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President Mohamedu Buhari criticized the attitude of some young Nigerians on Wednesday (April 19, 2018), saying that they were just rushing to catch the gravy train.

"More than 60% of the population is under 30 years old, many of them have not gone to school, they claim that Nigeria is an oil-producing country, so they should sit down and do nothing, get housing, health care, free education," In a panel discussion with world leaders at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London, CNN quoted Mr. Buhari as saying.

The President’s comments supplemented his previous criticisms of Nigerian youth.

In an interview with the British Telegraph in February 2016, Mr. Buhari stated that some Nigerians in the UK, mainly young people, are prone to crime and should not be granted asylum there. His comment was violently criticized, and many people said it failed to convey the reality of the merits of Nigerian youth.

However, when an analysis by Rice University in the United States showed that Nigerian youth are the most educated of all immigrants in the country, the positive evaluation of Nigerian youth refutes this argument of President Mohamedu Buhari. The agency attributed this discovery to Nigerians’ tireless pursuit of education.

This writer believes that President Muhammadu Buhari has exaggerated this statement because most young people I know are innovative problem solvers, and unless analysts are pranksters, they will not be lazy by any imagination. But think about it carefully. President Muhammad Buhari might say so based on reality that most of the young people he authorizes politically, including some of the cousins ​​he has appointed him as presidential advisers, are actually lazy young people.

This is not all. A careful study of how some of his young ministers choose the solutions they have formulated in their daily affairs as public officials, without any in-depth thinking and proper consideration of innovation awareness, introspection, and solution politics, shows that the Nigerian president may be in He appointed a group of lazy young men in his cabinet.

Since taking office, and when he officially swore allegiance to the Nigerian Constitution for the second and last time, the President has made very few appointments for very young Nigerians, such as the people he sent to the Ministry of Finance, the budget and national planning. The Minister of Youth and Sports, the Minister of Education and the Minister of Environment are all considered to be at a young age.

However, the president brings a different message to these strategic beats of young people.

The development of the education sector has declined, public university facilities have deteriorated, and many public dormitories have become unsuitable for human living. However, the Ministry of Education has two ministers and a minister of state, and they are still young. The Ministry of Environment is almost dying, and there is hardly any activity needed to make Nigerians aware of the impact of climate change. Climate change is the most debated issue in the world, but in Nigeria, almost no country has taken remedial measures to deal with the consequences and impacts of climate change. The Department of Humanitarian Affairs is headed by a young man, but it is rare to see transparency and accountability in deploying public resources to resolve various disasters. In terms of sports, Nigeria ranked last in the just-concluded Tokyo Olympics. The national football team lost to the Central African Republic. In fact, there is no sports development effort to allow millions of talented young people to accept professional sports. Nigerian youth are a group of sports talents, but the Federal Ministry of Youth and Sports, led by youth, found it difficult to involve youth in constructive sports development activities.

Perhaps the ministries that have so far shown a dangerous tendency to easily solve national problems are the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Budget and National Planning. For her, the best way to get rid of the cash crunch is not to self-control, but to borrow various loans from all over the world, which makes Nigeria a country heavily indebted.

We will talk more about how the young budget, Ministry of Finance and the Minister of National Planning have shown a lack of deliberate efforts to pursue innovative ideas through words and deeds and inactions in order to solve the economic downturn that affects Nigeria.

But we will look at how academic experts define the evolution of ideas for innovation and solving everyday problems

Wikipedia puts it this way: "Do it yourself" ("DIY") is a way to build, modify, or repair things yourself without the direct help of professionals or certified experts. Academic research describes DIY as "personal use of raw materials and semi-raw materials and parts to produce, transform or rebuild material property, including property extracted from the natural environment (for example, landscaping)". [1] DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations previously classified as market motivations (economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization) and identity enhancement (craftsmanship, authorization, community seeking, uniqueness).

The term "do it yourself" has been associated with consumers since at least 1912, mainly in the field of home improvement and maintenance activities. [3] The term "do it yourself" became popular in the 1950s (in standard English), [4] refers to the emergence of people's trends in home improvement and various other small craft and construction projects, recreational and cost-saving activities.

