 Welcome back to the breakfast on a plus TV Africa. It's now time for off-the-press as the segment where we analyze The headlines on our national dailies. Let's invite our guests. Mr. Tunde Kola Wale a public affairs analyst who joins us via phone Mr. Kola Wale good morning. I think we're still gonna, you know connect with him while we wait for Tunde Kola Wale I think we can just go through the papers for now He will be joining us in just a few seconds and of course having his review of these stories across Nigeria on a Monday morning All right, let's begin with the Daily Trust newspaper headline reads federal government postponed scovid-19 vaccination as doubts dog donated doses Experts worried over reluctance to provide key documents now that says there is no problem with the vaccine Also in the Daily Trust Senate's list conditions for creation of states First Bank Echo Bank five others make 60 billion Naira from E banking charges Billy crisis governors decide second is fate today Importers exporters lose billions over customs server failure Kidnappers free buy also business man detain ransom couriers Three killed as gunman abducts Swiss national driver in Ogun Obia not my ask residents to ignore IPO be seated home order and There's a picture here on the front of the Daily Trust and it reads Residents of a pool community in equal to chief Dom Zangan Cataflaka government area Kaduna state Troop out for free medical services Provided by participants of the 60th regular course of the Nigerian Defense Academy So that's free medical services there on the paper All right, Nazi on the punch newswapers No work no pay directive for the government battles Naira D opens attendance register resident doctors adamant Resume first or forget further negotiations ministry orders insist on sanctions for doctors It also says here. You can bully doctors. You haven't paid with no work. No pay threat Naira D lambast federal government tributes empty stands as Tokyo 2020 ends in Also on the punch PDP governor's meet today reps caucus demands second this resignation. I have not fled Nigeria I mean Ben F for Igbo who says I came Louis Also on the punch federal government postpones vaccination resumption indefinitely list 3700 cases in one week stakeholders meet on vaccine distribution to states today We can also find here on the punch petrol landing cost hits 249 Naira litter the regulation remains uncertain and group roots for Shimba Joe's presidency list VPs qualities Those are the big ones on the punch newswapers this morning. Okay. Well, I think in the southeast I sit at home Confrontation looms as IPOB blows hot government vows clamp down On the nation newspaper pressure mounts on PDP chairman to condos to quit Southeast governors IPOB clash over ghost Mondays Senate's panel to recommend break up of police operations IG to lose some powers over deployment funding members for Fail to agree on state police tributes flow for business mogul cumbo Buhari governors others Budget as a villa laments non-release Non-release our full allocation Nigeria's telecom sector attracts 822.66 billion Naira Respect Igbo's rights kinsmen tell Ben in government Also on the nation Nigeria finishes 74th on Tokyo Olympics medal table wife pause hot water and husband's girlfriend in church US Nigerian the intact Naira on rebound deal is a weight 6.35 billion dollars IMF your one Cash and those are the stories on the nation newspaper And also the daily independent ban on forex sales to BDCs a devaluation imminent as Naira faces stiff pressure for the government unveils 250 billion our intervention facility to boost gas value chain and Serap urges Buhari to probe spending of 881 billion Naira by 367 MDAs Please kill two has gone men abduct expatriate and driver Buhari of Basaki or Schumel and mourn captain Hossa or cumbo Leadership crisis how northern power brokers saved second is party stakeholders to take final decision tomorrow We are guilty of lack of political vision says Baba talk, but and also Senate denies proposing creation of additional 20 new states Northern coalition others demand review of abacare's suspension Canoes younger brother and IPOB disagree on today's sit-at-home order and Finally on the daily independent why nine-journey Airlines are yet to benefit from 3.4 trillion dollar AFC FTA treaty two years after good morning to our guest a tune they call our way. Thanks for joining us. Good morning Mr. Color. Well, you can hear us Yes It was it was brilliant. Thanks for joining us and welcome to a new week There's a pretty interesting stories on the news papers this morning. I think we can start from the Southeast where they of course, there's you know back and forth with regards to sit-at-home order by the IPOB In the news Nambi Khan's younger brother apparently had asked that the sit-at-home be cancelled mostly because of the NECO examinations And of course the state governors are also adamant that it should not be Respected and people should go about the lawful of business and activities What's your response to you know the IPOB and all of this? What are your thoughts? The position is taken by Nambi Khan's younger brother and there are plans to deny this in both positions taken by these two different people and the Khan's brother is saying that the sit-at-home order might affect half students who are going to be sitting for the NECO exam Where the IPOB appears not to be reflected in the NECO because according to them, they may not believe in Nigeria But if you ask me for my take I would have to say that I hope the sit-at-home order and allow the children to take the NECO exam after all Even if the IPOB will not believe in Nigeria If you find some students in Nigeria who are going to take the NECO exam and all of them are going to take the NECO exam That is the conveying issue today. I appeal to the two parties to negotiate and meet the compromise in the case of the South East people Alright moving away from the South East now We know that in the People's Democratic PDP Secondus seems to have a lot on his plate right now. There's mountain pressure That's how the nation describes it. That is mountain pressure on the PDP chairman Uche Secondus to quit And when we see other