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Former Federal Capital Territory minister, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Thursday bemoaned the spate of unemployment in the country, saying despite his connections, he had yet to secure jobs for his two daughters, who are both holders of Masters Degrees.

El-Rufai said this while delivering a lecture at the Sixth Annual Alao Aka-Bashorun Lecture, organised by the Nigerian Bar Association, Ikeja Branch.

The former minister, whose lecture was entitled Impunity, Injustice and Insecurity: What Role for the Law,' said Nigeria needed to create three million jobs yearly to tackle its employment problem.

He said, "Forty-two per cent of Nigerian youths are unemployed.

"I have two daughters with Masters Degrees and they are unemployed. They have been at home for more than a year and I cannot get a job for them.

"We are sitting on a demographic time bomb and unless we have visionary leaders that are able to plan for the future, we will have a huge problem."

According to him, the Nigerian government is spending N2bn daily on security, instead of investing in infrastructure and human capital development.

El-Rufai queried the N100bn Amnesty Programme of the Federal Government, saying it had not solved the problem of pipeline vandalism and oil theft in the Niger Delta region.

He said, "Our oil production output is at its lowest since 2009 as a result of oil theft and closure of facilities by oil companies.

"That is why the government is borrowing more than ever and dipping into the nation's foreign reserves."

The former FCT minister added that granting amnesty to people who take up arms against the state would not solve the problem of insecurity in Nigeria.

"Even if you grant amnesty to Boko Haram, without addressing the fundamental issues such as lack of opportunities, poverty and social injustice, it will not solve the problem," he said.

Also speaking at the event, Prof. Akin Oyebode, advocated life imprisonment for corrupt public officials as a way of reducing the high incidence of corruption in the country.

His lecture was entitled, 'Corruption and Insecurity in the Society: What Role for the Law?'

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What is wrong with you? What country have you been living in? Haven't you been following the "Military Joint Task Force" use of force on them; has it been working? Come on man, the change of strategy is a welcome development. If you still insist on using force and more lives being lost, I have no problem with that but would have to conscript you into the military, have you join the JTF and lead the fight, militarily?

Dasuki is an IBB boy. Groomed for most of his military service on solid intelligence and security. He knows how to approach this and who to contact to bring this under control. You think this is an easy job: you see this guy metaphorically is not afraid to ride the camel to dialogue with his kinsmen. Adeze "Aziza" whatever is name is, sat his fat ass in the Villa.

The positions of NSA and Minister of defense should be left to the northerners. This is their expertise. Don't ask me why because they have ruled this country for more than 40 yrs and understand the dynamics of the country. I am awaiting the appointment of Maj. General Akilu, another IBB boy as minister of defense. He is currently being vetted. These people alone can solve this Boko Haram problem through "intelligence" not "militarily". Jonathan has been advised on this and he is bringing IBB boys in full throttle.

Ask Obasanjo why he chose another IBB boy, Gusau as NSA. If you think you can run this country without IBB's assistance, it will not work and Jonathan is understanding now. So bring them on board. Hilltop Villa in Minna is the de facto Nigerian Intelligence Headquarter.

Some facts
IBB in 1986 founded the nation security system below and still have 80% of his boys still running it today:

State Security Service (SSS) - Responsible for domestic intelligence
National Intelligence Agency (NIA) - Responsible for Foreign intelligence and counterintelligence operations
Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) - Responsible for military intelligence

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Intelligence_Agency_%28Nigeria%29

musKeeto: congrats to the latest batch of lil depos...

awesome_t: Because Arsene is French!

bayooooooo: Shut it, no one instigated students to protest against renaming of Unilag to Macaroni, it was spontaneous and largely driven by emotional attachment to the name, UNILAG.

brabus: And Plumstead is a Nigerian school. Dumb*ss

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secnelly: It was soooo funny i even forgot to laugh. I just hope UNN wont be next in line to be renamed.

Malubi: One state in the North Central, their gorvernor is "trying very Well", he is using federal allocation to defend his certificate forgery case. He is always mention as the best governor. How You seam?

bbpreye: Biafrans or igbos or wateva they call themselves, I thought they claimed to av migrated from isreal, they should pls migrate back, I love my igbo folks so much n can't say one harsh word about them,, but sincerely if Nigeria will eventually break up, it'll be BIAFRA, NIGERDELTA REPUBLIC and NORTHERN NIGERIA. Since these haters can't stop envying the money pot of their nation. U need to come down to d nigerdelta and. Hw people are suffering while one aboki is head of oil dept at NNPC, an aboki that does not know where east-west rd is. GEJ is the last president of Nigeria, u don't know better than the U.S.A!