The Federal Government has called on Nigerian youths to ensure they give the best they can, towards prosperity of the nation.
Minister of state for Youth development, Mr Olawande Ayodele
gave the charge during the second edition of Southwest Youth Summit held in Abeokuta, the state capital.
Represented by a Youth Advocate, Comrade Olamide Lawal, the minister urged the youths to ensure that they are strong partakers in the ongoing renewed hope development agenda of the country.
According to him, “No society can sustain its development if the youths are not a part of the process of development. The wheel of development of any country lies on the shoulder of how productive and creative the youthful populations are”
“Nigeria’s greatest endowment is not its oil, it is not its many natural resources given to us by the Almighty to benefit humanity, rather, our greatest endowment is in the number of our teeming and productive youths”
He furthered, “the youth population of Nigeria is critical in achieving sustainable economic growth and development. The Nigerian youth population is one of the largest in the world, and we must fully harness the enormous potentials of our youth population to boost economic activities and prosperity by investing massively in formal and informal education”
He emphasised that the present administration in the country is leaving no stone unturned to ensure that youths play vital roles in its progressive framework implementations and therefore, urged the youth to take up skills acquisition and key into the initiative of “one youth, two skills” to be launched soon by President Bola Tinubu.
“It cannot be argued that His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given Nigerian youths a voice in politics. The youth population is having a significant representation in the federal cabinet and National Assembly, and the same can be said about our very own people’s governor, His Excellency, Prince Dapo Abiodun in the State cabinet, state House of Assembly, and even local government authorities. The involvement of youths in government at all levels through the youth development initiatives of Bola Tinubu is enhancing good governance in the country.
It is evident that this government is making viable socio-economic policies that focus on the youth population to promote growth and development. The government is rising to face the challenges confronting the youth, thereby positioning Nigeria on the path of prosperity”
He assured that the federal government shall provide necessary enablement in ensuring that youths are given more opportunities in all spheres of human endeavors
“We are beginning to see how this government is providing an enabling environment and involving the youths in policy formulation and implementation for our country to move forward. Involving the youth in the process of policy-making has started to positively impact the prosperity of our economy”
“It is common knowledge that nation building does not only involve the implementation of political and economic policies and action programs that must improve the lives of the ordinary citizenry as well as recognising the values and other aspects of the society that would act as a national catalyst to build up the Youths themselves, nation building also involves the constructive positioning of Youths for great opportunities” he said
