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[00:00:00] inviting people to come so that they can set up industries that
[00:00:04] will do this mining properly and that is why was emphasizing on the
[00:00:07] responsible mining regime where you have companies that
[00:00:11] will come and do the property, give
[00:00:13] of gears, protective gears to people, employ the right set
[00:00:16] of of people, take the data
[00:00:18] of the people and also be able to promote people to go to school,
[00:00:21] even if you are mining you be able to go to school and they promote you, if you have
[00:00:25] a
[00:00:26] of child and you
[00:00:26] are a minor, your children will go to school, so many other things. accommodations
[00:00:30] will be provided, portable drinking water will be given, medical assistance will be
[00:00:35] of given, scholarships will be given like in oil, like oil mining,
[00:00:39] like the way the oil companies are doing in Niger delta, this is what we are looking
[00:00:42] for, are you able
[00:00:43] of to make any money, are you making any money from mining yet, based on
[00:00:47] investment
[00:00:47] of your state is having
[00:00:50] of in, not serious money, no serious money
[00:00:53] yet, we're only putting the infrastructures right
[00:00:58] of of now, infrastructure, let me tell you the investment in duty machineries
[00:01:02] of alone is capital intensive, you need bulldozers, you need
[00:01:06] graders, you need excavators, you need
[00:01:09] of t pass, not just ordinary t pass, heavy duty t pass, you
[00:01:13] need power, you need so much energy, you need drilling machines, you
[00:01:17] need cranes, you need, so these things are major
[00:01:20] components of mining that will make it safer and
[00:01:24] we will give people, but you see if you go one foot in Niger
[00:01:27] state anywhere in Niger state, you will pick. gold
[00:01:30] one foot, one foot,
[00:01:33] but they are alluvian gold, the real rock gold you need to
[00:01:37] go 30, 40 meters down to get solid rock
[00:01:41] gold, and that is what we are trying to attract people and companies
[00:01:44] of and international partners to come in so that that solid
[00:01:48] rock gold that is on beneath the earth can be brought out and
[00:01:52] can be used for development our people. all right, quickly,
[00:01:56] just before we wrap up governor, beyond commiss.
[00:02:00] nation and all what we are looking a situation where 37
[00:02:03] people entered a government custody alive
[00:02:07] and they came
[00:02:08] of out
[00:02:09] of dead. what else are you
[00:02:10] a going to be doing for the people? i see that you've gone to commisserate with some
[00:02:14] of the family members, but they would
[00:02:17] in definitely of need beyond
[00:02:18] me this. what are the other commitment, what are the things that the government is
[00:02:21] immediately uh taking to action?
[00:02:25] first and foremost we want to thank uh the general
[00:02:28] society
[00:02:29] you know for the... empathy for the show of concern, some civil
[00:02:33] organizations, some
[00:02:34] of private individuals have come in,
[00:02:36] you know, some have
[00:02:37] of even offer scholarship to some
[00:02:38] of the families for those that had children, and also as
[00:02:42] a state definitely we are going to find some kind of palliatives and kind
[00:02:46] of relief for this family
[00:02:48] of these people, we trying to see how we can best
[00:02:51] redirect their thinking from mining to other ventures, even farming,
[00:02:55] of you know, and we are going to support them by the grace of God, but the the report
[00:02:59] of the committee. very very important for
[00:03:01] a us me to be able to know exactly where we are and where we are
[00:03:04] a heading to. governor Balgo, just before
[00:03:08] of allow you go tonight. what can
[00:03:11] of Nigerians hold your accountable for tonight?
[00:03:15] what should we hold you to as the governor of
[00:03:19] Niger state personally accountable for in ensuring that
[00:03:23] the truth is established and this never happens
[00:03:26] again? so I can only...
