The Head of theย group’s Media Publicity and ICT, Buhari Support Organisations (BSO) Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, said General Muhammadu Buhari, has a plan to operate a youth-centered administration if given the people’s mandate at next month’s presidential election.
A statement Madueke signed yesterdayย in Abuja also revealed that a Buhari / Osinbajo presidency will focus on critical areas of investment and human capital development agenda of the youth population.
He described as very disheartening the fact that the 2013 the world bank development index showed an estimated 100 Million Nigeriansย mainly in the youth group tied into the vicious grip of poverty .
” It is obviousย that economic agenda somersaultย of PDP led administration is responsible for the above sad development .The PDP continuityย campaign mantra therefore is a prescription for disaster .Changeย now is a imperative, ” he said.
Maduekwe lamented that it is an irony that countries like China had at about same timeย pulledย about 600million of her population out of the misery ofย poverty followingย institutionalization ofย stringent economic policies.
“It is even more worrisomeย that PDP led government in Nigeria managed the affairs of this country duringย mostย of the period in question.ย PDP government lacks youth friendly policy that can enhance chances of our youth toย attend same developmental global index as their colleagues elsewhere.
“Theย Millennium Development Goal (MDG) indicators that is set to expire this year has shown the abysmal failure of Nigeria under a clueless and inept PDP led administration of President Goodluck Jonathan .
“A cursory look at the global indexes for growth and development as it relates to Nigerian Youth is shocking. World Bank records indicate that despite ourย rebased economy as the biggest in Africa , our youth population holds the highest global average of 70% proportion of the total youth population living below $1/dayย and we are unfortunately closely followed in same group by Democratic Republic of Congo at 66.6% .
” Indonesia that hadย lower GDP than Nigeria in late seventies is at a mere 7.7% although their currentย population is much higher than that ofย Nigeria.
He therefore listed some of the key areas the APC will intervene as mitigation of the crisis and rot in the education sector, Human capital development enhancement and youthย empowerment schemes.
Other measures includeย promotion ofย labour intensive public works requiring more hands in heavy infrastructure such as roads, railway, Gender sensitivity in policy programming and proclamation, De-criminalization of the street urchins and gangsters and youth citizenship promotion.