Subsequently, the term DIY has a broader meaning, covering a wide range of skill sets. DIY is described as a "homemade culture"; a type of design, creation, customization, and repair of objects or things without any special training. DIY has developed into a social concept where people can share ideas, designs, techniques, methods, and completed projects online or in person.

DIY can be regarded as a cultural response of the modern technological society to the increasing academic and economic specialization. It allows people to only touch a small key area in a larger context, positioning DIY as a whole Place of participation. DIY ethics is the ethics of self-sufficiency by completing tasks without the help of paid experts. DIY ethics promotes the idea that anyone can perform various tasks instead of relying on paid experts.

Psychology experts say that people face problems every day-usually multiple problems throughout the day. Sometimes these questions are simple: For example, to double the recipe for pizza dough, all you need to do is double each ingredient in the recipe. However, sometimes the problems we encounter are more complicated. For example, if you have a work deadline, you must mail a printed copy of the report to your supervisor before the end of the working day. The report is time sensitive and must be sent overnight. You finished the report last night, but your printer cannot work today. what should you do? First, you need to identify the problem, and then apply the problem-solving strategy.

When you encounter a problem-whether it is a complicated math problem or a broken printer, how do you solve it? Before finding a solution to the problem, the problem must first be clarified. According to informed psychologists, after that, one of many problem-solving strategies can be applied, hoping to find a solution.

A problem-solving strategy is an action plan used to find a solution. Experts believe that different strategies have different action plans. For example, a well-known strategy is trial and error. The old adage "If you don't succeed at first, try and try again" describes trial and error. For a damaged printer, you can try to check the ink level, if this does not work, you can check to make sure that the paper tray is not jammed. Or the printer is not actually connected to your laptop. When using the trial and error method, you will continue to try different solutions until your problem is solved. Although trial and error is usually not one of the most time-saving strategies, it is a commonly used strategy. These come from an academic book on psychology.

This tendency to solve problems easily is not limited to those appointed by the Federation. While begging the southern governor to become their brother’s guardian and let the federal government continue to collect value-added tax, claiming that Gombe residents may face severe hunger, Governor Inuwa Yahaya has been borrowing frantically, allegedly mainly In order to help him accumulate personal wealth, the documents obtained by the People's Bulletin show.

According to national documents obtained by the "Communiqué", since taking office on May 29, 2019, Mr. Yehaya has sought and obtained approval to borrow 44.3 billion naira. The governor also collected the 11 billion naira that his predecessor Ibrahim Dankwambo applied for but could not receive before the expiration of his term. The governor also has a new plan to borrow another 35 billion naira.

Allegedly, the "Communiqué" inspection showed that the governor did not use the loan for the necessary items he cited. Instead, he forced out billions of dollars for himself, leaving behind the ghost of a heavy debt in a country already suffering from lack of medical and educational infrastructure and a high poverty index.

In the documents reviewed by the "Communiqué", the governor approved 10 billion and 2 billion loans respectively in October 2019 for "providing infrastructure projects in the state and paying for matching funds from the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) donors." Require". Funded projects. "

But after the loan was approved by the House of Representatives, Mr. Yehaya did not pay the matching funds, but used the funds to implement projects in his own mansion and offices, which signed contracts with individuals in his front. Officials say these channels have been helping the governor to transfer state funds to jurisdictions outside the state. I think this tells you how lazy the politicians here are. But the worst of them is the Minister of Finance. Two things made her the worst public official-debt accumulation and the decision to buy foreign-made generators instead of seeking self-made decisions to solve our electricity energy poverty, including the use of solar energy and the conversion of waste into energy, countries such as the United Kingdom, Japan , China has its own solutions and strategies to achieve.

Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning Zainab Ahmed revealed the reasons why the federal government will continue to borrow from other countries.

In an interview with journalists in Abuja, the minister revealed that the government is borrowing to invest in the country’s infrastructure.

In her view, the federal government’s borrowing is wise and responsible.

"I have said many times that the problem we encountered in Nigeria is income.

"We borrow wisely because we want to invest in infrastructure such as electricity, water, roads and railways, which are necessary to boost the country’s commercial productivity today.

