has ever been in our sense 1966 we have fallen on ethically and religious lines campaigns to show those kind of thought processes that are deeply within the future of Nigeria when we used to think it was just a thing of older people but I think that is the first thing first job this government has to do we also have to take a very strong stand I think agitation within the country and by strong stand I don't mean a brute force approach what I am looking at is first some people should be called to the table and negotiate Nigeria everyone and keeping it on is the task of any president or any government we should also be very clear that any reasonable offence is not intolerable I think Nigerians the development have become quite lawless in the approach of doing things when we go especially in different places and even in four hour bro I think this country is the only country where you have people discussing matters abroad and the first thing they do is throw the land of the green white green under the bus and I think that this is something called to the development of people in this country if you don't be in Nigeria then what are you building your country for so I think we need to build that psyche and we need to respond to all these situations and then also keep to providing provision and security I think security with balance security is the foundation of which infrastructure which has been developed by parts government really focused on infrastructure will be very key and will be seen but let's go on a very short break because I know that the vice president according to what he said during the campaign his strongest boosting point was the fact that he had the solution to insecurity in this country so we'll go on a break when we come back from the break we'll continue the conversation stay with us alright thanks for staying with us and if you're just tuned in we're discussing the tenable and shatima era we're asking what do you think the challenges would be and what are the expectations we should have from this new administration and we have with us now please let's hear what you have to say remember you can join the conversation send us an sms or whatsapp to the rate one 80284663 you can also twitter that way this is interesting because when Noma is talking about division trust me like the mood in the country is not like the mood when president Muhammad in 2015 because in 2015 it seemed like the will of the people the everybody there was so much joy in the air it was only our parents that said you people have entered one chance but then we could care less but the mood in the air this time around was a lot different everybody is a lot more quiet everybody is reminiscing and I think again in fairness I like the spirit that Nigerians are not expecting too much because again I don't want you to be what's the word now when you say again so I was just even going to ask when I hear people say big statements like I would not disappoint you that statement is very very very very very vague as far as I'm concerned because sometimes what I have in my mind you are actually just validating so I'm not even disappointed because I expected this so when I hear statements like oh I would not disappoint you shouldn't we start to get better communication with our leaders don't tell us vague statements be very clear and be very specific because again clarity helps to define a lot of things it shapes a lot of things so how can we get our leaders to start talking more assertive this is what we're doing we will not disappoint you because disappointment is relative but let me come to you Kunle I hear your network is back now sorry this is our abuja network Kunle are you there I'm down there I think it will function a bit without video just to go ahead so did you hear this no I didn't hear the guy I didn't catch the question no I was just going to ask there are nearly one in leaders they come out and say oh I will not disappoint you and all of that shouldn't we stop those rhetoric and start to demand for more assertive or clear said goals and just be very very definitive in terms of what you're saying don't tell me you will not disappoint me because disappointment is actually very relative for me first and foremost the person asking not to be disappointed doesn't even know the functions of the executive and they realized the problem so are we going to really go into this and pick one side or we're going to deal with this from both sides so the general functions of the executive of course lies with the enforcement of laws appointment meeting security legislative functions they have the ability needs to make executive orders and with citizens haven't really fully understood that so are disappointments most of the time if you look at Nigerians is that the largest didn't reach me once the largest riches you have come on the government is fine regardless of what's happening to anybody else so are we going to have a collective response towards what we're going to demand for a account the demand for while demanding accountability or are we going to have the usual Nigerian personal response towards the government and if permitted use this language if government be me so key everybody else we enter one chance and that's one of the problems with holding government accountable in Nigeria for me I think if we follow the exact parameters of holding this government accountable I've always said you cannot engage a system which you do not understand and therein lies the biggest problem in Nigeria Nigerians try to hold a legislator accountable for not putting down roads or building schools that's not his job it's totally not his function constitutions are not even constitutional so what are you talking about and then you know you now want the president to do alpha and omega things which are totally out of his jurisdiction well the president can do it like in the last dispensation because guess what nobody reach the constitution nobody cares if president breaks the rules of separation of powers and for me that is where I find the problem with Nigeria so we need to first understand what exactly needs to be done then engage and ask for what needs to be done the import has has been held in one be pointed fingers so much the politicians the politicians they are from also so we need to stop responsibilities as citizens and actually act as we are supposed to act then we can get the desired results so it's not a government is only responsible for a democracy to work the government and the people have to be responsible and that's the birth of a real democracy this is interesting you wanna come in 100% agree with what Oleya has said like I always say the leadership is always sometimes a mirror of the followership if we really get our duties as followers and we don't do what we ought to do we don't know what we need to know then invariably we are setting up the leadership to fail it's just as simple as that but if we are invested in this change in this notion that Nigeria needs to work then everybody everybody has their responsibilities everybody needs to come to the table and say oh okay I know that I need to do this if I'm going to say that okay I don't expect corruption from my leaders then at the very lowest level I shouldn't be corrupt it's as simple as that but again Nigerians are used to we have a certain standard for people at the top and we just feel that well at our level okay it's expected we can do anything that we like and nobody can question us but that has to stop Nama you want to come in yeah I agree with Diola but I also want to take it from the angle of the leadership itself because leadership is a reflection of the people and if the people are not confident in the leaders that they have raised then it's because things have changed maybe the people are beginning to change they are beginning to see a different perception or have a different view or opinion or perception towards what a leader should be so I believe that the leadership has a very key role to play in guiding the people because the leadership is what the entire world will see and when we get things right at the level of leadership it can also trickle down to the members when we begin to