 Welcome back to the breakfast on Plasti via Africa it's time for off the press Well, we take you through the front pages of a national dailies and bring you up to speak with what's making the rounds across the board And we have tuned a color. Wally who will join the conversation? Good morning, Tunde color. Wally I'm very well. Thank you. It's good to have you join us this morning Okay, so let's set up with the leadership newspaper this morning and find out What the leadership is reporting on the front page of the leadership newspaper? You have electoral act amendment bill APC PDP kicks as NAS approves Direct primaries. It's on page four of the leadership newspaper federal government states to combat hunger with operation feed yourself That's also on the leadership newspaper this morning President Muhammad a Buhari in Paris for peace forum Bandits abduct 14 Zaria local government workers Local governments get 3% increase in revenue sharing formula Please to get new salary structure After leadership report NMPC to revamp to narrow charges on port dues and finally Soludo wins a number of governorship elections. You have abgah pulling that vote 112 112,229 votes All of that on the leadership newspaper this morning. It's okay. That's the much we can take at this point in time All right, let's move to the daily independent newspapers. It says a big story Nigeria spends 31.2 billion Naira yearly on coconut importation stakeholders say 32 coconut states can generate 1.9 to trillion Naira annually Also federal government and states consider operation feed yourself to tackle malnutrition It also says here on the daily independent APC awaits Buhari's decision on primaries as tripartite committee meeting is deadlocked and Anambra gov. She Paul Inaik declares soludo winner National Assembly ok's direct primaries and e-transmission of poll results Passes electoral act amendment bill. It says no party has right to impose its processes on another says the PDP Minister calls for capital punishment for illegal gold miners Again, Pastor Tywo Dukoei and lose his wife. That's a really sad story Equally building collapse Lakers government to release bodies of victims this week And also Senate condemns or deletes home raid as IGP to make findings public Gunman kills seven policemen in Zamfara ambush kill retired vice-martial and grandson in Kaduna and I think these are the stories on the daily Independent this morning away from the daily independent Let's check out the Guardian newspaper this morning and the board caption reads Naz snops APC governors and passes electoral bill with direct primaries. That's a board caption. You find several riders Inaik to determine To determine results transmission mode direct primaries now on my day three For political parties lawmakers to transmit electoral bill to Buhari within seven days APC governor's opposed direct primaries may truncate presidential assent direct primaries will over stretch Inaik says PGF chairman and you also have a PDP saying no party has right to impose its process on Another that's also what you find a number of gubo. Inaik declared soludo winner on non-gun milk gunmen in shootout with security operatives you also find I pub gives us a dimmer ultimatum to free members and Europe begins Restitution of Africa's looted artifacts. This is some of the stories on the Guardian newspaper this morning and quickly on the punch Newspapers governors run to Buhari as senators reps defy parties Transmit bill next week and that's on a transmission of results and direct primaries Still on the punch virologist NMA back Lagos 6,000 vaccination admin charge Ogun teacher Brutalizes a three-year-old for inability to write Police in gunmen clash a soludo Zibo and others battle for an umbrella runoff We can also find four depots to pay NNPC's shipping charges in Naira still on the punch Uncle borough as farmers old CBN 463 billion Naira as defaults rise and also bandits gone down seven policemen on patrol in Zamfara burn van Finally on the punch this morning. Well, not maybe not finally a fascia la completed 4,000 houses and abandoned them reps Allege and aviation for prizes Rise by 70% in the international airlines may raise fares Good morning. Once again, to the Colourly. Thanks for joining us Thanks for having me. All right. So let's start in Anambra state Chukma soludo has been declared winner by INEC sadly took you know quite a little longer than you know was expected But let's get your thoughts on the electoral process and his victory Hello. Yes. Go ahead mr. Colourly Yeah, I'm hearing you. I'm hearing you Alright, I'm asking that we start the in Anambra state and it has declared Chukma soludo winner. Yes Well The election in Anambra state It's a pepua election We have about 2.5 million registered voters Unless I'm just 50 cents for that turned out for the election Mostly because of the high level of insecurity that we have in Anambra If democracy is supposed to be a government of the people by the people and for the people It is difficult for us to summarize that that election is a success but The election you want to place at all we could say that It's a fast march for INEC And we congratulation for the people of Anambra state What's the biggest of the poodles? should go to I4 and all the other self-determination group in the South East Initially We thought the elections was not old because of the fit at home order But within a quotation with I4 and the other great people in the South East They allowed the elections to take place That tells you that I4s and the other people have been lifted here It's also emphasized this The need for the Medellin nation The need for the federal government to negotiate with all the great people in the South East For now to resolve whatever injustice that they are complaining about the guns and bullets approach which the federal government has been applying is never likely to solve The problem that we have in the South East For the I4 and the other self-determination group I appeal to them to continue to throw the path of dialogue This last election that are taking place in Anambra state It was on the conference of the youth of the South East that the ballot papers and the ballot boxes were placed and it was the applause of the youth that was used to do the printing of the ballot papers We no