Nigerians have taken to social media to express their displeasure on how president Muhammadu Buhari answered a question in the ongoing 74th United Nations General Assembly(UNGA) in New York, United States.
President Buhari was present alongside other world leaders during a panel session on Tuesday, to discuss their plans for their countries in various regards.
During a panel, the anchor asked Buhari what his plans are to ensure a resilient future for the country’s very young population.
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She said: President Buhari, Nigeria has a very young population perhaps you might highlight what a pathway for a resilient future looks like.
The president not only read from a prepared speech but gave a totally answer from the question asked.
This has stirred a hot debate among some Nigerians on Twitter, who are criticising the president for not answering the question from his heart rather reading a speech completely different from the questions asked.
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Buhari was asked questions about what he's doing about youth population in Nigeria.
Baba went off off off off point and immediately started talking about climate change from a written note.
Buhari can no longer process anything intelligently. pic.twitter.com/az2MCkJWbT
— Tosin Olugbenga (@TosinOlugbenga) September 25, 2019
I really don’t know what is going on in that Buhari’s UN video but no one should be reading a speech from a paper or iPad or whatever on a panel discussion. You should speak from your head and engage the audience. That is if it is a panel discussion.
— Dr. DÃpò AwójÃdé (@OgbeniDipo) September 25, 2019
Presenter: what is the future of oil and gas investments in Nigeria
Buhari: Nigerian youths sit down and do nothing waiting for oil money
Presenter: Nigeria has a very young population, what is the pathway for a resilient future
Buhari: the Lake Chad is shrinking
Lifeless
— nafiiu (@nafeezi) September 25, 2019
Zero correlation between question and answer but very typical of the Buhari administration:
They bring watery solutions to non-crucial issues while leaving the real problems unsolved and unanswered.
Watching this, for me, was mental torture and really quite painful. https://t.co/upzl8H7bDA
— Demola Olarewaju (@DemolaRewaju) September 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/henryshield/status/1176768172592119809?s=19
what is the correlation between the answer Buhari read out and the question asked to him? how did we get here Nigeria? pic.twitter.com/Qqlp5MICKG
— Swift Godwin (@SwiftGodwin) September 25, 2019