 Thank you for staying with us. You're still watching The Breakfast on Plus TV Africa right now It's time to take global stories making headlines in our national dailies and joining us to review the papers is Chris Candy Wando. He's a member of the Chattered Institute of Abitrators in the UK But he's joining us from Abuja this morning the seat of power. Good morning, Mr. Chris. Always nice having you on the program Good morning. Thanks for having me. How is Abuja today? I like the way you said the seat of power We are connected Our Chris is at the seat of power I find this morning just that there are few 4Qs all over the place Yes, I've been 4Qing Abuja for some days now. Most of the philly stations are not having 4L I don't know the reason for that. I think that's it. Yeah, that's what it is this time. Therefore now, Abuja is cool. I'm fine That's nice. All right Let's go straight into the papers. We're going to be starting with a punch this morning And the major headline is something we just even kind of spoke about before we went on air and he says 28 trillion and Naira budget braha parties demand 3.7 trillion Naira padding probe Northern Senators disown in Gigi and then the rider is in Gigi insist on 3.7 trillion at Naira allegations Allegation Senators APC PDP 6 sanction and investigation. What do you think about this? Brouha as Pontius called it Yes, the man's name is Mingi Mingi Okay, so yes, yes, I beg your pardon. Yes. Yes And it's a rank is in it all of the sentence Well, I I don't know What prompted that? But if you follow the the press statement by Start pressing of the president By a little girl a few days back was that stable to optimize that what was passed was not a 25 Trillion budgets That's the president presented to point at the 2.5 Yes, I'm 25 27.5 trillion and the Senate or National Assembly I wish them at least I did another 1.2 trillion So everything that came to 28.7 trillion Naira, but that was what was passed By the National Assembly and that was what was ascended to by the president. So we are Senator Nengi is getting three girls Is here to be seen so Yesterday on the another four hours saying that I've not had no sense in it was debunking him because He claimed to be the chairman of not answering it was for so he probably was speaking on behalf of not answering it Okay, now they have come out to the snowing and said that line just like some other have said but I don't do it's not even only that that might be shooting the issue for me is the way he has tried to bring some ethnicity Into the miss By claiming that the president has a negated the notes the president has not done anything about Mambilla platoon power projects that the president has not done anything about a jeopardistic company and That they are going to talk to the president about That how he has rejected the negated the north and the questioner has Let him point at one project that the president has also executed within these nine months in the south So this is not about me city We have any genuine complaint and having it's been letting me get you before but when it comes to pardon This is not this is no news. You and I know that I'm pardoning has become part of them National assembly. They've done this in the past several years and that has been you are cry over this but whether he has any substantial Any evidence to prove his point is just to be seen so let him put it before the public Betting the president has applied and said that what was present signed by the president was 28 points and 7 trillion 2024 or just another 25 according to what he said it was 25 that was signed And that it has by another three trillion But let's say at this point today. We are hearing some news from the National Assembly that to be heard debate at the National Assembly Decisive Okay, so you like you said padding is not new anymore But why is why is it that for every time to bring a budget? There's always this padding because If you say this is how much we want to spend I'm wondering why you come back again, and then there's more money on top I understand maybe inflation can be a part of it But why is this now every real current thing in Nigeria that every time a budget, you know is being placed There's also another money that is going to come on top. When next they meet You know the function of the legislator is One is the issue of legislation personal Making us for the country to is what you call the oversight function and the other function We have been stated which later has to do with the executive part of the oversight function is also to be able to pass the point It's if you present the executive as it were at the state level Look, I got bed level or the federal level send Their budget estimated budgets always an estimated budget send it to the legislator This legislator we have the power to look through it and we able to either reduce or increase is within them It is the power that has been given that was mentioned in the night night constitution as amended So they can do and do beds as it was most of them most often than not selfishly They try to also manipulate some of these things and trying to insert it is that also for but then they also go through the back But they go to straight and trees is executive to also have something some type of office To the budget as it were not only that Each past its ministry and then the is also have come before the state also should depend their own budget Bring it all that also some on the current On the table that is within them. But the fact is that If there's any on the current and trying to smoke with certain things into the budget Then it becomes a problem. But for me Which which also say it yes, not as much as some of these Councils say that in the course of their duty most of them. They also be able to look at their business is where they almost also Did Some discrepancies on the part of the duties on ministries and where they have to Put these are any things which the legislators will find out as a sponge Then there are these things also where they will say no, we don't want this money to go for this Let's take it away from this and put it in this which is part of their oversight function Anything can happen just like Charlie boy as I always say Charlie boy show Charlie boy show Okay, another headline here is um about the nigeria airports terrorism un begins lego's abuja airport security audit un That's the word for me. You and begins the Legos abuja airport security audit. I wonder what your take is I don't know who the u.s. But there's an international Organization in charge of aviation across the globe. I know of it. I know of a cow as it is and So I I don't know this particular one that u.s. What word of the u.s un un un united Yes, yes, even if it's you and then maybe you and agencies as I said They are worldwide as I said as I say that's either that's I That's a cow. So if the agencies Did you know the touch up? Yeah, yeah, they have the right to do that often Not only Nigeria, but all other airports in the world because airport security is very very fundamental as I said, I mean abuja and