 Research shows that a negative work environment contributes to greater odds of having cardiovascular risk factors among full-time workers and social supervisor behaviour plays an important role. We will be looking at the employees' right on the show this morning. It's World Tobaccoist's Day, Niger records 200,000 new TB cases in one year. Like always, we will be reviewing the front page of major dailies across the country. Welcome to the breakfast and plus TV Africa, I am Justin Akadone. And I am Messi Poco, beautiful morning right here for us, and it's good to know that you are on the other side, part of the show as well. Yeah, morning to you, Messi. You're looking radiant as always. Thank you. I trust you had a wonderful night rest. Well, I feel better. That's the most important thing. You know, there's nothing like sleeping well and because if you don't get so much rest or so much sleep the next day, you might just start off maybe having a headache or just start your day on a very low-key mood, so there's always an emphasis on I'm trying to sleep very well. You know, sometimes, usually I just think that we take health for granted and little things. Yesterday I read a story, you know, I saw news where someone died because they had stomach ache and this young man, yes. So I just think that it's as much as, you know, we pay attention to work and every other thing, it's also important that we pay attention to our health. Yeah, good thing we'll talk about a health issue on the show this morning. Today's what you're about to notice, but we'll get into all of that much later. But Messi, what is trending in the country? Yesterday there was a massive fire at the popular Acoma Bridge, Lagos Island here in Lagos. And Lagos, you know, there was a bit of a, not a bit, there was much traffic along that route yesterday. You know, you know how busy the Acoma area is, that's like where there's so much activities, marketing activities, commercial activities are going on there. And Messi, this is not the first time that we've had cases of fire around that particular location, Lagos Island market. Just every time there's always some fire outbreak, you know, if it's not Acoma, it's within the Lagos Island metropolis. But yesterday was just one too many. But I think we'll probably just, you know, take that track and when we return, continue with the conversation right here, please stay with us. Let's take that. Lagos wakes up to this disaster. Traders at the popular Acoma scramble to savage what they can. Hey, bros, bros. Sorry. The fire opens up a portion of the bridge, signalling danger as firemen from the state and other officials try to extinguish the flame. Traffic is rerouted from air to other roads. The result is this horrific gridlock. Acoma Bridge is cut down off as the state emergency agency, led by the permanent secretary, Femi, was signed to loot talks off for the evacuation of containers under this bridge. We are moving the containers, we are moving in to the source of the inferno. And with that, there's no casualty, there's no mortality, and we are on top of the challenges. However, we have a stakeholder's greeting with all the people that were involved. The federal ministry, Lagos State Ministry of Works, Lagos State Environments, and we have decided that we've given them seven days' ultimatum. After these seven days' ultimatum, anyone, anyone, any container that is found wanting will be removed. The representative of the Ministry of Works and Alton arrives in company of all the officials disappointed at the damage. Let me repeat myself and make it clear. Lucidly clear. From today, the 30th of March, every occupant under our bridges, all our bridges, we have over 20 bridges in Lagos alone, to move. They have been giving seven day ultimatums to move away. After the seventh day, the task force will hand on any recastrant element we find under the bridge. So we're working with the Ministry of Environment that will be responsible for ensuring that the market people that need to be evacuated will be evacuated. Those that don't need to be around will be moved and I'm sure they will find a location for them. But from a transport point of view, it's very important that we evacuate this place. Safety is paramount. We need to think of the safety of our people first and then we can then look at other things later. It is not clear what caused the fire, but officials have advised motorists to use alternative routes, as Aqmobon Bridge would have to be shut. Integrity tests carried out before repair works can begin. All right, welcome back from that report. You just saw what happened yesterday at the popular Aqmobon bridge in Lagos yesterday. The fire that happened underneath the bridge. From the report, the Lagos State Government says an integrity test will be carried out and they have actually asked the resident and commuters to use alternative routes. I can imagine the traffic that will be on around that area for quite some time. Yes, also interesting is the fact that the federal government has also given traders