 Welcome back to the breakfast and plus cv Africa. Let's go through the pages of a national dailies We call it off the press and we have open up on kataria who joins the conversation It's good to have you join us this beautiful Monday morning open up on kataria Yeah, good morning Good morning Okay, so we started with the Nigerian Tribune and as always the top stories and the caption would be the focus Six days to apc convention uncertainty over delegate lists Consensus unity lease won't be acceptable to boharie most of us quoted Consent aspirant acts party leadership to postpone convention And where does that leave the party the ruling party ahead of the 2023 elections? You also have another caption saying queen lispet test positive for covet 19 that's been making The rounds and just before then you also have Nigeria content retains eight billion dollars annually and create 50,000 jobs thousands of imported vehicles trapped at seaport over v. I n Valuation that's what you find and just before we take a We move away from the tribune. You also have medical professionals giving divergent views on COVID-19 vaccine production NAVDAC impounds 120 tons of chemical laden Heat skin that's also another one and or shun apc primaries or yetola gunners 222,169 votes. I read by sholaz man had 12,921 votes and Trouble in air transport as Nigerian airways increases the fares. You also have fair increase in other That's what the ncaa is quoted to say Air travelers way road transport option as airlines attribute fair increase to hostile environment one Our flight now sells for 50,000 narrow to 100,000 Lita of jet a1 now jumps from 190 narrow to 400 narrow or 500 and this has been part of the reason for You know having that Fairs been increased 2023 no amount of intimidation can stop me You have the former governor of legal state bollum had quoted on that As he visited the alafin and allubad on dex it made that's the much we can take on the Nigerian Tribune this morning Let's go straight to the leadership newspaper with these front page headlines the big one there five days to go Pmb apc governors take crucial decision on convention tomorrow As parents stakeholders kick against governor's anointed chairmanship candidate Insist on open contest lament uncertainty of february 26 convention date 2023 i'm ready to get get dirty with anyone tearable warrants 2023 I'm ready to get dirty with anyone tearable warrants. I wonder what Interpretation you would give to that humanitarian crisis looms in niger over upsurge in idp's humanitarian crisis looms in niger over upsurge in igdp's Ohaneze condemns abia cattle market killings interesting one there. Ohaneze condemns abia cattle market killings details on page six Several vehicles trapped at leger sports over vign policy. This is the vehicle identification number valuation policy introduced on all imported vehicles by the Nigeria customs service Any hoping site for the importance of such vehicles time would tell Canoe apc gandu j pacifies shakarao Supporters it's interesting to know what or how he's pacified them or what he used in pacifying them But let's go into details top isop commander 21 others killed in a strikes top isop commander 21 others killed in a strikes You can see a picture of the chief of of their staff there On the front page of the leadership newspaper. Those are the stories coming from that newspaper All right, we move away from Our the leadership newspaper this morning. Let's check out the punch newspaper Look into the front page of the punch newspaper You have convention apc battles consensus crisis as bohari governors meet tuesday State chapters confirm readiness awaits bony's signal and chairmanship asperin laments plan postponement That's a lot going on in the apc right now And I wonder where that leaves them as the ruling party nidra lost 2038 lives to air crushes in 53 years says the a i b And you also have we won't leave apc. I request for the last group vows as a tola defects and uh Another head assays anti-arrabish will our protest in the egos demonstrators berets minister and Private depots high grades more fueling stations may sell above 180 litre 118 are up a litre That's also another one right there and talking about strike asu neck Converger nabuja Today to meet the federal government Well, that's it on the punch Interesting mostly the pictures on the front page of the punch. It looks like I don't I don't speak yuba But it looks like it's a resting piece that meaning of what's in the back of life all of that You can see a picture of a coffin there With direct wish for less I'm telling with his name and and everything maybe saying that his political future has been buried We'll tell we'll tell interesting stories are coming on the front page of the the daily trust New super this morning and they've taken a different slant or different twists and departure from what the other papers Are looking at and that's that's that thing. That's commendable eight months after abduction 13 iaori school girls Married off to pandits. This is something that some people may have forgotten about and they have an infographic timeline of the iaori Abduction right from june 17 2021 where 80 students and five teachers were abducted from the fgc the federal government college burning iaori and It's something that I think it's great that the Daily trust is reminding us of let's quickly move on tons of pomo That can cause deadly diseases imported to nigeria naflaq. Um, did you ever know that a pomo? Is imported never knew that hard times for passengers as airlines raise first by a hundred percent Nigerian airstrike targeting terrorist scale children in nigeria Republic this is some stories coming from the nigerian or daily trip trust apc the postponed convention over unresolved crises Pregnant women eight others burnt to death in quara road crash Queen Elizabeth third test positive for coven 19 and eight killed 14 abducted as bandits attack niger communities We'd like to invite at this point a welcome. Uh, guest analyst upon a boy cotaria Mr. Cotaria, thank you very much for your time and for your patience as well Let's