Kaduna state governor Nasir El-Rufai says the stress of seeking ways of
creating jobs for the teeming unemployed youths in Kaduna state has
left him tired after just 5 months of assuming office. El Rufai said
this while speaking at the just-concluded Ake Arts and Book Festival
which held in Abeokuta, Ogun State November 17-21.
“As a state governor the challenge for me is what to do to create jobs
in Kaduna State. Eighty-two per cent of the eight million people in
Kaduna State are below the age of 35.
My challenge is not whether population grows next
year or the year after. It is to get jobs for this young people,
otherwise no one will sleep in peace. Frankly speaking, five months as
governor, I am already tired. I honestly do not think that anyone who
wants to do this job seriously can do it for more than four years and
not burn out. When I look at some of my colleagues, some are putting on
weight, they are looking nice, I ask them, ‘how do you do it?”he said
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