 Welcome back to the breakfast on plus TV Africa now Let's move straight to off the press where we have a quick review of the major stories making headlines across Nigeria today I'm starting with the punch and newspapers and we'll be introducing our guest right after this break, but let's Right after sharing the stories in the papers. Let's start with the punches one and the big one which is going to be in the screen a Bit it says yeah southern senators turn against governors National Assembly members clash Senators say National Assembly NCC to determine whether electronic transmission is feasible Decision of the APC led Senate shock in it undermines our electoral process says the PDP and also COVID-19 World Bank mobilizes one hundred billion dollar support fund for Nigeria and others To accommodate fresh loans federal government raises new borrowing limit to six trillion Naira Navdak approved Russian vaccine beneficiaries may be bought from Europe says a virologist also PIB passage deadlocked reps suspend consideration indefinitely Certificate fordry FCC chairman kicks a CSO demands resignation and also Brit Britain and firm sick canoes consent to take over case I'm just a few others on the punch federal government declares Tuesday Wednesday either a copier holiday I'm attacking raids on don't nine clubs in pounds 40 vehicles APC suspends 11 live Mohammed followers and stops offenders registration All right, we can also see here a fake developer defraud 100 probe prospective Lagos tenants of 500 million Naira I think I'll stop there on the punch this morning Moving on now to the next news paper. Let's take a look at the nation Senate dumps proposal on e transmission of results Electoral Act amendments passed by divided Senate House reconvened today after rowdy session 6 a 29 to kind of fighter jets depart us for Nigeria Navdak or case Russian Spanish vaccines emergency use Policemen to others cured in undone bank robbery 60,000 unemployed youth registered with Lagos CBN begins deduction of 2.1 billion dollars budget support facility from state's allocation COVID-19 Delta variants in Lagos Government has awarded 800 contracts covering 13,000 kilometers of roads Fashalah says we have no housing deficit Also the nation newspaper Jagat Udo Duma and many key others are Varsity's governing councils Chamin Tuesday Wednesday our holidays. Well, why 770 4,000 job applicants have not been paid? On the daily trust newspapers INEC stripped of sole power to transmit results electronically must get clearance from National Assembly and NCC reps failed to pass bill exchange blows Action in saw action insult on annex independence as Jagat CSO's also APC senators in haste to murder democracy says the PDP All right, worry also of brawler flags of 1.2 billion dollars Kanno Kaduna real project NAC moves to endorse new fuel price Costums shortlist 2800 candidates for final screening and six to panel to kind of aircraft depart us for Nigeria says the Nigerian Air Force Journalist the policeman Okada rider killed as robbers attack under bank Yoruba nation agitation suicidal says the Council of Air Elders and I think we'll take that's all we'll take on the daily trust on the Guardian newspaper 2023 in Jopodi as electoral act amendment splits National Assembly Nigeria must restructure or go separate ways Yoruba groups tells North Federal government declares Tuesday Wednesday public holiday Nigerians are starving Kano air mere tells Buhari Buhari approved 6.52 billion Naira for ranching on Vilswater Road project in Katsina again South South Senators protest as Senate passes harmonized PIB So let's approve Buhari's fresh 8.3 to 5 billion dollars 900 and 490 million pounds external loans request federal government to spend 47% of its four-year revenue on debt servicing and lastly on the Guardian It could see it could see resident doctors begin indefinite strike So those are the stories we're looking at this morning. Good morning to you Mr. Jida Johnson Good morning is a pleasure to do with you and good morning to our viewers all over the world Thanks for joining us Let's start with a story that come over the major line of the new super is the is the attempt by the Senate to Change democracy and to engage in how to call a civilian Guitar against the wheel of the people and against the constitution of the federal public of Nigeria I know was established by the established law of Nigeria and in Nigeria we said is an independent National Electoral Commission So if your body is independent, it's a pressure should be independent You know be subjected to the control of the NCCO class from the National National Assembly But what was what was so unfortunate is The roots of some certain characters that we thought are progressive minded that we thought that are Nationalistic in their view that we thought that good politics above their own personal ambition And we saw our senators Voted no no no no to this to the surprise of many for me as a little and I'm supported by all the three senators Representing because because we have talked about Wherever you are I am highly disappointed totally disappointed by the senators from legal state all of them we vote no For in this age and time that they use their phone to transform on it They don't need to go to the bank in this digital age in this information age that people will be against will be against an electronic transmission of What what are they afraid of what are they scared of I'm sure that they do template Give them a cross for concern and I think that we made To leave the 2022 election even before the election is is is is conducted. What what is the what is what is the