Former governor of Lagos State and national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the Federal Government to recruit 50 million youths into the Nigerian Army.
This according to Tinubu will help the nation overcome the problem of insecurity in the country.
Tinubu made the disclosure on Monday, March 29th, 2021 at his 25th colloquium to celebrate his 69th birthday in Kano.
He said; “The insurgents and bandits are taking advantage of the high unemployment in the country and are recruiting the youths to indulge in their criminal activities.”
“The nation is under-policed, drafting the youth into various national security agencies should not be based solely on educational qualification or literacy.”
“We are under-policed and we are competing with armed robbers and bandits to recruit from the youths who are unemployed —33 per cent unemployed?”
“Recruit 50 million youths into the army, what they will eat —cassava, corn, yam, will grow here. Don’t talk about illiteracy, anybody who can hold a gun, who can handle a gun, who can cock and shoot is technically competent to repair a tractor in the farm.”
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Hope Jagaban will allow his children to be part of thosw to be recruited? Just asking…🙄