Youths in Nigeria have reacted angrily to President Muhammad Buhari’s disparaging remarks at the ongoing Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in London.
Many Nigerians were taken aback when at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster, President Buhari said over 108 million Nigerians were uneducated and entitled because Nigeria has oil money.
His words: “About the economy, we have a very young population, our population is estimated conservatively to be 180 million. This is a very conservative one.
“More than 60 percent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education free,” the Cable quoted.
In response, many Nigerians took to social media to disagree with the President and slam him on his own education track record. Other commentators went tribal and said it was the North, Buhari was referring to.
A snapshot of some of the comments showing Nigerians reactions:
