In an apparent bid to address the high rate of unemployment in the country, President Goodluck Jonathan has called on Nigerians youths to lay their hands on manufacturing weapons instead of staying idle.
The incumbent President made this statement today while campaigning in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital.
“Why can’t we manufacture weapons? Those who manufacture these things are not angels. They are human beings like us,” Jonathan said while promising the cheery crowd that his government is determined to train Nigerian in the areas of Science and Technology.
Jonathan, who is the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in next month’s presidential polls, also stated that: “We want to train Nigerians that will change this country in terms of science and tech. We’ve already started”.
While urging the electorates to re-elect him for another four years, the incumbent President stated that the “PDP is the only party that has shown commitment to develop the Nigerian youths”.
In his own words: “Our priority is to build schools not prisons.This is the only administration that is ready to give any position, including the one I’m asking for, to the women.”
President Jonathan also stated that one of his dreams is to witness a situation whereby a Nigerian woman would become the president of the country.
He said: “I would want to see a female President in my lifetime”.