challenge for these senators Consummate electronic transmission of results. I understand and the unfortunate thing also is to see the way southern senators Not all senators voted 99 percent against the bill and then you see southern senators Also Last week you remember I told you that our governors are not doing enough when we have the governor's position and we spoke about it That are often doing it with the senator from their state Are you do you organize? Do you invite them to meet it? Do they have lunch with them and the rest of Do you do you know me the old man and said that there is support of evil thing The majority of the southern senators They didn't against the position of their governors It tells you something is wrong It tells you that even the people that have gone to a Buddha Who wants to go to a Buddha they are not representing the people okay And if truly Democracy is going on the people by the people for the people and this is senators you bow to the wishes of the people We won't translate democracy We won't we won't go in us that comes from the from the bow and box From the secret We see that And those we said we will take it to court and if you take ages for court to come to decision concerning the matter Now you recall that the senator that was elected in the most day that senator the The victory of his assailant he became a result of the rest that person is still a senator of the federal republic If we don't if they want to pass this democracy probably we should go back to other forms of government other than democracy Uh, a civil democracy What by people that are in a Buddha think that they can not be taught us Concerning whatever they feel they can do pattern as far as I'm concerned. This is not the end of the matter Yeah, J.D. Johnson should we take it to the court and I'm sure the supreme court will be clear the answer Not at all because it is contrary to the eastern provisions and the constitution That gives element the power to conduct an enormous result Well, I think there's still some time, you know if there's going to be a court case I'm I'm sure there's still some time between now and 2023 Quickly also speak on those who were absent from the vote. There's about 28. I believe names who were absent Trump is out, they were absent This one should be recalled If it is civilized because this is something that has to do with entrenching democracy We must entrench democracy And if we are to entrench democracy we must understand that Supremely, sovereignty comes from the people and sovereignty resides in the constitution And if you check the opening statement that he said we the people of Nigeria So it is what that does those those ones where whatever you like to do, I don't know if it's even in gold And I saw one one post of people that were like At least we mentioned it people that were in the forefront of today's unionism Therefore, in this military military Intervention and in other politics, three of them are senators now. Three of them voted no. One is a senator from Miquiti state And And some of them are doing this because of their 2023 ambitions. Some of them should become governor That's how they are doing it. And I want them to understand that they saw their backyard For a percent of of meat And we have lost that right because when When the time comes Spotlight will be doomed on this character That these characters that are disappointed they say that are disappointed their nation that are disappointed their constituency That are disappointed their family the nation yet unborn Will come to read about those that try to mortgage democracy That we still go to get in this in this in this country Some people down because for this democracy and now you As a senator an important issue will be taken. You are upset You are upset. This is your excuse to do. They are irresponsible, ugly, irresponsible, and they are not fit to be called distinguished They are not fit to be called distinguished Okay, so um many other top stories here from security to you know, um the third wave of of kovid-19 Um, do we start with this one? There are about six eight 29 to camel fighter jets that have departed the u.s For nigeria and that's on the front page of the nation newspaper. So this is due to arrive nigeria soon How do you think this might boost nigeria's anti-terrorism fight? We're waiting the one we are what are they using to do? They want the resources that we are What are we using to do? What are we doing concerning the what we are most fighting the war? You don't only fight the war I'm using um using Using arms and ammunitions. You also find the war um Encouraging and Particularly those that are fighting the war. That's that's a critical component It's a good development. Let's wait and see what it would do concerning that That's really leads me to a particular issue that's very very important where the mfk and wadubai Change the president that nigeria's are starving Nigerians are starving And that there's hunger in the land if you don't be rich go back infrastructure Even for the military you cannot win the war on bukwara. So there's the need of my equipment To come up with the policy. There are just the issue of poverty And starvation in nigeria The cost of living is Unbelievable the standard of living is is negative is below zero in nigeria now Is everybody is survival for the fittest and it's if such a statement would come from the mfk His coordination was just done last week and he's saying that the government If we to tell you that there is the need for government to wake up to to to his his responsibility Other than that they will be absent from national assembly