 Thanks for staying with us now on National Merry Music Day we're celebrating the Maritone sound system as the oldest sound system on the planet. Maritone is the only sound system founded in the original sound system era of the 1940s and 1950s that is still in operation and as the last standing Maritone music encourages music lovers around the globe to learn about the historical movement that has influenced musical genres in Jamaica and the world in general. So who is a music lover and who understands what Maritone's are? I'm just gonna ask you that what is it? Because when you said Jamaica I was like is it Reggae or what is soup? You are going to research. Well now new knowledge we have to find out. We are going to research. But happy music day though. Happy merry music day. Whatever that means. Right Angel, let me come see what you defined for us in the news. Well in the news there's been some major you know concerns on security and terror attacks in Abuja. So I read the Department of State Services has asked Nigerians to remain calm but vigilant following the security alert issued by the United States Embassy in Abuja that there could be a possible terror attack in the city this week. The DSS in a statement made by Dr. Peter Afranya advised Nigerians to be cautious to be cautious. The service however assured that it will work with other security agencies to maintain the peace in in Abuja. So that is the it's a I don't even know how to put it. It's I can imagine how the residents of Abuja are currently feeling you know not knowing where to go you know you're told to stay out of public places hotels parks and these are things activities that Abuja people are known for you know being out you know having picnics and all that so I can imagine how frightful and you know this must sound to a whole lot of people knowing that they can even go into church on Sunday and the rest is that everybody is at risk. So it's you know when this thing came out I was like actually this is the state we live in every day it's just whether somebody brings it to the forefront of your mind and says beware yeah but in truth the state of insecurity that we're at right now well this is this in my mind this is the state this is it I think that it's important how this information is disseminated because I think this started from internal communique from an embassy I believe and then of course that sort of with social media and technology today you can spread it far and wide very quickly and that in itself can cause panic so it's it's almost you almost want to ask yourself the question is information too much is it too little what is the balance because now everybody's in this heightened state and this is not the first time it's happened it's happened before so everybody's in this heightened state it's was like a heightened of an already heightened state so you're taking it to an exponential level but really where are we today this is our reality sad sad sad reality absolutely alright what's your story well I wish that my story was more upbeat but it's not my headline my headline reads panic as petrol's petrol shortage emerges in Lagos so of course as has become almost the norm every few months now we end up with a petrol shortage or we wake up and they accuse let me not even say we end up with the petrol shortage we wake up and they accuse and the explanation is the same I think so the last time this happened was June July and then it was the same thing the cost for the marketers to lift the petrol didn't make the pump price viable so we've circled back to that conversation again where they're now saying that the price they're lifting at is about 175 to 185 naira per liter which of course still requires I think it's an additional 10 naira I think on top of that to get it to the pump so by time you do the math they're now saying again that it's not economically viable for them to sell at a loss hence we are in deja vu mode where we see the long queues and everybody is searching for PMS it we then circle back to the conversation about whether we're scrapping the subsidy how viable is the subsidy again we've said it many times on the show the subsidy is just not sustainable I mean diesel has found its level right seven or eight hundred or so naira for a liter diesel and we've all adjusted as best as we can right businesses prices have gone up our inflation all the usual commodities have all gone up so let's let's let's take the decision do it with petrol and less it's like yanking of the bandit because we can't continue like this now every few months so probably come back now and then they'll hop they'll up it by maybe 29 or something and there will be still here again so it's just a little frustrating stressful and if you have petrol then you're stuck in traffic burning the little petrol that you have the way you don't have petrol then you have to spend the hours and the time to go and queue for the petrol or buy it but I mean black market rate is fact I'm so paid because I you know I had the back to back because the old way to Sunday Sunday Sunday I went all straight from production I went to state out of town by the time I was leaving right when we go back to you was yesterday just so cute now as the person driving I said why didn't you tell me there was this I would have that was we saw we saw few times and so right there my car is on it is on reserve so I don't even know what I'm going to do because I can't even drive inside traffic I have to just manage myself until I'm able to find somewhere I can get feel from like it doesn't make any sense this thing just keeps coming others find the permanent solution to this like you rightly said we said these things to over and over again it seems like we're just going around in circles let's if we want to remove the subsidy let also remove some of the little water really see is you know I suppose just you know patching and patching and every time you wake up and it's just so sudden because it's not like there was any warning or anything you know and it's so pain and things like why does it have to so the thing is if you know even if you're trying to manage our current situation if you even want to stagger it to say you know what if it's every quarter if it's every half year before the marketers come and hold us to ransom let's increase it a little bit so that you make that adjustment process gradual so you don't just go from you know what exactly but at this point we're not even getting feedback when I get done we're just going through all this stress and there's already too much happening in the country you know like this people probably looking at us like what are you guys talking about because they had the extended fuel scarcity and then the floods in Kogi and all prevented the trucks from even being able to get to them so as the situation is even then it's worse yeah alright so Peter will be the presidential candidate for the liberal party has said that women are more committed and trustworthy to work with I 100% agree with you he wrote that he had about 40% of women in his cabinet in Anambara state because he found that women were more far more committed and trustworthy when you need work to be done and done satisfactorily right get a woman to do it and you would not be disappointed so he then went on to say that he was committed to making sure that he will carry women along bring them to the leadership table where decisions have been made and also allowing them to utilize a potential for the betterment of Nigeria and you know the reason I'm taking this story because this weekend all my project has become women women women why you look at me with corner eye but hey I 100% agree with him because again I mean when I was done like the attention to detailing that a woman will put into something is completely different from what a man would do right I remember so many people saying that oh my god this is so big this is huge this is this you know and all of that I kept thinking to myself if possible maybe if it's possible that they had given this project to a man to handle I don't think the attention to details so if I can give myself the flowers will not have been that you know because everything was thought we with we thought everything through right so I and I tend to agree with people that say that let's give more women the opportunity because again that nature that we have naturally with within us you know we want to see things blossom right so if we start to have these kinds of conversations on the table where people are saying you know what let's bring in more women into this conversation I am very 100% sure that Nigeria will be far far better than where we were before you know now Uti you do not have any comment No I don't Why are you looking at me with corner eye? He haven't said anything that we don't already know so that's what I was trying to say that I was trying to sort of understand what the comment but of course I talk about the women in his cabinet and all of that we already know now women run things we run the world alright so on that note let's take a break let's talk to ourselves let's see what this floating situation is like and how we can better manage ourselves stay with us