Paul Ibe, the Media Adviser to former Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, has cautioned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, against reducing youths in Abuja to taxi drivers.
Ibe said most youths engage in taxi business due to the unconducive economic environment and need to survive.
His outburst comes following Wike’s statement that Nigerians in abroad take up driving job they rejected in while in Nigeria.
“They are not paying a dime. No; the government is saying this is our support to feed your family and reduce the cost of transportation in the city, Abuja should compete with other cities in the world.
“Instead of encouraging how to feed our families, the next thing we will see in social media is that they are giving them jobs as taxi drivers. We can’t be taxi drivers here but we prefer taxi driving in London. That is the country you are in,” Wike said.
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Reacting to Wike’s statement, Ibe took to his X handle and wrote,”This is a big fat lie. First off, Nigerian youths did not create this economic situation that continues to serve them the wrong end of the stick.
“Megalomaniacs did and have continued to deny them opportunities through their trial-and-error policies.
“We know lots of youths who have taken to making a living of driving taxis be they green taxis (or any other colour depending on what part of the country they operate in, @Uber or @boltapp.
“By the way, is this what you want to reduce our youths to: driving taxis? Nigerian youths are better than that. They’ve proven time and time again that their limitations are the megalomaniacs that continue to mortgage their destiny,” he added.
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