{"id":61789,"date":"2018-04-19T15:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=61789"},"modified":"2018-04-19T15:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-19T14:23:26","slug":"apologize-to-nigerian-youths-apc-spokesman-tells-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/apologize-to-nigerian-youths-apc-spokesman-tells-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Apologize To Nigerian Youths, APC Spokesman Tells Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\">The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Congress (APC) Comrade Timi Frank, has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">apologise to Nigerian youths over his comments that the country&#8217;s young<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">population are lazy but wanted free things.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The APC chieftain believe that the government has not given the youth<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">opportunity to serve, hence no need to demarket them at an international<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">event like Commonwealth Business Forum.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The Bayelsa born politician, however, said as a young man he will be<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">contesting the National Chairmanship seat of his party, the APC in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">forthcoming national convention, to prove that Nigerian youths are ready<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">if given opportunity.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">President Buhari, while addressing the forum in Westminster on Wednesday,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">was quoted to have said \u201cMore than 60 percent of the population is below<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">30, a lot of them haven\u2019t been to school and they are claiming that<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education free.\u201d<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">But reacting to the comment in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, Frank<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">reminded the President that more than 20 young Nigerians lost their lives<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">in 2014 in search for employment in Nigerian Immigration Service.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">The APC chieftain who said that the country has the best brains in the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">world, added that Nigerian leaders have refused to create enabling<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">environment for the young population to excel.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;If Nigerian youths are lazy you won&#8217;t find them allover the world seeking<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">for greener pastures. Again, we have so many Nigerian young entrepreneurs<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">who are doing well all over without support from the government.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;So I disagree with Mr. President on this particular comment. Nigerian<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">youths are hard working; we have best brains in entertainment industry,<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Sports, Medical, to mention but view, and I think they deserve an<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">apology.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">While declaring his intention to contest the office of the National<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Chairman of the ruling APC in the forthcoming national convention, Frank<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">urged the President to support him as a young man so as to prove to the<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">world that that Nigerian youths are not lazy.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I like to inform Mr. President that if I&#8217;m given opportunity to serve<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">within the rank of APC as National Chairman, I have capacity to do better<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">that the current National Chairman.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;This is one of the reasons I have offered myself to serve my country in<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">this capacity for now. 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