 hashtag ways where we talk about topics and the news as it affects us all. I am Chinelo and I am joined by our amazing co-anchors tonight. Like who I'll say our Monday tonic, but no one has joined us today. Hi Joela, how are you doing? How has your week started off? I want to just give it thumbs up. I want to see progress of my week. I have so much to deliver on God help me. I'm very positive. Okay, we needed that bit of positivity because I mean I was having a conversation with Joela earlier in the makeup room and we're just talking about how everything just seems like, but yeah, we move. Okay, so to further our conversation on good governance and in partnership with Enough is Enough, we present to you drumroll the office of the citizen chatbot. I think this is a very interesting development. So apparently there's now a WhatsApp chatbot provided by the office of the citizen from Enough is Enough where you can actually send a message, you send a message or say hi to a particular number. I'm going to call out the number and then you would get feedback based off of whatever it is you're looking for. So the number to reach out to is 0170068101700681. Okay, and to go further with that, so the chat box provides you the opportunity to engage and the first thing you need to do is just to say hi. So there's almost like an AI, someone just waiting to walk you through the whole process. You'll probably register, put your name, it gives you options on what you may want to learn about maybe about elected public servants, BBC information against the next election cycle, debates on town halls. So more like there's actually now no excuse to say that you do not know what is going on. Now it also goes further to say that it allows you the opportunity to press maybe one. So for example, if you press one, it gives you the names of all elected public servants and any other appointments that may, any other positions that may be that are not elected positions, it also gives you all that details. So you know that these are appointed and then these are elected and it also gives you the opportunity to lend your voice to whatever civil action is ongoing. So there is a game, it is a platform for you to engage the government and be politically aware. Yeah, absolutely. And I love it because it's got a lot of information and it's helping citizens to become aware and to be responsible for the people they elect, the people that are there, put them on the toes, keep them accountable to what they said they're supposed to do. So take for example, when you, the numbers to like chat with, so in case you put in three, for example, you're going to have, when you select three, you're going to have options drop for you. So you can get information as much as like your elected, yeah, like Jola said, your elected public servants and the officers, what they're supposed to do. So now when you're asking questions, you know, you send messages to yourself, you said you are in charge of this area, this local government, but I can see that maybe the gutters are not working, the drainage is bad, is what are you doing about that. So somehow you're keeping them informed. And there's also that aspect in the main menu where it says RSVP. Now that was particularly, what's the word, novel, because RSVP, we don't want to name it, but now they've been able to coin out, you know, this acronym for registering, select, vote, and protect your citizens, protect your environment, protect your community by holding your leaders accountable. And enough is enough believes in the intrinsic value of debates as a mechanism to deepen democratic ideas. And they have hosted or co-hosted a lot of debates that continue to keep people in the know. I think this is really, really taking the ball by the horn. It's no longer you waiting for opportunities where, oh, okay, they have failed us again. You are now being proactive. And they have taken that step to bring it even closer to the citizens having that awareness that you can, you have the responsibility to make the government work for you. So I think it's a really amazing one. All the information is there. You can also know who is contesting at any particular time, go read up their profile, ask them questions, if there are debates that come up, and then you're able to engage them constructively. So really, I mean, it's fantastic because now everybody's going to be on their toes. It's no longer business as usual, where you just come and you just bamboozle the people who say one thing or the other. Now people are coming ready for you, firing questions that you have to be ready to answer if you want to lead. Okay. So again, the number to reach out to is plus 2341-7006381. Plus 2341-7006381. Remember, all you just need to do is to send hi on WhatsApp and then you follow the prompts from there. So here's what we found as today's quotes. Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has, and this is by Margaret's, which is very true actually. A small group of people is all you need. You don't need, you don't need a crowd. See three of us sitting here on the table right now, we can take certain decisions and by the time we bring in other people, it's just going to spiral and then scare our kids. We all know the popular saying that the youth are the leaders of tomorrow. However, leadership and good governance comes with preparedness. So today we're discussing good governance and the responsibilities of the youth, but first let's take a break to see what we found in the news. You are still watching Waze. World Hemophilia Day is celebrated every year on April 17th to honor the birth anniversary of Frank Snabel, who established the World Federation of Hemophilia. The purpose of this day is to raise awareness and provide information about hemophilia and other bleeding disorders. Hemophilia is a rare medical condition where the blood fails to clot correctly due to the lack of specific clotting factors. This leads to prolonged bleeding, which can be hazardous and life-threatening in some situations. Her World Hemophilia, I mean this reminds me of how I actually lost a friend of mine. She had a blood clotting problem and that was how we actually lost her. And I don't know, well according to what we heard after she passed, it was said that there was some test that was supposed to be carried out before the surgery was performed on hand and they didn't carry out the proper test. So negligent? On the part of the medical practitioner. I think it's a good one again, bringing awareness. There's so much information that we don't have at the tip of our fingers. These days when they're celebrated, it just brings you remembering the fact that your friend now you're a little bit more informed and it just helps people to be more aware and to take care of themselves more, especially days when it's medically inclined, information. Then you know that, oh there are certain things because I'm sure there are things that cause the blood clots and maybe hemorrhage. So things that people can look out for. So if they see the signs, they might be in a better position to advise and say, you know what, maybe you should see a doctor or things like that. Okay, Jala, what did you find in the news today? Okay, so Malaya wins Kogi PDP governorship ticket trust. So I mean former senator representing Kogi US Dino Malaya has emerged as governorship candidate for the People's Democratic Party, set for November 11 governorship election in the state. He polled 313 votes to defeat his closest rival, Jabiru Usman, who polled 127 votes. Interesting. Very interesting. I think the drama between himself and yesterday's BQ and every time I sit I'm just like, there is something else. So I mean congratulations to him. We're to the 11th of November and they will know the truth of it. Absolutely. Noma, what did you find for us in the news? Okay, well I unfortunately am going to be a bearer of good news or is it bad news actually because Nigeria records 1,336 cholera cases and 79 people have died from cholera. So the story goes that the Nigerian Center for Disease Control has announced the total of 1,336 suspected cases of cholera, including 79 deaths so far in 2023. And that's a little bit alarming because this is something that it's not paid attention to at all. You mean if it was like Ebola or like COVID, everybody would be on the boat. This is silently killing people and it's seasonal for some reason during the rainy season and it's just due to poor sanitation. These bacteria only breeds around when there's of course pools of water here and there. So it's really sad because the report revealed that 12 states across 43 local government areas have reported cases and the case fatality ratio of 5.9 percent. And the states that have been affected are Abia, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Cross River, Eboi, Kano, Katsuna, Niger, Ondo, Oshun, Sokoto and Zanfarah States. It's really alarming. I think that we really need to pay attention to it. It's not something that people really look into but I think it's something that we need to, I think sanitation. It's important that we do something at the government level, at the community level, at individual level. People need to upgrade in the area of hygiene so that we can tackle this once and for all because it's something that if we really deal with it, it can go away forever. Of course. Of course. I was going to say that the cholera isn't something that you know stays, if we actually tackle it to fizzle out at some point. Okay. So from my end, Ainek Baz Adamawa, REC from office. I saw this one and I'll be okay. The Independent National Electoral Commission has directed that the Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner, Houdu Aris, to stay away from the state's office. The directive was contained in a memo signed by the Secretary to the Commission and it was sent to him today. He read, I hear by conveying the Commission's decision that you, Resident Electoral Commissioner, Adamawa State, should stay away from the Commission's office in Adamawa State immediately until further notice and he will say that he will serve this memo because he declared the candidates of the All Progressive Congress Aisha Dahir, popular known as Binani, as the winner of Saturday polls in the states even before the conclusion of the process. So that's why he has their hope in mind. But that's a good step in the right direction. Yeah, actually, since I'm happy that, I mean, they took this memo. I just wish that Ainek would work when they are supposed to work. But let's not start that conversation. Okay, so we'll take a break and then when we come back, we'll be discussing that conversation for tonight. See you after the break.