longer want to see that in the South East or in any part of the country I appeal to the federal government to explore the possibility of conducting a referendum in the South East in the South East to address all the grievances I have also said times in South Anambra that Mr. Namidekano's case is a political case It is not a case for the Nigerian cause of detainment Going to cause that kind of a case will not solve the problem at all It's like hitting the head against a brick wall and that is not a little case of any results Okay, last Hello sir The other dominance on the front page of most of the newspapers have to do the transmission of election results by electronics and also direct primary for all the different political parties in the country that are selecting their candidates The National Assembly have done their duty They have listened to the yearning of the Nigerians before that this country has the capacity to transmit election results and let's look again given the state of technology of the Nigerians to do For the powers that be who don't want a free and fair election in Nigeria don't want a very strong transmission of results Furthermore they don't want direct primary simply because the Godfather still want to continue to impose candidates from the respective political parties Anybody who believes in democracy will know that election transmission of results is the path to go Anybody who believes in the continuity of this democracy will also support direct primary for the different political parties to select their candidates If we don't go that path the possibilities that we can transcribe this democracy is very very high And when you look at all of Africa today so many schools are taking place in so many African countries of recent the reasons why these schools or why the soldiers are coming back is because of the injustices is because of our inability to manage our democracies it is because the people are demoing ourselves to change the views of the game in the meeting of the game presidents who are supposed to change their views in office will amend the constitution and give themselves opportunities to continually their country till they die And because of that the soldiers are coming back These people who want that kind of situation in Nigeria let us do what we try with regards to not just the conduct of the elections the transmission of the elections but the processes by which we select all the candidates that will represent the senior political parties when it comes to signing elected offices Okay, so Lasha also shared your thoughts on another interesting issue on the leadership newspaper this morning Local governments get 3% as an increase in revenue sharing formula Do you think that this would actually help in encouraging growth and development in our local governments? Well if it's a talking issue if it's a it's neither here nor there I think what the Nigerian people would like to see is a kind of wholesale review of the revenue of the revenue sharing formula who also want to see a kind of a series of structuring of the Nigerian nation such that derivation would take a large chunk of where the revenue that is generated goes to and then the rest will be paid as statutes and now that to the center for the other part of the country to share if we are able to do this almost 30% of the Nigerian problems would have been resolved because the situation as it was to do this in which all the states and secondly as a part of the government go to a budget agreement to share money if never money to solve the problems that we have in our hands it is a quality in domain the evidence it is frustrating our growth and development of the nation it is not a quality competition among the different states in the federation and the state government local government so that too is structurally political and let us also address the issue of the revolutionary formula in fact an holistic manner that every part of the country would know that you know what that means they have been working and the monkey during the eating okay let us also stay with increment and increase also on the leadership newspaper this morning there is also a story here saying or a report saying that new salary structure do you think that this also would help looking at the hashtag and sass protest and all there is a major call for reforming the police structure and also do you think that with this increase in salary structure it might just be an end to all of the uncivil behaviour that we see around with our police officers what let me quickly say that as a practice where I interrogate the general police on a daily basis and I am aware of the peculiarity of their situation you go to most of the police bar at India they are not here they are not able policemen have to buy the better pass my neighbor generator to provide the electricity of power in their respective offices they have to buy fuel for whatever personal vehicles they are taking out you actually can see in any of the police stations without bed bugs embedding your clothes you also find the situation in which a family of two to three poor policemen will be living in the slums meant for just one family the salary is also not encouraging when you compare it to the standard practice in the different parts of the world so that is an enrichment to courage it also does not encourage the policemen Mr. Kolawali there is some other story I think we should also look at it is on the punch this morning top left corner can you hear us Mr. Kolawali yes I am hearing I was talking about the police I think we got most of that can you also speak on the Anchor borrower's program it is on the punch newspapers this morning saying farmers or CBN 163 billion Naira as a payment defaults rise share your thoughts on that that is I am not surprised about the Anchor borrower's issue why do I say I am not surprised when you look at our attitude to taking loans in Nigeria and paying back that loan it is not encouraging most times when people take money from the bank they think it is the home part of the national cake which they do not have to repay back they forget that this money is the opposite of money and if the money is coming from the central bank they forget that it is the nation's income that they knew that should be equitable to the respective