 And we're back with the breakfast and plus we have care of course We said to look at what the people have to say. Merci a group who is here. And of course, we're joined by toonday Kola Wale who is our guest analyst morning joining us live Vasu Good morning. She was a Kola Wale Oh, yes, absolutely. Yes, absolutely and hope you need to All right, right to the color. Well, it's good to have you join us And very well, thank you All right, we'll start things off and look at the nation newspaper this morning The following headlines on the front page of the nation we came to reverse PDP await directive on presidential poll, all right interesting times for Politics in Nigeria we came to reverse PDP await directive on presidential poll will tell you Who to vote for is what he's saying it will tell you who to vote for he's quoted the same under that headline You will vote for our governor our senatorial candidates house of representatives and assembly candidates Then the other one I will come to tell you where you will vote. Okay More from the nation contempt court jails IG for three months I've been refreshing my feet to see if the police have arrested him. I haven't seen so and delicate back tracks on sack and emotion others Right federal government workers to enjoy 14-day Potentially we sit on a top-treading segment a Senegal through to round of 16 at Qatar World Cup I remember when my Muhammad information me says it's Senegal in reaction to that CNM question and who had who invented Jalof rice More from the nation Petrols X depot price now 210 and 10 naira per litre picture of the NNPCL Group CEO may God help us. Yeah, and MMA honors Okay, and commerce of the nation wish them the best relations of them till who has no plan to return capital to Lagos says a PC Pant party launches portal to raise funds for campaign I saw you know the faces of some of those that didn't seem like they believed in what was happening You know the fund crowdfunding border work and donate in the money to the campaign It ain't seem like you really believed in what was going on. I mean these guys have money already, honestly All right, let's leave the nation for now and move on to the next paper The punch would be what we're looking at but we also need to give credit to Senegal You know if you talk about Jalof rise We give it to them. That's where we originated from a community called love and it was named after it But if it's like I do have will off Okay, oh the wall of will off. Yes. So that's that's where Jalof rise Niger is saying, you know, it's Jalof rise. Well, let's move away from Jalof. It feels like we're hungry, but Looking at the punch. He says Impot duty controversy private jet ownership government over 30 billion Naira tax. That's a lot If the government has this amount of money, why are we complaining about resources? Underneath 17 business moguls banks others move to stop a government from grounding luxury jets aircraft ownership government with foreign registered firms Trustees insist payment illegal and CAA Customs await court papers a budget court plan to set hearing dates for suits. These are the riders you find underneath the boat caption Depot sells 220 naira per liter marketers projected or projects 350 naira per liter pump price. We're talking about petrol now. It's a lot So I saw a tweet when someone was complaining about how did I get to buy petrol for a hundred and seventy naira? Ipman others the cry jump in landing cost or And foresee gloomy Christmas, okay. No, that's not good And away from that 87% of Niger's wrote deplorable W That's the World Bank is quoted to sales because it WHO but it's the World Bank, but do we need the World Bank to tell us budget padding allegation senseless says the finance minister. That's Ahmed Lawn and DLA now suspected drug baron and broader fleas there's a pictorial representation of you know that and That's it this morning on the punch newspaper All right, we'll take a few of the headlines on the daily trust so we can quickly go to our guest Russia, Ukraine war Weapons being smuggled to Lake Chad region Buhari The paper leads to that story call so tighter border security tasks regional force to end terrorism Military Express is commitment to operations. Nigeria spends 209 million dollars on MN JTF in six years well away from that we just quickly take a look at the next paper and which is a distate paper in face of oil thefts CBN's RT 200 initiative records for point nine eight seven billion inflow That's the much we can take on this day newspaper All right to the color is still standing by I miss a color. Well, let's look at Start with what's happening. What the nation is surprised looking at this morning Sure to remind us of what's been happening in River State What are your thoughts on the stance by the governor so far and he's not yet made his mind on whom? Rivers people will vote for and in in 2023, but Question I like to ask is gonna we keep pushing his his powers too far Is it that when the governor says vote for? Maybe a PV presentation candidate automatically all the people in River State will vote for that person will win is he that Influential is any governor that influential to really buy his words determine who people will vote for That's both from gonna know we can He's a very shocking to me It would have yet to meet a governor we can say playing God that he can be some new they have great and like it has water reverse reverse I'm not sure that the government has a kind of level over the entire people of River State at best he calls the color appeal of pressurize or force members of the political party And some of his inner purpose members to vote for a particular candidate for not the entire people of River State Even the video can compare voter So both of particular can be there's another The implication is that we don't have the democracy in Nigeria, and I will not be having a free and clear election reverse it so Which the way we can train about