[00:03:30] promise you that the truth must be established, we are
[00:03:34] going to follow it tit and nail to make sure that it is
[00:03:37] everywhere and we're going to follow the truth to
[00:03:39] of the in latter, but the issue of it happening again, it may happen
[00:03:43] of in another state, because no governor has control
[00:03:47] of the f government custody, no governor has a control
[00:03:50] of the police cell or
[00:03:52] of DSS
[00:03:53] in cell or civil defense cell or even army cell, so I cannot take
[00:03:57] an out for what I cannot control, but what I'm sure... is that
[00:04:01] we
[00:04:01] of are working on this report, we are investigating it, we get to the cross of this
[00:04:04] matter and we will make it public. what in your own
[00:04:08] view will constitute
[00:04:10] of justice? uh,
[00:04:13] justice is the law, what the law will has
[00:04:17] defined for different categories of crimes, so if
[00:04:21] somebody is found with man
[00:04:23] of slaughter, the law is exploitly clear, if somebody is found guilty of
[00:04:27] murder, the law is very very clear, if somebody is found guilty
[00:04:30] of complacency, the law is very, very clear, but I'm not a lawyer and I'm not a
[00:04:34] judge, but I know that uh, as as a
[00:04:37] parliamentarian, I know that the constitution has defined every
[00:04:41] responsibility and has also defined sanctions for those kind
[00:04:45] of irresponsibilities. Is your attorney general active on this
[00:04:48] matter? very well. Thank you
[00:04:52] so much, honorable,
[00:04:55] of farmer Mohamed Omarubago, the executive governor of
[00:04:59] Niger. Many thanks for your time tonight uh on this issue and
[00:05:03] we out goes out to those who have
[00:05:05] of lost their lives and the families of uh uh those who died in
[00:05:09] that sad incident. Thank you so much indeed governor for your time.
[00:05:13] Thank you for having me, I appreciate it. Up next, President
[00:05:17] Bolatu keeps the United Nations General Assembly for a third
[00:05:21] consecutive year, handing the diplomatic assignment once
[00:05:25] again to Vice President Kashim Shetima, but
[00:05:28] after Nigeria's UN envoy and earlier said
[00:05:32] Chunubu would attend and sit close to President Donald
[00:05:36] Trump. What has changed, does the president's absence
[00:05:39] matter for Nigeria's diplomatic influence? critical
[00:05:43] bilateral engagements and relations with Washington and what
[00:05:46] becomes the anticipated high-level meetings in
[00:05:50] New York. President Balatino
[00:05:53] Bush senior special assistant on foreign affairs and protocol, Mr. Demola
[00:05:57] ushudi will be joining me next to explain these issues
[00:06:00] and shed some
[00:06:01] light.
[00:11:54] welcome back! President Bolatinu will not
[00:11:57] attend the 81st United Nations General
[00:12:01] Assembly in New York with Vice President Kashim Shatima
[00:12:05] designated to lead Nigeria's delegation and
[00:12:09] to deliver the country's national settlement and participate
[00:12:13] in high-level bilateral and multilateral engagements making
[00:12:17] the third consecutive UN general assembly at which
[00:12:20] Shetima will represent the president since Dunubu's attendance in
[00:12:24] 2023. "the development comes after Nigeria's
[00:12:28] permanent representative to the United Nations ambassador
[00:12:31] Jim Ibrahim the earlier indicated that
[00:12:35] President Tinable will attend this year's gathering and will
[00:12:39] be seated close to United State President Donald Trump. Let
[00:12:43] allow you to take uh listen to what he said about two months
[00:12:47] ago when he visited President Bolatinu at the presidential
[00:12:50] villa.
[00:12:55] can tell you uh has generously agreed to attend the onger
[00:12:58] meeting the United Nations, it's significant
[00:13:02] because Mr. President has a speech to give to the whole
[00:13:06] world about this reform success in
[00:13:09] Nigeria and that's have been stated for
[00:13:13] uh for September so Nigeria will be
[00:13:16] effectively in longer uh there are side meetings
[00:13:20] side event meetings for Mr. President to attend which
[00:13:22] includes uh general. of power, power
[00:13:26] issues that have to do with energy, side
[00:13:29] you know, so there event
[00:13:29] is meeting, there's another side event meeting on education
[00:13:33] as well as hospital management which you put in place
[00:13:37] for, but we don't want to crowd itinaries, so we
[00:13:41] discussed that and graciously the president was able to give
[00:13:44] us this world that he will come to her
[00:13:48] this this september, that's very
[00:13:51] amazing, how fast things?
