STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI COULDN'T HAVE DERIDED ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS

At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries. The presentation was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session.
Responding to a question, President Buhari 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. But elementary English recognizes a wide gulf between "a lot of" and the word "all." How can "a lot of them," suddenly transmogrify to mean “all of them?” Mischievous and unconscionable!
There 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.
President Buhari has always applauded and celebrated Nigerian youths who excel in different areas of endeavour, from sports, to academia, and other realms. And 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.
Indeed, every country 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.
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. This much was emphasized in an April 5, 2018 comment by President Buhari, while receiving Letter of Credence from the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria, when he said: " Our insistence on probity is to encourage people to be accountable, and accept honesty as a lifestyle so as to secure the future of our youths.’’ The President also said more than 60 percent of Nigerians fall into the age category of youths and deserve to inherit a stable and prosperous country that they can be proud of, adding that the government will work assiduously to prevent waste and the depletion of resources by corrupt Nigerians.

It is futile for mischief makers to lie in wait, and take a minor part of the words of the President, and turn it into negative commentary, peradventure they could diminish the profile of the President. Nigerians across all walks of life know who is serving them faithfully and truly, and they will always reciprocate such fidelity as occasions demand.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
April 19, 2018

when God decided to disgrace ur enemies, he does it from every angle so that ur enemy wouldn't have any place to hide his shame.


this was to be some damage control, but see the arrogance in Femi adesina.

Buhari be like "someone can defend my ignorance like this? Walahi i go increase youa salary"

Medicine after death. Buhari is a disgrace to Nigeria.







That's what you get when you have an illiterate president

damage control but too late pastor Femi, besides why are you always sent to do the damage control, the more you do, the more you damage your reputation as well.

Sorry Femi. This won't do.

Buhari can never say "ALL" knowing fully well that his support groups are all youths.

But his statement showed that he had been restless concerning the impatience of NPOWER Volunteers or the laziness of his own children. The NPOWER Beneficiaries are looking for opportunity to serve and earn a living. They are not waiting for any free money for housing, healthcare or anything he mentioned. They want to make ends meet.
His children, on the other hand, are the ones getting free money from him. The get a vote of everything. From Aso Rock Allowances to Buhari Allowances.

Femi Adesina is an idiot. A senseless bastard with custard for brains.
What Buhari said is self explanatory.
He simply implied that 60% of our population are youths and that a lot of these youths lack 'classroom education' and are jobless and unproductive.

This statement can only come from a braindead individual and can only be defended by an idiot.

Femi is a dunce Sha!
60% is a greater number to 40% that means he was addressing a majority of the youths in his dumb comment. Buhari must see Nigeria from the lens of his bigoted desert religious fanatic north and not the southern part of Nigeria.

We in the south are keen on education and if you are not educated it leads to some sort of discrimination and reduces your self worth. In the north education is a sin and many of them are proud beggers and nuisance to society. Buhari is a confused man and must be sent packing to dura come 2019.

But elementary English recognizes a wide gulf between "a lot of" and the word "all." How can "a lot of them," suddenly transmogrify to mean “all of them?” Mischievous and unconscionable!

When you say "a lot of" it could mean 95%


Are they saying up to 95% of the youth are lazy.... This government is a joke and all the spin doctors are mentally sick if they could address the youths in all demeaning remarks

Adekdammy:
damage control but too late pastor Femi, besides why are you always sent to do the damage control, the more you do, the more you damage your reputation as well.

That's not damage control...... Its insults and him trying to abuse our intelligence



Old wine whom will shall discard away with our votes

Congenital intellectually challenged man,fed,housed,severally sponsored to upgrade himself academically and propped up by the Nigerian government all throughout his life via a dubious federal character system that says a northerner with a 1 or even zero score is selected above a southerner with a 200 and above score;calling full brain functioning youths,struggling financially from birth,through all levels of education;as lazy;shows how more serious the intellectual challenge Buhari has.

how did we elect this kind of leaders





am sorry for the young generation if we elect this old men again to govern us

Fela Anikulapo Kuti,bless his soul,several decades back,knew the kind of person Buhari is.
In his "Beast of No Nation",when he told of how Buhari as far back as the early 80's used to call ALL Nigerians "useless" and "indisciplined",he rightly termed Buhari as a man who talks "craze talk"; "animal talk".

dre11:



When you say "a lot of" it could mean 95%


Are they saying up to 95% of the youth are lazy.... This government is a joke and all the spin doctors are mentally sick if they could address the youths in all demeaning remarks

''A lot'' does not mean'' the lot.''

''A lot'' can mean 20% ,not 95%,whilst ''the lot'' means the majority.

By the way,why all these mischief?

The president cannot deliberately berate the youth.

Also,a deep disect would reveal that the president was only narrating what he purpotedly ''heard'' the youths saying.

Femi, you are the twister here. The argument is not between 'a lot' and 'all' of our youths. It's Not!

He said 'a lot' of them (our youths), yes. Now ask yourself, if this 'a lot' is insignificant, why would it be worth PRESIDENT'S mention in such an important meeting as the Commonwealth Forum?

The truth, Buhari's impression of Nigerian Youth is what he expressed.

janetdaniels201:
STATE HOUSE PRESS RELEASE
PRESIDENT BUHARI COULDN'T HAVE DERIDED ALL NIGERIAN YOUTHS

At the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, President Muhammadu Buhari gave a keynote address on Making Business Easier Between Commonwealth Countries. The presentation was followed by a discussion, and question and answer session.
Responding to a question, President Buhari 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. But elementary English recognizes a [b] wide gulf between "a lot of" and the word "all." [/b]How can "a lot of them," suddenly transmogrify to mean “all of them?” Mischievous and unconscionable!
There 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.
President Buhari has always applauded and celebrated Nigerian youths who excel in different areas of endeavour, from sports, to academia, and other realms. And 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.
Indeed, every country 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.
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. This much was emphasized in an April 5, 2018 comment by President Buhari, while receiving Letter of Credence from the Head of Delegation of the European Union to Nigeria, when he said: " Our insistence on probity is to encourage people to be accountable, and accept honesty as a lifestyle so as to secure the future of our youths.’’ The President also said more than 60 percent of Nigerians fall into the age category of youths and deserve to inherit a stable and prosperous country that they can be proud of, adding that the government will work assiduously to prevent waste and the depletion of resources by corrupt Nigerians.

It is futile for mischief makers to lie in wait, and take a minor part of the words of the President, and turn it into negative commentary, peradventure they could diminish the profile of the President. Nigerians across all walks of life know who is serving them faithfully and truly, and they will always reciprocate such fidelity as occasions demand.

Femi Adesina
Special Adviser to the President
(Media and Publicity)
April 19, 2018

dre11:



That's not damage control...... Its insults and him trying to abuse our intelligence



Old wine whom will shall discard away with our votes

Amen