President Muhammadu Buhari has advised the Nigerian youths to keep the peace in their own interest as his generation will soon leave the stage for them.
President Buhari gave the advice on Monday at State House, Abuja, while receiving in audience the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, Amina Mohammed, Nigeria’s former Minister of Environment.
“Nigerian youths would do well to keep the peace, as it is in their own interest ultimately. Our own generation is on the last lap, we are exiting.
“It is in the interest of the youths to keep the peace. They want jobs, infrastructure and development. I have sent a team led by the Chief of Staff (Professor Ibrahim Gambari) to go round the country, talk to traditional rulers, who will then talk to the youths.
“The views of the youths have been heard,” the President said in response to the recent EndSARS protest, and the mayhem and destruction of public and private property that came in its wake.”
The President, who said that the current administration inherited severe infrastructural deficits, added that “that is what we are fighting to correct. We can’t just sit, fold our hands, and do nothing. We are doing our best within the limits of resources.”
Mr Buhari, in a statement issued by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, regretted the fact that COVID-19 had shrunk the global economy.
He said “this is something you can’t see, smell, or hear” but which had wrought devastation on lives and livelihoods round the world.
The President, while speaking on climate change, said Nigeria was concerned about the recharge of the Lake Chad, which has great implications on security, irregular migration, and livelihoods.
The Deputy Secretary-General said she was on a courtesy call with her team to flag interest on challenges that concern the UN, particularly COVID-19, climate change, security, and humanitarian responses to the diverse challenges.
