 You're welcome back. It's now time to lift from off the press the headlines that made it to the front pages of our national dailies. This morning we have joining us Mr. Tunde Kolaouli, who will be addressing some of these issues with us this morning. Tunde, good morning and welcome to the program. Good morning. They are very, very interesting headlines this morning that we are going to be looking at. Yeah, very interesting ones. And by the way, Tunde Kolaouli is a legal practitioner and is talking to us from Lagos here. Well, Tunde, let's begin with headlines on daily trust. That's where we're beginning. Rather, the leadership. The leadership is where we are beginning this morning. There are two headlines there. One is a sponsored one, or, yeah, that's how they called it. It's a promotional one. They called it promotional. But the first one is federal government battles market forces to stabilize petrol pump price. And then there is Hadi Sirika's Eight Years of Waste. Let's begin with federal government battling market forces to stabilize petrol pump price. What are your thoughts on that? Well, the truth of the matter is that any one goes to the market. And I believe that in all those people shopping at one time or the other, you find out that five people have fought off those in the so-called revolution of the petroleum products. Food items, cost of transportation, household material. Evil schools are now increasing school fees because they must also recoup whatever additional expenses that they are incurring from some work at places. These are the challenges that what we are relaying is really dictated by market forces. How did you say the market is going to determine the prices of goods and services? And you are not producing anything in your country. That is important every time. And you are most likely to have the kind of challenges that we are facing as a nation today. I have already said at the peak where everything is left to the vagaries of market forces. So the government in power today will require to look at the area to stabilize the network. Your account isn't... Okay. We will have to wait a little bit before we can rejoin with Tunde Kolaule, a legal practitioner talking to us from Lagos here. Now, we were trying to address some of the topics on the newspapers. That is the headlines on the newspapers. And we were talking about the leadership. Let me just reel out some of these headlines that are on the papers. On the leadership, we have federal government's market forces to stabilize petrol pump price, which he was dealing with before we went off. And then Hadi Sirika, eight years of waste and the writing about the aviation sector, which was on its knees because of the way it was handled by Hadi Sirika, the minister of aviation then. Okay. I understand. Tunde Kolaule is back. Tunde, welcome back. Welcome back. Thank you. Yes. We were talking about battling market forces to stabilize petrol pump price. I would want to conclude by saying that the federal government has a lot of work to do if we get some kind of public issue that is never improved in value, that they will have to work on bringing down inflation. And then of course, they will need to leave it. This issue is a blessing of the petrol pump. There's nowhere in the world where market forces are allowed to determine the roots of the economy because petroleum is at the root of our economy. Everything that we do in this country virtually depends on it because we're a mono economy. We are not producing anything. So that's the advice of the federal government. With regards to Hadi Sirika, to be honest, speaking, the editorial by leadership newspaper is merely saying the truth. We are the legal minister. We are, you'll find out, the country has never done well in the area of immigration. In a year we decided we're going to bring it back. We didn't bring it back. They say it will come back in September. From Hadi Sirika too, the federal government is unable to meet its obligation to the following year line that are applying in Nigeria and the United States. So, and towards this situation, three hours before the departure of the last administration, they said they had been able to refloat in Nigeria and the United States. But that has now turned the game to be a war, a defeat for which the Nigerian people are paying their bill for. If region four, the price of the nation four, the main DIS in Nigeria won't compare with the other West African countries. And of course too, most of the local airlines that apply the local routes are not doing well. What they're doing is just a political study with the Nigerian people. Furthermore, as big as Nigeria with regards to the private jets and so many of our allies have, Nigeria still doesn't have a standard angle where aircraft can be maintained. So if we have to maintain the aircraft, we either take it to Ethiopia or you take it to South Africa. These are problems that the former minister of the nation was not initially able to look at within the eight years that he was in power. Bolo and Birod, the minister and the government themselves were unable to help Nigerian people in these areas. So to that extent, one could say that the Victoria by leadership is mainly reflected on the obvious. But we've been told that the Nigeria Air will come up in September. Just like a lot of things that we have been promised will start working. The refineries will start working by December. But the Nigeria Airlines will start operations by September. September is just around the corner. Only that we are worried that Nigeria Air will come up in September. Refineries will come up in December. Dangote was supposed to start operations by June and this is August. So we don't know whether those things, all the things that we are being promised will ever work or they will not work. But if they will work, the people who promise us would have been laying the foundation for those things. But you talk about that. No foundation is being made for some officials to work. You will recollect that a year or two before when they were having a talk, they do go contract for the turn that I'm meeting now or the definition of the refineries was done. And we have been told that that will happen in time. And those refineries will come back to life. But now I'm behold, the refineries haven't come back to life. And the Dangote refineries too, just like you have just said now, will most likely not work until the year 2026. So we are a merry-go-round. And those helpers, if something is done, not just about the Dangote refineries, but also in the application of the refineries that belong to the Tehran State Government, it's a very fine situation. And we are like having to give up the expectation that we should only give the challenges that we have on time. Okay. Well, let's move on to Daily Trust. We have some headlines that are similar to the ones we've just talked about. But on Daily Trust, we have families cry out as food prices hit roof. We