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I want a run offsets to the TV and I so this is paradise one of Many was it wasn't funny men But anyway, um, we would like to look at what the people are saying this morning Chris Kenney wonders a chartered arbitrator UK Train a chartered arbitrator, and he'll be joining us along the line as we look at what the papers are saying today we will start off with the new telegraph which is a Dr. Usual publication we have on this on this program, but a very interesting stories on the new telegraph Let's look at this one Nigeria's revenue threatened as Exxon units declare force measure That is in the oil and gas sector Nigeria's revenue threatened as Exxon units declare force measure eggs and has to do what we normally call mobile Okay, more from the paper cash crisis a cash crisis POS deals Rise at thirty nine point one seven percent to three hundred and twenty three point seven zero billion era in Q1 2023 you know this these POS deals I think the government can look into that It's probably because of a failure of banking banking system Nobody would give Nigerians what they want quick service I and people just don't want to go to the banks They prefer to just go to the street corner and do the POS thing which is a phenomenon. I think it's interesting energy cost report Projects sustained inflation in Nigeria energy costs report projects sustained inflation in Nigeria Buhari Nigeria made 200 billion Naira seven million dollars from issuance of P PL so I wonder if he said that while in Saudi Arabia or The presidents is said on behalf of him, but UK Parliament watched out probes PM Tribunal throws out petition against Kahlu's victory or Pusun Jew backs Igbo Senate presidency drum support for Kahlu NLC to workers arrest imposter's plotting to destroy LP The NLC and its hierarchy was that the LP headquarters. It was yesterday. The crisis in that part is so bad that in the most They had like four factions of the LP and sometimes you suspect that They are fifth columnist within the party and there are also People who are doing their best to make sure that there's a Scott in Discounting the label party. What we'll see how the drama goes. Yes So the NLC was a leadership was at the LP headquarters and they said it went there to filming filming gates rodents You know the good the committee in the politics is amazing even if you make it rodents is what they said 700 Nigerians die from oral cancer Oral cancer early in honey rare on my oral cancer and my saw something some years ago about the causes So the cause of oral cancer, which we may not want to go into at this point a jump Extends 2023 direct entry registration by one week alleged five point two billion narrow fraud key witness in X jam registers trial dies Sad one there and but you know if you are the extra registrar you might Union's ground activities at airports Syracuse appeals to aviation workers to end strike So that that that prediction or that suspicion yesterday We're sure if you go to follow through with this threat. They actually did they did so for those who had the flights to Make yesterday they would have had to go by road, which for some is not even an alternative Northern Christian elders. Buhari shouldn't leave killings as parting gift IGP Cmr. Certificates no longer valid as digital Vehicle registration process begins I'm not too comfortable when the police talk about Vehicles because you know, it's not really their role to to register vehicles and all of them So I'm no comfortable because what we see is they usually would capitalize on that to enrich themselves Today everybody just does everything civil civil defense will will will catch you for the papers that you don't have Peace Corps will catch you. Everybody just comes and cashes out from Commuters and all that and I is very unfortunate, you know, you ask yourself what civil defense is doing with with Vehicle papers. Yeah, you know what I normally say when they come out see these ones that were begging us three years ago So to allow them carry weapons. Yeah, I saw a civil defense, you know doing what do you call it? Escort services VIP escort services with their he looks in the way Flogging people out of the way, you know, and they jump down of the car I think they start to buy fuel they jump down with their guns. We are like bullies zoomed into the petrol station with the VIP Jumped out the guns away. Yes. Oh my god. You guys were begging us just two years ago to allow you carry weapons Oh my anyway power corrupts Yeah, in Nigeria we say uniform corrupts Because it's a Pisco, you know, it's up. We just have this course coming up They the bill is now I think they're passing it into law to make them Recognized so there's they've been there for over 10 years trying to get that recognition I think it's finally coming through. I do hope that when they come they'll fuel the security Apparitions that we have in this country, but not add to the chaos that we find From the uniform. I think you deep down you already know they are to the chaos Deep down, you know, it was a peace still defense that killed a driver in Port Hacott of NTA in Boba Road about two years ago a bus driver, you know your commercial bus driver or bus taxi they call He came down and one day today. He shocked the guy guy died. They were protests all over Port Hacott by the Commercial drivers, but the life was already wasted civil defense. Didn't have guns before Oh, that's a job. What is yeah? Well, but even make