Whether you take important decision concerning electorate or they will be beating themselves fighting over the petroleum industrial What kind of character are we relating into our national assembly? What type of character? They are fighting. There was an ib session at the At the house of rep at the house of rep yesterday. They have to postpone over eib Basic you have five percent. You have thirty percent. Why can't you do things right? But the situation whereby the electoral process is maybe is not part of the system Where the list of candidates are written in the city room of the national chairman Or the bedroom of national chairman In the corner of one hotel and that list is forwarded to high-ranked and the people that actually participated in the cameras Are denied in contesting the election. This is the type of society you are and that's where you see senators From the southwest particular from the southwest. We'll be voting now and they say they put I'm sure I won't be turning in this graveyard and all those Good progressive leaders from the southwest. We'll be voting What type of people will be representing us in the national assembly in the southwest Okay, I want us to tie that to this story on the guardian newspaper It says Nigeria must restructure or go separate ways and that's according to groups telling the north So many other stories also About Nigerian unity. This one by the council of elders on the daily trust. It says Euroband nation agitation suicidal It seems we'll continue to have this conversations about Nigeria and if the state is viable up until 2023, don't you think? The same the same story The same story see the week daily trust film the story Is different from the other list of opinion of the story the Better is to use a diagram of restructure For us other as we go at different ways. It's very very it's very very important for us Most we continue this structure that we have the structure of governance that we have most we continue the structure of governance that we have most The exclusive is not the review So the same items or the exclusive limit concurrent some of the some of the items That are in the in the in the in the concurrent place Should be taken to to recidio alice one state to legislate to legislate on it When you have people practicing federalism each of the states in the union As its own constitution do you have that in Nigeria? No, we are practicing federalism on paper But in principle we are practicing unitarism because every at the end of the month They will go to abuja to share further allocation to the further government to 36 states And abuja and the seven has 76 as I have the four who government that we have in Nigeria There's no country that approach on other places power comes from the people From from from the people to the center not from the center to the people if we continue with this structure We you see Nigeria will not be here It means about playing or a problem will be solved But it is principles are some problem and god is a god of principle There are principles that guarantee development that guarantee economic development and economic development Now that the political development one of the principles that guarantee political development is the electoral act The system you put in place to facilitate free and free election So yes you will get that system There's no amount of where you put in place that will solve that problem It's just a catastrophe waiting to happen So if we don't do what we're supposed to do in terms of giving power to the local government In terms of having democracy at the local government in terms of giving power to the state In terms of giving most of the resources back to the state and not to the federal The bulk of the allocation goes to the central government and not to the state which is that's more out of the Confidential units of the nation So if we don't change the structure of the moment We will go back to the old very meaningful development And when people deceive themselves that Nigeria can never breathe they are deceiving themselves They are no student of history if you're a student of history, you will know There is a country called Yugoslavia There is a country called Soviet Union There was a country called Ethiopia Ethiopia in Ethiopia There was a country called So countries and countries and countries and countries are broken up over and over On the 2000, on the early 2000 Bakasi used to be part and parcel of Nigeria Yes or no Who is Bakasi today? Bakasi is part of Cameroon So when people talk about that is because they don't do history And then they remove history from the curriculum So that children can laugh from history Because they want to manipulate people But if you're a student of European history If you're a student of African history You will know that over time Nations unite Out of Nation states Alright Nations unite So the emergence of new nations in Nigeria is just a matter of time If we don't do what we are supposed to do If we don't give equal opportunity If there's no fairness, if there's no justice If there's no equity in the nation I cannot assure you It might not be enough time It's just a matter of time Judy Johnson, thank you so much for your time It's a pleasure to be with you Thank you for this opportunity Thank you Thank you very much I wish you an interesting weekend ahead Alright sir Stay with us, we're going on a short break When we come back, we're moving back in time A little bit of history to share with you I'm going back to the year 1935 What happened on this day I'm going to the year 2013 To share something very sad That occurred in Asia Do stay with us