also have Niger. Ekoas insist on sanctions as not an elder's demand withdrawal. Then after Tinobu, CBN Governors meeting, dollar crushes to 790 Naira at Parallel Market. Terrorists claim responsibility for helicopter crush. NAF investigates. But I really want us to begin with this headline, President rules out plans to restore petrol subsidy hike in price. We remember that it has been on the Internet that the federal government is considering this to return at least partially the fuel subsidy. Because like you said, everything in Nigeria's economy has oil as its roots. And now it is happening the way it is happening. But the federal government has said that will never happen. Meanwhile, we've seen that a country like Kenya, for instance, did the removal of fuel subsidy. And they've just returned it because they've seen that the country is suffering more than it is gaining. So Nigeria is saying that they cannot go back on their words. I'd like your comment on this. It's when you are running a rental economy, such as we are running, you associate a lot of the other ones. You and I will remember that all of these removal of fuel subsidy from this, remove fuel subsidy from there, don't give your fuel subsidy. As victims of the IRA, the World Bank, and the following, the colonial master, we are, as they provide subsidy for the people in the area of agriculture, in transportation, in education, in war, and so on. This is the people with subsidy to their former colors here, or to the one world country, or to those countries in the economy. It's based on rent. Not to give subsidy to the other people. And in our videos, we are scrutinizing those who talk again, who just follow who climb and think up the details of their following master. So, the chicken has come home to lose. We have removed the subsidy, and all of us can see the consequences of that removal. The crash in the valley of Nigeria, kiroketi of prices, not just of food items, but of basically all goods are servicing in the market. So, Nigeria might find it difficult to do like it a number in Kenya. Even though that would have been the opportunity to talk about the removal, you know, that Nigeria is next deep in debt. We are told that the last government met a debt of 250 and 30 trillion dollars. So, if you have that kind of debt in your hand, and you're not looking at making enough money to remove paid staff salary and the movement, we are bound to find a way that we can really raise money. I suspect that is the reason why they have looked into the area of the so-called subsidy. And I've decided so to say to remove it, so I have to be able to find money to run government, to run the society. What we have always said on this program, is subsidy the only way to get money to run government? The answer is no. Cost of contact, if they high, cost of government if they high, there's been a lot of loopholes impacted on the situation. And of course, so many people have collected taxes for the federal government, for the state government, we have not run government. So, one would have expected the government to look at some of those areas before removing subsidy. One would also have expected that we would put a palliative on ground before removing the subsidy. I'm very interested in topography. 13, 122,000 from Lady Yinka, I'm from Lady Odumaki, with regards to the meaning of palliative. The palliative is described in the dictionary as a kind of management of a problem or a disease that has no permanent solution and it doesn't manage it until the eventuality comes to play. So, the palliative that is being given is also described as a patient is never a solution to the problems. So, pay act is able to do it and not to show that the government in Nigeria will be ready to commit a class suicide to the people by their own and do the needful. But are you really sure the government, are you convinced that the government really wants to save money to do whatever they want to do? Because now, fuel subsidy has been removed. It doesn't show that the people in government are feeling it because they still are living flamboyant lives. The other day we heard of prayers that were sent to inboxes of the senators and some people are coming out to defend the senators and saying to give 2 million to a senator is nothing. It's just a family man given 2 million, what does that mean? Forgetting that the same people are the ones who are approving that a whole family should be given 8000 naira. So I did some calculations. 2 million naira divided by the 8000 naira will be like 250. Which means for the 2 million that is nothing to a senator it has paid 250 families for one month. Or it has paid one family for 20 years every month that is 12 months for 20 years it will pay one family. But it's still nothing. It's just prayers to inbox. They are talking about NYSC that the cost is too much and they are looking at whether it is relevant they want to scrap it because the cost may be too much. NYSC everybody ends let's say 30,000 naira as a core member a core member salary 66 of them will divide 2 million naira and it will still be so every 66 people of Seattle took the money of 66 core members for one month or 250 families for one month. And they are calling it just small money 2 million naira. Do you think the federal government really intends to cut the cost before and they are still doing what they are doing buying bulletproof cars doing so many things that Nigerians are just looking at them and we say we are peaceful people. Do you think they want to save money? Well I don't think so and just like you have rightly said our allies whether they be in the future of politics or in the private sector or in the civil service they are always leading the rest of society their accommodation is free their food is free their transportation is free they don't go to the kind of market that you and I go to so to that extent the impact of this regulation of federal government will never be tried by them. When inflation arises what they will really do is to increase their own allowance so that is an involvement and provide it up outside of office to themselves they are even like a colonial master or as part trade they have been set up such that whatever crimes you and I make they will never understand say for example somebody has once said that the 8000 Naira is enough to improve the lot of the upgrade to a bigger party that in fact 200 Naira or 250 Naira is enough to turn around the life of an upgrade to a bigger party so their own economics is different from their own economics and different from my own economics because the shoe we don't even pinch them in the leg if you and I don't pinch it so they are never that clean to have energy to do with the ongoing edges whether if you don't really mind the script and the little force to tighten their breath as we got the NYF the question will be what measure I get for the NYF and the cost of running it which one is higher I would want to say that the value