even the civilians that are not supposed to carry guns are still shooting each other So they the games will far outweigh the the bad there must be bad eggs in every whether you go to America The family family of the anyway, let's take the last Let's take a look at the family of the of the of the the driver who lost his life Let it be said that a criminal shot. He's a bad man. He should be treated as a man Yeah, not as civil defense. It's terrible. Anyway, supplementary post INX suspends a demo a wreck Warns him to stay away from commission's office until further notice directs Administrative society secretary to take full charge Without partisan corrupt officials PDP governors tell INX Some of the stories on the front page of a new telegraph. It was it was quite funny To watch what happened in Adam our state and I I said something until yesterday that you know, you know Nigerian comedians likes your brother shaggy mr. Macaroni please name some for me Yeah, why why basket mouth Daniel the humorous? Yeah, okay, but Cassie Cannot give us content Supercede the content that Nigerian politicians are giving us on the daily basis. They can't they can't I'm telling you but apart from the money that these guys are making from government or from Whatever they do as a government agency. They should open the YouTube channels Where they can upload the videos of what they do so they can make money as well Yes, because I Nigerian politicians and those who work in the in the government says are content creators Every single comedy content comedy content. Thank you comedy content. Okay. Um, you know, I was some time ago where Something happened in the National Assembly and all the senators House of Rep members were climbing the fence And I was like what From bulletproof cars and I'm climbing the fence like like students that are running away from the hostel It's it's it's it's crazy mad ones of the likes of give them a lie and the likes of For my kid is take governor fire fire. She who when they were someone to court All of a sudden became ill very ill And was it fire she who was wearing this neck bridge that that that is given to people who have spinal spinal cord What's his name? I didn't know I couldn't work to cut it had to wheel him But it was a video we saw a picture of him sitting up to it In the private room. Oh wait, we move on to leadership very quickly I like Adam or governorship. I like has no part to void my declaration. Binani tells Scott She's already going to cut and people need to know that and I shall be learning Accepted the the the victory, okay, and we give an acceptance speech And now she's really annoying the way people are directing others to court It's a safe, you know anything you want to do I can do anything I want and then send you to the court Mm-hmm. It's it's terrible. This is I see if the courts are in some people's pockets you see so so she's gone to court already and the the talk here is that I saw an interview that senator About the one who? Who Elisha boo who snapped who slapped was it called again who slapped the? Woman at a sex toy shop sex toy shop in Abuja. He was on Quoted a on channel television He's a senator presenting at the mall not Central District is shackle. Yeah He was quoted as saying that the electoral act as amended in 2022 Inhibits I neck from declaring the coalition of results and I was it null and void Okay, in other words he's saying that time once it has been declared. All right It is null and void and of no effect for a neck to To to say that I find it or yes, it's right It is it and I can see that the the result is null and void you understand it of no effect That was what those are words of phases of Koei who is the the the I like national commission of information about education. So what's in turbo sedans on on on on a fellow? you know TV station is that What do you call it that they have already proclaimed? You know made a proclamation and you can't go back. You know son, you know, it's like this thing We're doing with children was the person who did the proclamation given vested with the past to do so That is what now because if it had no past to do so that means if you let it go tomorrow Anybody can just wake up and declare well I was so long as he's working with a neck I hope I guess will be able to throw more light on that because as distance and he's an arbitrator So he will to tell us say you know as distance they've gone to court, you know So the judge will have to say no you have any current take your words back. You don't talk I'm already, you know, you can't take it back. Is that what we say in in a local palace? I will see This one is I was an I was a situation. They've seen it. There's anyway more from the leadership Defend Nigeria at all costs COS charges troops and LC vows to flush out you surface from labor party that's where they went to the party circles and said they are there to to to Chase out rodents, you know to spray rodents I don't know with the shell talks or something Passing just track to catch flight as Union's ground airports. It's really sad one Hope rises for Nigerian children as FG. Okay, it's okay. It's the Oxford Valera Malera vaccine You know Ghania's are the first to accept that and now we have a The Nigeria saying that they can do that. It can be used as well Stop killings in southern Kaduna, Benwe, Tarabah Now Ogun woman sells 18 month old baby to offset bank loan Okay, 2.4 billion Naira debts. I'm contests over assets of general Nigeria stories from the