states to the federal government to the local government that has been given to them as a loan and we see how to repay back in a very diligent and prudent and timely manner rather than do that they see that as part of the national case they take the money and they never plan to take back furthermore you have to show interest in the kind of people who got these loans if the anchor borrowers loan has been given now to political faithfuls to members of the different political parties to the supporters of the political parties to the supporters of the politicians and their financiers you will expect a big force in the repayment of that loan but our view will be to those who have gotten this money that they should try as much as possible to pay back the farmers are also having problems with respect to accession they are the different farms or wherever they have their plantation simply because of their high level of physicality how many body can go to the farm now without the fear of being attacked by bandits without the fear of disappearing while in traffic without the fear of being attacked by animal lovers so if the environment is not conducive for the farmers to do farming the way it should be done you should expect a high rate of default in the repayment of the anchor borrowers loan that has been given up by the central bank all these sources that everything that happens in the society they are interlinked security has to do with food production food production has to do with accessibility to the farm payment of loans has to do with providing a conducive environment for people to be able to do their business so this is the reason why we as a people why we as a nation why the federal government why the state government why the local government should provide security for all Nigerians to be able to do their businesses without having to look over their soldiers whether somebody is about to come to kidnap them attack them or terminate their lives look at all the papers that you have before you today there is hardly anyone that is not reporting one killing or attack or kidnap in the different parts of the country that doesn't stick well of course as a nation we have become a nation now and we will be able to describe as very colourful and blood-sensitive people people have known as bloodsorial lives people have no respect for the safety of other persons and foreigners are looking at this how do you think the ulethas are the people it is for us as a nation to decide the direction in which we want to go whether we want peace or we want to continue on the path of violence for peace always been the best for a nation that is desirous of developing economically, socially, and politically. Well, I think you've made very, very, you know, I think the most important points with regard to that story, you know, and that is the, you know, the fact that insecurity might, you know, be a very, or maybe one of the major challenges with regards, you know, to ensure thriving in the country. And so no matter how much loans you give to these farmers, if they can't farm, if they can't produce, and they can't, you know, make money of their, of agriculture, then they can't pay back. But I think there's also a challenge with systems, you know, and the system that have been put in place to give these funds to the farmers and, you know, find ways to get the money back from them because you're not going to go seize their onions or seize their tomatoes because they haven't paid the federal government back. Let's also look at something that's on the Daily Independent this morning. It says there on Justice Odile's House, it says, Senate condemns Odile's home raid, asks the IGP to make findings public. Show your views on this one. The Inspector General of Police has still not been able to tell the Nigerian people which policemen raided Justice Miri Odile's residence, and it's taken far too long. Hello. To Nikola, can you hear me? Yeah, please take that picture. I'm asking, you know, you to react to the story on the Daily Independent. It says, Senate condemns Odile's home raid and asks the IGP to make findings public. Well, the raid on Justice Odile's house is a very, very thick blemish for the Nigerian nation. And this kind of stressful activity has continued on a basis for too long. You will remember some time ago that the National Assembly was embedded by older men who were said to have come from the offices of the GFS and the investigation was supposed to be done and the perpetrator was supposed to go but today we haven't seen the results or the reports of that investigation. The acting president then, as I said earlier, may I let this myth of fact, the IGP of the GFS and asking now the follow-up to that action we have never seen. You all will remember when the Buhari government first came to power, the GFS again and the ESPT, they went and invaded the home of some justice whom they said was suspected with passing money in their respective homes and all that. And the investigation was supposed to be done and the report made public but today you will not believe it. We have not heard about the investigation that was conducted. Are you also not believing that that invasion of the home of the thing called Justice and that of some I call Justice led to the death of some of the judges whose homes were invaded. Some of them suffer, some are developed by a blood pressure and eventually other pack and died and nothing has been done with regards to that. And then you will also see now people waking up and going to the home of the woman who is supposed to be number two man in the judiciary and invading her home with what you could describe as the kind of a chancara, a sartuara and all the certain things that have been seen that have participated in that description of Honourable Justice believe all are denying knowing anything about it the afternoon of the investigation under whose leadership the people invaded the home were supposed to aback that night the ESCC said they don't know anything about it the ISCC said they don't know anything about it the police also said they don't know anything about it the truth of the matter let me be honest with you and sometimes truth is very very bitter what happened in order to succeed on the issue is that terrorism pure and simple and when states engage in