papers, they also mentioned this particular situation The Daily Independent describes it as a PDP leadership crisis When we look at this situation, how do you see the PDP coming out stronger from this? When we look at it, it is not just the PDP They are absolutely new to the Civil War In most of the political parties that we have in the country today If we look at the APC, the Congress is at their control Rather than create the harmony that the party has desired or has intended That the congresses will lead to It has further polarized the party When we also look at the PDC One would have expected that an opposition party Lying to take power in 2033 There is more cohesion There is more camaraderie that is going to be more rapport between the leadership of the parties So all we have seen is a kind of change If you try to blow away the party as large And you ask yourself, what remains is the fundamental issue Got a name that the PDP has For that it is a subject in itself Is this kind of any devices or services? No, just ego-treat There has to be ego-classes between most of the top echelons of the party Dr. Muki, for example, is no longer in good terms With the chairman of the party in 2032 We see himself as recommended As the party chairman You also have some other tendencies of the party Who are already looking at 2033 And they want to dictate and call the shop Who becomes the chairman and holds both of the other Executives positions in the party So that once they see the top of the party It is easy for them to realize that they are political They are expected political ambitions In 2023 And of course you also have our friend Mr. Iodile Fios here Who wants to remain relevant He is also a subject To become the chairman of the PDP So it's all about better ambitions It has nothing to do with the general interest Of all Nigerian people For the country of the PDP we need to start Start in total respect For the Nigerian people It is a part of the only party to say That the Nigerian people are open And looking at an alternative to the APC And If they are looking at them as alternative And these kinds of things are happening within their ranks and orders Then where lies the hope of the upgrade to the Nigerian party There it is And that is very very exciting It's like even if 40,000 of them could come The PDP would like To surrender The government Or the picture or the post To the APC without any part And that in my humble opinion Is a pathway to The one party state in Nigeria Which is going to be very dangerous We are not yet having a one party state And the situation is as calamity and as chaotic It's as Insecure The economy is in attack So when you now have just one party to dominate The political state What is going to become the rest of us In terms of those who are the PDP Kind of have some point The man does that To have the charisma To lead a pan-Nigerian political party A highly decentralized party And the party with the kind of the Republican ideology That the PDP are But the party should have waited The man's time is going to run out in another three months time Then if you seek to Make a commitment or a contest They have to also have a small voting point 20 minutes or 40 minutes Or get into the guys three months away So when you knew Congress And new executive committees are going to Vote for Don't think they seek one for me As an observer Of what is happening in all of this political party And if I will have my way Then we are even thought That people like a thief who Will drop his political ambition And become the chairman Of the PDP political party And have the charisma And have the social And have the reach And have the political spirit To mobilize people So we may begin to focus on the PDP And we vote for them at the vote Another question that could have looked onto Who will be talking too much today Or is it going to have a number Who is going to be the chairman Who is going to be the president Who is also charismatic here in the spirit And where we are To lead the party and get a political party To find out Yeah, just so we can cover a couple more stories Before we go There is also a conversation about Creation of 20 more states The Senate has said that they are not Making the move And that they are going to be passing it over to INEC To set up a referendum Do you agree that we may be needing More states in Nigeria? The creation of one state Yes Honestly speaking I find that to be very strange People they say that we are in the country To say That is the participation Including a vision Only maybe about a three Or four of them Are being run in a very, very five human All the other states Will be able to survive Most of them are now rivaling in security They are always trying To clean The salaries of staffers They are being able to pay If we now create more states How will those states Be able to decide for things How will they be able to run themselves Other than create more states I will have thoughts Because those who are managing the constitution Will be looking at Creating more local government So that the government can become At the disposal of the people And then getting Two federalism To begin to work in Nigeria And then working as a parameter By which the party By which the state Can decide to sustain it Because in fairness There is no state in Nigeria To say that it is not viable All of them are practically vital Because they will have had The leadership The political leadership They have been setting leadership In the future They are hindering They are incompetent They are corrupt They are not ready to do what is necessary To get most of these states To run on a viable structure Say for example If you say for example Here is a Nigerian Nigerian food In the kitsi store today Was planted Before independence That is about my day 59 And that is still what we depend on today This is the result of these people The kitsi state Impact on the plant On the plantation For most of these people By now They would have been nearly They would have been products to export And even if you don't even export them You could be having pastries And other industries To be protesting the type of products Of this cocoa, coffee And cassava And then