Leadership we'll take the next paper which happens to be the punch fuel subsidy FG begins 40% pay rise for workers April ending. It's quite an interesting one The riders to that government will settle January March areas later says labor ministry increased transport housing allowances Also, TUC tells FG PDP governors demand a demo a rex trial Be Nani Suzynek External reserves slide further to 35 billion dollars Marginal oil field sale generated 200 and 3 billion Naira says Puhari Striking aviation workers reject government to decrease Yeah, yeah, we have Chris K. Do one to a standby But please permit me to take the the funnel paper and then we will put Chris on 2.8 billion Naira gas pipeline progressing to par to par 3600 megawatt plants FG are some of the stories on the front page of the The punch you can see there striking aviation workers reject government plea threatened total Shut down the funnel paper we have on a table this morning It's a daily independent FG may spend more than 800 million dollar earmark for palliative Minister explains why cost of servicing foreign debt is rising labor party crisis NLC president others lead a Bure to party sectarian abuja one fractional chairman Papa to stay away. Maybe we can go and stay in a papa while this is happening Aviation minister won't strikes me lead to economic losses I an egg as controversial Adam are wrecked to stay away from office as some of the stories on the daily independent Okay. Well, so much to talk about but we're glad that we're being joined by our guests today and guest is Chris kind day one do and he's an avatar chattered arbitrator trained in the UK and here in Lagos. Hello, Chris Good morning and welcome to the program That being said, let's start up with a story. Yeah, go you take this one and oh we start with a story from the the first one from the Leadership Ionic has no power to void my declaration. Binani tells caught. What are your thoughts on that Chris? Well, I'm just the case of the absorb. We are anything goes, you know, you are talking about basket much talking about The UI and the rest of Nigeria is like Charlie boy show On Charlie boy show anything can happen and that is Where everybody takes Irrespective of what happens and down the consequences what you see happening now In the demo is the case of the absorb where people are trying to tram on the constitution As well as the Binani yes, I've gone to thought that what you need to access as we say you can place something on nothing You want you need to ask yourself the declaration that was made was inmate by the person recognized by the constitution of Electro ads to announce the results. So if he did that result was not harassed by the appropriate person, then whatever See to turn on it and void is void Abinition to say so She has a right to go to court but the part is that What has been done is totally legal it and how can you another resort when collision is still going on and To even add moisture to it the woman quickly run to NTA The life program to read her acceptance speech knowing fully well that's the result I was announced by the red was wrong and he did not have the power to be and more absorb is the fact that even the red had In the attempt that's why he was making that top security Chips the commissioner police was there the director of DSS was there and even the commandant of the Civil defense in the state give me some level of legitimacy. I think proper We have the authorities have to take Immediate action to be able to other redeploy the security its chips or even retired the mentality But what have they what they did was more like a civilian group, which must not stand. So I neck I must comment I neck had water for reacting and Immediately nipping the Before it's into something else, but whatever was done by the neck. It's not recognized by the Responsible whatever the money does. I think I make And the clear As it were That's in junction I don't know what I see that interlocutory in church or perpetually definitely can be perpetually so Yes, that's And I make you go ahead and and that's the reason and that is what we've been some of us have been saying really selection Since the since the relation where people try to win and all means and now has to go to cause That is the new norm in Nigeria. That is the one for politicians and you the candidates of APC was trying to catch on dads and get herself and now's and the Boding of proof would be on the PDP governorship candidate, but as far as I'm concerned, that is not that We got it So that is what it is Well, apart from the fact that she was granted interview by a government agency, which is NTA Even knowing the facts that they knew People are also concerned about the fact that they Supposed punishment that has been given to him is a slap on the wrist and he deserves more than that And not only him but everybody that has seemed to be culpable in that act What do you think about that kind of punishment that they gave to per person because some people are seeing that as a as a way of trying to truncate the process of democracy and In fact, the the national national peace even so they're seeing it as treason They're seeing it as a very big crime that deserves more and a stiffer punishment. What do you think? I think I've done the right thing First thing is to be able to show him aside As into step aside when the situation will go on. Don't forget to respect it Whatever it is, it has to be investigated and the two process has been followed. So what