The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has revealed plans to embark on a transformation agenda of Internet fraudsters, otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boys’ to technology experts, if elected into power, come February 2023.
The presidential candidate while addressing supporters at the APC mega rally in Benin, the Edo state capital, disclosed that his administration would focus on Nigerian youths who are currently engaged in illegal Internet activities.
Tinubu stated that his administration would work assiduously to transform them to fit into industrial and technology hubs, thereby making them instruments for development.
While criticising the continue rise on illegal online activities in the country, Tinubu blamed the ugly trend on the economic situation.
He also disclosed that his administration would prioritize creation of employment opportunities in order to curb the menace of internet fraudster common among our youths.
His words: ”I will convert Yahoo boys and make them useful by converting their talents and intellects to produce chips for industries. We can defeat poverty, ignorance and homelessness. We have the knowledge, we have the brain to do it. Trust me. I am an expert in finding the way where there is no way. I found a way to tame the Atlantic in Lagos and turn it to money- making machine.
“Sociologically, we can make mountains, we can climb Kilimanjaro, we can defeat poverty. We will break the shackle of poverty, ignorance and homelessness.
Tinubu also accused Obasanjo and the past PDP government for failing to provide electricity for Nigerians “to make even popcorn “ after spending $16 billion on the power sector.
While disclosing how the APC led government of Lagos state tackled the intractable crisis of electricity, the presidential candidate said, “I brought Enron to solve electricity problem and help Lagos economy, but Obasanjo and PDP frustrated it. They punished me and Lagos people and even began deducting our money.
“I created local governments in Lagos to accelerate development and create employment for our people, but Obasanjo seized our allocation and punished us for that. That was wickedness and such a man said he endorsed a man for you to vote as President.
“Can you follow such a man? Can Obasanjo recommend a leader to anyone in Nigeria? A man who does not know the way cannot show the way.”
