S’West youth forum repudiates Jonathan

A youth organisation known as the South-West Youth Forum has said that
President Goodluck Jonathan does not deserve a second term in office
because of his unwillingness to deal with corruption and insecurity in
the country.
The group, which held its congress in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday,
also rejected the use of Afenifere as the face of the South-West
support for the President.
The SWYF congress was attended by delegates from Ekiti, Ogun, Lagos,
Osun and Oyo states.
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In a four-page communiqué signed by the forum's chairman, Foluso
Ajimuda, the youths averred that the Afenifere support "is an attempt
to deceive the Yoruba people."
They held that the Yoruba people had come to the firm conclusion that
they had been at the receiving end of the Jonathan-led government.
The communiqué read in part, "The forum from the foregoing has
therefore thrown its weight in support of General Muhammadu Buhari
whom it believes his administration will be a rallying point for
hopeless and dejected Nigerians.
"Buhari has a marvellous track record of discipline, transparency and
patriotism. We equally believe he will tackle the challenges of
corruption, insurgency and underdevelopment frontally."
The forum argued that insecurity had worsened under the Jonathan
administration due to its lack of capacity to tackle terrorism.
It also noted that the government had been relying on mere statistics
to measure development, whereas Nigerians in real terms were becoming
poorer.
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