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Kofo Bucknor-Akerele who was the deputy governor to President Bola Tinubu when he was the governor of Lagos State from May 1999 to December 2002, has warned the president to beware of an imminent youth revolution if he fails to address the current hardship and unemployment in the country.
Bucknor-Akerele who made the assertion on a Channels Television’s programme on Thursday, advised Tinubu to focus on rejigging the nation’s socio-economic apparatus and improve the lives of Nigerians instead of putting all his energy in his second-term re-election ambition in 2027 which she described as a misplaced priority.
“I think he (Tinubu) should try and look at what people like Emeka Anyaoku and so many others of that calibre that are trying to fashion something that is going to change Nigeria for the future generations,” Bucknor-Akerele, a member of The Patriots, led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General Emeka Anyaoku, said.
“I hope that his advisers would be able to tell him that 2027 is not our priority right now; our priority right now is fashioning something that will be able to make Nigeria great again.
“We need full employment for our youths. Many of them are roaming the streets, and some are graduates who are now working as security men. Is that what we want for Nigeria? I don’t think so.
“It is urgent, it is not something that should be postponed because some people want to be in power. The power which they want, they might not get it, because the youths are now restive and let us pray that things don’t happen and we end up in a revolution in this country.
“Unfortunately, right now, what I see is that the president is looking for a second term and that seems to be his focus.
“Weneed drastic action right now. We are in dire straits in Nigeria. Look at what is happening in our security, our economy, our education system, and our health system are all in a state of flux. We need drastic actions.
“We need a rejig of our security apparatus, there is no doubt about it. We have been calling for state police for a long time.
“We are also for a reduction in the huge amount that is being spent on recurrent expenditure, recurrent expenditure is taking over our budgets.
“So, we have to change the system and have a system that works and is more economical for the people, so that we can improve our social and economic systems.
“We need to have a system where our children can have free education. After all, there was once free education and free healthcare services in parts of Nigeria,” Bucknor-Akerele said.
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