 Welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa. We're about to check out the front pages of a national dailies as usual and bring you up with speed to what's going on with what's going on across sport and I'd like to start off with the daily trust newspaper. Now hopefully we're able to connect with Femi Lawson who will be our guests on the show this morning. We're just having some technical issues but we hope that we're able to join up connect with him as soon as possible. I start off with a daily trust newspaper this morning and the board caption says despite seem and mean linkage that's the NIN kidnappers bandit still demand ransom via phones. It's a board caption on page three of the daily trust newspaper. You also have writers why it isn't working experts quoted on that policy effective pantomies quoted also amidst legal issues PDP to proceed with convention. It's also another caption you find on the daily trust newspaper this morning. Buhari's led Buhari leads Nigeria's delegation to Saudi Arabia. Buhari leads Nigeria's delegation to Saudi Arabia's investment summit that's on page 52 and 780 million Naira fraud. EFCC grills ex-Senate president Ayim. It's also on page five of the daily trust newspaper this morning. Gunmen attacked Ogun church abduct three worshippers. Gunmen attacked Ogun church abduct three worshippers. Another caption and just before we move away from the daily trust newspaper you have 33 states may not pay salaries as 172 billion Naira deduction grounds revenue disbosment. 33 states may not pay salaries as 172 billion Naira deductions ground revenue disbosment. That's also another caption on page 24 of the daily trust newspaper this morning. I'm sure you pick up a copy to get all of the information. Alright now let's move to the daily independent. It says here impending execution of Basel 3 may hurt banks as a report. Dividend payouts to be constrained for lenders with low capital. Buhari travels to Saudi Arabia for investment summit and Lesser Hajj 2023 presidency. Why Tinnable won't back Oshimbajo if it drops out of race. Yahya Billok and never be a PC presidential candidate says shagging. Fergument vows to recapture all inmates who escaped in Oyo jail attack. Also court case convention not meant to truncate anyone's mandate says the PDP or just members and supporters to ignore the distractions. Defeats APC and rescheduled Zango Cataflico government election in Kaduna. Lagos airport COVID-19 scandal. A staff whose account travelers used to pay PCR test fee into suspended on 2023 APC leaders reject calls for Tinnable to succeed Buhari. Also on the daily independent federal government draws flags for planning to spend 5.1 billion Naira on Katsuna airport. Stakeholders say airport is not viable. It's a waste of resources. Editors flay security situations say it's impacting the economy negatively. And those are the big ones on the daily independent. All right. Let's move away from the daily independent and check out the leadership newspaper this morning. 73% debt servicing puts Niger's economy on edge. 73% debt servicing puts Niger's economy on edge. That's on page four. How we're closing electricity metering gap. That's what the federal government is quoted to say. You find details on page seven. Ghandu J offers blind teacher automatic job. That's on page eight. Reavers not fighting federal government over that collection. The governor of Reavers state we case quoted on that. Security operatives we arrest 446 or your prison inmates. It's on page 12 of the leadership newspaper this morning. President Muhammad Buhari leaves for Saudi Arabia Investment Summit. That might just be dominating all of the papers this morning. That's on page four of the leadership newspaper. And you also have, let's see if we can take this one. Unfortunately, not so clear. Let us slide. All right. That's the much we can take on the leadership newspaper this morning. All right. Now let's move to the punch. Sim, NIN, linkage subscribers push for two month extension as deadline expires on Sunday. Subscriber groups as registration center is extremely crowded. Fresh extension likely after NIMC and NCC reviews as Telcom firms. Also, Othedola shareholders analysts project a spike in FBN share price. Aviation agencies plan 436.6 billion Nair revenue budget 55.86 billion Nair for security. INEC needs 17,618 workers to conduct APC and PDP primaries and also World Bank Blacklist 18 Nigerian firms and individuals for corruption. Still on the punch this morning, ASU cautions federal government on 30 billion Nair revitalization fund October 31st deadline nears. We can also find this morning NDLEA seizes UK Malaysia bound drugs owners arrested in Lagos. Gone men demand 6 million Nair for three kidnapped Ogun worshippers. And Odoa EFCC detains IIM over 780 million Nair aviation ministry for a fund. Army detained soldier for assault inquirer nurses during wives delivery. And Bwari jets off to Saudi for investment summit today. Finally, Amotecun deploys personnel in boundary communities, 13 fleeing or your inmates arrested. Good morning to Femi Losson. Thanks for joining us on the breakfast. All right, I want us to start with the president going to Saudi Arabia for an investment summit. For some reason, there's some, you know, criticism. And of course, people saying, you know, that