are they going to do? To ask him to step aside investigation We carry that and if you find he was if he's found probable of the offense then Relevant authorities we get him arrested and prosecuted I make does not have the power to Arrest and prosecute. That is in the overview of the security agencies And the world you say as I mentioned earlier Seated yeah, why that illegality was going on so the information not only But also the various security teachers that we are that are you saying that they don't know about the The law as he regards them the Electoral arts as well as the Constitution and more importantly is the fact that that wreck also put the life of his members It's tough of finding you into danger. You can see how a national Electrocommissioner that was deployed to a madam asked it was beating black and blue and stripping a kid I'm sure you saw that video They will take the mistook him for the man and it was not a person He was not involved in that because most of them were not part of that He got one of him and beat him to stupor. That's a professor Professor one of the Institutions he was beating black and blue and almost kid just because of the recklessness of of this Pardon my use of what this fish man, but as I said in lunch He'll be able to take his course and the agencies of romantic that need to do the relevant All right, Chris, let's look at more stories. So we go over to the the daily Independent sorry swinging back and forth The daily independence has this lead story bordering on the fuel subsidy removal Almost a few subsidies come had to go back. He almost rolled of my tongue It says FG may spend more than 800 million dollar earmark for palliative, you know all about the palliative We're all expecting some of that money to come expecting to be Part of the 50 million people who received the palliative, you know, except for the Abraham has many sons I am one of them and so are you so so I don't know what you'll be one of them I want to be one of them but Chris what I thought some what the daily infinite is saying more than 800 million dollars FG may spend more than that earmark for the palliative Well, okay, I'm not one of them, but I'm sure you're one of them I don't want to be at least get your national cake 50 million people. That's a lot of people. I mean, it's not impossible Well They've chosen Whichever way they don't forget that they also did that during the COVID period and shared it among themselves So I don't know. It's so cool that I learned All about to me it's totally free It's totally free because that has been before by the National Assembly during the Adoc committee that was raised to Investigate that and they will find so many features in that this event I'm not surprised. This is this government anything. Don't forget that from the point we're getting out of that It's 100 million dollars about 50 something million plus to 60 million use for administrative purposes 60 something million dollars Administrative purposes to share 800 million and I ask myself who are they to see if we pump that money into reviving the moribund refineries Yes, the finalists that have been on that they promised to revive since 2015 Then wouldn't have been where we are if they push that into building one single new one Won't be well because the power remains is that Even as much as no matter how we look at it if we don't do the right footings as I've always said on this program By making sure that our refineries are working all the so-called subsidies removal or whatever is just tragic Because this is one and only country probably in the world that produces crude oil impacts import petroleum What we need to do is to have a realistic Look at our refineries and make sure that They are revived and we can be able to refine our crude Locally all the money that we are spending in Importing petroleum will be reduced. We are not even anymore much more from From the sales of crude and our foreign exchange is doing it on the daily basis So the little we have we we push into by petroleum products and ecofee for now We are using close to about 80 percent of our Our current earnings to service them. We're not even servicing it. We are just servicing the accruing interest on those them. So sharing Is this is the same with this ministry of ministerial Said that they were feeding our children that we are told could be If I don't know how many of the children were fed might we are not fed and They spend billions and billions of naira that they are not even accounting for so the issue of this 800 million Dollars are letting that is a grant to me is rubbish then taking that a stretch for that Don't forget that now we don't know how much we consume in terms of the number of Laters that we consume the controller general of custom came out sometime a Some months back to say that he does not believe the the figures been brandished by nmpc About a local consumption because take it for take for example During the kovat there was total lockdown And you see See nmpc still giving us the same figure that we're being used across both over the years as Consumption when Nigerians were receded from moving for close to three weeks or four weeks How possible is that so you can see that a lot of pollution within that system? So personally, I see that this is just a Time for patting it for some of those in government to share and just maybe is that patting it better This share adds of 800 a million dollars patting doesn't sink with me at all. It doesn't all