 I am Usaiwame Saleh, and today, Monday, hello ladies, I have Sanvi, where have you been? I have, well, these gave me an unofficial, or is it an official break? So, it kind of worked somehow. I mean, God works everything out for me because I had been pretty busy. I think the only time I wasn't busy last week was on Wednesday and on Saturday and on Sunday, so I slept. I love your hair, by the way. It looks really good on you. It don't say where we see these babies out. I know, right? They gotta breathe, gotta breathe. Very soon, I'll put them back in cornrows and then we're bringing it again. I can't wait to go and redo my cornrow. Let the hair blow. Let the hair. The reason why I'm not letting it breathe so much, but we can't embarrass ourselves. Let the hair blow. Don't suffocate. It is your responsibility. Hi, dear. How are you? I'm good. I'm good. I'm kind. I'm a person that you don't know back to, but I'm waiting for a new one. It's harmful, different. I miss the days of those mips. Anytime I say that, my friend would laugh and say, who are you? Now, I feel like it's happening, both of us. Because anytime I hear the color blue, I will just say, bar blue. For how is your weekend, dear? We had a great weekend. We had a good weekend though. Somebody missed our meeting, but we had a good meeting. Oh, yeah. We had a good meeting. Someone did, yeah. We had a great time. Come on, dear. Yeah. Yeah, well, tell the someone what happened. Today in partnership with Enough is Enough, we will continue to touch on the hashtag Ensar's movement. And today we will be discussing the Lecky Toegate incident. So I'll just start right off that one of the most significant moments of the Ensar's movement was the Lecky Toegate incident. Of course, it happened in October 2020-2020. Of course, again, the Lagos State government imposed a curfew. The traffic cameras were removed. The protesters continued their peaceful protests, demonstrations, singing and national anthem, waving the Nigerian flag. And you know the interesting thing? Sherlock Holmes was unlocked by the Lagos State government. No, stop it. This is my friend. No, no, no, no. But I cannot wait. The day I'm going to see if he's there, I'll say Sherlock Holmes. I hate you. I'm sure he's going to have a good laugh. I can't get over that video. When he put his hand, you know, they now put him side by side. He put his hand behind his neck, but he was going and he uncovered. What the hell are you doing? I think it's under the name. Right, so the Lagos State judicial panel of inquiry reported that security forces were present and fired live rounds at protesters, resulting in injuries and fatalities. Now, the aftermath, the Nigerian government initially denied any involvement in the attack at the tour gate. Later, they acknowledged the involvement of the military after backlash from international bodies. And now, obviously, on the Lagos State panel, the Lagos State government set up a panel to investigate the police brutality and the leaky tour gate incident. In November 2021, the panel released a report of its findings. So the panel's recommendation was that out of the 32 recommendations made by the panel, the Lagos State government accepted 11 rejected one and faulted one. The implementation of these recommendations and the brother process of police reform remain subject of ongoing debate and activism in Nigeria. Awesome. As you already know, you can always go to the chat box for enough is enough. It's called Meet the Office of the Citizen, the chat box. And just say hello to 017006381. Just say hello. So this gives you an opportunity to learn about your elected officials, the governor, senators, House of Rep members, House of Assembly members, the local government, chairman and councillors. It's important that you start to engage these people, right? Don't wait for election cycles to come before you know what you're supposed to be, what you're supposed to know, especially when it comes to governance. Let's pay less attention to politics and elections and more attention to governance, because you see, the truth is, if we are really focused on governance, right, whether it is a saint or a devil himself that is empowered, if the people understand the citizens, the role of the citizens, anybody can be in power and you would hold those people accountable, because you are informed and you cannot question certain things. So what I think we should do as citizens is continue to learn, learn, learn, ask questions, right? People don't ask questions. That's why a lot of things have lingered. All right, so today we have an interesting conversation. It's just us, World Food Day, and here's what we found as today's courses. Innovations that are guided by smallholder farmers are adapted to local circumstances and sustainable for the economy and environment will be necessary to ensure food security in the future. This is from our father. We are here. We are watching you. So food insecurity or food insecurity, rather, is a serious problem in Nigeria, and according to the World Food Program, over 25 million people in Nigeria are facing food insecurity in 2023. This means that they do not have reliable access to a sufficient quantity or affordable nutritious food. So today we'll be discussing the topic curbing food insecurity in Nigeria. But first, let's take a break. When we come back from that break, we want to see what we found in today's news. Really? Same with us. All right, you are still watching Waze. Now today is World Food Day, as I mentioned earlier, and this year will be celebrated on the 16th, which is today, where the theme is safe food today for a healthy tomorrow. Now, the theme emphasizes the