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Nigerian Youth
Respond to President Buhari:
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The state has failed Nigerians in significant areas of government. The
government insists on blaming the dead, opposition, the resourceful and
energetic Nigerian Youth but has failed to take or acknowledge blame. Below are
some opinions and reactions of the teaming Nigerian youth whose names are
withheld.
A
“Can someone
please convince me why I should see an Atiku and a Buhari on the same ballot
and chose a Buhari over an Atiku?
Please. Don't
even talk about Atiku being corrupt.
If there are
only these two options come 2019, I will rather follow a progressive and
sincere acclaimed thief like Atiku who is pragmatic and has transformed his
loot into a multibillion business empire, than a Buhari whom I know is also
corrupt but pretends about it.
A progressive
pragmatic thief with solutions is far better than a pretentious hypocritical
thief who all he knows as solutions to our national problems is 'we must fight
corruption'.
In case
Nigerians are not aware, President Buhari is not different from any past
Nigerian leader when it comes to being corrupt. Sincere people in government
understand my point. There is no kind of public stealing that we witnessed under
the PDP that is not replicated under this APC regime. The only difference is in
the use of propaganda and social media and the hypocrisy.
This APC/PMB
government is so corrupt to the extent that they are now secretly issuing out
oil blocs to their cronies without following due public processes. This is
outside their numerous illegal secret recruitments in various MDAs, inflated
awarded contracts, skewed appointments, lopsided project citing, refusal to
restructure Nigeria as promised by their manifesto and committee report,
release of false official statistics and figures and many other acts of
corruption and official acts of insincerity.
Integrity that
always blames and cannot create jobs, restructure the politics for efficiency,
fix the economy, provide electricity, defeat corruption, stop secret
recruitments, complete projects, is that one integrity?
And besides,
which court of law even declared Atiku as a thief?
I hope in 2019,
the electoral system will produce better candidates than these two scoundrels.”
B
“Tell Nigeria President Buhari that there are Nigerians working
at Boeing as Test Pilot on the Boeing 789, as Engineer on Boeing 777, 747. Tell
Nigeria President Buhari that the Boeing 787 is the most advance
technologically build commercial airplane in the World, and that Boeing
employees over 300 Nigeria's as Engineers. Tell Nigerian President Buhari that
Nigerians working at Boeing outnumbers any other African country. Tell Nigeria
President Buhari that there are over 30 persons of Nigeria origin are gainfully
employed as Design Engineering on the next Advance Boeing Commercial Airplanes
797X and that a person of Nigeria origin will be among the 1st pilot to fly the
airplane when it’s unveiled. Tell Nigeria President Buhari that majority of
Nigerian at Boeing chose to remain in a civilized world like America where
their safety is not compromised and their future is based on individual
performance not color, tribe or area of a country they originated from.
I stand bold to say that Nigerian youth at home are more industrious than any other youth of African Origin. Mr. President will not stand a chance to Compete against his fellow Nigerian youth if he was a youth in our time. The president must also understand that according to his quoted statistics of uneducated and out of school youth, majority of them do not sit at home and wait for miracles but rather engaged in menial job to get daily
🍞 I don't want to mention the northern youth who falls under
this category of uneducated youth but commit their energy in large scale
farming and there by contributing into the agricultural program of the same
president who said they are lazy. Mr. President must apologize to all the hard working youth of this great country who has contributed and still contributing to the economy of the nation..... From service industry (telemarketing, marketing,) banking, medicine, engineering, Entertainment (music, movies, theatre art, Dance), agriculture, civil service, tourism, etc except in politics where people like Mr. President has refused to allow young people to participate.”
God bless
Nigeria.
C
“I am Dr C . I spent close to 8 years in medical school amidst incessant
strikes (mind u, no resist). I was an employer of labor as a medical student,
participated actively in student politics, religious activities and still among
the best in my class. I worked hard to be the founder of a foundation that
renders free medical and dental services to indigent Nigerians while providing
free scholarships to indigent ones interested in education. I proceeded to a year
mandatory houseman ship.
While working
hard has a house officer, my whole property, house and everything I had worked
for at that time got burnt in a fire incident, yet that didn't discourage me. I
continued life and even passed primaries (associate fellow of NPMCN). To be a
world class renowned neonatologist with subspecialisation in prematurity, have
a world class pediatric Hospital here in Nigeria, but guess what; an illiterate
who also doubles as an opportunist, never been to the four walls of a
university, never kept sleepless night with candles, president Buhari believes
I am a lazy youth. He is not only a clueless president, but a “mentally"
hallucinated president.”
D
“I have never been
as ashamed as a Nigerian as I have been in the last two days. As a Nigerian my
generation does not owe Nigeria anything. We lived in slums or shanties, worked
out ourselves to earn a living and did unprintable legal things to make ends meet.
