FAYOSE BLAST PRESIDENT BUHARI FOR SAYING ‘NIGERIAN YOUTHS DO NOT LIKE TO WORK’

President Muhammadu Buhari who spoke on Wednesday during a panel discussion at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, London.

President Buhari sadly reportedly said that youths, who make up 60 percent of the Nigerian population, were waiting to get social amenities free without doing anything. 

The nature of the statement has hurt many Nigerian youths and was relieved when Governor of Ekiti State, Ayodele Fayose blasted the president for making such accusations. 

Reacting to President Buhari’s claims, Governor Fayose tweeted;

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?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…