From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja
Richard Fiki Right receiving the Award
The Kogi State Commissioner of Youth and Sport, Idris Musa has admonished Nigerian Youths not allow politicians to use them as agent of destruction in their immediate communities.
The Commissioner also cautioned youths that they should rather strive to have positive mindset in all they do, as this is the only way they can represent the country better.
Idris Musa gave the advice in a statement to mark this year’s International Youth Day celebration with the theme ‘Youth Engagement for Global Action.’
He said the entrepreneurial spirit, work ethic, and creative abilities were things of pride to the nation and would always be appreciated and nurtured by the present government in Kogi State and that of the federal level.
He noted that social vices such as kidnapping, armed robbery, drug trafficking, insurgency among others should be rejected by all youths adding that, the present government under the leadership of Alhaji Yahaya Bello would continue to provide employment opportunity for youths in Kogi state.
The sport commissioner who described this year event as unique amidst the corona virus pandemic, charged Nigerian youths to always be on the forefront towards advocating for a better society and combat the spread of the virus that is currently ravaging the world today.
” The Government of Kogi State will continue to prioritize the welfare of the youths. The Ministry of Youth and Sport under my leadership will leave no stone unturned to see that all youths are taken off the street and empowered”.
Meanwhile , the President of Takete Ide Progressive Union(TIPU) in MopaAmuro Local Government Area of Kogi state, Richard Fiki has urged government at all level to strive to embark on programmes that will help in reducing the high rate of youth restiveness across the country.
Richard Fiki made the call in Lokoja during the investiture and conferment of an award on him by the Youth Assembly of Nigeria, (YAN).
He lamented that the youths who are supposed to be the leaders of tomorrow , have been denied mentorship by the crop of leadership of this nation, saying their actions have created bottlenecks for the youths in their quest for better society.
According to him, ” indeed how do we go to sleep about tomorrow when we have not laid the right foundations for our children and young persons today
“Put differently what type of future do we seek to bequeath to our future leaders if we do not pay attention to their trainings today. I am a strong follower and advocate in the scriptural injunction to “train up a child in the way he shall follow and when he is old, he shall not depart from it
” We all have a duty today to invest our all in the lives of our children for a glorious and brighter tomorrow” He warned.
While commending the youths for finding him worthy for the conferment, challenged present crops of leadership of our nation to pay functional attention to the growth and development of the youths rather than amassing needless mundane wealth for their children.
