 Welcome to the meat week frenzy edition of the breakfast if you've just joined us But if you've not just joined us, you know, it's time for the headlines and we begin with the Guardian newspaper it leads with World Hypertension Day pressure Lifestyle increase high blood pressure among Nigerian youth Details of that you find on page six of the Guardian newspaper. There you have the picture there pressure Lifestyle increase high BP among Nigerian youth The youth the word there is the youth Page six is where you have details of that Going down you have May 29 Tinibu's inauguration sacrosanct says a fenifera as a harness a disowns plans to participate We have details of that on page six of the Guardian newspaper Yari kicks a quabio leads over 40 senators to parlay with the National Working Committee You find details of that on page two To Cautry man scooty over alleged assault details of that on page eight and Resident doctors begin one is tracked today set May 29 deadline for ebbs intervention Details of that you find on page three of the Guardian newspaper Well, that's the much I'll be taking from the Guardian newspaper this morning away from the Guardian We'll move on next to the punch of newspaper the lead story for this morning is on the doctor's strike And it is captioned this way strike doctors shunt hoax medical tourism gaps three billion dollars in three years with a rider there Resident doctors reject engage peace moves to cry health sectors brain drain Okay, there's also a picture all day of army activities and of course other ones there But just below it army rewards 58 soldiers with bicycles and them cash gifts Above the must-have national assembly leadership a PC wants a pabio a bus against upset Nigerian needs a 12 billion dollars to clean up oil spills according to a report Strengthening anti-graphed agencies federal government advices See no boom then manufacturers threaten shot down over excise duty hike Court remand she'll cootie police come home for exhibits a number of gunmen a kill two u.s. Consulate officials and Two cops those are all of the stories on the front page of the punch newspaper. That's Wednesday morning And from the punch we go to the niche the nature news The nature news leads with nsia NCCC partner to mitigate climate change others details of that is on page three of the nature news newspaper and Then going down you have quira seals of Chinese quarry for environmental infractions Don't you just love it when these people are dealt with? I'm the greatest trip there you have Nigeria wheelchair basketball picks 2023 african games ticket details of that is on page 21 of the Nature news and on the mask you have been in cut the floor to premiere a Fdb's 1.6 million dollars green bank All right, so that's it on nature news newspaper And finally the daily independent news paper Senate ok's independent candidacy makes it difficult to fly as The writer also says seeks an inclusion of National Assembly presiding officers in National Security Council all the stories on the front page of the daily independent Federal government's recklessness plunged Nigeria into inflation. That's according to so little the numbers did governor former CB and governor All right, I'll close subscribers in dilemma as a use of harmonized short quotes begin Most stories not experiencing self-imposed educational backwardness according to the minister Transport Minister the nice meddling in NPA dredging contract Mfla are you'd cautioned tinnable against trust in Zamfara? Governor commence CBN governor over Naira redesign policy all the stories dense National Assembly Adamu wants a copy of cool on the floor of the Senate British MP reports slam oil firms Alleged environmental genocide in Bayosa and finally said it passes 876 billion Naira 2023 and DDC Budget those are all of the stories on the daily independent newspaper and We have been joined by our analysts Mr. Tunde Kola Wale who's the legal practitioner resident here in Lagos to take a look at some of these headlines Good morning to you today. How are you? It's always a pleasure to have you Let's start with this headline which I it escaped me while I was taking a look at the Guardian newspaper But I just saw it now and it's very crucial manufacturers flay excise duty increase call for suspension What's your take on that the fact that there's an increase in the excise duty in the first place What do you say to that? Oh? Okay, you see with us. We lost contact with mr. Kola. Well, he's going to definitely call us back All right. Yeah, that's actually some people called it Analyst called it the president and Mohammed the Buhar is a passing gift to Nigerians and some Product aware their excise or their duties were increased and even telecoms I discussed it on the show sometime last week telecoms single-user and plastic and some other manufacturing You know sectors that were affected and they had nijambit MA and that's the manufacturers association of Nigeria Where in the news and they were kicking against it and they were saying that it would actually affect The sector going forward. Yeah, we're not here manufacturers Being affected in any way in this country. I it touches me because we Here we are trying to encourage Local productions and the last thing we need is anything that would discourage them when we are the others That's why I really wanted him to touch it because I'm not another another specifically the Non-alcoholic beverage is also affected. I think that there's an increase Some of the luxury yes, and some imported ones if I understand those ones were the imported