[00:13:55] change in the last two months and
[00:13:57] now that has changed from thunu's
[00:14:01] presidency and what the plan is
[00:14:04] and for what we know the vice president has now been
[00:14:08] dispatched to lead the delegation and we saw them
[00:14:11] earlier today leave with some governors, some ministers
[00:14:15] and some senior members the cabinet, although no
[00:14:19] formal bilateral meeting between the two leaders had been
[00:14:22] confirmed that is between the president of Nigeria and that the
[00:14:26] United States. Butinu's latest absence is expected to
[00:14:30] renew debate over the significance of presidential level
[00:14:34] participation at one the world's biggest diplomatic gatherings,
[00:14:38] particularly at the time when Nigeria is seeking stronger
[00:14:41] international cooperation and security, investment,
[00:14:45] trade, climate, finance and reform the global
[00:14:49] finance system. However, ambassador Ibrahim maintains that Niger
[00:14:52] remains fully represented. that several countries are
[00:14:56] also being represented
[00:14:58] at the assembly by vice president, foreign ministers and other
[00:15:02] senior officials. let's get some more clarity on these, i'm
[00:15:06] being joined by president, senior special assistant on foreign affairs
[00:15:10] and protocol, mr. demal with line for us virtually,
[00:15:13] thanks so much indeed for the time tonight, good evening
[00:15:17] sir, give us an understanding on the workings the
[00:15:21] this presidency, is this deliberate, because th time
[00:15:25] and the those who say that presidentubu is depriving
[00:15:29] Nigerians the huge huge diplomatic
[00:15:32] opportunities of putting icing on the cake a
[00:15:36] festival of world unity and world leaders
[00:15:39] meeting to foster development in their countries, but the president's
[00:15:43] absence, the diplomats to have said, it is
[00:15:46] injurious to the nation. thank
[00:15:50] you, first of all, i like to congratulate the mediance
[00:15:53] the nigerian permanent ambassador to the united
[00:15:57] nations, ambassador jimo
[00:16:00] ibrahim, excellent man,
[00:16:04] brilliant, he's been given the... heads
[00:16:08] of major committees, which is the budget and
[00:16:11] administration, very, very significant, and also the
[00:16:15] C34 committee, very pivot committee
[00:16:19] for the general workings the United Nations peacekeeping
[00:16:23] work around the globe, so it's very important, Nigeria is taking
[00:16:27] a good central stage at the United Nations, and it
[00:16:31] shows the fact that our presence there is extremely important, and we
[00:16:35] now have a United. nation's
[00:16:37] ambassador that will be able to push our
[00:16:41] agenda with or without the
[00:16:44] president you steping foot in new
[00:16:47] york, but so I think
[00:16:51] we you know if I could say this is very important time
[00:16:55] in Nigeria's political
[00:16:58] journey, we have major economic
[00:17:02] reform taking place in Nigeria and it's been taken, it's
[00:17:06] taking fruit. is really really changing the
[00:17:10] economic perspective of Nigeria locally and
[00:17:14] globally, the Nigerian economy has grown to over
[00:17:17] 4.4% annually, this
[00:17:20] is this is good, this is like one the it is the Africa's largest
[00:17:24] economic performer by any mile, so that's something that the reforms
[00:17:28] of president has achieved, but
[00:17:31] president was also also is
[00:17:35] focused on the security challenges. in Nigeria, we just heard
[00:17:39] about the death of miners, illegal
[00:17:42] miners in in Niger state, we've heard about some kidnapping that have been
[00:17:46] successfully resolved, the victims have
[00:17:50] been have been rescued, so these are
[00:17:54] major issues that the president is dealing with, if I could say those are the
[00:17:58] issues that are more important than his presidents of United
[00:18:02] Nations, whether this year or last year, and I can
[00:18:06] also tell you that... 'we have major election coming
[00:18:09] taking place next year
[00:18:11] uh you know
[00:18:12] and you of course every candidate has to take these things
[00:18:16] very serious so these are things that may be going through the president's
[00:18:20] consideration as as he
