 Nick, are you there? Good morning to you. Yes, good morning. I'm here. Fantastic. Fantastic. I would say happy new week to you. It's been a while. I mean, I've thought of you for some time, Nick. We've been talking about the elections and I feel like poking one or two seats, you know? The elections have gone the way you wanted. I don't think we've spoken since then. Nick, welcome. Let's quickly look at what the papers are saying this morning. We'll start off with the Guardian newspaper with the following headlines. Near bankrupt states on viable projects await 18 new governors. On the front page of the Guardian newspaper this morning. Near bankrupt states on viable projects await 18 new governors. We have states in political transition. There's some nice data mining there that the Guardian has done. Very interesting. You should take a look. It's not about winning elections alone. You have to know what you are walking into. More from the Guardian. Drama as Ainek disowns Rek voids Binani's declaration. This is the hottest story in Nigeria throughout the week and then into this week. Drama as Ainek disowns Rek voids Binani's declaration. Okay, more from the Guardian. Freedom of expression, a thin line between hate speech, sedition and treason. Aviation workers begin warning strike today over COS as conditions of service welfare. Intrigues as Oterola take strategic position in blue chip assets. Some made postponement calls, NPC insists on May 3 census. We are just around the corner of one of Nigeria's red user stories on the front page of Guardian. Yeah, I think Nick should say something about it. We'll look at more before we go to Nick. From the punch, we have the following headlines. Binani declaration at the Mora Rek under fire faces Ainek panel today. The man just stood up and declared someone as governor. You know, all of my friends say just like that. Okay. Right up to that headline. A double APC PDP clash. Rek faces 36 months imprisonment. Ainek annals Binani's declaration as governor. Elect says Rek usurps returning officers power. Articul Fintiri PDP kick. A dam or APC hails Binani as supporters jubilate. Legals owned though by also lead states in rising inflation. Legals. That's us. Flood sweeps four year old boy away in Lagos. I don't know if this is the time to think of going out back home. You know, um, government of that organ traffic official on legal Sibano Expressway. Aviation, aviation unions to ground flights, airports today. Nigeria's 96% revenue used to service debt in 2022 World Bank. Buhari meets governor's EFCC chair, others in Saudi Arabia. Okay, let's take some more business day. Nigerian politicians struggle to tame social media generation. Corporate debt jumps 133% as Nigerian firms battle cash crunch. Narrow gains as election dollars circulate. Uh, there's some dollar thing we know. We both know about FG World Bank arm in talks over infrastructure financing. UBA's quarterly profit rises. Trinidad Perce will if just that. And Idris wins keby election crisis rocks. A dam our stories at the front page of business. They finally nature news, which is an environmental publication, cash crunch. Farmers seek compensation over losses. Maybe some of that $800 million that the means of finance wants to share, you know, to shouldn't try to share that money for some time. Remember the first time she came out with it is, you know, they want to share that money. Maybe some will go to the farmers just saying climate promises initiative to address Nigeria's environmental issues. Minister and FG partners develop roadmap for national alternative feed resources. All right, let's leave it at that. As we welcome Nick to look at the stories this morning. Nick, once again, good morning to you. Good morning. Thank you very much. And good morning to our viewers. All right, let's start with a look at what's going down in. I think overcast state Adam aware, of course, we saw some sort of a magic. I think we'll look at what how the Guardian is about crafted it calling it a drama. I mean, for me, it was just comedy and I just saw it as comedy. What's your analysis of that, Nick? I totally agree with you and the Guardian. This is drama. This is comedy. In fact, as we say in Nigeria, no, you would need to come and learn work. I know. You know, so. And you know, the whole thing now is that this is very sad for us as a mission because usually it is said that don't wash your dirty linen outside. So if it was possible that this this thing is happening only within Nigeria. And it is only Nigerians that are seeing this fast play out. It will even be better. But the issue is that the entire international community is watching us. The entire world, because we now live in the age of information age, where whatever is happening anywhere in the world is known globally. And the entire world is looking at us and saying Nigerians in the 21st century with all the PhDs, the professors and everything that's there is in that country. Is this what you can put up? Is this what you can show? And imagine the way they are looking at us. This is the thing that damages our image in the international community so that any way you stand up in any conference, any meeting anywhere in the world and introduce your servers in Nigerian. The first thing that comes to people's minds is that we come to where the highest levels of government like the Electoral Body plays with elections. And there is open and brazen abuse of the laws of the land and nothing seems to be happening. Elsewhere, this kind of situation happens. The president should have addressed the nation yesterday so that he will calm the nerves. He will promise that something will happen to address the situation and he will actually stand for democracy. It's all quiet. You know, all we heard was the National Electoral Commissioner in INEC coming out to say this declaration is no land void and no effect whatsoever. What does that mean? It then means that the same INEC declares a result. The same INEC says it is no land void. The same INEC