then the After the 9 11 incident that's um rock the united state of america. We were really what happened 9 11 There are some some terrorists Running through the twin towers in the united state and Over 5,000 lives were lost The airport security has been Have been taken to the next level. So Mostly why they do or those of you can make sure that you meet Because not only Nigeria that was it because People coming from across the globe also passes through that um from what the what I've seen of the Airport I but for now for me they manage. I don't think it's a bad one. Security is good The more if to me even they've taken it to the next step I don't know whether you have seen the new Matala Muhammad international airport the new one the what you call the new The new airport which has just been put into use. I used about two months ago It's a month ago when I went for afghan that is an international airport That's the airport can meet anyone. I've said I've been to new york. I've been to London. I've been to canada. I've been everywhere I've said that that airport is one of the best. I've seen any part of the world if we can only but maintain it Or do it has no solid fuel operation. It's just about two or three four lines that I don't know where we have no move all the international Lines from the old domestic Matala Muhammad airport to disney it is seamless everything is automated and that is the way to go That's good news to hear about something that is in nigeria. You actually asked me whether I have I've seen it. I was like airports now give me running stop mark When you think about the fairs, you're like, what's that you go find for the To give you money to move because when you just do a one one-way flight from babuja and discuss in 154,000 You can do you can do the mass 154 one way not too easy not return Okay, this worry someone before we move to the next paper on paid salaries sannu nasu tackle federal government declares seven day strike Our children remain for school with that. They don't come they don't come again. They don't start Because that that will not be new. They came now as to sannu. It's always by them sannu drop. They have Then as we think over but the fact is that I always The problem is that our government don't They don't leave up to agreement. We have an agreement with chignon. We don't leave up to it It's an agreement. It's only very a contract as we say in law Is it a valley construct as we say in law? Is it a contract? I signed seed and driven and what is done? What that is done? You have you are bound. You are bound by that The contracts and contracts so if the government had an agreement would be doing this and then oh, well I'm good. What we're going to see now is that you're going to see another crisis within the um public Public institution public universities as it is and that is why you see that 80 close to 80 percent or 70 percent of No longer send their children public universities You can hardly see anybody I don't know people go but you can hardly see people sending their their children to public cost The issue is that you know when they enter the when they graduate you don't know You see them Students staying about six years for four-year costs when they are made to went to the who attended the vampire Investor at us make sure that the clock out for you for years and that are doing the bane of hemorrhage and investors I hope that the government will listen to them and get this into the bud before it's nice to ball into a full-fledged Stripe as it were All right, let's move over to the guardian. Um, there's a small headline that says Open borders to address food crisis kind of governor tells tinnable And there's another one that says tinnable promises to fix farmers headers crisis in three weeks Um, do you think this can happen in three weeks? And do you think opening up the borders? Would actually address the food crisis in Nigeria? What do you think? I want to believe that the president is Is misguided as it were You know every time there's any time they drop the board the next thing they were accused of The media of misputing the president. I don't know where he's getting his Where he's getting his information from that was how some people came in the past Service teams and said that Kuku Hamara and terrorism would be eliminated within one month and we saw what happened On to the left of his dignity. I don't think this is them to start putting a time down to issues like this The president is going to get the issues of then we should get his necessary His aids to do the need the needful and walk the talk not giving type After three weeks, if nothing happened then what's the water? We are having a high rise in insecurity across Nigeria and especially within the north We've seen the situation where students have been kidnapped for 200 at the point of another We saw in bono we are over 200 women. We are also picked by bandits People that were in the IDP camp who were displaced in their homes by insecurity They find their way to IDP camp We went out to the site for food or whatever they say it was and they've been and They've been kidnapped and abducted now. We are hearing news that the bandits are asking for six 40 trillion Naira And 150 motorcycle to be able to release them. This is not this is not good news. This is not good news for us and I don't sincere. I don't know what is going on. Especially the issue of kidnapping of Putin. This is being us back to the pre-2015 Remember what happened in Chippok? All the Chippok guests were up picked up during the Lajinatan regime. Remember what happened in Dapchi? Where scoopers were picked? Most of those students that were abducted went over nine years to 10 years now Some of them have not returned and may not return again None this set of students have been picked. I think we are Governments should be able to tighten security and look at ways of Being able to deal with this issue of insecurity especially among the vulnerable ones because the children Children and women are the most vulnerable when it comes to security. They cannot defend themselves How can you send your children to school only for them to park be parked by bandits? And I asked how do they come into a committee? And pick over 200. Do you know what it takes to be able to? To kidnap over 200 students and they are much like that and much into the bush or whatever And there was no single presence of security. Nobody to intervene. Nobody to challenge them It leaves much of a desire. But as I said, we seem to be going back to the pre-2015 days of Good Lord Jonathan and I'm asking is a way is there any political on that one to this is my personal opinion Is there any political? Yes, there was some level of kidnapping during the quarry eight years of quarry But it wasn't in this manner What is happening now is what happened during Good Lord Jonathan and it seems like some people are trying to rewrite schemes That's my personal opinion Okay, let's move to the daily trust. Uh, they're interesting headlines here small headlines up From the top left. We are starting with um hardship. There's