this thing. I have very very fun feeling that Other can be there are other political parties will get ready for me and do whatever I say so trust whatever Distation we can my want to be doing for the people of a little bit shoot for God's sake Stop playing God. Okay, you know colorway you talked about other parties before Mesa comes in quickly and If the if things continue the way they are going in River State You might not have the compliment of those other parties in the next general election. It might just be The PDP or maybe some other parties as we stand APC's presidential candidate was taken to court and what happened in 2019 is happening again He's I mean told by the court that he cannot stand in that election. That's the APC presidential candidate The other parties are also facing court cases. I think a court party is in court Also, there's a bid to stop him from running apart from that the governor signed two executive orders one of them stops the parties from Holding the hosting your campaign offices in residential areas that we know how our country is because of lack of planning a lot of these big men Convert their their their buildings in residential areas to campaign offices. Is it happening for four decades now? The second one is if you want to campaign the state you have to have a written permit or from the state government And you pay five million Naira So if if cares not taking the parties may not be able to campaign freely because one of the party has received a few of them I think at least two have received letters from the government of river state Telling them they can't hold their campaign meetings in the offices and threatening to shut them down And it possibly sees their CFO hotels in Podhakar today may also be afraid to host their political meetings So fear of being shut down by the government of river. So what do you say to all of this? Honour first the king I have looked at the major and constitution I've also looked at the electoral act And I think I'm also compassing Which is the regulations that I like has drawn up for the two thousand and three elections All the actions that the UK has been taking in river state are not in tandem with all these laws and regulations that I have mentioned asking people not to have the offices in that place I think I'm in closing down people's campaign And all manners of people all manners of asking people so so so to register for certain things all the other we must not forget That The general election is a trigger issue. It is not a state issue. And therefore it is very early wrong and improper I'm very unlawful of Governor we'll take a bit of food impediments on the part of the other political party I will enjoy them the other party as well by the citizen to go to court and contact All those impediments and all those things that of the UK is trying to put on there on their path You will also remember that before now before it started rolling out. This is dry draconian orders and and I know that you have been Really, even with members of his own political party that is suspect and not supporting or not in this camp and I said Governor we can't you remember that we used to have a lot we are making a river state who was powerful Who was all powerful? He was also like God When we didn't let power slip through his hand he became a necessary person come may 2020 come June 2023 We can remember and we can show no He will also be fast back to an ordinary citizen and some of the things some of the stuff some of the other He's been rolling out now. We'll come back to hunting. Remember There's also called the law of the camera If you have yourself put impediments of other people if in future political we can also have a political position But it also contains a nation For the office is or whatever like the president is Maybe we can also begin to put impediments on his path We should be able to do things that they will not be scared of All right, all right To the color wale to the last quickly take a look at Another headline It's on the punch newspaper private jet owners to sue the government over 30 billion our task our task that's Very interesting because you have about 91 private jet owners It's a combination of a different persons caliber persons in the society And and they are saying that they are taking the government, you know, they're suing the government the court because They are the cost of import duties is running to over 30 billionaire what for the airline it is an industry That's what very much will be doing well in Nigeria say for example The number of individuals who are private jets in Nigeria The number of companies that are private jets in Nigeria Also know that um, there's not many airlines flying in the world that doesn't come and go They're from Nigeria But besides all these designs all these are scientific and all that You and I would lose That's a special quest In the old I mean in the when Nigeria to take off work Is the most expensive In the whole of West Africa We also don't have an aircraft maintenance hangar in Nigeria here as a tiny country like Kisotia I agree With the airline operator and some of these jet owners and all that That government policies and program with regards to the Nigerian airline I mean with regards to aircraft maintenance and all that in Nigeria and commercial flights and water It's not favorable at all to investment It's not favorable at all to anybody operating a successful airline Remember not too long ago too Some of this fall in the airline Wanted to withdraw from Nigeria Because um The money that they make in Nigeria which they have to deposit it in donor funds earlier you know The feedback was unable to transfer those money to the apparent companies across So there are all sorts of issues in there And the reason we have some of these issues that we have um Airlines who are not patriotic Who will push partners in the will of any Disney or any organizations in which they are not get