 Worried by the nation's rising public debt profile, Nigerians and economists declared the poor application of the loans collected by the federal government and the burden that the debt of about 77 trillion naira will have on the incoming administration. Marci Samohoa-Bonhoa, OFR founder and former CEO of NIMED Pharmaceutical, 2023 presidential aspirant and economist joins us this morning to assess Nigeria's burden on the citizens. We're also looking at the impact of technology in agriculture. Is it a blessing or is it a curse? We'll look at the issues of industrialized farming, slaughterhouses and a whole lot more and the impact of technology on a Greek on the show today. We'll also be taking a look at some of the headlines on some national dailies with our analysts joining us on off the press to look at these headlines. Good morning and welcome to the Tuesday edition of The Breakfast. It is a techno-file edition and I am Maureen. I'm Justin, thank you for joining us today. The theme of today's programme is Technology Causing in Human Treatment of Animals to Feed Us. Industrialized farming is a thing today and also slaughterhouses is a thing. Greenhouse emission is a thing. How do we use technology to boost... ...to actually better our lives and that would actually affect the ecosystem that we are supposed to even be protecting in the first place? Exactly. So we need to strike a balance. Yes, a very good balance. That is just the thing. All right, well top trending today. Number one is resident doctors to begin five day warning strike on Wednesday. That is something that it's just up in the air. Mixed feelings really because on one hand you feel for these doctors. They have gone through so much to become doctors. They are lifesavers. Yet they are not getting enough for the job that they do. Yes, it's actually very sad. It's also coming on the heels of this proposed law. They want to slam on doctors if I have to use that word. You know, asking them to walk for at least five years before they can actually seek greener pastures and all that. And the doctors are actually kicking against it and they are proposing to go and strike from tomorrow morning. You know what happens when doctors go and strike. Of course, people die. How many people can afford to go to private hospitals in this country? That's the question. Inflation has increased. By the day. By the day. And then the sad thing is that, you know, those in government who should have fixed the hospitals, who should have paid these doctors the kind of wages that they deserve are going outside of this country for the smallest of infections and things like that. And so you are not fixing the home front. You're going out there to get what you should have gotten home. Are you fixed home? And so it is the poor man that's suffering all of this. Yes, it is. The masses. Like you said, the average Nigerian cannot actually get the specialised treatment that they would require at specialist hospitals or in private hospitals. So at the end of the day, they are rushing to the primary health care centres. They're going to the secondary ones and of course, and the tertiary ones owned by government because most of the times you find that it is actually subsidised because we've been talking about health insurance in Nigeria, but you will agree with me that the average Nigerian pays for his health expenses out of his pockets. Of course. And it is really, really sad when that should not even be the case. You know, the issue of the, when you talk of health insurance, you should be able to take care of the bulk of the issues of your health. You know, you should, you're supposed to just go to sleep knowing that there is some sort of protection for you. But it is not the case. At the end of the day, you have to pay through your nose. Even the same government hospital issue, you know, you will have to, you know, the stress of getting a car. The way they treat people in some of these government hospitals is not in short of appalling and then all that. And then if you go to the private hospitals, just buying the cardiolone, just buying cardiolone, you've already spent a whole chunk of the money that you do not have. Talk about the Nigerian that's receiving the minimum wage of 30,000 naira. For instance, let me just get an instance for an eye care that I had to go to sometime last year. I think together card was about 7,500 to get the card. And if I have to, you have to see a consultant, I have to pay consultants a fee of about 15,000 naira. You know, before you run the tests and all the things. And then administer whatever you need to. Imagine, it's just, a lot has got to be done. The incoming government has a lot. He has his work cut out for him. And we just want to see things change. We have to. And the Minister of Labor is in the news. He's saying that the same proposed law is illegal because he was questioned. There was an extraordinary federal executive council meeting yesterday and State House correspondent asked him because they wanted to find out what his plan was concerning Dr. Streck from tomorrow. He said that that law would not see the light of day because it is actually going to be an illegality in the first place. So we just hope that this can be sorted out because we shouldn't be toying with our healthcare provision for Nigerians because if our doctors go on strike, like Maureen said, the patients would die and ordinary people would not be able to be productive. So it has like a rippling effect on the economy and we don't want to see doctors because over time Maureen, the NARD, that's the National Association of Resident Doctors, they go on strike. At the end of the day, you go to the hospitals and no consultants would see you because they tell you that doctors are not working and you see mothers begging, nurses and other medical experts to just check on their children. Yeah, and they strike one time too many. But another thing is this administration just has a few days to go. Of what import will this particular strike have? Some have suggested that they should hold on for the next incoming government to come in. Is there any better time too? Because fine, they can't do anything in 13 days but they just want to press their demands home. They want to make their demands known and so if the incoming administration sets out to work in 13 days, they will be aware that their issues are ungranted. They will not just like... This is not the first, not the second time. The issues are up there, they've been up there. I mean we've