 Welcome to the breakfast on PLOS TV Africa. I am Justin Kadounia on the show this morning. The International Monetary Phone advises the Nigerian government to completely remove fuel and electricity subsidies in early 2022. Now the Washington-based organization noted that the removal of rich-aggressive fuel and electricity subsidies should be considered a priority as part of the government fiscal policy. Also the Nigerian Railway Corporation workers have actually poured off the warning track and they are back to work. It was the night of glamour and glitz at the African Music Award yesterday with lots of attics going away with wonderful awards last night. Glad to have you join us. I am Justin Kadounia. And I am Messi Voko. It's a beautiful Monday morning. Thanks for joining us as usual. Yes Messi, it was a very wonderful weekend. How was your weekend? Very well and it's good to have you here this morning. Thank you so much. Glad to present with you today. All right. So as usual we set up with our top trending and of course Oleg Salsher is actually out. He's been called by a lot of persons. Now this actually happened shortly after the defeat to what fought for one and quite sad for Manchester United really. It hasn't been a great season for them and the fact that only a lot of persons feel like this call has been long overdue. He should have been out prior to this time and maybe at this point in time you probably would have had you know Conte Antonio Conte on the scene. Well however it is what it is better than none and he feels like it's a great time for a lot of Manchester United fans. A lot of persons are quite excited globally because he feels like this call has been long long overdue. Indeed it has been long overdue because a lot of Manchester United fans have actually you know been wondering just what next is in for the club. You know just after Saturday's for one of the feats to what fought. It was the fifth loss they have had as you know as a team and mostly most people had even wanted for the coach that had been sat even before that last match. Yes and that's why I said prior to this time is long overdue because even Antonio Conte that's currently not with Manchester United at the time you know had waited long long long and was hoping that you know Manchester United would actually call him fourth but you see the trust in Ole Gunnar was really really strong and up until this moment. Well however let's see what pans out. The truth is all over all through the game I mean he's had 168 games he won 92 of them and he drew during his administration he drew 35 and he had 41 defeats but the most thing you know annoying thing is the fact that that some fans have actually tacked is that you know they're not trophies. No trophies. When you compare that to I mean when you had Jose Mourinho he won like three trophies and no trophies. Some people I mean a lot of fans and those who love football have actually described his stay in Manchester United as a waste of resources. Well the man has actually you know accepted his fate just like that and he has decided to just step aside and he said something let me just quote him. He told United and clubs that you know what this club means to me and what I wanted to achieve for the club for the fans for the players for the staff I want us to take the next step to challenge for the league to win trophies and I only think it's right that it comes from the Jose Mourinho. I don't want to answer all there's going to be journalists asking me about interviews but no I'm not going to do any interviews I want to get it out there I'm going to leave by the front door because I think everyone knows I've given everything for this club. However you know you cannot actually discard the fact that he's done a lot of you know he's done a great job. As Mortis you would say there were a lot of expectations that he didn't make but for fans when you talk about great job they just want to see lots of goals they want to see trophies and if you don't bring that to the table you haven't done well that's what our knowledge is. No but some persons would also talk about the recruitment process prior to this time it wasn't you know that smooth and it wasn't that easy so a lot has actually we should also give him a little bit of credit as much as his performance hasn't been great he's done quite a lot and even the club himself would say yeah they look forward to even having him back in the nearest future. Well wish him all the best though. All right let's move away from that particular conversation and head straight to another one that generated a lot of conversation in different space we're talking about the Lagos state government crushing 482 impounded motorcycles and these impounded motorcycles were actually you know they applied restricted areas that has also generated a lot of conversation. It has mercy you know the thing is that when the the Lagos some traffic law was passed sometime uh was it 2011-2012 the the Lagos state government came out to you know list some specific routes that motorbikes cannot fly but over time you know you know how recastrant these bikers could be sometimes but they just feel that if they don't fly this route which are major routes that they don't even know where they'll be getting their daily you know daily upkeep from so it's it's really something the that amount is much 482 you said. Yeah 482 now the commissioner for please was quoted to say that this is not the first time it's happening but this is just to go ahead to correct an impression of Nesias who probably think that this motorbikes or motorcycles are not being crushed rather they have been recycled or probably been sold so it was done so that the public can see it publicly and that's why that act was being carried out but you also need to begin to see some of the comments that he generated. I am also of the school of thought that I mean rather than crush it why don't you ask them to pay fines because that's also sort of I mean if you say that they are operating around restricted restricted access or roads that have been restricted it therefore means that they are roads that they can actually fly. Yes. So the roads that they can actually fly why crush them what rather than give them you know some punishment or penalty they pay some fines and then they can retrieve the bikes. I get all of that mess. You know that's the source of livelihood. I'm not trying to play devil's advocate here but the truth is that over time they have been series of warnings and this the the law has been there for like forever you know it is really alarming sometimes mercy when you go across along the route and you find them there's bikers you know in top speed across a BRT lanes and that it is boldly stated there for BRT only but these they're devil bikers you know they just do you know they're damned as it were you know and you know take such routes if you return their bikes mercy tomorrow believe me they'll still take the same route. I'm not just saying for free that's what I'm saying that because I mean if you look at it 482 about that I mean of what benefit well that's a waste entirely and that's been crushed and let's not forget my point is if we have restricted areas it means we don't we also have areas that are not restricted we also have areas that they comply as well areas that they comply why don't we rather encourage them to apply those areas and give them some punishment they could pay fine and we keep the bikes because at the end of the day some people are saying that you know the the rate of unemployment crime and criminality might probably just increase because at the end of the day I mean the bike's gone there's probably nothing that they can do I don't know but I think that this is quite worse I think in my head over time the legacy of government just wants you know to you know do away with that mode of transportation that's why they've restricted areas not entirely that's my point nothing again is it really safe because there are recommended bikes that could be used to even ply roads you know but most of them are not even the recommended ones that are used you know because it's it is stated there in the Lagos traffic law of um 20 you know 2012 you know but I can't remember the the CC the capacity for bikes you know to ply those roads but most times you just see all sort of bikes you know and let's see most people have actually been cured most people have been named because of some careless uh bike riders I am very used to this because this particular I mean this particular action is not just limited to Lagos state it cuts across you know some parts of Nigeria so you have some states also who also have the same low and saying you can have these motorcycles ply some certain roads across the state but but you see if you say the roads that they can actually ply it therefore means that the routes that cannot ply my point is crossing the bikes it's entirely you know not a great idea and that's my opinion I'm thinking that you know it's such a wasteful time I mean it's such a wasteful act if you ask me and a particular time where you know the Nigerian economy is where it is and the fact that a lot of people are going through you know some kind of stress trying to keep body and soul together but however well that's the watch we can take at this point in time we definitely step on the brakes when we come through we head straight to checking out the front pages of our national dailies and of course we will have a guest join us to make sense of all of this please stick around good morning