 There's a breakfast in plus CV Africa and many thanks for being with us and staying with us as well As always we have to Nicola will he join the conversation all things being equal We're hoping that he joins us But we like to set off with the papers as we have them in front of us We have the leadership I set off with the leadership newspaper this morning on the leadership newspaper Insecurity Northern governor's traditional rulers back creation of state leaders. I mean this is a conversation that's been ongoing for a very long time Pledge to support amendment of constitution to achieve goal agreed to have us two thousand Mega words of solar energy to support regions economic activities I have done well in insecurity infrastructure. That's what the president declared These are riders underneath the caption. I mean PDP crisis. Are you leaves for Europe hands over to? down my goon Okay us Commeds 200 million dollars to climate change fight in Nigeria again bank holds clash disbosiment of forks for PTA slash BTA and United Kingdom, please decline comment on a quermada's health status. That's really worrisome court grants DSS requests to detain Marmo for 60 days and Just before move away from the leadership rest fighters diesel price drops by 11 percent Anti-label laws aviation union issues for 10 day Automatism to federal government. These are the headlines on the leadership That's the most straight to this day. The next paper there on our list. We have Some interesting headlines on the front page of this day 2023 at Chico proposes 10 billion dollar economic stimulus fund for MSMEs unfolds blueprint right quite interesting the rider to that vows to privatize refineries then utilize 155 billion dollars That's your 1.55 billion dollars. I almost had to scream here 1.55 billion dollars to revitalize them Another writer to that. It says he will propose legislation to remove Electricity from exclusive list meets marking day southwest party leaders today Promises to help PDP when legacy some headlines are coming in That's the first one the big one on front page of of this day Buhari Hill CBN NDIC NICOM on others and financial system stability says government tackling insecurity inflation Mass immigration of talents and settles banking industry Goumel banking innovation must not be at expense of rural communities All right more from this day NNPC L set to sign 7,000 kilometer gas pipeline contract in Morocco, West African countries details on page eight of that paper The Senate rejects six trillion narrow tax import duties waivers and 2023 proposed budget to something to look at somebody who are those whose Duties import duties will be waived. It's it's interesting to see the Senate rejecting that Insist proposed to 12.4 3 trillion narrow deficit Unacceptable that's the highest ever in the history of the country moving from a country that used to have a You know a balanced budget to a fully deficit budget that is quite term quite unacceptable the Senate is insisting and Those are the headlines on front page offer this day Away from this day Let's take a look at the punch on the punch at equal core rubbish APC over Muslim Muslim ticket Economy that's boldly written on the page of the punch You have several riders says unemployment rose by 54 percent to 68 million Nigerians poor on the Buhari Muslim Muslim ticket dangers for troubled nation like Nigeria or coattails the APC and nothing can't reinstate Opposition to same-faith ticket. I have done. Well Buhari appraises himself. There's a ride as you find it Turnable healthy APC tells OB and decries defections That's another caption Angola Libya overtake Nigeria Include production. This is according to OPEC and Senate minister disagree over 12 trillionaire budget deficit Again vice president slot or core most qualified. Are you tells critics? My life on the threat over Queens Quinn Elizabeth's tweets. That's what professor drew me remember that tweets That's been put out as regards, you know, how she feels with Colonization and all that happened with the BF and war which according to how she described as a genocide and Strike motorist stranded as students block Legos Ibadon expressway Please get 431 petitions over corpse misconduct Ogun kingship torso claims three lives houses burnt and Senate begins all thefts probe in Niger Delta These are the headlines on the punch All right moving quickly over to the nation We have the big story there the lead headline Buhari We've done well with available resources. I think the paper left out the world extremely because that's what he said We've done extremely well He's coming as done extremely well. He went on to give a speech. He gave a speech in Amos State where he was hosted as part of his presidential visit He said that you know what we if you look at the time we've had the resources available to us We've done extremely well. It's what he said and quite a number of persons Decided to comment on that. Well, right us to that headline Ohane is a restates commitment restates commitment to Nigeria. Ebo leaders seek equity Makin day Bola Rumi clash over a Tiku Rao over Southwest. I Cannot see what is there think the paper needs to do better and Probably with the typography and the graphic design. I can't see but anyway It says Makin day Bola Rumi clash over a Tiku notes governor's Monarchs call for state police Interesting my plans to Nigerians by a Tiku and LCC as for amazing Lagos by the way in there That's what he came for. I mean we're tracking terror sponsors. We're tracking terror sponsors Hallelujah next one insecurity on though bands night clubbing message. Did you hear that? Why you don't do as bad night club? For for the weekend, you know, all just facing to cool off after after a long week's work nothing there for Your government okay, seven seven seven eight million narrow to Kate What are they getting? Flutter wave gets CBN switching processing permit Yeah, and took a room. I'm always a terror financier Financier DSS tells court to come I was a terror financier DSS tells court Let's see how this one goes Lady offers to donate kidney to acquire Madhu's daughter. I'm surprised the Nigerian men are not following what themselves to give her their kidney because I mean I'm sure this would be a good way to say I love you You know, yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. She's very beautiful young woman the criminal store She says I need someone to help me. Can you donate your kidney? And it's a woman. What are the men doing? This is this is where men I've seen a lot of you know appeals and letters that's been put out I really don't know if they're very honest or this is a sincere thoughts But I think that Nigerians some Nigerians not all have actually climbed on that or probably stepped You know step forward and mostly She's very pretty damn cell No, but why would you think that because you know the context of that letter talks about a compassion and you know Well, yeah, I'm just saying this on lighter note though. It's on lighter note It's a private life. It's a different situation exactly. So that would should be done without I mean someone could step up and say in strike a deal. So I want a better life I know But in the context of all of that, you know following, you know, the laws and what have you because all of this is going to be In the United States or this you're not supposed to have any for it sort of expectation Even take it should be it should come out of a place of, you know, kindness. Yes, indeed. Yes That's a paper But humanities and I thought about it could I the first anything probably can I donate, you know to her Would you like to donate if there's compatibility and I see that I mean I can help save a life. Yeah It's scary But I've been inspired by people who have seen talk about how they gave a kidney to save a life It's an Nigerian doctor in the United States of America who was part of a documentary by DW You know, he they talked about Africans are doing well in in the United States of America with their business He's I think he's a doctor of real estate guy. No, he's a he's a businessman. Yeah a businessman and and he gave his kidney you know, he gave his kidney and He cracked a joke in that documentary saying that when he had that the man will have to change it after some years He said I even you know giving it but I thought that was going to be for life But it was inspiring And some persons also have questions, you know, because a lot of people are saying She probably comes from a family, right? She should have relatives, you know, what have you nuclear family extended family? And so what happens why she making an appeal? But the doctors have actually advised that, you know for the sake of Being that it's heady. Detroit. It's possible that it's genetic And so it would be very risky to have family members what I extended a nuclear family Endulging and all of that and that's why the appeal has been put out looking at the circumstances, sir I don't you do you know if I have this one kid Do you know if it's only one that I have if I have only one I can't give the other one No, but so you have to kill you know, but it is it's a death situation. I mean Yes, yes Yeah, I have to go to the criminal disease is a sad situation looking at the predicament with the father because I mean We've all seen that the boy was who they took theirs also trying to play a fast one You know on them with the whole lamb and on the H person thing the case is still in court But I mean from what we see But what we see he what he's not who he says he is being minor and He's tried to capitalize on the situation doesn't want to come back to Nigeria. That's the bottom line He doesn't want to do that The young man said oh since they've seen that my kidneys are useful and they want to bring me back Let me look for a way to stay to stay here and that's it. That's what happened You know, so so when it's sad what the quiet matters are going through sad I mean people will stand up and say oh their politicians is a politician and gets what he's getting what he deserves only and all But you see and you can't just Group of work together. You can just generalize and say oh People are in different people are individual. You don't know what the constituents of a quay model think you go to his village Go to the central district. What do his constituents think about him? You understand and should a daughter die simply because the father by some twist of fate happens to be a politician Is it a daughter's fault that the father's politician? We need to separate our sentiments from these issues that are real and involve human life Because before and most of those who are celebrating online were obedience before anyone is actually a politician or You're anything that you are you're first of all human been and that's very important So with humans and in our interaction every other day Respected there should be compassion and everyone should be you know treat everyone with respect and compassion It could have happened to anyone it can be any other person and so empathy and sympathy That's what's required at this point in time But I believe that Nigerians would actually come you know to the rescue for the aquarium models Especially her daughter but away from that you have the leadership now very interesting coffee is the issue of state police And I think that we will seem to be going in circles now You have nothing governance and traditional rulers Who's saying hey worse in support of the creation of state police? So my question it takes me back, you know to the beginning or almost not the beginning But what happens to the 20 for 10 come fab because if you look at the 20 14 comfort It had given you know approval I mean it has the creation of an establishment and approval of state police and also you know What you call them border police and enforcement all of this So it had approved the creation of state police national border forces and coastal guards among orders for improved security across the nation Why do we have to still come back? You know to the table talking about let's back creation of state police when we already have a report and a document You know conference that report. Why has it not been implemented? There's another question. Do we need to do we still have to go back? You know in the circle to talk about creation of state police But I know that a lot of persons are not in support of the state police some people who are Not in support of the state police arguments have been put out that oh, you know the state police It's actually not good because number one, you know