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The Lazy Nigerian Youths I referred To, President Buhari Explains

President Muhammadu Buhari has made it clear that the bulk of the youths in Nigeria who he referred to as being lazy come from the Northern part of the country.

He said: “in the north for instance, most (youths) have not attended school or they abandoned halfway. If not because we have favourable rainfall in the past two seasons, most of them have no jobs, just idling away.

“People like them even if they go to the South for instance, what they will make will not be enough to even pay their (house) rent not to talk of feeding, clothing and transport back home.”

President Buhari, who answered questions on the Voice of America (VOA) Hausa service conducted by its correspondent,  Aliyu Mustapha Sokoto today, Tuesday, in Washington DC, The United States of America, insisted that Nigeria presently has over 180 million people and that 60 percent of them are youths below the age of 30.

He said that his words had not been explained enough even as he chided the media, especially the print which he said “are simply doing whatever they like.

“We had two successful farming seasons, people went to farm and did very well, but no one is talking about that; only insults.”

On the military jets which the President recently paid to secure from the President Donald Trump government, Buhari acknowledged the understanding of the US government on the importance of Nigeria in Africa and the World at large.

He said that during Barak Obama era, Nigeria tried to get some jets to help it in the fight against terrorism in the north east but was denied, adding: “But as soon as President Trump came into office, he gave the green light and advised us to make funds available.

“He said the US will sell the jets to us; we had each approached Brazil and the UAE, but they told us that based on the agreement they had with the US, they cannot sell or give anyone these jets until the US agrees; but the Us refused at the time until the arrival of Trump who granted our request and gave us price.”

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The Nigerian leader, who said that the sales of the jets was not agreements but discussions, frowned at the information being given that Christians are being killed in Nigeria.

“But what happened in the Church also happened in the South East and the North and they just say it is herdsmen that are killing them.

“Those making these allegations against the herdsmen know that herdsmen as we know them only carry sticks; going about with guns is a new thing and those making the allegations know that conflict between farmers and herders have a long history even before we were born.

“Therefore, it is wrong to say the conflict is between Fulani and Tiv or other tribe like in Taraba. What of Zamfara where more people were killed than in Taraba and Benue put together?

“People need to understand that it is mischief that makes people to bring in religion or ethnicity.”

On the issue of the degrading of Boko Haram in the north east, Buhari said that measures are being taken to increase the number of police officers and to equip them well.

“I have asked the Police to recruit 6000 more personnel and that they should recruit across the 774 local government areas in the country instead of going to Motor parks and markets to just pick people anyhow.” [myad]