Posted on: 11:19 Wed, 25 Nov 2015



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