President Buhari to youths: “Our own generation is on the last lap, we are exiting”
President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, admonished the nation’s restive youths to calm down and keep the peace.
“Our own generation is on the last lap, we are exiting,” the President said adding that keeping the peace was in the best interest of the youths.
He spoke at State House, Abuja, when he receivedthe Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, in a statement said Buhari made the remarks in response to the recent EndSARS protest and the mayhem and destruction of public and private property that came in its wake.
“It is in the interest of the youths to keep the peace. They want jobs, infrastructure and development. I have sent a team led by the Chief of Staff (Prof. Ibrahim Gambari) to go round the country, talk to traditional rulers, who will then talk to the youths. The views of the youths have been heard.”
Buhari said the administration inherited severe infrastructural deficits, “and that is what we are fighting to correct. We can’t just sit, fold our hands, and do nothing. We are doing our best within the limits of resources.”
President Buhari rued the fact that COVID-19 had shrunk the global economy, noting that “this is something you can’t see, smell, or hear,” but which has wrought devastation on lives and livelihoods round the world.
On climate change, he said Nigeria was concerned about the recharge of the Lake Chad, which had great implications on security, irregular migration and livelihoods in the country.
