 While activists across northern Nigeria continue with their protest against the prevalence of insecurity in the region, they are saying enough is enough, no more bloodshed. Like the Eighth Assembly, the Senate steps down a bill meant to create equal opportunities for both the male and female gender in the country. Is this a female gender discriminated or is the female gender discriminated in Nigeria? We will be reviewing the dailies with a normalist. Many thanks for joining us on the breakfast on PLOS TV Africa. I am Justin Akadone. And I am Messi Bokozko, good to have you join us this morning. And as always we will be beginning with our top trending which is basically what is topical and what is making it right across various social media platforms and various spaces. And we will start with one thing that Nigerians asked for sometime last year during the NSAS protest which was the increment in pay for the police officers, that's one of the fallout of the NSAS protest. Well just yesterday the Federal Executive Council meeting in fact approved a 20% raise for police officers in Nigeria which should actually start sometime next year. Mercy over time there has been so much talk about police officers in Nigeria not really getting enough pay, we've seen and heard reports of where they even have to pay and phone for uniforms, bullets and a whole lot of it. And most times people have actually attributed the fact that they go to the roads and ask for all sorts of bribes, extortion because they don't really get so much. When it comes to welfare it is really nothing to write home about. How do you see this particular development? Well very welcome but you know I would like to understand you know the 20%, what is 20% and we want to work with figures and usually with some of those policies you ask yourself do they also, I mean before you have all of this increment being made do we look at the current realities of the country? You know because it's okay to say you're making 20% increase what are they actually ending depending on what grades and level if that's the structure that's been used. Right so yes it's actually welcome, very welcome but very serious and as usual and with the entire you know work for us in Nigeria there's some basic things that can be provided for them would not necessarily see. The Nigerian police is not properly taken care of, say that and say that again. Now let's not even, you know sometimes as much as we say that the Nigerian police, you know the police is not your friend they're not very friendly, they are under, they're underfunded, welfare is it's nothing to write home about. I'm saying that from first-hand experience I have gone to the barracks where they leave. I have actually gone to the, there was a time I saw you know police station using lanterns. You know that you, some people call it autonja. They were usually like I was surprised I was thinking it worked you know it wasn't this part of the country but you know some of the part and we don't even use that in my house it's bad. How can the police station be using that? See so there was also another time you know where I was supposed to follow a report. They don't even, I mean some of them don't even have where to stay so they were at properly staying where you have like canteen maybe some kind of place that decided to create a space where they're supposed to stay. Like I was having this conversation this morning while I was on my way to work and I said if we take care of the Nigerian police force I'm not saying that we're going to expect a perfect system but maybe all of this sometimes you need to excuse them. I'm not making an excuse for you know all of the extortion but to be very realistic they're not properly taking care of. You can see some, it shows you know the uniform that they wear. Not entirely, not everyone. Just looking at them you will know that they're not properly funded and I wish that we can understand the dynamics surrounding all of this that if you take care of the hand that lays the golden hand then you are going to expect you know a high productivity. We're not going to say as long as we're human beings of course we'll always return to default setting but my point is we probably might not have a perfect entire police system because that's not in the entire world but we'll probably just be there somewhere where you know everyone will be proud to be part of the police force. I mean just go to the street and ask the kid if they want to be a police officer in Nigeria. That's how you know. So there are a lot of things. It's a welcome development first of all but like I would want to say I really don't know how much that 20% would translate into and do we also consider because apart from that if we take care of you know healthcare we also take care of you know housing we take care of all the little little stuff around you know the salary entirely would not even be a problem and also should we always consider the reality we're looking at you know the cost of goods and services across the inflation it's something else entirely. So yes as much as we applaud we also hope that we can do better. The entire police force needs a total restructuring you know needs a reform we need to really pay attention to the welfare we also need to look at the issue of corruption where those who are highly placed would always you know take advantage of the resources the main resources because resources would never be enough as a matter of fact I've never had any country or any department or organization I would say they have enough nobody has no one ever has enough and even in the Nigerian police you know it is like you have said a step in the right direction like you mentioned but over time we still need to look at other issues you know I have to give kudos to some states like Lagos you know for establishing their own security trust fund which is over time you know help to you know take out some you know lapses and some lacuna in the Niger police force you know over time you find out that when you call for the police you know in terms of an emergency they either tell you they don't even have fuel they tell you they don't even their cars are bad no it's a whole lot it's a bummer really it's a whole lot but what the establishment of the state security trust fund you know where different donors including the state government you know you know fund that particular trust over time we've seen issues of policing getting better I can only speak for Lagos state you know but I just think other states should actually you know burrow a leaf on there because they can just totally depend you know on the federal government and that still brings back to the issue of state policing would they even get better funded if the policing issue is actually left to the hands of the state you know at the end of the day we if we get back to despite the fact that there are several arguments surrounding state policing all the governors would actually be in control and then they would use that to begin to intimidate and bully you know people but you see we need to give it a try I'm thinking that if we get to a point where we decentralize you know powers and states are able to you know states come to a point where they are able to generate revenue I mean look at the resources let's talk about mine gold I mean you know some of this mineral resources you know they do not have as long as it's within you know the poor view they cannot so like we would always say it's important that we concede are it let's get back to that point where if states are able I'm saying because at the end of the day it's more like a competition you need to look out for your own and so you begin to look at the call the comparative advantage what are your strength as states because states are differently and down just as you have you know the different worlds and all of the you know endowment and what have you so each states will begin to look at themselves I think that if we get to the point where you know state policing becomes a case state governors will be able to get up for and let's not also forget the fact that we're still talking about over 211 million population how many personals do we have 400 was it talking about 400,000 police officers about that you know policing over 200 it doesn't even add up there's a lot of work that we need to do is much but let's move away from the Niger police but congratulations to them in advance as it were staying in Lagos here some chair in these we've been hearing about that now for some time since last week actually Lagos are rested messy where do you stay how much do you pay as some rent I don't know if you pay through your nose I live you see you don't want to know how much you don't want to know how much you know the rent so it'll be some sort of relief if you forget to be paying your rent no it would not be a relief no it would not be a relief you know I totally understand what the Lagos state government is trying to achieve and the governor himself we applaud it but you see much you drop the yelling no let's be realistic just let's be realistic let's look at let's put on the cards on the table okay now it's a good thing it's okay to say because this idea is not that we are originally the owners of this idea I mean it's something that's practiced in developed countries that's how it's done look if you pay one yes but the point is we do not live in a climb where now a lot of peasants are not the source of income as much as you see what the country is going through a lot of peasants still have a challenger of depending on one source of you know one source of livelihood so a lot of people are dependent on salary a lot of people and just a few peasants that would have extras right so you will still talk about the issue that let me paint a picture in your mind I'm so that Lord because it becomes alone and it becomes agreeable and we see okay ever and then you are the landlord and then he comes to a point where I'm supposed to pay my next month salary and then I mean my next month rent and salaries are not paid a lot of people will be on the streets yes now because the landlord will not have patience seven days after I leave my house okay I don't have time for you the planter in the offering you know it's going to be on a structured platform but the state government says it's going to start from the formal sector because they still have some issue trying to get in for more sector into a lot of that because that's what they say when you say the formal sector for those who have structured salaries like where the federal government because this is the reality what's the salaries don't come very early for a lot of people that's a big issue so if you have to not pay monthly salary and then you know you have to pay monthly rent it's a brilliant idea mr. governor song will you I appreciate it but you also need to understand the fact that you know some companies and some organization including the government don't come through with the salaries and so when it gets to that time you all guy you're supposed to pay your rent on the 31st and you're not a deal a lot or gala though there's no money how do you explain all of us because all of the things the latest in government is actually says that you have to give you in a bit of an allowance so you could see to all that because most people complain of school fees and all that stuff they get to pay on the monthly basis now so although it is the right thing to do you know even if you have to pay your rent yearly the right thing to do that if you earn a salary you take a particular amount you just divide yourself your rent was into 12 months so once your salary get paid you take a month of it and keep on saving so that's how before the end of the year you have so when you get to the next month my question is yes for instance you have sorted for this month and this is December so you get to January how would you pay you're working with a budget I mean you take a little so you're going to use you're going to take out the percentage for transportation take out this for rent as well yes so you're right no more thing to do no but that's what I'm saying yes so you you probably would say okay you're expecting salaries to drop at a particular time and then don't drop then you get to that month and then the landlord is waiting for you see I a lot of people would be on the street though because the landlord first of all would not even have the joy on your face or leave my house it's already time I'm sure I'm sure the legal state government would actually perfect all of this these are concepts some of the sense that we need to also you know as much as it sounds like a brilliant idea but we also need to understand myself when I pay my rent monthly you know so I can do that so I can do that crypto business that one of my colleagues has been telling me about away from the word chess chess chess at 18-year-old boy just won a chess competition and mercy this is really a story of you know it's not about where you're staying is you know chess is a thing of the mind you know it is a thing of the intellect so it doesn't matter if you actually grew up or staying under the bridge but an 18-year-old you know just won a slump chess and mental mathematics competition and I'm so happy for him and he's a Nigerian you need to just add that okay he's a Nigerian somewhere around Osho deep is Sunday it's a brilliant one as the truth is I think we were having a conversation on this platform and someone mentioned the fact that there are too many talent we have too many talents in Nigeria Nigerians are talented people Nigerians are very special but you see you you just need someone to discover you and yes as much as we want to say it doesn't necessarily matter I'm just saying that see a lot of talent out there and it's a very brilliant one and the fact that you know you could actually also have that kind of competition in you know this kind of environment is really really very brilliant and very amazing I think I saw a movie some kind of movie so it's already it feels like it's a deja vu it feels like I've already seen this happen before because I saw a film where this young lad he wasn't really in a very good he didn't grow up in a very good environment and all of that but he was totally and you know very brilliant and fantastic and then he kept on winning all of the chess competition and he was earning monies and then he was making his family proud he took his family away from poverty and proud of him and you know see that that's why I think that you know we need to create the problem is not that Nigerians are not very hard-working or you know Nigerians are lazy we just need the environment you know and I'm also saying that as high-time we'll move away from the conventional university we do we have we have so believed in the fact that you need to end you need to get a certificate and so a lot of people now you find that the time that you went to school and the time that I went to school it's quite different now some people just feel like you just go there and find and sort your way out it's some persons I mean these are fantastic things and I don't know if we do have you know a competition in Nigeria do we have any sports where we project Nigeria yes you know at the national level I can't say because I don't know we have chess competitions all right but congratulations to Adeoye congratulations to him but I'm thinking that you know it's this is also an avenue where we can grow around and begin to scout for all of this talent and then begin to compete you know at the global world you know what they say about some some bad things coming from the slum but in this particular situation or scenario it is something very good I can proudly say that I grew up you know from the slums I go a jaguar that's as much as we can take on top trending you know moment easy Kenya Adeoye could be joining us on off the press there with us it's still the breakfast on plus TV Africa