 Still the breakfast and plus TV Africa Chris came in one do the Detrebalized Niger and joins the conversation this morning Chris. It's good to have you join us Good morning. My people is nice to be here coffee. I do my brother Fine. I used to with us in the country. Have you left cuz I had you say jackpot on the other side No, I didn't hear I didn't hear Good morning team. All right, Chris. Let's set off with the punch now and look at the punch newspaper Boundary dispute wasn't in security 6,000 I beg your pardon 676 killed in state Boundary disputes wasn't in security 676 killed in state 444 houses raised and communal clashes in a boy Kogi Crusher or others now I would be very surprised if cross over didn't make the lease for you know communal clashes federal government addressing 86 cases security expert lawyers blame governors and Candy cries rising in security Senate promises 2023 jumbo security allocation Okay Away from the boat headline and the riders you have underneath you have Ikara Maddu's Detained 82 days daughter six kidney donor. I mean I felt you know Very very very sorry for her. I'm hoping that someone would you know answer the prayer I carried a little apologizes to the cleric over Muslim Muslim tickets and federal government begins tax recovery from 2000 mining firms passport insurance increases by 38% more Nigerians relocate. I mean it sounds like coffee is just in the spirit. He's seen everybody jack mine There's anything like that five killed in if I knew bus convoy attack And that's what the police said and not a sad report there And there's a picture of you know the flood and the rain that happened in Ligas Ligas flooding rescuers recovered two corpses and saved nine Unfortunately label acts aviation workers issue your for ten-day automator and Gridlock traps legacy burden motorists and passengers for 16 hours Imagine you know being in a spot for 16 hours Students to barricade experts way and cap it in giga demo Talking about a strike action, but that's it this morning on the punch All right, let's move on from the punch to the next paper into of course that happens to be the nation needs paper with these Headlines the big one there PDP in distress says or Tom Benrey a governor blames a tickle we care if on leaders and some will ask him I mean he was in the position to recommend the zoning formula for the party not him president But he checked the committee some would say well He was not the only one in that committee at guess my guess will be able to throw more light on that But this is a quote Sighted by the nation with that headline. He says that there are certain internal mechanisms That should apply to conflict resolution within the party. All right, that's a lead one from the nation But it's curious to see mercy and leader Chris candy wonder that the nation has Made it points like they've taken their their editorial team and they have come in from the PDP house What a top laser cause the headlines almost every day. It's about PDP crisis PDP crisis PDP in distress PDP crisis That's editorial decision of the nation they entitled to make those decisions a pardon I bear no grudge against anybody says in yami a right for my governor of Trabah state I know Council's one million voter Registrations in eligible entries voided. I'm sure and that is no surprise for me if you ask jump insists on no biometric No examination policy This course killed us naff jets hit terrorists hospital 2023 EU cautions politicians against hate speech Valence so will they hear a PC campaign council accuses will be of playing ethnic card. All right That's interesting one coming hundred front page of the nation mercy Away from the nation. Let's quickly take a look at the Nigerian Tribune Nigerian Tribune says flawed heat equity Niger and Lagos nine rescuers building Shrinks two adults missing school fences collapses killed two children in Lagos and passengers stranded as the Road caves in in Bida Again, you find federal government and ask you court adjoins proceedings till Friday Government's action condemnable That's what Faleno is quoted to say and two policemen two aids one other killed in Uba's convoy attack That's according to a police report a quermatus daughter publicly appeals for kidney donor Pay ten million to family of slain Kagee PDP woman Leader, that's what a course court orders the federal government Inex should operate free from outside pressure EU tells the federal government Advises politicians against violence hate speech Aviation walkers protests in Lagos and shut down operations at Kano Airport fan disconnects the N a m a Facilities over five hundred million dollar debt and no king has right to claim Paramount say over others in on dough. That's what the government is saying That's the much we can take this morning on Niger and Tribune All right, let's move over from Nigerian Tribune. We'll go to daily trust and some interesting stories on the front page of daily trust It gives prominence to the aviation sector crisis Not the PDP crisis like the nation calls it with this leading story Aviation workers shut airports over new law aviation workers shut airports over new law Riders to that insist banning union union activities illegal issue 14-day strike notice Passengers stranded minister denies spungling in new clauses little small matter of some new clauses new aviation law that says You know affects a formation of unions and the activities you know As far as aviation sector is concerned. We have more from daily trust Parents cautious as school resumes in states to swept away nine rescued as flooding hits Niger equity Lagos so look at that in depth on the program later FG versus ASU called adjourns hearing to september 16 Concerns over not ascent to Nigeria startup bill Or be to tinnable presidency Not turn by turn or be to tinnable presidency not turn by turn We'll activate our structures in 774 local governments for b nlc president With golden opportunity to address challenges lp chairs the stories on the front page of The daily trust and I'll begin with that story as I introduce uh, uh, kris kendo one Do I guess analysts analysts are for this segment today once again? Good morning to you kris kendo one Is the