they're not sure what exactly or why. So quickly shared, you know, if some of these strips are still, of course, very important to Nigeria and, you know, economy. Yes, it's not important. We have not, you know, that makes the importance of foreign relations as far as high economic development, even if you should put the development as a complete concern. High people still have to be educated sometimes. Well, the president embarking on some of these trips is basically because of the anger occasioned by the rising inflation in the country and the inability of the government seemingly to address the economic challenges in the country. But if you look at it physically, there is nothing wrong in the president embarking on such bilateral, you know, moves to push forward the economic prospect of the country, especially when such trips are centered around issues that promote economic development, which is, of course, the most needed area, one of the most needed areas that we want to focus on. I don't think it's depending in many way around, but we must not also evaluate the fact that economically at home, it's about the people agreed, but that is the most time what it's just supposed to be, but for some special reasons, it's a part of Nigeria. Okay, let's check out the Daily Trust newspaper this morning and share your thoughts on this one. It says despite SIEM and NIN linkage, kidnappers bandit still demand ransom via phones. So it feels like, you know, that particular effort, the SIEM linkage and the NIN registration has not yielded any result. What could be responsible? Let's share your thoughts. It's not a reward of mind, but reward of intelligence. Despite every effort by the government, not to take military action, to impose sanctions, such as the registration of SIEM and NIN at the night, the truth is that can we see that this country has been able to make any considerable progress in terms of pricing and also of terrorism in the country? The truth is that the country has been able to do enough because why we are investing more in the hard way in military for structure, you know, not just like NIN, same linkages, how much more is the country invested in intelligence gathering in the world of intelligence as far as the fight against terrorism is concerned? The truth is that there has not been any major achievement other than some of those military actions and successes in the war against insurgency. Today people are still in kidnapped, ransom has been demanded, not only even in the bus stretch where they come as a shocker or, you know, there's a massive deployment of success. What do you call it? The truth is that even down south, people are kidnapped almost on the daily basis, only few days ago like you just reported now, worshipers were kidnapped in the premises of their church and kidnappers are now, you know, demanding ransom using the same tool of telecommunication. They are not writing letters. It tells you that it has much made, as much as possible impact, like, you know, the minister wanted us to believe at that point. So I think more has to be done by the country in investing on intelligence gathering rather than, you know, the other side to get approached for thinking, because by shutting down any kind of mink in the air, the person has to start to shut down copyright. Yeah, but I mean, I'm sure that this was, you know, the expected turnout. So it shouldn't be shocking to anyone that it hasn't achieved much with regard security. And pretty much the same thing with shutting down telecom services in certain areas in Zamfara and Katsina and all those places. From what reports are saying, those things haven't achieved much. So why do you think we keep having these same knee-jerk reactions every now and then to seemingly, you know, you know, play along and look like there's action going on and achieve nothing? Well, the truth is that, you know, every policy of government that does not engage the system and does not carry the people along is bound to fail. You should look at the initiative behind the position of the linking of other and other things and and every other policy of this government to realize that they come with thoughts if they are beginning to approach, they come like military fias, you know, the minister just breaks up tomorrow and says no, as from tomorrow you must begin to register, you are still with your head and the government does not engage citizens. There's no way where the minister or the president can be seen to have, you know, engage the media, the civil society, the religious organization, to mobilize them ahead of this policy. You know, you can't be capable enough to just wake up and decree a policy as if you are in the military, you know, era and expect cooperation as much as needed on the part of the citizens. What you are seeing is the fact that the citizens are not a treacherous thing about supporting government efforts, even though in the overall interest we have one or two other things to benefit because I am convinced that the more we can do on, you know, getting the identity of mobile users or national identity of our citizens is very important. But such policies are more of the people's centers. Such policies are easier when it is driven with the compression of the citizens. For the way the government and the oppresses are, you