A member of president Buhari's campaign team,Mr Ditan Okupe,son of mr Doyin Okupe who was a spokesman to ex president Goodluck Jonathan has stated that poverty is a blessing in disguise and the best thing to happen to Nigerian youths.

In a tweet that has raised a lot of controversy online, mr Okupe wrote"

"Unemployment is the most disguised blessing of all time.

It forces its victims to look within, to search deep for their innate abilities and capacities, if they are to survive.

It actually promotes industry,h enterprise and ultimately paradoxically, helps a struggling economy."

However a lot of Nigerians didnt Find it funny as they blasted him.

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Why didnt your father look inward instead off feeding of the crumbs of the clueless one?

Lol

This is to say your father is cursed because his unemployment since 2015 has yet to jolt him into getting creatively busy as elucidated by you and ultimately turning into a blessing for him...

Go get charity started at home with daddy..common kiddo..

Foolish children wey no dey last to bury their parents because when dem see white dem go say na black all to keep the status quo maintained.

Your papa...

Help me ask him what is innate&Deep abilities and capabilities are?aside lieing which you and your party indulge every now and then.still on still apc never stops supplying us with kindergarten lies.

My greatest anger against Apc is how this party and her members take us for granted, like they can tell us anything not minding if it makes sense or not....


APC AND HER MEMBERS ARE A WORST OF ANYTHING BAD THAT YOU CHOOSE TO CALL THEM..

Is there a level Yorubas won't fall to in defence of that animal called Buhari?

Nobody can support buhari without sounding stvpid