The event, attended also by the
President’s wife, Aisha; Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo; as
well as governors and other top government officials, had “Creative youth as
drivers of the change agenda” as its theme.
Buhari said, “I am going to
bore you with what we met. I know that I am being accused in the papers of
passing the buck, but passing the buck is sometimes absolutely necessary to
remind people who take things for granted.
“When we came in, I screamed to
high heavens because I had promised a lot while seeking votes.
“I said where is the saving? There
was no saving. There was no infrastructure, power, rails, roads, there was
none. What did we spend the money on? I was told buying food and petrol.
“Where were the billions going? We
conducted a study and found out that the oil marketers were committing fraud on
at least one third of what they were importing, which is about 25 per cent of
our foreign exchange.
”The youth must watch our elite,
especially with the condition we found ourselves. It is unpatriotic for anybody
to pretend that economically we have no problem.
“I have bored you with this long
explanation because there are things that could be hidden from you by those
that have mismanaged the country in the last 16, 17 years.”
The President therefore tasked
Nigerian youths to be alive to their responsibilities of holding their leaders
and the elite accountable.
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