As an undergraduate I kept two manual jobs to remain in the university. We took
turns in our neighborhood to provide security for ourselves at night when this
same Nigerian government failed to provide security cover. Our youths who are
now described as lazy youths assumed different things to survive the harsh
economic realities created by Buhari's generation. His generation had free
education, free cars, free housing and once they were done they destroyed the
system and institutionalized poverty. Who has milked this nation dry?
E
“How does the
president of a country say of its citizens "they are lazy, they want to
sit and do nothing" on international TV...and doesn't think it'll have
certain negative consequences on our international reputation or the reputation
and opportunities of the average Nigerian seeking to advance his career or
business abroad?”
”But I am
ashamed for Femi Adesina! Is he not
embarrassed? Look at the pitifully pathetic statement he released yesterday
saying Buhari did not call all Nigerian youths lazy. He only called 'a lot of
them' lazy. Silence is better than such a statement. Advice to Femi: When you
are in a hole, stop digging. What is the difference between a lot and all,
Femi? Remember you are a pastor. Do not be the fly that followed the corpse
into the grave. Save some of your integrity. There is life after Aso Rock. I am
living proof of that! Femi, don’t allow yourself be the toilet roll President
Buhari uses to wipe himself.”
F
Nigerian man,
Dr. Olamide Samuel, who is just 25 years old, has broken a new record as the
first African PhD Holder In National Security strategy.
Someone should please tell that guy
Someone should please tell that guy
The 25 year old
PH.D Holder is based in the UK where he studied and graduated at University of
Buckingham, UK.
This is what he
wrote
"Aii, Viva
passed! Officially Dr. Olamide Samuel, PhD, MA, BSc. I have a few typos to
correct and I'm done!! First African PhD holder in National Security Strategy.
I'm 25 so I got energy"
G
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PRESIDENT
BUHARI vs NIGERIAN YOUTH
(a must-read by every intelligent youth)
(a must-read by every intelligent youth)
Speaking at the
Common Wealth Business Forum in Westminster on April 18, 2018, Buhari said:
"Nigerian
youths are lazy, uneducated; and don't like to do any work because they believe
their country is an oil-rich nation, thus always wanting free oil money”
NIGERIAN YOUTH:
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.
Sir, we
Nigerian Youth completely agree with you that the Nigerian youths are lazy and
uneducated and always wanting free oil money. Their role models are in Aso Rock
enjoying free oil money without even solving any security or economic problems of
the country. When they are ill, they fly abroad for medical vacation with free
oil money.
Why would
anyone disagree with you that the Nigerian youths are uneducated? It's very
obvious. That's why they don't even know their rights!! Some of them ignorantly
keep defending your ineptitude!!!
Sir, at 19
years of age, you left secondary school to join the Nigerian Army. At age 21,
you were commissioned a second lieutenant and appointed Platoon Commander of
the Second Infantry Battalion in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Where can our youths get
such opportunity today?
You enjoyed
free education as a young man, but today the youths are deprived of basic
education. You were a governor, a petroleum commissioner and a Head of State as
a youth; but today, youths are on social media defending your failures!
Honestly, sir,
we agree with you that the Nigerian youths are lazy. That's why you ruled
Nigeria as a youth and have also grabbed the job as an old man. The youths are
too ignorant to even know the implication of this your comment, because some
indolent ones would still rationalize it as an "ordinary" comment,
forgetting that 'out of the abundance of the mind, the mouth speaks'. They
don't even know that you and your fellow old men are presently doing the jobs
that the youths should, ordinarily, be doing!
Sir, the most
interesting aspect of this your "truth" is that you made the
assertion in a country where their
government provides basic infrastructures, almost free education, free Wi-Fi,
free health care, almost free investment loans for their youths. While, in your
own country, these lazy and uneducated youths, provide their own electricity,
schools, security, roads, healthcare etc... Yet, the indolent youths use their
"free oil money" to buy mobile data to defend your ineptitude.
Sir, let us
remind you that we have seen so many Nigerian youths who were almost useless in
Nigeria, but when they cross over to the western world, they suddenly began to
excel in different fields of endeavor. What do you think is responsible for
their positive output in the foreign land? Your guess is as good as ours. Sir-
the difference is not far-fetched: A responsible government usually plan for
their youths and create enabling environment for the youths to be able to
create wealth and contribute to National development. Can we say the same of your
own government? Certainly Not! Instead, we have lazy, uneducated youths who
would hang on telecommunication masts and electric cables to shout "SAI
BABA!" whenever you visit their states. SHAME! We only wish they knew
better.
