Johnny dollar this is Henry Foreman down here for Jarvis, New York for Jarvis. That's right. Lucky man I beg your pardon Well the Delaware River on one side and the never sink on the other and that never sink just happens to be one of my favorite Trout streams. Oh, I see many is the time I've wet a line in that piece of water foreman Did you say yes? I'm the local representative for the inter-allied life insurance company. What can I do for you? Mr. Foreman not for me mr. Dollar, but for one of my clients I should say the husband of one of our clients one of my rather important plans Yes, and his name is Techler who's off Techler and he lives a few miles north here the other side of Monticello I see lovely place to a 300 acres of beautiful woodland to private lake and so on Sounds very nice usually though at this time here. They're back in New York They're big apartment one of those luxurious duplex bears on East River also sounds like they're really loaded loading Did you come and see him if that is you have some free time and by that? He meant anything from a few days to a few weeks funny Must have something to do with his insurance. I don't know sir. Well, look mr. Foreman He did make it very plain that it's most important important to me Yes, he implied that if there were any so on why he'd be more than glad to pay your expense account himself dollar in other words Maybe I can be a little free with the old expense account for a change Well, now that isn't quite what I was thinking. Well, let's pretend it was though Now just relax mr. Foreman. I'll grab a plane or a train to something and be down there to see you I'll see you Yes radio network brings you Mandel Kramer in the exciting adventures of the man with the action-tact expense account America's fabulous freelance insurance investigator yours truly Johnny dollar That's a count submitted by a special investigator Johnny dollar to the inter-allied life insurance company office in Port Jarvis, New York Following is an account of expenses incurred during my investigation of the Monticello mystery matters expense count item one nine dollars and ten cents planed between New York item to 50 bucks deposit on a rental car I Picked up route 46 then 23 and some 70 odd miles later pulled into Port Jarvis at the point where Pennsylvania New Jersey and New York all come together It's a nice little city there on the Delaware quite a railroad center and even better known for its glass companies Henry Foreman's office was on Main Street and after the usual how to do I again ask the question believe me mr. Dollar I don't know anything more about it than I told you on the phone But in view of this company's policy of service to its clients service of any kind Well, I felt we must succeed to his quest that you'll be brought down here I see and after all when you consider the size of mrs. Teckler's life policy alone the annual premiums we collect on it and Remember this too sir. She was a client of the company's long before she married Teckler She's the widow of the late Horace Rathbun Melinger. Well, you know the big steel and oil fortune. Yeah Well, it's no wonder then that Teckler's are loaded. Yeah, precisely. Well, just give me their address And I'll see what I can do about inaugurating a share the wealth program. I drove north on 42 for some 25 miles to Monticello Especially at this time of the year this foot of the Catskills country is mighty beautiful Then west for a few miles to the little town of Bethel then north on a narrow Twisting little road to a spot somewhere between Canoza Lake and Swan Lake There was a tall steel wire fence about the place, but the heavy gate was unlocked. So I went on through and there it was About as isolated and beautiful a place as I've ever seen It might as well have been a hundred miles away from the dozens of resorts and vacation spots that dot that area The main building the large I guess you'd call it There's a kind of a large two-story log cabin affair with a high peak roof that would shed the winter snow But surrounded on three sides by tremendous trees and they framed the large perfectly It was a pictures part of the thought you you've seen a movie and on the fourth side Out in front of the large and not more than a hundred yards away One look at that blue Placid Lake and they must have been at least 20 acres of it made me wish that I brought along every bit of fishing tackle out of her own As I stood there by the side of my car taking it all in a pair of lunkers smallmouth bath jump clear of the wall scattering it like the proverbial pearls in the sunshine. Oh, you like it, huh? Like it Rubber what a fisherman's heaven this is. Yes, it really is and you must be Johnny dollar and I'm Rudy tackler And how are you spellbound if you want the truth, I didn't think a place like this ever really Look at that. Did you see him? I saw him. I have a gun, Mr. Tecler that bass just broke water out there must be over three pounds your a fisherman, too Mm-hmm, that's certainly a what are we doing just standing here? I thought you might just possibly feel that way about why sure why aren't we out there and oh It is slightly out of season isn't it? Well, what's the difference private lake on private property if the game warden comes around I just chew him away I also forgot that I'm supposed to be up here on business. Oh Are you well, aren't I? Not so far as I know. You're kidding. Not a fit for you sent for me, didn't you? Yes, that's right My wife and I sent for you, but not on business. I don't get it Not on business not a bit of it. Well, why then Johnny suppose you point into the house Yeah, I'll help you with your back. Well now wait, Mr. Mr. Tecler a fine fishing powder you're going to make to you. It's Rudy. Okay, okay Rudy fine Now what was that crack about a fishing power come along into the house meet Nancy my wife come on all right But if you're implying that you set for me just to fish this beautiful lake of yours Well, why not? I'm afraid it's a little hard to believe I don't see why well. Let's just say I've been around Mr. Rudy Well, then maybe if Nancy tells you the same thing well much as I'd like to I still won't believe it Come along and we'll see Maybe Maybe because of long years in this job of mine. I'm overly suspicious But it all seemed just a little too good to be true Now I ask you what would you think of a couple of complete strangers? Casually handed you the sort of chance and situation you've only dared dream about all your life Yes, and when I met Mrs. Tecler there in the lodge That silly little bell in the back of my head that saved my job and even my life on occasion that warning if you like Suddenly began to ring out loud and clear Have you ever stopped to realize how lucky we are when people behind the iron curtain turn on their radios They hear only what their leaders want them to hear in this country You can flick a switch day or night and get a true complete report of what's happening everywhere You get the news first fastest most accurately and most completely when your dial is set to this CBS radio network station Because the network is serviced by the far-flung fact-gathering facilities of expanded CBS news Experienced CBS newsmen stationed in strategic places of the world over are on top of the story the moment it breaks for news about local state national and international affairs even the news from out of this world Count on the frequent broadcasts of expanded CBS news Here's CBS news every hour on the hour every weekday Wherever you are keep in touch with the world through world-spanning CBS news In this land where the news is free and reliable let CBS news satisfy your need to know Rudolph Tecler beneficiary of the vast Horace Rathbone manager fortune The short sweet pert and pretty About 52 or 3 with a trim almost wiry figure She had a pale flawless complexion sparkling dark blue eyes that contrasted with her light colored hair And she gave the impression of being very active very alert in spite of the fact that she must have been Almost 60 years of age Didn't you do like our little country place, mr. Dollar like it. I love it. Mrs. I knew you would We do too. Don't we darling you know the answer to that as well as I do and Johnny you must call me Nancy Even if only to flatter me and make me feel young again. Well, you are young Nancy. Oh, well, thank you In spite of the fact I had to ask for it You see Johnny this was Horace's he was my first husband Horace's hunting lodge We used to come up here during the deities and then we'd have all sorts of people around shooting off guns and playing Poker all night and eating their heads off and making a general nuisance of themselves But Horace liked it so I put up with it In spite of all the work it meant for me It certainly did and it still does and I think we ought to be a couple of the servants up. Yeah, dog What you work much too hard all the time we're here But I like getting away from the servants for a change and all their problems Well, I know and it's no hardship for me does be good keeps me healthy Well, just the same Nancy next year when we come up here Next year. Well, we'll see but if I'm feeling as well as I do now Well, anyway, Johnny. Yes after Horace died. Well, Rudy's never liked hunting. Have you dear? Well, Johnny? I'm no sissy, but I just don't like killing that's all.  