ones But why this one touches what makes me feel a little bit uncomfortable is we're talking about the manufacturers The ones being manufactured here if I get this very well So because we we import virtually almost everything so want to see a situation where we become more of a You know we manufacture more than we import that is one of the only way we can you know We can make purpose as a nation Yeah, but the the first one you read actually touched me today's a World on hypertension date. It says up. That's still on the Guardian that these are pressure Lifestyle a lifestyle increase high BP among the emphasis is on Nigerian youths now people in their 30s and You know 40s are actually, you know Getting high blood pressure and it is really very worrisome You know a lot of people have talked about how Nigerians need to adjust that modify their lifestyle Because this issue of BP is a silent killer. It's it's it's so sad that it's it's it's it's it's The rate at which people suffer BP in Nigeria is so Alarming to say the list and among the youth and they say pressure lifestyle pressure Legos is one place People and and with that that's why on this program talked a lot about Recreation take time to go out and just relax from time to time when you're not working Go to the beach look for ways to just exhale and relax a bit because it is a lot to leave in Lagos I tell you it is it is imagine spending three four hours in Lagos traffic when you're not actually traveling to be Understand that Mr. Tunde Kola Wale has joined us again. Hello, Mr. Tunde. Are you back now? Very unfortunate We had that disconnection, but did you hear the question I asked the headline I'd read on the Guardian newspaper with respect to the manufacturers kicking against the exercise duty Especially Now that's not much money is coming Both the treasure go man the state go and the local comment I'm looking at what And we know this just written off actually are creating taxes whether these taxes are just fighting, whether people get benefit of value for the tax that they pay, it's a difference in mentality, but the truth of the localization, the Nigerian business community is already overcast. These are now increasing the expertise, you see, we are putting more buttons on all these businesses as the indonesians in the country. I would rather, as I've always advocated, the cost of governance in this country is too high, too expensive, it's not sustainable, the cost of contract in this country is too high, it's not sustainable. In fact, the cost of contract in this country is criminal. We should look at ways and means to really reduce the expenditures in those areas and not begin to impose unnecessary budget on the business community. Because when you do, people will lose their jobs, they will continue to be affected. And of course, the business community has a time to take their business into the economy because it's like Ghana, like Tupo, like the Republic, like NJ. And then they will be the losers. Alright, let's move over to the very next one here, especially since you're a lawyer. Talk to us about what's happening with Shio Kuti. First, in a very interesting way, the people in that time used to be no lawyers and no responsible citizens who support the health source of the law at first point, the agency. And in fact, when you look at the law, the principles of legal justice and law, it stands very seriously against the health source of the law enforcement officer. And in terms of the law enforcement officer, just a little bit was cut in this morning. There's too much pressure. We are not legal, constantly putting the blood pressure to go up. And no source of education. And there was no some behavior across the board. The security officers are not environmentalists. Some of the places that ordinary citizens go to. So times it happened and there was nothing possible that the things that they call the other way would have a look or things that they could undo in the most legal manner. They might even take it and then undo it otherwise. Which might sometimes border on provocation, which might sometimes want to make citizens want to defend themselves. We are not hard. We don't have the executive on what to inspire the commission and the police officer that he has adopted. And so we cannot make any categorical statements on that. I will give you as an example. I think it was only one of the world costs. In which the agency has voted one of the players on the field. When that happened, the decision of Trump was sent off the pitch. And the spectrum of it is quite small. What has happened between those two fields? But at the end of the day we go to hear that the other players that we would prefer to have a citizen that she has a mother or girlfriend. I mean, just a sister, a girlfriend. We can present in a refugee camp which we need to export this player. So until we get what we need to transfer to the commission and then that police officer could not, it would be difficult for us to make a very reasonable diagnosis of what to transfer. But for now, let's not say that it is not a responsible way to begin to assault a law enforcement officer, whether it is the police, whether it is the army, whether it is the last man, whether it is the guy, or one of those. No matter the level of vocation, which will be claimed from a certain level. The matter is in court now. We also can't talk too much about it. Because I'm willing to fall in power of the law enforcement. Okay. All right, so let's move on to the punch newspaper. Doctors are commenced a warning striker today. The