Finally, sir,
let us ask you this: Apart from the free oil money this country has been paying
you since your days as a youth till date, what have you been able to create for
yourself? Do you have thriving businesses that are providing employment for the
Nigerian youths? Have you invented anything on your own? Sir, you can now see
that this free oil money is what has kept you going for over 50 years. Perhaps
this laziness is not limited to the youths alone. We guess some 75-year-old
incompetent presidents are also lazy and love free oil money; and that's why
they want to remain in power till they are 80 years old. If we take away the
free oil money that you have been receiving from the country, one would wonder
what will become of your worth, sir.
We leave you to
your conscience, Sir.
But, we hope
that all intelligent Nigerian youths will realize that you are now using their
time, after you had long-ago used your own time.
We hope that
all intelligent Nigerian youths will stop being "lazy" and join
hands, to take charge of their own destiny.
We equally hope
that Nigerian youths will get their Permanent Voter's Card ready, and give you
appropriate response in 2019.”
.......courtesy:
NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF DISADVANTAGED & OPPRESSED NIGERIAN YOUTHS ( NADONY )
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| hardworking Nigerian Youth |
H
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*Buhari: From
Criminalizing and Dividing Nigerians to Dicing Nigerian Youth*
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
By Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
“A president is
supposed to be a country’s chief salesperson, biggest motivator,
uniter-in-chief, and most enthusiastic fan. President Muhammadu Buhari,
unfortunately, is none of these. He disdains Nigerians, is contemptuous of our
youth, and widens our national fault-lines through his unwise, divisive
utterances and actions, as I will show shortly. Former US First Lady Michelle
Obama once said, “Being president doesn’t change who you are; it reveals who
you are.” The presidency is revealing the real Buhari in starker, blunter, more
direct ways than we’ve ever known.
President
Buhari has become our biggest “de-marketer,” to use Nigerian financial lingo.
He chooses international arenas to circulate and authorize negative stereotypes
about Nigerians and to pathologies hardworking Diaspora Nigerians. For
instance, during a three-day visit to the UK in February 2016, Buhari told the
UK’s Telegraph newspaper that “Nigerians' reputation for crime has made them
unwelcome in Britain.” That was a remarkably below-the-belt dig.
"Some
Nigerians’ claim is that life is too difficult back home, but they have also
made it difficult for Europeans and Americans to accept them because of the
number of Nigerians in prisons all over the world accused of drug trafficking
or human trafficking," he told The Telegraph. But that’s an intellectually
impoverished, empirically problematic, broad-brush stereotypical generalization
that feeds racist, xenophobic fantasies about Nigerians. There are infinitely
more Nigerians abroad who excel in multiple areas of human endeavor than there
are who traffic in crime.
In the United
States, for instance, Nigerians are the most educated demographic group. They
have supplanted Asians as America’s “model minority.” It’s the same in the UK
and elsewhere. During Buhari’s medical tourism to the UK last year, several
British journalists joked that Buhari would most likely be treated by Nigerian
doctors in the UK, indicating the dominance of Nigerians in UK medical
practice.
In addition,
according to the World Bank, Diaspora Nigerians remitted $22 billion back home
in 2017 alone. It was $35 billion in 2016, which the UN said was the 6th
largest Diaspora remittance in the entire world. Yet the president of the
country that has this distinction chose to isolate the indiscretions of a few
criminal elements to pathologize all Nigerians living abroad. And he did this
in a foreign land to a foreign media outlet!
You would think
that the UK and the US that Buhari chose to validate don’t have criminals.
Unfortunately for Buhari, the US and the UK lead Nigeria in all categories of
crimes, including internet crime for which Nigeria is unfairly notorious,
according to their own statistics. Yet US presidents and UK prime ministers
would never be caught denigrating and criminalizing their compatriots—certainly
not in a foreign country. In fact, no president worth the title ever goes to
another country to stigmatize his or her citizens.
Dissing the
Nigerian Youth
Buhari’s latest
denunciation of Nigerians from a foreign country was directed at the Nigerian
youth. “More than 60 percent of the population is below 30,” he said at the
Commonwealth Business Forum in the UK on Wednesday. “A lot of them haven’t been
to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country.
Therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare,
education free.”
This is from a
president who supervises a government that serially engages in secretive,
illegal employment of the children and relatives of high-ranking political
elites (including his) in well-oiled, high-paying government agencies while
millions of brilliant, hardworking but underprivileged young people vegetate in
agonizing misery— or condemned to getting low-paying, temporary N-Power jobs.
This is a
president whose presidential campaign in 2015 benefited from the voluntary
financial contributions of hundreds of thousands of young Nigerians across the
country. The Buhari campaign made a big PR show of primary and secondary school
students who saved and donated their lunch money to the Buhari campaign. Three
years later, Buhari goes to London and calls these young Nigerians lazy,
uneducated, and entitled; as people who want to "sit and do nothing, and
get housing, healthcare, education free.”