[00:18:23] president representing there quickly is this
[00:18:27] coincidence third time three consecutive
[00:18:30] absences at onga is this a policy
[00:18:34] or a coincidence well
[00:18:37] "Nigeria has diverse interest in
[00:18:40] all regional, regional groups, continental groups
[00:18:44] and even groups the south south like the bricks, so
[00:18:48] but for my own recollection, the United Nations is not the
[00:18:51] only group that we are member of,
[00:18:55] so President Yubu focusing issues of domestic
[00:18:59] concerns like economy, security and even on other
[00:19:03] issues of international forums is, I
[00:19:06] believe..." equally is important um with or
[00:19:10] without his presence there would not change Nigeria's major role
[00:19:14] as a giant of Africa, the leader the
[00:19:18] you know economic resurgence of Africa and and and showing that
[00:19:21] Nigeria is equally represented with the presence of
[00:19:25] ambassador Jimo Ibrahim, our new United Nations
[00:19:28] ambassador, so well taking the explanation
[00:19:32] from the government and the presidency, why is President
[00:19:36] Tunobu not attending this year's onger, what
[00:19:40] changed, what happened? i
[00:19:44] touched on it, i want to believe it's really domestic
[00:19:47] concerns, economic reforms, our security challenges
[00:19:51] and in many cases may be the upcoming elections that we're
[00:19:55] dealing with, nigeria is also focused on areas
[00:19:59] all the in regional bodies like echoas, african union,
[00:20:03] the bricks and even the African
[00:20:06] continental. trade agreement, very important for trade, these are bread and
[00:20:10] butter issues. Nigerians want to have respite from
[00:20:13] the, from cost of living crisis we're dealing with. These are issues
[00:20:17] that are going to affect people, the security moving from lagos
[00:20:21] to or your or from plateau to Nasarawa,
[00:20:25] these are issues that we are concerned about. The UN is very important
[00:20:29] and all due respect, but we need to ensure that are day to day
[00:20:33] issues, this is concerns that concern the average Nigeria is taken
[00:20:37] important. and that is why i believe our
[00:20:39] priorities diverse as it is not
[00:20:43] just on the united nations right now is
[00:20:45] there a problem and i'm very certain that you must have been hearing what
[00:20:49] the critic. of this government is saying, which brings to the question, is
[00:20:53] there a problem between tunubu and Washington?
[00:20:57] tonight, can you stay to us
[00:21:00] unequivocally tonight that President Tunobu can
[00:21:03] enter the United States, move beyond the United Nation
[00:21:07] headquarters district for ordinary presidential engagements,
[00:21:11] meet American officials and leave the country without any legal
[00:21:15] or immigration impediment? oh,
[00:21:19] this is the - whole chest not uh as your b will say
[00:21:23] and gig is saying we're dribbling backwards i was
[00:21:27] with the president when he went for the united nations physically i was there it
[00:21:31] was everything we saw it it's all over social media he went to the
[00:21:34] the the the stock exchange he run the bell he had
[00:21:38] meetings on the side even in more recent times i think
[00:21:42] about last year we transited los angeles on our way
[00:21:45] to japan for the attack the japanese you
[00:21:49] know uh development agency, we in Los Angeles
[00:21:53] for few days before we we flew down to uh Tokyo or
[00:21:57] Yokohama, Japan, we were in America, I was was there with
[00:22:01] him, so it is really just politics and
[00:22:05] we can talk about this every single election issue,
[00:22:08] every single election cycle, and it is just
[00:22:11] politics,
[00:22:16] the article's camp is now openly asking:
[00:22:20] whether President Tunuubu's history with US law
[00:22:23] enforcement agencies explains his third
[00:22:26] consecutive hunger absence what will be your facul
[00:22:30] response? not the political one that we here to
[00:22:34] perhaps late the matter to rest as to
[00:22:38] what the artikubakar's camp are saying about the
[00:22:42] re-entering or the ability of our president to
[00:22:45] move around in the United State? is there any impediment that we need to know?