"These companies will grow. They will not only pay taxes, but they will also hire employees.

"If we don't do this, we will even fall back from where we are today. Borrowing is a necessary investment and we are doing it responsibly," she said. There is no empirical support for these claims. Let us see what measures the President said he will take to reverse our energy poverty.

President Mohamed Buhari stated that as President of Nigeria, he will formulate an ambitious energy plan to reduce energy shortages by 2030.

Presidential spokesperson Mr. Femi Adesina said in a statement that Buhari’s speech is in line with Nigeria’s role as an advocate for the global theme of the energy transition, which was the subject of the High-level Dialogue on Energy during the 76th UN General Assembly in Newark. . York.

The President said: “Nigeria’s commitment to a just transition is reflected in our ambitious energy contract, which includes the government’s flagship project to use decentralized solar solutions to power 5 million homes and 20 million people.

"This is an important first step in eliminating energy supply shortages by 2030.

“Nigeria’s commitment is also reflected in the formulation of our energy transition plan, which was developed with the support of the UK’s COP26 Energy Transition Committee.”

The Nigerian leader called on developed countries to provide support to release the funds needed to accelerate the nation’s energy transition.

"The focus of our discussions on transformation must now evolve into how we can help countries formulate detailed energy transition plans and commitments to mobilize sufficient funds to authorize countries to implement these plans," he said.

According to him, the financing scale required for Nigeria to achieve net zero is more than US$400 billion, exceeding the normal expenditure for the next 30 years.

"This is broken down into a net expenditure of US$155 billion in power generation capacity, US$135 billion in transmission and distribution infrastructure, US$75 billion in construction, US$21 billion in industry, and US$12 billion in transportation."

However, the President stated that natural gas will continue to play an important role until it is phased out and explained that solid fuel cooking is still causing serious damage in Africa. This promise has been violated because Nigeria has gone further and the worst in terms of power energy poverty. Now the Minister of Finance has budgeted a huge sum of money to purchase foreign-made generators.

By 2022, the federal government's ministries, departments, and agencies will spend about 104 billion naira on purchasing, refueling, and repairing generators.

Due to the unstable electricity supply in the country, the 104 billion naira that will be used for generators exceeds the internally generated income of about 24 federal states.

The details are contained in the 2022 budget proposal, which has not yet been approved by the National Assembly.

However, the Economic Secrets Report stated that this number may be higher because there are about 15 institutions, including the Joint Admissions and Preparatory Committee, the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria, the National Independent Election Commission, the National Information Technology Agency, the National Pension Board, and Nigeria Customs. The General Administration, the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Inspection Commission, the Central Bank of Nigeria and other agencies did not state their generator budgets. The next story may be what makes this minister belong to the generator generation.

The story says that the Ministry of Finance hopes that N82 billion will be used for generators.

A review of the budget revealed that the Federal Ministry of Finance, Budget and National Planning, led by Zainab Ahmed, accounted for the largest share of 80% of generators, as the Ministry set aside 82.03 billion naira.

Under "Fixed Assets Purchase-General Purchasing", "Purchase of 82.03 billion generating units".

As of press time, the Ministry of Finance spokesperson Yunusa Abdullahi (Yunusa Abdullahi) has not yet responded to queries about why the Ministry's generator budget is so high.

At the same time, further analysis of the budget shows that among these agencies, the Federal Revenue Service has the highest generator budget.

The agency allocated 250 million naira for maintenance, 100 million naira for fueling generators, and 550 million naira for purchasing new generators, for a total of 1.8 billion naira.

The Nigerian army’s generator budget ranks second, and N971.7m is designated only for generator fuel. The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency have a generator budget of N946 meters, ranking third.

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources reserves N118.7m for maintenance and N666.8m for power generation in its offices in Sokoto, Kano, Macurdi, Yenagoa, Ilorin and Umuahia Motor fuel, N120m is used to purchase generators, bringing the total to N905. 5 meters.

The agency with the fifth largest generator budget is the Nigeria Port Authority, which has reserved N798.2m for generator maintenance and purchase.

