The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders, COSEYL, said the call became necessary because except the governor of Ebonyi State, Francis Nwifuru, no other South East Governor has done any empowerment for youth.
“We demand that other South East governors should account for the N11B billion collected from the federal government for youth empowerment and other people oriented programmes to cushion the effect of hunger and fuel subsidy removal,” COSEYL said via the President General, Comrade Goodluck Ibem.
The apex sociopolitical youth group in the South East geopolitical zone commended Governor Francis Nwifuru, for empowering 120 Ebonyi youths with N1 million each to enable them start something meaningful with their lives. It is a very good step in the right direction and we appreciate him.
“The empowerment of 1300 youths in Ebonyi State by Governor Nwifuru is a clear pointer that the governor is in solidarity with the vision and mission of President Bola Tinubu to ensure that Nigerian youthsare self employed and empowered which will make them not to be used by anyone to destroy pubic and private property in the name of protest.
“Other youths in South East who would have joined the protest withdrew from the action when they saw the empowerment programme of Governor Nwifuru which they believed will get to their states through their governors. But up till now, nothing positive to that regard have been heard. The effect of the money released to other governors are yet to be seen anywhere.”
Ibem noted that any Governor that failed to utilize the fund for the purpose of empowering the youths of their state is tacitly in support of the protest and called other governors to emulate Nwifuru by empowering their people who are mostly youths to avoid being used by some unscrupulous elements to cause havoc in the country.
According to him, “President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is doing his best to solve the hunger and food shortage challenge in the country and Governor Nwifuru is on the same page with him to make it a reality via his people oriented programmes of empowering the youths for greater productivity.”