Well, these are
not the young people I see when I travel to Nigeria. They are not the young
Nigerians I interact with on social media. The vast majority of young Nigerians
I know are creative, imaginative, self-driven people who are stymied by the
suffocatingly dysfunctional system that Buhari and his predecessors created and
perpetually reproduce. When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg visited Nigeria in
September 2016, he said he was “blown me away by the talents of young
entrepreneurs and developers in this country [who are] making a difference and
making a change.” Those are the young people I also see.
Maybe Buhari is
describing his children—and himself. His son, Yusuf, has no job, rides
multi-million-naira power bikes, has free housing, and received top-notch
German medical care at the expense of Nigerian taxpayers when he had a bike
accident. If Buhari insists he is describing "most" Nigerian youth,
not his children who are mooching off Nigeria’s resources, then his disconnect
from reality is more severe than we had previously imagined.
"Othering"
Southerners in Kano
When the
president isn’t stigmatizing and dissing Nigerians abroad, he broadens and
lubricates our primordial fissures at home though his utterances. Even as
president with a national mandate, Buhari can't resist the unhelpful,
needlessly divisive "we-northerners-versus-they-southerners"
rhetoric. In a December 2017 video, for example, which I shared on Facebook and
Twitter, Buhari thanked Kano people for coming out en masse to welcome him and
said, "saboda yan kudu su san har yanzu inada gata." Rough
translation: "... so that Southerners can see how favored I still
am." That was gratuitous divisiveness.
Utterances like
this from people who wield enormous symbolic power like the president of the
country gravely undermine efforts at national cohesion. It shows that even as a
person who enjoys the perks and privileges of national leadership, he still
sees Nigeria in dichotomous, mutually exclusive binaries: as "we
northerners" and "they southerners."
That
dichotomization is indefensible, especially by a sitting president who was
voted into power by both southerners and northerners; who wouldn't have been a
president if he was voted only by northerners, who always glibly talks about
Nigeria's unity being "non-negotiable," whose utterances have far
greater ramifications for Nigeria's unity than any Nigerian alive today, and
who still seeks to be voted into power for a second term with votes from even
the "yan kudu."
If he had said
"so that my opponents will know that I still have gata," that
wouldn't have raised any eyebrows. But why did he need to show off to the yan
kudu? Are Southerners his enemies? Aren't they part of the Nigerians he swore
to serve?
That he said
this at a public event where he knew he could— or would— be recorded is what is
even sadder than the fact that he said it at all. It shows that he, in fact,
doesn't even pretend to be a Nigerian nationalist who sees all of Nigeria as
one. No past, not to talk of incumbent, head of state or president has ever
said anything even close to this in public. If Buhari’s second term, which he
appears poised to get, doesn’t end Nigeria as we know it, nothing ever will
again.”
I
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“Pleasssssseeee! Somebody should help me educate BUHARI that 'a
lot' of Nigerian Youth are not lazy. They are very hard working. Mr. President
must publicly apologize to the youth for his myopic statement about Nigerian youth;
else, he should just forget 2019 election.”
J
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“We are not
uneducated, your policies are bad. We are not lazy; you and your cabinet are
incompetent.”
K
“Buhari we the youths are not lazy and jobless, but come 2019 we
will vote you out and make you jobless!”
L
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“On the good
and on the bad side, The average Nigerian Youth have not only proven to be
hardworking but also innovative, within and beyond the shores of Nigeria.
Is it their
resilience, their boldness, their courage and determination?
Boy! It takes a
lot of courage to travel by balloon on the sea...
We aren't lazy
folks, all over the globe our works speaks, both good and bad.
Just that some
have not been able to channel these virtues in the right direction!
We are not
lazy!
We won't take that from anyone.
Nigeria is a land of the brave, irrespective of the harshness of the system; the youths are still putting in effort.
We won't take that from anyone.
Nigeria is a land of the brave, irrespective of the harshness of the system; the youths are still putting in effort.
Except that the
system discourage and won't reward merit, making it looks like it’s useless
being noble about your pursuit.
Yet! Many are
they who won't bow still
God bless
Nigeria
God bless The Youth
we create the future we desire.”
God bless The Youth
we create the future we desire.”
M
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“I am a Medical doctor with a prestigious MBBS degree from
UNIBEN. I work hard every day to save lives but my president thinks
otherwise...#IAmNotLazY
#myPresidentisaFailure...#myPVCisMyPROOF”
#myPresidentisaFailure...#myPVCisMyPROOF”
N
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in the wrong hands, it will be planted in the season of harvest and castle will
be built in the air.”
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