immediate and long-term benefits for people, the planet, and the economy of producing and consuming safe food. Today is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of food safety and to advocate for action to ensure that everyone has access to safe and nutritious food. Today is also an opportunity to celebrate the contributions of farmers, fishers, fishermen, and food workers who produce and contribute, of course, to the food that we all eat. First of all, let me thank our MD, Mr. Lekum Obumbawu. I ate a very good bowl of amala. If we do, begere, for more, good salted, good meat. That's what I mean. That's what I mean. What better way to celebrate world food? How do you tell me? I guess what today now happens to be the day that I did not eat. Ah, yeah. Sorry for you. You know, one of my favorite meals is abacha. Oh, yeah. We know. So, I wanted to eat abacha. I was, you know, how you're literally praying and salivating. Yeah, but somehow, I couldn't make it before their closing time. But at the end of the day, I had rostec con, which is also one of my favorite street food. I had rostec con. And when I get home, I'm definitely having some vegetable soup and echo. As you saw that the vegetarian was calling you. But Nigeria get food. Ah, no, are you telling me? No, Nigeria has food. I was looking at the diversities. Yes, no. And like literally, right, our food is so rich. So, I've been going around different parts of the world. Ah, in our way to Kaduna. Oh my God. He just brought a lot of nostalgia for me because those were the things like, literally your father and mother would give you 50 kopecks for lunch break. You go and buy some of those treats, some of those things that you know. So, like, he just brought so many childhood memories for me. I mean, Nigeria is blessed. We are rich. I mean, and the good thing about Nigeria, we don't just have very good food. We actually have the land to grow good for. Right. Yes. I mean, like literally, some people are actually looking for good soil. They don't have it. So, they have to invent soilless planting and all of that. But we have everything. So, what are our skills? We have good water conditions as well. We'll come back to this food because this is our conversation for today. But D, what did you find for us in today's news? Ah, quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly. Let me see. A minute, please. Okay. So, this has something to do with, you know, the president appointed a mandate secretary for the new FCTA Women Affairs Secretariat. This was revealed by the FCT minister's director of press. And they said that this appointment comes only days after the president sanctioned the formation of a women's affairs secretary to address women's issues in the FCT administration through the minister of the FCT. I mean, without going too much into this. Remember that, you know, we were talking about women's participation in governance. And we, I remember that we had a guest who had said that we shouldn't really look at competence now. We should just maybe drive more conversations around women just being, you know, in these positions where they can affect changes and then being part of the system and then let's see what can be done. Because when women are, you know, if we can up our representation, you know, in governance, then I think we're making headway. So for me, I think that it's a step in the right direction. The only thing that I would say is, I mean, the particular emphasis on FCT women and children, I mean, I guess they're trying to, you know, address FCT like a proper state now, you know, and I think there is, for other states, there are, you know, commissioners around women affairs. So it's only right that FCT also has the same opportunities. So yes, I mean, it's important that we keep having these conversations around the education and like to maintain empowerment. Yeah. And I was just going to congratulate Auntie Dio. Dio Benjamin Lanin, she actually was a guest on the way. She ran for, I think she was running for, is it the House of Representatives now or the Senate? I'm not sure which of them, but she ran for one of the offices and she didn't get the ticket, the mandate. So this is a big win for her because, I mean, if you look at her campaign, it was targeted at women. She was very specific about the demographic she wanted. So they didn't see that she had the capacity to monster a lot of people. So the fact that, I mean, this is directly under her purview, I feel like there will be a lot of good things that she can do for the women because she's been doing that for a very long time. We call it political compensation or whatever, but she's been doing it. So hopefully we'll see it now that she's been given a bigger platform. An official mandate for it. I'm sure she'll be able to then deliver better for it. So I mean, because, I mean, part of what she said, I mean, when she was on ways, she kept on hopping on the strategy, the strategy, the strategy. And it was, I mean, she had a very unique strategy and it actually paid off in the end, you know. Well, hey, congratulations to Mrs. Ade Dayo, Benjamin Lamy. A lot of people have been congratulating her, so I wish her all the best. All right, so thanks for your story. All right, so I'm going all the way to Canada State. Over the weekend, the government sponsored a mass marriage with about 1,800 people, right? And so during the ceremony, one of the guests there who was the ex-presidential candidate on the NNPP, he gave an advice, telling the couples that one of the best ways to sustain their marriage is to not check each other's phones. And so I'm here thinking, what is the big deal about not checking phone? It