state governors would capitalize that we use, you know, this state apparatus For their own gains intimidate people and what have you to spin the argument, but I don't know, you know, how valid that is because Should we give it a try or not give it a try? There are a lot of consent about having you know state police across the entire That's a six states which will help the people police the state And now the persons are also saying that you if you look at state policing It would therefore mean that states governors or state government would have to pay these police officers And so does this states the states are there really really capable in terms of you know paying salaries and what have you But I think that if we're towing that line, what will be also necessarily important to say let's also have you know What is it called again resource control? It should be hand in hand results control and state police will go hand in hand If that's the argument so the states are you know Able to have the capacity to control the Security architecture in the various states, but I don't think that there's anything that does not have you know disadvantage However, there's always an advantage and disadvantage if you look at it But we need to begin to wear options and what was it that we're talking about creation and backing constitutional review When we already have a document why haven't we implemented this document or reports? However It's interesting. I think The the northern governments are looking at the current realities Of their situation, you know cut The unfolding and worsting deteriorating security situation in that part of the country If there'll be no surprises You know they're asking for this In parts of the north east you've already have what it calls civilian jtf, but no they're not barely armed And these are they've assisted the police, you know to fight Boko Haram You look at the fact that they have how to use um, you know Look limit weapons and all that support the police and the the army You look at the fact that in in parts of the north like Kaduna state, you know in order to protect themselves themselves against What they would describe as a marauding full enemy militia because it's between the the You know you have to cut kinds of full enemies the ones that they know and the ones that are They're seeing, you know Murawi guns and attacking communities and destroying Buildings burning and killing and also Cattle wrestling And if you remember the daily trust documentary and the BBC documentary to put out something important If you help us understand the situation, it's it's a tribal war that's going on in the northern part of the country right now so so these communities have had to The houses in particular have had to uh, arm their youth You know, I'm their youth with ak-47s here to protect themselves against The the full enemy now the the nomadic full enemy communities who are not part of those who've been doing the killing And attacks also now are targeted because they also still full enemy now they have to protect themselves It's become A cocktail of violence when you call it that so they do surprises there The government is saying let's do what we can do. Look at what happened in Benway State where Some of the term launched a local vigilante, you know outfit You know something like you have omote on the southwest and you have a buagu in the southeast Um, you know, he's learned something like that in the southeast you have a buagu Which is not active in all these states But it's in some states in the southwest you have omote could have recorded some successes, but also Some failures, you know, some of them stories we've had that people have been accidentally killed and all that by by omote crew so I think the fear by most who opposed this is that The state governors will use these uh, this power or the security for personal purposes You look at what's happening in some states where the governor, you know, because he has a political axe to grind Uh, we'll declare some of his opponents wanted We'll use the apparatus of state to shut down their businesses and to pick people up You know, we'll have nothing to do with with this political battle and we see governors using the police and the apparatus of State security for personal vendetta, you know So people are concerned and they would say if we have a officially have state policing in Nigeria will the governor's not do Worse, you know, but I think that some experts have also said I remember correctly that There are ways to go about this thing. There could be checks and balances There could be a Structures put in place to ensure that governors to not use the state police is for police for their personal vendetta and witch hunt and all that but I think it will happen even Even as it is now it's happening, you know In this governor's when they have physical security challenges in their state to tell you oh The federal government controls the police. Oh, we we don't have anything to do. There's nothing we can do You know the report to Abuja But when they have to go after their political enemies Then we'll notice and see that they can actually tell the police to do a b c d and e and they will do that It's interesting another story on the front page of the leadership happens to with Banks halting cash is bustment to forex, you know, it talks about pta and bta and this is a Quite unfortunate. How are Nigerians going to do? You know the businesses who are here are going to going to do because when you look at personal travel allowance You have to travel abroad if for holiday you want to go to Some other country for a summer or winter or spring or for whatever it is you want to go for I don't know why people leave the heat of Africa to go abroad for summer They don't want to want to come here But anyway, um, you want to travel send your child to school You know in some other part of the world And they need usd To be able to make the trip to go there and know that they can survive because they won't go with their Naira and go to new york city And go to chase Manhattan and say please take my Naira Probably in these countries they don't accept the Naira because of the value or they don't know what it is or Something so you want to go with us dollars and of course the banks won't allow