I'm with you. So after Rudy and I got married that was in 58 Well, that's when he put in the lake Stopped it with nice big bass and some pickerel and some fish and bluegills. No, you have me fairly drooling. You know that Well, I'm glad because that's the reason I thought of having you up here and when I suggested it to Rudy No, honey. Well at first he thought I was silly But then when he had a chance to think it over he was just as enthusiastic about having you here as I was Just to go fishing Well Johnny, I'll make a true confession. I'm an old fan of yours Oh, I never miss those weekly radio reports you make on the cases you solve. Oh, maybe I'm lucky You don't know about the ones I don't sell. I think the work you do is wonderful and I've wanted to meet you for years Well, I thank you ma'am. Well, but never having any insurance problems Well, I just couldn't think of a logical excuse and I knew you'd only be bored to death at any of the constant round of big Dull parties we have to give all winter long down in New York and believe me Johnny. They are dull But they're expected in this circle that we're obliged to travel in. You know Johnny old friends of horuses. So what can we do? Anyway, one Sunday night listening to one of your radio reports. I suddenly realized you constantly talk about things So here you are and please stay as long as you like.  Good idea And then while I'm fixing dinner, they'll still be about an hour of daylight. Why don't you two go out on the lake? A very good idea and Johnny dollar if you don't bring back at least a couple of five pounders I promise Nancy, honest engine Sweet, pert and pretty I said I should have added one more adjective Smart And that's why in spite of her excuse for having me around I wondered what her real reason was But they didn't give me much time for wondering or anything else Within half an hour Rudy and I were out on the lake that beautiful hunk of water So loaded with fighting bass that who could miss coming in with a limit But we did For no sooner had we got started across toward the far side Or there was plenty of reeds and lily pads that big ones like to hide under Ah Johnny it looks to me. Yeah, I see the place Rudy and if there aren't some lunkers over there I'll eat my shirt. No, no, no what I was thinking I still think we could have got a sack full right off the dock But not the big ones no what I was thinking of is that massive black clouds moving in on us there Ah, you're right Look there's a little chop building up in the water Yes, I'm afraid we're in for a sudden blow and a lot of rain You know what that does to the fishing oh down it especially in a shallow lake like this one But I tell you it's not as shallow as it looks This was a kind of canyon up here in these mountains before we dammed it up and some of the spots are nearly 20 feet deep I'll be we better figure Yeah, here it comes. Oh, I don't you mean here it is. Wow regular clouds Certainly can't fish in this can't even see where we are. I'm afraid you're right Rudy Well, don't you worry Well, I've plenty of time in the days ahead for all the fishing you can take Well, that may be a bigger order than you think of course if this blows off we can come out tonight again Sometimes the night fishing is great. I'll try anything but as long as it keeps up like this Oh, well, I'm sorry So we're going back to the dock if I can find it and back to the house build a big fire We can sit in front of it and drown our sorrows. I mean if we don't get ourselves drowned first right After cocktails and plenty of them during the delicious dinner Nancy had cooked for us Although we talked about nothing but fishing I began to wonder again Because I suddenly became aware of something between these two that hadn't shown before but I couldn't quite put my finger on a sort of Tension that they both very obviously tried to hide This very young man and the older wealthy woman he married Later in the living room as we sat in front of a roaring fire and Rudy became a bit too generous with the high balls Especially his own I wanted some more because several times when he glanced over at her once he was talking to me There was a very strange look in his eyes Fear Could it have been fear? But of what? I decided I'd better get him alone and talk to him But by the time Nancy went up to a room to bed the drinks had had their effect on him and he didn't make very much sense I just one more little one on Johnny. I mean for a smaller night. No, thank you. We have had enough You always drink this much. Oh Oh, remember why I said this afternoon drown your sorrows. I said drown your sorrows Yeah, he's Johnny. It's a very good idea Okay Rudy uh Are you worried about something? By me The last of money I never have to look at work Nice little wife couple of nice places to live Not me Johnny Not a thing in the world Not as long as I can drown my sorrows. Hey Let's have just one more now. Look if the weather stays clear the way it is right now And we're going to do any fishing tomorrow morning. Maybe we better hit the sack, huh? Yeah, sure. Okay. You find your way up to your room. All right. I think I can the point is can you? Me? Oh sure. Right next to Nancy's room. You're on the other side. Shall we? I think we better I helped him up to his room put him to bed and he promptly went out like a life What he'd said about the clean cool mountain air was certainly true. I slept like a log Almost as though I've been drugged and not because of the after-dinner drinks. I'd watch that pretty carefully Then shortly after sunup came the rude awakening Yeah, yes What's the matter Rudy? What is it? It's Nancy. Something's happened to her. Come on quickly quickly Can you find such entertainers as Buster Davenport and his talking minor bird? Where can you find Lucille in her magic ocarina or little Billy and his 14 piece jug band? Frankly, we don't know where you can find them But what sure thing here on the cbs video network you find the top names in show business Author godfrey art link letter gary moore being Crosby and rosemary cluny and you find them here every weekday morning Guaranteed entertainment monday through friday right here at the stars address Rudy what's happened? She's gone. Nancy's gone. Something's happened to her Look look at this her bed's been slept in but she isn't here. All right. I'll just take it easy Maybe she just got up early to fix breakfast for us before we go out on the lake No, no, Johnny. She isn't anywhere. I mean not anywhere in the house. I've looked all over Out for an early walk. Maybe what without getting dressed. How do you know that? Look the only things that are missing are the nightgown she wore and her robe and a pair of slippers Oh, wait a minute. You mean you've checked every other article of clothing. She on no no, no, of course not But those things are missing. Did you look around the ground? Oh, yes all over Except in the woods, of course Which just happens to cover most of this place of yours Johnny the point is she's gone without letting me know I say something's happened to her how many cars do you keep here? Well, uh, just the one but it's still in the garage besides Nancy doesn't drive Do you look for any footprints when you were outside? Yes in the mud from that rain we had yet? Yes, Johnny. There were none How about tracks down at the gate the road is paved down to the gate even out to the highway Is there any way off the property except through that gate? No, no, there's there's no other way out What could have happened to her just calm down rudy? Let me get some clothes on and we'll look around. I I I hope she's all right any reason why she shouldn't be well. No, of course not and yet.  