know, impacting on these policies, it's hard, they ask oftentimes at least, they are dictating to schoolchildren, they ask at oftentimes at least, they are the boss, you know, and we are the employees. Whereas they are the employees of the Nigerian people. So they must always give that honor and expect. So the people, what's the thing, or why I'm backing on any policy, without that you can see sabotage, you know, and all this kind of, you know, also questions that are trading in NIN, major and other issues around intelligence dodging in the war against us. So yes, in the country, it's very, very unfortunate. Yeah, and apologies for dragging on for so long with this one, but I think it's an important conversation, you know, in looking at the bigger picture, because we are six years down the line with the current government. We've seen numerous, you know, a couple of these policies every now and then, you know, every month there's a new law, a new policy by either the CBN or the Minister of Digital Economy. Many of these policies have come up in the last six years, but Femmelausin, would you say that we've achieved much in the last six years as a nation? And what would this then tell you of the ideas that have come with this government, with regards moving Nigeria forward? Well, you see, we, it is not well called unfortunate to assume, especially when the, you know, opportunities of the government go now, that are not by any physical reality, on the basis of what the government has been able to achieve. The truth is, I should look at what, where the cardinal promises of the government when coming about in 2015, the question of where it came from the premise of attached corruption, security, and economic. And we, in all cases, our country is most assured that it was in 2015. I wish to tell you say that we want against corruption and we want to use a new extent when you look at it. So calibre of corrupt individuals and practices that are finally taking place under this government. Can we say that our economy has improved more than it was in 2015? So when the good leaders pass mark and assess themselves, I can't make any progress in the last 15 years. I am not one of those who want to easily agree. But we cannot but agree that the affected areas that the government has been able to make progress, especially when you look at the intervention on some of our critical infrastructure, like rail lines and some other technical structures with the administration, for example, where they have been able to take to another level. But the truth is that if you look at some of the mental issues, such as the economy, the security, and the attached corruption, the government cannot fully assess that. The truth is that if we have not really gone back what the young tragedy is, we have not really made any considerable progress. All right, let's also look at another headline and see if we can share your thoughts on this one, still on the Daily Trust newspaper, that if three states may not pay salaries as 172 billion-dollar deduction grounds revenue disbursement, what do you make of this, especially at the time where state states are expected to be self-sufficient? There is one way to tell yourself that if you are a politician, all that is being brought to democracy that we are friendly or precious. We have continued to discuss this even on your platform here, that if we get to a point, now we are the point of borrowing money to pay salaries and all sorts of ridiculous expenses to service the lifestyle for politicians and the life. But it may get to a point where they may even be noticed to borrow again if something fundamentally is not done. This is unheard of that a country so endowed like that and a state as endowed in both treatment and natural resources and now at the point of not being able to pay ordinary salary. Salaries should be the list of responsibilities of any state. We have criticize for structure, we have SDR, we have you know all sorts of priorities that this state must embark upon. But today Salari has become the major issue. He's coming to the most capital currency that they cannot even pay. He tells you that the system has suddenly been factory it's not working and every time we say this these people are not willing to discuss of this culture in the most democracy that takes our government to a bourgeois every month are tapping and to get annotations to run their state. What we need cost of to really go back to the part of new federalism that empowers our state but to explore their natural and mineral resources to explore their own potential and begin to be a communically prosperous. Now you have states that are so agile but are not very good enough to even pay salary that you should know that something is wrong or beyond all this rhetoric beyond all this lamentation you know by the federal government and this state I think yes you should step down I sincerely look for a way out of this culture waiting for annotations to be shared at the end of every 30 days this is ridiculous. All right now on the daily independent there's something here that says 2023 presidency why Tinubu won't back or Shimbajo if it drops out of race and it also says yeah you can never be APC presidential candidate I quickly share your views on the Tinubu backing the vice president if it gets to that. However we