that the NYF compares on the average Naira youth if sought it is so beneficial that that should not be a program that should be scrapped remember it was once pointed out that all the programs that people like to go on we suited why he was not at the middle of state the only one that has suited that sort of type is the NYF so when people say they want to scrap the NYF you ask yourself why don't they scrap the Naira youth why don't they scrap the Naira youth why don't they scrap the Naira youth why don't they scrap the Naira youth because these are also military institutions organizations that they consume a lot of money so if you are not scrapping those institutions I don't see any reason why people should be calling for this coming of the NYF also remember note that the NYF is the first bite of the first test of the first feeling of being employed that this should go to when they need the when they need the polytechnic and the qualities of education tonight deny them of their benefits and begin to water furthermore it is NYSE that gives some civic orientation to the Nigerian youth in terms of the tenor of what the Nigerian society is all about they are sent to different parts of the country where they learn new things languages culture food or culinary different things some even find their wives or spouses doing the NYF so scrapping such a program I don't know if you know we really know to make sense simply because you think you might be concerned with some resources from it by the time you do it you may not turn the baby out of the battle or cutting your own nose in order to spite yourself it is ill advised I think it is direction in which you should not go contemplating okay from the deletros we are moving to the guardian and so many headlines here federal government in deregulation dilemma as 24% inflation worsens poverty we also have a story pedestrians flee as miscrans take over food bridges in Lagos they are increasing and they are getting more and more hungry fresh concerns over cost, relevance of NYSE which we have just treated now federal government applies to withdraw firearm charge against MFLA but I would like us to begin with Nigerians may wait longer for Tinobu's cabinet despite history screening so the ministers the president sent in a list of would be ministers before the deadline sent in another list after the deadline and now it is possible according to this report that we might have to wait for a longer period of time before we see who a minister is and who is not a minister are we having a deja vu of the 2015 because it's already 3 months June, July this is August 3 months already and counting so what are your thoughts if we have to wait more and let me quickly say that the federal government and the president have already purified of the law what the law says is that we might have to wait until the minister within or send your use of ministers to the national family or the senate within CC days are being shown into office what the Tinobu did or to send a little five names are not the full compliment of the minister the law does not envisage that we start sending the list of ministers in batches to the senate or to the national assembly for confirmation so already he has breached the law by not sending the full list of ministers to the senate within CC days of his attention to power secondly the if we start to inaugurate those who have already been declared by the senate it's also an infraction of the law because like I said what they learned to say this is that ministers must be on grand within CC days of your attention to power and furthermore it's not impossible that the decision of Mr. President to delay inauguration of minister might also be related to the challenges of raising money not just to pay the salary and a movement and provide a comfort so to say for this minister so if the treasury is empty like President Bwari once said when he came into power and if he is to inaugurate minister almost worry are into his hesitancy because there was no money to do so this president's decision may also be facing the same a dilemma but law is law it also be complied with you could upgrade those ministers delay the payment of their salary until the situation improves after all workers at the state level at the federal level at the local government level are being rolled several months of salary without this worker doing anything on tour after the salaries and the movement that they are being owed so whichever way you look at it it is economy it is the running of society it is government that is entitled when ministers are not inaugurated for them with regards to inflation which is also on the front page of the Guardian it has stated that inflation is now for 24% it wasn't like that before this government came into power so if it has jumped to 24% that should be some of the reasons why the government should be eager to inaugurate the minister so that they can all get to work and to get the miracle of challenges that is facing the government economy but since we have not been told the reasons for some of these delays whatever we say will be less speculation and speculation does not replace solid facts evidence and particle evidence in any situations okay to the emotional issue I want to say that the first security service is making a mockery of itself and turning emotionally into a hero what we were told or when they said you were going to arrest him or that the man was found in a circumstances in some part of the country and after you have arrested him you took him to court for harbing him in custody he didn't go he didn't go somebody you had left was found in a circumstances in some part of the country and you are announcing that you want to withdraw that charges for possession of gun invariably they mainly took him to court on the order of the charge with the charge that relates to gun and may have in possession of a dead cop and under our law it is prohibited to take somebody to court on the order of the charge it is totally unconstitutional when you also look at the first charges and they say they want to fight against him which is a breach of procurement and they also know that the same money has been given to one of the deputies of North Central Bank to buy certain number of Rebecca's that is now within the portfolio of the DSS ordinary men in the AFCC and the ESCC that should be asking questions in that area it would have been to me that there is more to this messy issue than messy eyes it is not impossible that certain persons in government want to punish him for the disillusionment let's wrap up Tunde I am afraid this is where we how far we can go on this of the press today we would like to thank you Tunde Kolaole as usually it is a pleasure having you that was Tunde Kolaole a legal practitioner here in Lagos talking to us on of the press we are going to take a short break when we return we will go straight to our first hot 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