start with the uh, uh, the big story on the front page of the daily trust Needless to say by the abduction of students 80 students and five teachers from the federal government college in berlin iaori. It's um Almost a year now. This is uh, uh, june 17 2021 and now we're hearing that 13 of those girls have been married off Uh, two bandits your thoughts on that What do you expect me to see the team of the girls are we married off the bandit? It's expected and in sync with his bloody church Religion you all I do with me that's the new plan you think I had 13 girls 13 10 And this the bandit has mostly You know, so this is nothing wrong with that But it is a clear manifestation Of the government take lives and property Especially the government of president muhammad uqbar Who would take to protect lives and property? Yes, we have checked that responsibility It is unfortunate that these girls Who are in school? Unlike most most left most not from us, especially the ladies Who don't see a big one that realizes the importance of education and have decided to go to school Saudi It has become their ongoing The abduction and the government is doing nothing other than Mountain pyres and elevations and sanctimonials to be honest The government has done nothing To ensure the release of these advocacy Is that the attention? What do they do? Not as if they have agreed to be pregnant Not as if they willingly open their legs for This criminal, but they were probably rich So the people I believe that they were rich And the The result of that which the result of that which is pregnant What do you all want me to say to summary The federal government of president muhammad uqbar Have failed Nigeria Security wise Politically Economically And even socially This is one government Where in the balance of history shall they found one? We've been told that three of these girls Are pregnant and the pregnant girls have been released to Their parents So what you've said is really the key The way it is in terms of rape and sexual assault Of course if they are married off it's not a spirit that they'll be there They won't be touched It's really sad and worrying And I shudder when I think of Let's look at the prospect of postponing the APC National Convention over unresolved crisis as the daily trust needs to put it APC to postpone convention over unresolved crisis apart from The daily trust you have the punchy stick and the punchy surprise saying convention Is a wash yeah, this is something that This is what we live for we live on or we live for Such stories APC battles consensus crisis as a Buhari governor's meet on Tuesday What's it take on on the the role of the governor's and Solve the kick back against the governor's move To have their way The system allows them to do so so The government has come to believe that Buhari is When it comes to what happened to the APC and outside Presidency because the man is silent. It's not product at all. You can see Moving from one country to the other. Even when those journeys are completely unnecessary Completely unnecessary. You see incredibly like I said here on this program Was it last you got the week before I said the man is planning to catch up You know when it was a minute ahead of state Uh, he didn't have the time to do trust. So this is another opportunity and realizing that this is a very last of all He can't do trust Using the federal government analysis That's exactly what we're doing because most of these gentlemen are complete. You could say you're looking at but you want us to go So it's not really interested in I don't think it's necessary to who succeeds in but the governors are Because most of them want to succeed the president Those that are not interested in succeeding the president want to ensure that they are they are How will I put it? Those that they believe they trust because in politics you have to trust no one Those they believe they trust should be in position and power so that they can continue to enjoy The paraphernalia or the text of power That is what we're going on right now. And so they want to ensure some are talking of consensus family Now most of the governors are saying consensus candidate The consensus candidate will be there in their own image Will be there to protect them will be there to ensure that even with their out of office That their interests have been protected. That is why a lot believe in consensus candidate Those that are back to consensus candidate are saying no because they know that the consensus candidate might not be The candidate that is generally acceptable Therefore the consensus candidate will definitely I would like put it But then the interest of a microsofty few that's what I thought they are saying no We don't want the consensus candidate. Let us get somebody that will be there in the image of everybody And that is the that is the problem even boomy Is part of the problem This is a committee that was set up to last for six months Six months to one year or one year how many in almost three years now So boomy is even part of the problem It is tense to address the problem Why the natural path he is part of the problem Because I don't see why it would be difficult for the boomy community to take a decision They might have been vaccinated You know, he has a schizophrenic personality But most importantly trying to see how whatever is Antics are the are you going to benefit from it? Is it possible for him to measure the vice presidential candidate in a next general election or is it possible for him to even measure the presidential candidate? That is the problem with boomy boomy's problem has nothing to do with addressing sincerely the issues of A.T.C Boomy's problem has to do with protecting and projecting his own interests That is the game of the party Not maybe the devil has his own defense And that is the game of the party And now they are trying to see the what don't forget this is the party that melded Into what party different parties are melded into what and so they don't have to say my job They don't have to say believe they don't have to say Parandemic of oppression models of