"BUHARI MUST BE VOTED OUT"..... FOWA TELLS NIGERIAN YOUTHS
Public commentator, social critic and Convener of the Friends Of Wazirin Atiku, FOWA, Chief Sunny Onuesoke has lent his voice to the outcry against the comments ascribed to the Nigerian leader, Muhammadu Buhari where he derided youths as lazy and dependent on government.
Expressing his disappointment and anger with Buhari's statement, the FOWA Chieftain noted that, "countries that provide social security and people refused to work because of what the government is providing, they don't come out to castigate nor deride them, rather, they use both fiscal and monetary policies to stimulate demand".
"For instance, if unemployment benefits is high, it creates the incentives for people not to work, hence, the government uses macroeconomic tools to make it difficult for lazy people to enjoy life. So, it is a choice", Onuesoke stated.
Fuming, Onuesoke said that, "in Nigeria nothing of such is on ground here and Buhari thinks he can insult us as he likes".
"Nigerians suffer unemployment both Keynesian and Classical, repressed inflation, etcetera and I wonder what the economic team is doing".
According to the Friends Of Wazirin Atiku leader, "there's underemployment and all the negatives associated are set in, therefore, the president can insult us from his own inefficiencies".
"Therefore, the PDP must use this as tool to really woo support as most Nigerians are unhappy with this statement. We in FOWA must follow up now or Never", he reiterated.
"There are so many things that are fundamentally wrong in that statement.
Nigeria is not known to practice welfarism. For the President who knows deep down that the government has never provided comprehensive welfare scheme for Nigerians to come out to say things about the youths, is a shame on the nation", the very concerned Onuesoke insisted.
"There is no social security, no plan for the young ones, no data on the number of births/deaths etc".
"The average Nigerian youth makes lots of efforts to get things done apart from the few privileged ones whose parents have been in politics from time immemorial and could afford to "bash" a power bike worth over #56m in a country where the minimum wage is set at $50 per month; not up to 4hrs wage in a sane society and Mr. President could show his contempt for the growing population".
"In saner climes, this man has just shot himself on the foot irreversibly and cannot contest an election", he stressed.
"But, due to ethnic and religious bigotry this man will still come out to campaign and the youths would be his supporters making his claim appear true".
This was a fora where he could have attracted foreign direct investments only to demarket us, the PDP chieftain opined.
"What do we say of the youths making inroads in music, showbiz, education, working as bus drivers, conductors, mechanic, Tailor etc?
"Here, Nigerians provide power, security and everything that should ordinarily, be the responsibility of the government and the President could so deride us", Onuesoke stated.
Concluding, Chief Sunny Onuesoke revealed that, "Buhari's contempt for local media is what makes him become loquacious when abroad".
"This is not the first time he is insulting our collective intelligence. How dare him call Nigerian youths illiterates?
Every year, thousands of graduates are churned out of the tertiatary institutions and no job. It is an insult".
"In fact, we have never being this insulted. When he was military Head of State, he said Nigerians are useless and undisciplined, but now, he took it too far".
"His generation refused to give the next generation chance".
"At over 85yrs, he is still fighting to be President because of the lucre of the office".
"The average Nigerian youth is not lazy.
Buhari must be voted out", Onuesoke exploded.
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