Yeah, what didn't you get the feeling to? That she was worried about something Now that you mentioned it yes But what I wish I knew Then maybe I'd I'd know what's happened to all right you go downstairs and make some coffee while I get into my clothes Then we'll have a look around I still didn't understand all his alarm till we had to look around that place and I mean all of it There was no sign of her anywhere no clues to why or where she'd gone And to leave by that front gate and only a nightgown and a robe Now rudy must have been wrong about that, but even if she did change why aren't those things still here? And why did she leave and without letting me know Johnny? It isn't like her rudy any problems between you two Oh good heavens. No nothing serious in spite of all her money And let's face it your comparative you know wait now wait a minute now. I resent that Johnny I mean whatever implication you are trying to make what about your drinking What do you say that just because I happen to have a few too many last night? Oh no now that's ridiculous and she would have told me if she'd really objected to it speaking of which I think I could use one yes Yes, I'll get a couple no no no i'll get them the stuff is still on the bar from last night I'll get them rudy you just sit tight and keep an eye out this front window in case well, but I All right, uh bourbon you know yes, I know It had really hit me two things several things Like the complete lack of a hangover though. I'd had to help him up to bed only a few hours before Nancy and I've been drinking scotch. He'd taken all of his from a bottle of bourbon, so I checked that bottle bourbon Nothing but wheat tea So we've been putting on an act last night Why and why the insistence on keeping my glass filled? More things that crack about drowning his sorrow for instance was Nancy his sorrow Because she'd got wise to the fact that he'd married her only for money And was she the one who was really afraid Is that why she'd sent for me? Of course, he hadn't wanted me around at first until he realized what a wonderful cover-up I'd be for him But then where was the body? It was one place a very obvious place maybe so obvious. I wasn't expected to think of it It's the obvious we most often overlook Or was all this just wild speculation on my part. I had to find out You you say a hunch Johnny. Yes, really and by some miracle they usually pay off for me Well, what kind of a hunch? There's one place on this property. We didn't think of where you just sit tight and finish your drink Well, I have a look. Well, all right, Johnny you wait here. I'll be back in a few minutes The little dam there at one out of the lake was a simple affair Two concrete abutments with a wall of probing clanks between them one on top of the other To raise the water level you added a plank and to lower it of course It was a bit of a struggle prior way the top one, but I managed it and the water started pouring out into a sort of canyon below And then as I fully expected Johnny, Johnny, what are you doing?  Yes, I know Rudy. I hate to spoil the whole lake We'll go down and give me a hand and help me pull another one of these planks Until we get the water low enough to see where you left her body after you killed her last night Well, Rudy It won't be necessary. You see I'll show you the spot but listen listen to me I'm listening not only the insurance but all of her estate it'll mine And without her to dole it out to me like she would do a child and there's plenty you see there's plenty for both of us Rudy we'll both be rich Johnny you understand you see what I mean It'll be so easy Rudy. I hate to sound corny. Yes But why don't you try telling that to a judge? Any comments? Why bother? I hate this kind of case But it does happen Expense account total including mileage on the rental car and the trip back to Hartford 71 70 Yours truly Johnny dollar Are to tell you about next week's story next week the everglades of florida and believe me there are spots in there that can be pretty dangerous Join us. Won't you yours truly Johnny dollar Truly Johnny dollar is written by jack john stone produced and directed by bruno zirato jr. Music supervision by apple huber Johnny dollar is played by mandel kramer Also featured in our cast where william redfield is rudy Adele ronson as nancy and randall houseborn as henry forman He should have joined us next week same time same station for another exciting story of yours truly Johnny dollar This is art hannah speaking


I'm Rick. And you can also need to subscribe and turn on notifications It's not more juicy content. It's so juicy. You fell Rick It was so juicy. I bowed down to it. Social distancing six feet It's not for myself. Stay away from yourself Rick. Oh, no, I'm constantly touching myself. Wait, what? Wait It's belly issues and today from What day Something of quarantine We a 34 for India and they 12 13 for us But yeah, so lots people asked us to react to this it's about it's called India imposes the world's biggest virus lockdown which I believe I heard was the biggest country to ever lock down Well, it makes sense. They're they've got a billion They're like nearly four times the size of us. Yeah so This is a video about that and so I mean we we know we have heard a bunch about it and so I'm assuming we'll know a little more, but we'll know what you're going through right now because I don't know if you've seen them all asking. They're like they asked us to drop like five videos a day because they're I know I'm like, I'm sorry One you two won't send you out those notifications. So you're not we know that you're not even gonna be able to see it if we do But India has become the latest and largest country to introduce a nationwide lock-in voice against the corona virus It's population of 1.3 billion has been told to stay at home in the country of so far seen about We've stood and 11 deaths and there are fears that infections could spread quickly in densely populated urban areas crowds formed at pharmacies and shops shortly before the midnight deadline Non-essential businesses stay away from people Services have been stopped and the busy Bollywood film industry has ground to a halt. Do you see she was coughing? Narendra Modi said without the 21 they locked down the country could be set back 21 years So let's join DW correspondent Nimisha Jaiswal in Delhi. Welcome to Misha. Are people here's a great voice new restrictions Well fell to a large extent. Yes People have not been coming out on the streets as much as they normally would have the Sunday voluntary curfew was huge Dang reports of millions take good. It's not quite That's Mumbai or Delhi Wow Holy cow who are not either rendering or accessing no no horn honking from stepping out That's insane important to think about back But there are many amongst the urban poor who are actually trying to get back home. Yeah Yeah, this is a largely shut down Yeah, as well as flights However, many are still trying to make their way back to their home face because they're daily wage earners And they cannot sustain themselves. Yes, they cannot afford life in the city any more Large distances in their efforts to get home even though they're closed. This is the report Don't touch people are violating a lockdown Delhi has closed its borders No buses trains or flights can leave. Oh, the states are locked down. These migrant workers are determined to get home Many earn just a daily wage and with businesses shut they cannot afford life in the city anymore With public transport reduced Dave Raj has walked many kilometers with his family putting them at risk of exposure He's scared, but he says he has no option They aren't letting me work. That's the problem. I have young children. They're hungry. Who do I ask for help? We've been struggling for four days The Delhi government has announced some relief measures for the poor, but these workers don't feel reassured I can wait to find out if the government will give me money But how am I supposed to eat until then and what if they don't? Oh, dang away from the bus stop The city lies deserted Those who can afford to are staying home Checkpoints like this one have been established across the city The police is ensuring that only those who are rendering essential services are allowed to be out The government has also said that violators of the lockdown can face legal action Grocery stores remain open Some are only allowing a limited number of