president Mohammadu Buhari has said he would not pay the N5000 stipend he
promised to unemployed youth in the country. The president made the
remarks at the weekend while on the visit in Middle East.
He said it was wise to use a collation of the funds to put up
infrastructures and empower them through agriculture for than to give out
monies.
He said: “This largesse N5,000 for the unemployed, I have got a slightly
different priority. I would rather do the infrastructure, the school and
correct them and empower agriculture, mining so that every able bodied
person can go and get work instead of giving 5,000, N5,000 to those who
don’t work.”
It will be recalled that All Progressives Congress, APC had during its
campaign supported the promise of paying N5,000 as monthly stipend to the
most vulnerable in the country.