presidency not turn by turn? I mean peter gregerby May may want to feel it's not 10 by 10, but isn't this what we call rotation, you know and federal character and all that What do you say to this kris kendo one do and also please speak to The nlc saying they will activate their structures for the labor party in the light of the nation's labor laws that said says the labor unions cannot use their funds You know in support or their dues in support of a political party any political parties over to you Yes, um, that brings to mind The slogan a milokon A milokon yoruba means is my turn. So I tend to So some extent agree with the epitome on that but don't also forget that The same thing that epitome is trying to write is putting More attention to when he says when Yeah, it has always been the Saying that is the turn of the southeast So Turn by turn is a two-edge sword can Could cut anywhere depending on who is holding the dagger or the knife But for me it's not About the snell it is the ability for anybody to be able to perform Yes, within the constitution equity Is a well enshrined meaning 1999 constitution of federal republic of nadir as amended Where it is believed that every part of this country should be given the treasure to partake in the political activities and price to any position in nigeria but when you now look at the situation since 1960 1968 And you look at the lopsidedness of leadership in terms of presidency in nigeria then It is good to ask yourself where exactly should the presidency go in 2023 I'm not speaking as somebody from the south is that for everything I've heard the mentors will say The south we should have a run at it but good enough we have The way it is presently the top The three top political parties have people from the What I will call the three type of Which nigeria was built that independence the north the south west and the east Now it will be In labor is from the east The people worker is from the north And It's from the southwest So it is less for nigerians to see and look at whoever they think As they are She has to be able to do the job and do the network by editing the passing 2023 They're coming to the statement made by the president of nigeria labor congress On a quabba quabba yesterday Don't forget that the labor party is owned by the engine labor congress So whatever they can do is their party and they are not the first the first Of his kind if you go around most Develop countries you have all the two parties go home by labor labor organization So if they say that they're going to mobilize Within the 734 recognize the government in nigeria for their candidates all well and good It's been they are right Inasmuch as they don't are not in anything outside Outside the law for me. I don't say anything wrong with that It's a political party. They are never shy away from saying that It is a political party and they're going to do everything only possible to support their candidate In the forthcoming general election Yeah, but but but sir the labor laws They talk about the fact that you can't use The the dues of and the the the resources of of the Unions labor unions in this time in this country have two main unions nlc and tuc To fund any political party People who pay Are you people who pay dues all the members who pay dues have they ask each and every one of them If they want to support a particular party. I'm sure that is a thinking behind But even without analyzing whether that law is right or not the law is is there Uh, uh, you can't take the funds the the resources of the labor unions to be in in politics. You you can't Go fee the the labor Niger labor congress have not said they are going to fund Uh Men pass you don't know where they're getting their funds for the house sponsors. They have people that support them and rest of that So I tell me if the nlc the nlc presidents makes a phone call that that or drives his car Or sits in his office using the ac there to make calls to mobilize members You're telling me that he's using resources of the nlc To fund people I'm asking I'm a graduate I'm a graduate of law so I'm speaking from the point of law And in law what would arrive with his evidence if you have such evidence then bring it for all but if you don't then I'm asking you is it possible for the nlc to Converse for votes for and to support labor party or any party without Using their resources I I totally agree with you except to bring that evidence forward. You can see they can see It's a question. No, I didn't make a statement. It was a question Can the nlc use its resources to support a political party without can't can they support a political party without using their own resources Yes, but as I said They own the party That that labor party is their party So how do you support your party if When there's a lacuna here, I think it's there for student Anybody that's really Agree by that to take it to the court and I think we might need a court interpretation But as long as I'm concerned the Nigerian people completely have not said they're going to use those funds So I leave it at that until they say so then oh well, I don't forget that we also have issues of diaspora Donations that have been running riot since people be also traveled abroad and the man came out to say no I have no opinion. I can't nobody's doing it in the morning But that also been treading videos of recent We are president Muhammad Ibuah in 2015 also solicited for foreign donations from Nigerians in diaspora So this thing is not that here not there But I think for me the most important thing is that let us look at the character of the candidate. Look at what they have all this People here and they wouldn't help us. I want them to tell us what they can do and based on that That the Nigerians should be able to make a holistic choice on who they think should be in a better position To rule or to govern them or to be the president of India or even governors when it comes to 23 Well, let's move away from that discourse and take a look at the punch now and on the punch he talks about boundary disputes worsening insecurity as 676 killed in state and so No, why is it that you know, the government has not had a handle over, you