oppression nothing the major aid Of coming together was to ask the genitals administration And having achieved that now you believe to see the fissures in the party a lot of confusion in the party And how to reconcile the differences has become a problem because they all come with mindset Let me tell you this man how now the genitals is out, PDT is out The next party will how do we vaccinate ourselves in this country? How do we ensure that the president would love me and have to go back to me? So it is actually that really has to do with whether the A.T.C is going to win the next election or not It really has to do with whether the individual will win the next election or not But you cannot because there is no independent candidate so you have to And that is why you keep talking about A.T.C. But I think it would long as they can never go back If it's not a party but now they can never go back Now they realize that they care for this yes They care for this and that So that is why you have this confusion in the party Okay, okay Because they are not fighting in the interest of the party And the government have to finance some models They have to finance some models And the importance of that kind of pattern model Are you doing what you have to get what you want? Let's see if the convention will hold Because of that Yeah, let's see the convention will hold in the next six days of course And when the PDP managed to hold his own convention And the new chairman at you through a challenge to the A.T.C To hold the own convention, you know, predicting that they wouldn't be able to hold it And that challenge is still, is still there Well, the colleague Betz is still open, is still there But then another story coming on several of the papers Including the Nigerian Tribune Happens to be A.T.C. primaries Or the Telangana's 222,169 votes Arab-Israelis man got a paltry 12,921 votes That seems like a political whitewash Your thoughts on that? Well, I wasn't surprised With the outcome of that That's the sitting governor I don't really, I'm not really sure about the past But from the Smith's of a convention on Ghana The sitting governor is performing You know And although the performance of the governor is not the barometer in Nigerian politics The tactic in Nigerian politics is the governor is a generous man And you know what they think Being generous I don't really want to speak on the issue Okay You know But what I got at, like I said From the snippet of the information of Kabul together It is obvious that the governor is performing Traditional Rula When they say it, they're not going to say We love this governor No, they don't love it It's wrong All right, open up more in Kitaria Let's quickly It's not for special Yeah Let's just quickly look at this I don't know if you want to pay for it It's like the sitting governor With all the power All right, I'm sure that someday we will talk about the powers of Incumbent governors in our politics Because I don't know if there's not much in this country There's not much in this country Okay, quickly I don't know if Nigeria will go back to Congo So let's also stay with the Nigerian Tribune On this one, it talks about the trouble in air transport As Nigerian airlines increase the fares And you have the NCC or NCAA saying that this fare increases in order And some people are saying, I mean, you have the fact that One hour flights now sells for like 50,000 Naira to about 100,000 Naira And this has been blamed on a liter of the jet A1 Which has now jumped from 190 We're talking about the fuel I mean, the aviation fuel now To 400 and 500 Naira What are your thoughts? You're not going to blame, I would like to call them Those that own planes They're the work for them You're actually not going to blame the industry Because they are in their business That's the thing about it They don't have planes and put them into commercial use Because they love you Because they love Nigeria They are in their business Even the Nigerians, absolutely But anyway Who said he was going to evaporate Nigerians on South Africa won't have that The Lupedic price So the truth about it is that If the price of the aviation fuel has gone up In the price of Lupedic fuel There is nothing you can do about it Because if, for example, a liter of the aviation fuel Before now was 100 Naira The fare before now was So-so number of passengers However, we're going to spend on them A ticket and so on On planes and things We're going to make a profit of 10 Naira But the price of the aviation fuel has gone up They cannot pretend that they've paid that price Plans you can say they've paid the price It's not possible They will run out of business thinking That has to do with the government That's what is going on So you cannot- Okay, interesting Yeah, up and over in Qutari Let's go over to our ASU segment At least every programme on the media Is this who have something to talk about ASU We hear that the National Executive Committee Of the Academic Staff Union Of Nigerian investors Converged on Abuja That's the way the papers are putting Particularly the punch Is the word converged on Abuja Today To meet with the federal government Do you expect anything good To come out of Nazareth? To come out of Nazareth Well, you just said it You told it on them I said Nazareth I know you're just trying to be beautiful Yeah, but I won't say that I won't say that You know I'm doing the sincerity of the ASU official You know Last week It's called this I said Two nights why didn't you protest? But the truth is Especially the official Of ASU Like the President It's not the second time you're going to meet with the government It's not even the fourth time You know Last week too I said it Awama It's to negotiate or to discuss The implementation of that We negotiated agreement Asking me Coffee Your place is down back money Because ASU needs to know what to do About it You see No, what the minister of labor was saying What the minister of labor was saying was that No, Mr. Kutaira Mr. Kutaira What Excuse me He's not one man to be trusted Like the minister of labor Yeah, yeah And he has to never shake it