The removal from office of Minister of
Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir
by President Goodluck Jonathan has been
hailed as a ‘welcome development’ by
northern youths. It will be recalled that the former minister was
unceremoniously shown the exit door by
President Jonathan on Monday while he was
busy on official assignment in Calabar, the
Cross River State capital. The youths, who expressed support for the
move, said the sack of the minister was
long over-due as he was disconnected from
issues relating to youth welfare and
development. Their position was articulated by National
President of Arewa Youth Forum, AYF, Alhaji
Gambo Gujungu, in an interview culled from Vanguard. According to Gujungu, Abdulkadir refused
to heed the advice by well-meaning youth
groups in the North on how to tackle the
myriad of challenges confronting them on a
daily basis. “We see the sack of the minister by
President Jonathan as a welcome
development,” Gujungu said, adding that it
could not have come at a better time than it
did. “To be honest with you, the former minister
did not do much to satisfy the needs of the
teeming youth population in the country
and his removal did not come to us as a
surprise. We are aware he did not know how
to handle youth problems even though we tried many times to advise him he did not
listen to us”. However, Gujungu urged the president to
pick a replacement for the sacked minister
from Sokoto State on the basis of
competence as against political affiliation
to the Peoples Democratic Party. He warned that any attempt to appoint the
replacement based on political
considerations, would also not yield the
desired result and might also lead to
disappointment.
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