By Femi Adesola
The Vice-Chancellor of the Osun State University, Professor Labo Popoola, has described the Nigerian youths as lazy and unproductive. The controversial word has been a subject of National outrage ever since it was credited to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari.
The University Don stated this while delivering a public lecture on the topic “Promoting Prosperity and Eradicating Poverty” in honour of the Asiwaju Musulumi of Yorubaland, Asiwaju Babatunde Badmus.
The birthday prayers and lecture held at the Badmus Banquet Hall in GRA, put together by the Osogbo Progressive Union (OPU) was to celebrate and honour Asiwaju Badmus on his 72nd birthday.
Professor Popoola while delivering the lecture, emphasized that despite the fact that President Buhari was misquoted and misinterpreted, he maintains that Nigerian youth are indeed lazy and unproductive, therefore advising them to start being productive.
Explaining his own personal experience while venturing into Agriculture in his hometown of Inisha made him agree that Nigerian youth are indeed lazy. The Professor decried, he couldn’t find an indigene of his hometown Inisha to work on his farm, rather they will come and steal his crop products. He further said he had to employ like five Togolese to work on his farm and that they are even more productive than Nigerian labourers.
Lastly, he advised the people to help in giving scholarship and emulate Asiwaju Badmus in creating jobs and be an employer of labour, He said Nigerians must stop being dependent on Government’s resources, saying the government cannot do it alone.
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