shoppers in This one says masks are necessary as is sanitizing your hands before entering India has been paralyzed by these measures, but health experts are throwing their weight behind the lockdown If India can fight this together for two weeks We definitely would have prevented the curve from going up and made it flat All that we need to do is to prevent the curve from going the Italy way because if that happens in India The results will be much worse than what happened in Italy The Indian Prime Minister has appealed to migrant workers to stay put and avoid infecting their families back home But for many that risk is far more distant than being trapped away from home during this lockdown The measure the poor always suffer worst in these crises tell us more about how the government is trying to help these migrant workers Well, Phil the government has formed an economic task force with the finance minister at its helm to find out exactly What would be the best route forward to address the economic crisis that is sure to beset the country as a result of this lockdown? Just yesterday some regulatory and fiscal measures were announced in addition The government has asked all states to send funds to send to add money to the bank accounts of construction workers One of the main constituents of the daily wage workers But they're not the only ones and we would have to wait and see how exactly the government is going to ensure that in the midst of a lockdown Officials can still make their way out and ensure that these daily wage workers and the poorest of the poor in the country Are continuing to get meals and sustenance during this lockdown Thanks for that. Namesh Ajay as well in Delhi Wow, I did not know about the The ones who were in a different state that are trying to get to their home state Yes, that's massive for example in Calcutta a huge number of the day earners that do Everything from fixing shoes to rickshaw drivers There they don't live they're not city dwellers in Calcutta They live in the surrounding rural areas and what they do is they come in to the city work and then bring their earnings Back because they can make a lot more in a city like Calcutta, but there's no public transit right now So and there's not even if there was public transit probably shouldn't be on there's Yeah, the number one. They shouldn't be on it number two even if they're in the city There's nobody out there to for them to rickshaw drive for or fix shoes or do anything for so They're these daily earners I've actually reached out to several people because I want to Support and talk about the Organizations that are actually on the ground that you can give to and the majority of your money is gonna go to them Do you know doing some research? I I narrow I've narrowed it down to like three or four From people we know there that we trust who actually give to them and can verify So I would say and I started this 48 hours ago, and I'm confident like by tomorrow I should know pretty well which ones are good ones to support that are actually so that you know the money that you're giving to Them is actually getting on the ground on those resources and getting the people because as you know Corbin With there after like for example 9-eleven there were a bunch of hoax organizations that popped up Yeah, you can't trust anybody you cannot trust people right now If you've given to ones like if st. Jude was coming up with something here in the states I give to them instantly because I've been given to them for years. I know what they do with their money. Yeah But yeah, it's it's a huge Huge issue for the daily wage earner one of the most shocking things was the empty streets because Once again, we're not there anymore for those of you who still don't know Yeah, we've been we've been back home for over two and a half weeks now No, just under two now two weeks just under two weeks just under two weeks And so we but coming from we went to Delhi and Mumbai to see those empty streets We're coming from there where they were just full to the brim and people even in and out and there was one person on the road What? That's insane and I totally didn't realize that this I guess it makes sense that the entire things locked down that the states would be Locked down themselves Yeah, and which is something obviously the United States has not done as of yet It might might be too late for that even for the way of New York is going right now Yeah, that's one of the things I'm wondering if they're gonna do to New York shut it down So people can't go get out basically Yeah, as far as crossing the borders and stuff if I was a governor of a neighboring state I would say you can't come in for sure. Yeah, so yeah, that's it's it's crazy How it's affecting the entire world and that we like missed all the craziness by like days I was talking about that to Indrani the other day Literally if our trip had been one week different We would number one we'd be in India still.   So Yes, I know the statistics People who are my age Younger Corbin's age who have no underlying health conditions You actually can get this virus and not even know you had it. Yeah This thing is this thing is most dangerous for the elderly and the people with underlying health conditions Now that's not to minimize the risks of all people, but that's the reality.  You may not be at risk, but you could actually be carrying it Yeah, not know it and give it to somebody else that it could kill So that's the main reason everybody should social distance and stay away I think I think people young people don't understand like one. I think Certain people are assuming that young people just can't get it that that's not no Anybody saying everyone correct get it everybody could get they're saying that people most at risk of being a severe sickness are the people with underlying health conditions or Yes, I'm you know, I'm you know compromise like my wife when she was younger She was sick all the time and so we're glad our current our baby is not like that But she was sick all the time and she she's usually if there's something going around she'll get it But there's like people that have like, you know cancer or the people that have like died like hardcore diabetes Or obviously elderly as well or asthma. Yeah, there's millions of people with an underlying health condition Those are the people that it can affect worse, but it you correct like everyone can get affected in infected Oh, it's like it's like any any flu virus anybody can get it And that's that they were saying here yesterday on our local news that I listened to That some of the doctors who work here in LA are pretty confident that this had gotten to LA as Long ago was maybe late December. Yeah, but people thought they had the flu. Yeah, they didn't realize what they had was COVID-19 So yeah, that's the the main thing for the social distancing is obviously if you're elderly or have an underlying health condition You're protecting yourself, but for everybody else. It's an act of love. You're protecting everybody else by not going out I was wondering why I mean California and all the Los Angeles are hitting We do have numbers that are probably even greater than India, but in comparison to what New York is going through right now Yeah, New York's the hub. Yeah, I was wondering why that was so much different because we're a huge shitty But I think it's because one at New York is much more cramped together Everybody and also their transit systems since we have no train. Yeah system here Absolutely. Yeah, there's there's there's it's not a surprise that LA in New York are the hot spots right now because we're the International hubs. Yeah, and we are the International hub for Asia. They're the International hub for Europe Yeah, and you are absolutely right Manhattan is stacked and their rapid transit system is on top of each other and Nobody drives around in cars over there. They get in taxis and ubers. So they're constantly sharing cars So if somebody had COVID-19 and got into a cab Anybody else who gets in that cab could have gotten it. Yeah, and we've seen the biggest spikes in Europe like Italy is there all the transit system the same thing Exactly. So the New York it's a lot of Europeans. So it's it's not a surprise Yeah, it's not surprised you're hearing it in New York in LA and you're not hearing it in in Montana and Arkansas Yeah, there's a reason that's happening, but stay safe India stay safe the entire yeah We love wherever you are in the world. Obviously.