[00:22:50] or their constraints, there's absolutely no
[00:22:53] impediment, there you go, for absolutely no reason, i it's
[00:22:57] it is pure politics, it's election season is silly
[00:23:01] season of people saying things for electoral advantage, it
[00:23:04] is that simple, the you know any situation they would
[00:23:08] not, repeat, america would not in any
[00:23:12] case arrest any heads
[00:23:14] of state, muhammad gaddafi, of
[00:23:18] Libya, the guy Cuba you know
[00:23:21] castro, the tomini, there's so
[00:23:25] many people that touch the grounds the united nations that the Americans did
[00:23:29] not want, you know, the president
[00:23:32] has been in America, I was there with him twice, you
[00:23:36] know I was even there with him prior to that, before he was president,
[00:23:40] so this is pure nonsense and his politics, but again you
[00:23:44] in politics
[00:23:45] you know they say that you everything goes, so this is just give
[00:23:49] a moment, I need to take another break, but when we come back, we
[00:23:53] conclude the conversation, what could it be the gains and what
[00:23:56] exactly VP shetima will be representing
[00:23:59] president on, well Paris is not too far
[00:24:03] from the United States, he's halfway to the United States,
[00:24:07] maybe last minute the president might change his mind, we'll find out after this
[00:24:11] break, join us again
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[00:27:55] thanks so much everyone, our concluding moment with Mr. demola
[00:27:59] oshed
[00:28:00] is the senior special assistant to pres on foreign affairs
[00:28:04] and protocol. Mr. Osody, do we
[00:28:07] have an idea of precisely uh some
[00:28:11] the biggest expectations from Hunga? And by the way, there are
[00:28:15] those who say the president is out the country anyways, is
[00:28:19] it prioritizing ally day in above matters of
[00:28:22] state? He's prioritizing the affairs
[00:28:26] of Nigeria. I can promise you, Mr. Kimbaly, and
[00:28:30] there's also issues of you. their
[00:28:33] security and economic concerns not to talk of
[00:28:37] election strategy and preparation so that is
[00:28:41] very very important and it's you know it's nigerians i'm sure
[00:28:45] fully aware of this regarding the vice
[00:28:48] presidents representing president
[00:28:52] at the united nations i think
[00:28:54] we we has this theme there which is going to be speaking on behalf the president
[00:28:58] restoring trust managing transformation in
[00:29:03] as as for United Nations that delivers for all,
[00:29:07] this is very, very generic, general topic,
[00:29:11] but when he speaks, he's going to talk about the challenges the
[00:29:14] Sahel, issues of security, our economic
[00:29:18] reforms, that is big, that is big on the table, it's going
[00:29:21] to make sure the international community understands the fact that
[00:29:25] Nigeria is very serious about
[00:29:28] uplifting people out of poverty uh with his reforms, even
[00:29:32] things are pretty tough right now, but the international community does
[00:29:36] accept the fact that Nigeria is on the right path for bringing
[00:29:39] a large economy of one trillion and
[00:29:43] prosperity for not just for Nigeria for the West African sub
[00:29:46] region, he is a senior special
[00:29:49] assistant to the president on foreign affairs and protocol, thanks so
[00:29:53] much indeed for speaking with us tonight, thank you very much
[00:29:57] mr. king appreciate, that's our show for tonight everyone, many thanks for
[00:30:01] watching, I'm sure. God bless
[00:30:03] Nigeria.