particularly results in terms of In terms of feedbacks in terms of all this call of the practices Every attempt to run an airline in Nigeria When in actual fact and indeed The South South Africa Nigerian people fly more than any other country in Nigeria so uh the airline The private jet owners and also the operators of airlines and all that She will put their foot down and ensure That the federal government do what it right. Look at the number of them in the airport We are in the country. All of them are I do They are not professionals What they say this is not the private jet of the governor Who fly to a big and come back and not the commercial activities that you and I would have expected And should be the All right. Thank you to the color. Let's look at uh, the security situation in the country the the daily trust lead story is quite interesting uh, the president mount wuhari is saying that uh Because of the russia ukraine war weapons are being smuggled to the lake charred region. Of course, that's very important to the uh security of nigeria and regional stability that lake charred region And he says he's calling for tighter border security I think the the countries of the multinational joint tax force had a meeting Where the president made this known what I thought on this this revelation by president buhari that uh because of the russia ukraine war Weapons are being Smuggled from that war into the lake charred region We're trying to go there. You mentioned the issue of peculiarities I am not surprised that that is happening You and I will know that when wars and your people are happening in certain places Those who are the merchants of blood those who sell arms and ammunition They will take advantage and use it to other arms and ammunition Of certain places and they will go and sell it or go and dispose it in some other places So if arms and ammunition that suggests me for russia or that suggests you for ukraine Is now landing or coming to the Uh, lake charred region one shouldn't be too late for private passes But the question you want to ask is by them right now know that arms and ammunition and weapons everyone for Are coming from those places. What is yours on any point for them as a government? So Of weapons and where they are being imported or where they are being imported Or who is importing them and find a way to block it It is not just enough of the time work on the credit of this paper Without making effort to jam or to block those sources of weapons And you must also remember that the lake charred region Is not the only place and is not the only place where we have a problem The niger data is also one area Even the lake was environment is also not safe too many times And ammunition described as As the ordinary goods are nice and have been found by the negligence cost of the weapons So the ammunitions are watered Ditto for the niger data so many sheets and call Of the of the post or in the ic in some of those places are not at Who are selling arms and ammunition weaponry? So the bandit for the niger data And all those merchants of death that we have all over the country This government has talked too much and too long on issues of armed proliferation And they were falling that description All right, just in a minute let's share your thoughts on this other one is still on the punch It talks about 87 percent of niger's rural roads being deplorable According to the world bank over 200,000 kilometers of roads and out of that 87 percent in that fraction So you have 40,000 kilometer of roads that are usable What are your thoughts, especially where we practice, you know, a three Thea of government the federal government the state and the local government what Let me say this As a way of summarizing the whole thing Look at the number of years It has been taking us to clean the legacy by the express road That is just a road that is less than 100 kilometers And for almost 20 years and we have not been able to to fix that road The road between Lokoja, Ukemei and Nazuta And also very very affordable In fact, it's a nice way of traveling by road in Nigeria today And that is one of those reasons why you find out Bandit's take advantage of the patrols to unleash mayhem on the people The kidnapers take advantage of the patrols to unleash mayhem on the people Most of the people that they attack, most of the people that they have talked And what are you? As people ordinary may would have to drive in a very slow manner When they get to very bad portions of most of these roads We are eventually to applaud and then Ignap Even though this government has said that it has done a lot With regards to infrastructure and all that I am personally not impressed I'm not impressed either in the way and manner All the infrastructures or the outfits or the investment They have made with regards to roads I'm also not impressed even with the With the railway lines that they say they have used it And even the water Transportation is almost common to all over the country Whereas when you go to countries like Netherlands and Northern Water transportation and also Singapore Water transportation is a very very important means of Committing around all these different places You and I are probably most of this time On some of these roads And we know how defraudable all those roads are We haven't gone where we think as a road Neither at the local government level All right Tunde we have to go now Tunde Kola Wale we really need to go And that's because we're really out of time But we appreciate you and your thoughts this morning Off the press we look forward to sharing your thoughts as we proceed All right That's it we've been speaking with Tunde Kola Wale He's a legal practitioner He's been very explicit with his thoughts On some of the major headlines on our paper On the national dailies this morning We'll take a break and when we return It'll be time for us to delve into our first major conversation Please stay with us