Buhari Only Insulted Some Nigerian Youths, Not All – Presidency

BY SEGUN ADEBAYO, ABUJA – Presidential spokesman Femi Adesina has said President Muhammadu Buhari only insulated some but not all Nigerian youths, just as he  described those condemning the president over his comments on the  youth as being “mischievous and unconscionable.”
Responding to a question at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London on Wednesday, the spokesman clarified that the president’s statement on the youth was clear, as he referred to “a lot, not all, Nigerian youths are lazy”.
According to Adesina, “Typical of their stock in trade, manipulators and twisters of statements of Mr. President, who lie in wait to make mischief, interpreted the comment to mean that President Buhari had taken all Nigerian youths to the cleaners.
“But elementary English recognises a wide gulf between ‘a lot of’ and the word ‘all.’ How can ‘a lot of them,’ suddenly transmogrify to mean ‘all of them?’ Mischievous and unconscionable!
“There is no way President Buhari, father of the Nigerian nation in every sense of the word, who equally has biological children of his own in the youths age bracket, pass a vote of no confidence on all youths.
“It can only exist in the imagination of those who play what the President has described as ‘irresponsible politics’ with everything.”
Adesina said the President has always commended the youths and their sterling excellence in several areas of human endeavors, including sports, to academia, and other realms, adding, “Indeed, every country has its share of idle population, and it is the bounden duty of government at all levels, to create an enabling environment for them to actualise their potential. That is what President Buhari is committed to doing.”