Senator Ireti Kingibe has sharply criticised Nigerian youths over their style of agitation.
She said they were complacent and only liked to complain and insult leaders.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja on Sunday, the politician advised the youths to own their struggles and take back the country.
She said, “I have said it, Nigerian youths are complacent. They are quiet, all they do is grumble. We need to have constructive interactions. All I hear is grumbling and insults. That is not helpful. The country belongs to the youths, they should own it. Instead of a proper agenda or programme, they will threaten a strike that everybody knows they are not going to own. How does that achieve anything.”
When asked by the journalists what Nigerian youths should do to take back their country, she said;
“This is your country, own it. I do not have another country so we have to make it work. We have to do whatever is necessary make sure that this country works for everybody.”
She went on to state that Nigerians have not put out a concerted effort to ensure that their leaders do right by them.
“I haven’t seen a concerted complaint and all I see from most people is about ‘’me”. I want to see something. I am sure other leaders want to see something. All I see are young people who complain and constantly just insult their leaders. They do not constructively engaged their leaders. They do not constructively engage their leaders.”