do things by example so it's not just even though it's important very critically important for the Nigerians citizens to begin to hold our leaders accountable the leaders themselves should also be able to hold themselves accountable it's not just about giving promises or putting out promises that continue to be on met expectations of the citizens we need to rise beyond the point where we just have people that claim to have the solution to the problems and only compound the situation and this is where I believe the new government the new administration would have to really go and look inwards as to what we can critically begin to do to show the Nigerians citizens that we have them we have them as top priority and we are accountable so it's not just about promises it's about action that Nigerians can see and they too can begin to hold themselves accountable not just their leaders but themselves accountable as Nigerians citizens or very very poor communication even though you have very fantastic things that you're doing if you do not communicate it right you lose you actually it's almost like you're not doing anything so if you had one thing to say what would that be to the new dispensation to the new era what would be your counsel to them well I think it would be what I have pushed for the most which is build a law for country the most marginalized tribe in Nigeria is being Nigeria we have multiple tribes everybody wants to be Europe we have a fake team house in Poland what's the most marginalized tribe in Nigeria is being Nigeria everybody else that fights with you being Nigeria so I think we need to build up a Nigerian ideology and create a Nigeria and have the Nigerian tribe that rises above everything federal character rotational presidency and all other issues which we deal with I feel building up the real Nigeria will be is key to the development of those black mission alright thank you normal we have a message while you're trying to get out that message I was going to talk about this decentralizing of power Kunle just maybe a word or two on that but normal you have a message and Kunle will come back alright so this message yeah this message is from Daniel Illo and he says good evening my dear beautiful sisters of what are you saying hashtag ways continued bull and shatima era challenges and expectations we thank god for another book and chapter that has opened in Nigeria the challenges may have in this administration or the challenges this administration may have is that it may take time for things to change the expectations is that this administration must be better than the last one I hope this administration will not be easier said than done time we wear the shoe and know where it pinches if this administration is not ready to deliver then they have no business being in office the past eight years has been a waste and this present government must not be a waste thank you Daniel is a regular fan alright so Kunle okay I feel that we over discuss over flog this decentralization if you go to Nigerian constitution the powers are already decentralize if a state governor decides to kidnap local governments at will because they didn't use the word autonomy in the constitution while providing it's the same executive functions as state governor for me that is the citizen's choice is also us tolerating it from the governor things that have been decentralized already which we do not concentrate about like let's say state electoral commissions I can remember when last state governor allowed an opposing party we need local government chairman seat and you are talking about decentralization okay well we can as well decentralize the police so that nobody can talk against an emperor of the state so the truth is that the real question is the decentralization we are talking about all the decentralization the constitution provides I don't think we are especially with the emperors of state which are so on it about 28 new ones again playing out in my head because I believe that we are at a crossroad especially with the like normally at least the agitations that summed up up until today so it's almost like you know what I want them to prove a lot of Nigerians wrong because a lot of Nigerians are believing that oh it's really the young people they believe they are old first of all they coming into power they were just too many was it called abnormalities that happened around the elections and all of that so I mean if they say you know what I would prove to you people that I was the right leader for the job I was the right best map for the job that's fine that's good because again we are tired in this country or plain small several times and I'll say it again the kind of capacity that Nigeria has there are some things that we have no business with how do we start to improve on our economy in the way that we are the ones exporting and earning forex instead of just depending on imports only right how do we do what's it called how do we also harness the resources natural resources that we have I mean the amount of bitumen deposit for instance in Nigeria the amount of bitumen deposit in Nigeria we have no business having one single pothole on the roads we have no business with potholes with the amount of bitumen that we have as reserve that has not been touched it has not even been touched right so just imagine if we had a government that say you know what we have a plan we have a blueprint and this is where we are going and we actually start to see and this is not just white wash kind of structure where somebody comes and do the same project that the previous acquisition did look at a lot of our roads one rain and everything is just gone into the drains let's be really deliberate about fixing our countries and I think Nigeria is not even asking for too much Nigerians are not asking for too much let's sort out the power and let's sort out the infrastructure and security once those things are sorted we can take care of ourselves as a people your final parting comments to the new era what do you think what you want to tell them well I'm hopeful and I'm wishing them the very best I'm hoping that they do their very best I'm hoping that they put round pegs in round poles and it's not business as usual it's not political I mean it's where in like you said a cross road and this is not time for political yes political is part of governance but at the same time I mean right now we have to focus on governance you have to focus on governance you have to put people who truly you know who truly understand the vision as the president you know people who understand the vision of the Nigeria that you think we can we can be and people who are ready to work with you I mean no sentiments and let's just let's just work with them if you had the final thing to say what would that be well like Dela said I wish them the best and like Kunle said think Nigeria so for me it's just think Nigeria in your policies and whatever decisions that you are making think about the Nigerian citizens build Nigeria look for the opportunities to help to to push Nigeria forward to where she is supposed to be and be Nigeria well all Nigerians and there's so much resource in this country I think that if we really really like Napoleon he will say whatever the mind can conceive the mind can achieve it so if the new administration conceives the idea of a new Nigeria I believe that they have the capacity or they will have the capacity to achieve it absolutely I think on that note but thank you so much Kunle Lawal thank you Noma and thank you Diola we have a fantastic conversation truly want to say congratulations again to Nigeria there was a peaceful transition we didn't have any rank or whatever but we also want to wish the new administration success we really hope for a better economy honestly speaking some things are promising and we hope they are able to achieve it so before we go follow us across all our social media handles so that way so Africa you can interact with us further drop a comment and more importantly follow all our engagements on social media like share and invite your families and friends to watch and follow the 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