was a major conversation on social media and I'm like, what is the big deal? About checking phones. It's a big deal. Why? You want to avoid high blood pressure? I'm just telling you now, if you want to avoid, you know, before I used to think it's something about women checking men. Even men, don't check your wife's phone or you'll be shocked what he will see. So he wasn't telling women, he was just that women tend to be way more curious. The chances of a partner doing it is more on the woman side. Yeah, but yeah, both partners do it. And I know we interpret it as a big deal, but I'm of your opinion, my opinion is usually anti-society, but I'm of your opinion that why shouldn't it be a big deal? That means that there is a certain sense of dishonesty or unoriented secrecy. Well, so that's false. I'm not sure that there is a straightforward answer. It's not as clear-cut, it's not black and white, because I think it's very important that you must understand that people marry for different reasons. So if you come to a marriage from the place of whatever you want and honesty or whatever is not part of it, then, I mean, this kind of advice is again, I mean, marriage is not, the sanctity of marriage is not like we used to know it, where you come from a place of honesty, transparency, truth, love, and all that. That doesn't mean we should have plodded it. Let me ask you a question. The problems of this life are very, very serious, and they tell you now, because you see, if you, and I'm saying this, you know, say, I don't tater this matter, not between them. So when I take it from one sister to another sister that loves you, the problems of this life are many. Going to one, check your spouse's phone is adding to your many problems. If I were you, I would borrow my self-sense and remove my hand from anything checking spouse phone, because you, where you find what you are looking for, because you will find it, when you find what you are looking for, you might not have the courage or the liver to be able to handle it. That's where kata kata will now start. So please avoid it. Follow the man's advice. I think my own issue really, my own issue really with this, with your story, is even the fact that the government is sponsoring 1,800 people. No, but it's okay. It's okay. How is it okay? It's not an exception. Not a wedding. It's not like people will leave us. No, no, no, no. See, let me explain. Even in Dubai, I was watching something. If you want to marry, you don't have money to marry. They'll give you money to marry. That's Dubai. What do they talk about? Dubai has the economic capacity. No, so that's what I'm saying to you that it might not come to them at a cost. I'm being honest with you. Really? Yeah, it's not like here that you guys carry so much and you make so much fuss about it and spend so much money. They don't really need to spend a lot of money doing the wedding there. Here is the question. Let's flip it. Why is marriage so important? If it takes the government having to wade in to sponsor... They need a lot more responsible people in their society. They need more population. They need more reproduction. In Kano. You see, why is it important? I'm telling you the reason. Because I don't think it's about increasing that Kano is overpopulated. Because I'm thinking it's not overpopulated. It's like the most popular state in the North. I mean, arguably, they would say that. One of the most popular. It may not be so, but that's what we know here. Because when elections, you know, when they are... I'm not trying to tell you now. So they would need to sponsor it so that more people will get married so that they can... It's part of their... I just choose to see it as a charity. It's like how to give back to the society. And I'm not a northerner, but I know that marriage is a big deal to them, especially for the most people. So it's not like all of them are getting married for the first time. You know, there are some... Okay, let me take my story. Okay. We need to bring this back. This conversation? Not always. We will look for ways to put it. Okay. Which of them? Is it one thousand, six hundred people? Or the... Or the not checking phone? Meanwhile, I'm ideally not somebody who works for my check phone. I don't have any business with them. Check your phone and then be one thousand, eight hundred. I mean, we need to play on. We'll look for ways to bring it. So they say Nigeria's inflation, panic as Nigeria's inflation heats twenty-six point seven two percent. The reason I'm taking this story is the reason what of... I mean, of course, what we're having this... The conversation we're having this evening, right? The surge in inflation is primarily contributed to the removal of petrol, subsidy and the devaluation of the official exchange rate, both significantly impacting consumer prices. Now, the reason I am taking this story again is because of food. Yeah. Because we're discussing food today and you see any any issues around inflation and all of that is a direct impact on food. I wanted to get apples from... How much did she say it was? They just added money and said that the price had gone up because he kept on delaying, where are the apples? Where are the apples? They paid so they didn't deliver. I needed to add extra five thousand to the carton that I was buying. So it's... It's... This impact directly on the bottom line for, you know, consumer things, food and all of that. So we don't know. We're hoping that a lot of things will change and this is why it is important that we have this conversation around food security. So we'll take a break now. When we come back on the break, we'll continue the conversation. See you with us.