With act Yeah Mr. Kutaira In defense of Mr. Kutaira In defense of Senator Sir Sorry Sorry Open up on Kutaira Open up please Please In defense of Senator Dr. Chris Singigay And what he said was that Based on the current framework Of agreements with ASU Each time they want to embark on an industrial action They want to go back to the trenches as it were Or back on strike They're meant to inform the negotiating bodies Including the interreligious council And inform the minister in writing that Oh, since you could not But they did not submit that letter to him Mr. Kutaira You know Mr. Kutaira Let me tell you that you're part of the agreement Why do you have to do that? We've reached the consensus Okay After the decision we have reached the consensus So do they add the word We are not postponing We are postponing the fact So you feel that this is an exercise to just get some brown Which is what we're talking about Okay Okay And let's first work Let's quickly share your thoughts on How do you think we can come out on another Open up This is actually not on the pages this morning But it's also a national discourse The fact that you have about 26 civil society Organizations coming to protest The re-walk of the electoral bill And giving the president Some days, you know To actually signed out into law And when that actually leaves us Will this protest make any impact? Is the protest necessary? Let's quickly have you share your thoughts on this one Well, we seem to have a poor connection Of a lost connection We need to open up on Kutaira Who is a public affairs analyst And he's been making sense Of some of the top headlines this morning On our national dailies However, we are also being concerned about The fact that you have The electoral re-walk to electoral bill That hasn't been given ascent by the president And you have civil society organization Indian numbers, about 26 of them Coming together quite impressive A lot of persons have act The value of this civil society organization How they have fed and what they have been doing What have been up to But the big question here is What difference will you make? I mean, the protest The protesting and asking That the president should give ascent Will this force the hand of the president To ascent to this bill And what does this leave us as a country As regards our electoral act And the reforms of our elections Ahead of the 2023 elections There's a lot that needs to be done But I know that you are also One of those proponents One of those persons who constantly question The activities of civil society 26 of them would be out there I do If not today or they're about I do I think so I mean, that's news That's news We should probably be on the 990 abuse Because I have no idea what I do I mean, we are civil society You are civil society I am civil society You know, so for me to question No, so you have this once where I mean, I think that you're trying To be politically correct Very well, it's okay I understand that fact But my point is You have a group of persons who have come together They have a name They have a face They have an identity And they have been I am part of civil society, mercy You are part of If you're not part I am part of civil society So the question now is With the protest that's going to go out I mean, they're going to be converging At the unity center Okay, the unity fountain In a border, yes Demanding that the president give access To that election Do you think that this would actually yield Any results? Yeah, I don't know where the two days Ultimatum started from yesterday or today You know, but usually The ultimatum should come with a threat Like if you don't, we will You understand So it should be like CSOs Who say we would Or they would do ABC So what's the aftermath? Because if there's nothing Be after it, then it means that I mean, the president may not feel the heat But it's interesting I mean, February 18 Was meant to be the deadline As far as anarchist concern Because they need 365 days Of preparations, of announcements And all that The calendar, the electoral calendar Or timetable Should run for about 365 days And they had intended to have a Election proper General elections next year On February 18 Now today it's gone past You know, where February 18, 2022 Where February 21 Which means they've lost some days 18, 19, 20, 21, three days So I mean, it's I think it's long overdue That CSOs ask for this to be Quickly attended to by Mr. President The bill is on The table of Mr. President The bill is on its table, right It's on its table The reworked electoral Act amendment bill It's on its table So what is the delay for? And we hear that, you know The first time the bill went to him He sent it to The federal minister of justice And Attorney General Awabaka Malamiesi And who gave a legal advice Indicating that He shouldn't sign that bill Because of certain things that were placed there By the National Assembly members And don't forget before That, you know, bill was returned to the National Assembly We had the governors From both parties, by the way Who were lobbying Mr. President And the Senate president Had to Ahmed Lawan had to make his ceremonial visit To the Asarok Villa To meet with Mr. President as well Maybe to try and, you know, convince the president to sign Based on the pressure that was being put on him By the governors And he came out of the meeting To his ceremonial position Where the press is always waiting for him to address them So it's been sort of a war of wits Let's call it a war of wits between the governors And the National Assembly members Of course, the governors probably have been happy That some of the clauses that were inserted Including the fact that The governors could not determine, you know Who would be the next, the candidates Had to be the direct primaries, you know Format or option that was inserted That was taken away, you know But the National Assembly members Still put in something there Apart from direct primaries Now you have direct primaries In direct primaries A consensus Yes, they put in The consensus was not there initially Before the put in Yes, but