 Welcome to The Breakfast on Floss TV Africa. A new militant group, Bayan men, bombs our facilities in the Niger Delta by the 24 hours after they threaten to do so, is it a fight for justice or an attempt to make money? We'll find out this morning. Internally displaced persons, vacate camps in Borno State, as the government begins a resettlement plan for them, we'll be talking about this. Aviation Minister Hadi Surika announces new time for the launch of a national career at the failed attempt in the past, it's April 2022. We're glad to have you join us on the breakfast in Floss TV Africa. I am Justin Akadone. It's a very beautiful morning and thanks for joining us. I am Messi Bopol. As usual, we'll start off with our top trending. This morning we head straight to Adama State, where the House of Rep members that's been generating a lot of conversation in different spaces across the entire country. Where you have 1000 Naira being given to student or people at the end of the day of a particular school in Adama State for scholarship. And costs were a lot of concern. I really don't know 1000 Naira constituency project. Do we call that a scholarship? I don't know what at this point we should begin to tag that as. When I read about that particular story, I laughed because I couldn't quite understand what the 1000 Naira would do specifically in the lives of the students. Is it to buy them textbooks? Is it to buy them notebooks or just writing materials? Or just how far would that 1000 Naira go? And it is even being termed as scholarship. I don't know if it's just pocket money, money for transportation to get to school. What exactly? I've not been able to get much details concerning that, but it was just all over social media yesterday. It was just a wash. You know that's supposed to be, that's expected to be a constituency project. Apparently that's what I'm thinking in my mind. What would he term the project? That's what I'm even trying to understand. It's a project for your constituents. And at the end of the day, you're given each child or each student a 1000 Naira. What for exactly? Scholarship. That's what it was for. Once you come on. But let's begin to look at it. You know the issue of a constituency project in our space is such a controversial issue. Now let's not forget that Niger operates by camera or by camera legislative system. And therefore you have two houses, the Senate and the House of Representatives. At the end of the day, 360 members, we get to elect them every other year. Now the reason why you established government is for the common good. There's been a lot of controversy. I really do not know because it's not like it was stated that, you know, it's a constituency project. But I'm saying, you know, it could appear that that's a constituency project, right? But like I rightly mentioned, the controversy surrounding constituency project has been ongoing. If you look at the fact that the constitution, however, has not really, of course, the constitution stipulates the framework checks and balances of organs of government and what have you. Right now, that's a lot because you have the argument where some House of Rep members or lawmakers are saying our duty is just to identify this project. And then, you know, the National Assembly has been given, you know, the powers empowered by the constitution to, you know, disboss funds for this project to be instituted. Why should the National Assembly even be this person in front? But that's what the constitution says. So if you look at, you know, it's not like the National, no, it's not like the National Assembly carries out this project. That's where the controversy, you know, starts from. The essence or the idea of constituency project is about, you know, democracy, bringing government closer to the people. Why do we have the executive arm of government? So at this point now, this is where the controversy lies. But I'm thinking that, you know, the more information that we have, the better questions we begin to ask, and then we get better results. So in this, in this particular, no. Okay, just I'm actually driving somewhere now. So in this particular point, so the case is this, the argument over time is this, that, you know, there's no specification, but this is what the constitution says. So if you look at 1999, the constitution of the February Republic of Nigeria, 1999, section 80, if I'm not mistaken, section two, section three, thereabouts talks about the fact that, you know, the National Assembly has the rights been given the powers to, you know, dispose funds or give funds to the spending. And right now, you also have all the lawmakers saying, oh yes, our responsibility is just to identify this project. And then the executive arm of government is saddled with the responsibility of executing this project. Right, so you identify it un-executed. But my question is, how many, because we're talking about 360 House of Rep members and every four years we'll get to elect them. Every time you have government is to ensure that, you know, development gets to the grassroots for the common good of the people, providing public good and all of that. But that's not the case now, because I don't know what that 1,000 years for, but I'm just saying if that's a constituency project is entirely zero, at this point in time. But, you know, the whole argument still boils down to the fact that the constitution and the controversy, there's no framework as to everything that should happen. I think all of that must be fine. It is actually provided in sections of the constitution. But my issue right now, or my qualms as it were, is