The Nigeria Deposit Insurance Commission budgeted 470 million naira for the maintenance of the generator plant and 2,621,100 naira for the purchase of generators, for a total amount of 732 million naira.

The Federal Road Safety Corps allocated N529.3m for maintenance, fuel and purchase of generators.

Police formations and headquarters across Nigeria are expected to spend N211.5m for maintenance and N309.8m of generator fuel, totaling N521.3m

Similarly, the Nigerian Communications Commission will spend N500m to operate generators next year, of which N190m is designated for maintenance, N150m is used to purchase new generators, and N160m is used to purchase generator fuel.

The Agricultural Bank allocated N420.5m to purchase generators, while the Nigerian Standards Organization intends to spend N412m to purchase new generators and maintain existing generators.

The Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria will spend N400m on generators.

The National Inland Waterway Administration designated N379.93m for the repair of the generator plant and N50m for the purchase of generators, while the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority budgeted N240.57m for the maintenance of its generator sets and N124m for the purchase of new generators.

Other agencies with large generator budgets include: Nigeria National Defense Academy (N373m), Nigerian Navy (N344m), Economic and Financial Crime Commission (N342.2m); and Accident Investigation Agency (N323m).

The Nigerian Immigration Service designated N296.91m for generator costs, of which N86.9m will be used for fuel, while N144.8m and N65.09m will be used to purchase and maintain generators, respectively.

The Nigerian Meteorological Department will spend 285 million naira in 2022 to purchase, maintain and refuel generators.

The Export-Import Bank of Nigeria will spend N217.67m for generator maintenance, purchase and refueling in 2022, while the Nigeria Correctional Service will allocate N134.9m for generator fuel costs and N43.6m for maintenance, totaling N178 .5m.

The office of the head of civil servants of the Federation allocated N157.8m for maintenance, refueling and purchase of generators in 2022, while the National Youth Service Corps allocated N100.2m for the same expenses. Independent corruption and other related crime committees will also cost N127.6m.

The Nigeria Airspace Authority and Nigeria Post will spend N100m and N103.1m on generators, respectively.

The Federal Ministry of Health and its institutions, including 88 federal teaching hospitals, medical centers and institutions, will spend 3.1 billion naira on generators next year. The health agency with the largest generator budget is the Nigerian Institute of Medicine, which will spend N230m for generators, N5m for fuel, and N1m for maintenance.

The Ministry of Education is responsible for overseeing 197 federal secondary and tertiary institutions, departments and agencies, and a total of 2.8 billion naira has been designated for generators. The agency with the highest generator budget under the Ministry is the Federal Institute of Technology Ekowe, which designated N237 meters for the purchase of generators, N18.9 meters for maintenance, and N8.2 meters for fuel, for a total of N264.1 meters.

A report by an expert advising the President stated that shortly after the swearing-in of office, the Nigerian government’s ambitions to improve power supply were “far from reality” and this was the most important reform for President Muhammadu Buhari. An early blow to one of the promises.

The chronic power shortage is one of the biggest constraints on investment and growth in Africa's largest economy. Solving this problem is one of the key battlefields during Buhari's campaign before winning the presidential election in March.

Both Buhari, 72, and his opponent Goodluck Jonathan promised to increase power supply on a large scale based on the relatively successful US$2.5 billion partial privatization in 2013.

All progress conferences in Buhari pledged in their declaration to increase the supply from the current 3,600 megawatts (MW) to 20,000 megawatts within four years, and to 50,000 megawatts within ten years, which will meet the needs of 170 million people in Nigeria. need.

However, according to a 54-page report entitled "Energy Blueprint" obtained by Reuters, reaching 20,000 MW by 2020 is "not even realistic" and "setting unrealistic targets will weaken discipline."

My conclusion is that Nigeria needs to believe in innovation, ideas and do-it-yourself as the minister’s problem solver to get rid of the economic dilemma that the poor policy formulation and implementation of the past 6 years have pushed us into. This generation of ministers lacks technological innovation, manpower and talents to bring Nigeria into the promised land.

*EMMANUEL ONWUBIKO is the head of the Nigerian Human Rights Writers Association (HURIWA) and blog @www.huriwanigeria.com, www.thenigerianinsidermews.com.

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