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By Eric Nnaji [update] FILE PHOTO: Seattle Seahawks owner Paul Allen on the field before Super Bowl XLVIII against the Denver Broncos at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S., February 2, 2014. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas/File Photo. Microsoft Corp co-founder Paul Allen, the man who persuaded school-friend Bill Gates to drop out of Harvard to start what became the world’s biggest software company, died on Monday at the age of 65, his family said. Allen left Microsoft in 1983, before the company became a corporate juggernaut, following a dispute with Gates, but his share of their original partnership allowed him to spend the rest of his life and billions of dollars on yachts, art, rock music, sports teams, brain research and real estate. Allen died from complications of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a type of cancer, the Allen family said in a statement. In early October, Allen had revealed he was being treated for the non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, ...
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Lazy Youths: Real leaders create opportunities not shift blame – Fela Durotoye blasts Buhari


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 April 20, 2018



Fela Durotoye, a 2019 presidential aspirant, has reacted to a controversial statement credited to President Muhmmadu Buhari on Nigerian youths.
Buhari had while delivering a keynote address at the Commonwealth Business Forum in London said that most Nigerian youths want everything free without doing anything.
He was quoted saying “More than 60 percent of the population is below 30, a lot of them haven’t been to school and they are claiming that Nigeria is an oil producing country, therefore, they should sit and do nothing, and get housing, healthcare, education for free.”
Reacting to the statement which has caused reactions and backlash, Durotoye in a statement on his social media page said real leaders created opportunities, believed in youths rather than blame them.
According to him, Buhari’s statement was enough reason why he should be voted out in 2019.
His statement read “TRUTH is if you don’t see the best in people, you cannot bring out the best in them.
“The Nigerian youth I know are born with wings, we just need real LEADERSHIP that believes in us to release us from this ‘CAGE’ and we will SOAR like eagles.
“Real leaders create opportunities for the young people and then encourage, enlighten & empower the young people to seize those opportunities.
“Sadly, more than 20million school age children & youth are out of school every year but you can’t fail to put them in school & then blame them for not going to school.
“Real leaders ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY. Well this is just another reason why you must GET YOUR PVC against all the obstacles they throw in your way.
“Get your PVC and in 2019, choose those who believe in you… End of discussion.”











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