Update: Records: Buhari’s been Oil free-loader all his life, yet: “Nigerians are criminals” “Nigerian youths are lazy & uneducated. Always wanting free oil money””My wife belongs to the kitchen””Blood of Dogs and Baboons will be spilled…” –Mohammadu Buhari New York[RR]Abuja-UK–Mohammadu Buhari has nerve indeed. But citizen Solomon Ayozie said, sir you are absolutely right. “Sir, you […]
Update: Records: Buhari’s been Oil free-loader all his life, yet: “Nigerians are criminals” “Nigerian youths are lazy & uneducated. Always wanting free oil money””My wife belongs to the kitchen””Blood of Dogs and Baboons will be spilled…” –Mohammadu Buhari
New York[RR]Abuja-UK–Mohammadu Buhari has nerve indeed. But citizen Solomon Ayozie said, sir you are absolutely right. “Sir, you are absolutely correct. One of the lazy Nigerian youths who is enjoying free oil money had an accident with the power bike he bought with free oil money not too long ago, and he was flown abroad for treatment with free oil money, then he hired a jet with free oil money from London to Abuja after his treatment.
“If Nigeria is a democratic country, President Buhari will not be re-elected because he insulted majority of Nigerians who elect the President.http://www.ktvq.com/story/
He wondered whether Buhari is hard working person:”Is President Buhari a hard working person?
For record, “He has been in office for three years now, and report in and outside Nigeria indicated his administration has not but I mile road in Nigeria. President Buhari never graduated from high school is been proven. He rose to the rank of general in the Army because Nigeria favors ethnicity over handwork. He got elected president of Nigeria in 2015 because they are more Muslim states in Nigeria than Christians. Southeast and South-South did not vote for candidate Buhari in 2015 presidential election, (see INEC election results)”, Citizen Etuk added.
“So, Mr. President Buhari, I have a question for you: What have you done—which described you as hardworking person, and Nigerian youths are not?”,
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His words: “Kai! We don suffer for this country. See man wey no complete WASC and has been free loading on the Nigerian state all his life calling young people struggling for life ‘lazy’?”,fumed Citizen Femi Olajide.
Additionally, “He said ‘some’ youth and I do agree with him. Not all youth. Most of the youth who complain of unemployment are basically unemployable because of their attitude to work and dysfunctional education they received in our universities.
“During a spell of interview that I conducted a while back to employ graduate staff for my Office in Lagos, I saw the worst of Nigerian youth masquerading as potential leaders of tomorrow. Lawyers who have passed through law school and yet cannot write a simple application. Uni Graduates who cannot string two sentences together and the list goes on and on.
“Most of the problems are caused by the state of the nation but then how do we explain away those who still excel from the dysfunctional system”, he said.
Buhari’s words: “And then the economy. We have a very young population and our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. The 60 percent of the population is below the age of 30. A lot of them have not been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria has been an oil producing country and therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free,”
The moderator had asked Buhari to give his final thoughts on the issues discussed. The President said he had fulfilled his campaign promises by improving on the nation’s security and the economy.
Certain Abiola K. added his own word to Buhari’s insults calling youths: lazy,uneducated: “Buhari is the most illiterate president in the whole world, Nigeria youth that struggle to go school yet…”Glory to Almighty God for what is going on in Nigeria now, when Northerners as seeing Nigeria as their own country/ Islamic country but God of Israeli will arise and fight those that fight us in Jesus name amen”, he said.
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Angry Nigerians upon hearing the statement fired hot shots at him saying the president had no right insulting the youths, who struggle under very hard circumstances to make end meet.
Culled from Lagos, Daily Nation AFP added that, “Nigeria’s Muhammadu Buhari came under fire on Thursday for criticizing youths who he said “do nothing” and want everything for “free” in the oil-rich country.
“Buhari, who declared earlier in April he is seeking re-election in 2019, made the remark on Wednesday at a business conference in London.
“LAZY”-“A lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming, you know, that Nigeria has been an oil producing country therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, health care, education, free,” said Buhari.
“The comment touched a nerve West Africa’s largest economy, which suffers from high unemployment and lacks basic government services, including running water and electricity.
“Most business and homes rely on private generators for power and buy water privately, while many Nigerians make their living in the informal sector, working as small business owners.
Nigeria’s former vice-president Atiku Abubakar, who is also running for president for the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), lambasted Buhari.
“I will never refer to Nigeria’s youth as people who sit and do nothing,” the 71 year old said on Facebook, adding that youth were the “backbone” of the country.
Another presidential hopeful Adamu Garba said Buhari was being “humorous with our national pride”.
The Daily Post newspaper said the 75-year-old former general was “attacking” youth while the Daily Trust accused him of calling them “lazy”.
On trips–On Thursday morning, the hashtag #LazyNigerianYouths was trending on Twitter, with young Nigerians blasting the government.
“The government never created anything for me, I feed from my hustle and yet they say we are lazy,” said one tweet.
Despite the uproar, Buhari’s comments are unlikely to play any serious role at the presidential polls next year, political analyst Saheed Animashaun said.
“First, a huge section of youths who are going to vote are not going to be aware of that comment,” Animashaun said. “Two, when the election time comes next year, they will have forgotten about this”
“Buhari has previously veered off message when speaking off the cuff on overseas trips. In 2016, Buhari told Britain’s Daily Telegraph that Nigerians were difficult to “accept” abroad because of their reputation for criminality, specifically human and drug trafficking.
On Joblessness–Later that year, Buhari said that his wife Aisha “belongs to my kitchen” on a visit to Germany, after she suggested she would not support him if he sought a second term of office.
The remarks earned him a stoney glare from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
“The president has not had a media chat in a while, and I’m sure it’s deliberate, he has a tendency to say something off mark, so his aides will try as much as possible to avoid free speech,” Animashaun said.
Nigeria’s combined youth unemployment and underemployment rate hovered around 50 percent in late 2017 following the country’s worst economic recession in 25 years.
“The country came out of recession last year but growth outside the lucrative oil sector remains tepid, constrained by a lack of education and infrastructure.
“Nigeria is home to more than 180 million people, with 63 percent of the population living below the poverty line, according to the IMF in a March 2018 report.
Credit: Citizen Femi Olajide, Mohammadu Buhari, PM, Citizen Solomon Ayozie, AFP, Daily Nation, multiple sources
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