right, um I think we can some people will say that the minister of finance has been trying trying very hard to um to make sure that Some money goes to the vulnerable, you know, and um, uh, uh, let's relate Nigerians She's been trying most a year. I think um Someone put the spanner in the works of this plan last year and later they now rebet it She's been trying really hard. So um, we have to give it to her. She's tried She's tried to pull push this through for the 15 million vulnerable Nigerians to get something It was it was rejected and she's come back with this plan again. So she's trying. She's been trying hard Let's take some more the headlines. Um, the the, uh, the aviation workers have been I'm going to myself had a bit of um A discussion this year to decrease the aviation workers have shut down the airport They carried through through with the uh, the threat and um, we have some some of the airline passengers had to trek I think that was what um, the leadership said the passengers had to trek to catch their flights As union ground airports, but I want us to pay attention to what the aviation minister is saying on the front page of the daily independent, um, Hadi Sirica, uh, who just recently, you know, uh, purchased some some new brand new firefighting vehicles for the airport is saying that The um, the strikes may lead to economic losses The strikes may lead to economic losses as workers, paralyzed activities at Lagos airport and others great well, um We look at it from this point. Is it today that the unions, um, raise the idea of going on, uh, One to this one strike. They've been saying this for over two weeks. Now. What did the government? They called them to a meeting to resolve the issue But that is how we grow in Nigeria on to you in back on a strike the government Will not listen to you or employers of labor will not listen to you. So what will happen with? Sorry It's all happened with us and for how long it too it's also happened within the health sector So how long that our doctors was on strike we are on strike and you see the action being taken by house Or representing that we're going to stream Nigerians graduates from traveling approach to Like their trade but this action By the vision work as they give one strike for two weeks that they will go on this one strike and it's just for two days and our Leaders those in the ministry of labor those integration and even within the presidency did not What you need to ask yourself is that where the demands were the legitimate of course they were But let us not agree with that because this is not really going to where people go on strike Coffee, you know very well. What happened in the kingdom some weeks back airlines went on strike those on the train those Train workers went on strike for weeks and the same of dissenting with noses also in the United So it is not just in Nigeria but ours is that why other countries strive to be able to Be able to meet the demands of able to make this workers to be able to Sort out to the issues as well. I was we sit down and wait on that So for people trekking. Well, it's not the surprise trekking is part of exercise But I I personally Yes, it's part of this. I you know that Most of us don't have the time to even exercise these days So any opportunity I have to exercise I will walk but this was a strike that was for two I personally make sure that I clear my table that Monday Tuesday. I'm not with traveling I just came back from east and I make sure my flight was supposed to be for Monday Back to Sunday. So I know that this we take this so I hope that this we just be only a one is like and not because after I won a strike There's going to be a strike proper and I hope that these two days we just give the comment opportunity windows of Opportunity to be able to discuss with you know, and it's also most of these issues are state So that we don't have a breakdown of total collars within the evasions That is even struggling by now, if you know how much the official fuel is being published one thousand per meter The official industry is struggling. So and whatever happens is the official interest will affect the economy country So I hope this issue will be resolved as quickly as possible that so that we don't have a full collapse Of the evasion sector as it were. All right interesting. Um Yesterday, uh, Julio Saburi as we said earlier Was led as the chairman of labor party or factional chairman. He wanted to be fair Do some uh, uh, obedience would probably stone me if they hear me saying factional chairman He was led by the leadership of the nlc to the um Labor party national secretariat He was led there and what the nlc president was quoted as saying was that uh, they were there to um to fumigate rodents From the nlc Headquarters, but this is what the daily independent says on his front page labor party crisis nlc others Leader borough to party sectorate in abuja one factional chairman a papa to stay away Um, Chris, you and I know that this is not how it works, you know Because um, it is the the judge when he swipes his hits his gavel on the on the what do you call that thing again? You are mediator he sit on that table and what he says will become law So it's not by I don't know whether you agree with with that point, but what are your thoughts on that? Um, I'm not just a chapter I'm just a gadget of law. So I know the law And the law is what it is as we say law and we look at it from the points if I don't know I know that that was an order issued