Yari never called Nigerian youths lazy – Group insists.
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By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Senator Yari National Unity Project for Tinubu 2027 has dismissed reports that Senator Abdul’aziz Abubakar Yari described Nigerian youths as lazy, accusing sections of the media of misrepresenting his remarks at the All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential campaign rally in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
The group said Yari, Director-General of the APC Presidential Campaign Council, was speaking about hunger, food availability and the dignity of hard work, rather than disparaging young Nigerians.
In a statement issued by its National Coordinator, Dr Sani Abdullahi Shinkafi, the group challenged those circulating the allegation to watch the full footage of Yari’s address, insisting that the senator had acknowledged the economic hardship facing Nigerians before making his remarks on productivity. “He opened his remark by stating plainly: ‘We have hunger.’ At no point in that remark did the Senator mention, single out or describe Nigerian youths. To turn a statement on the dignity of work, made by a man who had just acknowledged that hunger exists, into the headline ‘Yari calls youths lazy’ is not reporting; it is spin,” the statement said. To support its position, the group cited Yari’s interventions in education, military recruitment, agriculture and public-sector employment, arguing that his record demonstrated his commitment to the welfare and empowerment of young Nigerians.
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