punter captioned this way, strike doctors, Sean talks, medical toys and gobs, $3 billion in three years. Residents doctors rejecting the case peace move and the cry health sector's brain drain. You are aware of what's going on in the medical sector with the bill that is being proposed to keep Nigerians here for like five years before they can actually seek greener pastures. In the wake of that, the NMA is going on strike. It started a warning strike today. What are your reactions concerning all of that? Well, how can I say that any more, any more, that is that the medical doctor cannot leave Nigeria to fly their crate outside the shores of Nigeria. It's just a warning warning of being shot. It could be typical or impossible to report. Because it is time to move to slay the path of the medical doctor. If you did not report to the station or another worker in the country for more than 10 sectors of the country and now that, then it is a different virtue of you to begin to report to the medical doctors. And you know that the country of the federal republic of Nigeria runs very seriously after different achievements of different workers, of different tribes, of different towns, of different agenda. It's in the Nigerian community. But I don't think that it's going to work. If the medical doctors, if you are probably given their scholarships or loans or some other thing done with the course of your study, in which it was part of the blow of the scholarship, that the last worker, the federal government of the federal government for about five years before the constitutional skills with some other sectors, that might be the reason we would have to come to contact. We have to try to contact volunteer and mother to go to the plan by each. But in the absence of such a thing, I don't think we're supposed to buy here the future medical doctors for work. After the strike of the doctors and mothers, I use some of the public hospitals. And each time I go there, I will tell you that even though the doctors are ready to work, the environment in which they work is the most uncomfortable environment that anybody can talk to working. I give you an example. One of the hospitals that I use, I have to go there to buy there in the morning and I had to resolve it until I got to that night. Because we don't have to see too many people. We have almost one doctor, about 100 patients in the city. I think we should be able to see a doctor and that can also contact them. Moreover, the specific treatment that the political environment will work are not fair. And it was not seen that the federal government is going to allow people to provide a specific treatment. So, we will be given an address to say that we can take a decision on the medical department to work for us. Also, then we have to start a better way of a better working conditions in the situation of that. Doctors are also reminded, they read the papers, they see the surveillance packages that the supporters are likely to take over the research. They are going to be purchased after most of those years they have been for four years for more than 10 months. We have said that in recent years, spending three years and nine or four five minutes in car for themselves, their facilities and their lives, we are only for a couple of years for those four years here. And we also have some other very busy surveillance and surveillance packages. These are some of the things that are being shared as a part of, for some of the racial strife with child safety and agitation that we all know about the country. And then the country has to also start with the medical department. Let them invest the money that they take abroad within the major health sector. And then they will see the underage people perform. The demand power is where the kids are here. What is lacking in the inclusive environment and then the treatment they want to. After all, when you talk about those, they have to go back itself to those places. Of course, Nigerian doctors are doing greatly. In fact, Nigerians abroad doing excellently in different fields, there's just no doubt about that. And although yesterday whilst we were looking at this, we're hoping that they probably would not go on the strike because of the masses that will suffer as a result of the strike. And also because this particular administration has just few days to leave. We were wondering of what import this strike at this point in time would be. But then you have it, they have decided that it would go on strike and they have indeed gone on that warning strike today. But so let's move from that to another headline on the punch newspaper, the borders on security. Anambra Gunman killed two US consulate officials, two cops. Now this is a very serious one because it's gone international now. The security situation in the East continues to be a major problem. And thank you. Where am I? Where am I right now? It's morning and it was a shocking day for me. That we had no idea who killed the Nicaraguanan people who are supposed to be going to kill all the other special forces in Pakistan. We just didn't have any idea who killed the Nicaraguanan people. We just don't have any idea who killed the Nicaraguanans or the good or the people or some community people there. And now this is going on. I was committing which way I was going to see, and I was clearly in court law, what is using the way I have. I have said this and this has come down. While I agree that people now are right to agitate for truth and tragedy, for evil confederation, or even in the time that they do it in a very peaceful