{"id":13376,"date":"2026-11-09T15:16:39","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:16:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/yari-never-called-nigerian-youths-lazy-group-insists\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T15:16:39","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:16:39","slug":"yari-never-called-nigerian-youths-lazy-group-insists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/yari-never-called-nigerian-youths-lazy-group-insists\/","title":{"rendered":"Yari never called Nigerian youths lazy \u2013 Group insists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Luminous Jannamike<\/p>\n

ABUJA \u2014 The Senator Yari National Unity Project for Tinubu 2027 has dismissed reports that Senator Abdul\u2019aziz 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.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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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\u2019s address, insisting that the senator had acknowledged the economic hardship facing Nigerians before making his remarks on productivity.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe opened his remark by stating plainly: \u2018We have hunger.\u2019 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 \u2018Yari calls youths lazy\u2019 is not reporting; it is spin,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

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To support its position, the group cited Yari\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n

It also claimed that Yari facilitated the enlistment of 158 young people from Zamfara West into two Nigerian Army recruitment intakes and supported farmers with agricultural inputs and equipment.<\/p>\n

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\u201cA leader who sends thousands of young people to university and into national service does not hold Nigerian youths in contempt; he invests in them,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

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The group reaffirmed its confidence in Yari and directed its officers nationwide to intensify grassroots mobilisation for President Bola Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima ahead of the January 16, 2027 presidential election.<\/p>\n

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It also urged media organisations that published the disputed report to review the full footage of the senator\u2019s address and correct what it described as a misrepresentation. \u201cPolitical disagreement is legitimate; misrepresentation is not,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n

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