know, this issue of boundary dispute and communal clashes Mercy over the world and since time immemorial What causes conflict and war in most countries is always banned Go and read history. So there will always be boundaries because land in itself has become a Vital What would I call now? I don't know how to put it but So people are always reaching out grabbing and grabbing land Grant seems to be the major resources that human acquire across the globe Which is why if you if you're going to get to get a land in most part of the world You have to pay through your nose for a legal instance in some places Land goes for as much as one plot of land goes for as much as one billion two billion and as a part so Is expected that as Population goes there's always a tendency for people to expand and in doing that they are going to need land So that is why we always have issues of boundary even Don't forget even part of the world that is going on between Ukraine and America part of the political and rest of them It's also a issue of like you saw that a few years ago Russia went into Ukraine and Connors started some areas of a Ukraine and Presently they're still trying to dominate by Connors many places as possible as many towns and state Lands as possible. So it has always been probably my own my own worry here I think our problem is the with Nigerian boundary commission I Don't think they have been doing what they ought to do and this is why I always have these clashes especially There's always the ones the two states and state and there's a communal one For example, the one that is in there going on in a boy Hundreds and thousands of people killed in a boy particularly over land is good. You also spoke about Crossed lines is that is also the issue then there's always heredia boundary clashes between kooky and also in new states So it has always been the problem and I think that the the the federal government through the Nigerian boundary commission able to do a much more provides Very sure that we have the nation of most of these bandits so that everybody knows where they belong but by the large use out The Niger use out the power over land is vested on the governors of state power from one that federal government But the power over land is vested on the governor of the state He is the one that can issue and improve licenses when it comes to land Then when it comes to state to state And since that number of people that have been killed about over 600. I'm sure it's even more than that I believe these are the ones that just Even in my own village in over we name our state. I know what we go through in go through land Just our small unit. In fact, yesterday in our local Look at what I saw is we are a man and another man. We are fighting over land and It takes the leaders within my community to go to the land and not try to say it's once I have been familiar since 1970 this one's have been so issue of land has always been and we always be a problem but on a on a very large escape The Niger boundary commission should be able to do look at what they have presently and see whether there are areas that That need we need a little adjustment Then put to that also Do you remember maybe that some states in the south south and the southeast have been having serious disputes over land? It's particularly reverse state and bias are that recently Some few years back the supreme court have to come up with a judgment We are starting or he wears where that was in dispute was given to reverse states and and so it has always been like that And we always be but um, the government should be able to do the need for every particular point in time to make sure that this does not just Still over into Commoner clashes killing and the rest of them. Remember what between Nigeria and Cameroon on the issue of Bacassi till now Um, Cameroon is a fully in charge of Bacassi after we visited that place to Cameroon During the But the case is it's been I think this plan to revisit that particular case, you know, the international court of justice that particular issue Yes, I know I know that yes, I know that there's an attempt that don't forget that The international court of justice are already given a ruling that Cameroon has taken We you know to go just within a second we need to go through History to to understand how that happened that issue of Bacassi from what I read What happened in Bacassi is that during the civil war the federal government promised Wouldn't find their way into this into the south south is a cities presently during the war and there was an agreement between Nigeria Government and the government of Cameroon that if they can allow Nigeria to come into Cameroon To to fight the Biafrans and rest of them. They are ready to see this that please And they allowed it and they came into there. I am not too fully Into that history, but that was part of what we heard And over the years process the government refused to do the need for until the passenger came in and Just measure that they came Well, Chris came they were interesting analysis from you this morning and we're so glad to have you join us So we look forward to having the next time We see what happens with the issues we've raised so far, but thanks Not before I go just a second before I go You make the fundamental observation on the issue of The nation and it comes to PD I have to warn as a journalist now that Most of our colleagues are going into the play of politics and being partisan. Yes, we know the owners of The nation is the perfect for me personally as an individual is the last paper I ever read Unlike before because it's so obvious that they are just adds to Attacking and attacking and as you know that we as A state of realm are supposed to be as neutral as possible irrespective of the owners of water best of it So that observation you made this morning was very very kind and I just say I should put in a word Have a wonderful day. All right. Thank you so much. I appreciate the time Chris came I wonder a chartered mediator and consulator. We'll take a break and when we return today 13 september 2022 We look at what happened today in history. That is the break actually and we're back on the other side