the president was The one who mentioned consensus In an interview he had, I think Was one of the television stations I don't know if it's plus TV Africa One of those stations, I can't remember But anyway, the president mentioned consensus And in the House of Representatives Version You had the consensus option there While in the Senate question You didn't have that So they have what you call a conference committee Which is a committee that sits down to Make sure that they both have a harmonized Bill to send back to the president Consent two versions And so the National Assembly Senate Adopted that consensus option Now it's there But that's not all They've put there that If you want to pick a consensus candidate All the other candidates must agree With a signature Yes, in writing And also they put it there that If you are a political appointee You must resign your appointment Before you can contest at the office Which is something they normally do But the governors have I don't know if they're still angry Or still support this My concern, all of this is the fact that The president had actually promised a reform Talking about bringing reforms That were actually strengthened At democracy and give Nigerians hope To trust the electoral process and the system Let's not also forget the fact that Over time you have Trust deficiency Or trust deficit, however you want to put it Because the people over time Have lost trust in the entire process And that's also a major reason why you have Political apathy When you have the elections People don't show up during elections The question now would be How many persons have their PVC Do you have your PVC And why don't you have your PVC Because people just feel that You know, it's the same story We're just going to go in circles Same old, same old Nothing is going to change These persons are going to definitely Bring who is going to be on board So I think that the president Should, you know, be on party lines Because I also remember that there's a statement That's accredited That's been Accredited to the president That says I belong to nobody I belong to everybody And so national interest should be number one And if we're looking at electoral reforms Because the president should be remembered for this Although you begin to ask yourself With all of our laws And what have you The implementation level also would also be You know, a major issue Ainak on his own Has a lot of rules to play For since our elections That has happened in 2022 A few of them And prior to 2022 Issue of logistics seemed to be a great one So, but there's a lot And if president Mohammed Buhari Had promised Nigerians That there would be electoral reforms That would strengthen the entire process of election And enable that Ensure that the people trust the system And what stops him Whatever it is He's the president Whatever clause Whatever thing that it is The president should act I don't know how effective the process It's okay that we have some civil society organizations So we have all of these pressure groups That are out there mounting pressure But to what extent To what difference we're making Probably would just be another shore From the streets Would he force the president's hand To ascend to it And how much more time do we still have Until we have that bill become a reality And not necessarily That bill is very important Because of the critical element Necessarily there are some things That would actually help the interpreters But mostly everyone is looking at the issue Of transmitting a result electronically And that's the key thing So the president should I don't know what's stopping the president From signing this I really don't know what's going on But let's see how this actually pans out For Nigerians I mean with the fact that The pressure group, the civil society Like you and I On top of the game and saying Hey, Mr. President You need to do this now Yes, I just want to quickly add Because we're almost out of time That we're used to In this part of the world In this country Spending government money To commission reports And then when we commission those reports We don't implement those reports And when Yerardwa was elected As president in 2017 The late Umar Musa Yerardwa He did admit that The election that brought him to power Was flawed And he was committed to Reforming the electoral process in Nigeria And he enlisted Former Chief Justice of Nigeria Mohamed Uwais And a committee Under Mohamed Uwais Called the Uwais Committee To look into And make recommendations Regarding reforms in Nigeria Electoral process and system And that committee came out With a report called The Uwais Report All right, the Uwais Report And that report has been Sitting in Nassarok Villa Gathering dust Some of the recommendations Of the Uwais Report Include constitutional amendments That will insulate INEC From the political influences Of the executive arm of government In terms of its composition and funding This is a major problem The pattern point, for instance An INEC board was to be transferred From the executive That's the president To the National Judicial Council Several recommendations On containing the Uwais Report That was groundbreaking And it's not being implemented You know, the functions of the police On election duty A lot of things there You know, election petitions and all that What is happening Mr. President Mohamed Uwais What is happening to the Uwais Report And the civil society organization as well We've all been in, you know, taking away By these electoral acts of maneuverability That's good But what about the Uwais Report That's a big question That should be axed Government's taxpayer money was spent to To put that up We have to go Merci Folly, we can't get up on number back I'm told So we have to move on Definitely And that's the size of the press Review will definitely return With of the press tomorrow And the time for the entire show Would be 7 o'clock up till 9 We'll stop on the brakes right now And tell you what happened today in history And after then It will be time for a first major conversation All things being equal Please stay tuned