Amina Mohammed
The United Nations has called on the Nigerian government
to engage the youths in the country following the recent #EndSARS
protests that led to the loss of lives and destruction of
properties.
UN Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, made the call on
Monday during a visit to President Muhammadu Buhari at the
Presidential Villa in Abuja, the nation’s capital.
“The UN’s response to this is that we must make sure that what
happened in this protest, we are able to address those gaps, issues
and to begin the reforms needed to address many of these
outstanding issues,” she said.
“We need an engaged youth and an engaged government. I think
what has been put in place are those building blocks and the
support that the UN has been asked to make sure that those
conveniences can happen.”
Mohammed also called on the President Muhammadu Buhari
administration to build back the trust of the people for the social
contract to be met.
On his part, President Muhammadu Buhari asked Nigerian youths to
keep the peace, saying that it is in their own interest to do
so.
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“It is in the interest of the youths to keep the peace. They
want jobs, infrastructure and development,” President Buhari
said.
“I have sent a team led by the Chief of Staff (Professor Ibrahim
Gambari) to go round the country, talk to traditional rulers, who
will then talk to the youths. The views of the youths have been
heard.”
Reacting to the recent #EndSARS protest that led to the
destruction of lives and properties in the country, President
Buhari said: “Our own generation is on the last lap, we are
exiting.”
While noting that the current administration inherited severe
infrastructural deficits, Buhari explained that the Federal
Government is doing its best within the available limited resources
on the ground.
He also lamented the devastating effect of COVID-19 on the
global economy, adding that the pandemic has destroyed lives and
livelihoods around the world.