Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), has revealed his plans for internet fraudsters known as ‘yahoo boys’ ahead of the presidential election next month.
On Thursday, January 5, Tinubu told supporters at a campaign rally in Benin, the Edo state capital, that he will turn ‘yahoo boys’ into tech geniuses.
He stated that his administration will usher in a new era of job creation and capacity development for Nigerian youths.
Tinubu said:
“We will create jobs, we will turn this state into an energy state, we will turn the so-called Yahoo Boys into experts at the manufacturing of chips.
“If you want prosperity, elect me, you want skill to become rich, elect me. If you say go and retire now, you retire knowledge diamonds and skills.”
If given the opportunity to lead as President Muhammadu Buhari’s successor, the former Lagos state governor boasted that he has an adequate team to reduce and combat poverty among Nigerians.
Tinubu, according to PM News, was quoted as saying:
“We can defeat poverty, we can break the shackle of poverty, shackle of ignorance, shackle of homelessness. We will do it together.
“We have the knowledge, we have the brain, trust me. I am an expert in finding the way where there is no way. That is the power of thinking and doing.”
Similarly, Tinubu promised that his administration would put pressure on the Europeans who stole Benin Kingdom relics and artifacts.
He also stated that his administration will contribute funds to the construction of a cutting-edge museum to preserve and display these artifacts.