Your Gaffe Like Faeces, Apologise To Nigerian Youths – Shehu Sani Tells Buhari

Shehu Sani, senator representing Kaduna central at the National Assembly, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to withdraw his statement on Nigerian youths.

The President while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, London, on Wednesday, said a lot of Nigerian youths do nothing and want everything free, in the notion that the country is an oil-rich nation.

“We have a very young population, our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. This is a very conservative one,” Buhari said.

“More than 60 percent 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.”

Buhari’s comments have been widely criticized from all corners, except the Presidency, which defended the statement, saying there was no way the president could have derided all Nigerian youths.

But reacting in a Facebook post on Friday, Sani said the President should apologise to Nigerian youths, so he will be forgiven.

“The President should simply withdraw the statement on the youths and apologize; and tell them what he will do for them in addition to what he had done for them,” the senator said.

“The President spin doctors are trying to spray fragrances on the feces and lace the dung with olive oil, it’s absurd.

“The President is a human being, he can gaffe and should be forgiven and should not be sent to the political guillotine.

“As for the Youths, the challenge is to pick the baton and lead and stop holding the Alsatian Dogs of the political elite.

“The President echos the perception of the bourgeoisie power elites, the youths must rise against it.”