The Senior Special Assistant to Governor Ifeanyi Okowa on Youth Mobilization for Positive Change, Hon. Christian Okpambor has charged youths to develop themselves if they must become relevant and self reliant, noting that Government alone cannot have all the youths employed.
Hon. Okpambor gave the charge today while speaking to press men just after a meeting with relevant Youth stakeholders in his office. While condemning the recent killing of innocent worshipers at a Catholic Church in Ozubulu community in Anambra state, the Apostle of Change as he is fondly called on the men of the Nigerian Police to speedily bring the culprits to book.
While also noting that there are so many youths with certificates that are not working, the Governors's aide adviced the youths to acquire skills in addition to their certificates so as to make themselves self reliant and relevant. He said as young people, the youths must begin to assist their fellow young people to see how they can project and lift those at the top higher. “As part of responsibilities of young people, Nigerian youths should see themselves as the solutions to Nigeria's problems, think differently from the old cargo as well as ‘dream Nigeria’ at all times.”
Also speaking, Delta state Coordinator of the Torch Group, Nigeria, a socio-political group which had timelessly clamoured for the inclusion of youths in governance, Comr. Tomi Akporoghene Wojuola, criticised the way and manner in which the Federal Government had relegated the youths in political participation.
“I have and will continually criticise the Federal Governments position on Youths inclusion in governance, the activities of our supposed leaders do not add up. If Mr Audu Ogbeh who was a Minister when my father was a young man, could still be appointed as a Minister today, when my father is now an old man, then there is something seriously wrong with those at the helm of Affairs in our country, and that is why they would rather import grass to feed cows than grow rice to feed humans. The youths have to participate actively so as to contribute their own quota to National Development” he said
While Mr Nyemike Ukadinachi, an Ambasador of the #ProsperityForYoungDeltans adviced the youths not to make themselves available to politicians for political thuggery, he explained that politicians will use and dump the youths as soon as they finish using them as thugs to rig elections. Noting that before we can change our Country, the youths, and Nigerians in general must change their mindsets, calling on youths to pick up forms to contest in the forthcoming Local Government elections
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