terrorism they should know that they are encouraging the other countries of the nation the other countries of the country to engage in health care not to have respect for the rule of law and politicians should also be cautioned that power is changing you may be in power today to murder somebody else who deserves what you will not want done to you when you are out of power please don't do it to people when you are in power today because what goes on will also form around these things have continued to happen too many times are for too long and we as a nation have to put an end to these shapes and all of them because the state actors not individuals that went to Honolipu-Joseph to lead the home to conduct a kangaroo a fast for this is best known for them and this is not the first time the Opili family will be humiliated the old man of Honolipu-Joseph supposedly was traveling abroad and he got to the airport his passport was confiscated he just went to court and the court has said look return his passport to him if you have any case against him take him to court follow the due process of law but it is this due process of law that the state or the people in authority don't want to follow yes these same people who are not only cared for the rule of law who are not only cared for court orders who doesn't obey court orders who also be become to describe the airport and all the orders self-determination groups people of power in the south is a terrorist when they themselves are engaged in high-wired sex terrorism if they want peace in the land let them follow and respect the rule of law it would be the way that things always happen in Nigeria and in a few weeks we move on and so if you don't have an independent ID who can take action and do what is right for most issues that pertain to security and investigation the possibility is that his arms can be twisted so as not to get to the full detail of what's happening or what's happening only to expose the people is very very high I have lost faith in the capacity of the Nigerian police to investigate serious matter such as this especially when the state is embarrassed because if you are also an appointee of the same state and you don't have an independent who acts you are not an electee but a true and independent and very valuable investigation and come up with a report that will be satisfactory or that will truly reflect post-transfying in some of these places if the ID is not going to exact the autonomy of the situation if it was going to generate the autonomy it's equal to the entire director of GSM if it was the director of GSM that is going to acquire an embedior it's equal to the entire national security advisor if the national security advisor is involved in this malfeasance also remember that IYF politics is already involved in this all of the post-transfying if GSM that is there today is tired all of the post-transfying like all of the post-transfying will become the future of the situation it is not impossible that it is because they want to turn it into an image they don't want that to become the GSM the future of the situation that they are embarrassed on this campaign of blacksmith on this campaign of fanishing the image of vulnerable justice on this campaign of intimidation and harassment so as to force us to quit the bench so as to play with it however they may want to see become the chief justice of the situation that is why I say elements of safe policy and IYF politics is involved in what is happening for Amid the elderly family and it will be the stress that is happening vulnerable justice muster also went through her as a woman to become the chief justice of Nigeria at the time they said they wanted to send out of the Gambia to become the chief gene of the Gambia judiciary and the woman saw through the Anki Panki and declined the offer to intimidate her using all forms of ethics and strategies for the woman to defend at the end of the day she made the stream by becoming the first woman chief gene in Nigeria only with the chief justice of Nigeria also shown courage by the chiefs in those who embedded her own and turning us to them and orchestrating the placemen campaign the campaign of intimidation and the last thing I did not say all right I think that is all the time that we have this morning for the stories making headlines thank you very much for joining us thank you for having me my brother have a great day you too and my respect to your sister there thank you for joining us to be Kuala Wali all right just before we go we of course are going to quickly jump into a little bit of history this morning and quickly share with you remember our first conversation of course is moving to Anambra right after we tell you of today in history we're moving back to the year 2010 it's been a very very long time since we started hearing about strikes strike actions by labour unions in Nigeria but on this day the Nigerian labour unions called off a nationwide strike the NLC called off a nationwide strike on this day the 10th of November in 2010 protested minimum wage across the oil across Nigeria its main labour unions called off the strike they eventually would come back on strike about a month later to evaluate the government's progress on their demands on this day bank schools and parts of the transport system in Nigeria were shot as workers began what had been planned a three day strike to press for the monthly minimum wage to more than double the NLC and of course the trade union congress wanted at that time an increase of minimum wage from 7500 Naira to 18000 Naira good luck Jonathan of course was the president at this time and it didn't go as planned eventually the strike was eventually called off after the government promised that there would be some changes and there would be negotiations month later of course the striking came back into force again but this is what happened on this day in the year 2010 the NLC and TUC eventually called off an awarded strike by these two bodies against the Nigerian government while they demanded an increment in the minimum wage stay with us while moving to Anambra stay right after this short break and we're going to be talking about the commercial leader and of course how the elections eventually turned out after supplementary elections on Tuesday we'll be back