nothing much anyone can do Buhari That's what Buhari said. So I don't know what your take is We should forget that man You just forget that man I've said the time and time I take on this and the other for that Buhari remains the worst president Nigeria ever had and I stand to be correct He is Because most of the problem we find ourselves was caused by Buhari and he just left us in the go and we are ripping the Um for he this was a man that came into office with so much good way And then I voted for him one believing that he'd be able to send me level of his second in law being a former military military leader or a military man in favor of fully and the economy He left everything in that as an infrastructure nothing and as we continue to To chair him on and writing also books for people to read But even the current government is not bringing money for most of the misfortune that they found And um and the problem they are facing it has been said time and time again by the age of this current president So the mass just go to his head Dara and enjoy himself and whatever is left of us Buhari for me should not be listened if he has any honor by now I think that in other plans someone like Buhari would have been arrested and be asked to um To come and account for some of the deeds what his own did and that of his aid By saying that there's nothing that is a defeatist Attitude which he exhibited when he was a government That is if you then if you are saying that there's nothing the government can do but then the government should resign I will look for people that can be able to do the job when the president was taking over office He said he knows the enormous city of the problem and that he's going to try to tackle them and he will tackle them That we should give him some time Yeah, we'll give him some time is nine months already that we're going to wait for eternity They say it will get to us before it gets better But why gets worse to some of us have to die? um before it gets better When you pick up when when you hear it a company or you buy a company you buy both access and the ability So the assets are there the liabilities are and the current government should be able to and not over forget We're talking of a government a pc government for for eight years they were blaming a PDP for the For the problem that beheaded Nigeria For 16 years APC have been deciding for nine years not going to 10 years. Who are they going to blame? Nobody so uh, I don't think It's me and you me and you that will pay the the monies we are owing and all that I know you would say that but you This one worries me this headline worries me. It's like we're going back to the days of ruga Briefly just let's be brief about our answers provide land for grazing tinabu tells governors And I don't know what you feel about that. I know the last time this kind of a thing came up There was a lot of opera in communities around around the country and now the president is directing That every state governor should provide land for grazing for people The question that was was up on everybody's lives then was that uh to rare cattle Or any other form of livestock is a business like any other business So are you telling me that governors will have to provide shops for everybody who is doing a business or something? Why would it be that you come into my state? I must provide land for you for your cattle to graze and all that and you're not You're not doing it like it. It is a business. You're doing it like it is a right Is this not what is coming back to us now ruga Yeah And uh, March and not live by bread alone. Let me say use the word March and not live by meat alone We have the option of eating fish and eating chicken. So It doesn't have to be what is not composite out. So people don't eat meat. I'm sure you're aware of that That's something that vegetarians and they're living fine It has you already said ruga herbal category is the private business anybody that wants I want land or whatever to go and buy Just as if I want to be there as I have to go and buy if I want to farm I don't have a Right for even to suck of it. We are the lands in my own states, which you know very well We are we have small land now. You know, even riches. So which one are we going to get? I'm sure your own states too. You don't have enough. So, um, the president The even the not and rob not at the point I said, oh, they're going to go back land for Coming of them provided it I think the president should focus or not that that's anybody who wants to do this Funny enough, I if you go around I was trying to be there but there you could see You could see the whole place taking over by cows. Most of the places you see cars in the city I'm not even gonna ask it and they ask ourselves Most of those guys I see They are not the owners The owners are multi-millionaires that stay somewhere and just hand over those cows to some young people to be going around and they're paying them The fact remains that for some state they've seen never Look at because where is the fear? Let me talk about the studies The fear is that for example is that once we give some of these guys an inch They use the opportunity to come and we've seen the level of destruction and killing that has happened Between the full and the headers and farmers the same president. I said that you should give land Is the same person that said within three weeks going to settle the problem between headers and farmers Did he ask himself a question? Why is it that the farmers are always at loggerheads with headers because they go around using their cows to destroy people's crops And that has always made it so If anybody is into if I'm into yam If farming or cassava with the president with the government give me land farm If I mean to put would they give me if there are me two other things I visit only is he only rammed that people are going to I totally disagree with that And I I know that is just talking Is he what they said me his advisory is not composed is not binding on me anyways There's another headline on the nation that says tinnable to governors pay wage award to your workers I wish we could even take this but sadly we don't have enough time and we have to wrap it up But there's just been the issue of the wage award. So some states are owing Um an nlc, you know, it's calling for a higher fee now for the wage award And there's just a lot and I think we'll talk about it when next year on the show And it was want to say thank you. Um for coming and reviewing the papers with us Okay, come again. I didn't hear you well And we are just saying we're just saying thank you for talking to us from the seat of power From the seat of power. We have to thank me. Thank you very much. I hope your first thing is lento We've been fasting since not just now. Don't worry. Thank you. Have a wonderful day ahead you too All right, we've been speaking with chris k&e day wonder is a member of the chatted institute of abritrators in the uk And he was joining us from abuja. We want a short break and one return. We're looking at a hot topic. Please stay with us