Dr John Gbor, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has disclosed that if elected as the next President of Nigeria come 2019, job creation for the Nigerian youths will be uppermost in his five cardinal programs.
This disclosure was made known in a press statement signed by the party’s Director of Strategic Communication, Mike Angel Folorunso, and made available to journalists in Ibadan at the weekend.
According to him, Gbor will set up Youth Agency in the presidency to give jobs to more than 10 million jobless youths including graduates and school leavers adding that those who cannot get direct jobs will benefit from the social safety net agenda which is another prong of the cardinal programmes, stressing “no youth, male or female, able or disabled shall be left un-catered for.
“An APGA presidency will channel the energies of the youths towards positively productive and profitable ventures. Youth derailing poses security threats to the nation. We shall engage the youths in agriculture, sports, marketing, scholarship, entertainment, digital economy, financial intelligence, security jobs, environmental services, arts and crafts, Nollywood, creative writing, and other money-making ventures. We shall develop our youths to be global competence and competition. Those who want to work abroad, will be help to move to nations in demand for their expertise. No Nigerian youths shall be encouraged to travel to nations driven by xenophobic tendencies”.
While speaking on security, he said no Nigerian shall be allowed to be killed by the enemies of the Republic home and abroad as being observed under the APC regime.
“An arm against one, is an arm against all adding that decentralization of security option shall be explored under Gbor Presidency to be able to cope with the demands of the velopedic age. Multilevel policing may be considered given population explosion and the danger inherent in the ECOWAS free movement policy in the era of globalised terrorism”
He pointed out that APGA as a party believes in putting Nigeria first maintaining that never will the nation borders be left un-patrolled and if be, fenced against transborder terrorists.
“All schools must be fenced. We shall correct the discrepancy between the policy makers and intelligence gatherers and consumers under the APGA government. State-sponsored terrorism shall not be allowed to hold”.
The Director of Strategic Communication revealed that APGA under Gbor presidency shall be media-friendly to promote digital democracy and investment and real academic freedom shall return to the tertiary institutions to be able to perform their time – honoured duties: teaching, learning, research and community development. Strike action is a taboo in an academic community. It will not feature at all.
He, however, appealed to all Nigerian youths, women, investors, academics, security personnel, artisans, NURTW, Nigerian Students, civil society organizations, Christians, Muslims, Oriental and traditional faithfuls, traditional rulers, farmers, musicians, authors, political parties and members and other eligible voters to come out enmasse to vote for APGA and its flagbearers, Dr. John Gbor and his vice, Chief Jerry Chukwueke during the February 2019 Presidential election.
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