you would be exporting Look at a coffee like Itopia They depend on only coffee And then they are airline When the Nigerian import came in They were exporting raw coffee beans And the man said no He must begin to add value to this Package it And sell the coffee in the international market Other than selling the coffee That doesn't bring more And to pay Coffee on the airline Which they are not exporting Appear to be Determinant Or maybe about 70% Or 50% Of the coffee that is being used To run in Tokyo as a country So both of those are safe You can be careful In the area of agriculture In the area of IT And then some of these other areas Human beings are the most important factors In development And there is only a place in Nigeria That we don't have Too complicated Of quality Educated Vibrant And I know it's also human beings Who can design programs And also lay out their master plans For the growth and development Of the state that we have in the country Let them drop the proposal For the creation of 20 additional states Let them have more local government And let the local government Defend autonomy And like we do have in the past We used to have municipal councils But the municipal councils The government They were very powerful They would make their own budgets They would create their own sources And they would have a presentation See slides Communal washing And dry places And a playground For our children When they are told meddling weekends Those are the directions In which I think Those are mainly the positions To be looking at Lastly Mr. I want us to take a look At the headline on The Punch Neespaper It's talking about asking our chief medical officers to go ahead to open attendance registers, and that any resident doctor who doesn't come to work and who doesn't sign that attendance register would not be paid salaries. And that's the only way of trying to make sure that doctors go ahead to read your work. Do you agree with the way the government is addressing this issue of the strike by resident doctors, threatening not to pay them? I mean, Nard is even saying you don't pay us anyway. So, honestly, I don't agree. Part of the challenge we have in this part of the world is that we have no respect for acrimony. And the nation that has no respect for acrimony, trying and value for resources cannot be developed. For God's sake, these medical people went to a strike from Montecou, and then you negotiated with them, you entered into an agreement, and then the agreement was executed. No sooner than the ache dried on the agreement that was executed, the federal government released the chief's tool, a increment, the size of the agreement. And that is what has led the doctors to go back on strike. And when you look at what the doctors are complaining about, could they be described as their treasure? The answer is no. Most of the hospitals around them, common basic medicines are not there. The facilities are not there. The workers are fully motivated. Most of the structures don't look like a hospital structure. They are around them. They look like a aperture, very tiny. How do you look at them? Never renovated, they have not been renovated so many years to come. Whereas when you go into hospitals and order, hospitals use, I mean, you can almost compare them to first class, four, five-star hotels. They are packing clear. The environment is serious. Do you have any of those hospitals in Nigeria today? Even when you take the 15 hospitals, the 8 hospitals, they are well in the country. The government should stop these bullying tactics, and say that they will start the hospitals that will not pay them for work that is never done. Later, they should look at the ground for grievances of the medical doctors and find ways and means to address those grievances. Even the President himself has not been confirming what the medical doctors have been saying. If your hospitals are good, will he be traveling all the time for medical treatment at all? No, he has not. Which is a simple concept. Do you see an American president travel to Russia or to Germany or to China for treatment? Do you even see an Angela Merkel come to Africa for treatment and order? Whatever your people are not aware, whatever you cannot keep them, a leader in charge is not supposed to enjoy those facilities. But here the opposite is the case. They leave all their cities around them and then allow people to try a little help test, and then they begin to bully the doctors, but they will not pay them, they will not do the exact same. If they don't resume their work, for me it is good to work. These are professionals who have opportunities. Look at the number of medical doctors that have left the country. When the COVID pandemic broke out, the British Supercenter, they were playing here to call for me to carry any medical doctor or nurse who is willing to come and walk over there and pray. The pandemic hasn't come, and the doctors are seeing all the demands in most of these parts of the world. So that is the way you can look at it. Furthermore, you now have a situation in which the federal government is saying that they are not going to be fascinated people against COVID-19. When I get that story, I will stop. I nearly went. Some other countries in the world are now being treated under vaccination. A country like France, for example, they want to go to the elderly people and they want to go up to 50. After the first and second dose, we are going to be giving them a booster dose, that is the test dose, so that we can be sure that these people will never contract COVID-19. And then they will not give up the vaccination. We would have to wrap it up here. But of course, we thank you for your time this morning. Thank you for waking up with us on a Monday morning. And we wish you a very interesting week ahead. Thank you. Good morning. Good morning. Thank you very much. All right, it's now time for Today in History. After the break, I'll come back to tell you about a significant day in South African history. And we'll be talking 2014 in the United States, one of the incidents that led to the discussion of cameras, body cams, rather for United States police officers. We'll be back after the short break.