that, is that what the members or the constituents actually need at that particular time? Fine, in as much as you have your constituency and you're allowed by constitution to, you know, identify or maybe execute whatever you're supposed to do, the fact is that you're given each student a thousand, I don't know if that's the coordinates of that particular area. It can't be the coordinates. Oh fine, they might have issues with water infrastructure development. Good. So why 1,000 Naira? So like I mentioned, just like we're having this conversation now, I mentioned the fact that if you do not have information, if you are not aware, then, you know, you're not aware. So it's a two-way thing. Is it some sort of stipend or just to show that they are working or what? I don't even get it. I just need some sort of clarification. So I think it's a two-way thing. The question now would be if the people, the government now, across the entire country, I mean, because at the end of the day, you find that three, you have a senator, one senator representing, you know, a particular constituency, a senator representing, if I'm not mistaken right? And the point is, are the people aware of, you know, what is expected of them? Do we understand what we should demand? The issue is we don't even know that we should be demanding XYZ. So that's where I'm coming from. And maybe on the other hand too, maybe these lawmakers are not also in the know that this is what it's supposed to be. I mean, they are lawmakers and they are not in the know. Let's even say that, you know, because the argument over time would be all the constitution has actually not stipulated who should implement it as it's just to identify, you know, the issues and then monies will be released, the implementation would be solely dependent on the executive arm of government. But the point is, what's the level of awareness? The government and, you know, the ruled and the ones that have been ruled. So that's the big question here. And that's why we're not asking the right question. What would expect in the entire federation? How many constituency offices do we have? Because if you should have constituency office, at some point, I mean, resources have been disbursed. It's part of the budget. It's supposed to be part of the budget at the state and at the federal level. It's been budgeted for. Now, most of them, they actually do have a constituency project. And once in a while, they go to their various state and, you know, try to, you know, get to mid-visitors. Oddly, it is about understanding what the peculiar needs of your constituents are, try to be closer to them. So how do you understand the needs of your constituents? That's why you don't have a constituency office. That's what I'm saying. Most of them actually do. But most of them hardly even get to go to those offices all the time. So at the end of the day, they just do their constituency project based on reports they get. Which report? And that's why one would think that it's okay to, you know, give someone, give people or students a thousand there and call that a scholarship. It's entirely embarrassing. I think these really are... I saw comments. A lot of comments that were being generated in that space. Very laughable ones. I saw laughable comments. And then someone was saying, how do I tell my counterparts, you know, in the United Kingdom that a House of Rep member is giving two dollars, you know, as a constituency? Is two dollars a constituency project? You know, two members of her constituency. It is quite something. All right. All right, fine. We understand that before we take the next story. This is about Nigeria and to take off in April, according to the Minister of Aviation, Heart and Syriac, but let's just take some clips and we'll come back and discuss more about that. Stay with us. This is the sixth time that the Marandam are prepared for council. And sixth time, God lucky to be passed by council. The very quick, maybe perhaps structure of the proposed airline, government will be owning not more than 5%. Not more than 5%, below 5%. So 5% is a maximum equity that government will take. Then 46% will be owned by Nigerian entrepreneurs. 46%. So if you add that, it's 51%. So 51% majority shareholding by Nigerians. And then 49% will be held by strategic equity partner or partners. All right. Minister of Aviation, the Heart and Syriac are outlining just how the taker would be ahead of April 2022. Indeed, we will be having another national carrier. I wonder what it is going to be named after. Mercy, remember back in the day, we had the Nigeria Airways, we had Air Nigeria and over time they all had to come to some wonderful crash. No, but you know the argument with the fact that government is not a manager of any venture will still be very valid. Let's begin to ask yourself how much are we fed. It's not about saying, oh yes, we're going to. It's a brilliant idea, as brilliant as that sounds. But the issue of management would always be key. So because you have cases where I know of a lot of government-owned enterprises where it's been mismanaged and then you constantly find that even government themselves, they get to use this, they don't pay. You don't pay for a dissentiment. No, you know, it's okay to say all of that. I mean, we do a lot of talking. I mean, it's brilliant. All that the minister has said sounds very interesting and very good. But this time around specifically, it is not going to be federal government-owned or managed from what we understand. The federal government has just about 5% equity. Then international partners have come to about 49. And of