According to him, so long as Nigerian youths remain un engaged in meaningful employment, they would be disposed to joining forces with individuals or groups leading agitations of all sorts.
He blamed Biafra agitation on leadership failure over the years in the country but called for dialogue with those who are agitating in order to look at meaningful solutions that can give them hope.
Obi told the Sun newspaper: “Irrespective of whatever the Federal Government has said about IPOB, my position has remained constant – agitation in Nigeria is nationwide. It is all over the country, not just from one side of the country. The reason is very simple: there are millions of young people in their productive ages doing nothing.
“When
you don’t know where the next meal will come from, you are a free
agent, you can become anything. The reason why you people are here is
because you know where the next meal will come from.
“We have to sit down, dialogue with those who are agitating and start looking at meaningful solutions that can give them hope. Once a country makes her people to develop a sense of hopelessness, the people will agitate a lot.”
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