Northern youths don’t fear army, police, others — Vice-president

Vice President Kashim Shettima has traced youth restiveness in the north that manifested itself in the just concluded #EndBadGovernance protest to destitute of leadership in the region.

The nationwide protest against hardship was marred by violence, vandalisation and looting particularly in the region.

The incidents that made worrying viewing were put down to irresponsible leadership by the Vice President on Sunday while speaking at the graduation ceremony of 20 indigent pupils of Hau’wa Memorial School (HMS), owned by AMA Foundation.

Represented by his Special Adviser on Political Matters, Dr. Hakeem Baba-Ahmad, Shettima said the North is treading on a dangerous ground as the violent and ill-educated youths are no respecters of any institution and have fear for nobody including the army and the police.

“In the last two weeks, the country has gone through difficult times mostly led by the youth, young people who are angry because they are hungry, young people who are angry because they do not see any prospects in becoming better than they are, young people who think government does not care about them, young people who have no respect for any authority in this country because they think every authority has let them down.

“Young people who are not afraid of hunger, not afraid of their parents, they are not afraid of the police, the army or anybody because they believe this country belongs to those who can drag and run, young Nigerians believe Nigeria is free for all.

“We created this situation, generations like ours, but we did not inherit it. The people who built Nigeria before our lives worked very hard and made sacrifices and tried to build a country through honesty and hard work,” the VP stated by proxy.