President Muhammadu Buhari’s comment about Nigerian youths is the worst any leader makes about his country abroad, according to the Unified Nigeria Youth Forum.

Recall that Buhari had last week during a Commonwealth function, said that many Nigerian youths are not willing to work but just waiting for freebies from the government.

The statement had attracted condemnation from many Nigerians, notably youths.

And the non-governmental organization in a statement issued in Kaduna on Monday, called on Buhari to retract the comment and apologize to Nigerian youths within seven days.

“Your administration,” the statement read, “lack the moral right to call us names because the only thing your administration have in stock is to blame past administration where over 80 per cent of your cabinet members are once part of that administration.

“Yet Mr. President is misinforming the world by trying to hide his inadequacies by blaming the youths when even the budget for education and health is not even enough to fund the sectors.

“Our population as a nation is supposed to be an added advantage, but is not, because of the inabilities of both past and present administrations that have failed to fix our power sector.

“Mr. President should be ashamed of himself, his generation and administration for spending over 20 billion US dollars since 1999 till date and yet we are paying for darkness, no investors will invest in any nation where there is no stable power supply like ours (Nigeria). Where are the youth going to get the job from?”

It further lamented that, “Under his [Buhari’s] watch, unemployment has climbed from 8.2% in 2015 to 18.8% in 2018.

“Many of us want to work but have no opportunities. Most youth today are willing and able but the fraudulent system we found ourselves could not provide the enabling environment.”

Source: https://www.concisenews.global/2018/04/23/nigerian-youths-give-buhari-7-day-ultimatum-to-apologize-over-comment/