and all the illegal occupants over the bridge in Lagos, 7-day automaton to vacate that space or they would have to face forceful vacations and all of that. But according to the report, we really cannot, whatever cost that fire has not been established. But that's what happens when you have markets and activities around, usually in some states you see the issue of having street trading, you know, very dangerous issue, especially on our roads, really, really sad. So I think it's a two-way thing. On the other hand, you want to look at, you know, the response time for, I mean, of the fire service because usually we cannot, as much as we say, yes, let's carry out this campaign and sensitization to avoid this fire. Because if we constantly educate the people, educate ourselves on how to avoid this incident, then we will not get to that part. So it's called the preventive. We need to be proactive to ensure that there's constant sensitization. Find a way to pass the message via the different medias that are available, the radio, TV, jingle, communicating and language that people would understand, practices and behaviors that people need to, you know, stay away from. But every day you move around, you know, the city of Lagos, you move around Nigeria, you see that we're just a disaster waiting to happen. Anywhere it can just happen because you see some behavior and practices that are, you know, not very all right. But let's see how all of this pans out. It just boils down to the same issue that we keep talking about at the end of the day. Yes, it is. Yeah, still on what you mentioned, that aspect of evacuating people. I wonder why people, well, let me not wonder. Sometimes the situation of the country, because when you say you wonder why you like, what alternatives are you going to give to them? You know, most people, most people live there under those bridges. Some people even trade under those bridges. And I know it's not the ideal situation. It's not the ideal thing for people to be trained or living under the bridge. But, you know, survival, the world would be survival. But before you think about survival, it's like for every time you have, have you had every time you have a heavy duty vehicle falling on the road? You know, sometimes they're conveying very sensitive products. And then you hear reports and you see pictures. It's not just a report of, you know, some persons, residents around going to scope petrol and you say because you need to survive. I mean, you have just seen, seen a means of survival. But before you think about survival, you also need to think about safety. The dead cannot be talking about survival. So when you're dead, you're dead and gone. So before you begin to think about how to survive, you also need to think about how to leave. And that's why I say that there's a lot of work to be done. We need to constantly create. I feel like if we are more preventive, if we take a way of preventing, we'll not get to a point where we have to react and then begin to make excuses why we haven't evacuated. People need to understand constantly there need to be information. Why you should not have done that first place? Because I know that for every state there's, you know, many share of information and orientation and what have you. There's no orientation, yes. We need to constantly, even the fire service department, I think that if we, you know, adopt the approach of educating people, letting people understand the practices and behavior, like I mentioned earlier on, that they should not be involved in to ensure that, you know, we have to prevent. It's like saying, oh, to avoid malaria and what have you, you know, mosquito bites and how, what have you, clear the bushes around, clean the gutters, ensure that everywhere is clean. It's just simple, right? But it's quite unfortunate that has happened, but I'm hoping that everyone involved would actually, you know, learn a lesson. The government would act. That order has been given by the federal government. Federal government is interested in this case. And let's see how that pans out. Let's see what happens. But safety first, before survival. That's what I think. I agree. I agree. And I just hope all the integrity tests will be done so that we will not also be prone to danger again when that bridge is reopened. But let's move on to some other thing that is trending, that Timidakolo is in the news. Merci. You know, he said something about bread. Sometimes you don't blame people, Merci. You know, he said that. He's an artist. He sings for a living, you know. But he went out to perform at some event of the People's Democratic Party. And then next in Nigeria, and do you know how Nigerians would react? And like, they're all like, whoa, whoa, whoa, why should he be performing? I don't think he's done anything wrong. The fact that he decided to sing or to support any particular city is his personal opinion. So I think I remember some time last year, somewhere in one supermarket running to Timidakolo. And I have a sister who feels like, oh, Timidakolo