The
Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, says the current hardship is
not the making of the present administration, but restates commitment to end
the hardship.
The minister spoke on
Tuesday in Abuja at the Special Town Hall Meeting for youth held at the
presidential villa.
Mr. Mohammed said the
government “is unrelenting in its efforts to ease the hardship in the land,
especially youth unemployment”.
He said the hardship
was “brought about by years of poor or lack of planning, profligacy,
mismanagement of funds, massive corruption and lack of investment in social
programmes”.
To move the nation out
of the situation, he appealed for “undiluted support’’ from Nigerians.
The minister said the
Federal Government’s massive investment in social programmes will
help accelerate the process of job creation, especially for the youth.
help accelerate the process of job creation, especially for the youth.
He said the government
placed premium on youth empowerment, youth development and youth engagement,
hence the decision to organise the town hall meeting specifically for them.
He said the
administration was investing massively in the Social Investment Programmes that
would benefit the youths.
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