The graduate unemployment rate in Nigeria is 80 per cent yet these young people that are abusing and mocking my friend and brother Mallam Nasir El Rufai, the former Minister of FCT, for saying that he has two daughters that have masters degrees but who cannot find jobs do not seem to appreciate the gravity of their own situation or understand the point that he was trying to make.
Nasir was simply speaking up for the very youths and jobless graduates that are now mocking and insulting him because of his comment. I assure you that his daughters will never starve and they can get jobs anywhere in
the world or even end up working in any of his own numerous companies and business concerns if they so choose. He was only trying to use their plight as an example of the sad condition that Nigeria has found herself in where only two out of every ten graduates can find jobs.
If we put that in proper perspective it means that out of every one
thousand graduates only 200 will find jobs and it means that out of every 10,000 graduates only 2000 will find jobs. This is as a consequence of the economic mess that the Jonathan administration has created in the last three years. The unemployment rate today has NEVER been as bad as it is today in our entire history. That is what Nasir was trying to point out only because he is humane and he empathises with the youth. He feels their pain. Those young people that do not get the point he was trying to make and that are mocking him and subjecting him and his daughters to ridicule and insults for saying what he said deserve to go through the suffering and frustration that they are experiencing in life.
Their colleagues and age-mates from other parts of the world have jobs and they are excelling and doing well simply because they live in functional, well-organised and well-led societies whose leaders care for their welfare and which have strong and booming economies. That is what Nasir wants for Nigeria and the Nigerian youth but most of them just don’t get it. Well the joke is on them and not him and his daughters. Ignorance is a terrible disease. Those youths ought to be thanking God that some of us that are leaders in the political class actually care about such issues and wish to highlight them. The truth is that most Nigerian politicians don’t and they really just don’t ”give a damn”. I commend Nasir for his courage, for the fact that he can cite his daughters’ case as an example and for his efforts. Those young people on Twitter and Facebook that have been insulting and mocking him ought to cut him some slack.
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What good can FFK point to during his tenure as the Honourable Minister of Aviation (he keeps reminding me always that he once held that post) except stopping aeroplanes from falling off the sky? Nasir is an arrogant public service who contributed in no small measure to the disaster we are currently in now.
Sir, I agree with you that so many things are just not right in Nigeria. Honestly, If they were right, you and Nasir would be happily married to different self-contain rooms behind prison wall.
Nasir wants us to believe that his highly educated daughters with stellar education cannot get a job in Nigeria? Abeg, we are too old to be told such a tale. I guess he was directly insulting the improverished graduates of this country.
Sir, May I put it straight to you that you and others like him do not give a damn about what happens to the youth of this country. So, do not even pretend as if you do. Enjoy your illicit wealth and leave us alone sir.
We will start seeing you, d present leaders and past leaders of our country, as being sympathetic and worthy of our respect when you do the needful, create jobs and stop showing sympathies for our plight, †ђα̲̅† won’t bring food to our tables
If you want to be taken serious you must be serious in your comments
Mr fanii kayode u are birds of d same feathers. The future of Nigerian youtth is nt in d hands of their leaders bt God. How rich we’re u b4 u became a minister? Was ur appointmt on merit? U ar living on d glory of ur father, hide ur face in shame cos Nigerians are keeping tabs on pple like u and you’ll give account of ur stewardshiip one day. God Bless Nigeria..
Sir we want to say thank you for ur elaboration on your friend or collegues point.there’s is a clear difference with your own children and the full masses,I mean the 80 percent unemploy youths,there’s a big difference,u and your collegues childer may never hunger or get bitten by a mosquito ,hope u get it now,he should use a better point to describe that ,not he’s daughters.I respect you so much Sir…
What a lucid elaboration from Chief Femi Fani-kayode! But sir,you progressive minded people should find solution to this mess because you learnt good governance from Chief Awolowo,chief Bola ige,chief fani kayode snr, kwame Nkrumah,e.t.c and we’re learning it from you people,call all your progressive friends not sychophants to support whoever you deem it fit to be there ,please make it right! 2015 is arround.
Corruption started with awolowo, so stop trying to demonise gej simply because you are not a part of the current stealing spree. Rufai should stop pretending to care about nigerian youths, he should go and open his gay ass for atiku to continue fucking! Is iy with his salary he owned all the companies you made mention of? You are all a bunch of sick people.
It takes one to know one, you are a big fool to call someone gay, I guess you are a Brainless person.
@anthony It takes one to know one, you are a big fool to call someone gay, I guess you are a Brainless person.
El-refai use every oppotunity to criticise the Govt, who cares , both of you served the previous govt we know the role you played.all I know is politics that made him to mention his daughters lack of job.
Thanks for letting us know Nasir has NUMEROUS COMPANIES AND BUSINESS CONCERNS. Thought he was just a modest quantity surveyor and accidental civil servant.So, how many jobs were created by the govt u both served? Or did your govt provide automatic employment to all masters degree holders?