them We draw more than in fact some banks have stopped altogether allowing Debits, you know card holders to make withdrawals in foreign countries And I remember how what I faced when I traveled abroad or my food terms have always been almost been stranded You know, I think in the UAE I was able to use my card But I led my lesson and I withdraw as much as I could You know, I withdraw as much as so but Nigerians are smart They'll find a way around this for the personal travel allowance You know because you need to have usd to go so you can survive you won't go with Naira You know what I'm saying you won't go with Naira and then change it there Even in in in some neighboring countries You can't even you can change the Naira But you have to really know your way around to change the Naira because the value is dropping everything You understand so so how our businesses and personal People going individuals going to manage how how those were sending their kids about manage I think this is where you see the rise. Okay. This is where you see the rise of cryptocurrency This is where you see the rise of cryptocurrency platforms You know, I don't mention it so that I was going through the instagram page of one young man who has a Crypto exchange. I mean I check him out from time to time and the guy's doing well He's boiling. He's rolling in cash You know, why wouldn't he really he'll make a lot of money because of this situation crypto is going to go I think if cancer taking Nigerians who surpassed the top countries in Adapting crypto currencies because what they do is they will take the money Go buy crypto start on their They are their blockchain account Get abroad and then sell the crypto to us and then they move on you understand So if the cbn is clamping down on crypto, you know accounts of crypto companies They're still going to make things difficult for the businesses as well I think crypto will be the way to go because you go to the bank You want to get the usd to make purchases to you know to to buy your goods to to important to country raw materials Whatever it is, you can't get how are you going to survive? Ultimately, ultimately we'll see this affecting the Nigerian community further negatively And you know that you know looking at it in a holistic manner is also worth discouraging all of this Sort of importation because usually that's you know, that's what a government would actually do But if if a government would like to encourage, you know or discourage local, I mean importation into the country then there should be In the country in itself There should be some other measures that have been put together to ensure that The options for instance if you say people should not import XYZ Foreign consumption of other products then we should have the capacity You know to begin to purchase some of this because all of that is also where to dissuade travels and what of you You know in the long run, but quickly as we cost this other one But you're right person in that the the reason they're the halting these investments is to want to see how they can Stabilize the value of the Naira Well, what time would tell you if it's going to you know stabilize the value of the Naira It's going to further the you know the value of the Naira or Depreciate the value sorry depreciate the value of the Naira Well, another one that I think that everyone should be I mean the Nigerian government and everybody should be concerned about is The fact that if if you look at the reports from that's on the punch by the way On the punch newspaper where you have Angola and Libia over taking Nigerian crude production. That's what OPEC is quoted to say and For an economy that's highly dependent on oil for her earnings then it calls for a lot of worry I mean consent was saying that highly all of our earnings were very dependent on it And if we have we have not been able to meet the quota Just recently I remember I think we're talking about that with Chris Cain and one or maybe Open the bonket area or one of them Well, we talked about that should we be excited that you know OPEC has actually given Has increased the quota for Nigeria It should be a good thing that your quota has been increased between a period of time for 2022 But have we been able to even meet the previous quota because right now we're producing, you know below 1 million. We're doing a hundred 972,000 barrels and that's Not very commendable. We have actually dwindled. We've gone down and what are the factors that are responsible for this I'm thinking that the government should be on top of the situation everyone Stakeholder should sit up because we can't continue like this. We're just going, you know below bar. How can you know country be producing 972,000 barrels per day as of August and you have this country like Libya and Angola You're having higher volume of crude bean You know, yeah messy because we're out of time very quickly, you know the the the the picture painted to me even is Uh to say now that I mean Libya they've been in a state of war You know, or let me say instability and internal crisis and turmoil for some years since the death of Conor and Muammar Gaddafi And It's not a stable country. In fact, it's almost a good thing that that's the case So so um for Libya to overtake Nigeria. I think it paints the the picture that we all should be aware of but Angola, I'm not surprised Angola has been number one in Africa for for years So I'm not surprised but the saddest part is that for me Libya a number two That the country is not able to fulfill its opaque quota that that is sad But then again, so say even if the country is able to sell all the Where is the money going to go to? But but the issue conversation for another time Look at how high Kudo went over the past few years and our high is straight because of the the russian-korean crisis You know, look at how high the prices have gone. I mean, this is where Nigeria should be catching up Let's move on, please I understand the feeling but that's the size of our conversation this morning on off the press We'll take a break now and when we return we'll be right here with a vast major conversation Aviation workers are threatening to embark and strike following a class that should be removed has been demanded by this workers listening with us