The President of the Middle Belt Forum, MBF, Dr. Pogu Bitrus has dismissed President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s proposed 30 days conference with Nigerian youth.
Recall that President Tinubu in his Independence Day speech stated that there will be the convocation of youth conference.
But reacting to the President’s address, Bitrus described it as a political jamboree only meant to win the support of the youth for the president’s political ambition.
Speaking in an interview with DAILY POST, the MBF President dismissed the call for a national conference.
He said, “It will amount to nothing. We have had national conferences in the past. The last one was the 2014 Confab, which gave us a blueprint on the way forward. On how to achieve a better Nigeria for all Nigerians.
“Things have been addressed across board, including even things that have to do with the youths. Rather than creating another bureaucracy for political reasons, I think the government needs to look at the 2014 confab report as it affects our youths and other areas. And to ensure that Constitutional amendment gets to a level where a lot of the problems that Nigerians are facing can be addressed. But as far as I am concerned, the proposed 30 days youth conference is a political jamboree.
“President Tinubu is just trying to appeal to the youths for political support. Otherwise things pertaining to the youths have been spelt out. Let those things be implemented so that we can have a better Nigeria. Where our youths can be tutored to take over from the older generation. So, that there will be some mentoring along the line.
“But to just go and have a conference with the youths, to me, is a political gimmick to gain support. It is to have a support base from the youths for the government rather than improving governance in Nigeria.”
source: Daily Post
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