Youths are angry with Buhari over N5,000 allowance 

 – President Muhammadu Buhari is not in the good books of a good number of Nigerians over the decision of his government to jettison the N5,000 allowance promised unemployed youths

 – Political observers are keenly watching every step the president takes in his quest to steer the ship of Nigeria out of economic adversity 

This is not the best of time for the country, as problems like hunger, unemployment, epileptic power supply and other national problems, have taken over the country. President Buhari should remember that, “Promises are like babies: easy to make, hard to deliver.”

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Politicians do find it very easy to woo the electorates during electioneering campaigns, but seems to find it difficult to fulfil half their promises, when they assume mantle of leadership. In justifying this statement, an ancient Greek playwright, Aristophanes, says: “To win the people, always cook them some savoury that pleases them.”

President Muhammadu Buhari during his inauguration on Friday, May 29, 2015 at the Eagles Square in Abuja 

Nigerians, especially the youths had high hope, on the build up to the 2015 elections. They believed the promises made by the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Muhammadu Buhari would favour them, compared to those of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate, Goodluck Jonathan, as they overwhelmingly voted for the APC’s candidate. 

One of the promises that swayed the youths, who mostly face highly challenging economic conditions daily was the N5,000 monthly stipend for unemployed graduates. They pitched their tent with the Buhari/Osinbajo joint ticket, after listening to the promise of N5,000 monthly allowance for unemployed youths. 

However of recent, the president spoke about the inability of his government to pay the monthly stipend. He said: “This N5, 000 largesse for the unemployed, I have got a slightly different priority. I would rather do the infrastructure, the school and correct them and empower agriculture, mining so that every able- bodied person can go and get work instead of giving N5,000 to those who don’t work.”

 This is rather unfortunate, as a great number of these job seekers had put all their hope in the said money. While reacting to President Buhari’s comment, one youth who goes by the name Tony, who is also a member of the National Association of Unemployed Graduates (NAUG), said: “Our government is simply unable to solve our problems because the government is not honest and does not keep to its word. 

“It is unfair that the government cannot implement it (the N5,000 stipend promise); it should have gone ahead despite the economic meltdown. This government has no pragmatic method to solve the problem of unemployment.” 

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