to the edge of the penalty area. Christie, no-one in the black-and-white shirt getting a tackle in, which is working the home supporters. Zamora left corner for Bournemouth again, fires one in towards Billing, who stretches out a leg and puts Bournemouth in front! Zamora's cross! Phil Billing, one of the heroes away at Nottingham Forest, might be the hero at St James's Park today. Anyhow, turns away in disgust as his former side take the lead on Newcastle territory. Well, what unbelievable strike by Phil Billing. He's just got a toe on it, and it's just changed the whole direction of the ball. On the build-up to that, Christie I thought he should have got a shot away, but he kept the ball, kept the move in. Top-right corner, away to other. So surely. Ball is played in and onside, driven across by Trippier, and over the bar, deflected in the end by a cherry's man. While the flag stayed down on the far side, cherries were caught out for a second there. They're taking a penalty possibly, for VAI here, for a penalty on Lermer. Has he blocked that with his hand as the ball comes in? Oh, he has, Willow. Oh, no. His left arm is stretched out down by his side. Referee Paulson seen enough. Let's have a look. Penalty! So cruel on Jefferson Lermer. Here comes Alexander Isak. Finds the ball in the left corner with a fine penalty. And Newcastle's response is exactly what Anyhow would have looked for. Isak will score. He's had a very quiet afternoon, but he's on the sheet. Come on. Well, that's what we didn't want to happen.


Narcissus will do this to you in the end, Narcissus will give you all sorts of lies and future faking, they will act as though they're on your side, and they're supporting you and they will promise you a future, but whatever they have led you to believe you will never get that from the Narcissus and in fact everyone who has dealt with a Narcissus experience the same thing, not only do you not get whatever they led you to want from them or to believe in, but they also end up destroying your dreams of potential, your cherished aspirations ambitions and ideals, these visions that you created in your imagination, all of the things that you wanted to happen very much, and it has a long lasting impact and consequence, it becomes your legacy as a result of their past actions and decisions, it's something that you have to deal with on your own because they're not going to be there for you, even though they stripped you of your potential, they limited your capacity to become something in the future, while you were still unrealized and undeveloped, they robbed you of your future, whether it was something you experienced in your childhood or something that you experienced later in life, because they lied to you, they future faked, they made a false promise about the future, something that they had no intention of doing, which they used to control you so that they could get what they want, while it left you holding on as it restrained your freedom and restricted your full potential, it tied you down and held you back from being the person that you could have become, the person that the world will never know, the person that you were meant to be, because they insulted you so many times and it made you lose confidence in yourself, so you didn't think you were good enough for anything, you didn't take action or maybe you were just trapped in a relationship with this person who promised you the world and said that they would do greater things than they could ever be able to achieve, while they invalidated you, which only left you to think deeply about this confusing situation, they may have stolen your money or property and you may have lost a career that showed signs of future success or achievement, they may have gaslighted you into doubting your abilities, knowledge and skill and even your own sanity to where you felt like you were losing your minds, you felt like you were going insane, you spent so much time thinking about the things they said, because you just couldn't understand how they could have no ability to imagine how you feel, it was very confusing, it made you question everything, until you ended up talking yourself out of your own ambitions, you stopped desiring and wishing for achievements and success, you began to feel hopeless in your level of confidence plummeted, as your situation showed no chance of changing or improving while you were being gaslighted and validated and you were experiencing a lot of shame, while overthinking everything that happened to you, because you feel like you don't even have the right to follow your dreams, as though it's morally wrong or unjustified, for you to work towards something which you desire or hope to accomplish in life, because you fear that even if you accomplish it, they would only shame you, or they would try to destroy your success, which left you feeling like you weren't good enough, so you didn't take the chance to advance your position, you didn't become the person that you could have been, you didn't manage to make your dreams a reality, when you initially had all of these ideas but in the end you're left with the idea that you're stupid, or that you don't even know who you are, because it's all just the silence your hopes and ambitions, they laugh at your desires of achieving something, they mocked you, they diminished your accomplishments, they minimized everything you worked hard for, until one day you accept that you're just fighting a losing battle, you're trying to do something when there is no chance that you will succeed, so you stop trying, which is exactly what they wanted all along, they sabotaged your dreams, because they're very insecure, they couldn't tolerate your success, so they deliberately destroyed it, they undermined your aspirations, because their fragile ego could not tolerate your success, they saw your success as a threat to their ego, it affected their identity and self-esteem, which wasn't even a genuine sense of self, it was a false sense, because it was tied to your success or lack of success, it wasn't independent of it, so it wasn't genuine, they kept you stuck to the problem of their false character, because what you had was real, you established something out of your own love, for wanting to give value and contribute something to the world, which aren't incredible things that the world will never get to see, because a fragile narcissist couldn't tolerate your success, which is contrary to how a normal person would see things, because a normal person would want to talk about your dreams, I know for myself, that there's nothing that brings me more joy, than to know that I am making a difference in people's lives, even though I may not have had the best start in life, but when you're dealing with a narcissist, it's like instead of running a sprint you're running a marathon, and not only that but they tie a weight around your ankle, they set you up to fail in life, they prevented you from becoming your best self, because not only did they not care about the magnificent things that could have happened for you, they also didn't care about the impact that it could have had on the world, and it's a painful thing to accept, but yes the only person they care about is themselves, even if it is at the expense of everyone else, so in the end you learn to accept less than what you really deserve, you're forced to limit yourself and give up on your dreams, because they needed you more than you needed them, which is why your success was so terrifying for them, and it's why they restricted your freedom, they limited your power to act, speak and think as you want without hindrance or restraint, in the end they destroyed you, and they don't even give you an explanation, you left to figure it out on your own, you left to repair the damage that they caused, and not only that but they do it under the guise of a joke, in order to deceive you and give you a mistaken impression so that you continue to trust them, and then they can continue to get what they want from you, which is why they expect things to return to normal, they may even expect you to laugh along with them, even though they were the cause of your own ruin, because if you get upset or you show concern, or even if you start crying, you're just too sensitive, you're too serious, and you have an inability to find things funny, they will continue to blame you, and they will never stop what they're doing, or being actively involved in their mockery and ridicule of you, in order to think about what they have said or done, because they don't see anything wrong with destroying people's dreams and limiting their potential, in their minds it's a funny story, it's just a joke, and if you didn't get the punchline, then the joke's on you. Thank you for watching and I'll talk to you soon.


