Buhari promised change but delivered chains - Senator Ben Murray-Bruce

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce representing Bayelsa East constituency, has reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari's comment last week when he acussed Nigerian youths of being lazy.

President Buhari had in a Commonwealth Business Meeting said that:

“We have a very young population; our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. More than 60 per cent of the population is below the age of 30.

“A lot of them have not been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria has been an oil producing country, therefore they should sit and do nothing and get housing, healthcare and education free.”

Senator Bruce said that President Buhari forgot how those he called lazy youths voted for him under the scorching sun for change.

He stressed that instead of delivering his campaign promises, the President delivered chains on Nigerians.

“Instead of finding out why young Nigerian professionals are emigrating in droves to countries like Canada, President Buhari calls them lazy.

“The ironic thing is that many of them queued up for hours under hot savannah sun to vote in a man who promised change but delivered chains!” he said.

The Presidency had through the special adviser on media and publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina denied the statement saying that Buhari wouldn’t have derided Nigerian youths, especially in a foreign land.