By: Mayen Etim
ABUJA – The Founder, QAT Foundation Hajiya Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, has appealed to the Nigerian youth to give President Bola Tinubu more time to address the contemporary challenges facing the nation.
She made the call at the launch of the Disability Trust Fund Beyond Disability Project, held at the Presidential Banquet Villa hall in Abuja on Monday, July 22.
Tejuosho who cited the irreparable loss experienced during the 2020 EndSARS protests, noted that a lot of destinies were cut short before their time as protest was hijacked by miscreants and hoodlums, and feared the protest would worsen Nigeria’s challenges without remedy.
The philanthropist while soliciting for prayers for the government stressed that one year is too small to judge the present administration and as such appealed to the teaming youth to embrace dialogue as a means of resolving the challenges against any protest.
Halimat who likened every member of the society as critical stakeholders appealed to them to support the government in their various communities by offering support to the less privilege, this, she said will compliment government efforts to eradicating poverty in the country.
The philanthropist disclosed that QAT foundation had never seek for assistance from any International or local organization, as she said 50 per cent of her hard earned money and proceeds from five of her contracting companies remains her source of income tailored towards alleviating the plights of the less privileged across the 36 states of the federation and the FCT.
“everything will be okay. What I want them to do is dialogue. Mr. President, this is what we need and the president will send someone to address them. Don’t allow opposition to instigate and push you into protest.
“We have not gotten over EndSARS protest. A lot of people were killed and a lot of destinies were cut short. Please, let’s be patient with Mr. President. At least let’s give him another one year. I know some people will say another one year of suffering, no. I just said another one year but I know it’s not going to be up to one year everything will stabilize gradually. Also, continue to pray for him. He’s not just our president, he’s also like a father.
“His policy are policies that has come to stay in other to stabilize the country. How can you rate the performance of an administration in just one year. It’s not even up to half of the first tenure, so Why can’t we just be patient.
“Look at the students loan fund, it has been launched. The disability he has added more than 509 per cent increment on their budget and so many that he has done. I equally want to appeal to Mr. President that if there’s any way he can send a representative to address the Nigerian youth before the end of this month it will go a long way.”
Adenike at the programme also bagged honorary award as the “Humanitarian of the Year” from the office of the Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the President on Special needs and equal opportunities for the demonstration of uncommon dedication in caring for the less privileged using her personal resources.