Welcome everyone, it's Google season of Docs Office Hours, the 2nd of November 2020. So Zina, I've got pull requests, blog posts, PR, and next steps as topics on the agenda. What would you like to put on the agenda? The updates I have. Okay, I'd like to talk about running, make run on Windows. So in the last meeting we had, you suggested cloning the repository on Linux, I did that, but I still encountered an error. And okay, good. So that feels like a good agenda topic. Any other topics you'd like to add on the agenda? And also, there's some comments on the PR, all that dropped some comments on the blog posts PR and the Jenkins operator PR. So I'll look into them before, I'll work on them before the next meeting. You said there are also on Jenkins operator? Yes. Any other topics? Or from Kristen or from Marky? Yeah, couldn't unmute fast enough. I have nothing. Okay. All right, then let's go ahead and we'll just run the agenda then pull requests. So we've got the skeleton PR, which I assume is the one that yes, Oleg merged this last week. Sorry that we hadn't merged it sooner, but that's great. And so it's in and ready to ready to fill in with pieces and the PR for Jenkins operator. I believe it's still in progress. Kristen, you've done some review on it and made comments. We've got comments also from the above and from Marky, good. So what I would like Zinab, if it's possible, once this PR is ready to go, like everybody has said that they approve it and everything, I would like if you could squash commit to bring all of these commits down into one. And that can sometimes be a little difficult, but if you need help, please let me know. I will be more than happy to help you do that. Essentially, go ahead. There is a, the label squash merge me has been applied. And so the person who merges it can just do that squash directly. Beautiful. So the Zinab doesn't have to Zina by assume you're okay if we squash merge it. That will collapse all the commits into a single commit. And then, so this is a don't forget to squash merge. Marky, you've got merge permission on that repository. I've got merge permission. I know Oleg has merged permission. Kristen, do you have merge permission to the Jenkins.io site? Probably not. If it's not immediately apparent to you, probably not. So just, we just have to remember that the label is going to apply. Now we need to honor the label and actually do the squash merge that avoids you having to do it. And it lets you still Zina continue this pattern of small commits that you use. I like that pattern. It's very healthy. Thank you. Okay. Anything else on those pull requests or are there other pull requests that should be in the list? Yeah, I see three. So I think we didn't. So, okay, yes. Oh, sample the ammo files, right? Well, yes. And there the, there was a recommendation from, from Tim, Tim Jacome, right? I wasn't quite sure what to do with his recommendation. So, Zina, do you have some concept of how you, what we might do there? I didn't, it wasn't clear to me. His suggestion was suggested that the authoritative repository was a better choice that the, the upstream helped me understand that. Okay. If I can find his comments on inside. So I think his comments had something to do with maintenance. Right. But it wasn't in this right, it was updating. Yes, it's on Jenkins operator. Okay. So it was somewhere in here. Oh, here we go. So his concern was this, to make that big enough to actually read. So do I understand his concern correctly that he's worried that by using the, oh, go ahead. So I think his worry is by putting this file in the Jenkins.io repository, no one is going to maintain it when it gets updated on the official repository. It's going to probably be, it's going to be probably difficult to track changes to the official repository if we replace the file here. Is it possible, and I'm just thinking out loud here, is it Zina, but this is going in the official repository, correct? As well as in the document. No, this is only in the documentation. Oh, okay. I see. So, you know, in this snippet here, I was using the file from the official repository. But Oleg mentioned that it might be a problem if the master branch of the official repository is renamed. So I suggested probably replicating the file and putting it on Jenkins.io. So we can have control over, more control over that. But Simija is raising the suggestion that if we should do that, that if we should replicate the file on Jenkins.io, we might not be able to track, properly track changes to the file on the official repository. So if, say, for instance, they make changes to the file in the official repository, we might not know immediately to update the one we have on Jenkins.io. Thank you for clarifying that. That's a lot more clear to me. I could, I agree with that. However, I would wonder if it would be possible to put a comment on the official repository that there is some linkage to this document. And if there's any changes made there, they would need to also be reflected in here. That way the person that we're making the changes would know that. And that's just a possible thinking out loud suggestion. So this is the repository that is the authoritative repository, right? So yeah, there's actually even more now that it's all coming back to me, to my fuzzy mind, to my COVID brain, as I call it. So, but Zina, what you did was you referenced exactly deploy CRDs Jenkins. So deploy CRDs Jenkins. And I don't see that as a. Oh, it does it. I'm not sure how it does this. You've got a command to resolve it. Yes, yes, that will resolve it. There's a hidden link in GitHub that you're able to use, the get buster hidden links, where you can pull down the raw content of that. But my concern now, now I understand what Oleg and Tim are saying. And because of this repo in particular, I would be, yeah, this is sort of a catchy one right here. Can you go, Mark, can you go back to the full request? Is there it would it be better to try to, like, version this? Like, is there, I don't know if the Jenkins or sorry, if the Jenkins operator is going to have, you know, versions? I was like, maybe that would be easier, instead of pointing to. I think the, I think Tim's concern is specifically to the operator and whom control. I don't want to use the word controls, the operator code base. There's like a big, there's a big thing sort of happening with people getting in and being able to become maintainers of this. What I would suggest, and this is a more official suggestion, is Xenop, I would leave line 593 as is, but I would add a comment in there that this is subject to change and it's best to verify like the repo to be safe.  That sounds okay to me. I'm actually a little concerned that I think that this link right now is actually broken. And so I think it's going to need to be revised anyway. And I don't know when the change was applied that caused it to become broken. Because it's not that these files have changed recently, but at least I was expecting that when I opened this URL in a web browser page that it would not 404. Yeah, you would actually get the raw. So that link is broken. So Xenop, that has to be corrected. And while you're correcting that, I would, I would add a comment in there for in that 593. I would add a comment that's basically says, this repo is subject to change or this link is subject to change. And it would be best to verify. That would be my recommendation. Would this be another good instance of something that we would have? Like, because I know that for the Getting Started guide, we have our place inside of Jenkins IO with a whole bunch of, say, like in the files because when people, you know, people don't copy. Would it be having something like a copy of this file or something in case of problems? I've seen people do that. I think the only, I think, I've seen people do that, but I've also seen it become problematic because there's multiple places to update and somebody forgets that one special place. Yeah, that's the one thing I hate, but I was like, just in case. Yeah. I'm like, wait, you didn't tell me about that third special place? You only gave me the first one. I just think it would be good just to make a comment in the code that this link is subject to change based on maintainers. Okay. Okay. Yeah, so Tim's phrasing here apply these official deploy instructions in the official repo. Yeah, so I think Tim's actually objecting to the idea of putting examples in this repo if they're conceptually too close to the production, to the real examples or the data in the repository. So I think he's buying us towards not placing examples in the repo unless they are somehow trivial or completely disjoint. Am I misreading his comment? I think this has, so just for the record of why this may be a bit of a, I think what I think Tim is bringing up and also Oleg is the maintainers of this repo in particular. There's been some, there's been, people have raised not being able to become maintainers of this specifically Red Hat. And I think what the fear is is that something will change in this we will not know or have any way to affect correcting something. And we're kind of at the mercy of the maintainers of this operator. And I think that's what Tim is trying to avoid as well as Oleg. I could be completely wrong. So I'm not speaking that they've actually told me that I'm speaking just sort of guessing but knowing some of the history with this particular repository. Thanks for the insights. So then do we have, it feels like what we're recommending then