By Levinus Nwabughiogu

ABUJA — Nigerian youths, yesterday, told President Muhammadu Buhari that they are dying of hunger and starvation.

They also vowed to vote the President out of office, if nothing was done to alleviate their plight.

This was the fallout of a town hall meeting organized by the Ministry of Information and Culture at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, yesterday, to appraise several contemporary issues in the polity.

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The meeting saw the Ministers of Power, Housing and Works, Babatunde Fashola; Finance, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun; Agriculture, Chief Audu Ogbe; Labour and Productivity, Senator Chris Ngige; Budget and National Planning (State), Mrs. Zainab Ahmed; Sports and Youth Development, Solomon Dalong addressing the youths on the issues.

The issues ranged from the economy, power, labour, security, housing, finance, agriculture, sports and youth development, among others.

When it was time for questions and answers, a youth, who gave his name as Abubakar, from Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja, asked the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who moderated the session, to convey their thoughts to the President.

He said: “Nigerians are hungry. Minister of Information, please, help me pass this message to him: I believe he had the youth in mind before coming to power. But it is as if he got to power and changed.

“If he has changed, well, we are waiting for him in 2019.”