Stop Blaming APC for Nigeria’s Economic Blame PDP and Joanthan – Dogara

Yakubu Dogara, Speaker, House of Representatives, has
called on the critics of the All Progressives Congress-led
administration to stop blaming the government for the
current economic challenges facing Nigeria. Dogara made the
call in a statement signed by Mr Turaki Hassan, his Special
Adviser, Media and Public Affairs and issued to newsmen on
Tuesday in Abuja. The statement said Dogara made the
statement when he received unemployed Aeronautic
Engineers and Pilots from Bauchi State who paid him a
courtesy visit. He said that instead of the blaming the APC-
led government, the people who brought Nigeria to its current
state should be blamed.
Dogara said that the Buhari-led government was working hard
to sanitise the system, adding that it would take some time
to achieve the objective. "You know that we are facing
challenges in the country at the moment. "Even though
people do not want to talk about on the ground that we
campaigned that we are going to fix the country,''he said.
"We have sowed in the wind and we are now reaping
whirlwind and as long as the earth abides, there will be seed
time and harvest time. "We do not want to dwell in the past,
we are facing the future,'' he said. The speaker urged
unemployed youths in the country not to despair and assured
them that government was doing everything possible to
create job opportunities. "Investment in education, skills and
knowledge is never a wasted investment,''
He said and expressed optimism in the ability of the
government to reduce unemployment in the country. "Don't
despair because no training is wasted; but it is our
responsibility to open the private sector for job opportunities,''
he said. He urged Nigerians to join hands with the
government to sanitise the system to enable it create job
opportunities, especially for the youth. "If youths are not
employed, it will be a disservice to the society as well as
discouragement to the graduates.
Speaking earlier, the leader of the team, Capt. Bala Jibrin,
said that the pilots and Aeronautic Engineers, who were
sponsored by Bauchi State Government to acquire knowledge
in the United States, graduated in 2011. Jibrin, who said that
the pilots and Aeronautic Engineers had been unemployed
since their arrival in the country, requested the speaker to
facilitate their employment. He said that Bauchi government
spent N1 billion to train the 20 youths drawn from the 20
Local government areas of the state.