become the candidate of the 2020-2020 presidential election who are ultimately decided as the party to say this but the truth is that you know in policy is that a million of people cannot win in the next minute the truth is that it is within the right to be constitutionally of presidential strategy they say you know if you told the tire you have to contest for the presidential even though as we made you know likewise as you had the last meeting for considering the political relationship between the two and how far they have come as further and some politically as they usually say I think that will not be too difficult and it may not necessarily be subject to the position of outsiders especially those outside the Balaqiru Bukundi so family who is going to fly the ticket of the party among the two of their kids they so decide to go into the race just better I don't think it will be too difficult considering where they are how far they have come together and the fact that both men have the right you know the one may be competent more than the other but both men have the right to fight for the position I think the machineries of their political family is strong enough to the extent that they may be able to prove you somebody like for a ceremony of Shibadi as a vice president so the family may will run among the top them I don't think it will be subject to the assumption of most of us who are outside that or those who are not even from their political family all right let's quickly check out the leadership news wave of this morning there's a caption that's quite interesting 73% debt servicing puts Niger's economy on edge 73% debt servicing puts Niger's economy on edge let's show your thoughts on this it's the one something and it is the piece you know of what we may expect as we miss culture so the economic process of this country and our capacity to develop other areas that are critical to nation's development every year we build our budget on external borrowing then we start in 2012 years to use our money to establish this borrowing as such an alarming rate which is really it was just because of Nigeria I have seen a lot of people try to justify the fact that the country is valuable you know their friends, worldies which are that but the truth is that for us now I would continue to use a greater percentage of our understanding to establish debt many of this debt to be cannot be traced to any fundamental development place as far as the nation is concerned other than what we have used to establish the life standard of individuals and the political enemies so we should really be concerned about what the future holds for the younger generation who do best are not going to be left behind for this should call for students because and we should call for our budget review you know of our policy especially how much more we have to continue to borrow to service our annual budget it's unfortunate and unfair okay and of course I think we can just wrap up with the conversation on the primaries and INEX preparedness for the elections also in Anambra that says on the punch INEX needs 17,618 workers to conduct APC and PDP primaries so share your views on that one and also talk about the preparations for the Anambra State Governorship Elections you know INEX INEX conduct director Mahmoud I have been trained in North has made a lot of tremendous programs and it has continued to show commitment to ensuring you know that the position of democracy for that strength is I have been thinking the national has sent me and said that something that the case may be should give all the needed support to INEX who has to develop its capacity to conduct credible elections to make the right if you look at you know the initiatives of the commission who are the recent past especially those in that it's probably the credibility of our election we will come to realize that it means all this all the support we may give at the country and going to Anambra Anambra is going to be a very important election not just to the political party but to us as Nigerians especially when you look at the security trend around this election that is just few days away we must be tested as Nigerians and we must continue to prevail of actors we are sure that pieces are now going to be selected because if Anambra election fails on the ground of security you know or of security rather it's going to be a major test of future elections but clearly the general election in Nigeria when you especially when you look at the issues of insurgency insecurity almost in every part of the country so if you tell me an election in Anambra and I'm going to see two elections it's very important and all states would have especially the political because most want to work ensuring that Anambra election is key too we make it a lot to do its job and people are allowed to freely choose in the scope of this case without any care and any confusion all right turned I think we can wrap up this morning Femi Lawson thank you very much for kicking off our Monday morning for us we wish you a very interesting week ahead okay all right good morning once again a little bit of history coming up next we'll be telling you about something that happened in the year 2009 in Baghdad a bombing that led to of course more than a hundred people dead talk about it when we come back