is that Xenob stays with a reference to the authoritative repository and corrects this URL. Is that okay with using now? Yes, yes. Okay, because I think that would address Tim's concern. It doesn't really address the concern that started us down this path from Pristin and I think from Oleg that, hey, we need a place to put examples that are bigger than will comfortably fit in line in the documentation. Yeah, cutting and pasting. I like Kristen's example from a week ago. Cutting and pasting more than a page of text is problematic and error prone. Okay, great. I just think one more thing that just should be captured is to, oh, you actually did capture it, Mark. Thank you. And include a comment warning that this will need to be confirmed. It works periodically. Yeah, I would just look around those lines, Xenob. Okay. All right. Has that settled that question then that we've addressed the sample we have on? Yes, yes. Okay. Discuss and include it. Okay, all right. So, running make run on Windows to see the Jenkins IO site. Xenob, help us understand for you. So, I was able to clone the repository and I tried running make one. I was getting a different error from the previous one. I've not been able to access my PC. Once I'm able to do that, I'll copy the error and send it on GitHub so we can discuss it there before the next meeting. You're running Windows 10, right? But you're running Windows 10 and WSL one. Not WSL two. Okay. Yes. And I apologize. I still have the action item. Oh, oops, wrong window. I still have the action item. Right, Windows 10 and WSL one. My primary work station is now WSL two, but I think I've got an older computer that's still got WSL one on it. Anything else? Not the post. Next topic then with the blog post and oh, that's the, we've got the PR for the blog post as well, right? And it is here. And Xenob, I assume that you're okay if we post this anytime, right? So you're okay if I adjust the date on this and if you're to post it today or tomorrow, you'd be all right with that. Yes. My apologies that I'm behind schedule. I didn't, I did not get married last weekend and still I'm behind schedule. One of the things that we've been taking as a specific action for our blog posts to increase their impact is that we're creating a social media post for them. So a Twitter, Twitter tweet and a LinkedIn. If you've got content you would like to recommend to be in the tweet, you're welcome to submit it. You'll see those in the social media channel in the advocacy and outreach channel on Gitter. Anything else on the blog post? Nothing else. Okay, next step. So we are now, it's, we're now two November and we've got until I believe five December. So we've got about a month remaining. You want to share with us some of the things you envision happening, Zinaab and? So once I'm done with all the changes on these TPRs, I want to start working on administering and extensions of the images. So yes, so I want to see if I can cover that and also cover something on cloud also before then. Excellent. Oh, and I wanted to show you something actually while we're here because I just merged something last week. Jenkins on IBM cloud tutorial is now merged and it's with Kubernetes. So your timing is great. We've got something to leave there. And this came from I think someone that's a contractor to IBM or something like that. But here's this page with screenshots of how you do a provisioning on IBM cloud using Jenkins. So your timing to want to do public cloud is really great. We also have on the downloads page of this thing, which is links to documentation from vendors on their public cloud deployment techniques. And almost all of them are in fact, Kubernetes. Google, IBM are both absolutely Kubernetes. I don't recall on AWS and Azure. That's excellent, you know, anything else that you'd like to share though, those already feel like large undertakings and interesting challenges. Now we'll administering, for instance, include how to deal with configuration as code in a Kubernetes environment. What sorts of things are you envisioning there? Yes. Configuration and code scaling, Jenkins on Kubernetes. I don't have my notes with me right now. I'm actually using my mobile phone. I've not been able to access my laptop. Well, and thank you for joining us from your mobile phone. That's impressive. Well done. Thank you. All right, any other topics we need to cover today? Nothing for me. All right, thanks everybody. I will post the recording. Thanks very much.


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First, please accept my heartfelt congratulations on all of your election victories. And I reiterate that my congratulations are heartfelt, even to the PDP governors who are present here and all the governors from other parties that are present. We elected executive officials, belong as we've heard to an elite club in this nation, of over 200 million people. The nation elects two, one president, one vice president, 36 governors and 36 deputy governors, altogether 74 Nigerians, in all 74 men and women out of 200 million people. We are certainly so specially privileged and so enormously fortunate that our people will choose us among so many millions to lead them. This tremendous privilege, which leadership thrusts upon us, also comes with grave responsibilities.  Large numbers are unable to afford good healthcare and malnutrition remains a major problem. Even in many of our states, run the risk of being permanently mentally stunted because they are malnourished. Illiteracy is still significantly high and the number of out-of-school children remains an embarrassment. Yet in all of these, our population continues to grow at over 3 percent per annum. We will, by current projections, move from 200 million to 400 million people in the next three decades and then we will become the third most populous nation in the world. Most of that population will be young people, under 25, looking for jobs. Every one of these people except a few living in Abuja will live in the states. Your states are my states, the states where you govern. There were six schools in your states, healthcare services in those states, food in your states and jobs in those states. The federal government will, as is usual, possibly be blamed for the number of out-of-school children and for not investing enough in healthcare. But you and I know that the primary responsibility for education and healthcare lies with the states. The burdens of the citizens of our states, the pains and the deprivations of their poverty is what they hope will be alleviated by electing us. So no matter how we slice it, we are responsible for the quality of the lives and livelihoods of the millions who live within our states and national borders. In any event, all the problems that our people have will be solved by men and women, not spirits. We are those men and women. History and providence have put us in these positions at this time and we have the mental and physical way with all to solve the problems. But we may or may not solve the problems. That is a choice. We may revel in the same old excuses and leave the poverty statistics worse or where we met them. All elected officials in Nigeria, since I started following national development, have always complained about inadequate funds. So we will not be saying anything new if and when we raise these same complaints. The state, which is the highest IGR earner, was earning $600 million in IGR in 2000 when minimum wage was increased from $7,500 to $18,000, about a 140% increase. We are confronted again with a new increase in minimum wage and the same problems that increases in minimum wage mean. So as the scripture says, there is nothing new under the sun. We must confront the problem, not by merely hoping that the federal government can do more, because that may not necessarily offer much hope. Already our deficit is close to $2 trillion, while debt service is somewhere in the order of 54%. Debt service to revenue is somewhere in the order of 54%. This must, in the next few years, simply earn more IGR. We must effectively collect the 80% and increase even our agricultural output. We must work with the federal government to make broadband infrastructure available all over the country. So our young people anywhere in the country can do the jobs from anywhere in the world, from their villages in any corner of Nigeria. If a state is charging for right of way from communications companies and is hindering the lane of cables and other broadband infrastructure as an IGR measure, permit me to say that that will be pennywise and pound foolish. To tap into the millions of jobs in technology and other services that a country like India, for example, has tapped into, requires broadband infrastructure across the country. There is no other way of doing that, except by dropping the idea that we can benefit from just the laying of cables and providing the infrastructure. We must, as a whole, allow a situation where broadband infrastructure is available everywhere. The National Economic Council, all of the governors of the National Economic Council, have all agreed on a pathway to make this happen. But how about agriculture? Each state must leverage its own, its most advantageous agricultural produce and working with the federal government's initiatives in agricultural credit and the recently launched green alternative with the Brazilian government. It is possible for states to generate significant revenues from agriculture. After all, a lot of the relatively mind-boggling achievements