The Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party and former
Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar has said that if elected
president, he would appoint a minister of youth who will not be more
than 30 years old.
PoliticsNGR learned that the PDP presidential flag-bearer made the pledge at a Town Hall meeting with youths in Lagos on Monday.
According
to him, it is incumbent on the present crop of leaders in Nigeria to
mentor the younger generation and the best way to achieve that objective
is to appoint youth who are brilliant into top government positions and
allow them to learn the ropes.
“I have pledged that 40 percent
of my government will be youth. Let me assure you that it’s a promise
and I won’t break it. My minister of youth is going to be less than 30
years.”
The former Vice President further remarked during the
question and answer session at the event that if elected as president he
would give top priority to education investment, saying that “President
Buhari has confessed that the economy is in bad shape under his watch
and it is clear that the President is short of ideas about how to fix
the broken economy. There is no single economist in his administration
and that is why we are in this mess.
“I know how to fix a broken
economy. I know how to create jobs and I also know how to empower the
youth. That’s the reason I’m here today – to give hope to you the youth
that together we can get Nigeria working again.”
Also speaking at
the event, the national chairman of the PDP, Prince Uche Secondus,
extols the Nigeria youth for their resilience despite all chastisement
and uncooperative attitude from the incumbent government.
“All
you have to do is to vote for Atiku as president but be very assured
that under the Atiku administration, every Nigerian will be accommodated
and included.”
The Town Hall meeting attracted a large number of
young people from all walks of live across the country, and it is in
continuation of interactive session that Atiku has been having with
different stakeholders since the commencement of political campaigns for
the 2019 election.
Source:- Politicsngr
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