been talking about this in the past couple of weeks now. Their strike, the warning strikes, even the exclusion of some of them, the nurses, from the 40%... So a lot of things are out there regarding the health sector. So any incoming government would not say that he or she is ignorant. Can't be ignorant. If you're ignorant of what the health sector has been going through and is going through, then you're not even qualified to go in there in the first place. Because you should know what the issues are. The issues are the pains that people go through. We'll talk about biting inflation. You're increasing size by 40%. And inflation, food inflation is about 85%. At the end of the day, so there's still a gap. There is. Although that 40%, 40% is there to be a one-off thing, a one-off benefit. Some of all those technicalities. Well, let's talk about Hilda Basi who has come for 100 hours. So passing the current record by letter, Tandon and Indian. Let me even ask you, how long can you stand to cook? As in... You could just bake it and I would do it. Would you be able to stand all through making the... I can't even cook throughout the day. I love to cook. I'm a foodie. I love food. But to stand for four days cooking is not something I can boost up. This is no main feat that Hilda has achieved. Well, Guinness Records has acknowledged it. They've acknowledged it and they're waiting to review the evidence to then confirm it. But they have acknowledged it because it's no main feat at all. I know for the fact alone that she dares to do it and she even said the record for us. I think she surpassed her own record. And I can imagine the cramps and the pain that she would have felt in that four days. I hear she took a five-minute break in every hour or something. I love cooking too. I love food like you do. But I don't know if it's something... I have that passion and I would want to cook for four days nonstop. I didn't really follow the story as far as what she was cooking. I wonder what kind of me she would be making in those four days. Just like you, I didn't quite follow it back to back. I didn't follow it at all. Other than the details, the details of it. But I understand that she did cook a lot. Of course, if you cook for four days, you will cook a lot. She made rice, she made jello fries, she made several meals. Someone was asking, how is it that she just kept coming up with different... She didn't just start today. Her mom has a restaurant. She has a restaurant. So it's something that she's used to, consistency. Consistency is what has given her this perfection. It's a lot of lessons for everyone. It is a lesson. Another huge lesson to learn from this is that if you believe in a particular thing and just don't stop at it, just go out for it. Completely under... Of course, you can't achieve whatever you have set out today because there's nothing that can stop you. You're the only one that can limit you. If you have interest in a particular thing, if you feel that, ah, I have to get this. I have to get this in two days. You can't stop from something. Just go for it. Don't just think about it. Just do it. That's the thing. A good thing you've said because I do understand that before now, she had sought for some sort of investments. She has looked for investors to invest in her cooking, whatever. And she didn't get it. But today, trust me, there was Russia like... She's everywhere. There was Russia like... I even heard she had sponsors. And even after the whole event, you can imagine the publicity that she has gotten. And she can even give her... not make her restaurant like a global place very soon because she's in the eyes of the world. She is in the eyes of the world right now. That's the best way to put it, the eyes of the world. Of course, we've seen top government officials visiting and acknowledging her. So it's a beautiful thing. And I'm sure the governor of her state would also want to do something. You know how we like to grab successful people? Yes, I want to, you know, get us to attach the film. You don't recognize your indigenous or your citizens when they are suffering, but when they achieve something and then, oh, they become your trophy. It's such a hypocritical thing to do. So before we leave that stuff again, I don't know, is it something about people from that particular part of the country and they knowing how to cook? It's their natural gift. It's one of the natural gifts. Well, none of the natural gifts people from that place are known to have. The second gift I'm not going to say it right here, because this is the breakfast. And it's time for us to give you the weather report. We'll be back in a moment to stay with us. We've seen history being made before, and a young star doing that as well. I believe that she's going to motivate other young stars. Everybody's going to rise up to the occasion and say, hey, we can do this. If she can do it, we can do it. And that's good. And for the first time in a long time where I have something positive coming up from Nigeria, what I think is simple, this is a very challenging call for a lot of people out there. This was there all the while and she woke up one morning and said, I want to embark on this journey and she did it. And now see the number of people that came out to support her. So it just tells you that whatever you're doing, aim for the highest heights. Of course, social media makes you feel like you know people because we are all in the same industrial space. But when you see somebody doing something phenomenal, the energy and everything, the fact that she wants to even beat and go for that is just to show you because of the amount of support she's getting. This is not just a win for her there. It's a win for Nigeria. It's a win for Africa. Well, my take is that Nigeria to the world, music industry, entertainment, now the kitchen industry. I put it that way. So she's making everyone of us proud, not just all females, but every Nigerian and African right now here. She is a superwoman. I'm so proud of her as a woman. I think she's done well. And I think that this is something we should emulate across the way. You can show that young girls can actually put their mind to something and get it done. Well, there you have that report on Hilda. Beautiful there. Yeah, very, very wonderful. Like I said, just put your mind to whatever you believe in and then you can actually achieve her. She is a superwoman and that she is doing Nigeria. And of course, Africa very, very proud. Nigeria to the world. Nigeria to the world.