 Pan-Niger Delta Forum demands an increase in oil derivation from 13% to 50%. The Pandav spokesman will be a guest this morning. Senate rejects executive government's request for $200 million loan to buy mosquitonets. And don't forget Off the Press where we review the major stories in today's newspapers. Welcome to the breakfast and plus TV Africa. I am Mercier Bobo. Well, it's a very beautiful first day morning and it feels very great to be back on your screen. As usual, we set up the conversation with top trending, all of the conversations making rounds, generating reactions in different spaces. This morning we set up with the fact that the Senate has queried the federal government's request for $200 million loan to purchase mosquitonets. Right, and that's because the Federal Ministry of Health is actually making plans to acquire mosquitonets for that particular amount, $200 million. And so that has been generating a lot of concern. Now, some people are saying, why would we borrow for that particular reason and purpose? Now, if you look at us over the years and over time, the fact that we constantly borrow just to, we borrow not for, most times you find out that why are you borrowing? Is it for infrastructure or purpose or what? And so we constantly borrow for such purposes. And at this point in time, some persons are saying, oh, if you go to a bar, if you go to other parts of the country, don't we have what it takes for us to manufacture? At this point in time, we should have an industry. And at this point in time where our economy is highly dependent on borrowing, shouldn't we be very self-sufficient? I mean, shouldn't it be a time where we can actually be able to say yes, we should be able to manufacture mosquitonet? Now, the essence of all of this is that we will be able to cure and take care of the issues of malaria in 13 states out of 36 states of the country. Well, I'm thinking that this item that we begin to look inwards and begin to be self-sufficient and self-reliant, right? Okay, so let's move away from that conversation. Another one is the fact that the Nigerian prisoners probably might just have 1,000 daily feeding allowance. And that's because the senators actually said 715 error that was actually approved in the 2022 budget, estimated budget is not enough. Now, this was submitted by the director or the controller for the national correctional services, Niger correctional services. And so that's also generated. But one would actually want to think that if you talk about feeding, do we even meet the required standard of the United Nations? Because there's a standard treatment for prisoners across. And it's expected that they should be fed properly. They should be fed properly. They should also be, and the meals should be, you know, timely as well as meeting the nutritional value. How much can 1,000 error do? Well, we can also not say that it has not been an improvement from 415 error to 750 as was proposed and to 1,000 error. The question is, is 1,000 error enough to feed our prisoners? I think that it comes from the position where we actually see prisoners or the perception of what a correctional center should be. Possession over the years will probably be that these persons have committed one or two crimes and so they should be punished. But the correctional center should be such that should correct. And at the end of the day, if you find yourself in this space, it should be that you will come out a better person. So 1,000 error, is it enough? I would say it's not enough, but it is actually an improvement of what it used to be, 450 to 750. I'm thinking that we should, before we come up with some of these figures, we should begin to look at some of the economic realities that were faced with. I mean, you look at the prices of goods and services at this point in time. Can 1,000 error feed you as a person? And why would we recommend that? So yes, we need to change the notion about what the prisons are. There ought to be a correctional center and not to be a place where we punish people. Another top trending conversation is the fact that the heaps of police have actually arrested a man who put up himself for sale for about 20 million error. And that's happened in Canu. He's been identified, a young man identified as Aliyu. The pictures are up on the screen, 26 years old. But just as the same with the issue of suicide, if someone attempts suicide, if someone wants to kill himself or herself, should we arrest them? Don't we think that something is wrong with this person? Don't we think that we should be out there to help them, rather than say, oh, we are going to arrest them? Because arresting doesn't make any sense. Yes, I understand the fact that heaps of police in Canu is saying, oh, this is against the Islamic law, and it should never happen. You could also want to say, yes, this is also a case of human trafficking. At this point in time, you like to call it self-trafficking, how you want to put it. But however, one would think that if you have, how would someone decide to put themselves up for sale? Could it be a skit? Could it just be a joke? And if you're going to joke, in what climes do you have to joke? You need to understand the laws and rules that actually govern each state at the end of the day. But I'm hoping that they will temper justice, and they would also, beyond the fact that he's been arrested, they will find out what could be the reason why he would want to put up himself for sale and try to see how they can help him, rather than punishment, because we're always looking at everything should be punishment. That's a crime. Yes, it is a crime. But don't you think it's really, really weird for someone to put up themselves for sale? Now, this is some of the top trending stories, making the conversation or generating conversation in different spaces in our country. We'll take a breakdown when we return. We'll definitely come through with the stories on the front pages of our national dailies. And we have Ezekiel Nyayatuk, who is a public affairs analyst, who will be making sense of all of this. Please stick around. We'll be right back.