The African Democratic Congress, ADC, has lambasted President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, saying it is becoming a bastion of hopelessness with Nigerian youths becoming victims of government’s neglect.
The National Chairman of the ADC, Chief Ralph Nwosu, said this in Abuja while commissioning the ADC Youth Council.
According to him, while other nations are promoting youth engagement and employment through sports and policies deliberately designed to harness the creativity of youths, the current administration is fixated on suppressing the youths and wasting the common patrimony on luxuries.
“We are running a government that is talking of Renewed Hope Agenda. Where are the goalposts? What is the goal post for your economic team, Aviation Minister, tourism? Everything has collapsed.
“Over 70 per cent of this population are young men and women, the youths. But unfortunately, the APC government has no regard for these people.
“Nigeria has about $200 million GDP, but about seven companies—Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, etc.—have annual turnovers that run into trillions of dollars.
“The amazing thing is that four of these companies were set up by young men in their 20s,” he said.
Nwosu also noted that unlike Saudi Arabia, which has articulated its clear vision for the future through the privatisation of its state-owned oil company, its Nigerian counterpart is still groping in the dark.
The party chairman pointed out that the ADC Youth Council was being inaugurated and given the torch to light not only Nigeria but the entire African continent with innovative ideas for progress.