By Dele Ogbodo
The Special Adviser to President, Mr. Femi Adesina on Thursday said President Muhammadu Buhari has confidence in the ability of Nigerian youths.
Adesina, in a statement while debunking insinuations in a statement made available to the media said that he Buhari, could not have derided the Nigerian youths.
He said: “‘There is is no way President Buhari, father of the Nigerian nation in every sense of the word, who equally has biological children of his own in the youths age bracket, pass a vote of no confidence on all youths.
”It can only exist in the imagination of those who play what the President has described as “irresponsible politics” with everything.”
According to him,Buhari has always applauded and celebrated Nigerian youths who excel in different areas of endeavour, from sports, to academia, and other realms, adding that he will continue to do so, because he values the youths, and knows that they are the fulcrum on which the future of the country rests.”
Every country, according to Adesina, has its share of idle population, and it is the bounden duty of government at all levels, to create an enabling environment for them to actualize their potentials. That is what President Buhari is committed to doing, he said.
He said: ”The focal areas of the administration; securing the country, reviving the economy, and fighting corruption, are actually intended to give youths a future and a hope. At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London where Buhari gave a keynote address on: Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries, he said was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session, stressing that Buhari in response to a question, had cause to talk about some Nigerian youths, and he said: “We have a very young population; our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million.
”More than 60 per cent 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, therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free.”
”Typical of their stock in trade, manipulators and twisters of statements of Mr President, who lie in wait to make mischief, interpreted the comment to mean that President Buhari had taken all Nigerian youths to the cleaners.” The Spokesperson said.