Tinubu told the youths that Nigeria cannot continue to give “excuses” for failure to generate a stable power supply.
Four years after President Muhamnadu Buhari described Nigerian youths as lazy, presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu, has said Nigerian youths can’t be blamed for being lazy.
Recall that Buhari had at a commonwealth Business Forum in London in 2018, described Nigerian youths as lazy folks who only want the good things of life without working for it.
Buhari had said: “More than 60 per cent of the population is below 30, 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.”
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But Tinubu indirectly responded to Buhari during a political rally in Lagos yesterday organised by youths. He told them that they cannot be blamed for being “lazy” with erratic electricity supply in the country.
The youths are members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Lagos who gathered to cheer his presidential aspiration.
Tinubu told the youths that Nigeria cannot experience “rapid development” without electricity.
He maintained that Nigeria cannot continue to give “excuses” for failure to generate a stable power supply.
According to Tinubu: “We cannot continue with excuses on NEPA failure. No! No nation can make rapid development without electricity.
“Give us that, and if we cannot be successful, you can abuse us. You cannot give us erratic electricity that is undependable and then blame us again that we are lazy. No!
“Nigeria — it is about time. We have enough gas to fire up our electricity. We can supply the rest of Europe with gas, and we can make money from it.”