By court restraining abuja from parody himself as the chairman national chairman of the labor party On to that order is vacated. It remains what it is irrespective if you like if nlc the whole of nlc globally decide to just Follow him to his office. That does not Reduce the fact that the court has the court of competent jurisdiction as restraining from parody himself as the national chairman of the Cooper party. So what you need to do is to go back and make sure that that's the senior that is Secondly, it's the same thing that happened with it. Well, it's the same thing that is facing that are you spacing? I you has to step aside and has continued to pursue his case at a At the benioir court to try to vacate that Decision of the court and he's in court. So the same thing to go with them Um With abuja, he cannot build around and just be junketed for one point. The law is in law and what the law says irrespective whether you like what you don't see but not once a I mean a restriction order has been placed on you. They have no choice You cannot cherry pick what you want or what you don't want in Are you have is pursuing his phone case trying to make sure that they call to back his and I think that We should do that as well, but I'm trying to mobilize NLC or whatever To back him is not solutions to it. So as far as this money is considered as far as today's concern If that a case has not been back at that He is not the national chairman of Level party, whether it's political order or anything. I don't I don't it doesn't bother me The law is what it is and abuja by the face of the law is not his national chairman Of the level party as of this money. As I said except that That junction Mr. He has been vacated. All right. Let's quickly look at this one away from politics FGE ok's use of oxford malaria vaccine It's still on the front page of delin pen and I'm using that paper because it's captured most of what your other papers They say m the guineans are the first in the world and then not just follow suit Are you are you concerned about, you know some some this is too early? It's a vaccine It's not really being tested or proven yet. Now. We go first user the guineans and Nigerians What are your thoughts on this this new malaria vaccine? As is being accepted. Okay, then approved by the federal government for use in Nigeria I'm worried coffee. I don't know why the rush If the first to talk if my wife get the land and come bump into it I know I love the meditative and active vaccine because for me Yes, not as much as not to say that the first to due diligence and is approved I don't know why we should be worried It's only gamma in Nigeria is the second country to approve that after gamma I'm waiting of the yes. You can say that maybe European countries don't face the show malaria Don't forget when it comes to global interest. Nigeria has the highest number of malaria cases I think globally we have about close to about 40 percent of there about of total malaria The population or whatever call it in the world think we're about it's nine percent or 40 percent I read that report But there's no need for us to be you know, because if you also look at the issue of COVID At the point you can see that some of the vaccines that people rushed into taking even the manipulators later on came to say that There are some defaults and the freedom of this I don't know if the federal government to take his time That's not you to rush. Let us say how it goes and let it be come on test and let's see other countries more countries Engaging that then they're going to be some kind of test and evaluation of that particular Usage by this country before rushing Bex our the nitrogen of Not that I've come to say that to say I can go ahead with the I personally to me And I would have said that But we should be very cautious in rushing into taking some of this We still have our malaria drugs and that we are still taking that is working for us And that is still the way to go. I would be very cautious But I think it's still For the children. I don't think for now it's not going to be for that I think I had that is between the 80s or six or One to six or one to a kind of an example and still within the for the children Bex We shouldn't be in a hurry to Embrace that I think let us see Globally tested use and confirm before rush. I don't know the rush why we're bringing this Okay, well, uh, there's so much to catch up on Chris, but uh, we'll have to let you go understand I would like to say thank you for being a part of our show this morning Thank you very much and coffee as one of the winners. Please go and collect your own chair No, it's it's for less privileged They said less privilege I'm not less privileged. That's on the line factor. Yes. Yes Well, let's privilege they said, um Nigeria people living below the poverty index are up to like 80 million And then the single out about 50 million. They said the most vulnerable Most vulnerable. What are they using to measure my brother? I tell you what if they were to do, um Draw it. Um, Sibyl should come forward Um to collect this money you see people who are well dressed People who drive cars will go there to collect theirs. Yeah, I see that a lot in Nigeria So well, I they have their work is cut out for them. That's all I can see We'll take a break and when we return we will delve straight into our first major conversation right here On the breakfast, please stay with us in the meantime. Let's look at how the weather is today in days