Former governor of Anambra State,
Mr. Peter Obi has expressed his reservations about President Muhammadu Buhari’s
speech where he described Nigerian youths as being lazy.
He rather said that the Nigerian
youths were hardworking and among the best in the world.
Obi, who was at the 10th
Anniversary celebration of Nnamdi Azikiwe radio station, UNIZIK 94.1FM,
regreted that the performance of the youths were impeded by misrule of past
governments.
He dismissed the impression of
scarcity of jobs as defeatist, saying the first job before the youths was
voting out bad governance.
“Unemployment is as a result of
accumulated bad leadership. There are jobs out there for you and the first job
is to ensure good governance. That you can achieve by voicing out your opinion
on national issues and questioning what is happening,” he said.
He regretted the accumulated debt
being owed by the country which he put to the tune of $70billion, saying that
Nigeria would be in risk situation by 2025 if the ugly trend persisted.
“It is unfortunate that a nation
like China which was at par with Nigeria, has so much outgrown her, with her
GDP rising from $10.5b to $3trillion.”
The former governor referred to
Nigeria as a failed state, with over 10million out of school children and 15m
unemployed youths.
He, however, expressed hope that
the nation can bounce back if the youths were provided the enabling environment
to showcase their talents.
Earlier, the Zonal Director,
National broadcasting commission, Mrs. Susan Obi, commended the management of
the station for being objective in their reportage.
She said NBS had never had any
cause to sanction the station for any violations as it had always complied with
regulations since its establishment.
Vice Chancellor of the
institution, Prof. Joseph Ahaneku who was also at the ocassion said the station
had kept faith with the paradigms in the area of community broadcasting.
“Within ten years of coming on
air, a period during which the station should ordinarily be struggling to find
its feet, it leaped into prominence rising head and shoulders above its peers.
“It has attracted and retained
vast listenership, especially among the youths, across many states, through the
quality of its programmes in informing, educating and entertaining as veritable
tool of mass communication,” he said.
The Director of the station,
Prof. Stella Okunna was full of appreciation to the guests and the School
authority for being supportive to the project, pledging to continue to project
the goal of its establishment.
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