The Federal Government should go after the sponsors of the several killings in Nigeria and stop pointing accusing fingers at the youths, a political organisation under the aegis of North-East Youth Initiative for Development has said.

While advising the government to engage the youths in nation-building and governance, YEYID said recent developments have confirmed that the country has “turned to something else.”

The Executive Director of NEYID, Dauda Gombe, stated these in an interview with journalists in Abuja during an inaugural national youth dialogue and workshop to facilitate the sharing of knowledge and ideas to change the narrative that youths have been responsible for the killings and insecurity in Nigeria.

According to him, all the statistics being given about the serial killings especially in the North East were imaginary figures.

The event which was organised by NEYID in conjunction with an international human rights organization, Plan International Nigeria, was attended by over 60 youths from the North-East, North-West and North-Central, and other areas experiencing the grips of banditry, Boko Haram and ISWAP to pave way for peace.

At the event, Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State, who spoke virtually, expressed happiness over the commitment of the youths to tackling security challenges saying that it had confirmed that he was not alone in it.

He said, “I will always avail myself for the youths. I am happy to see that you’re part of the struggle and security is at the centre of the struggle. We will continue to appeal to our conscience.”

Gombe said the time had come to change the narrative above youths and killings in Nigeria.

He said, “The country has turned to something else; we believe that we have the solution, we have to prove that we are not responsible for the killings.

“Who is responsible? They are pointing accusing fingers at youths; therefore, we have come together to change the narrative to tell the world who actually we are and our contribution in finding a lasting solution to the security challenges affecting this nation.
The problems are not the youths but the sponsors.

“The government, especially politicians should provide the enabling environment for young people to be in governance.

“We are going to issue a communique to send the right message to the government to inject the right people in the right places because most of the time the government will tell you they are engaging the youths. But the issue is that they are not engaging the right people, everything has been politicized in this nation.”

Gombe also faulted the official statistics of casualties of the security challenges in the country, saying they are untrue.

He said, “Any statistics you get is just an assumption, the number of people killed or being killed every day in this country is beyond thinking and nobody can give you the accurate figure.

“Even the government is just trying, but nobody can give you the accurate figure because some the places that these things are happening nobody know; they are not even accessible, the bushes don’t even have network, water, and security. We are just using manageable figures being released by the government or others who feel they have a reasonable number. But the truth is that nobody has the accurate figure and the figure is beyond thinking.”

harqinhola:
Buhari all the way jare... x. Nextlevel

harqinhola:
Bandits supporting Armed robber .... #atikulooted #General all the way. If you like die na your wahala never that

harqinhola:
This Buhari has got to be one of the most irresponsible serving President . The old man doesn't care at all .

ivolt:






You haven't changed at all. Easily distracted from the main issue.

harqinhola:


There's no need quoting me , i campaigned and voted for him because i believed his lies . Honestly , i regret voting him .

gambia:
Buhari is the worst thing that happened to Nigeria.

harqinhola:


There's no need quoting me , i campaigned and voted for him because i believed his lies . Honestly , i regret voting him .

Naija147:


Una senses don dey reset abi? Where is your darling brother that one don dey deviate from supporting his darling daddy

Rexwalters1:
Animals that cant control themselves?, so the President should send more army with guns to come & control them. Nonsense Animals.

Or can anyone profess a solution for the President? Useless Hypocrites no one will have a solution, same people that said they don’t want police endsars are complaining of insecurity?

You want to have your cake & eat it too.

Maxymilliano:
Lol ...

What is happening? We haven't heard anything from those professional trekkers, I mean those that trekked long distances when Buhari won.