Following President Muhammadu Buhari’s
decision to jettison the planned N5,000 social security stipend to
unemployed Nigerians, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria (CBCN)
on Monday said it will be disingenuous for politicians to make promises
during political campaigns only to abandon them after assuming office.
President of CBCN and Archbishop of Jos,
Ignatius Kaigama told THISDAY in an exclusive interview that “we all
advice politicians to be prudent in making campaign promises. Before
making such promises, they should be adequately thought off, adequately
reasoned and adequately planned.
“If during elections campaign, promises
were made, those promises should be kept, otherwise, the voting
population will feel disappointed and used.
“They have to reason before they make
political promises, then, there will be an effective way to respond to
youth unemployment,” Kaigama said.
He said: “Though I don’t believe in the
distribution of N5,000 as the solution to youth unemployment, it could
be that the President and his party may be thinking of another good
alternative other than sharing N5,000 to unemployed youths,” the stated.
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