course there are 46 that is then 49% equity shares that will be sold to Nigerians. So basically it is going to be more like a public-owned company. So basically the management of that particular airline would not just be by the government. They stand around. But you know the might... You don't even believe in the government. Well, I do believe it. Well, you just know that. You know, because we have seen... I mean, if you look at history and antecedent, you would begin to question a lot of things. It's okay to say yes, public-private partnership, the PPP and what-of-you, brilliant as it is. But when you come to our context, you come to our environment, it feels like things are quite different. And so you begin to ask yourself, will the federal might not begin to play-plays? Will the might of government not begin to play-plays? At the end of the day? Yes, at the end of the day, when somebody will show up and say, do you know who I am? Oh, I'm XYZ. Why do people not pay for stuff? Business is business. No sentiment. So at the end of the day, let's not even go into that. Let me just give the federal government the benefit of a doubt. Though it has been approved by the federal executive council, the federal government is hoping that about 70,000 jobs will be created by such a policy. It is something that my gents might be looking forward to, because I try as much as possible to follow that particular sector aviation. It is completely capital-intensive in as much as the federal government has promised that. It is not going to be putting all its interest in that particular venture. We just want to believe that over time, come April 2022, we would have a national current that we would be proud of. I don't know what they would tell me this time around. Okay, other stories are trending. Is that of the German government trying to train or wanting to train the Nigerian police on our protests' management? Yeah, it's brilliant. Part of the reasons why, or part of the reason why we had the protests, the NSAS protests, if you look at it, is about the behavior of the Nigerian police force towards the people. So over time, there's police brutality. It hasn't ended. It's still there one year after. We're also talking about the same issue. We constantly see how on a daily basis we see how the police are engaging with the civil populace in a very, very, very sad way. So yes, I'm thinking that it's something that we should embrace. We probably wouldn't have been waiting for the Germans to actually offer this. We should have actually gone ahead to make plans to have this training part of the issues that those who are demanding for reform in the sector have been calling for. Reform the police. That's what it is. It has been like that. Let's do the training reorientation. We need to understand. I mean, it really makes me sometimes laugh when you hear that police is your friend. Police is your friend. How is police your friend? You have a gun and they can be very threatening. And every day, this is not hearsay. We encounter police officers. We see how they relate, you know, with those who are not even... I mean, they're not armed. Let's not even... Because if you're willing to delve into it, I'm sure that emotions will begin to pop up. So I think that it's brilliant. We should accept it. But you know, with us, it's another thing to have the training. It's another thing to do. If I want to begin to sound very spiritual now. You know, the Bible would say you hear the word. You do the word. I'm not a preacher, but I think I know the part of the Bible. And so it's the same thing as saying, we have a lot of laws, but the issue with it is implementing it. So it's another thing to have this training. It's another thing to do the training. It's another thing to ensure that we have the framework and we have, you know, the environment that will ensure that we are doing what we should do. It's a brilliant one. I agree. I couldn't agree more with you. Merci. It is a good one. It is topical. It is timely. What in the wake of, you know, the Lagos and Santos report and there are series of calls for reformation of the Niger police force. And over time, it's not just about just one off-training or one off-training that is, we need constant training, you know, retraining of the Niger police force. Then maybe someday over time, you know, they would get so indoctrinated with all that they have learned and be able to, you know, put to practice so that Nigerians can actually have a police force that they can be proud of. There's this particular slogan with the Niger police being our friend, but hey, we all know that the average Niger policeman, you know, isn't so friendly. And I wouldn't want to call him my friend. So if they got the needed training locally, internationally, I believe that over time, you know, somehow they might just begin to imbibe some of the things. I'm also thinking that, you know, at this point in time, there's also a point where the Niger police should pay attention to that particular slogan. They should begin to define what a friend is. I mean, if I'm your friend, I would not want to extort you. I would not want to, you know, punch you and hit you and talk to you, Ashley. I'm trying to find a way to communicate. You asked me to buy you breakfast that day. That's not extortion, no? No, that's not extortion. Did you actually buy me breakfast? You didn't. All right, that's what's so a trend in this morning across the gross social media platforms that we will be taking a break and then we'll come back. We'll go off the press and see what the days are saying this morning. Enjoy this again.