manner, in a very polite manner, in a very bloodless manner. And it is possible to do whatever you want, because Shashi is the only person who can do it. But my Gandhi, my superior King, my commander of India, my superior King, the very leader of America, thought of that the people are boundless. You can fear to whatever effect you have, if you are a priest. And that could affect the fear to all their depictions, if I please. Fear to whatever effect you have, or if it is so serious, that they are boundless. We do apologize for that irritating sound coming from the connection there. I don't understand why I'm having that. But he's struggling to be heard, obviously, poor connection. Hello, Mr. Tunde. Are you still with us? Alright, let's move on to another story now. The federal government seems to be setting an agenda for the incoming administration in terms of fighting corruption. And as it is aptly said here on the punch in this paper, just above the masthead, are strengthening anti-graft agencies, federal government, advices, tinobu. Do you think that's a panacea to the issue of corruption or graphs that we have? Oh, wow. Baisakhala, can you hear us? Baisakhala, are you still there? Yes, I'm here to hear you. Alright, so fine, I just wanted you to hear us. Yes, the federal government is advising tinobu to strengthen anti-graft agencies. Just how far can that go in stemming the tide? I have, my advice is that when it comes to you, we have not come close to fighting against corruption. And then you'll just keep your mind out. And if you do that, we will let you to watch our everyday revolts in our fighting against corruption. If you're a fighting hero, yes, you should. If you're a fighting hero, yes, you should. If you're a fighting hero, yes, you should. If you're a fighting hero, yes, you should. If you're a fighting hero, yes, you should. Alright, I... You call? You call? Alright, it's still the Breakfast on Plus TV Africa. We'll try and reconnect again with Tunde Kolaoli and see if we can get clarity in the audio and hear him. Maureen, the issue of strengthening anti-graft agencies, this is not the first time that we've had it. We have the EFCC, we have the ICPC and most of the time they always complain that they don't really have all they need to actually get their job done. Oh well, someone did say yesterday that there was no need to have both of them. Yeah, there was no need to have both of them. Why not have one solid, strong anti-graft agency that is well-funded and well-monitored? Okay. Why the, you know, why the duplicity? Why the duplicity? And that's a major problem we've had, not just with anti-graft agencies in different spheres of our life. We have duplicity. Sometimes you wonder, is it to make some party boys and girls happy? What is the focus here? Is it to make things better for the country? Or is it just to reward people with positions at the risk of getting the job done? Getting the job done. You sacrifice credibility. You sacrifice excellence to make people happy. And at the end of the day, we just keep going around in circles. That's really a sad one. Well, that's another way to look at it, having just one particular institution that is centered with the responsibility of fighting this graft head on. Well, I just hope that if that is actually taken into consideration, they would actually give them all they really need. Because when you talk of strengthening them, is it as a result of them, they don't have enough hands to work there or they don't have the resources to do right investigation. Because most times you find that when they bring their cases to quote, you know, they bring all sort of like a hundred counts charged. Before you know it, there are some grounds that they have brought in court because they really had no merit at all. But they've not really done adequate preparation before they even take such cases to court. Well, Justice, I really do not know what their problem is. I can't speak for them, but one thing we know is that meritocracy must be given room in every paracetal of government so that we can begin to see a change. The science change. That's where. We do need to have corruption fought and fought properly. No selection. No selective judgment. No selective justice. No double standards. We want to see that corruption is fought. Of course corruption will fight back. It will fight back. And it fights dirty. But if you as a government stand and say, this is what I want to do, you can do it. I do not understand what the challenges are, but there shouldn't be. There shouldn't be. Because ordinarily, they have it cut off for them if they really want to do it. They just show the body language that they are willing to fight grafts. They can actually fight grafts. Because this present administration came up when they came on board in 2015, one of their top priorities then was fighting corruption. I won't have thought that, but I think we are singing a very wonderful tune in terms of how far we have gone in the fight against corruption, but that is left to the same. Oh, well. The APC government is continuing after a few days from now. It's in about two weeks from now. Let's see what happens. All right. We still have color lazy coming back. I think the time for the after-press is over. We still have color lazy joined us for two days of the press. Unfortunately, we couldn't have him all the way because of connectivity. Thank you so much, color lazy. I'm sure you're listening to us even though you're not joining us live anymore. We'll take a break and be back with the breakfast. Stay with us.