of the regions in our history were without all money, mainly agriculture, revenues from agriculture, and taxes. Today, we have even more options. On the part of the federal government, we certainly have our work well cut out for us. But it may offer some comfort to reiterate that President Mohammed Buhari has shown in the past four years that he would be completely transparent with a federation account and with all other federation funds. Second, that all states will be treated fairly and equitably irrespective of party affiliations. And thirdly, that the federal government will play its role in support of states as often as necessary and within its means. We have in the past three years intervened through loans, bailouts, and pirate club refunds through the tune of over 1.1 trillion Naira. This represents clearly the highest amounts of federal government's extra-statutory allocations and interventions to states in Nigeria's history. We are proud to say that we did so without any discrimination along party lines. Your excellencies, these principles remain the President's firm commitment to the states. In the next four years, Mr. President has made it clear that he will be focusing attention on human capital development and infrastructure, physical infrastructure. We'll be working with the states on education, especially the education of girls. And we have already begun some deep diving in this respect, which are HDI work at the National Economic Council. We are doing the same with healthcare. We've already started to implement the 1% of CRF in the health act, and that was implemented in the 2018 budget, and we intend to do so in the 2019 budget. We are also now implementing the Basic Healthcare Provision Fund, but we know that budget funds alone cannot deal with healthcare requirements of 200 million people. So compulsive health insurance by law is the objective, and this is to be implemented by using co-payments in order to ensure that we're able to share the cost between individuals, the private sector, and government, while the poorest 40% will be exempted from making such payments. By this means, we hope to at least get to a 65% increase in the share of the population covered by primary healthcare by 2023, up from the present about 12.6%. Keeping a similar level of ambition, we expect that by the year 2028, we should have complete coverage, national health insurance. In addition, our social investment programs have been effective in almost all states of the Federation, and all the states of the Federation have cooperated with the federal government in implementing these schemes. Every state has its own share of the 500,000 empire beneficiaries. Petty traders in every state have received of the 2 million trader money or market money looms given so far. 30 states so far make up for the 9.5 million children fed daily under homegrown school feeding. About 18 states have so far benefited from the cash transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable. We intend to continuously expand these important pro-poor wealth creation programs. Another landmark intervention which also has had the cooperation of all of the states is the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council, which is set up by Mr. President in July 2016 to address and resolve the bureaucratic bottlenecks standing in the way of business and investment in Nigeria, and to generally deliver a vastly improved business environment. We brought together stakeholders from across government, federal, state governments, executive, and the judiciary, and of course the private sector. And since 2016, Pebeck has rolled out a number of high impact reforms that have resulted in Nigeria moving from 24 points, moving up 24 points from 169th position to 145th position in the 2017 ease of doing business ranking. And also in 2018, we've remained at the same position, but we intend to move further very quickly. The most impressive improvement that we've so far recorded, and we were named among the 10 best reforming economies in the world, were recorded improvements in business regulation processes, filing of taxes, import and exports of goods, visa applications, port operations, and so on, by focusing on streamlining the existing processes and introducing automation. In all of this, we've had the active collaboration of all of the states of the Federation, and in some cases, some states have gone even beyond what we agreed to sharpen their own processes, to speed up their own processes, and all of this have contributed greatly to the ease of doing business. We've also taken the initiative to develop an omnibus bill to capture the various executive orders signed by the President to ensure the institutionalization of our ease of doing business reform. The goal is to ensure that Nigeria becomes a progressively easier place to do business. On infrastructure, we were determined, as soon as we came into office, to ensure that we're able to invest substantially more than ever before in infrastructure. We committed to investing 30% of our annual federal budgets on infrastructure. In 2016 and 2017, we invested a total of 2.7 trillion on infrastructure, the largest ever commitment to infrastructure in recent history. In February 2018, we established a Presidential Infrastructure Development Fund under the management of the Nigerian Sovereign Investment Authority, NSIA, to finance critical road and other infrastructure projects, such as the Second Niger Bridge, the Lagos Ibadua Expressway, the East West Road, Abuja Kaduna Road, and the Mambila Hydroelectric Power Plant. The PIDF is expected to mobilize funds from governments, the private sector, and development partners. And all of the funding, of course, is directed at implementing these projects. And this has happened with the active support again of the states. With their support, we're able to contribute $650 million in seed funding to the PIDF in 2018. Besides, every state of Nigeria today has a major road or other strategic infrastructure project. And we intend to continue to expand the scope of federal government activity in the states, especially with respect to infrastructure. Security remains top of our agenda. The law and order challenges in parts of the country with, for example, the opportunistic attacks of Boko Haram in the Northeast, the incidents of attacks by herders and the frequent clashes between herders and farmers, similar incidents now occurring in many parts of the Northwest, have stretched the capacity of our law enforcement agencies considerably. But we are committed to recruiting more men and women in all of the security agencies and improving their capabilities to maintain law and order. At our discussions at the National Economic Council, we've recommended more effective collaboration with state governments. A major plank of that collaboration is community policing. This involves a more practical collaboration between the citizens, between civic groups, traditional institutions, and the police. And as Mr. President has said, maintaining security is the first order of business for us as chief security officers at the federal and state levels. So we must work together to find even more creative ways of making our country completely safe for our citizens. I must commend the excellent support that the governors have given the police and armed forces posted to your various states. I know that large amounts of money are voted practically every month in support of law enforcement and security. But one of the very critical things that the National Economic Council will have to do in its next meetings is to look at how to more effectively fund security. And this has to be a collaboration, of course, between states, the federal government, and the private sector. I know that several private sector organizations and individuals are keen to contribute one way or the other to funding security, to funding law and order infrastructure and security infrastructure in our country. And I'm sure that we can, working together with the National Economic Council, do a great deal more than we're doing at the moment. Your Excellency is the challenges that confront us in the next few years, especially in the areas of human capacity development, notably education, health care and jobs for our young people, are monumental and they are historic. But we are more than able to surmount them. To do so, all the states of this federation and the federal government must see ourselves as one government. Our people in every state want the same things and they suffer the same deprivations. And frankly, they don't really care who puts food on the table. Just put the food on the table. I have the president's mandate to say that the federal government stands ready to embark on this historic all-party cooperation to better the lives of all our citizens. Let me in closing thank the outgoing governors for their unwavering cooperation and support these past four years at the National Economic Council and wish you all well in your future pursuits. I know that this nation will always have need for your talents and experience. In particular, let me pay special tribute to the indefatigable chair of the forum, Governor Abdulaziz Yari Abubaga of Zamfara State for his exceptional commitment and hard work on behalf of the forum. And he's informed and understanding liaison with the federal government at all times. Once more, congratulations to both our freshly elected and our second-term governors. God bless the federal republic of Nigeria. Thank you.