Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar and Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State have taken to their Twitter handles to defend and extol Nigerian youths after President Muhammadu Buhari relegated them on Wednesday in London.
President Buhari, during a panel discussion at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, said many youths are uneducated, not ready to work and depend on oil revenue to survive.
He added that Nigerian youths, who make up 60 per cent of the population, were waiting to get social amenities free without doing anything.
Read tweets below:
I will never refer to Nigeria’s youth as people who sit and do nothing. They are hardworking. I should know, I have thousands of youths working for me all over the country who have been the backbone to our success.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 19, 2018
I’ve always said oil is not Nigeria’s greatest asset. Our greatest asset is our youth who created Nollywood out of nothing and an entertainment industry that is second to none in Africa.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 19, 2018
Our youth are charting new frontiers; creating a huge tech industry on their own! Their entrepreneurial spirit, work ethic, and creative abilities are things of pride and should be applauded, encouraged and nurtured.
— Atiku Abubakar (@atiku) April 19, 2018
Nigerian youths are hardworking, intelligent and enterprising. Their future was mortgaged by past leaders like President Buhari, who had everything at their beck and call as youths. I imagine the youths of today having half of the opportunities available in the 50s and 60s…
— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) April 18, 2018
At 19, President Buhari left Secondary School to join the Army. At age 21,he was commissioned a second lieutenant and appointed Platoon Commander of the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Where can our youths get such opportunity today?
— Peter Ayodele Fayose (@GovAyoFayose) April 18, 2018