summons itself from the field back to the office and that is just what it is. It is a shame that in the 21st century we can get down to these levels. But we are setting the agenda for the incoming government that is less than 50 days away. I believe that they are looking at these kind of issues. President Yaradua, one thing he said, when he took over power in 2007, he considered that the process that brought him into office was not free and fair and transparent and credible. And he promised reforms and he actually got down to doing reforms. So we hope that the incoming government is going to implement electoral reforms so that we don't see this kind of thing again. To hear your thoughts on the aviation worker strike happening today, we are hearing this again. It always happens. It's a circle. It comes on every time. And they are talking about very basic issues like implementation of the minimum wage, which has not been done. They are also talking about the fact that they are not comfortable with what the Minister of Aviation is proposing. The breaking of the office here in Lagos and turning it into aviation city. Turning it into an airport city as it is. So they are going on strike, two-day strike. And we're wondering what that will do to our economy to everything that is supposed to work with the aviation industry. So two-day strike, because of the reasons they have given, would like to hear your thoughts on that, their action? Well, I would say that this is the season of strikes. Because even here in the UK, where I'm speaking from, almost every union has gone on strike. For the first time, even doctors went on strike last week. Nurses have been on strike. They are calling strike action again, train drivers at the same time. And this is what happens during inflationary times. When the cost of goods and services keeps rising and the salaries of workers is unable to buy for them what they used to buy before. And that is what employers in Nigeria need to mindful of. To think that workers are begging for minimum wage is not right. And to say that they are begging for that minimum wage from a government department even makes it worse. Because it is the government that sets the minimum wage. And it is expected that the government should be the first in line to obey or comply with policies and laws that they have made. If workers have put in their due time at the end of the month, they should be paid. Owing workers is very wrong because as an employer you are actually also setting yourself up for trouble. Because if these people cannot be paid and they don't have money to look after their families, they will find ways of making money from your own treasury as an employer. They can take the money illegally. And if there are loopholes within the organization that workers are exploiting to take money out of the treasury, it will belong before that organization will start suffering financial problems. So I think the law of minimum wage in Nigeria is not being enforced. Like here in the UK, if you employ someone and you don't pay them the minimum wage, once they report to the government, the government is going to take enforcement action against the employer. So it doesn't matter the kind of employment you give somebody. Whether he is your domestic staff or he is the lowest person in the organization, he has to be paid minimum wage. So I totally align with the agitations of the workers. If the government is refusing to pay the minimum wage, if the government is refusing to pay them on time and as at one due, then they can go on strike, let them go on strike. The impact on the economy is going to be very damaging, yes. But that means the Nigerian people who are now faced with the inconveniences of not having flights run in Nigeria put pressure on the government to pay workers and salaries. I mean, people leave their homes every day, pay transport in cash, pay for food in cash. They are paying their rent in cash and then they work for you and you don't pay them. It's wrong. So like I said, even here in the UK, all sorts of strike actions are taking place and strike is a legitimate action by workers to press for their demands. Unfortunately, it's going to be damaging to the economy. But that is the reason why these are the matters that we even... Like in the UK here, the strike action that was embarked on by the doctors, the prime minister was out on air talking about it and actually the doctors who come to the negotiation table and all of that. In Nigeria, the leaders are totally docile. The aviation minister hasn't said anything. The president of the country hasn't said anything. And his airspace is about to be closed with no flights and he doesn't attract anything from the president. Who is he governing? What does he do in his office? For 24 hours a day, 365 days. Does he think that a threat to shutting down Nigeria's airspace is not big enough an issue for him to come out and address? So these are the issues that we're facing. Nick, we don't have too much time to continue those stories to look at but fortunately time is down aside. But we sincerely appreciate you and we look forward to having you again. Thank you very much and have a nice day. I didn't know you were back in the UK. I would have mentioned that fact. Nick, you have to come back and stay in the trenches with us. You know, this is how you talk about the incoming government. It seems you've already accepted that fact. Unlike some of your competitors who are still saying their mandate was stolen. It seems you've moved on. No, me, I am on JAPA now to Nigeria. I am on the JAPA plan to Nigeria. It seems you've moved on and you've actually embraced the national healing. So that's good for you. Thank you very much for your time, Nick. And we'll see you next time. Thank you guys. We have more discussions, of course, looking at nutrition and dieting. The importance of that mindset of fitness and that mindset of staying healthy when the work goes into our body. It's very important. We'll talk about it when we come back.