should perform at my, Timidakolo should perform at my wedding. And it happened. And then she said, oh, that's Timidakolo. I've always wanted him to perform. You know, we needed to pull the stunt. And however, in the supermarket, somehow he came out and was like, okay, hi. Timidakolo, this is me and this is my sister. And she really wants you to perform. The truth is, yes, we know that the Nigerians actually yesterday or thereabout, Timidakolo performed when Atikua Babakad declared his intention of, you know, to run for president on the People's Democratic Party, of course, former vice president of Nigeria. And a lot of people are saying, oh, there's a lot of tongue wagging. And people are saying, oh, yes. It's, you know, another political period and season and hungry people would always go ahead. So I understand the fact that a lot of persons are disgruntled. You understand that the fact that Nigerians are working, you feel like, for someone like Atikua, he was vice president before, part of the problems that we have faced. He's also part of it. Why should Timidakolo be associated with him? But you need to understand that he is an artist, just like you have mentioned, right? He performs, you know, that's how he makes his money. But you can't take, it's like saying that we have to be selective. So if I have a restaurant right now, let's say I have a restaurant, a five-star restaurant, I'd like to have that, right? And so you have people coming in. I can't say, if the president walks into my restaurant, I can't say, Buhari, please don't come here. Because I need you. You have to select, you have to feed everybody. I don't know if you understand. So it's business. Business is business. You can't restrict who comes in and who doesn't come in. You have to be all the best. And so that's what it is. So I think that, you know, but we need to call for that track. Yes, let's take that and we'll come back and talk some more about it. Bread. Show me with the comb. All right, Atikudakolo, performing his ever-popular great nation and Atikudakolo's declaration there. And like we were saying before, to that time, Clip, it has an outrage. He's a senator. He decided to sing for the former vice president, his decision. I don't think, if you have a problem with it, just... Meanwhile, let's talk about that great nation song. I think that's, you know, legendary song. I love that song so much. You'll continue to leave. I remember those days when I used to be on the radio, it would always be at a time where we have to talk about democracy, we have to do anything about Nigeria. It's always a great song to play. It's a fantastic song. And I, you know, I like to really sit and watch, you know, Timidakolo perform that song sometimes someday. So it's a great one, but like I mentioned, Justin is like you having a business. You have a petrol station, right? You own a petrol station. Actually, I like to own that one. Imagine like you own a petrol station. You own a petrol station and then you have the likes of Artico coming to patronize you. And you say, you tell your attendant, don't attend to him, you know, because this policy is... No, he has to come every day to buy from me. So for Timidakolo, that's his craft and that's how he makes his money. But doesn't necessarily mean that he's endorsing him. I don't think that that's an endorsement. So you contract it to do a job. We need to understand what an endorsement or not an endorsement. It probably might be, he might not be his favorite candidate for the election, but we need to understand. I understand how Nigerians actually feel. Yeah, because they feel that if he doesn't believe or if he isn't endorsing them, Artico, he would not even... Go to perform. So I think that this is the thing that Nigerians, because recently you would see some persons who have said they want to become president, they want to become governors, and what have you, Nigerians have been very bitter. So they find you associating with this person and they say, what's going on? Why are you in connection? Don't forget the story of Jesus at the time. I mean, you found him a lot of time with, you know, seeing us dining and eating. Jesus spent a lot of times eating with seen us and having a party. No, I'm not the deaconess, what I'm just saying, you know, unless it's not dragged to me, Dakolo, he's just craft. Paraventure, you never can tell. Artico might not be his favorite candidate. He might not be his favorite person, but his business, as long as we live in the, you know, a capitalist system, profits would always be a thing. And so, you know, cut him some slack. Yes, to me, you can decide to sing for whoever you want to sing. That's for your profession, that's how you feed your family, that's how you make your money. So if you don't sing, I wonder what else you would be doing, except that you're thinking of and maybe getting into nollywood someday. All right, those are the top trends then for this. Morning, we'll take a break and then we'll come back. We'll be going off the press in a moment to join us again.